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Disabled students are at Breaking Point

Disabled students are at Breaking Point

By Stella Dixon, MPhil Social Anthropology, President of SOAS Disabled Students’ Society I was originally going to write this article about Disability History Month – but more than the history of disabled struggles for rights and equality, I think the SOAS community needs to hear about the experiences of disabled students

SOASian Mysteries; Societies to Discover

By Tania Monica Zucconi Ruiz, MSc Violence, Conflict and Development “Whether you want to start ‘thinking bee’, set your sights on higher pastures, or want to learn new and exciting instruments, these societies will offer you everything you have been looking for. “ SOAS is home to numerous diverse societies, specialising

Furtive SOAS Bookshop Closure

Furtive SOAS Bookshop Closure

By Melina Tavakoli Moghaddam, BA Politics and International Relations Joe Burridge, manager of the soon-to-be-closed SOAS bookshop is pretty clear about things – “I just want them to leave me alone.” SOAS management’s new obsession with the renovation and repurposing of spaces has claimed a new victim – the SOAS bookshop

SOAS SU: A Prison for Progress

SOAS SU: A Prison for Progress

Anonymous For Islamophobia Awareness Month this year, the SU organised a series of events in support of SOAS’ Muslim students. On 22 November, a poetry reading and gallery were held at the JCR. Student Zahra Seedat read a poem to open the event, and the SU invited the charity MEND

Communities Fight the Threat of Gentrification to Protect their Markets

Communities Fight the Threat of Gentrification to Protect their Markets

By Archie Thomas, BA Politics and International Relations “The councils are just going along with it and they don’t really understand… You really take away some people’s only access to community and to have social interaction” Walking around London you will often find yourself in a long-standing market,

SOAS STUDENT’S UNION DOES NOT NEED FOUR CO-PRESIDENTS

By Barty Roberts, BA Politics and International Relations Bloated, expensive and ineffective, the SOAS Student Union does not need four Co-Presidents for the 5,500 students it represents. Against the backdrop of rising bar and shop prices and rising society and sports team membership costs, the current four-president model costs

Holding Space at SOAS: Reflecting on Past Student Struggles

Holding Space at SOAS: Reflecting on Past Student Struggles

By Sam Landis, BA Social Anthropology & International Relations On Friday, November 24th, hundreds of students and workers from SOAS, UCL, KCL, and LSE gathered on the SOAS campus to demand their institutions call for an immediate ceasefire in Palestine and end their complicity in Israel’s occupation. The demonstration,