Gift One Hour
How long does it take to shape the world? We think just one hour a month can make all the difference. Joining in is easy - just sign up to participate in the Gift One Hour programme, and choose any of the opportunities below each month to reach your one hour!
Our Gift One Hour programme is designed to help alumni advocate for LSE globally, raise LSE’s profile and amplify the School’s research, news and opportunities around the world.
Gift One Hour is for all LSE community members no matter where they live. Opportunities include sharing LSE news with your networks, facilitating connections with policy makers, institutions and thought leaders, amplifying the School’s strategic campaigns, or contributing your expertise and thought leadership to LSE activity.
Each month, volunteers select from and complete the activities outlined on the Gift One Hour advocacy hub. All opportunities and activities are designed to take one hour or less of your time to complete. Of course, we're only asking for one hour of your time, but you can respond to as many of the opportunities outlined as you wish!
Share the latest opportunities with your network
Spotlight opportunity:
Following the ranking as “number one university in London” by The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026 last autumn, the LSE has now been ranked top three in the UK, and fifth in the world for Social Science and Management subjects in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026. Share the news with your fellow alumni!
Share the newsIntroduce LSE to key contacts in industry or connect LSE academics with policy makers
Spotlight opportunity:
MSc Health and International Development alumna Solange Ngo Bama’ work reimagines medical training and how it often overlooks the lived realities of the people it aims to serve.
Solange Ngo Bama’s journey outlines how medical training is often geared towards treating the disease, but not the people who have it. This article explores how her MSc Health and International Development equipped her with the tools to integrate her medical degree with a more holistic and patient-focused approach to medical treatment.
Share the LinkedIn postShare LSE research with relevant communities, contribute your expertise to policy discussions, introduce LSE to key contacts in industry or connect LSE academics with policy makers
Spotlight opportunity:
What makes a good leader?
Dr Katie Best from the LSE Department of Management outlines three coaching techniques for leaders, to unlock higher performance, boost motivation, and build stronger, more resilient teams.
Share flagship LSE events like public lectures, regional receptions, or academic conferences with your fellow alumni - don't forget to tag #PartofLSE if you're sharing on social media!
Spotlight opportunity:
LSE Festival
This year’s programme gravitated around the question “what can we be doing to save the Earth, its people and environment?” The events explored the impact of global challenges and how individuals, communities, organisations, corporations should tackle them. Initiate the conversation with your fellow alumni by sharing the festival with your network.
Spotlight opportunity:
Take a scroll through the LSE’s 130 years’ timeline of alumni history.
With 241,000 living alumni across every corner of the globe, the presence of LSE is impressive. This timeline goes beyond the numbers to show not only how Nobel prize winners have strived to know the causes of things, but also the social entrepreneurs, film makers, medical professionals, authors, activists, journalists and more, who have contributed to the wonderfully diverse LSE alumni community throughout the decades.
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