SOAS Rated Among Top Political Universities in UK
SOAS has been rated among the top universities for politics in the UK by The Huffington Post. See the full list of the best universities for politics in the UK, as voted for by students here.
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Imperial Amnesia on Remembrance Day
Salsabeel Yasir, BA History and International Relations Every November, as Remembrance Day approaches, debates over the red poppy resurface. As poppies appear on lapels, so do controversies surrounding them. These criticisms have inspired the rise of the alternative white poppy, created by a pacifist movement to remember all victims of
Why SOAS Speaks Loudly for Some, and Quietly for Others
Will O’Donnell, BA Politics and International Relations It’s been an odd year for student expression at SOAS. The shadow of Haya Adam’s expulsion, in combination with the Injunction and various disciplinary mechanisms surrounding student protest, still looms. It is interesting, then, beyond our campus, that repression against
It’s Not All Reform: The Illusion of Domination in a Time of Plurality
Luc Cadwaladr-Evans, BA International Relations and Languages and Cultures We’re often told that, as a result of its skyrocketing into the number one spot in UK party opinion polls, Reform UK has recently and unprecedentedly become the most likely contender to win a general election, if it maintains its
UAE Support Enables RSF Capture of El-Fashir
Ayah Abu Mraheel, BA History and Politics The takeover of El-Fasher by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in late October has been the latest atrocity in a 3-year war in which both the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the RSF are reported to have committed war crimes. Since the outbreak