Sub-Committees and deadlines for 2026/27

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  Kayleigh Gibson k.gibson2@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 2026
30 September 2026 09 September 2026
18 November 2026 28 October 2026
Winter Term 2027
13 January 2027 09 December 2026
24 March 2027 03 March 2027
Spring Term 2027
12 May 2027 21 April 2027
26 May 2027 21 April 2027
RDSC
 RDSC meeting Deadline for proposals to be submitted to secretary 
28 October 2026 07 October 2026
03 March 2027 10 February 2027
12 May 2027 21 April 2027

 Final deadlines:

Final deadlines
For new programmes and new compulsory or core courses to be introduced in 2028/29:
   Deadline  Committee Committee meeting date 
Undergraduate 28 October 2026 USSC 18 November 2026 
Postgraduate (taught) 09 December 2026 GSSC 13 January 2027
Postgraduate (research) 10 February 2027 RDSC 03 March 2027
Optional
Final deadline for optional courses to be introduced in 2027/28:
 Undergraduate (USSC) 21 April 2027
 Postgraduate (taught) (GSSC) 21 April 2027
 Postgraduate (research) (RDSC) 21 April 2027