Access and Participation Plan

Our Access and Participation Plan sets out how LSE will improve equality of opportunity for underrepresented groups to access, succeed in and progress from higher education.

LSE is the world’s leading specialist social science institution, founded in 1895 for the betterment of society. Our Access and Participation Plan (APP) sets out interventions and targets for the next four years. It is aligned with LSE's Shaping the World strategy, which sets out the School’s commitment to recruit and support a diverse student community.

We understand that our position as a highly selective Russell Group institution with an international profile places extra responsibility on us to deliver continued improvements in access to, and success within, the School for those groups currently underrepresented at LSE and in the wider HE sector.

Our APPs set out the access, student support and progression measures we are working towards for specific groups, and the objectives and targets these relate to.

Our current and previous APPs are available to view below. The APP that applies to you is based on the academic year in which you started your current undergraduate studies at LSE.