Sub-Committees and deadlines for 2023/24

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 2023 
04 October 2023 13 September 2023
22 November 2023 01 November 2023
Winter Term 2024
17 January 2024 15 December 2023
20 March 2024 28 February 2024
SpringTerm 2024
15 May 2024 23 April 2024
29 May 2024 (GSSC only) 23 April 2024
RDSC
 RDSC meeting Deadline for proposals to be submitted to secretary 
01 November 2023 11 October 2023
06 March 2024 14 February 2024
15 May 2024 23 April 2024
EMB meeting Deadline for proposals to be submitted to secretary 
05 October 2023 13 September 2023
22 February 2024 08 February 2024
09 May 2024 23 April 2024

 Final deadlines:

Final deadlines
For new programmes and new core/semi-core courses to be introduced in 2025/26:
   Deadline  Committee Committee meeting date 
Undergraduate 01 November 2023 USSC 22 November 2023 
Postgraduate (taught) 28 February 2024 GSSC 20 March 2024
Postgraduate (research) 14 February 2024 RDSC 06 March 2024
Executive 08 February 2024 EMB 22 February 2024
Optional
Final deadline for optional courses to be introduced in 2024/25:
 Undergraduate (USSC) 23 April 2024 
 Postgraduate (taught) (GSSC and EMB) 23 April 2024 
 Postgraduate (research) (RDSC) 23 April 2024