Asyia Iftikhar

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March 24, 2021

Reflections on the Controversies of Our Former Provost

ASYIA IFTIKHAR reflects on the controversies surrounding Professor Michael Arthur’s time as President and Provost of UCL, after he stepped down earlier this year with..

June 26, 2020

UCL Town Hall: A Conversation About Race

ASYIA IFTIKHAR reports on last week’s virtual Town Hall meeting about experiences of race and racism at UCL. It was an historic Town Hall meeting..

April 25, 2020

A Very Short Introduction: Keir Starmer

Asyia Iftikhar offers a brief guide to Labour’s new leader Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner have been announced Leader and Deputy Leader of the Labour..

December 2, 2019

Lost Histories: Untold South Asian Stories

ASYIA IFTIKHAR reports on an SASS conference exploring the lost histories of South Asian women in Britain. On Saturday 16th November, South Asian Sisters Speak..

June 10, 2019

Ticking the Box

ASYIA IFTIKHAR discusses positive discrimination “When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.” Clay Shirky Recently I went to see ‘Admissions’ a theatre play..

April 1, 2019

Celebrating Asian Women

ASYIA IFTIKHAR talks about the first Asian Women festival in Birmingham Shani Dhanda has always used the adversities she has faced in life, from her..

March 20, 2019

Climate Change March: Savage Report

Asyia Iftikhar discusses the Youth March for Change To spontaneous cheers and rallied chants, flowing in harmony with the London roads and constant traffic, a..

December 8, 2018

TEDxUCLWomen

ASYIA IFTIKHAR reviews this year’s TEDXUCL talk, ‘Disrupt’, a showcase of inspirational women. ‘I spent a lot of my time..