welcome events PhD
Welcome to the Department of Social Policy, we're looking forward to welcoming you at LSE this autumn!
Welcome Week takes place from 21–25 September 2026. Your event schedule is below and key information for starting the academic year are available online and through the Student Hub app.
PhD Welcome Week Schedule
Social Policy Welcome Reception- 5.00pm-7.00pm, SCR, OLD Building
A first opportunity for all new incoming students (both undergraduate and postgraduate) to socialise over some refreshments and to introduce yourselves to one another and members of Faculty and the Programmes Support Team.
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PhD-Welcome & Intro to Programme- 10.30am-12.00pm, OLD 2.38
This compulsory session will give you an introduction to the PhD in Social Policy and provide you with all the key information you need as you embark on your first steps as an LSE Social Policy PhD student. You will hear from your Doctoral Programme Director and meet your Programmes Support Team. During this event, you will be given your Departmental free goodies!
PhD- Sandwich Lunch with Supervisors & Reps- 12.30pm-1.30pm, OLD 2.38
Following the Welcome to the programme, join us for lunch and meet your PhD reps!
PhD Coffee & Reps/Buddy Scheme Intro- 1.30pm-3.00pm, OLD 2.38
The current PhD reps will talk to the incoming PhDs about what it is really like to study in the Department – and match you up with your PhD ‘buddy’.
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Campus enrolment for new MPhil/PhD and visiting research students-
10:00am -12:00pm, PhD Academy.
Race Matters Launch Event – 12.30pm-2.00pm, Peacock Theatre
Find out what the Department is doing to break down racial barriers at LSE, decolonise the curriculum and how you can get involved in the Race Matters initiative!
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Social Policy Buzz Event- 4.00pm-6.00pm, Shaw Library, 6th Floor, OLD Building
Come and chat with faculty from across the Department about their careers and research, life as an academic, their experience of influencing policy and engaging with policymakers or anything else that springs to mind!
Registration details will be added here soon!
PhD Dinner- 6.00pm-7.30pm, Franco Manca- Aldwych
A chance for you to meet your fellow new PhD students over dinner.
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