Student Experience Sub-Committee

 

 

Please contact the Student Experience Sub-Committee Secretary, Dr Emma Bates, for any SESC-related queries.

Terms of reference

1. On behalf of the Education Committee, the Student Experience Sub-Committee is responsible for overseeing a transparent, equitable and comprehensive approach to the enhancement of student experience, for all students no matter what their background, personal circumstances and level of study.

2. To establish and develop mechanisms to foster community, integration and good relations amongst all students.

3. To develop and monitor student learning communities, in terms of student-focussed guidance and advice related to student health, wellbeing and discipline.

4. To develop and monitor the arrangements for effective academic mentoring and supervision for students.

5. To promote Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in all areas of the student experience.

6. Drawing on analysis of empirical data to inform practice, to consider and act upon data pertaining to student experience, in line with the School’s educational vision and values, including but not limited to:

  a. Student satisfaction indicators (internal and external surveys);

  b. The development of improved learning analytics and student engagement data;

  c. Analysis of differential outcomes.

7. Monitoring the effectiveness of departmental Staff-Student Liaison Committees and the Student Consultative Fora, on the basis of termly or annual reports.

8. To draw ideas and good practice from across the School and externally, as required by the business of the committee.

Membership

Members:-
 
Vice President and Pro-Vice Chancellor (Education) Prof Emma McCoy
Associate Vice President and Pro-Vice Chancellor (Education) (Chair)  Prof Mark Hoffman 
One member from each Academic Board constituency Vacant, Dr Luca Tardelli, Katarzyna Krajniewska, Dr Frédéric Basso, Dr Thomas Smith
Education Career Track Representative Dr Heather Kappes 
Deputy Head of Student Services (Advice & Policy) Dr Pete Evanson
Director, LSE Academic and Professional Development Division and Head of LSE LIFE Dr Claudine Provencher
Head of Student Services Victoria Frost
Deputy Head of Student Services (Operations) Caroline Thurtle
Deputy Head of Widening Participation (Programme Operations) Alice King 
Deputy Head of Widening Participation (Strategic Projects) Sam Bailey
Director of Communications Imogen Withers
Deputy Head of Student Services (Wellbeing)  Venitia Stoby
PhD Academy Manager Dr Pete Mills
Head of EDI Amy Norton 
Representatives of LSE Careers, Residential Services, Library Lizzie Darlington, James Greenwood, Martin Reid
Academic Managers Forum Representative Carl-Ludwig Campbell
Head of Strategy and Portfolio Management: EGI  Thomas Watson
Senior Academic Developer, LSE Eden Centre Dr Ellis Saxey
Student Partnership Manager, LSE Eden Centre Lydia Halls
Head of Sustainability Tammy Armstrong 
Volunteer Centre Manager Dave Coles
Senior Data Analyst Lorna Stevenson 
   
 Student members:-  
LSESU Activities & Communities Officer  Lauren Amdor
LSESU Welfare & Liberation Officer Sana Agarwal
Undergraduate Consultative Forum Representative TBC
Postgraduate Consultative Forum Representative TBC
Research Students Consultative Forum Representative TBC
Academic and professional services staff, whose areas contribute to the quality of education and the wider student experience, or student representatives, as nominated by the Chair.  
   

Schedule of meetings

November 2024

  • Thursday 14 November, 14:00

February 2025

  • Tuesday 4 February, 14:00

June 2025

  • Tuesday 3 June, 14:00