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In recent days, there has been commentary, particularly on social media, regarding a decision at SOAS involving the expulsion of a small number of students. Some have alleged that these expulsions ...
Freedom of expression underpins every aspect of our community of students and scholars. We have written about the work of our colleagues in the last 19 months to create an environment where freedom of ...
The Centre for Law and Social Change is a hub for connections on the topic of law and social change and a space to generate debate, between scholars, students, practitioners, and social movement ...
This in-person short course focuses on a carefully selected range of religious bronze sculptures originating from South and Southeast Asia.
SOAS in the global top three universities for Development Studies, and in top 20 for Politics and Anthropology, in QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024.
A new report co-authored by SOAS University of London’s Dr Anna Lindley and Asylum Welcome, an Oxfordshire-based charity, sheds light on the significant barriers newly-recognised refugees face when ...
SOAS University of London has broken into the top 30 best universities, according to the Times UK University Rankings for 2024.
The SOAS Board of Trustees has appointed Professor Adam Habib as the next Director of SOAS. Adam Habib is an academic, researcher, activist, administrator, and well-known public intellectual. He has ...
Dr Alia Amir, Research Associate at the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, takes us on a 'decolonising walk' through Bloomsbury, London.
The UK government wants to remove the right to claim asylum from people who arrive without the right of entry, whom they call “illegal”. But it does not address the nation's international human rights ...
In their new research initiative, The Centrality of the Margins, Xu Peng, Jonathan Goodhand, Patrick Meehan and Naomi Yonder ask what explains the concentration and resilience of scam compounds in ...