The Planning Division provides analysis of key education surveys conducted across LSE to help academic departments and professional service division teams identify and address strategic priorities aimed at enhancing the quality of education and student support. By identifying trends and benchmarking performance, we ensure the School is well-prepared for sector-wide developments and regulatory requirements. The majority of surveys analysed by the ESE specialists in the Planning Division's Management Information Team are run by TQARO, Careers, Market Research and Intelligence, and LSE100.
Our work includes developing and maintaining dashboards, producing reports, and in some cases facilitating data collection. The Planning Division also manages analysis produced by StudentVoice.ai, which uses AI to tag student comments by topic and create summaries. This analysis is provided for the NSS, Programme, and Course surveys.
Dashboards are available via Tableau and require a VPN connection or on-campus access. Please contact Planning.Division@lse.ac.uk to for support requesting a Tableau account from DTS.
The sections below bring together existing quantitative and qualitative analysis of LSE surveys. If you have any questions or requests for additional visualisations or analysis, please contact Planning.Division@lse.ac.uk.
Population: Final year undergraduates
Timing: Survey runs from February to April, results typically published in July
Survey delivery team: Administered by Ipsos on behalf of the OfS - contact: tqarosurveys@lse.ac.uk
Population: Non-final year undergraduates
Timing: Survey runs from February to April, results typically published in May
Survey delivery team: TQARO - contact: tqarosurveys@lse.ac.uk
Population: Postgraduate taught students (including Executive programmes)
Timing: Survey runs from June to July, results typically published in August
Survey delivery team: TQARO - contact: tqarosurveys@lse.ac.uk
Population: Students taking non-executive courses
Timing: AT - Survey runs in November/December, results typically published in January; WT - Survey runs in March/April, results typically published in May
Survey delivery team: TQARO - contact: tqarosurveys@lse.ac.uk
- Course Survey results (Please note this dashboard is only accessible to HoDs, DHoDs, DMs and Deputy DMs)
- Course Survey results by programme (Please note this dashboard is only accessible to HoDs, DHoDs, DMs, Deputy DMs, and Programme Directors)
- Raw comments are provided directly to department leadership, course convenors, and teachers
- StudentVoice.ai generated summaries and tagged comments are provided directly to department leadership
Population: Students on Executive programmes
Timing: Surveys take place throughout the year, results typically published in August
Survey delivery team: TQARO - contact: tqarosurveys@lse.ac.uk
Population: New students (excluding those on Executive programmes)
Timing: Survey runs in October, results typically published in December
Survey delivery team: Market Research and Intelligence - contact: Ard.Market.Intelligence@lse.ac.uk
Population: Recent graduates (completed 15 months after graduation)
Timing: Rolling, results typically published in June/July
Survey delivery team: Administered by IFF Research on behalf of the Higher Education Statistics Agency - contact: careers@lse.ac.uk
Population: All students
Timing: Data collected during enrolment, results typically published in February
Survey delivery team: LSE Careers - contact: careers@lse.ac.uk
If you would like more information or have any questions about the careers registration data or how LSE Careers works with academic departments, please email careers@lse.ac.uk.
Population: Year 1 undergraduate students
Timing: October and March
Survey delivery team: LSE100 - contact: Lse100@lse.ac.uk