LSE is now offering Anthropic’s Claude - ‘Claude for Education’ - AI technology, free of charge. Claude is an AI assistant that can help with educational tasks such as summarising complex information, creating personalised study plans, and assisting with data analysis and visualisation, to be used as outlined by the guidance set out by your programme or courses.
Getting started with Claude:
You will receive an email in the week of 12 May 2025 with instructions on how to access Claude.
You can also request access by completing this form.
If you already have a personal Anthropic account associated with your LSE email address, please complete the access form to switch to Claude for Education. LSE’s plan will give you access to more features and functionality than the free personal plan.
For support:
By partnering with Anthropic, LSE is the only Higher Education institution in the UK to offer their students free access to Claude. This initiative ensures equity by equipping students with essential tools and skills for success in an AI-transformed world, while advancing responsible AI deployment across higher education and society globally.
A key factor in LSE's decision to partner with Anthropic is their deep commitment to responsible use and AI safety. The company guarantees that no student/staff-submitted data will be used to train their models and the Claude for Education plan also includes a ‘learning mode’, which helps students develop critical thinking skills by providing answers that guide reasoning processes, rather than simply providing answers.
Claude for Education provides academic institutions with secure, reliable AI access for their entire community through an intuitive chat interface with enterprise-grade security and privacy controls.
Remember that any generative AI tool should be used in accordance with LSE's AI policies and the specific guidance set out by your programme or courses.
By making Claude available to you, LSE is not endorsing the unrestricted use of generative AI tools by students. You should always check your specific course and/or department policy on the use of generative AI tools. In addition to your department’s policy (which can be found in your Moodle course, under General Information), please refer to the following information: