SOAS in the media 5 April 2013
5 April 2013
This week Professor Jim Hoare has been featured extensively on the current situation in North Korea, including in BBC News Channel, BBC World Service, BBC 5 Live and the Guardian. The School of Law was also showcased through the work of Banyan: SOAS Advocates, covered in The Lawyer 2B, Times Higher Education and is also due to be covered in Guardian Education on Tuesday. Look out for Professor Gurharpal Singh on BBC Radio 4 this Saturday on Sikhism in Britain in relation to the ‘The Veerappan Four’.
Kim Jong-un's nuclear defiance seems to work on the principle that the more you shout the safer you will be
The Guardian - 03/04/13
Article written by Professor Jim Hoare
BBC News 24 - 30/03/2013
Professor Jim Hoare on North Korea
SOAS law students establish international human rights advocacy network
The Lawyer 2B – 26/03/13
“A group of law students from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (SOAS) have established an advocacy network which aims to rival the Harvard Human Rights Clinic in its reach and power.”
Campus-round up
THE - 04/04/13
"About 50 students from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London are offering to advise or conduct policy research for any groups or individuals with clear development, human rights or social justice advocacy goals through its Banyan network."
The end of colonial nostalgia
FT Magazine – 29/03/13"
"And so, says Laleh Khalili, political sociologist at London’s School of Oriental and African Studies, the British locked the Boers up instead. Afrikaner women and children were put in 'concentration camps'.
Biz Idol: How PR boss Shirley Soskin seduced Coke and broke the mould
The Telegraph - 25/03/13
“Shirley had begun the process to adopt her two daughters from China. She was acutely aware that if she worked full time she was likely to get turned down so she changed her lifestyle in order to be successful with her application. She started working three days a week and learnt Mandarin part time at SOAS.”
Editor to be sacked by ULU Senate for “copy errors”
London Student – 29/03/13
“Tom King, recently elected LGBT Officer at SOAS, said: “It’s disgraceful that the democratic will of students is being ignored, not only in the election of our next London Student Editor...”
The people behind our clothes
Soil Association – 28/03/13
“George Thomas is Textiles Manager for Soil Association Certification, working with the fashion and textile industry to develop the market for organic textiles. Born in Manchester (home of the cotton industry), with degrees from the London College of Fashion, and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) focussing on the ethics of cotton production”
The end of colonial nostalgia
FT Magazine – 29/03/13"
"And so, says Laleh Khalili, political sociologist at London’s School of Oriental and African Studies, the British locked the Boers up instead. Afrikaner women and children were put in 'concentration camps'.
