Professional services team

Responsible for:

• Planning and management of departmental resources: human, financial and space
• Acting as the key interface between the Department and the School
• Responsible for quality assurance (reviews)
• Compliance responsibilities i.e. employment law, race relations, special education needs & disability, data protection, health and safety, and assessments
• First point of contact on contractual, resource and financial matters
• Responsible for the professional services team and its development

Office Hours:

• In-person: Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. Other times by appointment.

Room: SAR.1.03B
Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 7548

Email: 

• ih.deptmanager@lse.ac.uk
- For enquiries on HR matters, compliance, opportunities for part-time teachers, contract quieries and applications for the teaching programme.  

• ih.finance@lse.ac.uk
- For enquiries about Departmental finance including: payments, claims, suppliers, invoices and budget enquiries. 

• d.frini@lse.ac.uk
- For all other enquiries 

Responsible for all aspects of programme administration for the Department's Undergraduate Programmes:

• BA History
• BSc International Relations and History
• BSc History and Politics

• This includes: degree and course enquiries, course choice, induction, exams, language course reimbursement queries, essay submissions queries, student staff liaison committee enquiries and student surveys.
• Applications for undergraduate degrees are considered by Undergraduate Admissions, who make the decisions on whether to offer places. For admissions queries please contact ug.admissions@lse.ac.uk

• Department's Main Office and its facilities including post, fax, stationery; ordering and distribution of goods and services
• Estate-related requests e.g. maintenance issues and office requirements. Including the issuing of ID cards and fob keys to offices. 

Jacquie Minter has a certificate in Mental Health First Aid.

Office Hours:

• On Zoom: Monday to Friday, 12pm to 1pm - by appointment via Student Hub.

Attend Jacquie Minter's office hours to discuss:

• general programme related queries
• exams
• essay submissions
• extension requests
• welfare and personal issues affecting studies

Room: SAR.1.03F
Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 6174
Email: ih.ug.admin@lse.ac.uk

Responsible for all aspects of programme administration for the:

• MSc History of International Relations
• MSc Theory and History of International Relations
• MSc Empires, Colonialism and Globalisation
• MSc International and Asian History
• MA Modern History

• This includes: degree and course enquiries, course choice, induction, exams, language course reimbursement queries, essay submissions queries, student staff liaison committee enquiries and student surveys.

Room: SAR.1.03E
Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 7331

Email: 

• ih.pgadmin@lse.ac.uk
- For enquiries about the MA/MSc Programmes in International History

• m.fomina@lse.ac.uk 
- For all other enquiries

Responsible for all aspects of programme administration for the Department's Double Degree Programmes:

• LSE-PKU Double Degree MSc in International Affairs
• LSE-Columbia Double Degree MA in International and World History
• LSE-NUS Double Degree MA in Asian and Global History

• Deputises for Department Manager in times of absence 

• This includes: degree and course enquiries, course choice, induction, exams, language course reimbursement queries, essay submissions queries, student staff liaison committee enquiries and student surveys.

Office Hours:

• In-person: Tuesday and Wednesday, 10am to 11.30am; other times by appointment.

Room: SAR.1.03C
Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 7126

Email: 
• Ih.Doubledegrees@lse.ac.uk
- For enquiries about the three double degree programmes 

• ih.deptmanager@lse.ac.uk
- For enquiries when deputising for Department Manager 

• n.bhatti@lse.ac.uk
- For all other enquiries 

Responsible for:

• Secretary to the Department's Teaching and Research Committees, and Teaching and Exams Meeting
• Student, welfare and pastoral matters, Assistant to the Tutor for 3rd year undergraduates 
• Departmental business on  the CAPIS course management system
• Departmental representative for the course selection improvement project
• Departmental administration for the Research Excellence Framework (REF)
• Administration for Visiting Academics, primarily during the application and welcome stages
• PSS representative on the department’s EDI Committee in 2022/23 

Office Hours:

• Tuesday, 2.30pm to 3.30pm.

Room: SAR.1.03D
Tel: +44 (0)20 7107 5409
Email: m.betts1@lse.ac.uk

Responsible for:

• Programme Administration for MPhil/PhD International History in the Department
•This includes admission enquiries, induction, student staff liaison committee enquiries and LSE PhD Studentships
• Alumni relations and careers programmes and their activities in the Department

Room: SAR.1.03d
Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 7543

Email:
• ih.phdadmin@lse.ac.uk
- For enquiries about the MPhil/PhD Programme in International History

• e.gjonca@lse.ac.uk 
- For all other enquiries

Office Hours:

• In-person: Tuesday and Thursday, 10:30am to 12:30pm.

Responsible for:

• Day-to-day managing of the department’s social media channels (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram) and department's presence in the School’s app, the LSE Student Hub
• Developing and producing multi-media, graphic and written content for all online channels
• Promoting departmental events and news
• Digital marketing of degree programmes
• Managing the department’s blog (LSE International History Blog)
• Assisting in the production and promoting the department's podcasts and video
• First point of contact on all website, social media, LSE Student Hub, blog and podcast matters relating to the department
• All aspects of our department's virtual learning environment, Moodle and reading list software, Leganto.

Office Hours:

• Tuesday and Thursday, 10:30am to 11:30pm

Room: SAR 103G
Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 7789 

Email:
• ih.socialnetworks@lse.ac.uk 
- For enquiries about our social media platforms and webpages

• ih.projectadmin@lse.ac.uk 
- For enquiries about Moodle and Lenagto

• l.yousofi@lse.ac.uk 
- For all other enquiries

Responsible for:

• Leading in the PSS team and advising faculty on Department’s planning and focus for the student experience
• The design and organisation of student events within the Department
• Management of internal and external communications in relation to the student experience within the Department and the School.
• Booking and organising all meetings within the department and managing the Department Diary
• Key contact for initiatives on the diversification of assessment as it relates to the Student experience

Office Hours:

• Monday to Friday, 10am – 4pm by appointment (appointments via Zoom or in-person)

Room: SAR 103G
Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 7789 

Email:
• ih.events@lse.ac.uk
For enquiries about events in the department

• m.smith18@lse.ac.uk 
- For all other enquiries