Policy Group List

All School policy and procedural documents are indexed through the LSE search engine. To browse an A to Z list of policies, see this page. To browse a list of subjects, see this page.

Policy and procedural documents are sorted by the following groups:

Academic Annex
Academic Staff Reward Committee: Annual Contribution Pay
ASRC Nomination Form
Annual Leave Policy (PSS)
Annual Performance Review of (Full) Professors Guidelines
Buyout Policy
LSE Centennial Professors Scheme
British Petroleum (BP) Centennial Professors Scheme
CDR Guidance: Academic, Research, Policy, Teaching and ECT staff who are no longer on probation
Citation Guide for the Faculty Information Form
Code of Research Conduct
Education Probationary Review Scheme
Emeritus Policy
Governance of Research
Guidance for the Employment of Graduate Teaching Assistants, Guest Teachers and Emeritus Teachers for Departments and Staff
Guidelines for Interim Review and Major Review of Lecturers
Guidelines for Promotion to and within the New Research Staff Career
Guidelines for Promotion to Research Officer and Research Fellow
Guidelines for Promotion of Assistant and Associate Professors (Education)
Guidelines for Review and Promotion of Assistant and Associate Professors
Informed consent
Language Policy
Lecture Recording Policy
LSE statement on the use of citation metrics
Major Academic Initiatives Policy
Mentoring Guidance: Academic, Research, Policy, Teaching and ECT staff who are no longer on probation and LSE Fellows (post-doctoral)
Named Chairs Policy
Open Access Publications Policy
Policy Fellow Career Track Promotion
Principles of Authorship
Professionally Qualified Faculty Scheme
Recruitment and Selection Policy
Remuneration Policy for Faculty
Research Data Management Policy
Research Data Management Toolkit
Research Ethics Policy and Procedures
LSE Research Exchange (RX) and use of CareerHub
Research Grants Policy (The Research Grants Policy has been in full effect from 1 August 2021 and applies partially to awards falling prior to this date but after the suspension of the Research Incentives Policy in June 2020).
Research Incentives Policy (The Research Incentives Policy was suspended in June 2020 and remains active only for eligible legacy projects. It has been replaced by the Research Grants Policy).
Research infrastructure and investment funds
Research Privacy Notice
Sabbatical Leave
Single nomination
Turnitin Policy
Visiting Appointments Scheme

Academic Board Standing Orders
Advisory Boards Guidance
Articles of Association [for byelaws associated with the Academic Annex, see the separate Academic Annex file]
Articles of Association
Arts Policy
Bribery and Fraud Policy
Bye Laws
Code of good practice on free speech
Committee Effective Behaviour Statement
Conflicts of Interest Policy
Council Committee Standing Orders
Council Standing Orders
Departmental Code of Governance
Discrimination, Harassement and Bullying Policy
Equity and Diversity Policy Statement
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy
Ethics Code
External Funding Acceptance Policy
Financial Regulations
Health and Safety Policy
Intellectual Property Policy
Modern Slavery Statement
Overseas Travel Policy
Risk Policy
Safeguarding Policy
Safeguarding in Research and International Activities Policy
Scheme of Delegated Legal Authority
Scheme of Delegation
Smoking Policy
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Policy
Speak Up Policy (formerly Whistleblowing Policy)
Student Accommodation Disciplinary Code
Sustainability Policy

Disciplinary procedure for students
Engagement Monitoring Policy [Internal]
Fitness To Study Policy
Graduate Admissions Policy
Graduate Admission Criminal Conviction Policy
Interruption of Studies Policy
Library Rules
Research Degrees guidance can be found here
Student Accommodation Disciplinary Code
Student charter
Students Complaints Procedure
Student Disability Policy
Student Drugs and Alcohol Policy
Undergraduate Admissions Policy

Access control policy
Administrative Accounts Policy
Administrators Code of Practice
Anti-virus software on LSE computers
Application Control Policy [Internal]
Application to use IT facilities at LSE
Asset management policy [Internal]
LSE Associate Accounts [Internal]
Staff Personal Device Policy [Internal]
Centralised Email Deletion [Internal]
ChatGPT Basic Security Guidance [Internal]
Cloud Assurance Questions for Commissioning Teams (form)
Cloud Assurance Questions for Suppliers (form)
Commissioning Cloud Applications [Internal]
Communications Room Physical Security [Internal]
Compromised Accounts Policy [Internal]
Confidential Information Transfer [Internal]
Conditions of use of IT facilities at LSE
Conditions of use of the residences network
Database Security Policy [Internal]
Database Vendors
Data Encryption Requirements for End Users [Internal]
Electronic Data Retention and Purging
Electronic messaging policy [Internal]
Email Address Conventions [Internal]
Encrypted Authentication Policy [Internal]
End User Equipment Policy
Firewall Ruleset Management Policy [Internal]
Guidelines and Responsibilties when selecting non-Copilot Transcription AI [Internal]
Hosting Non-Standard Websites and Internet-facing Services [Internal]
Information security classification standard
Information security policy
Laptop Hard Drive Encryption [Internal]
Log Retention Policy [Internal]
Mail Relay Policy [Internal]
Managing Staff Changing Role [Internal]
Mass Research Survey Policy [Internal]
Microsoft Copilot Guidelines [Internal]
Minimum Standards [Internal]
Minimum Standards: Data Processing Outside EEA (Collaborators) [Internal]
Minimum Standards: Data Processing Outside EEA (Consultants) [Internal]
Minimum Standards: Device Level Security [Internal]
Mobile Device Security Management [Internal]
Monitoring and logging policy [Internal]
Multi-Factor Authenticating Policy [Internal] [Under review]
Network Connection Policy [Internal]
Office365 Account Deletion Policy
Procedure Manager Access to Staff Accounts
Password Policy [Internal]
Patch Management [Internal]
LSE Payment Card Gateways [Internal]
PCI DSS Cardholder Data Environments
PCI DSS Compliance
Proof of Concepts, Prototypes and Pilots
Protocol To Be Followed By DTS In The Event Of The Death Of A Staff or Student [Internal]
Remote access policy [Internal]
Research Tools Minimum Standards
Service Side Encryption [Internal]
SharePoint team sites provision [Internal]
Software Version Control [Internal]
Technology Resources for Journals [Internal]
Temporary Technology Solutions
Use of Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) to protect LSE systems, identities and data [Internal]
User accounts policy [Internal]
VPN Access Control Policy [Internal]
Vulnerability Management Policy
Wireless Devices Policy [Internal]

Policy Group List

All key School documents sorted by group

Academic

These documents mainly focus on research or academic initiatives (or academic staffing arrangements). Usually, they are approved by Academic Board, or one of its associated committees.

Governance

These documents are usually required for statutory or regulatory purposes, and are approved by Council.

Operational

These documents focus on an essential management function. Usually, they are approved by the School Management Committee, or a management committee below Council, e.g. Estates Strategy Committee etc.

Student

These documents comprise student regulations, and will usually by approved by Academic Board or one of its associated committees. Most of these documents are also referenced in the student Calendar.

Technical

These documents are mainly policies, procedures or other similar documents relating to the School's IT facilities.

Calendar For academic regulations and classification schemes relating to programmes of study