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Residents cannot return for weeks: Barton House Evacuation raises fears of another Tower Block Tragedy

By Hodan Sultan BA History of Art and History “It’s been 6 years since Grenfell, 14 months since the fatal fire at Twinell House,’ and the question for most is if the council have learnt lessons from both tragedies.” On the evening of November 14th, 400 residents including 100

SOAS SU: A Prison for Progress

SOAS SU: A Prison for Progress

Anonymous For Islamophobia Awareness Month this year, the SU organised a series of events in support of SOAS’ Muslim students. On 22 November, a poetry reading and gallery were held at the JCR. Student Zahra Seedat read a poem to open the event, and the SU invited the charity MEND

Policing Protest at SOAS: A Report on Recent Security Conduct

Policing Protest at SOAS: A Report on Recent Security Conduct

By Jacob Winter, BA Politics and International Relations On Wednesday October 25th, The Socialist Workers Party held a small but significant demonstration against the occupation of Palestine, with the main premise being a mass student walkout. Despite a low turnout, SOAS security fenced off the entrance to the university and

Furtive SOAS Bookshop Closure

Furtive SOAS Bookshop Closure

By Melina Tavakoli Moghaddam, BA Politics and International Relations Joe Burridge, manager of the soon-to-be-closed SOAS bookshop is pretty clear about things – “I just want them to leave me alone.” SOAS management’s new obsession with the renovation and repurposing of spaces has claimed a new victim – the SOAS bookshop

The Motion of No Confidence against the Co-President for Welfare and Campaigns

By Laura Steurer, BA in Politics and History At the most recent SOAS Student Union Annual General Meeting (AGM), an emergency motion of no confidence was tabled against the current co-president for welfare and campaigns, Sushant Singh. According to the SOAS student union website, Singh first studied at Delhi University,

Fear in East Asia as Japan Began Releasing Filtered Nuclear Wastewater

By Kristi Greenwood, BA Japanese Chinese customs stated all imports of Japanese seafood would be banned ‘to protect the health of consumers’ Japan’s decades-long plan of releasing nuclear wastewater into the ocean, equal to 500 Olympic swimming pools, has finally begun. The wastewater has resulted from the cleanup project

Popular lecturer leaves among ongoing disputes between SOAS and Unions

By Oliver Jaser Clark, BA Arabic and History A popular lecturer who attempted to improve relations between SOAS and the University College Union (UCU) has lost his job after his employment contract wasn’t renewed this summer. Dr David Lunn, who taught at the SOAS South Asia Institute, was the