Students excel at nationwide Japanese speech contest Fourth-year BA Japanese student Ailian Pei won first place in the Speech Category at the 20th annual Japanese Speech Contest for Students.
New lecture series celebrating SOAS's vibrant research community announced A new lecture series to celebrate our academic expertise and the impact of our research begins at SOAS University of London this month.
Students tackle real-world issues with World Bank and UN in new joint supervision scheme Leading experts from the World Bank and several United Nations agencies have joined SOAS University of London academics in the Department of Economics to provide joint supervision to postgraduate economics students.
Professor Rebecca Gould brings research on comparative poetics beyond Europe to SOAS Rebecca Ruth Gould, currently Professor, Islamic World and Comparative Literature, at the University of Birmingham, will join SOAS University of London as a Distinguished Research Professor of Comparative Poetics and Global Politics in the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
SOAS and Wits University embrace equal partnership to deliver pioneering degree New three-year joint PhD in Applied Development Economics will be delivered by the University of the Witwatersrand's School of Economics & Finance, South Africa in partnership with the Department of Economics at SOAS University of London.
SOAS launches The Ebony Initiative 2021 - Nurturing black scholars and success The Ebony Initiative is a new initiative at SOAS that aims to encourage and nurture Black scholars to pursue research careers and postgraduate education. The programme seeks to increase the pipeline of Black scholars progressing to PGT and PGR degrees and academic positions in UK HE.
Research cited in Government’s anti-corruption strategy SOAS Anti-Corruption Evidence Research Consortium (SOAS-ACE) has been mentioned in the UK government’s new Anti-Corruption strategy.
SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance delivers capacity building course on climate change and monetary policy From 9-11 December 2024, the SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance convened a capacity building course on climate change and monetary policy co-organised with the South East Asian Central Banks (SEACEN) Research and Training Centre.
SOAS joins new coalition to support refugee students Responding to the urgent need for improved higher education access for refugees and their communities, SOAS University of London has joined 14 leading universities in Africa, Asia and North America to launch the Global University Academy.