Careers in teaching and education

Katia Vladimirova completed the MSc in Global (Economic) History at LSE in 2010. She is now a PhD fellow at Erasmus Mundus, Joint Doctorate “Globalisation, EU, Multilateralism” “When I started at LSE, I thought I wanted to graduate to a ‘normal’ job in finance or consulting, be ambitious and make money. I was certain I wasn’t going to apply for a […]

We’re delighted to announce that recent LSE graduate Ashish Patel, BSc in Mathematics and Economics 2016, has been shortlisted for a Team London volunteering award for his work with IntoUniversity during his time at the School. Ashish finds out if he wins at a ceremony at City Hall on October 31st. We asked Ashish how he felt and he said, “Being […]

Guest blog by TEFL Org UK: TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) is an incredible opportunity to travel the world whilst earning money in fun-filled, exciting and challenging role. So it’s no wonder that thousands of people in the UK are signing up every year. Taking a TEFL course with give you skills, knowledge and certificate to teach English […]

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Enza Iannopollo completed the MSc in Regulation at LSE in 2011. She now works as a Researcher for Forrester Research “I really enjoy the research process: looking at new topics, build hypotheses, and then testing and challenging them. It is extremely satisfying reaching the end of the process and realising your thinking was correct and more so when you have improved and changed […]

Bernado Jurema completed the MSc in Comparative Politics at LSE in 2011. He now works as a Research Associate for Freie Universität Berlin “As part of my job, I do a lot of reading, both academic studies and papers, but also keep track of the news. We have to produce papers to present in conferences around the themes of the project.” Find out […]

Interested in a career or a spell in teaching? Places are still available for September 2016, particularly in shortage subjects: maths, computing, modern foreign languages and also in economics and geography. If you’re interested, apply now! Things to decide First explore your preferences: primary or secondary school subject school or university based training Then the Get Into Teaching website will help […]

Would a career in teaching suit you? The Brilliant Club works to widen access to selective universities for state school pupils and provides paid experience to current PhD students. If you want to share your PhD research in a course of tutorials with school pupils, or to test out the experience of working in schools, The Brilliant Club provides opportunities for […]

Still thinking about what to do this summer? Teaching abroad could be a fantastic way to enhance your communication and project planning skills whilst giving you an opportunity to travel and experience the culture of another country. Gracie Roman is currently studying at LSE and has outlined her experience teaching abroad below. She is studying for an MSc in Gender, […]

Andrea Pechova completed the BSc in International Relations at LSE in 2008. She now works as a Research Analyst for the Investment Management Association “Having come to the LSE with the aim of working for the Slovak diplomatic service, I have completely changed focus since starting my first degree.  Greater engagement with the “life after LSE” question is something I would […]