Sub-Committees and deadlines for 2024/25

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

Each 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  Thomas Hewlett  t.w.hewlett@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 Boad   planning.division@lse.ac.uk 

Deadlines for course and programme approvals:

PLEASE NOTE: you should also consider the relevant deadlines for 

Meeting Dates
GSSC and USSC meeting  Deadline for proposals to be submitted to Secretary 
AutumnTerm 2024 
02 October 2024 11 September 2024
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 09 October 2024
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) 26 February 2025 GSSC 19 March 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) 15 April 2024 
 Postgraduate (taught) (GSSC and EMB) 15 April 2024 
 Postgraduate (research) (RDSC) 15 April 2024