Sub-Committees and deadlines for 2024/25

The School has three Sub-Committees which consider new programmes/courses and amendments to existing provision, plus an E-MSc Management Board which oversees executive education.

Each of the three committees is a Sub-Committee of the Education Committee and considers a different level of provision on behalf of it:

Secretaries:

Secretaries
USSC Undergraduate Studies Sub-Committee  K.C. Ho k.c.ho@lse.ac.uk 
GSSC Graduate Studies Sub-Committee Janine Olding j.olding@lse.ac.uk
RDSC Research Degrees Sub-Committee Pete Mills p.b.mills@lse.ac.uk
EMB Executive-MSc Management Board   planning.division@lse.ac.uk 

Deadlines for course and programme approvals:

You should also consider the relevant deadlines for 

** PLEASE NOTE: The systems currently used for the proposal and subsequent update of course and programme information are due to be replaced by a new curriculum management (CM) system, with a phased roll-out due to commence in September 2024. All new course and programme proposals will need to be submitted via the new CM system, Akari, and departments are encouraged to contact TQARO if you are planning to submit a proposal to any of the above committees during 2024/25 for implementation in a future academic year. Please contact the CM Project team via Biu.Cstcp.Programme@lse.ac.uk to confirm your intention to submit a proposal so the appropriate support and training can be arranged.

Meeting Dates
GSSC and USSC meeting  Deadline for proposals to be submitted to Secretary 
Autumn Term 2024 
02 October 2024 Due to the introduction of a new curriculum management system in September 2024, no course or programme proposals will be considered at this meeting.
20 November 2024 30 October 2024
Winter Term 2025
15 January 2025 09 December 2024
19 March 2025 26 February 2025
Spring Term 2025
14 May 2025 15 April 2025
28 May 2025 (GSSC only) 15 April 2025
RDSC
 RDSC meeting Deadline for proposals to be submitted to secretary 
30 October 2024 Due to the introduction of a new curriculum management system in September 2024, no course or programme proposals will be considered at this meeting.
05 March 2025 12 February 2025
14 May 2024 15 April 2025
EMB meeting Deadline for proposals to be submitted to secretary 
TBC TBC
TBC TBC
TBC TBC

 Final deadlines:

Final deadlines
For new programmes and new core/semi-core courses to be introduced in 2026/27:
   Deadline  Committee Committee meeting date 
Undergraduate 30 October 2024 USSC 20 November 2024 
Postgraduate (taught) 09 December 2024 GSSC 15 January 2025
Postgraduate (research) 12 February 2025 RDSC 05 March 2025
Executive TBC EMB TBC
Optional
Final deadline for optional courses to be introduced in 2025/26:
 Undergraduate (USSC) 11 April 2025
 Postgraduate (taught) (GSSC and EMB) 11 April 2025 
 Postgraduate (research) (RDSC) 11 April 2025