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World Heritage Day celebrates the importance of diversity of cultural heritage. We’ve picked out five of the most impressive heritage sites from around the world.
“What, if anything, has changed in the realm of social policy in response of the overwhelming economic and societal blow of COVID-19?”
As Russia’s ‘military operation’ in Ukraine drags on with no signs of success, people are rushing to look for signs of cracks, leaks, rifts and rivalries within Putin’s inner circle.
Our top three subjects are announced for QS World University Rankings 2022.
Learning Korean, meeting friends, eating ramen: Here’s my sunrise to sunset in Seoul.
“The more I cycle, the happier I am. It gives me freedom”. New research shows the positive impact cycling can have to the survivors of modern slavery.
A message to students and staff observing Ramadan from the Muslim Chaplain at SOAS.
We need to see the history and complexity of transgender ‘visibility’ to consider its role in the movement towards liberation.
We’ve always been here but now we’re more visible. Shut down the bigots when they speak up to make space for trans voices.
