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Roxanna Brealey, Editor-in-Chief, History & Politics Following the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on the 20th of November, a motion was passed declaring that a university-wide referendum would be held to decide whether SOAS should disaffiliate from the National Union of Students (NUS) UK. If the motion is subsequently ratified by
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Roxanna Brealey, Editor-in-Chief, BA History and Politics A video posted to the official @soasuni Instagram and TikTok on the 11th of November has gained some online traction in recent weeks. The university produced the video as part of a wider video series called ‘SOAS Explains’, by which SOAS professors review
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By Siddhant Pawar, BSc Politics, Philosophy and Economics Recent weeks have shown just how dire the situation for freedom of speech has become globally. The SOAS community has experienced this first-hand, with an alumnus and a professor becoming targets of state-led repression due to their work in their respective fields.
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Rachel Tay, MA Middle Eastern Studies For days, thousands have been thronging outside the United States’ embassy in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, after Sumud Nusantara vessels – part of the Global Sumud Flotilla – were intercepted by Israeli authorities earlier this month en route to Gaza. According to media reports, some
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Raaid Hussain, MA Middle Eastern Studies Two years into the Israeli regime’s attack on the Gaza Strip which the UN has termed a genocide, Israeli and Hamas officials have come to an agreement for a ceasefire deal as of October 9th 2025. US president Donald Trump announced the breakthrough
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Salma Shabana, BA Economics and Politics In a joint statement released on September 23rd 2025, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, the three members of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), announced their withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC). The military-run nations called the ICC an ‘instrument of neo-colonial repression’
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Anon Yu Henriksen, International News Staff Writer, BA International Relations and Korean The United States, long regarded as a global leader in higher education, is facing scrutiny over recent policy changes by the Trump administration that some say challenge the country's reputation as an international education hub. Earlier
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Siddhant Pawar, BSc Politics, Philosophy and Economics Gen Z, notoriously known as the generation obsessed with screens, finally decided to showcase dissent in a six-day protest (from September 8th to September 13th) in Nepal, which forced the government’s dissolution. On September 4th 2025, the Government of Nepal announced the
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Salsabeel Yasir, BA International Relations and History It has been over 24 months since Israel began its genocidal war in Gaza. Over 67,000 Palestinians have been killed and 169,679 injured, although estimates suggest that the actual death toll is higher. The impact of this devastation has extended far
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Luc Cadwaladr-Evans, BA International Relations and Languages and Cultures In the past month, the government has received the results of investigations by two separate advisory bodies into the efficiency and efficacy of England’s current Special Education Needs and Disability (SEND) system, both prescribing immediate reforms. The issue is that
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Lilac Carr, BA Politics and International Relations Following the UK Government's Department for Education’s, or DfE’s, initial announcement in November 2024, maximum tuition fees for university students have risen for the 2025-2026 academic year from £9,250 to £9,535. Maintenance loans will also be increasing
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Tayyaba Taimur, LLB Law Just over four in ten businesses (43%) and three in ten charities (30%) reported having experienced a kind of cybersecurity breach or attack in the last 12 months. A cybersecurity breach is an incident that results in unauthorized access to a system bypassing its security controls,