Our Education and student experience work at a glance

Building on our existing strengths, we want every student to have consistently excellent experiences at LSE, in the classroom and beyond, as part of LSE’s scholarly community. LSE’s Education and Student Experience Strategy brings focus, direction and coordination to this work, and includes a wide range of change programmes, projects and initiatives. Each one is improving a high priority aspect of education or students’ experiences at the School – and many also improve the experiences and support for academic and professional staff who work with students.

Our educational change work is led and managed by a small central team, but is delivered by colleagues across the School, through their ongoing day-to-day work with students. Our aim is to better support and equip colleagues with the tools they need, saving time and empowering them, as well as improving experiences for our students.

• 1. Strengthening LSE's educational offering: changes that enhance our programmes and courses, and assessment and feedback, such as digitisation and a focus on inclusion. 
• 2. Creating and supporting a diverse student body: recruiting a more diverse community and better supporting all students during their time at LSE, with a particular focus on mental health and wellbeing, and building community.
• 3. Delivering a consistently excellent student experience: improving essential 'behind the scenes' academic administration, promoting student voice and partnership, and enhancing extracurricular opportunities.

What to expect in 2024-25...

New ways of working with administrative systems such as Akari (Curriculum Management system) and LSE for You, new tools such as Mentimeter and a Digital Assessment Toolkit and new approaches in areas such as Programme Learning Outcomes, AI and Student Voice.

Requests to shape future changes - with many initiatives at an early stage, our work this year will include a focus on discussion and consultation, on topics such as Assessment Regulations, reshaping the academic year and Digital Assessment Principles. 

Support and guidance: new opportunities to contribute to the direction of the portfolio and new forums for sharing learning and best practice. Ongoing guidance remains available through tools and documents such as LSE Offer 2024-25 and the Student Communications Identity toolkit. 

A focus on regulatory and reporting requirements, including preparing to deliver our newly agreed LSE Access and Participation Plan (APP) 2025-29, LSE's Race Equity Framework, our next Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) submission, and our application for the Student Minds University Mental Health Charter Award.

Contact a member of the central team to discuss the coming changes and how they relate to your work.

A-Z - projects, programmes and initiatives: view a full list of current change activities.