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Cinnamon Street - A Short Story

Cinnamon Street - A Short Story

A sensory experience of walking down Balham High Road: Balham High Road is the type of place where you’d expect to come across a cafe decorated with old books and selling homemade apple cake, and sure enough, such an establishment can be found. It has tables outside, on the

SOAS' £20k compensation student calls for university to issue formal apology.

SOAS’ £20,000 PhD compensation student, Dr Vishal Vora, has began an online petition calling for SOAS management to issue a formal apology for supervision failures. Dr Vora, a former SOAS PhD student, was compensated £20,000 by the university after a six-year long legal battle, following the university’s

Unity is Strength: The Students’ Union Needs to Regain Our Trust

Unity is Strength: The Students’ Union Needs to Regain Our Trust

Before I wrote this article, I asked my friends and colleagues how well their Students’ Union represents them. Their answers ranged from a sceptical “sort of” to several firm not-at-alls. After a closer look at the recent Summer of Discontent, I agree with the growing not-at-all faction in the student

Spotlight: SOAS Men’s Rugby

Spotlight: SOAS Men’s Rugby

Breaking down stereotypes and building a tight-knit team, rugby at SOAS is not like anywhere else! When thinking about rugby it is easy to assume that those that play the sport are “lads” in every sense of the word. They play an aggressive sport, they drink, they seemingly perpetuate “lad

Utmost Happiness and Utmost Sadness: Arundhati Roy Speaks at SOAS

Utmost Happiness and Utmost Sadness: Arundhati Roy Speaks at SOAS

Few noticed award-winning author and activist, Arundhati Roy, as she squeezed through the crowd last Saturday night at SOAS’ Brunei Gallery. The crowd she passed through, of course, was the very audience eagerly waiting to see her. Arundhati was on her way to deliver a talk titled, “Utmost Happiness &

FRONT PAGE STORY: Sexual Harassment at SOAS

FRONT PAGE STORY: Sexual Harassment at SOAS

A campaign called Account for This, has called on SOAS to improve its services in dealing with victims of sexual harassment, following a recent case of sexual harassment by a postgraduate student at the university. In August 2018, an anonymous letter alleging that a postgraduate student at SOAS had harassed

News Made Easy: Brexit

News Made Easy: Brexit

The Story So Far * 23 January 2013 – Former Prime Minister David Cameron expresses his support for an in/out referendum regarding the UK’s EU membership. * 7 May 2015 – Cameron wins the general election with a manifesto promise to hold a referendum. * 23 June 2016 – Referendum day. 51.9% vote