This blog is written by one of SOAS’s ICC scholarship holders. The ICC (Intermediate Certificate Course) is a foundation year programme providing academic and English
An ICC student talks about her enjoyment at using critical thinking skills in expressing herself on sensitive political subjects.
“It was a great opportunity to immerse myself in the SOAS community”
Throughout your three weeks at SOAS you will be asked to stretch, challenge and develop your skills of critical analysis. The intensive academic format will enable you to deepen your subject knowledge and/or regional area of choice.
What books do a 30-minute search via web and library ‘shelf test’ turn up, and how does an academic convenor of degree programmes respond?
‘Today, 4.5 billion people live without a household toilet that safely disposes of their waste.’ (UN Water website)
“Yet amid the horror stories of suffering and loss, small glimmers of hope and resilience have emerged.”
Celebrating ‘Africa on the Square’ – Saturday 14 October – as part of Black History Month in Trafalgar Square
Walk past the walled garden at the British Museum end of Malet Street and hear the notes of a stick being run along metal railings in unison with your steps. The Phantom Railings are back!
‘Queer’ Asia 2017, the second annual conference, takes place 16-18 June 2017 at SOAS University of London
Open Garden Squares Weekend, held on 17-18 June, is an opportunity to visit Bedford Square, close to the SOAS campus.
An artistic snapshot of the city as it stands today, and a celebration of its culture and diversity
Enrol onto our summer school and pick the brains of our academic specialists about the issues that interest you most
Few of the modern day occupants of Argyle Square’s Georgian terraces would be likely to guess the area’s less than glamorous history.
Sculptor Sokari Douglas Camp is set to display some of her signature pieces at the upcoming SOAS Collections exhibition
Woburn Square is the smallest of the Bloomsbury squares and also the closest to the SOAS campus. It is perhaps also the square with which SOAS has the most troubled history.
‘Working on policies you might not agree with is a good learning exercise’
WOMAD is an annual international arts festival. This year’s event takes place in Charlton Park, Wiltshire, UK between 28th and 31st July. Some of the
