Guidance and school principles

This section provides guidance and principles that the Education Committee Sub-Committees and Chairs use when considering new course and programme proposals and certain modification proposals.

The guidance and School principles detailed below supplement information that can be found in modifications to existing courses and programmes on the Courses and Programmes Support Site.

• Arrangements for the introduction of summative exams
• School policy on marking
• Seminar and class-size exemptions
• Shared UG-PGT teaching: approval criteria
• Guidance on the appointment of GTAs for teaching and assessment duties at graduate level
• Principles on 9/10 month master's programmes
• Principles on modular master's programmes
• Principles on intercalated degree programmes 

Contact:

Head of TQARO
Thomas Hewlett
Email:  t.w.hewlett@lse.ac.uk 

 Last reviewed: March 2026