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Beyond objects: Reflections on care and collaboration at the Museum Rietberg

MA History of Art and Archaeology student Lingnan Zeng finds her internship at the Museum Rietberg in Zurich a transformative experience.

Results Day didn't go to plan? Here's how SOAS Clearing works

Don't panic if A-level Results Day doesn't go as expected. Marjaan is here with some advice.

Testing, listening, improving: building the new SOAS Online learning experience

Mark Kerrigan explains how student feedback is helping SOAS to shape its new online learning programmes.

Top 5 things to do in London during summer as a student

Staying in London over summer? Siddhant shares his top tips for staying cool in the capital when the mercury is rising.

What Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey teaches us about welcoming strangers

Rachel Harrison explores Zeus’s Law and hospitality in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, revealing a timely lesson about reciprocity, human interconnectedness and welcoming strangers.

How the UK Home Office turns immigration enforcement into TikTok entertainment

Why is the Home Office on TikTok? Dr Shreeta Lakhani explores how Secure Borders UK turns immigration into a viral spectacle, using rapid editing and recurring imagery of "dangerous migrant men" to normalise border enforcement and make it seem like protection rather than violence.

Selling 'Severance': What happens when Apple offers us a critique of capitalism?

MA Global Media and Digital Cultures student, Claudio Antonio de Angelis, discusses the irony at the heart of the dystopian workplace thriller Severance, available on Apple TV.

(Re)thinking Central Eurasia: Reflecting on the CESS Regional Conference 2026

From 16 to 19 June 2026, Nazarbayev University welcomed scholars, researchers, and practitioners from around the world for the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) Regional Conference 2026, held under the theme: (Re)thinking Central Eurasia: Spaces, Societies, and Power.

The Ricardian Machine, (Alien) Life, and the Rift Between – Part 2

The Ricardian Machine grows like Life does, until the resemblance breaks down. Is there an 'alien' hiding in plain sight?