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Gen Zzzleepless and the Need for Radical Change

Gen Zzzleepless and the Need for Radical Change

By Anon Yu Henriksen, BA International Relations and Korean As the weather is getting colder, the days shorter, and the workload heavier, many students are facing a reoccurring life issue: sleep problems. Fear not, you are probably not the only one who has involuntarily gone a night without shutting your

Should There be Support for Eco-Anxiety at Universities?

Should There be Support for Eco-Anxiety at Universities?

By Lulu Goad, BA Arabic 2022 was the hottest year on record for Britain, achieving a daily maximum temperature of more than 40°C. Once the multiple heat waves had subsided, there were storms and heavy rain to follow, which led to the infamous sewage spills around England and Wales.

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SOAS leads in mental health intervention

Destiny Adeyemi, BA African studies SOAS is being praised for having short response times for its student mental health care, with students waiting 1.2 days for support on average. A study on the quality of university mental health services by Sir Norman Lamb has revealed that most universities have

Humans of SOAS Pauline Blanchet: Talking Mental Health with our Agony Aunt

Humans of SOAS Pauline Blanchet: Talking Mental Health with our Agony Aunt

So, first, as our agony aunt this year for The SOAS Spirit, tell us about yourself. Pauline: My name is Pauline Blanchet, and I am a third-year student, studying Linguistics and Development. I have been passionate about mental health for a long time. At the age of fifteen, I was

So Many, Yet So Little Done

So Many, Yet So Little Done

Florence Goddard, BA Politics and Development Studies Trigger Warning: Article deals with issues of mental health and mentions suicide. As a fairly privileged middle class student of a notoriously left-wing university I spend most of my time in the world of radical idealism, safe spaces and tolerance that is SOAS.