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SOAS' New Director: BME Champion or Neo-Conservative?

SOAS' New Director: BME Champion or Neo-Conservative?

Anonymous Many people have been commenting on the new SOAS director Valerie Amos and most news articles have showered her with praise. A lot of people have boarded the racial equality bandwagon uncritically, using the fact that she is a black woman to champion her prematurely. I am happy that

SOAS' New Director: Benefits of International Experience

SOAS' New Director: Benefits of International Experience

Micheil Page, BA Development Studies and Geography ‘After almost 9 years of service, Professor Paul Webley is stepping down as Director of SOAS’: as a young fresher last year, I was definitely saddened. Only one year into my degree, my university was changing directors, and no one knew just how

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From SOAS to City Hall? David Lammy addresses Labour's 'real challenges' in his bid to lead London

Policy Exchange [CC BY 2.0] Tom King, BA Politics David Lammy has been a busy man. Defending his Tottenham parliamentary seat while touring the capital campaigning in key marginals to raise his profile in the race to be the next Mayor of London. Ahead of the dissolution of Parliament,

Interview with an Academic: Exam Special with Naresh Sharma

Interview with an Academic: Exam Special with Naresh Sharma

By Alistair Rooms, BA History & Politics To show the wealth of SOAS academics, Ally Rooms has decided to interview various teachers with a set of simple questions. Hopefully we will learn more about SOAS academics and gain some pearls of wisdom. Naresh Sharma is a Senior Lector in Urdu

Interview with an Academic: Exam Special with Shabnum Tejani

Interview with an Academic: Exam Special with Shabnum Tejani

By Alistair Rooms, BA History & Politics To show the wealth of SOAS academics, Ally Rooms has decided to interview various teachers with a set of simple questions. Hopefully we will learn more about SOAS academics and gain some pearls of wisdom. Shabnum Tejani is Senior Lecturer in the History

SOAS SU Election Nominations

SOAS SU Election Nominations

The following people have been nominated for the corresponding SU positions: Co-President Activities & Events Amar Shabandar Marco Vita Ana-Luiza Zain Dada Co-President Democracy & Education Hannah Slydel Tareq Sydiq Olimpia Burchiellaro Saqib Ali Rafiq Shadia Edwards-Dashti Grace Mason Ahrar Abbasi Co-President Welfare & Campaigns Tom King Agnes Adebisi Olowogboye

SOAS gets a 2:1 in ethical university league table

SOAS gets a 2:1 in ethical university league table

Jonny Morrison, BA Chinese (Modern and Classical) SOAS has scored 49.6% in the People and Planet 2015 league table, which assesses universities’ environmental and ethical performance, placing it 49th in the country out of 151 surveyed, coming out at an ‘upper second class’ level. This is a significant improvement