• We've opened the new Centre Building, a space in the heart of campus for everyone to enjoy.
• LSE is recognised in Stonewall’s Top 100 Employers list, highlighting us as one of the best employers for lesbian, gay, bi and trans staff.
• Delivered our third volunteer-led PSS conference with support from LSE academics, and shared our expertise to enhance ways of working and educating at our new Education Forums.
• Launched our management apprenticeship scheme to support current and aspiring team leaders to develop practical management skills.
• Continued to develop ways for staff to feed back and contribute, organising Staff Voice workshops, increased the number of forums with the School Management Committee and introduced Comments, Compliments and Concerns postcards across campus.
• Changed staff events, replacing non-inclusive activities with a new programme open to all. This includes new initiatives such as the LSE Research Showcase and afternoon tea with the Director, so that the LSE community can come together and celebrate success.
• Established new ways to support connectivity and collaboration, developing cluster groups to help working across departments, divisions and services.
• Launched LSE Extras, our staff wellbeing and lifestyle benefits platform. Explore the ways you can save on everything from your weekly shop to your summer holiday!

We've developed a new flexible working toolkit to help you find out how it can work for you or for your teams. We also have policies for core business in core hours, and good email etiquette.

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Focusing on guidance for departments, academic staff development, curriculum enrichment and digital innovation, the Eden Centre works with colleagues across our School and in partnership with students to enhance research-rich education in line with the priorities of LSE 2030. This work also supports themes emerging from the UK Teaching Excellence Framework and the School’s Access and Participation Plan.

Learn more about the Eden Centre

We are reviewing and improving the School’s induction process so that all staff feel part of LSE from the moment they join our School community.

We are continuing to enhance our systems, processes and infrastructure through major change programmes led by the new Business Improvement Unit based on collaboration, consultation and shared input.

Annual wellbeing programme We'll be launching an annual programme of wellbeing activities to support your health, mental wellbeing and relationships.

Good Ideas Fund Do you have an idea for a community or wellbeing activity that you'd like to make a reality? From January you'll be able to apply to the Good Ideas Fund for budget to get it up and running. 

In Michaelmas Term 2019, over 600 colleagues recieved their flu vaccination at LSE.

Spotlight Prizes are a new way to recognise professional services staff for exceptional performance and citizenship. Each time awarded, the prize will include a one-off £300 payment and a letter of thanks for the member of staff. They can be given at any point in the year. Information on process and guidelines for the prizes and more opportunities to recognise and reward staff can be found online. 

Our Part of LSE campaign celebrates colleagues across the School and highlights people who make a real difference to our community. If you would like to be involved, or would like to nominate a colleague, let the Internal Communications team know (communications.internal@lse.ac.uk).

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In 2019, we recieved over 600 Values in Practice award nominations, and 140 Excellence in Education award nominations - a testament to the outstanding work you do across our School.

LSE's new Disability and Wellbeing staff network is sponsored by Dilly Fung, Pro-Director (Education). The network aims to enable employees with disabilities to come together to share experiences, information, support and learning; and to enable a better understanding of the barriers for staff with disabilities and develop strategies to promote diversity. Contact EDI for more information: edi@lse.ac.uk.

We are working towards race and gender equality charter marks to improve representation and success across our diverse community. We submitted our Athena Swan application in November.

Visit the EDI webpages for more about equity and diversity at LSE

We are making our professional services recruitment more fair and transparent, through the introduction of anonymised applications with the aim of creating an even more equitable, diverse and inclusive workplace.