In the 2023-24 academic year, we created over 13,000 interactions with entrepreneurs, gave out £70,000 funding to startups, and delivered over 500 hours of coaching to entrepreneurs, contributing to our ventures creating at least 98 new jobs. Read more about our programmes, events, impact and support in this report.
Read the report here.
This report, in partnership with the Women on Boards Community Interest Company, explores barriers to women’s representation and participation in leadership and board positions across Small and Medium Enterprise sectors in the UK and provides recommendations to overcome them. The report draws on collaborative research led by Dr. Paroma Bhattacharya, Sankirtana Kumar Tharamel and Professor Connson Locke, using Think Tank community reflections and other work undertaken by Oxford Brookes and De Montfort universities. The report has been endorsed by UN Women UK, as a Collaborative Partner.The report will support the work of a new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Equitable Governance, chaired by Sarah Edwards MP, launched at the UK House of Lords on 30th September 2025. LSE representation will be maintained by Dr. Jen Fensome on the associated APPG Business Board. LSE has been working with the Women on Boards Community Interest Company since their inception in 2023, to support their aim to champion female leaders and diversify boardrooms in SMEs and micro-businesses. The Women on Boards Community Interest Company has attracted a large network of experts, entrepreneurs, business leaders, and political stakeholders, including partners such as UN Women UK and Barclays Eagle Labs, to help understand the barriers faced by women in business and to identify possible policy solutions.
Read the report here.
LSE Generate Summer Innovation Bootcamp Impact Report 2025
In the summer of 2025 we ran four weeks of Bootcamps 63 teenagers to learn to build social enterprises on the LSE campus. 100% of the participants said that the week improved their entrepreneurship skills.
Read the report here.