Philosophy expert awarded Advance HE’s National Teaching Fellowship Dr Paul Giladi has been awarded a National Teaching Fellowship from Advance HE, the UK’s highest individual honour for teaching and learning in higher education.
SOAS in the Media: August 2026 Highlights of SOAS experts in the media discussing key issues and topics this month.
SOAS celebrates changemakers in this year’s honorary awardees 2026 SOAS University of London will award honorary degrees to eight distinguished individuals at this year’s graduation ceremonies.
Omenaa Foundation gift widens access for study of Africa SOAS has received a grant to expand access to postgraduate study for underrepresented international students.
Grant to monitor the rise of anti-gender politics in Africa SOAS Professor Awino Okech has received a $400,000 OSF grant to develop a framework tracking anti-gender movements across Africa, including a new Feminist Resistance Index to map feminist organising and resilience continent-wide.
Linguistics expert elected British Academy Fellow for work on African languages SOAS Professor Lutz Marten has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy for his research on African languages and what they reveal about communication, culture, identity and social change.
Middle East political communication expert elected as next President of BRISMES Professor Dina Matar will take up the role as President-elect until June 2027.
SOAS wins gold for most effective use of social media at HEIST awards SOAS’s social media content was celebrated as “an outstanding example of social media done exceptionally well” at this year’s HEIST awards.