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Refugee Scholarships Vague but Hopeful

Refugee Scholarships Vague but Hopeful

Mel Plant, BA Arabic and Turkish On the 25th September, SOAS announced that they would be providing 7 new scholarships for refugees at an undergraduate and postgraduate level in time for the next academic year. Two days prior to the announcement, The SOAS Spirit had published an article containing comments

October UGM: What's New?

October UGM: What's New?

Caitlin Shewell-Cooper, BA English and Swahili The first UGM (Union General Meeting) of this academic year took place on Thursday 8th of October in the JCR, packed full of students. For those who aren’t familiar with this part of student union democracy, UGMs occur once a month and are

Ex-Guantanamo Detainee Blasts Government Prevent Strategy

Ex-Guantanamo Detainee Blasts Government Prevent Strategy

Sophie Bush, MSc Development Studies Former Guantanamo detainee Moazzam Begg has condemned the government’s ‘anti-terror’ strategy, labelling it a ‘toxic brand.’ He was speaking to students and members of the public at an event held at UCL and coordinated by SOAS’ Decolonising Our Minds society. The controversial strategy, called

No Blame for Valerie Amos in Cuts Controversy

No Blame for Valerie Amos in Cuts Controversy

Mel Plant, BA Arabic and Turkish Since last Thursday, a controversy has been raging within the walls of SOAS. Students who shy away from SOAS politics are being brought into the fold with the leak of two documents by an anonymous source within the university, revealing plans to cut at

SOAS Speciality Library Fights to Keep Doors Open

SOAS Speciality Library Fights to Keep Doors Open

Caitlin Shewell-Cooper, BA Swahili and English A new campaign run by a group of SOAS anthropology students is raising money to support the Helen Kanitkar Library, an invaluable resource for anthropology students that is under threat due to a lack of adequate funding. Unless you study Anthropology it is unlikely

Sanctuary Creates New Controversy with Dinwiddy Renovations

Sanctuary Creates New Controversy with Dinwiddy Renovations

Mel Plant, BA Arabic and Turkish Sanctuary Students, the company contracted to manage SOAS’ private-student halls Dinwiddy and Paul Robeson, has stirred the feelings of the Students’ Union yet again as they unveiled the product of their new renovations, a ‘large studio’ in Dinwiddy which are priced at £245 per

Students’ Union Refuses to Comply With SOAS Prevent Working Group

Students’ Union Refuses to Comply With SOAS Prevent Working Group

Mel Plant, BA Arabic and Turkish The Students’ Union have refused to comply with a secret working group set up by university administration to explore the implementation of the Prevent strategy within SOAS. As of the 11th of September, the university’s official Prevent strategy claims that SOAS lacks ‘any