Welcome to the Department of Social Policy

My Department

• Social Policy Welcome Reception-5:30 pm-7.00pm, SDR, 5th floor of the OLD Building,

A first opportunity for all new incoming students (Undergraduate, Postgraduate, MPhil/PhD) to socialise over some refreshments and to introduce yourselves to one another and members of Faculty and the Programmes Support Team.

My Education

• 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 Programme Support Team. During this event, you will be given your department's free goodies! A Department-branded tote bag and water bottle!

• 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!

• 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’.

Campus enrolment- 10.00am-12.00pm, PhD Academy, more information here.

My Support and Opportunities

• Race Matters Launch Event –
  12.30pm-2.00pm, Auditorium, CBG,

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!
Information on how to register to attend will be added here in due course.

My Community

• Social Policy Buzz Event -
  4.00pm-5.30pm, Auditorium, CBG,

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!
Information on how to register to attend will be added here in due course.

• Dinner -
  6.00pm-7.30pm, Franco Manca - Aldwych

A chance for you to meet your fellow new PhD students over dinner.

My Next Steps

• More information will be added here in due course.