Sub-Committees and deadlines for 2025/26

The School has three Sub-Committees which consider new programmes/courses and amendments to existing provision.

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

Deadlines for course and programme approvals:

You should also consider the relevant deadlines for 

Meeting Dates
GSSC and USSC meeting  Deadline for proposals to be submitted to Secretary 
Autumn Term 2025 
01 October 2025 10 September 2025
19 November 2025 29 October 2025
Winter Term 2026
14 January 2026 12 December 2025
25 March 2026 04 March 2026
Spring Term 2026
13 May 2026 21 April 2026
27 May 2026 21 April 2026
RDSC
 RDSC meeting Deadline for proposals to be submitted to secretary 
29 October 2025 08 October 2025
04 March 2026 11 February 2026
13 May 2026 21 April 2026

 Final deadlines:

Final deadlines
For new programmes and new compulsory or core courses to be introduced in 2027/28:
   Deadline  Committee Committee meeting date 
Undergraduate 29 October 2025 USSC 19 November 2025 
Postgraduate (taught) 12 December 2025 GSSC 14 January 2026
Postgraduate (research) 11 February 2026 RDSC 04 March 2026
Optional
Final deadline for optional courses to be introduced in 2026/27:
 Undergraduate (USSC) 21 April 2026
 Postgraduate (taught) (GSSC) 21 April 2026
 Postgraduate (research) (RDSC) 21 April 2026