Professional development skills

Focusing on skills and techniques that will support your job search and prepare you for the world of work, these sessions cover topics including networking, using LinkedIn, presentation skills.

LSE Generate Startup School

Starts: 6 Oct 2025, 5:30 pm
Finishes: 17 Nov 2025, 7:00 pm
Are you a first-time founder? Do you have a business idea but you don’t know where to start? Want to change the world but need help with the first step? ​Startup School is a series of of live interactive workshops with entrepreneurial experts who will teach you how to test your assumptions, where to find your first customers, how to build your MVP, where to look for finance and funding, and what steps to take next.

Discover | Tech: Digital Bootcamp with Exactimo

Starts: 10 Nov 2025, 11:00 am
Finishes: 10 Nov 2025, 1:00 pm
Venue: LSE, Centre Building, Houghton Street, CBG.2.06
Remaining places: 8
Considering roles at Google, Amazon, Meta, TikTok and want to understand how these platforms actually work? Need practical digital skills that are useful for strategy consulting? Or the digital smarts to grow your own company? Hear from Frederic Kalinke, ex-Google, at his Digital Bootcamp, which is useful for big tech, strategy consultancy, FMCG, product management, startups, marketing or entrepreneurship careers.

Networking for Career Success in the UK (online)

Starts: 10 Nov 2025, 12:00 pm
Finishes: 10 Nov 2025, 1:00 pm
Remaining places: 75
This session will give you strategies and tools to navigate professional networking in the UK context, considering cultural differences.

Department of Management: AlphaSights Skills Seminar- Expert Insights in the Investment Process

Starts: 12 Nov 2025, 1:00 pm
Finishes: 12 Nov 2025, 4:00 pm
Venue: LSE, Marshall Building, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, MAR 6.33
Are you ready to put your commercial thinking and business acumen to the test? AlphaSights invites LSE students to an exclusive 'Expert Insights in the Investment Process' Workshop.

Founder Circle: In The GenDen

Starts: 13 Nov 2025, 6:00 pm
Finishes: 13 Nov 2025, 7:00 pm
Venue: LSE, St Clement's, Clare Market, LSE Generate, Ground Floor
Founder Circles is an uplifting and interactive session designed to bring together entrepreneurs at all stages of their journey.

Founder Circle: Online

Starts: 14 Nov 2025, 9:00 am
Finishes: 14 Nov 2025, 10:00 am
Founder Circle is an uplifting and interactive session designed to bring together entrepreneurs at all stages of their journey.

Build, sell & build again: Stories from a serial LSE founder

Starts: 17 Nov 2025, 6:00 pm
Finishes: 17 Nov 2025, 8:00 pm
Venue: LSE, St Clement's, Clare Market, LSE Generate, Ground Floor
Join us for a fireside chat with Jay Bregman, a serial entrepreneur and LSE alum who has founded multiple ventures including eCourier and Andel.

Founders in Fellowship

Starts: 18 Nov 2025, 9:00 am
Finishes: 16 Jan 2026, 10:00 am
Founders in Fellowship is a space for entrepreneurs who draw strength from their faith. hether you're religious, spiritual, or simply curious, you're welcome to join us for a gentle hour of connection, reflection, and support. Come as you are.

Legal Basics for Startups

Starts: 18 Nov 2025, 6:00 pm
Finishes: 18 Nov 2025, 7:30 pm
Venue: LSE, St Clement's, Clare Market, LSE Generate, Ground Floor
Legal Basics for Start-ups: Flagging the Risks, Framing the Basics

Professionals at LSE: Developing your career vision and strategy (in-person event)

Starts: 19 Nov 2025, 5:30 pm
Finishes: 19 Nov 2025, 7:00 pm
Venue: LSE, Centre Building, Houghton Street, CBG.1.04
Remaining places: 49
For our working professional community with 5+ years experience, this interactive workshop will support you in creating your career vision and defining your career strategy

 

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