LSE Explore: Year 12

LSE Explore is a virtual event series delivered via Zoom.

Sociology Monday 6 March 17:00-18:45

Management Tuesday 7 March 17:00-18:45

Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method Thursday 9 March 17:00-18:45

International Relations Friday 10 March 17:00-18:45

Geography and Environment Monday 13 March 17:00-18:45

We are also hosting a Student Life Q&A Panel featuring current LSE Students on Saturday 11 March 11:00-12:00.

Applicants can apply to attend one event or multiple events depending upon their interests.

The event will include

• a subject-specific introduction
• a lecture from an LSE academic
• UCAS and LSE specific admissions information
• a Q&A panel with current LSE undergraduate students.

LSE Explore events are free to attend.

LSE Explore is open to selected Year 12 (or equivalent) students.

Priority Criteria

Applicants should:

• Be currently in Year 12 (England and Wales), Year 13 (N. Ireland) or S5 (Scotland)
• Have always attended a UK state-funded, non-fee-paying school/college/sixth form
• Be considering making an application to undergraduate study at LSE
• Be on track to attain the contextual entry requirements for their course of interest at LSE. The contextual offer grades for the degree programmes are listed alongside the standard offer A-level and IB entry requirements on the relevant programme pages
• Be available for the duration of the event.

Additional criteria

We would also particularly encourage applications from students who belong to one (or more) of our other widening participation target groups, namely:

• Those living in postcode areas of historic low progression to higher education. This is determined by home postcode, which must be in POLAR4 quintile 1 or 2.
  Check your postcode (selecting MSOA) to see if you have ‘Quintile 1’ or ‘Quintile 2’ next to POLAR4 in the table. More information about POLAR.
• Those living in postcode areas of historic deprivation as defined by the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), which must be in IMD quintile 1 or 2 (deciles 1-4) or regional equivalent*. 
  Check your postcode in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales.
• Those who identify as having a disability or specific learning difficulty**
• Those who identify as care-experienced (i.e. those who have been in the care of the local authority)
• Those who identify as Black British African, Black British Caribbean or those of mixed Black British heritage
• Those who identify as British Pakistani
• Those who identify as British Bangladeshi.

More information about how LSE uses widening participation data during the admissions process can be found under the contextual admissions section of this admissions information page.

* Ranks 1-356 in Northern Ireland IMD
  Overall Decile 1 or 2 in Scotland
  Ranks 1-764 in Wales IMD

**Have a disability or specific learning difficulty as defined by UCAS:

• You have a social/communication difference such as autism/Asperger's
• You are blind or have a serious visual impairment uncorrected by glasses
• You are deaf or have a serious hearing impairment
• You have a long-standing illness or health condition such as cancer, HIV, diabetes, chronic heart disease, or epilepsy
• You have a mental health condition, such as depression, schizophrenia or anxiety disorder
• You have a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia, dyspraxia or AD(H)D
• You have physical impairment or mobility issues, such as difficulty using your arms or using a wheelchair or crutches
• You have a disability, impairment or medical condition that is not listed above.

In the circumstance that the event is oversubscribed, and places need to be allocated, applicants will be considered for places based on the extent to which they meet our widening participation criteria.

Those applicants who meet all the priority criteria and one or more of our additional criteria will be prioritised for places. 

Applications for LSE Explore open on Monday 5 December 2022 and close at midnight on Sunday 19 February 2023.

Applications can be made via an online application form which is available here.

If you require an alternative format, please email Ard.Explore@lse.ac.uk. 

The LSE Explore team will then shortlist applications and communicate selection decisions in late February via email.

The LSE Explore team will allocate event invitations based on applicants' eligibility and event demand.

Applicants will be considered for places based on the extent to which they meet our widening participation criteria. Those applicants who meet all the priority criteria and one or more of our additional criteria will be prioritised for places.