Change Makers has been a collaborative programme between LSE and LSE Students’ Union giving students the chance to make meaningful change at LSE through team-based independent research.
Change Makers researched a specific question (or set of questions) put forward by staff at LSE, about an aspect of education or the wider student experience. They then planned and carried out a small-scale research project as part of a team (with funding and research support from LSE).
At the end of the project, Change Makers communicated their findings to senior leadership accross LSE, and co-create actions with relevant stakeholders for LSE and LSESU to take forward.
The Change Makers researchers for 2024/25 shared their findings at an event on Monday 16 June 2025.
Change Makers is on pause for the academic year 2025/26 while LSE considers its approach to student voice and partnership.
Watch this video of Zoya, a previous Change Maker, sharing their experience with the programme:
Some of the actions LSE has taken in response to previous years' Change Makers projects include:
- More funding made available to provide student opportunities (such as off-site trips) consistently across departments
- The LSE Ethics Code has been dramatized in a short film for social media
- Targeted changes made to the induction for Graduate Teaching Assistants in Economics
- Change Makers projects contributed to ongoing work in Anthropology on decolonisation. Changes in the department included a new museum trip and ‘anti treasure hunt’ for incoming first year undergraduates; revision of the curriculum for a first year core course; and a new name, and display of former staff and students, for the Old Anthropology Library.
- The introduction of a Neurodivergent Student Academic Mentoring Scheme through LSE LIFE.
