Top Tips Talks and Campus Tours

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There will be a range of events taking place before, during and after, Welcome. Some events are compulsory and others are optional. In addition to the compulsory events you need to attend, such as your Welcome Presentation, Campus Enrolment and Departmental Welcome events, you can explore a range of optional events below.

Here you will find information about Top Tips talks and Local History Tours. Please see the event information about whether you need to register in advance.

Learning to navigate a new city, new school and new people is an exciting time that also comes with some challenges.

Here are the slides from the 2024 presentation: Top Tips for New Students

A recording of the presentation can be found below.

Top Tips New Students 2024

2025 dates and information will be released in due course.

On campus and want to take a look around? Our 2025 tour guide will be available to download soon - so you can get to know the sights of LSE.

Last year's tour ccan be found here Self-Guided Campus Tour August 2024

Are you interested in learning about the history of the LSE campus and the surrounding areas? Register for a professional history tour which will take you on a journey back in time. We will be hosting walking local history tours every day during Welcome 2025, excluding weekends.

Bookings can be made (in September 2025) via Student Hub with some spaces available on day.

History Tour 11.00am
History Tour 12.15pm
History Tour 1.30pm
History Tour 2.45pm

Student-led campus tours will take place throughout Welcome 2025 helping you to get to know the campus from a student perspective.The tours will show you all of the key places that you need to know on campus.

Your tour guide will be an experienced LSE student who can introduce you to key locations, as well as tell you a bit about the past and future of the school.

Tours will depart every 10 minutes between 10am and 4pm from the campus tour starting point at John Watkins Plaza (beside the Library). No booking required - just turn up! However you may need to wait a while at peak times.