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A millennium of Japanese books explored through rare treasures from Japan
A thousand years of Japanese book culture is celebrated at an exhibition opening this month at SOAS, University of London.
4th April 2013
SOAS students take top prizes at UK Japanese Speech Contest
SOAS students won first and second prize as well as the Lifestyle & Culture Research prize at the Japanese Speech Contest in March.
19th March 2013
SOAS scores well in world university rankings
SOAS qualities have been recognised this week by the new QS World University Rankings and the Which? university comparison website.
18th September 2012
Autumn News
The School has improved its student satisfaction as measured by the 2011 National Student Survey
22nd September 2011
SOAS Students Win Second Place in Major Chinese Competition
Two SOAS undergraduates have won second place in a prestigious Chinese language and culture competition.
31st August 2011
Director's Teaching Prize 2010-11
Dr Lindiwe Dovey has won this year's SOAS Director's Teaching Prize.
1st August 2011
Letter from Sendai: A SOAS Alumnus Reflects on the Japan Earthquake
He has written a gripping account of his experiences on 11 March and in the days and weeks that followed as Japan struggles to recover from the earthquake and tsunami. We have reproduced his Letter from Sendai in its entirety.
20th May 2011
Letter from Sendai: A SOAS Alumnus Reflects on the Japan Earthquake
SOAS alumnus Luke Happle was in Sendai, the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture in Japan, when the 11 March earthquake struck.
20th May 2011
SOAS Celebrates Meiji Shrine Anniversary and Future Collaborations in Tokyo
SOAS Director Paul Webley represented the School at a series of events commemorating the 90th anniversary of the foundation of Meiji Jingu (Meiji Shrine) in Tokyo on Monday, 1 November.
1st November 2010
SOAS Wins Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher Education
SOAS has been awarded a prestigious Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher Education. The award honours the Faculty of Languages and Cultures for the excellence, breadth and depth of its teaching in the languages of Africa, Asia and the Middle East.19th November 2009
Arts and Humanities Block Grant Partnership Studentships
The AHRC have introduced a new scheme for postgraduate studentships from 2009. Institutions apply to the AHRC under the Block Grant Partnership Scheme.
23rd April 2009
HEFCE agrees continuation of exceptional funding to SOAS
SOAS has been successful in its bid to HEFCE for the continuation of the School’s exceptional funding for its distinctive specialist subjects.
19th February 2009
Japanese Studies boost at SOAS
The School of African and Oriental Studies at the University of London is among the beneficiaries of a major grant programme by The Nippon Foundation (TNF) and the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation (GBSF), which has given new impetus to Japanese Studies in the UK. Only recently, provision for the subject was woefully short of demand.
22nd January 2009
RAE results confirm SOAS is leader in Asian Studies
SOAS's Asian Studies submission to the RAE has been a spectacular success. In 2001, along with several other universities we received a 5 rating for Asian Studies, while both Oxford and Cambridge were awarded 5*. To put it simply: we have regained our national pre-eminence in this field of research, and by a significant margin.
18th December 2008
Mrs Tanaka receives commendation from the Japanese government
In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the relationship between Japan and the UK, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the London Japanese Embassy will confer the Foreign Minister’s Certificate of Commendation to Mrs Kazumi Tanaka, Senior Lector in Japanese at SOAS
1st December 2008
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