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Introduction

About us

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Study Find out about our Undergraduate, Masters and Research programmes

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Research Influential research with a global impact on policy

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Welcome to LSE Government What it's like to be part of the department

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LSE Government Blog 'Politics, Research and Student Life' - read the latest articles from our staff and students

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Coronavirus FAQs Information for students and staff concerned about coronavirus

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People Find out more about us and how to get in touch

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Events Explore our public events programme

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Peterloo Massacre We speak to director Mike Leigh about translating the story of Peterloo into film

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How can you make the most of faculty office hours? We ask our students and academics

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YouTube Watch our latest videos on the LSE Government channel

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Read the latest GovBlog articles

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RT @LSE_US: ❗️Tomorrow, @B_Eichengreen (@berkeleyecon), @SJRickard (@LSEGovernment) and @ptrubowitz (@LSEIRDept) will discuss whether #popu…

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We're so proud of our Class of 2020. If you're a graduating student with photo memories to share, we'd love to see… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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