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Staff strikes threaten to intensify

Staff strikes threaten to intensify

Haani Mazari, BA Politics and History Fractional staff and the lecturers in The Universities and Colleges Union (UCU) are continuing to take separate action, both in hopes of receiving increased pay. The group ‘Fractionals for Fair Play’ are called upon Fractional staff members to adhere strictly to their contracted working

Research: Teaching assistants ‘paid below the Living Wage’

Research: Teaching assistants ‘paid below the Living Wage’

Tom King, BA Politics Research published by the Fractionals for Fair Play campaign has revealed “shocking” findings about the working conditions of Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) and Senior Teaching Fellows (STFs). The campaign conducted a survey of SOAS 94 staff working on fractional contracts and compared the number of hours

SOAS Students Protest Police Violence in Turkey

By Phillipa Wilkinson SOAS students held a demonstration on Wednesday to show solidarity with protests in Turkey over the death of teenager Berkin Elvan. About 50 students occupied the space in front of SOAS at lunch time with posters and drums to chant slogans against Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan and

'Quiet' SOAS elections underway: Polls show tight election

By Mohammad Tahboub, BA Politics and Law SOAS SU elections are fully underway with campaigners across campus. However, the elections are marred by student dissatisfaction with the new online voting system. The 2014 election season has seen an unprecedented quiet in both publicity and campaigning with social media increasingly overlooked

Fossil fuel campaign gets foot in the door

Simon Popay, MSc Development Studies The campaign to end SOAS’ investment in fossil fuel companies took a big step forward last week as campaigners met with the School’s finance team. The finance team agreed to discuss the possibility of divestment with the School’s Investment Advisory Panel at its

Justice for Cleaners' strike

Who will you vote for in the SOAS election 2014?

Who will you vote for in the SOAS election 2014?

Tell us who you’ll vote for! results will be analysed in our March issue coming out 11th of March [socialpoll id=”2189417″] [socialpoll id=”2189415″] [socialpoll id=”2189414″]