LSE Insight: year 11

The LSE Insight event will take place on Saturday 28 March 2026 via Zoom. It will run from approximately 10.30am to 3.00pm (exact times will be confirmed in early 2026).

The day will feature a range of interactive sessions, including:

•          Introduction to widening participation opportunities at LSE
•          My journey to LSE: reflections from current students
•          A day in the life of an LSE student
•          LSE student Q&A panel
•          Social sciences taster lecture (details to be confirmed)
•          Preparing for options after sixth form / college
•          Introduction to LSE admissions.

The final agenda will be shared with successful applicants ahead of the event.

LSE Insight is free to attend.

Essential criteria

Applicants should:

•          currently be in year 11 (England and Wales), year 12 (Northern Ireland), or S4 (Scotland)
•          have always attended a UK state-funded, non-fee-paying school.

Additional criteria

Applicants should also meet at least one of the following:

•          be care-experienced. This means you have spent time living with foster carers under local authority care, in residential care (eg, a children's home), being looked after at home under a supervision order, or in kinship care with with friends or relatives (officially or informally)
•          have been eligible for free school meals at any point during secondary school
•          live in an area where fewer people go to university, as measured by TUNDRA quintile 1 or quintile 2. You can check your postcode on the Office for Students website. 
•          live in an area with high socioeconomic deprivation, as measured by IMD quintile 1 or quintile 2. You can check your postcode using the relevant links for:
•  England 
•  Northern Ireland
•  Scotland
•  Wales.

Applications will be open from Monday 19 January 2026 to Sunday 1 March 2026. The link to the application form will be available here during that period.

If you have any questions, please contact us at: ard.pathways@lse.ac.uk 

All staff and students involved in the sessions receive appropriate training before the event. Staff or students working directly and regularly with young people receive specific training on working with children, in line with our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy. They also undergo an appropriate level Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Please note that as a result of circumstances or events outside of our control (known as a Force Majeure event), which includes but is not limited to industrial action, official government advice, fire, flood or other environmental or physical damage to premises, we may need to cancel an event at short notice.

In the event of a cancellation, a change of venue or date, we will endeavour to notify attendees wherever possible through the contact details given at the time of booking. For the avoidance of doubt, the School will not be liable for any costs you may incur as a result of any cancellation, change of venue or date.