MSc Global Economic History

(Erasmus Mundus)
HANDBOOK FOR STUDENTS
2020–2021
Dates of Terms, 2020-21

Michaelmas Term: Monday 28th September – Friday 13th December

2020

Lent Term: Monday 18th January – Thursday 1st April 2021

(Exams: Monday 11th January – Friday 15th January
2021)

Summer Term: Tuesday 4th May – Friday 18th June 2021

(Exams: Monday 10th May – Friday 18th June 2021)

Reading Weeks: W/c 2nd November 2020

W/c 22nd February 2021

The School will also be closed on English public holidays:

Christmas and New Year Closure: Wednesday 23rd December 2020 – Friday 1st
January 2021

Easter Closure: Friday 2nd April – Thursday 8th April 2021

May Bank Holiday: Monday 3rd May 2021

Spring Bank Holiday: Monday 31st May 2021

Summer Bank Holiday: Monday 30th August 2021

 List of Contents:
Page
SECTION 1: The Department/Programme
1. MSc Programme: Statement of Aims 2
2. Staff 2
3. Research Staff and Academic Visitors 4
4. Academic Mentors, MSc Programmes Director and MSc Programmes Manager 4
5. MPhil/Ph.D in Economic History 5
6. Syllabus and Courses 5
7. Choice of Courses 6
8. Choice of Dissertation 7
9. Coursework 8
10. Submission of essays 8
11. Feedback 9
12. Examination Arrangements 9
13. Results and classification 10
14. Systems and online resources 11
15. Staff-student Committee, Taught Graduate Students’ Consultative Forum, 12
Department Teaching Committee
16. Plagiarism/Academic Dishonesty 12

Appendix I Course Content, 2020-21 14

Appendix II Penalties for Late and Over-length Submissions; Assessment Guidelines 20
Appendix III Economic History Society Travel Grants 20
Appendix IV Department Prizes 20
Appendix V Useful Contacts 21

SECTION 2: The School

1. Key Information 22
2. Student Services Centre 23
3. Quality Assurance 24
4. LSE Services to Support You with Your Studies and Career 25
5. Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion 27
6. Your Wellbeing and Health 27
7. Fees and Finance 29
8. Codes and Charters 30
9. Students’ Union 31
10. Presentation Ceremony 31
11. Alumni Association 32
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC HISTORY

INFORMATION FOR MSc GLOBAL

ECONOMIC HISTORY (Erasmus Mundus)
STUDENTS, 2020-21

Welcome to the Department of Economic a measure of research power, LSE History

History. We hope that your studies prove ranks 4th in the UK.
both successful and enjoyable. These Notes
contain most of the information you need The Department is one of the leading global
on the MSc and the Department. These centres for economic history and, since the
Notes, however, do not repeat or replace foundation of LSE, has been at the forefront
University regulations and the LSE Calendar in economic history teaching and research.
is the authoritative source on School policy, Our MSc students are a part of this tradition
procedures, and regulations. of excellence.

The taught MSc in Economic History was

initiated in 1964, and the MSc in Global
History in 2000. In 2004 the MSc Economic
History was divided into two programmes, Professor Patrick Wallis
the core MSc in Economic History and the MSc Programmes Director
MSc Economic History (Research), designed
for entrants to our MPhil/PhD programme.
In 2005-06 the department became part of
the Erasmus Mundus Global Studies
Programme, and in 2008-09 the MSc
Political Economy of Late Development,
taught jointly with the Department of
International Development was launched.
Our most recent programme, the MSc
Quantitative Economic History, which is
taught jointly with the Department of
Economics, welcomed its first cohort in
2015-16.

The combined MSc programme is the

largest of its kind in Britain, and probably
the world. In the latest Research Excellence
Framework (REF), LSE History (Economic
History and International History) was
ranked 6th out of 83 submissions to the REF
History Panel for the percentage of its
research outputs rated ‘World Leading’
(4*), or ‘Internationally Excellent’ (3*), and
ninth for its submission as a whole. On the
basis of the combination of quality
publications and number of staff submitted,

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SECTION 1: 2. Staff
The Department/Programme:
Photographs of all teaching staff in the
1. MSc Programme: Statement of Aims Department are displayed on our website.

Dr Olivier Accominotti,
This is a wide-ranging academic programme
(o.accominotti@lse.ac.uk)
which combines global economic history,
Research Interests: 19th and 20th century
international studies, area studies, and
monetary and financial history; international
social science approaches to the study of financial instability during the Great
globalisation processes. You will spend one Depression; financial crises and contagion.
of the two years of the programme at one
of the partner institutes. Students Dr Gerben Bakker, (g.bakker@lse.ac.uk)
attending LSE follow the MSc Global Research Interests: creative industries,
Economic History (Erasmus Mundus). especially motion pictures, live
Intended for graduates in history, entertainment, music, and news; the financing
geography, anthropology and other of early-stage R&D; the industrial origins of US
humanities degrees as well as related social productivity growth in the 20th century.
sciences, such as economics, politics and
sociology, prior knowledge of economic Dr Jordan Claridge, (j.claridge@lse.ac.uk)
theory is not essential. Research Interests: medieval economic history;
agriculture; regional and urban history; financial
markets and institutions; monetary economics;
LSE’s engagement with the programme was
labour and consumers; government.
a response to the maturation of global
economic history as a field; by the Dr Neil Cummins, (n.j.cummins@lse.ac.uk)
contribution of economic history and social (PhD Programmes Director)
science based approaches to the framing Research Interests: the origin of modern
and content of the field; and by the economic and demographic behaviour; fertility
increasing involvement of members of the decline; social mobility.
Department in this area. To achieve
coherence and rigour, the focus is Professor Kent Deng, (k.g.deng@lse.ac.uk)
specifically on economic change considered Research Interests: China’s economic and social
in its cultural, social and political contexts. history, especially peasantry and literati;
maritime economic history; merchants; pre-
The programme is relevant for students modern and early modern history; state
formation.
considering a wide range of career options,
especially those fields involving cross-
Dr Stefania Galli (email t.b.c)
cultural or international contact. It provides
Research interests: Economic and Social
a strong foundation for students seeking to
Inequality, Institutions, Colonialism, Slavery,
continue research in global and Development, Persistency, African Economic
comparative history. History

Dr Leigh Gardner, (l.a.gardner@lse.ac.uk)

(Deputy Head of Department (Teaching))
Research Interests: Africa; economic
development; institutions; local
government; monetary policy; public finance.

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Professor Ian Gazeley, (i.gazeley@lse.ac.uk) Professor Chris Minns, (c.minns@lse.ac.uk)
Research Interests: Modern British (Deputy Head of Department (Research))
history; labour market; poverty and Research Interests: North American economic
inequality; food consumption; nutrition history; labour market history, particularly
migration and education; price history.
Dr Alex ‘Spike’ Gibbs, (a.s.gibbs@lse.ac.uk)
Research Interests: rural history, medieval Professor Mary Morgan,
history, legal history, power relations and social (m.morgan@lse.ac.uk)
structures. Research Interests: economics and
statistics; philosophy and history of
Professor Sara Horrell, econometrics.
(s.h.horrell@lse.ac.uk)
Research Interests: Gender, Labour, Living Dr Natascha Postel-Vinay, (n.m.postel-
standards. Modern British and European vinay@lse.ac.uk) Research Interests: financial
economic history. history of the 19th and 20th centuries; financial,
banking and monetary crises, especially the
Professor Janet Hunter, Great Depression and the Great Recession;
(j.e.hunter@lse.ac.uk) mortgage and household debt; public finance:
Research Interests: the economic history of the impact of fiscal policy on the business cycle.
modern Japan in comparative context; the
development of the female labour market; the Professor Albrecht Ritschl,
history of economic relations between Britain (a.o.ritschl@lse.ac.uk) (On leave 2020-21)
and Japan; the development of Research Interests: debt crises; financial
communications. crises; historical business cycles;
macroeconomic history; monetary history.
Dr Alejandra Irigoin, Modern European history, especially Germany.
(m.a.irigoin@lse.ac.uk) (Undergraduate
Tutor) Professor Joan Rosés, (j.r.roses@lse.ac.uk)
Research Interests: early modern global (Head of Department)
economic and monetary history; economic Research Interests: economic geography;
history of Latin America, especially in the economic growth; economic history; housing;
colonial period; comparative political economy human capital; regional inequality. Modern
of empire. European history, especially Spain.

Helena Ivins, (h.ivins@lse.ac.uk) (U/G Professor Tirtankar Roy, (t.roy@lse.ac.uk)

Programmes Administrator) (Erasmus Mundus Liaison; Chair of Exams)
Research Interests: artisans and
Tracy Keefe, (t.j.keefe@lse.ac.uk) (MSc industrialization; economic history of South
Programmes Manager) Asia; global history; historical methods; music
history; textiles.
Dr Jennifer Kohler (j.kohler@lse.ac.uk)
Dr Anne Ruderman,
Research interests: African economic
(a.e.ruderman@lse.ac.uk) ( On leave
history; colonial history; social capital and
2020-21)
the economic history of women’s
Research Interests: early modern Europe and
empowerment
the Atlantic world; race and slavery; social and
economic history.
Loraine Long, (l.long@lse.ac.uk) (PhD
Programmes Administrator)

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Dr Eric Schneider,(e.b.schneider@lse.ac.uk) 3. Research Staff and Academic Visitors
(BSc Programmes Director)
Research Interests: living standards and health; The department regularly hosts
real wages; children’s growth. distinguished academics from other
institutions. Details change from term to
Professor Max Schulze, term, check website for up-to-date
(m.s.schulze@lse.ac.uk) information
Research Interests: 19th Century European http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/economic
economic history; continental European history,
History/whosWho/Default.htm
especially Austria; industrialization, trade, and
economic development.

Jennie Stayner, (j.c.stayner@lse.ac.uk) 4. Academic Mentors, MSc

(Department Manager) Programmes Director and MSc
Programmes Manager
Darren Townsend,
(d.a.townsend@lse.ac.uk) (Exams and Each student will be allocated an academic
Assessments Officer) mentor (sometimes referred to as a
supervisor or advisor) from within the
Professor Oliver Volckart, department. Your academic mentor is your
(o.j.volckart@lse.ac.uk) (On leave 2020-21) most important link with the Department
Research Interests: Economic History; New and with the School, and it is important
Institutional Economics; late medieval and early that you establish contact in the early days
modern Continental European History, of term and maintain a close working
especially constitutional history. relationship throughout the course.

Professor Patrick Wallis, You will work most closely together in the
(p.h.wallis@lse.ac.uk) (MSc Programmes planning and production of your
Director) dissertation and he or she will be able to
Research Interests: early modern European advise you on choice of courses, on the MSc
economic and social history; human capital and
regulations, on administrative matters
training, especially apprenticeship; health and
generally, on the prospects of proceeding to
medicine.
the MPhil/PhD degree etc. Your academic
Dr Guillaume Yon, (g.yon@lse.ac.uk) mentor may be able to offer advice if your
Research Interests: History, Philosophy and work is affected by illness, financial
Sociology of Economics and Engineering; difficulties or other crises, and you should
numbers, formulas and formalization in History keep him/her informed of any disruptions
of Science and Technology; History of to progress. He or she will also be your first
Capitalism; Industrial History; pricing, public contact with the school after you leave LSE.
utilities and regulation; Science and Technology You may well require him/her to provide a
Studies. reference at some stage and are advised to
give him/her a copy of your CV early in the
All members of the Department hold office year and to provide an up-to-date CV
hours each week and display the times of should you require a reference after
these on their office doors and on the graduation.
Departmental website. During office hours,
they are available to see students without If the hours your academic mentor sets
appointment, but you should feel free to aside to see students without appointment
email to arrange an alternative time. clash with your teaching you should let

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him or her know this and make advice and information, as can Dr Neil
appointments to meet at regular intervals, Cummins, Research Student Tutor.
at least twice each term. If you do not hear It is possible to enter the MPhil/PhD
from your academic mentor, you should programme from any of the department’s
approach him/her to arrange a meeting. master’s degrees, and many students follow
this pathway. Students who have not taken
The MSc Programmes Director, Professor some research training courses, such as
Wallis, is in charge of developing the EH402 or EH426, are likely to be required to
structure and content of our MSc take one in their first year of research.
programmes, is the academic lead on the
programme for current students, as well as
acting as a liaison with other departments. 6. Syllabus and Courses

The MSc Programmes Manager, Tracy MSc Global Economic History (Erasmus
Keefe, is in charge of programme Mundus) is intended for graduates in
administration and the pastoral welfare of history and related disciplines interested in
current students. Tracy is the administrative exploring change in global perspective over
lead on programme delivery, and is your the long term. The programme is focussed
first point of contact for any administrative on economic change considered in its social
questions or requests. and political contexts, and complements
the offerings at our partner institutions.
If you are unable to resolve any matter
satisfactorily with your academic mentor, Structure:
you can discuss it with either Tracy Keefe or a core half-unit course - EH481
Professor Wallis. Please contact Tracy Keefe Economic Change in Global History;
in the first instance. two from EH482 Pre-Modern Paths
of Growth, EH483 The Development
and Integration of the World
5. MPhil/PhD in Economic History Economy, and HY423 Empire,
Colonialism and Globalization;
The Department is the largest provider of students at LSE for their first year,
research training in economic history in the take EH479 (a 6,000-word half-unit
UK: in recent years there have been 30 or dissertation), plus optional courses
more full-time registered MPhil/PhD to the value of 1.0 unit.
students at any one time. More than 60 students at LSE for their second
students completed PhDs in 2009-2018, year, take EH480 (a 10,000 word full
many of whom will go on to become unit dissertation), plus an optional
academics. A Masters’ degree (with “merit” half unit.
overall and at least 65% in the dissertation)
is a pre-requisite for MPhil registration and For full details of the 2020-21 syllabus see
in every year several MSc students go on to the programme regulations:
research degrees at LSE and elsewhere.
Research students at LSE register initially http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar20
for the MPhil. and are upgraded to PhD 20-
registration, subject to satisfactory 2021/programmeRegulations/taughtMaster
progress. If you are interested in the s/collaborativeProgrammes/2020/MAGloba
MPhil/PhD your academic adviser can offer lStudiesAEuropeanPerspective.htm

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Syllabus details, and the course regulations, Your academic mentor will be able to help
can be seen in the LSE Calendar and reading you select your courses, and you can get
lists and other material are available via considerable guidance also by looking at the
Moodle. Not all courses are available every course “study guides” printed in the LSE
year: when staff are on leave or when Calendar, at moodle, and at course videos
insufficient students express interest, on our website. Feel free to keep your
courses may not be taught. Timetabling options open during Week 1 and attend as
difficulties may prevent certain many classes as you wish until you make
combinations of courses being taken. your final choice
Details of courses available in the current
year, teaching times and teaching rooms, When you have decided which courses you
will be given at the introductory meeting. would like to take, you should select them
via LSE For You at the end of Week 1. The
Appendix I lists courses with brief details of sequence of steps involved in signing up for
contents. courses and selecting your seminar groups
are set out in the sign up diagram.

7. Choice of Courses You can adjust your choice of Lent Term

half-unit options in January, at the start of
Take care to ensure your chosen courses the new term, but please keep an eye on
meet your interests, needs and abilities. Be the timetables as it is your responsibility to
aware that EH426 and EH427 require prior ensure that your choices do not clash.
training in quantitative methods and you
should review the course information on Students following the MSc Global
moodle to ensure you have the appropriate Economic History (Erasmus Mundus) may,
level of knowledge. with the permission of their Academic
Mentor, substitute one EH course for
another International History (HY) course if
it is applicable to their dissertation.

BY SATURDAY WEEK 1 OPTIONAL COURSE CHOICE

All course choices must be made electronically on LSE for You <https://lfy.lse.ac.uk/>
Although the Graduate Course Choice facility will be open earlier, please DO NOT select
courses until the end of Week 1. This is to allow you to trial different courses before
making your final decision. To log on to LSE for You, you need your LSE email ID and
password.
You will be asked to submit a statement of intent outlining why you want to take each
optional course in the ‘Student Statement’ section. You should also include a rank for
each of your optional choices (#1 being the most preferred) within the ‘Student
Statement section’ to help us to allocate spaces if they are oversubscribed.
On Monday of Week 2, offers for courses will begin to be sent out by email. If a course
is oversubscribed, offers may be delayed while we allocate spaces. Offers must be
accepted within 48 hours. Failure to do so may result in your losing your place on a
particular course.

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 FROM TUESDAY WEEK 2 SEMINAR SIGN-UP

Most of your courses are taught through seminars of around 15 students. Large courses will
offer seminars taught at different times during the week. You need to select one seminar
group at the start of term. You then must attend that seminar for the rest of the year.
You can only sign-up for a seminar once you have accepted an offer for that course.
To sign up, use the Seminar Sign-Up facility on LSE For You<https://lfy.lse.ac.uk/> (this is
NOT on Moodle). Seminar sign-up will open on Tuesday of Week 2.
Make sure the seminar you choose does not clash with teaching on the other courses you
are taking – including those in Lent Term.
If the seminar you wish to attend occurs on Monday week 2, before sign-up opens, please
attend that seminar as normal.

8. Choice of Dissertation Students should agree on their subjects

with their academic mentor as early as
The dissertation can take two different possible; a provisional dissertation title and
forms depending on whether you are here outline is required by week 3 of the Lent
for your first or second year (see also 6. Term.
above).
There are several formal teaching seminars
EH479 offers you a shorter dissertation of related to the Dissertation and attendance
no more than 6,000 words, which is at these seminars is compulsory. Failure to
expected to be a critical literature review. attend the seminars without prior
You then take additional courses to the permission from your academic mentor
value of 1.0 units from the list of available may result in penalties on your marks.
electives.
Most students find the dissertation the
EH480 offers you a longer dissertation of no most challenging, and most rewarding,
more than 10,000 words, which is expected element in the MSc Global Economic
to engage with primary source material in History (Erasmus Mundus) programme. It
addition to providing a discussion of the allows you to conduct, and present, your
literature. You then take additional courses own research on a topic you find
to the value of 0.5 units from the list of particularly interesting. Normally you select
available electives. (with your academic mentor) a topic from
within the subject area covered in one of
In both cases, it should relate broadly to your optional courses.
one of your Global Economic History taught
courses. It may be a critical survey of a To try to ensure parity of treatment
well-defined problem in the literature or an amongst students, academic mentors abide
empirical case study within a global history by the following guidelines in supervising
framework. dissertations: considerable advice is given
at the initial stages of selecting a topic,

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locating sources, constructing a degree teaching and to which you are
bibliography etc. After that the student expected to contribute. Meetings start at
should work without frequent or detailed five minutes past the hour and end at five
supervision until he/she has finished a minutes to the hour. Please make every
summary of their project. Provided that this effort to be present in good time. If you
is done by the last week of the Summer know you will miss a meeting for medical or
Term, the Academic mentor will provide other reasons, you should inform your
comment and feedback. After this stage no teachers. Prolonged absences should be
further extensive and detailed assistance is reported to your academic mentor as well.
given although Academic mentors are free
to help with specific problems.
10. Submission of essays
Detailed notes on writing The MSc
Dissertation will be distributed during the You are required to submit both formative
taught seminars (see timetables). and summative essays through Moodle
ensuring that the first page of your essay is
the completed departmental cover sheet
9. Coursework (available on the Masters Information page:
https://moodle.lse.ac.uk/course/view.php?i
You should attend regularly whatever d=2919).
meetings are arranged for your courses,
including those for the Dissertation. The Formative coursework, or summative
length of meetings, the form they take, and coursework that counts for less than 20% of
the amount of written work required, varies your final mark is not anonymised, and you
from course to course. Some courses should put your name on the cover sheet.
include essays or an extended essay as part
of the formal examination requirements. Summative essays that count for more than
20% of your final marks, summative exams,
Details of course-assessment requirements and dissertations are all anonymised and
and procedures, dates for submission, you should put your candidate number on
length of essays etc. are available on the cover sheet.
Moodle, and may be revised each academic
year as courses develop. There are Your name, student ID, or candidate
penalties for lateness and overlong number should not be included anywhere
submissions (which may differ from those other than the cover sheet. Failure to
applicable to the dissertation), so be sure comply with this rule will mean that you
you know exactly what is expected. have breached the anonymity policy and we
Students’ grades, attendance, and seminar cannot accept responsibility for examiners
contributions are monitored by the MSc or moderators knowing your identity.
Programme Director who informs academic
mentors if this indicates cause for concern. In principle, you should be able to upload
work to Moodle from anywhere in the
Teaching takes a variety of forms, including world. However, if you are travelling
workshops and formal lectures. But the somewhere where bandwidth is slow (or
greater part of post-graduate coursework at non-existent), it is your responsibility to
LSE (as elsewhere) is organised in seminars make alternative arrangements for
which are less structured than much first- submission should it be necessary – lack of

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internet provision will not be accepted as a student number and changes every year.
valid reason for mitigating circumstances. Candidate numbers can be accessed in early
Michaelmas Term in LSE for You.

11. Feedback Exam Timetables

Course by course exam timetables will be
You can expect to receive a high level of available online at LSE Exams. For January
feedback during your time in the exams the timetable is usually available
Department. Feedback can take a variety of towards the end of Michaelmas Term, for
forms and ranges from the formal, written summer exams it is usually available in Lent
comments on a submitted essay, to a chat Term. Closer to each exam season you will
in the pub after class. Your course lecturers also be given access to a personal exam
and seminar leaders are all available for you timetable in LSE for You which shows your
to discuss your work individually during room and seat number.
their weekly office hours or by appointment
at other times. Please try and take on board Exam Procedures
any comments you receive. Anybody taking exams at LSE must read the
Exam Procedures for Candidates. It
contains all the information you need to
12. Examination Arrangements know and is updated each year. The
document is less than ten pages and covers
Half-unit courses taught in Michaelmas topics ranging from candidate numbers to
Term are examined in Week 0 of Lent Term, permitted materials and what to do if things
exams for all other courses taught in the go wrong. You can download your copy at:
Department take place in late-May or June. lse.ac.uk/exams
Provisional examination results are
normally available after the Examiners’ Individual Exam Adjustments
Meeting which takes place in October. No Individual Exam Adjustments (IEAs) can be
results are disclosed before the Examiners’ made if you have a documented medical,
Meeting. physical or mental health condition and/or
a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia
All exam scripts, dissertations and course or dyspraxia. The purpose of IEAs is to
work are marked anonymously by an provide an environment that gives all
internal examiner whose decisions are then students an equal opportunity in exams.
reviewed by a second moderator. External These adjustments are confidential and will
(non-LSE) examiners participate at all stages not be listed on your degree certificate or
of the examining process including vetting transcript. In most cases you should apply
examination questions, checking the for IEAs as part of getting your Inclusion
grading of exam scripts, dissertations, and Plan in place. However there is a different
course-assessment work – as is usual in all process for applying for IEAs for short-term,
UK universities. unexpected, conditions. For more
Full details of the examination marking information visit lse.ac.uk/iea.
process are available on Moodle.
Deferral
Candidate Numbers If you have received the teaching for a
Your candidate number is a unique five digit course but have difficulties in the lead up
number that ensures that your work is to, or during, the assessment or exam then
marked anonymously. It is different to your you can seek to defer the assessment or

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exam, in exceptional circumstances. You declared yourself fit enough to do so. If you
will need permission from the Chair of your have experienced disruption to your studies
Sub-Board of Examiners to do this. For (illness, injury or personal difficulties for
more information visit lse.ac.uk/deferral. example) you must think carefully about
whether you should attempt the
Extension Policy assessment or whether you should consider
If you have difficulties in the lead up to an requesting an extension or deferring the
assessment deadline but think you may be assessment Requests for an extension or
able to successfully submit if you had extra deferral must be made in advance of the
time, you can seek an extension request. assessment deadline.
You must make this request before the
deadline has taken place and you will need
permission from the Chair of your Sub-Board 13. Results and classification
of Examiners to do this. For more
information visit: lse.ac.uk/extensionpolicy. Results for 12 month taught Master’s
programmes are considered at the
Exceptional Circumstances Graduate School Board of Examiners in
You should submit an Exceptional November, and official results are published
Circumstances Form and corroborating on LSE for You by the end of that month.
evidence to the Student Services Centre if Results are not released to students that
there are any circumstances which may have debts owing to the School. Provisional
have affected your performance. These exam results are also released via LSE for
could include (but are not limited to): You

• missing an assessment which you did not Classification Schemes

defer, or submitting an assessment late and Degrees are awarded according to the
incurring penalties classification scheme applicable to the year
• experiencing difficulties which could have in which you started your programme.
affected your academic performance in an These schemes are applied by the Boards of
exam or coursework Examiners when they meet to ratify your
• adjustments such as IEAs, Inclusion Plans results. You can find the classification for
or deadline extensions being insufficient to taught postgraduate programmes schemes
compensate for the impact of your at lse.ac.uk/calendar
circumstances
Transcripts
The deadline to submit ECs is seven days Continuing students can request
after your final assessment in the academic intermediate transcripts at the Student
year. Submitting an Exceptional Services Centre immediately after ratified
Circumstances Form is the only way for you results have been published. Final
to alert the Sub-Board of Examiners to the transcripts are made available electronically
circumstances under which you completed within a system called Digitary which allows
the assessment or exam. For more them to be easily shared.
information visit
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information:
Fit to Sit Policy
By entering an exam room, or submitting an Your full name
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The title and subject of your (contact) and home (permanent)
programme address
The details of the courses studied Reset your IT password
and the marks awarded Access your candidate number
Start date View your results
Completion date (or expected Select your courses
completion date)
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For more information about final transcripts Student Hub

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Your degree certificate will be available for
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you. For more information please visit timetable and upcoming deadlines, find
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you have any tuition, halls or library fees friends and course mates to carry on the
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outstanding fees on your account, then
please contact the Finance Office on Download the Student Hub on iOS or
fees@lse.ac.uk for clarification Android, or you can access the web app at
Studenthub.lse.ac.uk

14. Systems and online resources Moodle

Moodle is LSE’s virtual learning
Need IT help? environment.
Visit the Technology Help Desk on
the first floor of the library The majority of taught programmes have a
Email it.helpdesk@lse.ac.uk course on Moodle, the online learning
Call 020 7107 5000 platform used at LSE. Moodle courses
The Help Desk is open seven days a week contain activities such as quizzes,
during term time and offers a range of communication tools, resources such as
services including a laptop surgery. audio and visual files, lecture slides, links to
recordings of lectures and reading lists.
“LSE For You” is a web portal which gives Students may also be asked to submit their
you access to a range of services and should work electronically to Moodle, and teachers
not be confused with Moodle. may provide feedback and provisional
marks via Moodle. Moodle is managed by
LSE For you allows you to: your course leader, so how it is used will
vary from course to course.

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As well as information on courses, you can The LSE Cyber Security Awareness Training
find a dissertation archive: can be self-enrolled at Moodle. We strongly
https://moodle.lse.ac.uk/course/view.php?i advise you to complete the training which
d=2924 and a page specifically for Masters equips you with the skills to spot phishing
students: emails, keep your data and devices safe,
https://moodle.lse.ac.uk/course/view.php?i and protect your privacy. More tips are
d=2919 available at lse.ac.uk/cyber To add an extra
Moodle can be accessed from any layer of security for your account and data,
computer connected to the Internet, on and please set up Multi-Factor Authentication
off campus. You can access Moodle using (MFA) via lse.ac.uk/mfa
your School user name and password from
http://moodle.lse.ac.uk/. This page also has
links to help and advice on using Moodle. 15. Staff-Student Committee, Taught
Graduate Students’ Consultative Forum
A guide on how to get started with Moodle and Department Teaching Committee
is available:
http://moodle.lse.ac.uk/file.php/1/generic_ These committees meet regularly and
flyer.pdf . You will also find links to Moodle provide an additional opportunity to discuss
from a number of web pages including the courses, teaching arrangements, the
main School homepage for staff and Library, computing and anything else.
students. If you have any technical There should be at least five MSc
problems with Moodle you should contact representatives, one for each MSc
the IT helpdesk. programme on the Staff-Student
Committee, one on the Consultative Forum,
Email and one on the Department Teaching
LSE will use your LSE email address to Committee. Students will be asked to
communicate with you so check it regularly. nominate representatives early in the
Michaelmas Term. A student
Microsoft Outlook is available on all public representative acts as Chair of the SSLC. A
PCs. You can also access your email off questionnaire seeking your views on course
campus using webmail (mail.lse.ac.uk) or on content, teaching, etc. will be circulated
the move using clients for laptops and during the year. Any problems, or
mobile phones. For help setting up email dissatisfactions, can be raised at any time,
on your device search “LSE mobile email with your academic mentor, with Professor
setup”. Wallis, or Tracy Keefe.

Training and Development System

The Training and Development System 16. Plagiarism/Academic Dishonesty
allows you to book a place on many of the
personal development opportunities The work you submit for assessment must
offered around LSE. be your own and all source material must
be correctly referenced. Plagiarism is not
You can access the Training and just submitting work with the intention to
Development System at cheat. Plagiarism could occur simply as a
apps.lse.ac.uk/training-system and login result of failing to correctly reference the
using your LSE username and password. sources you have used. If you are found to
have committed an assessment offence
Information Security Awareness Training

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(such as plagiarism or exam misconduct) department, Academic Mentor, LSE LIFE or
you could be expelled from the School. the Library as soon as possible.

Any quotation from the published or The Regulations on Assessment Offences:

unpublished works of other persons, Plagiarism can be found at
including other candidates, must be clearly lse.ac.uk/calendar.
identified as such. Quotes must be placed
inside quotation marks and a full reference
to sources must be provided in proper
form. A series of short quotations for
several different sources, if not clearly
identified as such, constitutes plagiarism
just as much as a single unacknowledged
long quotation from a single source. All
paraphrased material must also be clearly
and properly acknowledged.

Any written work you produce (for classes,

seminars, exams, dissertations, essays and
computer programmes) must solely be your
own. You must not employ a “ghost writer”
to write parts or all of the work, whether in
draft or as a final version, on your behalf.
For further information and the School’s
statement on Editorial Help visit
lse.ac.uk/calendar. Any breach of the
Statement will be treated in the same way
as plagiarism.

You should also be aware that a piece of

work may only be submitted for assessment
once (either to LSE or elsewhere).
Submitting the same piece of work twice
(regardless of which institution you submit
it to) will be regarded as the offence of self-
plagiarism and will also be treated in the
same way as plagiarism.

Examiners are vigilant for cases of

plagiarism and the School uses plagiarism
detection software to identify plagiarised
text. Work containing plagiarism may be
referred to the Regulations on Assessment
Offences: Plagiarism which may result in
the application of severe penalties.
If you are unsure about the academic
referencing conventions used by the School
you should seek guidance from your

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APPENDIX I which together cover a large ground, but a
Course Content, 2020-21 selection from which will be discussed in
the class. Lectures and seminars will centre
on the readings assigned to each topic.
Research Design and Quantitative
Methods in Economic History (EH402)(Half
Topics to be covered: Introductory: India
Unit)
and the world economy in the eighteenth
This course is concerned with how
and nineteenth centuries - how each
economic historians have used quantitative
shaped the other; textiles in eighteenth
methods and with how researchers design
century India: scale - organization - impact
and structure a research project. In terms of
on global consumption and innovation -
quantitative methods the emphasis is on
trade and territorial politics; nineteenth
the applied and practical rather than the
century market integration: de-
theoretical and will range from the use of
industrialization and the artisans;
simple summary descriptive statistics to
nineteenth century market integration:
multiple regression. The course is
Agricultural exports, land rights, and the
concerned with the problems of analysing
peasantry - Trade and famines; Government
and interpreting quantitative historical
finance in colonial setting: The drain
evidence. It will consider topics such as
controversy - public debt; overseas
sampling and statistical distributions,
migration in the nineteenth century: Who
correlation, simple and multiple regression,
went where, how many, and why - private
specification problems, hypothesis testing,
gains and losses - social effects: slavery and
panel data analysis and instrumental
indenture, women, nature of work and skill-
variables, although the content may vary
formation - labour and non-labour migrants
slightly from year to year. The course will
compared; foreign capital and
also provide students with training in using
industrialization; balance of payments and
an econometrics software package. An
the monetary system; overview:
important component of the course is the
Globalization and economic growth.
deconstruction of historical articles that
have used quantitative techniques.
African Economic Development in
Historical Perspective (EH413)(Half Unit)
India and the World Economy (EH404)(Half
Many of Africa's current economic
Unit)
challenges, from persistent poverty to the
From the eighteenth century, the South
weakness of state institutions, have deep
Asia region played an important part in
historical roots. This course provides an
international transactions in goods, people,
introduction to the economic history of sub-
and money. The world economy, in turn,
Saharan Africa since the medieval period.
shaped potentials for economic growth in
Its overall aim is to bring Africa and Africans
the region. The aim of the course is to
into global economic history, allowing
impart an understanding of the global
students to understand how Africans
factors that shaped economic change in the
contributed to that history, as well as how
South Asia region in the 18th through the
global changes have influenced the patterns
early-20th century. It will also deal with the
of African development. Moving
principal ways in which South Asia
chronologically, the course addresses a
contributed to economic change in the rest
number of issues which are current in
of the world. The political context of
studies of African development, including:
globalization, especially imperialism and
colonial policies, will be considered. The
course will be divided into a set of topics,

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• The role of globalization and trade and indigenous business and nationalist politics,
promoting or undermining development the changing power of expatriate capital,
• Environmental challenges to expanding and the appeal of new developmental
production ideology in the interwar period, (f)
• The structure of state institutions and environmental change, studying a
their impact on growth scholarship that sees European empires,
• The impact of economic change on social alternatively, as catastrophic in their
structures impacts on the environment and as
forerunners of governmental regulation of
Close attention is paid to the ways in which the commons. Seminars compare and
economic development is measured and contrast the experiences of Asia and Africa.
assessed in different periods with the
available data. Seminars address the Quantitative Topics in Economic History I:
diverse experiences of specific countries Cross-section and panel data
and regions in addition to broader trends. (EH426M)(Half Unit)
The course will provide an overview of
Economic History of Colonialism quantitative approaches in economic
(EH421)(Half Unit) history mainly using cross-section and panel
Debates about the effects of European data. The course will examine the use of
colonial rule on the non-European world quantitative techniques through practical
animated economic history scholarship exercises and critical discussion of their
since the 1850s when Karl Marx published application in recent literature. Techniques
essays on British rule in India in the New discussed will include multiple regression
York Daily Tribune. The relationship analysis, regression diagnostics,
between colonialism and economic instrumental variables, limited dependent
development has an important place in a variables, sample selection corrections, and
number of distinct literatures in economic panel data analysis. The course is organised
history, including work on globalization, on a topic basis, with subjects chosen to
divergence, migration, global finance, illustrate particular theoretical, quantitative
environmental change, and the shaping of and methodological issues.
development policy after colonialism. The
aim of the course is to introduce the key Please note, the repeat of this course,
readings in these themes, build connections EH426L will not run in 2020-21.
between the discourses, and lead students
to an informed view of colonialism as a Quantitative topics in economic history II:
force in shaping the modern world. time series and economic dynamics
(EH427)(Half Unit)
The broad topics include, (a) trade and the The course will provide an overview of
origins of colonialism (b) institutions and quantitative approaches in economic
governance; (c) connections forged through history using primarily dynamic panel and
trade, investment, migration, and the time series. The course will examine the use
transfer of knowledge of institutions and of quantitative techniques through practical
technologies, including informal empire; (d) exercises and critical discussion of their
growth of corporate enterprise such as application in recent literature. Techniques
companies, factories, and plantation discussed will include the GMM estimator,
complexes, and the connection between discrete choice and hazard models, analysis
state power and private enterprise, (e) of unit roots in panels and time-series and
decolonization, proximity between vector autoregressions. The course is

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organised on a topic basis, with subjects how financial bubbles and banking panics
chosen to illustrate particular theoretical, first arose, and how financial markets
quantitative or methodological issues. integrated in the 19C with the Gold
Standard. The second part of the course will
History of Economics: Ideas, Policy and start with a focus on the financial turmoil of
Performativity (EH429)(Half Unit) the Great Depression, looking at the
The course aim is to understand how mechanisms leading to hyperinflation, bank
economics has been used to change the failures, debt crises and capital flight on
world. The course will bring to together the both sides of the Atlantic. It will then move
long tradition of analysis of economics as a on to analysing the evolution of financial
policy science with more recent ideas about institutions under Bretton Woods,
the performativity of economics. It will sovereign debt crises, the 1990s bubbles,
draw on the literatures of economic history, and the Great Recession in the US and in
history of economics and sociology of the Euro area. In the end, students will have
accounting and finance to explore the aims a firm grasp of the evolution of financial
and methods used in economics to markets over centuries up until now.
influence the economy. The focus of study
will be on particular episodes from 20th Economic Development of East and
century history in which economics features Southeast Asia (EH446)
as a technical art (e.g. the transition from The course deals with the conditions and
colonial to independent economies; the paths of economic development in East Asia
Soviet and Cuban revolutions; and the (excluding Japan) and Southeast Asia in past
reconstruction of depressed and damaged centuries. The first part of the course looks
economies). at the debate on Asian economic history,
including the effect of the availability of
Monetary and Financial History (EH430) endowments, and the institutions,
Where does money come from? How did technology and economic structures that
financial markets first develop and evolved independently in Asia to support a
integrate? What has been the impact of large population with reasonable standards
financial markets on economic of living. The second part of the course
development, growth, and business cycle examines the reasons for the lack of
fluctuations? When did financial crises first indigenous modern growth in Asia, the
arise, and how did they develop in the conditions and timing of the ‘growth
twentieth century, up to the subprime and miracle’ of the Asian Tigers, ASEAN and
Euro crises of 2008-2015? This course offers Mainland China after World War Two, and
an opportunity to delve into these the relationship to the growth of the world
questions and analyse the evolution of the economy.
role of money in Western economies over
centuries, from the Middle Ages to the Topics covered include: traditional
2000s. economic patterns in the region before the
17th century; the impact of the early
The first part of the course will allow European maritime traders; the impact of
students to acquire a broad overview of the later Europeans traders backed by
origins of financial markets from 800 to the industrialisation; attempts and successes of
eve of World War 1. It will explore the Western colonisation; resistance to change
creation of mints and central banks, the from the core area in the East Asian
role of finance in processes of long-run Mainland; reforms and modernisation in
growth such as the Industrial Revolution, Asia; Asia and globalisation.

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Latin American Development and • The influence of health on society and the
Economic History (EH452)(Half Unit) economy including topics on health and
The course will consider some of the major economic growth, gender disparities in
topics of development and economic health and morbidity
history of Latin America. The topics to be
explored will be the role of geography, the One of the focuses of the course will be
environment and factor endowments, the critical engagement with the sources and
role of institutions and policies, problems of methods that historians have used to
taxation and representation in the reconstruct health history. Students will
constitutional and political developments in also complete a 5,000 word research paper
the 19th and 20th century, the history of based on primary sources or data on a
labour and migrations into and out of Latin health history topic as part of the
America, the protracted character of Latin summative assessment.
America’s inequality, the macroeconomics
of industrialization and the political Living Standards since the Industrial
economic nature of Latin American Revolution: The British Experience c. 1750-
populism. Using reciprocal comparisons 2000 (EH457)(Half Unit)
with the US, South East Asia, between LA This course examines living standards from
countries, and across time the course will roughly the industrial revolution until the
revisit the current interpretations of Latin millenium through the prism of the British
American development in the long run and experience. The gradual move from
will frame the analysis of particular issues of subsistence agriculture to advanced
policy-making of the present into the industrial production was accompanied by a
economic historical context. move towards urban living and radical
demographic and social change, which
Human Health in History (EH454) transformed the lives of the population
This course explores how human health has within a few generations. The population of
changed over time and tracks how the Western economies experienced an
environment, society, public health exponential increase in average real
infrastructure, medical practice and health incomes, which was driven by technical
systems have influenced health. The course progress. This transformed the living
begins with a survey of how health has standards of the majority of the population
changed from the Neolithic era onwards. from bare subsistence to plenty, and was
Subsequent thematic sets of seminars study accompanied by a growing role for the state
the following topics in more detail: in providing for those excluded from the
benefits of economic progress. Over the
• Health in the pre-Industrial world course of these three hundred years, the
including discussion of the Black Death and path of average incomes in Western
American slavery countries also diverged from those in Asia,
• The epidemiological and health transition creating profound global imbalances in
with weekly topics on the germ theory of income and wealth.
disease, medical innovations, sanitation and
the developmental origins of health The course is organised roughly
• The development of health systems from chronologically, but within this, it
the early modern period to the present concentrates on particular aspects of living
• Combating epidemic disease with standards that have proved most
particular reference to smallpox, plague and controversial within the existing literature;
AIDS either because of an imperfect historical

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record, differences in method or approach, Research Dissertation: MSc Global
or sometimes because of ideological Economic History (EH480)
differences. This course will explore topics The dissertation should be an empirical
relating to: the transformation of work; the study using primary source material to
progress of average incomes; the write on a topic in global history. The topic
distribution of income and wealth; changes should relate broadly to one of the global
in food consumption and nutrition; the history courses taken by the student.
relationship between demographic change
and living standards; the transformation of Economic Change in Global History:
the role of the state and the reasons for Approaches and Analysis (EH481)(Half
divergence in living standards across time Unit)
and place. It will also explore the reasons The course provides an overview of the
why historians disagree about these topics. central themes and key theoretical
questions in economic history, and
The Long-Run Analysis of Firms and examines the ways in which economic
Industries (EH463)(Half Unit) historians collect, analyse and interpret
This course comparatively explores the evidence. The training is expected to inform
history of strategies, business organisations dissertation work. The specific topics evolve
and industries since the nineteenth century. to reflect recent research trends but an
Different approaches to analyse this illustrative list includes: processes of
evolution are discussed, as well as the economic development; culture and
history of thinking about management and economic behaviour; the role of
organisational structure and how this institutions, and; welfare outcomes. The
affected history itself. Introductory course approaches these topics by
lecture(s) set the scene, discuss key considering problems of knowledge and
concepts and various economic approaches explanation in economic history, and
to analyse the evolution of organisations. introduces quantitative and qualitative
Subsequently the course looks at the origins approaches to obtaining, analysing and
of legal forms of organisation - such as the interpreting evidence. Lectures pair
corporation, the private limited liability conceptual and theoretical reviews with
company and the cooperative - at the historical case studies illustrating applied
development of organisational structures, research on these topics.
at the history of thinking about them, and
at evolution of industries. The Origins of the World Economy: Europe
and Asia, 1000-1800 (EH482)
Dissertation: MSc Global Economic History This course surveys long-term processes of
(EH479)(Half Unit) growth and development in pre-modern
The subject of the dissertation should relate Europe and the wider world. The course
broadly to one of the global history taught raises fundamental questions about the
courses taken by the student. It should be nature of pre-industrial societies and
either a critical survey of a well-defined economies. First, it asks if stagnation and
problem in the literature, or a small self- poverty were normal conditions in pre-
contained research project using primary industrial societies and growth an
evidence. It must demonstrate adequate aberration. Were societies 'Malthusian',
knowledge of appropriate literature in and what kind of growth and development
Global History and an ability to handle did they experience? Second, it addresses
problems of evidence and explanation. debates over the timing and causes of
Western economic growth and its

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connections with the region’s expanding economic experience, such as income and
political and military power. Why British or inequality, environmental change and the
European success from the 17th century rise of population; sources of progress, such
the result of unique social, institutional, or as technology, science, fiscal development;
cultural features? Was it the outcome of a and explanations for divergent outcomes,
centuries-long, cumulative process of for example human capital, economic
change that relied as much on inputs from policy, and management.
the rest of Europe and the wider world as
much as specifically domestic features? Or Empire, Colonialism and Globalisation
was it the result of a 'fortunate (HY423)
conjuncture'? Third, it explores the range This course covers the comparative history
of alternative development paths within of empires from the fifteenth century to the
Europe and in other regions of the world, present day. Students will study the
such as premodern China and India, Ottoman, Mughal, Qing, Spanish, British
considering both regions’ internal economic and American empires in depth. We explore
dynamics and the impact of interactions different approaches to these empires, and
with European powers as contact grew over the dynamics of their rise and fall. We also
the course of the early modern period. The explore the extent to which the imperial
approach throughout is thematic. Themes past has helped shape the processes of
include: population, agriculture, globalisation in early modern, modern and
technology, manufacturing, labour regimes, contemporary times. A number of major
economic effects of legal, political, and themes are addressed, including: gender
constitutional structures; political economy; and Islam in the Ottoman Empire, cultural
trade and market integration, money, cosmopolitanism in the Mughal Empire,
finances and commercial institutions, and religious conversion in the Spanish Empire,
the causes and effects of the European governing through ethnicity in the Qing
expansion overseas. Empire; the history of race; the global
system of African slavery; the
The Development and Integration of the environmental history of India under the
World Economy in the 19th and 20th British Empire, colonial Medicine in Africa,
Centuries (EH483) and settler colonialism in Australia. The
This course aims to provide an overview of course is structured so as to encourage
the development and integration of the general and comparative discussions rooted
world economy from 1800 to the present, in specific case studies.
giving an understanding of the origins of the
challenges we face in the 21st century. The
course raises fundamental questions about
the sources of the unprecedented levels of
economic growth in the last two centuries
and the past and present challenges to
economic development that have led to
sharp divergences in income between
countries and regions. The course explores
the economic history at a global level,
exploring developments in the western
world as well as in Latin America, East and
Southeast Asia, and Africa. Topics discussed
will include fundamental transformations in

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APPENDIX II http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar/t
Penalties for late and over-length aughtMasters.htm
submissions; assessment guidelines Sub-Board local rules can be found here:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar/L
Late Submission of dissertation. For each
ocalRules/EconomicHistory.htm
working day the submission is overdue a
deduction of five percentage points will be
made.
APPENDIX III
Length of dissertation. Details are given Economic History Society Travel
above (“11” and Appendix I). You must Grants
indicate the word count of your
dissertation. Submissions in excess of the The Society will consider applications for
word limit by up to 20 per cent will be grants (normally up to £500) to assist with
penalised 10 percentage points – eg: a mark travel expenses incurred in undertaking
of 62 becomes 52. Submissions between 20 Dissertation Research. Details and
and 30 per cent in excess of the limit will be application form available from
penalised 30 percentage points – eg: a mark http://www.ehs.org.uk/the-society/grants-
of 62 becomes 32. Submissions more than awards-and-prizes/research-fund-for-
30 per cent in excess of the word limit will graduate-students.html
receive no marks.

Assessment guidelines. In each of the APPENDIX IV

Department’s MSc programmes candidates’
overall results are classified as either
Department Prizes
Distinction, Merit, Pass or Fail. Distinction
Every year the Department will award
is 70% and over, Merit is 60-69%, Pass is 50-
prizes for:
59%. The guidelines for final assessment,
used by the Board of Examiners in October,
are complex to take account of variables Best overall performance across all
such as half and full units, different weights programmes
accorded to the Dissertation, etc. Best MSc Economic History
Moreover the guidelines are not binding (Research) Dissertation – The Hunt
upon the Board of Examiners which may Prize
consider a candidate’s performance as a Best non-Economic History
whole and may take into account medical (Research) Dissertation
and other relevant circumstances affecting Two runner-up dissertation prizes
performance. In each programme a
marginal fail mark in one component of the
degree may be condoned.

Candidates who fail any part of the degree

may, on re-entry, obtain a Pass, but cannot
be awarded a Distinction or Merit.

Full details on examination and assessment

are available in the School Calendar:

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APPENDIX V
Useful Contacts
In LSE:
In the department:
Bookshop:
Tracy Keefe, MSc Programmes Manager,
http://www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/LSEServices/
(t.j.keefe@lse.ac.uk)
waterstones/Home.aspx
Patrick Wallis, MSc Programmes Director,
Careers Service:
(p.h.wallis@lse.ac.uk)
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/careersSe
Tirthankar Roy, Chair of MSc Exam Board,
rvice/
(t.roy@lse.ac.uk)
Faith Centre:
Joan Roses, Head of Department,
http://www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/LSEServices/
(j.r.roses@lse.ac.uk)
faithcentre/Home.aspx
Jennie Stayner, Departmental Manager,
Disability Support:
(j.c.stayner@lse.ac.uk)
http://www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/LSEServices/
Leigh Gardner, Deputy Head of Department
disabilityAndWellBeingService/home.aspx
(Teaching), (l.a.gardner@lse.ac.uk)
Health Centre:
Chris Minns, Deputy Head of Department
http://www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/LSEServices/
(Research), (c.minns@lse.ac.uk)
medicalCentre/Home.aspx
Neil Cummins, Research Students’ Tutor,
IT Support: http://www.lse.ac.uk/itservices/
(n.j.cummins@lse.ac.uk)
Language Centre:
Loraine Long, PhD Administrator,
http://www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/language/
(l.long@lse.ac.uk).
Library: http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/
Nursery:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/LSEServices/
nursery/Home.aspx
Student Services Centre:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/studentSe
rvicesCentre/
Student Union: http://www.lsesu.com/
Timetables Office:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/timetable
s/
Volunteer Centre:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/CareersAnd
Vacancies/volunteerCentre/Home.aspx

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once you have formally registered on your
register for the first time you will need to
programme of study (ie, after you have
attend in person, show us various
attended your scheduled registration
documents and collect your LSE card.
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years of study online but sometimes we
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produce. The Student Services Centre (SSC)
can work with you to put appropriate
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including Certificates of Course Selection
potentially set up one-to-one learning
and intermediate transcripts. Some can be
support, mentoring and help you access
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barriers to studying. To find out how to
your department will not be able to
apply for an Inclusion Plan visit
produce a Certificate of Registration for
lse.ac.uk/inclusionPlans
you. For more information about the types
of documents available, and to access the
Student Status Documentation
Enquiry Form to make your request, please
During your time at LSE you may need
visit lse.ac.uk/studentletters
official documentation to prove you are
studying with us. A certificate of
registration provides proof to
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Interruption Regulations
You can take a year-long break in your You should familiarise yourself with the LSE
studies (which we call an interruption) with regulations, policies and procedures that
approval from your academic department. cover many aspects of student life.
You are usually required to return at the
start of either Michaelmas or Lent Term as Some of the regulations explain the
appropriate. Summer Term interruptions organisation and conduct of your academic
are not possible. For more information visit study. These include information about the
lse.ac.uk/interruptions. structure of your programmes, assessment
requirements, the basis on which your final
Programme Transfer degree is calculated and what to do if you
You can request to transfer from your face exceptional circumstances.
current programme to another programme
at the same level according to the School’s You can find links to the Regulations for
regulations. There are usually restrictions Diplomas; Regulations for Taught Masters
on transferring programmes, and Degrees; Appeals Regulations; and
sometimes transfers are not possible. All Regulations on assessment offences other
transfer requests are considered by, and than plagiarism in the LSE Calendar at
require approval from, both your current lse.ac.uk/calendar.
and new academic department and the
School before being authorised. For more You can find a full A-Z listing of all of LSE’s
information visit policies and procedures online at
lse.ac.uk/programmeTransfers. lse.ac.uk/policies.

Change of Mode of Study

If your circumstances change, meaning that 2. Student Services Centre
you need to adjust your study from full-
time to part-time, you will need to seek The Student Services Centre (SSC) is located
authorisation from your academic on the ground floor of the Old Building and
department. Changing from full-time to can provide advice and information about:
part-time study is generally acceptable, and Student status documentation
your course selection will be amended Course selection and class changes
according to programme regulations. Your Exams and assessment
fees will also be amended. Changing from Results
part-time to full-time may not always be Graduation
possible and requests will be considered on Support for new arrivals
a case-by-case basis. For more information Transcripts and Degree Certificates
visit lse.ac.uk/changeMode. LSE cards

Withdrawal The SSC is normally open between 11am

Withdrawing means that you are leaving and 4pm, Monday to Friday. For the most
your programme permanently. Before up to date opening hours visit lse.ac.uk/ssc.
withdrawing you may want to consider
interruption so that you have some time to The SSC also hosts a series of specialist
consider your options. For more drop-in sessions covering:
information visit lse.ac.uk/withdrawal. Financial Support Office
Fees, Income and Credit Control Office
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 International Student Visa Advice Team 3. Quality Assurance

These sessions run for an hour at various Quality Assurance Strategy

times during the week so be sure to check LSE’s approach to assuring the quality of
when the next session is running. In most our teaching is set out in the Strategy for
cases you will need to sign up to attend a Managing Academic Standards which can
session. be found online at lse.ac.uk/tqaro.

To find out more about the Student As an awarding body LSE must be in a
Services Centre visit lse.ac.uk/ssc, follow position to assure the standards of its
our page on the Student Hub and follow degrees. At the same time, we believe that
@lse_ssc on Twitter. the design of quality assurance should
respect different departmental cultures and
What If… academic histories. The strategy sets out
The SSC have developed a series of answers broad principles and processes for assuring
to common “What if…” questions. These academic standards and for enhancing the
cover a broad range of topics including quality of educational provision. As of the
what to do if you’re unwell during an exam; 2018-19 academic year, this includes
become pregnant; change your name; are devolved quality assurance arrangements
not happy with your marks; or want to with responsibility for the oversight and
change degree programme. modification of existing provision resting
with Departmental Teaching Committees.
You can find these questions and answers
at info.lse.ac.uk/current-students/what-if The Teaching Quality Assurance and Review
Office (TQARO) supports the activities of
Advice Team the Education Committee and several of its
The SSC has a dedicated Advice Team that sub-committees, with further details
can provide advice on academic matters available in the “Committees” section of the
(particularly around non-progression, website at lse.ac.uk/tqaro
interruption, withdrawal, regulations and
exams). If you are not sure who to contact Student Teaching Surveys
about a query or question then the Advice In both Michaelmas Term and Lent Term
Team will be happy to help. You can contact TQARO conducts surveys to assess students’
the advice team at ssc.advice@lse.ac.uk or opinions of teaching.
by phone on 020 7955 6167.
Course survey scores are made available to
International Student Visa Advice Team teachers, Heads of Departments, the
(ISVAT) Director of the Eden Centre, the Pro-
ISVAT provide detailed immigration advice Director (Education) and the Pro-Director
for international students on their website (Faculty Development). In addition to
which is updated whenever the immigration producing reports for individual teachers
rules change. The best way to contact ISVAT TQARO produce aggregated quantitative
is to use the query form at lse.ac.uk/isvat or data for departments and School-wide
to attend one of their drop-in sessions. bodies. The results can be found online in
the “Surveys” section of the website at
lse.ac.uk/tqaro TQARO also conducts
annual programme-level surveys of
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programmes and supports LSE’s Find out more at lse.ac.uk/lselife, check out
participation in the National Student Survey workshop materials and other resources on
in coordination with the Communications Moodle or just drop by – LSE LIFE is on the
Division and academic departments. ground floor of the Library.

LSE Library
4. LSE Services to Support You with LSE Library holds one of the most important
Your Studies and in Your Career social science collections in the world and
has all the material that you need for your
LSE LIFE studies and research.
LSE LIFE is the place to develop the skills
you’ll need to reach your goals at LSE, Most items are split into collections to help
whether it concerns your academic work or you find what you are looking for:
other personal or professional pursuits. LSE The course collection is located on the
LIFE is here to help you find your own ways first floor, holding multiple copies of
to study and learn, think about where your essential textbooks for your courses. It
studies might lead you, and make the most will have most of your required readings.
of your time at LSE. The main collection is housed across
three floors, holding wider items for
LSE LIFE offers: social sciences research.
• Hands-on practical workshops and online
resources for effective reading, academic You can use Library Search to find books
writing, critical thinking, managing your and other materials for your studies via
dissertation research, organising your time, lse.ac.uk/library. Once you’ve found what
and other key areas of university work. you need, write down its location to help
Workshops to learn ways to adapt and thrive you find it in the Library. To borrow books,
in new or challenging situations, including use your LSE card and the self-service
developing skills for leadership, creating machines on the ground floor. Taught
study/work/life balance, and thinking about students can borrow up to 20 books at any
life beyond university. one time. You can renew your books online
• One-to-one appointments with our study by logging into your ibrary account at
advisers for personalised advice on any lse.ac.uk/library. If you do not return books
aspect of your studies at LSE, or simply to on time, you will be unable to borrow any
talk through your ideas for research or other more until your overdue item is returned or
projects. renewed.
• Specialist advice in areas like CV writing,
English language, finding and referencing Academic Support Librarians provide
academic sources, research ethics and data subject expertise and personalised support.
management, statistics, and more – offered They also host workshops to help you
on a one-to-one basis by colleagues and identify, find, manage and evaluate the
services across LSE. information needed for your studies and
• A space to meet and work together with research. The Academic Support Librarian
students from other courses and for Economic History is Paul Horsler. The
departments. Economic History Subject Guide is a useful
• Group visits and walks to take advantage online introduction to finding resources:
of what LSE and London have to offer. http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/collections/su
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Language Centre Book one-to-one discussions to talk
Whether you are an international student about your career options and get your
looking for additional support with your applications checked
English, interested in taking a Language Explore upcoming events including
Centre course, or want to learn or improve seminars, careers fairs and employer
a language, the Language Centre can help. presentations
You can log into Career Hub at
If English is not your first language, there careers.lse.ac.uk.
are plenty of ways you can improve and
practise using the English language for your LSE Volunteer Centre
academic work. English for Academic Volunteering is a great way to help develop
Writing courses are available for any new skills and meet new people while
undergraduate or postgraduate student making a difference and the LSE Volunteer
who does not have English as a first Centre is here to inspire and empower you
language and would like a weekly English to volunteer for causes that you are
language class to help with academic passionate about during your time at LSE.
writing for coursework. This support is
delivered with LSE LIFE lse.ac.uk/lselife We work with organisations to advertise
As an LSE student you can also sign up for volunteering opportunities across London,
an extracurricular MFL Certificate Course at the UK and internationally. Whether you
a discounted rate. are passionate about the environment or
For more information visit human rights or ready to change the world
lse.ac.uk/languages through campaigning or mentoring, we’ll
have an opportunity for you. We also know
LSE Careers that students are busy and we run a
LSE Careers is here to help guide and comprehensive one-off volunteering
support you throughout your time at LSE. programme to make sure you can fit it in.
We provide a range of careers services and
events both online and in one-to-one Looking to meet charities? The first
appointments. We have a jobs board and volunteering fair will take place on Monday
offer bespoke services for students with 5th October and is a great opportunity to
disabilities. speak to more than 50 representatives from
some truly inspirational organisations. You
There is lots of information and support at can find out more about this, as well as the
lse.ac.uk/careers including: advice and support we can offer, at
Information about the services offered Lse.ac.uk/volunteercentre or by following
by LSE Careers and how to access them @lsevolunteering.
Support with your career options and
insight into employment sectors and LSE Generate
recruitment processes LSE Generate Is the home of
CV, cover letter and application form entrepreneurship at LSE.
advice and examples
Details of what graduates have gone on We aim to support and scale socially-driven
to do student and alumni ventures, here in the
UK and across the globe. We welcome all
LSE CareerHub, our online careers portal, students and alumni, from those eager to
allows you to: develop and learn entrepreneurial skills to
Search for jobs and opportunities LSE entrepreneurs who have already

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launched their ventures and need support at info.lse.ac.uk/making-achoice/report-an-
and advice from the team. Join us for our incident
events, enter the Generate funding
competition, pop by and meet us in our co- Ethics Module: This online module has been
working space and access all our start-up designed for the whole School community
resources for free. Discover more on our with the aim of increasing understanding of
website: lse.ac.uk/generate or keep up to the Ethics Code, the range of ethics policies
date with Generate news through our social that support the ethics principles, how they
media, @LSEGenerate. can be applied, and the importance of
creating a culture in which individuals can
and do raise any concerns that they may
5. Equity, Diversity and Inclusion have.

What is EDI? Consent Collective: This has resources to

One of our guiding principles in Strategy help people understand consent, learn
2030 is to sustain excellence through an about sexual harassment, find out how to
inclusive and diverse community. We work support people who have experienced
to build a School – and a society – in which sexual violence, learn how to support
everyone is able to fulfil their potential, and themselves if they’ve experienced sexual or
everyone’s contribution is valued. We aim domestic abuse, and learn how to be an
to ensure that your university experience active bystander in their community.
celebrates and cherishes difference.
Through our events ranging from “How to AccessAble: Our partnership with
be Good in Bed”, a game show by Consent AccessAble will help us to be proactive in
Collective with an expert panel to discuss improving the accessibility of our buildings,
sex, consent, and relationships, to at a time when the LSE estate is undergoing
celebrating Black History Month, LGBT+ major physical change.
History Month and International Women’s
Day, we have consistently demonstrated LGBT+ Role Models and Allies Directory:
our commitment to an inclusive LSE. Being an LGBT+ role model at LSE is about
being a visible member of the LGBT+
Support and resources available: community and a champion for LGBT+
issues.
LSE Safe Contacts are members of LSE staff
who have received training and can offer a If you would like to find out more about
confidential “signposting” service for staff these and other initiatives and the
and students who have previously or are information and support available to you,
currently experiencing some form of please contact EDI on edi@lse.ac.uk, visit
bullying or harassment. Find out more at lse.ac.uk/equitydiversityinclusion and
lse.ac.uk/ safecontacts follow us on Twitter @EDI_LSE

Report it Stop it: If you have experienced, or

witnessed, any form of violence or 6. Your Wellbeing and Health
harassment and you want to report this to
LSE, you can directly do it by using the Student Wellbeing Service (SWS)
online form Report it Stop it. This report can SWS brings together two key student facing
be completely anonymous. Find out more services; the Disability and Wellbeing
Service (DWS) and the Student Counselling

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Service (SCS). SWS also facilitates the Peer You are an EU/EEA student with a
Supporter Scheme. SWS aims to provide European Health Insurance Card (EHIC)
you with a single integrated source of help You have applied for the EU Settlement
and assistance. Scheme and hold either Pre-settled or
Settled status
SCS provides a professional, free and
confidential service to help you with any This list is not exhaustive and was correct at
problems that you may be experiencing. the time of print. The UK Council for
You can speak to them about academic International Student Affairs maintains an
stresses, as well as personal and emotional up-to-date listing on their website -
difficulties. Visit lse.ac.uk/counselling to www.ukcisa.org.uk.
book an individual appointment, read about
drop-in appointments or find out about If you are unfamiliar with the NHS search
groups and workshops. for “NHS Services explained” to find out
more. You are usually required to register
DWS is the first point of contact for with a local General Practitioner’s (GP)
students with disabilities, long term medical surgery before you can book an
and mental health conditions, and Specific appointment. You should register as soon
Learning Difficulties such as dyslexia. DWS as possible and not wait until you are
can create an Inclusion Plan with you which unwell. The nearest GP surgery is St. Philips
is a way of putting in place agreed Medical Centre who are based on the
reasonable adjustments to support your second floor of Pethick-Lawrence House.
studies. Visit lse.ac.uk/disability to find out This surgery will register most LSE students.
more. For more information about the services
offered and how to register please visit
Peer Supporters give you the opportunity to www.stphilipsmedicalcentre.co.uk or call
talk to fellow students about anything that 020 7611 5131. Alternatively, you can find
is worrying you. Peer Supporters are trained your nearest GP by using the GP finder
to offer confidential emotional support, function on the NHS website available at
help and reassurance. You can find out nhs.uk
more about the scheme and arrange a chat
with a Peer Supporter at As well as dispensing medicines,
lse.ac.uk/peerSupport pharmacies can also offer advice on
common health problems. You do not need
Health Care in the UK to make an appointment, just visit a
You are likely to need to access medical pharmacy and ask to speak to the duty
care while you are at LSE, even if this is just pharmacists. In an emergency you should
for routine appointments. In the UK most dial 999 to call an ambulance. You can also
health care is provided through the visit your nearest accident and emergency
National Health Service (NHS). (A&E) department at your local hospital or
visit an Urgent Care Centre.
You are typically eligible for free treatment There is lots more information about Health
on the NHS if you fall into one of the Care, including details about dentists and
following categories: opticians, available at
You are a UK resident lse.ac.uk/studentHealth.
You have a Tier 4 visa and have paid the
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LSE Faith Centre Fieldwork Safety
The Faith Centre is open to students of all If you are planning fieldwork or any off-site
faiths and none. It is home to LSE’s diverse activity please complete the relevant risk
religious activities, transformational assessment on the following website:
interfaith leadership programmes, and a https://info.lse.ac.uk/staff/divisions/Risk-
space for worship, prayer and quiet and-Compliance-Unit/Health-and-
reflection. Safety/Overseas-Travel-
Homepage?from_serp=1
Finding your feet: It can be challenging
arriving in a new city for a new start. We The School recognises that you may want to
want to help you settle in to London and carry out fieldwork in areas of the world
find a community that suits you – and there that are subject to social or political unrest
are lots of options! We provide a space for or to areas with Foreign and
student faith societies to meet, worship and Commonwealth Office Warnings. If you do,
plan their activities. Details of contact the Health and Safety Team are there to
information for faith groups can be found in help you achieve your aims. They can help
our Religion and Belief Guide. Pick up a provide specialist country or area threat
copy from the Faith Centre Reception on assessments to help you make an informed
the second floor of SAW or check out decision about the viability of travelling to
lse.ac.uk/faithcentre your destination of choice. The team can
also provide specialist training and
Wellbeing: We host a range of activities equipment to help keep you safe. Please
including Mindfulness, Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga note that the Health and Safety Team may
and Tai Chi. Class details can be found on not cover the costs of additional specialist
the “Wellbeing” page at control measures and you may have to
lse.ac.uk/faithcentre. The Cave in the Faith secure your own funding.
Centre is available to all LSE staff and
students who need a quiet place on campus Please read the Fieldwork Health and Safety
for reflection. This space cannot be booked Guidance document for further
but is open to all throughout the week. information:
https://info.lse.ac.uk/staff/divisions/Risk-
Support: You can contact the Faith Centre and-Compliance-Unit/Health-and-
Director and Chaplain to LSE, Revd Dr James Safety/Overseas-Travel/Travellers-
Walters, on j.walters2@lse.ac.uk for Pages/Travellers-Homepage
confidential support regardless of your
religion or belief. You can also find contact
details for our team of Associate Chaplains 7. Fees and Finance
on our “People” page at
lse.ac.uk/faithcentre Fees
All administration around your fees is
Interfaith Leadership Programmes: Learn handled by the Fees, Income and Credit
more about our interfaith leadership Control Team.
programmes on the “Programmes” pages at
lse.ac.uk/faithcentre. They are your chance LSE offers two options for payment of fees.
to explore, question and challenge religious You can either pay them in full prior to
differences, and provide unique registration or by payment plan. If you have
opportunities to build relationships and not paid your fees in full before you register
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plan. You are expected to pay one third of (usuallly 11am to 4pm, Monday to Friday).
your fees by: You do not need to wait for a drop-in
28 October 2020 session.
28 January 2021
28 April 2021
If you do not know your fees please visit 8. Codes and Charters
lse.ac.uk/tableoffees
LSE Academic Code
To pay online or to find out about the LSE has introduced a new Academic Code
different payment methods available, visit that sets out what we are doing to deliver a
lse.ac.uk/feepayments Please note you can consistent student experience across the
access your financial details at any time to School and clarifies what students can
review your tuition and accommodation expect from their LSE education.
fees, invoices, payments and instalment The Academic Code brings together key
arrangements by accessing the Finance Hub. principles that underpin students'
Please visit our webpage to get full details education into a School-wide policy.
lse.ac.uk/ficc Developed in partnership with LSE
Students’ Union, it sets the baseline to build
Unfortunately, it is not possible for you to on teaching standards, academic support,
pay in person. The Fees, Income and Credit and assessment and feedback - areas that
Control Office also run drop-in sessions at students have told us matter the most to
the Student Services Centre for students them.
who wish to discuss fees and payment
related enquiries. For full details regarding The code covers teaching; assessment and
tuition fees, charging policy, payment and feedback; academic support and student
instalment options, visit lse.ac.uk/feespolicy voice. To find out more search online for
“LSE Academic Code”.
Financial Support Office (FSO)
FSO are responsible for the administration The Student Charter
and awarding of scholarships, bursaries, Our Student Charter, written by students
studentships and School prizes. and staff, sets out how LSE’s mission and
ethos are reflected in the education you can
FSO can also provide information about expect to receive at the School, and in the
funds such as the Student Support fund and diverse, equitable and inclusive community
the LSE Access. You can find out more that we all contribute to and value.
about FSO and download application forms
at lse.ac.uk/financialsupport. The charter covers:
Your education – what an LSE education
FSO hold drop-in sessions in the Student is and how you can make the most of it
Services Centre, can be contacted by phone Our community – what it means to be
on 020 7955 6609 or by email at financial- part of the LSE community and how to
support@lse.ac.uk contribute
Your future, our future – how to inspire
Cheque Collection future generations of LSE students.
Some payments are made by cheque.
If you are asked to collect a cheque then You can find out more about the charter,
you can collect it from the Student Services and read the full version online, just search
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Codes of Good Practice 9. Students’ Union
The Codes of Good Practice explain the
basic obligations and responsibilities of staff The Students’ Union (SU) is independent
and students. from the School and is led by students for
students.
They set out what you can expect from your
department in relation to the teaching and The SU can provide advice, tell you how you
learning experience. The codes cover areas can meet students with similar interests
like the roles and responsibilities of and views, and offer opportunities to shape
Academic Mentors; the structure of your student experience.
teaching at LSE; examinations and
assessments. The codes also lay out your Some examples of SU initiatives include:
responsibilities ie, what LSE expects of you.
You can find the codes of practice at Student activities – the Union funds and
lse.ac.uk/calendar. supports more than 200 societies,
sports clubs, Media Group societies and
The Ethics Code Raising and Giving charitable
The Ethics Code details the principles by fundraising;
which the whole LSE community are Campaigns and democracy – getting
expected to act. students together to take action on and
influence the issues they care about
The School expects the highest possible within the School and wider society;
ethical standards from all staff, students Representation – led by a Student
and governors. The Ethics Code sets out the Executive, working with representatives
School’s commitment to the ethics from across the School, students
principles of Responsibility and influence and shape the decisions and
Accountability; Integrity; Intellectual direction of the School;
Freedom, Equality of Respect and Welfare and student support – the SU’s
Opportunity, Collegiality and Sustainability. independent and legally-trained advice
You can find the code, guidance and link to workers offer free, confidential advice if
the online ethics module Ethics at LSE at you need it;
lse.ac.uk/ethics. The Union runs a car, some shops and
the only gym on campus all designed for
Research Ethics LSE students.
If you conduct research you should refer to For further information and to get involved,
the Research Ethics Policy and procedures. please visit https://www.lsesu.com/

Search online for ”LSE Research Ethics and

Guidance” to find resources on policy, 10. Presentation Ceremony
procedure, informed consent, safety,
training and support. You will also find the The Graduation Ceremony normally takes
Code of Research Conduct and its place in December. Do check that you have
associated procedures. passed all parts of the examination before
If you have any questions regarding you make arrangements to attend.
research ethics or research conduct please Invitations are emailed to all students
email research.ethics@lse.ac.uk. expected to successfully complete their
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before the ceremonies. Tickets can then be An email forwarding address to
booked online. continue using an LSE email address
The Library’s printed collections on a
The ceremonies take place in the Peacock reference basis, and can borrow free
Theatre and you are able to bring along two of charge
guests.
For more information about the benefits
For more information on the presentation and services available to alumni, please
ceremonies, please see: contact the Alumni Relations team on
alumni@lse.ac.uk.
http://www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/students/reg
istrationTimetablesAssessment/ceremonies
/home.aspx

11. Alumni Association

LSE’s Alumni Association is the official voice

of LSE's global alumni community,
comprising more than 133,000 people in
more than 190 countries, 53 country
groups, nine special interest groups and 30
contact networks.

Its primary role is to support the alumni

programme co-ordinated by the LSE Alumni
Relations team by a) developing and
supporting the network of international and
special interest alumni groups and contact
networks, and, b) representing the voice of
the alumni community within the School.

You automatically become a member upon

graduation. Membership is free. By
registering with the Houghton Street Online
community, you will be able to stay
connected with former classmates and the
School after your graduation. You will
receive a monthly e-newsletter, LSE Alumni
Echo, and the biannual alumni magazine,
LSE Connect.

LSE alumni also have access to:

Alumni Professional Mentoring
Network
LSE Careers for up to two years after
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