The London School of Economics and Political Science - LSE

Golden hour at Lincoln's Inn Fields 💛

📸: .sapkota

Hong Kong 🇭🇰
Shanghai 🇨🇳
Singapore 🇸🇬
Kuala Lumpur 🇲🇾

These are the cities our President and Vice Chancellor Larry Kramer will be visiting this month! 😊

If you would like to join Larry at one of our East Asia alumni receptions, please find out more here.
➡️ https://ow.ly/9bkO50TaJ5L

Just economics and politics? 🎻 Think again.

We have a vast array of musical talent at LSE, and you can hear free live music on our campus every lunchtime from 3 October.

🎼 Discover what's on this term: https://ow.ly/rizr50TaJqU

Celebrate East & Southeast Asian Heritage with a special sneak peek into our LSE Library archives on Thursday 19 September! 👀

Our curators share some of the stories in our archives relating to , the and more.

Book a place and get more info 🎟 https://ow.ly/PRRq50T7vQP

Behind the scenes from our podcasting studio! 🎙️ Next week, is back with a fascinating episode on how to tackle the gender pay gap, featuring Jane Garvey, Nina Roussille and Camille Landais.

🎧 Stay tuned for Tuesday's release, and subscribe to LSEiQ on Apple, Spotify, or other main platforms so you don't miss a thing: https://www.lse.ac.uk/Research/LSE-iQ

Beautiful London from the rooftops of our campus 🇬🇧🏙

📸: Anushka

"For Uggla Family Scholars, the Wednesday workshops… play a vital role in our academic journey, offering opportunities for personal and professional development beyond traditional classroom learning."

Read more from Jia Ren, a recipient of the Family Scholars Programme, which provides scholarships and mentoring for students!

Beyond the Classroom with the Uggla Family Scholars Programme LSE’s Uggla Family Scholars Programme provides 10 scholarships to new undergraduate students every year, as well as mentorship and coaching...

Fantastic views today from our 12th floor terrace on the Centre Building! ☀️🏙️

Our next online LSE Discovery sessions are on Wednesday 4 September! 👨‍💻

⏰ 10-11am - Undergraduate session
⏰ 4-5pm - Graduate session

📣 Hear from our experts about what LSE has to offer and find out more about the study options, the application process, and student life 🎓

Book your place now! ➡️ https://ow.ly/g9hv50ShVBe

🏆 Our Marshall Building has won an International Architecture Award from The Chicago Athenaeum International Museum for Architecture and Design!

👏 Huge congratulations to Grafton Architects and of course to LSE's fantastic Estates Division's Capital Development Team led by Kenneth Kinsella, and our Director of Estates Julian Robinson.

👩‍🏫📚 What’s the teaching style like at LSE?

Third-year Sociology student Sakina explains the difference between high school teaching and university teaching, her experience with the teaching style at LSE, and what assessment is like.

What’s the teaching style like at LSE? How different is high school teaching to university teaching, and most specifically teaching at LSE? General differences University faculty bare...

Good morning from outside !

🎉 We're proud to announce our Autumn Term events programme, which is free and open to everyone.

From Environment Week 🌱 to covering the outcome of the US election 🇺🇸, book your place to hear from some of the most influential speakers in the social sciences.

Search Events Join the global debate - book your place at LSE's world-leading events, free and open to all.

To help you get off to a good start and make the most of what LSE has to offer, we've developed Prepare to learn at LSE, a short online, self-access course to complete before you arrive on campus.

🔍 Our research shows that students who complete the course are more likely to do well in their studies, so if you're studying with us soon, take the course now 📝🧑‍💻

Take the Prepare to learn at LSE course Work through the online activities and examples, check out the guides and videos, and reflect on your goals to learn more about what it's like to...

Happy summer bank holiday to everyone in our LSE community 🌳

Campus from one of our many roof terraces! Which is your favourite?

📸: Paola Paternina

"Moving to London can be a big transition for most people, especially if it’s to attend university. Being in one of the largest cities in the world comes with its challenges, but also with plenty of opportunities to learn and make memories that last a lifetime!"

What's it like being an international student in London? 🏙️

MSc student Ananya shares what it was like moving from Delhi to the UK 👇

An international student’s experience of moving to London Moving to London can be a big transition for most people, especially if it’s to attend university. Being in one of the largest cities in the world...

Did you know that our Centre Building is multi-award winning?

Designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, it sits at the heart of our LSE campus.

📸: Ferangiz Hozdar.

Hey new LSE students 👋 You can get a free LSE hoodie!

Find out how on our Welcome site 👇

Sign up for your free LSE hoodie! As a new student at LSE, you can order an LSE hoodie, free of charge.

Watch Visiting Professor Madawi Al-Rasheed on the origins of the monarchy, for BBCiPlayer's : The World’s Most Powerful Prince. Both episodes out now: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001zprq/the-kingdom-the-worlds-most-powerful-prince-series-1-1-game-of-thrones

What’s your favourite piece of art on campus? 🎨

Harry Warren Wilson designed the St Clement’s building panel which has overlooked Portugal Street since the 1960’s. Check out these photos of it taken in 2024 and 1971 📸

"Bevan pins his colours clearly to the mast: we are now in need of a new political settlement ‘to tackle our five giant evils from 40 years of neoliberalism’."

How Did Britain Come to This? by Gwyn Bevan reviewed by James Barfleur in
LSE Review of Books 📚 📚

How Did Britain Come to This? by Gwyn Bevan critiques a century of systemic failures in in areas from 🩺 and 🏠 to and .

🔗 Free to read and download from the LSE Press website: https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.hdb

Congratulations to our first cohort of students who have graduated from both LSE and the Family Scholars Programme! 🎓🎉

Learn more about the scholarships and mentorship opportunities provided through the Programme 👇

Uggla Family Scholars Programme Graduation 2024 | LSE Congratulations to our first cohort of students graduating from both LSE and the Uggla Family Scholars Programme!The Uggla Programme provides scholarships fo...

From making friends to managing your finances, there can be a lot to learn when you move away from home for the first time.

Here are top tips from LSE student Bareera Ahmed 👇

Tips for living away from home during university Whether you're a new or returning student, undergraduate or postgraduate, living away from home is always a big change. Here are some tips to help...

LSE celebrated its first cohort of students receiving and mentorship through the Family Scholars Programme graduating this year! 🎓🎉

Our students share how the Programme has helped prepare them for life after LSE 👇

Uggla Family Scholars Programme – the first ever graduation! 2024 marks LSE’s first year of students graduating from both LSE and the Uggla Family Scholars Programme. But you may be wondering what the Uggla...

We're celebrating World Photography Day with some gorgeous shots of our campus life 🌳

📸 1: Lincoln's Inn Fields
📸 2: Centre Building
📸 3: Crossing Sardinia Street
📸 4: Centre Building terrace

🇱🇰 LSE alumna Kusala Abhayavardhana was the founding secretary of the International Women’s Year Sri Lanka, and became a Member of Parliament for her country in 1970.

✉️ From struggling to complete her studies due to her father’s ongoing illness, to the fascinating letter she wrote to then-Director of LSE Ralf Dahrendorf about the political situation in Sri Lanka in 1977, read about her fascinating story.

Kusala Vichitra Abhayavardhana at LSE Kusala Vichitra Abhayavardhana was a student in London, studying sociology at LSE, then entered politics in Sri Lanka, becoming a Member of...

It's 🐝 🍯

There are three urban bee colonies on the rooftops of Connaught House and a solitary beehive at Passfield Hall which help LSE enhance biodiversity on the School grounds and beyond! 🌱

The hives are cared for by students in the LSE Students' Union Beekeeping Society and resident bee experts!