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: 27 Oct 2025, 12:00 pm
Finishes: 27 Oct 2025, 1:30 pm
Venue: LSE, Marshall Building, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, MAR.1.10
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.

Skills Seminar: Demystifying the SQE: Qualifying as a Solicitor - with the University of Law

Starts: 29 Oct 2025, 1:00 pm
Finishes: 29 Oct 2025, 2:00 pm
Venue: LSE, Cheng Kin Ku Building, Lincoln's Inn Fields, CKK.1.04
Remaining places: 67
This workshop will cover everything you need to know when choosing to do the SQE. This SQE workshop looks at this route to qualification, providing key elements of the SQE, information on what to expect from the exams, and an interactive demonstration of Single Best Answer Questions.

Intercultural communication: preparing for UK interviewing

Starts: 29 Oct 2025, 3:00 pm
Finishes: 29 Oct 2025, 4:00 pm
Venue: LSE, Marshall Building, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, MAR.2.09
Remaining places: 0
This session will give you an understanding of cultural differences in communication in an interview setting. You will be better able to prepare for interviews.

LSE Generate- Storytelling, Pitching and Communicating Your Message Workshop

Starts: 4 Nov 2025, 6:00 pm
Finishes: 4 Nov 2025, 8:00 pm
Venue: LSE, St Clement's, Clare Market, LSE Generate, Ground Floor
Join us for an energising workshop designed to help entrepreneurs master the art of storytelling, sharpen their pitch, and communicate their message with clarity and impact. Whether you're speaking to investors, customers, or collaborators, your story is your superpower. Through hands-on exercises, expert insights, and real-time feedback, you'll learn how to connect emotionally, speak with confidence, and leave a lasting impression.

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

Starts: 7 Nov 2025, 2:00 pm
Finishes: 7 Nov 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.

Networking for Career Success in the UK (online)

Starts: 10 Nov 2025, 12:00 pm
Finishes: 10 Nov 2025, 1:00 pm
Remaining places: 160
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.

Develop your networking style

Starts: 20 Nov 2025, 12:00 pm
Finishes: 20 Nov 2025, 1:30 pm
Venue: LSE, Clement House, Aldwych, CLM 3.02
Remaining places: 85
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.

What career is the right one for me? (UG)

Starts: 26 Nov 2025, 4:00 pm
Finishes: 26 Nov 2025, 5:30 pm
Venue: LSE, Clement House, Aldwych, CLM.2.02
Remaining places: 55
Consider how your values, strengths and interests can inform your career path and pursuing work that is important to you

 

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