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.

Develop your networking style

Starts: 7 Oct 2025, 3:00 pm
Finishes: 7 Oct 2025, 4:30 pm
Venue: LSE, Centre Building, Houghton Street, CBG Auditorium
Remaining places: 0
Want to feel more confident in building strong relationships with people in different situations? Come along to this session to practice simple techniques that will help you make the most of networking opportunities.

Professionals at LSE: Welcome drinks

Starts: 9 Oct 2025, 5:30 pm
Finishes: 9 Oct 2025, 7:00 pm
Venue: LSE, Centre Building, Houghton Street, Alumni Centre, Ground floor
Remaining places: 0
Part of our Professionals at LSE programme, an opportunity to meet other members of our working professional community

LSE Generate - How To Get PR For Your Startup

Starts: 9 Oct 2025, 6:00 pm
Finishes: 9 Oct 2025, 8:00 pm
Venue: LSE, St Clement's, Clare Market, LSE Generate, Ground Floor
Whether you're gearing up for a funding round, launching a new product, or simply trying to get your startup noticed, this session will equip you with the PR tools to make it happen.

Black Women Founders Festival

Starts: 16 Oct 2025, 5:00 pm
Finishes: 16 Oct 2025, 8:00 pm
Venue: LSE, St Clement's, Clare Market, LSE Generate, Ground Floor
LSE Generate, the LSESU Black Women’s Project, and the Programme for African Leadership are excited to present the Black Women Founders Festival: an evening dedicated to celebrating and supporting Black women entrepreneurs from the LSE community.

Professionals at LSE: Defining your personal brand and goals

Starts: 16 Oct 2025, 5:30 pm
Finishes: 16 Oct 2025, 7:30 pm
Venue: LSE, Lionel Robbins Building, Portugal Street, LSE LIFE Workspace 2
Remaining places: 19
For our working professional community with 5+ years experience, Dr. Camille Koppen will lead this interactive session to help you to define your personal brand, impact, and goals.

How to make LinkedIn work for you (online) (postgraduate)

Starts: 17 Oct 2025, 2:00 pm
Finishes: 17 Oct 2025, 3:00 pm
Remaining places: 200
From managing your profile to using it effectively to connect with professionals and build your network, this practical session will ensure you’re getting the most out of LinkedIn.

What makes a good career narrative: how to build your personal story

Starts: 20 Oct 2025, 2:00 pm
Finishes: 20 Oct 2025, 3:00 pm
Venue: LSE, Marshall Building, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, MAR.2.04
Remaining places: 45
Want to know what makes a good career narrative and how to use it with different audiences? Come along to this session to learn about how to build your personal narrative to tell your story in different professional settings.

Discover Consultancy: pivoting into consulting with James Brown

Starts: 21 Oct 2025, 12:00 pm
Finishes: 21 Oct 2025, 1:30 pm
Venue: Z Archive - Undefined Department, MAR 2.09
Remaining places: 55
Interested in consultancy and thinking about a career change? Join experienced Management Consultant and industry expert James Brown for a careers seminar for MSc students with 3+ years professional experience prior to coming to LSE.

Department of Management: Propelling Growth in Sub-Sahar Africa - Grow Movement Case study

Starts: 22 Oct 2025, 9:00 am
Finishes: 22 Oct 2025, 12:00 pm
Research has shown that entrepreneurship is one of the most effective means of alleviating poverty in emerging markets. In this online skills seminar, be inspired and learn how Grow Movement supports entrepreneurs and scales impact in low-income communities around the world.

 

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