‘GROUPS provided me with invaluable experience in working collaboratively on a rapidly evolving piece of work. This is something that I directly draw from in my new work environment. Feeling as though I’m prepared to handle multi-person drafting projects, has really helped me settle into my position.’
Tess, LSE GROUPS 2018
‘… multiple sessions on research skills, such as effective literature searching, statistical data analysis in SPSS, and conducting interviews were organised every day. I was able to brush up on my existing research skills and learn some new ones too. Furthermore, I also presented my research findings to several LSE academics and all GROUPS participants and received detailed feedback on my report at the end of the programme. This was a great way to hone my skills in presenting and report-writing and served as preparation for my summative projects in LSE’
Jeria, LSE GROUPS 2018
‘I really enjoyed participating in LSE GROUPS! I have benefited from learning different types of research methods from both quantitative and qualitative disciplines, as I can deploy different methods more confidently in my future research projects.’
Anonymous, GROUPS 2019
‘We were torn between two topics, before eventually agreeing on terrorism. With the help of our supervisor, we shared our ideas on what areas of terrorism we could research, before formulating our research question. The process of discussing an idea and formulating a research question helped me a huge amount two years later when I needed to formulate my own research question for my final year research project… During our year, there was, unfortunately, a terror attack in London. This posed a serious challenge for our research. Not only was this a hugely emotional incident, but this posed a challenge for research ethics. It would be difficult to conduct in-person interviews about this topic. We then discussed a new research methodology between ourselves to ensure we could still conduct our research whilst respecting the ethics of research. This process taught us a lot about research ethics, something which is always relevant when conducting research at any stage in one’s research career. It is something I remembered to be conscious of when I conducted my own research later on.’
Preeti, GROUPS 2017
‘LSE GROUPS was such a valuable experience for me on so many levels. I was extremely nervous at first and couldn’t imagine writing an academic paper in the space of two weeks. Having successfully mastered the project I now have a lot more confidence in my writing skills, especially those for last minute essays. The final presentation made me feel like my opinion is one that can actually shape change and resonate.’
Giulia, GROUPS 2019
‘…these two weeks at GROUPS gave me confidence that I too could contribute towards writing an original research paper.’
Karthik, GROUPS 2018
‘During the time I undertook LSE GROUPS, I became more confident in analysing numbers and in relaying this information concisely to others. By contributing in writing the research paper, I was able to build upon this and it helped me further to improve my essay writing skills for my second- and third-year modules. (I took LSE GROUPS in my first year).’
Areesh, GROUPS 2017