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​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.

Professor Ulrich Volz spoke at the United Nations’ High-Level Political Forum 2022 (HLPF). The HLPF is the central United Nations platform for the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the global level.

2021 Margaret Busby New Daughters of Africa scholar Idza Luhumyo awarded the 2022 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing for her short story ‘Five Years Next Sunday’.