2020
Professor Adam Habib to be next SOAS Director
Professor Habib will take up the post at SOAS in January 2021. He is an academic, researcher, activist, administrator, and well-known public intellectual. He has been Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa since 2013.
Watch his video message to students, alumni and staff
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2019/ 2020
2019/ 2020 Magazine now available online
Alumni magazine now available to read online. Features include:
SOAS leads the debate on decolonising the curriculum
SOAS launches its first degree programme outside the UK
SOAS Director co-leads initiative to address BAME attainment gap
Alumnus Kelvin Cheung – combatting food, poverty and social isolation
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May 2020
Languages for Lockdown
The new ‘SOAS Languages for Lockdown’ project invites everyone on a journey with the languages of Africa, Asia and the Middle East. All episodes will be available on the SOAS YouTube channel, building up a series of different global languages over time.
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June 2020
SOAS announces 20% off tuition fees for alumni
SOAS is now offering a 20% alumni discount for students starting a postgraduate degree in 2020. This discount is offered to all SOAS alumni, no matter which year you graduated. The discount is applicable to UK/EU and International alumni, and equates to a 20% reduction in tuition fees for postgraduate taught degrees (e.g. MA) and postgraduate research degrees (e.g. PhD).