Supporting the fight against climate change: My SOAS Summer Internship BA student Maya Patra discusses her SOAS Summer Internship at a climate change advisory service and what it taught her.
Rules of the Accra Club: An exclusive look at a rare pamphlet for the colonial social club The Special Collections team have acquired the only known surviving copy of a pamphlet showing the social life of British administrators and other European expatriates in West Africa.
How to make the most of the SOAS Applicant Day An Applicant Day is an opportunity to visit campus and see if SOAS is the right place for you. We asked current students to share their experiences attending one and what advice they have to make the most of it.
How Hamzah is helping to empower the future leaders of Yemen using sport From a medical professional to a policy-maker, Hamzah's career has been dedicated to social responsibility and helping to bring conflict resolution and peacebuilding to Yemen.
Missing home? How to survive (and thrive) as a student living in London Being a student away from home can be difficult. Here are my tips to help you settle into student life in London.
How the rise of a digital Nigeria is shaping the economy Taylor D.H. Rockhill examines how digitisation and gigification are transforming Nigeria's economy and questions who owns the digital space.
Pick your weapon: Reflections on the radical black woman and the black liberation struggle Postgraduate student Megan Morgan reflects upon the makings of the radical Black woman and the fight for Black liberation.
Saffronizing Bollywood: How India’s Hindu right is controlling its prolific Hindi film industry The Bollywood industry is commercially driven, so how has it been influenced by Hindu nationalist politics? For his MA dissertation at SOAS, Kaashif Hajee conducted fieldwork and interviewed prominent Bollywood figures to find out.
The Indian election: Is it still the world's largest democracy? A SOAS student writes about the 2024 Indian election and its implications for democracy. The blog is based on an interview with Dr Simona Vittorini and the politics course 'Democracy and Authoritarianism in India'.