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The strategic vision to ensure SOAS remains a world-class leading university takes further shape today, as new Heads of Colleges are officially announced following a competitive interview process.

Taking place 7-8 September, the inaugural conference of Carceral Policy, Policing and Race will explore the varying realities and meanings of carcerality around the world, and will ask how these realities have been shaped by histories of colonialism and slavery. 

​This summer, seven SOAS undergraduate students from backgrounds underrepresented in higher education were selected for internships in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) and Seoul (South Korea). 

Professor Ulrich Volz was invited by the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) to give the opening address on ‘Solutions for debt sustainability in Small Island Developing States’ at the Wadadli Action Platform.

Laura Hammond, Professor of Development Studies, has been appointed as the new Pro Director of Research & Knowledge Exchange.

SOAS academics, will work in partnership with academics in CEBRAP (The Brazilian Centre for Analysis and Planning) to support Bonsucro to develop a monitoring evaluation and learning framework, strategy, guidance and support package for Bonsucro members in receipt of a Bonsucro Impact Fund grant. 

The Main College Building is currently undergoing a makeover this summer. Work started on 5 July and is anticipated to be completed for the new academic term in September 2022.

On Tuesday 26 July, journalist, broadcaster and SOAS President, Zeinab Badawi, hosted special guests from across diplomacy, philanthropy, academia and the arts to mark the start of the 2022 SOAS Graduation Ceremonies.

The SOAS School of Law, Gender and Media (SLGM) and Transatlantic Trafficked Enslaved African Corrective Historical (TTEACH) Plaques will embark on a collaborative research and knowledge exchange project to draw together research on the legacy of slavery.