Residential life events ambassadors and social activities in halls

The Residential Life Events Ambassadors are a group of residents whose role is to assist Residential Life and Subwardens with the events planned for their hall. This includes helping with event set-up and pack down, support promotion and resident engagement, and help create a welcoming atmosphere during events. Events Ambassadors will be paid per month for their contribution in LSE Food and Catering vouchers, which they can use at catered outlets on campus.

To see who's on your hall's Residential Life Events Ambassadors team at the moment, visit: Contacts in halls of residence

Here's what they do:

• support Halls Wellbeing Team Subwardens with events
• support promotion and resident engagement
• help create a welcoming atmosphere during events

The quickest way to contact your Residential Life Events Ambassadors, and to find out about planned events is through the hall's WhatsApp Community or by visiting the Halls Life platform. Select the group from the list below to ask to join it:

• Join your hall's WhatsApp Community by contacting LSE Residential Life at residential.life@lse.ac.uk
• Visit Halls Life events page

Team contact details

For a list of Residential Life Events Ambassadors and their contact details, visit: Contacts in halls of residence

Being a Residential Life Events Ambassador is an opportunity to network and develop your skills. You will support, communicate, work within a team and problem-solve (skills that are much sought-after by employers). This will also help you get a room in your hall for the following year as long as your warden recommends your return to the hall and you apply in time.

To become a Residential Life Events Ambassador you must be both: 

• a resident and
• a full-time registered LSE student

You can self-nominate for a role by submitting an online application to the Residential Life team. A nomination link will be shared by LSE Residential Life via Halls Life platform.

Your application should include:

• your name, and
• why you think you are a suitable candidate by answering the set questions.

For contact details of your Warden and Residential Life Officer, visit: Contacts in halls of residence

Your application will be reviewed and assessed by the Warden and Residential Life Officer. They will make the selection based on the skills, experiences and strategies that you demonstrate in your application.

Recruitment timeline

Applications happen during the summer period for the current cohort. Every resident can apply for a role. 

Successful applicants are then invited to their induction training into the role at the beginning of the Autumn Term.

Residential Life Events Ambassadors inductions take place during the summer and at the beginning of the Autumn Term. The induction includes role-specific training and group activities that help everyone to meet each other. 

We’ll focus on areas that are important for your role, such as mental health awareness and event planning and delivery as well as organisational skills. 

To make sure you are equipped with skills you need for your role, training continues throughout the academic year.

Residential Life Events Ambassador handbook

If you want to find out even more about the roles and what the responsibilities look like, check out this collection of advice: Committee handbook [PDF] 

Residential Life SharePoint site

Our SharePoint site for Residential Life Events Ambassadors lets you access important information, submit reports, and collaborate. Access is given once the induction training is completed.

We're a team of staff in Residential Services. We support the Residential Life Events Ambassadors in their work and help them to make the most of their resources. 

We also manage a SharePoint site page to find important information, submit reports, and to collaborate and learn from each other. Log in information is sent to all team members.

Residential Life team contact details

Email: residential.life@lse.ac.uk
Instagram: @lsereslife

To see who's is looking after your hall, visit: Contacts in halls of residence

Stay up to date with your Hall events: 

• ​Bankside House Events
• Butler's Wharf Residence Events
• Carr-Saunders Hall Events
• High Holborn Residence Events
• Lilian Knowles House Events
• Passfield Hall Events
• Robeson House Events
• Rosebery Hall Events
• Sidney Webb House Events
• urbanest Westminster Bridge Events

All LSE managed halls are taking part in #SustainableLSE halls campaign which airms to reduce energy and water consumption, and to improve recycling rates. This campaign is in partnership with SOS-UK.

These halls take part: 

• Bankside House
• Butler's Wharf Residence
• Carr-Saunders Hall
• High Holborn Residence
• Passfield Hall
• Rosebery Hall

ReLove is a reuse program to give a home to unwanted items (books, crockery, clothes etc.) donated by students moving out of halls at the end of the academic year.

• Every year around 8 to 9 tonnes of unwanted items are donated, most to the British Heart Foundation.
• Food items in halls are collected by the LSESU FoodCycle Society.