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===Student housing=== [[File:DinwiddyHouse.jpg|thumb|The courtyard of Dinwiddy House]] SOAS operates two halls of residence in central London, both owned by Sanctuary Student Housing.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sanctuary-students.com/student-accommodation/london |title=Sanctuary Students London β Information for SOAS Students |publisher=sanctuary-students.com |date=10 May 2016 |access-date=10 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325201847/https://sanctuary-students.com/student-accommodation/london |archive-date=25 March 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> The primary accommodation for undergraduates is Dinwiddy House, which is located on [[Pentonville Road]]. This contains 510 single en-suite rooms arranged in small cluster flats of around six rooms each. The halls are located within minutes of [[King's Cross St Pancras tube station]] and the Vernon Square campus.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smsstudent.co.uk/dinwiddyhouse.asp |title=Sanctuary Management Services London β Dinwiddy House |publisher=Smsstudent.co.uk |date=1 July 2007 |access-date=16 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419025941/http://www.smsstudent.co.uk/dinwiddyhouse.asp |archive-date=19 April 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> A few minutes walk from Dinwiddy House and also on the Pentonville Road is Paul Robeson House, the second hall of residence. This was opened in 1998, and is named after the African-American musician [[Paul Robeson]] who studied at SOAS in the 1930s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soas.ac.uk/centenary/alumni-profiles/1930s/paul-robeson.html|title=About SOAS β Alumni profiles: !930s|publisher=SOAS University of London}}</ref> This accommodation is occupied by postgraduate students, and those attending the international SOAS Summer schools.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smsstudent.co.uk/paulrobesonhouse.asp |title=Sanctuary Management Services London β Paul Robeson House for SOAS Students |publisher=Smsstudent.co.uk |date=1 July 2007 |access-date=16 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120416025856/http://www.smsstudent.co.uk/paulrobesonhouse.asp |archive-date=16 April 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> SOAS students are eligible to apply for places in the University of London intercollegiate halls of residence.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lon.ac.uk/halls.html |title=University of London β Intercollegiate Halls |publisher=Lon.ac.uk |date=26 March 2010 |access-date=26 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503014525/http://www.lon.ac.uk/halls.html |archive-date=3 May 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> The majority of these are based in Bloomsbury such as Canterbury Hall, Commonwealth Hall, College Hall, [[Connaught Hall, London|Connaught Hall]], [[Hughes Parry Hall, London|Hughes Parry Hall]], [[International Hall, London|International Hall]] and [[International Students House, London|International Students House]], while further afield are [[Nutford House, London|Nutford House]] in [[Marble Arch]] and Lillian Penson Hall in [[Paddington]]. A number of SOAS postgraduate students also apply for student accommodation at Goodenough College. Wood Green Hall is another accommodation in North London that reserves places for SOAS students annually.
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