About us

The Eden Centre, established in October 2019, is a pro-active, developmental centre of education expertise with a clear focus on academic staff development, curriculum enrichment and digital innovation. Drawing on an evidence-base and a commitment to inclusive practice, it works at both strategic and operational levels to enable education enhancement in line with the priorities of LSE2030 and higher education sectoral requirements emerging from the Teaching Excellence Framework and the School’s Access and Participation Plan.

Our work is underpinned by the following principles:

  • Enhancing education in the social sciences and the student experience at LSE through leading and supporting the review and enrichment of curricula including through harnessing learning technologies;

  • Engaging colleagues at all stages of their career in the development of their educational practice as individuals, teams and education leaders;

  • Enabling a high quality, research-rich and inclusive education experience for all our students.

Our team offers a range of developmental and funding opportunities to all staff who teach and support students’ learning including:

We hope that you find this site informative and useful but if you cannot find what you are looking for, please do get in touch with us at eden@lse.ac.uk. You can also reach us by telephone on 0207 107 5749.

To receive regular updates from the LSE Eden Centre team, please use this link to sign up to our newsletter mailing list.

In addition, below are the main email contact routes for Eden Centre support:

eden@lse.ac.uk

for general/miscellaneous enquiries

eden.digital@lse.ac.uk

for help with teaching technologies at LSE 

eden.lecturerecording@lse.ac.uk

for assistance with the lecture recording systems at LSE

eden.groups@lse.ac.uk

For enquiries regarding LSE GROUPS

Main education contacts at LSE

Name

Role 

Email contact

Professor Emma McCoy

Vice President and Pro-Vice Chancellor (Education)

e.mccoy@lse.ac.uk

Alice Beneyto

 PA to Prof Emma McCoy

a.f.beneyto@lse.ac.uk

Anne Clinton 

Co-Director, LSE Careers

a.p.clinton@lse.ac.uk

Lizzie Darlington

Co-Director, LSE Careers

e.h.darlington@lse.ac.uk

Stella Ekebuisi

Head, Digital Education Futures and Deputy Director, Eden Centre

s.i.ekebuisi@lse.ac.uk

Dr Claire Gordon

Director, Eden Centre

c.e.gordon@lse.ac.uk

Professor Mark Hoffman

Associate Vice President and Pro-Vice Chancellor (Education)

m.hoffman@lse.ac.uk

Nyssa Lee-Woolf

Head, Education Enhancement Projects

n.lee-woolf@lse.ac.uk

Dr Claudine Provencher

Director, Student Learning and Personal Development 

c.m.provencher@lse.ac.uk

Dr Alex Standen

Head, Academic Development, Eden Centre

a.m.standen@lse.ac.uk

Mark Thomson

Academic Registrar

m.t.thomson@lse.ac.uk

Thomas Watson

Education Strategic Officer

t.watson@lse.ac.uk