15 reasons to study at SOAS by our students and academics

I loved @SOAS so much as a student I didn't want to leave. My SOAS degree was so rich and diverse, deep and wide, it set me up for being a researcher. But more than that, it gave me a window into the world, a critical perspective and sharpened my moral compass. #WeAreSOAS

— Prof. Andrea Cornwall (@ProfCornwall) May 30, 2020

If you want to study at a university that teaches you to think freely, even radically, under professors who aren't just subject experts but wonderfully kind human beings as well, then @SOAS is the place to be. I did an MA & am now doing a Ph.D. here with full funding #WeAreSOAS

— Vidya Venkat (@vidyajourno) May 31, 2020

A degree at @SOAS is far more than lectures & tutorials, the whole experience is educational. I learned, changed & grew so much in my 5 years there. I’m so glad that 16 year old me randomly heard of it & found a home in such a special & unique commmunity #WeAreSOAS

— Tom King #blacklivesmatter (@tomilo) May 30, 2020

@SOAS showed me that being a student was more than attendance and ID cards; I got friends and fellow fighters, learnt that we must all think radically & ask loudly in every space, all the time. There’s really no better place to be at, and no place we need more now. #WeAreSOAS

— Archanaa Seker (@Archytypes) June 1, 2020

First place I visited upon arrival in London 29 years ago was @SOAS Did MA here and been an academic here for 18 years. We face COVID problems like MANY other institutions & businesses in UK & world. But we are dynamic & vibrant. We will survive! #WeAreSOAS @SOAScentres

— Helen Macnaughtan (@MacnaughtaHelen) May 30, 2020

I met @thabani_sere in a @SOAS Political Economy of Development tutorial. Together we’ve completed our MSc degrees, traveled 39 countries + crushed it through 2 full-time PhDs. Universities are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet, they are people. #WeAreSOAS @SOASDevelopment pic.twitter.com/7fQVaxkk0A

— Dr. Shonali Banerjee (@BanerjeeShonali) May 30, 2020

I chose to work at @soassu because @SOAS is a different institution that uses its position to challenge, building an active community that fights against gender-based violence, oppression, takes anti-racist action, commits to decolonising. #WeAreSOAS https://t.co/i8ohQAa9Ci

— AnnaKDodz (@akdodz) May 30, 2020

The best thing about @SOAS are the people. The students, lecturers, security, kitchen staff, cleaners, the SU and all its admin, the SOAS clubs, the assistant lecturers, the library staff and the cleaners and the cleaners. Such amazing people. #WeAreSOAS

— Toma Moran 🇮🇪🇫🇷🇪🇺 (@tomamrn) May 30, 2020

I made a bold choice in 2007 to forgo a place at Cambridge and opt to study for a BA in Chinese and Development Studies at #SOAS instead, and boy, I’ve never looked back. It was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made, something precious and unique and sets me apart #WeAreSOAS

— Amanda Flynn (@amanda_r_flynn) May 31, 2020

I was a teen mum & left school at 15 w/ no qualifications. But @SOAS I had lectures w/ Edward Said & Wole Soyinka & studied in an Anthropology dept that was so strong & ahead of the game everything is still useful & relevant I know I was privileged to be there. #WeAreSOAS

— digitaldjeli (@digitaldjeli) May 29, 2020

When I first came to SOAS it felt like a breath of fresh air, the corridors were not only full of a deep sense of knowledge and learning but full of fascinating and fun people from all over the world. I felt at home instantly #WeAreSOAS Red heartSOAS

— M. Ramgotra (@MRamgotra) May 30, 2020

Freedom to think, discover, learn. Friendships that still challenge, educate and love. Courage to work for a better world. The #library. The #JCR, the #activism. The intro to #communitymusic, #culturaltheory & @mashrou3leila! @SOAS is home & a huge part of who I am. #WeAreSOAS pic.twitter.com/lLWgDgGzJm

— Sukh (@Sukriti393) May 31, 2020

#wearesoas I worked for over 21 years at @soassu with thousands of amazing students who are now out there in the world using their anti-colonial, anti-orientalist education they got in the classroom and bullshit detectors they got outside it to make the world a better place 1/2

— Peter Baran (@pb14) May 31, 2020

SOAS Library was & still is an amazing resource. #WeAreSOAS https://t.co/9Bt2zBcTDw

— Jason Mosley (@africaupdate) May 29, 2020

The academic body, together with the student community, is what makes @SOAS one of the best universities in the world: with each and every lecturer having their own area of ​​expertise, the experience of studying becomes something truly unique. –> https://t.co/2nRAgMiOAa

— Edward H Cruickshank (@EddyCruickshank) May 30, 2020