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Short Story: Arriving at SOAS

Short Story: Arriving at SOAS

Francis Martin, MA Religion in Global Politics The staircase corkscrews from the street to the underground platform and you’re climbing against gravity, circling round and round as your bag seems to grow heavier. Then it levels off, there’s a corridor, one final flight of stairs, ticket hall, barriers,

UK Racial Profiling: My Experience as an “Abnormal” Migrant

UK Racial Profiling: My Experience as an “Abnormal” Migrant

Andrew Awad, MA International Studies and Diplomacy 42 out of 195 countries are chosen by the UK government for the compulsory “Police Registration” process. Don’t worry if you have an American, French, Scandinavian or any other “normal” nationality. I hate using the binary “normal/abnormal” but that is, in

Dinwiddy House break-in reveals inadequate student protection.

Dinwiddy House break-in reveals inadequate student protection.

Khadija Kothia, BA History An intrusion at Dinwiddy House has been described by SOAS students as “traumatic”, leading to revelations about the accommodation’s inadequate security staffing. A man, said to be in his twenties, followed students into Dinwiddy House, SOAS’ undergraduate accommodation building at 3am on Sunday 14th October,

Financial Crisis Strikes SOAS

Financial Crisis Strikes SOAS

University in financial crisis following crash in undergraduate intake By: Jude Omidiran, BA Economics & Development SOAS management has disclosed that the university is facing a massive deficit, following a 40% collapse in undergraduate enrolment over the past two years. The Executive Board called an emergency meeting to reveal the

Few Answers Materialise in Controversy Around SOAS’ Rare Buddha Statue

Few Answers Materialise in Controversy Around SOAS’ Rare Buddha Statue

Caren Holmes, MA Postcolonial Studies In March 2018, SOAS accepted a controversial gift from American alumni, Mary and Paul Slawson. The gift, a 13th-century Thai sculpture, housed within the Brunei Gallery, is estimated to be worth more than €60,000 but lacks documentation of its transactional history. Dr Angela Chiu,

#ThisIsNotConsent: Victim-blaming and the State of Justice

#ThisIsNotConsent: Victim-blaming and the State of Justice

By:Céline Raynaud, BA Southeast Asian Studies The viral hashtag #ThisIsNotConsent began trending when media reports on the 6th of November 2018 highlighted a rape trial in Northern Ireland. In this trial, the defence lawyer passed the 17-year-old complainant’s underwear around the courtroom as evidence, claiming “the possibility that

Interview with Jude Blay Yawson, Co-Writer of "Rise Up" and Former SOAS Student

Interview with Jude Blay Yawson, Co-Writer of "Rise Up" and Former SOAS Student

Interviewed by Kitty Walsh, BA History and World Philosophies With the publication last month of the best-selling story of grime artist Stormzy’s meteoric rise to fame, Jude Blay Yawson has been everywhere, from Jonathan Ross, BBC1, The Financial Times, Capital to Kiss FM and The Guardian (among others). Here,