Year Abroad Procedures and Contacts
Language Year Abroad Coordinators (see list below)
- is responsible for Year Abroad Programmes
- briefs students upon departure
- keeps in regular contact with students during their year abroad
- generates a list of contact details for each student: email, phone etc
- makes arrangements for alternative academic programme together with Head of Department in case of emergencies
- if they are the first to hear of an emergency they must alert Student and Registry Services and the Year Abroad Coordinator
Year Abroad Coordinator
- has central database on all Year Abroad students
- provides support to Language Year Abroad Coordinator etc
Student and Registry Services
- has contact details of Coordinators
- has central database on all Year Abroad students
- In the event of an emergency:
- takes responsibility for decisions on evacuation and other emergency procedures
- takes responsibility for communication with affected students
- liaises with embassies, FCO etc
Language Year Abroad Coordinators
| Language | Coordinator |
|---|---|
| Arabic | Ahmad Alkhashem |
| Bengali | Francesca Orsini |
| Burmese | Justin Watkins |
| Chinese | Lik Suen |
| Hebrew | Tamar Drukker |
| Hindi | Naresh Sharma |
| Indonesian | Ben Murtagh |
| Japanese | Akiko Furukawa |
| Korean | Kyung-Eun Lee |
| Nepali | Michael Hutt |
| Persian | Narguess Farzad |
| Swahili | Chege Githiora |
| Thai | Sud Chonchirdsin |
| Tibetan | Marta Sernesi |
| Turkish | Yorgos Dedes |
| Vietnamese | Dana Healy |
SOAS contacts
Language Year Abroad Coordinators - see table above
Year Abroad Coordinator - tbc
Department contacts:
slcl@soas.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4045/5181/4096
eastasia@soas.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4048/4082/4080
japanyearabroad@soas.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4049/4017
Head of Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Head of School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
Interim Director of Student and Registry Services
TBC