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Student Voice and Representation

Being a part of our department community is a vital part of your time here at LSE, and your views and experiences matter to us. 

Being a student representative was valuable, as not only did I have the opportunity to work with my department on issues, I also met a lot of peers on my programme that I wasn't in classes with

Emma Maine, previous MSc Sociology student representative

Whether you are here for a 12 month master's programme, undertaking our PhD programme or studying on our 3 year BSc degree, you are an important member of our department community. There are many ways in which you can enrich your experience at LSE, including taking an active role in our department community. We welcome all of our students to participate in and feedback on our events, teaching, processes and activities.

We are dedicated to hearing your views on your student and academic experience, so we can improve your experience of studying at LSE and within the Department of Sociology. Your feedback helps us to improve our programmes, your study environment and the support that we provide. It also helps us learn what is working, so that we can strive to continue to provide this to the highest standard.

Our main fora for gathering and acting upon your feedback and ideas is the Student-Staff Liaison Committee.

Student-Staff Liaison Committee (SSLC)

This comittee comprises of your elected Student Academic Representatives, who act as conduits of student feedback. They represent you and your cohort, by programme and by year group, under the guidance of the LSE SU. 

The Student Academic representatitves' role is to gather feedback from peers on their programme and to bring the feedback to the Student-Staff Liaison Committees.

The Sociology department has a SSLC for each of our level of study: Undergraduate(USSLC), Graduate (GSSLC) and Research (RSSLC).

If you have feedback for the department that you would like raised, feel free to contact your student representative in the first instance, who can take your item to the next SSLC.

All current students can access the information about our SSLCs, including Student Representative names, previous committee minutes and other relevant details - please access the webpage linked on the right hand side of this page.