2015/2016

Handbook for Research Degree Students

Contents
Introduction _______________________________________________________________________ 3
The European Institute _____________________________________________________________ 4
Academic Staff_____________________________________________________________________ 5
Visiting Staff _______________________________________________________________________ 9
Professional Services Staff ________________________________________________________ 10
Useful Contacts for Research Students _____________________________________________ 11
Research Centres within the European Institute _____________________________________ 12
Part 1: Rules, Regulations and Formalities ____________________________ 15
1. School Regulations _____________________________________________________________ 16
2. The MPhil/PhD defined __________________________________________________________ 16
3. Registration ____________________________________________________________________ 17
Admission to the MPhil/PhD programme for all MSc students ___________________________________ 17
4. Student Progress and Milestones ________________________________________________ 17
Recording Supervisory Meetings ____________________________________________________________ 17
Annual Reporting __________________________________________________________________________ 18
Targets for Progress _______________________________________________________________________ 18
Monitoring and Review Process for MPhil/PhD Students _______________________________________ 18
Major Upgrade from MPhil to PhD ___________________________________________________________ 18
Post Upgrade Progress Panel (PUPP) _______________________________________________________ 19
Submission of Thesis Title and Selection of Examiners _________________________________________ 20
Graduation Ceremonies ____________________________________________________________________ 21
5. Supervision ____________________________________________________________________ 21
The Supervisors ___________________________________________________________________________ 21
Role and Responsibilities of Supervisors _____________________________________________________ 22
Role and Responsibilities of Students ________________________________________________________ 22
The Student-Supervisor Relationship ________________________________________________________ 22
6. Thesis as Papers versus Book ___________________________________________________ 23
7. Research Training and Doctoral Workshops ______________________________________ 24
Research Training _________________________________________________________________________ 24
Research Ethics ___________________________________________________________________________ 24
Doctoral Workshops _______________________________________________________________________ 24
Additional and Recommended Research Courses _____________________________________________ 25
Registering Your Courses on LSE for You ____________________________________________________ 26
Fieldwork _________________________________________________________________________________ 26
Part-time Students _________________________________________________________________________ 27
Plagiarism ________________________________________________________________________________ 27
Style _____________________________________________________________________________________ 28
8. Organisation and Representation ________________________________________________ 28
 The Doctoral Programme Committee ________________________________________________________ 28
The MPhil/PhD Staff Student Liaison Committee ______________________________________________ 29
The LSE Research Students Consultative Forum _____________________________________________ 29
The European Institute Research Committee _________________________________________________ 29
Nominations for SSLC and Research Committee ______________________________________________ 29
Problems and Complaints __________________________________________________________________ 29
Part 2: Informal Guidance and Useful Information ______________________ 31
Academy (PhD) ___________________________________________________________________________ 32
Accommodation Office _____________________________________________________________________ 32
Alumni Association_________________________________________________________________________ 32
Bookshop _________________________________________________________________________________ 32
Business/Introduction Cards ________________________________________________________________ 32
Business Continuity Management ___________________________________________________________ 33
Careers Consultant for PhD Students ________________________________________________________ 33
Catering Facilities __________________________________________________________________________ 33
Certificate of Registration ___________________________________________________________________ 33
Change of Address ________________________________________________________________________ 34
Codes of Good Practice ____________________________________________________________________ 34
Counselling Service ________________________________________________________________________ 34
Day Nursery ______________________________________________________________________________ 34
Deans of the School _______________________________________________________________________ 34
Disability and Well-being Service ____________________________________________________________ 35
Email _____________________________________________________________________________________ 35
English Language Support __________________________________________________________________ 35
Equality and Diversity ______________________________________________________________________ 35
ERASMUS Exchange ______________________________________________________________________ 36
Europe@LSE Research Seminar ____________________________________________________________ 36
Faith Centre_______________________________________________________________________________ 36
Fees _____________________________________________________________________________________ 36
Financial Support __________________________________________________________________________ 36
Finding your way around ___________________________________________________________________ 38
Funding Opportunities and Grants __________________________________________________________ 38
Health and Safety__________________________________________________________________________ 38
Health and Welfare Services ________________________________________________________________ 38
International Student Immigration Service ____________________________________________________ 39
IT Support ________________________________________________________________________________ 39
Language Centre __________________________________________________________________________ 40
Library ___________________________________________________________________________________ 40
Libraries at the University of London _________________________________________________________ 40
LSE Europe in Question (Discussion Paper) Series (LEQS) _________________________________ 40
LSE for You (LFY) _________________________________________________________________________ 41
Online Theses ____________________________________________________________________________ 41
Outside Help ______________________________________________________________________________ 42
Paper ____________________________________________________________________________________ 42
Partnership PhD Mobility Bursaries __________________________________________________________ 42
Part-time Employment _____________________________________________________________________ 43
Photocopying _____________________________________________________________________________ 43
Postgraduate Travel Fund __________________________________________________________________ 43
Public Events and Lectures _________________________________________________________________ 43
Quality Assurance _________________________________________________________________________ 44
Shaw Library ______________________________________________________________________________ 44
Student Services Centre (SSC) ______________________________________________________________ 44
Students Union ___________________________________________________________________________ 44
Study Room ______________________________________________________________________________ 45
Sustainability ______________________________________________________________________________ 45
Teaching Opportunities _____________________________________________________________________ 45
Term dates _______________________________________________________________________________ 45
Volunteer Centre __________________________________________________________________________ 45
Volunteering with LSEs Widening Participation (WP) team _____________________________________ 46

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Introduction

Welcome (or welcome back) to the European Institute! My colleagues and I hope you have a
successful and enjoyable year with us. This Handbook is intended to answer many of the queries you
might have concerning your studies. You should keep it safe and make regular use of it.

The European Institute exists to be a focus at the LSE for the study of contemporary Europe and the
European Union. We are a multidisciplinary institute, with interests covering politics, economics,
geography, history, political economy, law, philosophy and international relations. Few academic
centres in Europe can match such breadth and concentration of expertise on Europe. We concentrate
on postgraduate teaching and have particular strengths in European political economy, political
science and public policy. We are proud of our research, which is conducted both by individual staff
members and via particular research groups, such as the Caada Blanch Centre for Contemporary
Spanish Studies, The Forum for European Philosophy, the Hellenic Observatory and LSEE Research
on South East Europe. High quality research and teaching feed off each other in an effective academic
community so do join in the many public seminars and lectures organised by the European Institute
and its research units.

The study of Europe is not, of course, confined to the Institute. We collaborate closely with other
departments at the School, where you will find many other scholars specialising on Europe and the
European Union. Indeed, the School as a whole can boast one of the largest concentrations of such
expertise to be found anywhere in the world, so look out for the relevant events hosted by our partner
departments, as well as the many organised by the EI- sometimes at the initiative of the Institutes own
students!

You are about to study at an internationally renowned academic institution and will have the benefit of
excellent facilities, including a brand new, award-winning Student Centre and the biggest social
science library in the world. In addition there are many public lectures and debates held at the School,
with distinguished speakers from the worlds of politics, business, media and culture. The LSE Events
schedule is unrivalled in its engagement with the public policy community at the highest level, so be
part of the wider LSE community, go along to these events to deepen your knowledge and broaden
your intellectual horizons, and meet interesting and influential people!

The School has a proud record of having educated generations of outstanding graduates. Many of
these have gone on to be leaders in politics, commerce, the media, culture and society around the
world. Whatever your ambitions, studying at LSE should provide you with an intellectually stimulating
and personally enriching experience. After you graduate, we look forward to staying in touch with you!

I am confident that you will find the European Institute a friendly and supportive environment in which
to study. We ask you to play your part by keeping us informed of any problems that might affect your
work here and by becoming involved in the life of the Institute.

Professor Maurice Fraser

Head of the European Institute

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The European Institute

The LSE European Institute was established in 1991 as a dedicated centre for the interdisciplinary
study of processes of integration and fragmentation within Europe. In the most recent national
Research Assessment Exercise, the Institute was ranked first for research in European Studies in
the United Kingdom. Its disciplinary range is unrivalled: it currently has 25 permanent academic
members of staff and 22 distinguished visiting scholars drawn from the fields of politics,
economics, geography, history, political economy, law, philosophy, sociology and international
relations. The LSE European Institute has been a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence since 2009.

It prioritises four themes in its work:

Governance and Democracy in the European Union

Political Economy in Europe
European Society
Europe beyond the EU

The Institute has, in addition, several specialist research centres: the Hellenic Observatory, LSEE
Research on South East Europe, the Caada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies,
the Catalan Observatory, Contemporary Turkish Studies and the Forum for European Philosophy.

The Institute offers seven Masters programmes and an extensive Doctoral programme. It currently
has one of the largest cohorts of European Studies students anywhere in the world with around
160 Masters students and 33 Doctoral students from all regions of the globe.

The Institute is outward looking: it has a number of international partners, including Sciences Po
(Paris) with whom it has a Double Masters programme, and it has strong links with other LSE
departments, notably with the Government and International Relations departments.

A hallmark of the Institute is its strong public profile, making LSE one of the leading platforms in the
European Union for informed public discussion about the identity of Europe and the many policy
challenges confronting the EU and its member states.

The Institute hosts over 100 events a year, with an outstanding cast list of high-level speakers from
politics, public administration and the EU institutions, including presidents, prime ministers, foreign
ministers, finance ministers, along with distinguished scholars and influential commentators.

The LSE European Institute also maintains a very high media profile both through social media
(Facebook and Twitter) and its monthly newsletter, the EI Digest.

Our website www2.lse.ac.uk/europeanInstitute/Home.aspx is regularly updated and contains

information on the EI staff, research centres, public lectures and events, news etc.

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Academic Staff
Professor Iain Begg
Professorial Research Fellow
Research: Economic governance of the European Union; EU budget; cohesion
policy; employment in Europe; and the Europe 2020 strategy.
Room COW 1.08
iain.begg@lse.ac.uk

Dr Abel Bojar
LSE Fellow in Political Economy of Europe
Research: Comparative politics, comparative political economy, political economy
of fiscal policy, fiscal adjustment, political business cycles, electoral behaviour,
welfare state research.
Room COW 1.10
a.t.bojar@lse.ac.uk

Dr Joan Costa-i-Font (on leave Lent and Summer term 2015/16)

Associate Professor (Reader) of Political Economy
Research: Economics of European social policy; public choice and the European
welfare states; economic theories of social motivation, health systems, aging and
long term care.
Room OLD 2.37
j.costa-font@lse.ac.uk

Dr Steve Coulter
LSE Fellow in Political Economy of Europe
Research: Comparative political economy; growth and industrial policies in the
European Union; labour markets and the politics of labour market reform;
varieties of capitalism.
Room COW 1.06
s.coulter1@lse.ac.uk

Professor Paul De Grauwe

John Paulson Chair in European Political Economy
Research: International monetary relations; monetary integration, theory and
empirical analysis of the foreign-exchange markets; and open-economy
macroeconomics.
Room COW 1.03
p.c.de-grauwe@lse.ac.uk

Dr Spyros Economides
Associate Professor of International Relations and European Politics,
Deputy Director of the Hellenic Observatory
Research: European foreign and defence policy; EU and the Balkans;
international relations of the Balkans; Europeanisation of foreign policy; Greek
foreign policy.
Room COW 2.07
s.economides@lse.ac.uk

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Professor Kevin Featherstone
Eleftherios Venizelos Chair, Director of the Hellenic Observatory
Research: The politics of the European Union and processes of
Europeanisation; the politics of the euro-zone; contemporary Greek politics and
public policy.
Room COW 2.02
k.featherstone@lse.ac.uk

Dr Pasquale Foresti
LSE Fellow in European Political Economy
Research: Monetary and fiscal policies interaction; optimum currency areas
theory; monetary economics; international economics.
Room COW 3.12
p.foresti@lse.ac.uk

Professor Maurice Fraser

Professor of Practice in European Politics, Head of the European Institute
Research and expertise: The idea of The West; the idea of Europe; the centre-right
in Europe; European typologies of Left and Right; the British Conservative Party;
French thought and politics; national character and national stereotypes in Europe;
the future of European integration.
Room COW 2.12
m.fraser@lse.ac.uk

Dr Eddie Gerba
LSE Fellow in Behavioural Macroeconomics
Research: Business cycles; monetary transmission channels; financial frictions;
macroeconomic stability; monetary integration; financial crises; derivative pricing;
financial innovation; risk management.
Room COW G.05
e.e.gerba@lse.ac.uk

Professor Simon Glendinning (on leave 2015/16)

Professor of European Philosophy, Director of The Forum for European
Philosophy
Research: Philosophy of Europe; phenomenology and deconstruction; moral
philosophy of animals.
Room COW 1.07
s.glendinning@lse.ac.uk

Dr Sara Hagemann (on leave 2015/16)

Assistant Professor
Research: Transparency and accountability in political systems; national and
international governance systems; democracy, elections and representation in
the EU; EU politics and policy-making.
Room COW 1.05
s.hagemann@lse.ac.uk

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Dr Bob Hanck (on leave 2015/16)
Associate Professor of Political Economy
Research: Comparative economic performance; comparative industrial
organisation; EMU; European works councils; French economy; German economy;
industrial restructuring.
Room COW 2.09
r.hancke@lse.ac.uk

Professor Sara B Hobolt

Sutherland Chair in EU Institutions
Research: Political behaviour; democracy and representation in the EU; elections
and referendums; public opinion; comparative European politics.
Room COW 1.02
s.b.hobolt@lse.ac.uk

Dr Abby Innes
Assistant Professor of Political Economy
Research: Political sociology; political economy of transition from communism;
political values in the UK; political corruption in Europe; varieties of capitalism in
Europe.
Room COW 2.10
a.innes@lse.ac.uk

Dr Jennifer Jackson Preece

Associate Professor of Nationalism
Research: Normative responses to nationalism, ethnic conflict and religious
intolerance; human and minority rights; multiculturalism; minorities and migration in
Europe.
Room COW 2.06
j.jackson-preece@lse.ac.uk

Dr Mareike Kleine
Associate Professor of EU and International Politics
Research: Theories of international cooperation and International Political
Economy; formal and informal governance; the interplay of domestic politics and
international institutions; negotiation theories; normative questions of global
governance; qualitative methods; history and theory of European integration.
Room COW 1.01
m.o.kleine@lse.ac.uk

Dr Jan Komarek (on leave Lent and Summer term)

Assistant Professor.
Research: European Union law; courts and judicial process; European
constitutional theory; the interaction between law and politics in the EU, post-
communist Europe.
Room COW 1.04 / j.komarek@lse.ac.uk

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Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis
Associate Professor of Political Economy
Research: Greece and Southeast Europe (Balkan development and EU
accession, regional cooperation, inter- and intra-regional trade, Greek economic
policy); labour market policy and performance (labour market flexibility, EMU and
labour market reform, wage disparities, unemployment); regional policy and
performance (regional policy in NMS, regional labour markets, spatial economy
Room COW 2.05
v.monastiriotis@lse.ac.uk

Dr Esra zyrek
Reader in Contemporary Turkish Studies
Research: Anthropology; secularism; religion; memory; political culture; Islam in
Europe; Christianity in the Middle East; religious conversion; anti-Semitism;
Holocaust; Turkey; Germany.
Room COW 2.08
e.g.ozyurek@lse.ac.uk

Dr Waltraud Schelkle
Associate Professor of Political Economy
Research: Policy coordination and economic governance in the European
monetary union; social policy and financial market regulation; theories of political
economy.
Room COW 1.06
w.schelkle@lse.ac.uk

Dr Marco Simoni (on leave 2015/16)

Associate Professor of Political Economy
Research: Comparative political economy; comparative industrial relations;
economic policy-making.
Room COW 1.03
m.simoni@lse.ac.uk

Dr Eiko Thielemann (on leave 2015/16)

Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy
Research: Public policy-making; comparative politics; European Union;
international co-operation (burden sharing, public goods, etc.); asylum;
immigration; migration.
Room CON H314
e.thielemann@lse.ac.uk

Dr Jonathan White
Associate Professor (Reader) of European Politics.
Research: Political sociology of contemporary Europe; citizenship and the EU;
democratic theory; social theory; qualitative research methods.
COW 1.09 / j.p.white@lse.ac.uk

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Visiting Staff
The School's Visiting Appointments schemes are a device to help departments, institutes and centres
invite staff who are either practitioners or academics in other institutions to conduct research, or be
involved in other departmental/institute or centre activities.

European Institute visiting staff during 2015/16 are as follows:

Centennial Professors
Tito Boeri
Peter Hall
Caglar Keydar
Dani Rodik

Visiting Professors in Practice

Joaquin Almunia

Visiting Senior Fellow

Annette Bongardt
Philippe Legrain
David Spence
Anthony Teasdale
Francisco Torres
Michiel van Hulten
Martin Westlake

Visiting Fellow
Richard Bronk
Thierry Chopin
Olaf Cramme
Julia David
Heiko Henkel
Corrado Macchiarelli
Huiyong Zhong

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Professional Services Staff

Sabina Allam-Patel MSc Programmes Manager

Email: europeaninstitute@lse.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7955 7537
Room: COW 3.11

Clara Cook Executive MSc Programme Administrator

Email: c.m.cook@lse.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7106 1906
Room: COW 3.11

Sophie Elgood Departmental Manager

Email: s.elgood@lse.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7955 6780
Room: COW 3.11b

Charlie Fiddy MSc Programme Administrator

Email: europeaninstitute@lse.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7955 6839
Room: COW 3.11

Charlotte Milne Executive MSc Programme Manager

Email: c.milne1@lse.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7107 5437
Room: COW 3.11

Catherine Mitchell Events and Communications Manager

Email: euroinst.events@lse.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7955 7896
Room: COW 3.11

Jennifer Robottom - MPhil/PhD Programme Manager

Email: euroinst.phd.admin@lse.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7955 6642
Room: COW 3.11

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Useful Contacts for Research Students
Dean of Graduate Studies Dr Sunil Kumar
Room: OLD 1.07
Tel: 020 7955 7574
pg.dean@lse.ac.uk

LSE PhD Administration Louisa Green (Manager)

(Research Degrees Unit) Matthew Brack
Loraine Evans
LSE PhD Academy
4th Floor Library
Tel: 020 7955 7153 or 7761
researchdegrees@lse.ac.uk

Academic and Professional Development Dr Sarabajaya Kumar

Advisor LSE PhD Academy
4th Floor Library
Tel: 020 7955 6079
s.kumar3@lse.ac.uk

PhD Career Consultant Catherine Reynolds

(Careers Service) Room SAW 5.01
Tel: 020 7107 5207
c.reynolds1@lse.ac.uk

Financial Support Office Student Services Centre

Tel: 020 7955 6351

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Research Centres within the European Institute
Caada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies

The Caada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies is part

of the European Institute within the LSE and has become the initiator
and focus of a flourishing interest in contemporary Spain in Britain. The
Centre was created as part of the agreement signed in 1993 by the
Anglo-Spanish Cultural Foundation (Founder Vicente Caada Blanch)
and LSE. Its principal aim is topromote research on the contemporary history, society, and politics of
Spain and its autonomous regions, particularly the Basque Country, Catalonia, Galicia and Valencia.
The Centre organises conferences and seminars, and has initiated an exciting range of publications, in
the form of a series of books as well as articles in peer-reviewed journals on the history, politics,
society and economy of Spain.
The Centre also possesses considerable library and archival resources for specialists in contemporary
Spain. Its permanent and visiting staff have expertise in the history, politics, economics and social
policy of Spain. A team of post-doctoral scholars is based in the Centre. Distinguished scholars who
come as Visiting Fellows, are offered the facilities of the London School of Economics through the
Centre. Thanks to the support of the Fundacin Caada Blanch of Valencia, and the regional
governments of Catalonia (the Generalitat), Basque Country (Eusko Jaurlaritza) and Galicia (the
Xunta), the Centre offers optimum facilities for research which it is hoped will contribute to the deeper
understanding of all aspects of contemporary Spain.
Since 2010, the Centre has also hosted the Schools Catalan Observatory programme, funded by the
Barcelona City Council and a consortium of Catalan private enterprises.

Director: Professor Paul Preston

Manager: Susana Grau
Website: www.lse.ac.uk/europeanInstitute/research/canadaBlanch/home.aspx

Contemporary Turkish Studies

The Chair in Contemporary Turkish Studies focuses on culture, religion, politics and memory in Turkey
and among Turkey's diasporic populations. The role of the holder of the Chair is to promote a deeper
understanding of Turkey with an emphasis on its diversity and on its connections to the wider world. As
the only such Chair located in a department of European Studies, its focus is on the dynamic and
evolving relationship of Turkey with Europe. The Chair provides academic leadership in the study of
Turkey under several headings, including taught courses, interdisciplinary research and doctoral
studies, and public events and wider outreach. It organises seminars, round tables and conferences on
contemporary Turkey. Professor evket Pamuk was appointed as the first Chair in Contemporary
Turkish Studies at LSE in October 2007. This was the first Chair of its kind in Europe. The current
postholder is Dr Esra zyrek.

Website: www.lse.ac.uk/europeanInstitute/research/ContemporaryTurkishStudies/Home.aspx

Forum for European Philosophy

The Forum for European Philosophy is an educational charity which organises a

distinctive programme of thought-provoking public events at the LSE on themes
around contemporary European philosophy and culture. The Forums basic strategy
is to host events at which thinkers who are already reflecting closely on a subject
are given an opportunity to engage a far wider and non-specialist audience with
their thoughts.

The Director of the Forum, Simon Glendinning, is also Professor of European Philosophy at the
European Institute, bringing a unique perspective to the Institutes research and teaching provision.

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While the Institutes expertise in European political economy and European politics aims to explain
how Europe works, the contribution of the Forum and its Director helps the Institute engage with
fundamental questions about what Europe is and with central themes in European thought.

Through its regular lectures, panel discussions and dialogues the Forum reaches audiences that would
otherwise not have the opportunity to meet thinkers working today. Recent events have been held on
secularism, European identity, European citizenship, the evolution of culture, global poverty, the
individual and society, and sex difference. The Forum has collaborated with the Goethe Institute, the
Institut Franais, the Network of European Foundations, Tate Modern, the Hayward Gallery and the
Institute of Contemporary Arts. As a charity the Forum relies on the generous support of its
benefactors.

Director: Professor Simon Glendinning

Associate Director: Beth Hannon
Website: www.lse.ac.uk/europeanInstitute/research/forumForEuropeanPhilosophy/Home.aspx

Hellenic Observatory

The Hellenic Observatory (HO) was established in October 1996 as part of the
European Institute with the creation of the Eleftherios Venizelos Chair of
Contemporary Greek Studies. It was the first chair of its kind outside Greece and
one funded by a generous endowment of major Greek banks, firms and public
institutions.

The HO is internationally recognised as one of the premier research centres on contemporary Greece
bringing together a core group of LSE academics, and a range of Research, Post-Doctoral and Visiting
Fellows, to create a multidisciplinary network of social scientists researching Greece, while in 2011 it
expanded its coverage to include contemporary Cyprus.

Its purpose is to promote the study of contemporary Greece and Cyprus by creating an appropriate
framework for teaching, research training and research in the area of the social sciences. The
emphasis is on multi-disciplinary and comparative work and aims to:
Develop high quality research and teaching focussed on modern Greece and Cyprus and
their international position within the European Union and south-east Europe;
Foster collaboration between the relevant academic communities of Greece and Cyprus,
the UK and beyond;
Promote a multi-disciplinary approach;
Serve as a lead facilitator for the organisation of conferences, seminars and workshops;
Support and encourage a new generation of scholars with specialist knowledge and post-
graduate training; and
Engage in research and scholarship relevant to a variety of potential end-users in the public
and private sectors.

The HO publishes an in-house discussion papers series (GreeSE) and has an extensive schedule of
public lectures, seminars and conferences (including a biennial PhD Symposium); HO staff and fellows
publish regularly in international scientific and policy outlets and engage in individual and collaborative
research projects. The Hellenic Observatory is also affiliated to two other units at the European
Institute: LSEE-Research on South Eastern Europe and Contemporary Turkish Studies.

Director: Professor Kevin Featherstone

Deputy Director: Dr Spyros Economides
Manager: Ismini Demades
Administrator: Polly Liouta
Website: www.lse.ac.uk/europeanInstitute/research/hellenicObservatory/home.aspx

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LSEE

LSEE - Research on South Eastern Europe- was formally established as

part of the European Institute in September 2009. As a significant research
unit within the European Institute, LSEE aims to develop the Schools
existing expertise on South Eastern Europe and to further promote the study
of the region by providing a platform for high quality, independent research
and public dialogue.

Research at LSEE is centred around three thematic areas: social policy and labour markets; European
integration, macroeconomic policy and institutional reform; and international relations and security.
Consistent with one of its key goals, to provide a forum facilitating research collaboration with other
institutions in the UK and in South East Europe, LSEE also operates a Research Network on Social
Cohesion drawing in academics and researchers from across the region and with the support of
important institutional bodies in the region, including the Regional Cooperation Council. Research staff
at LSEE are involved in a number of externally funded projects, including by the European
Commission, the European Parliament and various other funding bodies.

In order to encourage informed public debate LSEE organises a busy programme of public events
such as academic seminars, public lectures, workshops and conferences both at the LSE and in South
Eastern Europe. Regular seminars which are open to the public on issues related to the SEE region
are normally held every second Tuesday in Michaelmas Term and Lent Term, 6.00-7.30pm in COW
1.11. LSEE also cooperates with similar organisations at other University of London colleges to host a
bi-annual PhD symposium. To further facilitate the dissemination of academic research among the
wider public, in early 2014 LSEE launched the blog South East Europe at LSE, working in close
cooperation with LSEs EUROPP blog.

LSEE has been built around the two Chairs of contemporary Greek and Turkish studies of the
European Institute and is currently directed by Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis. It has a core team of academic
staff based at the European Institute and a number of affiliates across the school and research
associates from other universities. In addition, LSEE also welcomes visiting fellows from outside the
School to complete specific research projects at LSE.

Research staff:
Professor Kevin Featherstone
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis
Dr Spyros Economides
Administrator: Tena Prelec
Website: www.lse.ac.uk/europeanInstitute/Research/LSEE/Home.aspx

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Part 1: Rules, Regulations and Formalities

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1. School Regulations

The Research section of the Schools online Calendar contains all the information you will need
relating to your study. This includes Course and Programme regulations, as well as School and
Academic Regulations. The Calendar can be accessed from the following link:
www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar/research.htm

It is vital that you familiarise yourself with these regulations, so please do make time to read them.
In particular, you should read the Regulations for Research Degrees:
www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar/academicRegulations/regulationsForResearchDegrees.htm

The PhD Students Portal is an information gateway for MPhil and PhD students at LSE. It provides
details about central development and training courses, and links to a range of other information
relevant to PhD students across the School:
www2.lse.ac.uk/intranet/LSEServices/TLC/TLCPhD/Home.aspx

The Research Degrees Unit has overall responsibility for research degrees at LSE. You may find it
useful to view their website: www2.lse.ac.uk/researchStudents/Home.aspx

Special attention should be given to the following rules:

Residence within regular commuting distance to London during term is normally required for all
MPhil and PhD students, both full and part-time.
Permission for absences away from London during term time must be obtained from your
Supervisor and the Research Students Tutor in advance. Ordinarily, permission will only be
given for academic reasons (i.e. field research etc). In the case of field research, there is a form
that needs to be completed and submitted to the Research Degrees Unit.
Regular attendance at the Institutes research seminars, PhD workshops, and any other classes or
training programmes as indicated by the Institute and/or your Supervisor is required.
Written notification regarding illness must be made to your Supervisor and the Research Students
Tutor.

These regulations exist for a reason: they are intended to ensure that all students participate fully in
the MPhil/PhD programme which has been structured to provide proper research training and
supervision. Failure to comply with any of these regulations will be taken into account during the
annual assessment process, and may result in a student being denied permission to re-register for the
subsequent academic year.

2. The MPhil/PhD defined

The MPhil and PhD are different research qualifications. The PhD is widely taken to be the basic
qualification for an academic career, particularly in the older universities. This is by no means the
case for other research careers and an MPhil is a substantial and valid qualification in its own right.
The difference between an MPhil and a PhD thesis is as follows:

An MPhil thesis is required to be a record of original work or an ordered and critical

exposition of existing knowledge in any field. It must not exceed 50,000 words and should
reflect the work reasonably to be expected of a student working for two years full-time or
three years part-time.
A PhD thesis should be a distinct contribution to knowledge of the subject and should
afford evidence of originality, shown either by the discovery of new facts or by the exercise

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 of independent critical power. It must not exceed 100,000 words and should reflect the
work reasonably to be expected of a student working for three to four years full-time or five
to six years part-time.

3. Registration

The minimum period of registration will be two calendar years of full-time study at the School or
the equivalent in part-time study.

The maximum period of registration is four years for full-time students and eight years for part-
time students. Where a student follows periods of both full-time and part-time study, the maximum
length will be adjusted according to the length of registration spent in both mode, part-time study
being reckoned at half the value of full-time. Exceptionally, the Research Degrees Subcommittee
Chair may permit a student to continue in registration beyond the maximum length on the basis of
criteria laid down in the Regulations for Research Degrees. Students should normally submit
requests for extension of registration by the end of the penultimate year of registration.

The programme must be followed continuously except by permission of the Research Degrees
Subcommittee Chair. Students who wish to interrupt their studies must apply in advance for
permission to do so and provide the appropriate documentary evidence. Retrospective
interruptions will not normally be approved. Where the School has permitted a student to interrupt
his or her studies, no fee will be payable for the period of the interruption and any such period will
not count towards the period of study required. Interruptions will not normally be allowed for more
than a total of two years overall and will not normally be permitted within the first year of study.
More information on interrupting the MPhil/PhD programme can be obtained from the Research
Degrees Unit website:

www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/students/researchStudents/researchDegrees/Interruptingyourstudy.aspx

Admission to the MPhil/PhD programme for all MSc students

Once students have a conditional offer of admission to the MPhil/PhD programme, they will be
treated like an incoming MPhil student and will attend the seminars that are required. Students will
be able to register once we have confirmation from their university that they have obtained at least
a good Merit Degree in their MSc programme (normally defined as the equivalent of an average of
65% or above overall and 70% or above on the dissertation). This is the procedure for every MPhil
student who has got a conditional offer from the European Institute and is the practice in other
departments within the School.

The Library is able to provide students with reference access to the Library until they register. In
these cases students need to provide the Library with proof that they are starting a course this
year. The team will then provide them with a paper pass that will give them reference access to
the Library. These temporary passes will then expire at the start of term.

4. Student Progress and Milestones

The Institute is committed to ensuring that the experience of research students is a positive one.
This requires regular monitoring of student performance and also evaluation of the quality of
Institute provision (supervision, resources etc).

Recording Supervisory Meetings

Students are required to write a summary of the discussions that have taken place with their
Supervisors, either during face to face meetings, or via email/telephone correspondence. These
can be brief notes or a list of bullet points and action points. These notes are to be uploaded to
LSE for You (LFY) and should be verified by the Supervisor as an accurate account of the
discussions that have taken place. It is vital that discussions are logged via LFY as soon as they

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have taken place. Supervisors have an obligation via the Schools Regulations for Research
Degrees to meet regularly with their supervisees and to provide feedback on written work. It is
therefore the obligation of the student to see their Supervisor regularly and to provide this written
work.

Annual Reporting
The progress of all research students is reviewed annually by the Doctoral Programme Committee
(DPC), during the Summer Term. All Supervisors submit a Progress Report Form to the Doctoral
Programme Director at the end of July. This records the number of meetings and amount of written
work submitted during the preceding year and on his/her progress towards upgrading and/or
submission, together with consideration of any remedial action that might need to be taken. This
form is completed by both the student and the Supervisor.

Reports will also be submitted for part-time students, with due allowance being made in respect of
meetings and the amount of written work (generally half the full-time norms).

Targets for Progress

Year 1
For a standard thesis: a research proposal (approximately 2,500 words) and abstract of the whole
thesis (one page); a sample chapter (approximately 8,000 words); a chapter synopsis, and a
timetable for completion.
For a thesis as a series of publishable papers: a research proposal (approximately 2,500 words)
and an abstract covering the three prospective papers; a full draft of the introduction or a full draft
of one of the papers (approximately 8,000 words); and a timetable for completion.

Year 2
For a standard thesis: at least two further substantive chapters (of approximately 5,000-
7,000 words each).
For a thesis as a series of publishable papers: at least one fully written paper
(approximately 10,000 words); and outlines of the other two papers (approximately 2,000 words).

Year 3
For a standard thesis: a full draft of all core chapters and agreed timetable for completion.
For a thesis as a series of publishable papers: full drafts of all three papers and agreed timetable
for completion of the thesis.

Monitoring and Review Process for MPhil/PhD Students

Positive promotion is required for re-registration into the second and all subsequent years, and for
upgrading from initial MPhil to full PhD status. Students should not therefore assume that they will
automatically be either promoted or given permission to re-register.

The Major Upgrade Review panels are held at the end of Year 1 to evaluate work that has been
submitted, to upgrade the student from the MPhil to PhD status and to explore the directions of future
work. They are normally held in June of each year.
The Major Upgrade Panel for each student is normally composed of the Supervisors and one Assessor
(to be appointed by the Doctoral Programme Committee in consultation with the Supervisors).
Students should note that for continuity, where possible, the same Assessor will attend the Major
Upgrade and the Post Upgrade Progress Panel (PUPP) at the end of Year 3. (More information on the
PUPP can be found on page 15.) A valid reason must be presented if the Assessor is to be changed
for the Post Upgrade Progress Panel. At the end of Year 3, students are to present their work to the
PUPP consisting of a collective of doctoral supervisors and other research students.

Major Upgrade from MPhil to PhD

At the end of Year 1, students will normally be required to undergo their Major Upgrade from MPhil to
PhD status. For a standard thesis, students will be required to submit to their Supervisors, Assessor
and MPhil/PhD Programme Manager (by the first Monday in June) the following via email:

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 1) a research proposal (approximately 2,500 words)
2) an abstract of the whole thesis
3) a sample chapter (approximately 8,000 words)
4) a timetable for completion.

For a thesis as a series of publishable papers, students will be required to submit the following via
email:

1) a research proposal (approximately 2,500 words)

2) an abstract covering the three prospective papers
3) a full draft of the introduction or a full draft of one of the papers (approximately 8,000 words)
4) a timetable for completion.

These materials will be assessed by the Major Upgrade Panel which will make recommendations with
regard to upgrading. The Panel will consist of the Supervisor(s) and the Assessor. Formal panel
interviews will normally take place in June/July.

Any decision to reconvene the Panel at a later date (normally in 8 weeks from the notification date of the
first outcome and no later than end of September) with a view to reconsidering applications for
upgrading review will be made on the understanding that only ONE such extension will be granted
and that the assessment following such extensions will be FINAL. The Panel may only in exceptional
cases decide to reconvene within six months from the notification date of the Major Upgrade first
outcome and only following the DPCs approval.

In the first instance, Review Panels will be chaired by one of the Supervisors and they will be
responsible for drafting the M a j o r U p g r a d e report and seeking the approval of the Assessor
and the Doctoral Programme Director. A review of the students training and development needs will
also be included in the Major Upgrade report. In the case of disagreement, the Review Panel will send
two reports to the DPC who considers the arguments in consultation with all parties involved and decides
whether it concurs with the recommendation of one of the reports that recommends upgrading. If the
DPC does not support an upgrade or if the Review Panel has reached a consensus that the student is not
upgraded, the case will be reviewed at the end of a further six months for a final decision (see above
paragraph). That second meeting will be chaired by the Doctoral Programme Director (or another member
of the DPC) who reads the material anddrafts the report. The Academic Registrar will communicate in writing to
the student the result of any decision not to upgrade and the reasons for that decision.

Post Upgrade Progress Panel (PUPP)

In preparation for their Post Upgrade Progress Panel (PUPP), third year students will normally be
required to submit to the MPhil/PhD Programme Manager (by the first Monday in June) the following:

An abstract, introduction, a core chapter of their thesis (normally of no more than 10,000 words)
and an annotated table of contents (including a timetable for expected completion of chapters) via
email only.

Students in their fourth year and above are invited to take part in the PUPP, but this is not
compulsory for them. A one-day PUPP will be organised for mid-June. T h e P U P P c a n b e
a t t e n d e d by all EI research students, their doctoral supervisors and other interested EI staff.
Each presentation slot should not exceed 45 minutes; students are allocated 15 minutes to present
their work, followed by 5 minutes of comments by the moderator and then 15 minutes Q&A. This is
then followed by 5 minutes discussion among the EI staff to prepare the feedback, during which
all PhD students will be asked to leave the room. The moderator would then take about 5 minutes
to present the feedback to the student. Therefore, the moderators role entails moderating the
Q&A during the panel, providing feedback on the submitted work, and communicating the
feedback from the panel to the student.

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It should be noted that the review is not a formal assessment; rather, its aim is to provide broader
feedback to research students entering the final phase of their doctoral studies with a view to
encourage the timely completion of the thesis.

Submission of Thesis Title and Selection of Examiners

Before you submit your thesis, it is advisable to produce one or more draft versions for discussion with
your Supervisor, so that the structure of argument can be clarified, the flow of your narrative made
smooth, and the phrasing made as felicitous as possible. The precise way in which this is achieved
should be discussed with your Supervisor.

From 2011, instead of submitting a hard copy of the final thesis once the MPhil or PhD has been
awarded, an electronic copy is submitted to LSE Theses Online
(http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/), an electronic repository specifically for LSE research students' theses.
Full instructions on how to submit your thesis to the repository will be provided to you on
successful completion of your MPhil or PhD.

In July 2012 the Schools Academic Board approved a statement on the level of editorial help that is and
is not permitted with a final thesis submitted for examination. The statement applies to all students,
including research students; you will need to declare the source of any editorial help you have received
when you submit your thesis for examination by including this information in the front pages of your
thesis.

In short, the statement declares that:

Any written work a student produces (for classes, seminars, examination scripts,
dissertations, essays, computer programmes and MPhil/PhD theses) must be solely his/her
own work (except where the Schools regulations might permit it to include the work of others
e.g. Regulations for Research Degrees (paragraph 31.1) permit a thesis to include the work of
others and individual programme regulations for taught students permit group work).
Specifically, a student must not employ a ghost writer to write parts or all of the
work, whether in draft or as a final version, on his/her behalf (this does not preclude the
use of a scribe where verbatim dictation might be required for a student with a
particular disability).
This guidance is for use when a student is considering whether to employ a third party
such as a professional copy editing or proof reading company when producing work in
draft or final version.
It also applies when a student seeks editorial help from other, non-professional third
parties, such as fellow-students or friends.
It is not concerned with the regular and iterative interaction between student and
tutor/supervisor(s) on draft versions of his/her work throughout the registration period. The
students tutor/supervisor is not regarded as a third party for this purpose.
For research students, further guidance is included in the Supervisors Handbook
produced by the Teaching and Learning Centre.
If a student contravenes this statement, this will be considered an assessment offence and
investigated in accordance with the Regulations on assessment offences: plagiarism.

To read more about the Statement, go to:

www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar/academicRegulations/statementOnEditorialHelp.htm.
Should you have any queries relating to the Statement, please contact Louisa Green, Research
Degrees Manager (l.j.green@lse.ac.uk) in the first instance.

The thesis is examined by two Examiners: one Internal Examiner (LSE or University of London), who is
not the Supervisor, and one External Examiner (from outside the University of London). Both should
be specialists in your field of research, and you may know them both, though ordinarily you should not
have collaborated with either of them on research. Students should note that the Assessors for the
Major Upgrade will not be involved with their viva voce.

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Your two Examiners will read your thesis and then you will be examined by a viva voce examination, at
which (depending on your consent) your Supervisor may or may not be present as an observer (but
cannot participate, in any case). The viva voce is designed to test your ability not only to express your
ideas on the specifics of your research, and to defend the viewpoints that you advance in your thesis, but
also to debate the implications and scope for future development of those ideas, and to consider where
and in what form the ideas might be published. It can be an arduous experience, and it can also be
enjoyable. You should discuss your preparations for the viva voce with your Supervisor well in advance
of it taking place.

Useful suggestions to prepare for the viva voce include:

Prepare brief oral summaries of your key arguments beforehand;

Try to look over the thesis with a dispassionate eye, and note what might appear to others to
be weak links or vagueness in your argumentation;
Be ready to defend your ideas;
But also be prepared to be flexible: think in advance about which aspects of your argument are
essential to your view, and which might be modified after discussion;
Think about theoretical and empirical alternatives to the view you have developed- both within
your particular field and in other fields;
Think about the theoretical and empirical implications of your work;
Bear in mind that the External Examiner may not share your view of the field.

The outcome of the viva voce will be a judgement by the Examiners, who compile a Final
Examiners Report, and make one of several recommendations. These are detailed in the
Regulations for Research Degrees, which are available in the Calendar:
www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar/academicRegulations/regulationsForResearchDegrees.htm
It is reasonably rare for a PhD thesis to be passed with no modifications or alterations at all. At the
least, there may be some typographical errors to put right; in other cases, more substantial
modifications are necessary. Where there are more substantial modifications, these will be given a
precise deadline for completion by the Examiners, and you should be careful to follow precisely the
instructions of the Examiners, and discuss the matter in detail with your Supervisor. In these
circumstances it helps if your Supervisor was present during the viva voce examination.

Graduation Ceremonies
Graduation ceremonies are held twice a year, in July and December. MPhil/PhD students are
presented in July for those awarded by 30 April and in December for those awarded by 30
September.

The degree certificate is available for collection on the ceremony days of the relevant graduation
period in July or December. If you dont collect it at the ceremony, it will be posted to your home
address within four to six weeks. It is therefore essential that you keep your details up-to-date on
LSE for You. For more information, including the dates of future ceremonies and details of the
Schools overseas ceremonies, please see:
www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/students/registrationTimetablesAssessment/ceremonies/home.aspx

5. Supervision
The Supervisors
Once accepted on to the programme, students are assigned to a Supervisor with requisite
knowledge in the students chosen field, subject to the Supervisors consent. A second Supervisor
is allocated once the student has arrived at the Institute. A Supervisor from outside the EI may be
sought where no appropriate EI supervision is available. If the allocation turns out to be
inappropriate, a change of Supervisor may be effected through the Doctoral Programme Director,
on the initiative of the student or the Supervisor, preferably but not exclusively in the first year.

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The offer of admission and allocation of Supervisor is made on the understanding that students will
be undertaking research in accordance with the research proposal submitted at the time of
application. Supervisors are entitled to decide what subjects they can usefully supervise: the
School cannot guarantee that students will be able to work with any particular teacher they want, or
that they will have the same Supervisor throughout their period of study at the School. Accordingly,
students should not assume that significant alterations made to their original research proposal
after admission will be supervised by the teacher originally allocated to them. Similarly, if a change
of Supervisor becomes necessary as a result of such alterations, the EI will endeavour to arrange
alternative supervision. However, we cannot guarantee that a new Supervisor will be found either
within the Institute or the School at large.

Role and Responsibilities of Supervisors

Supervisors will not normally have more than the equivalent of eight full-time research students
at any one time.
Supervisors are normally expected to see their students twice per term. They will help
students to plan their research, advise on stages of progress, feasibility and standard of
research, and use of time, throughout the research. It is the responsibility of the student to
write up notes of these meetings and submit them via the PhD Log in LSE for You.
Supervisors are expected to deal with urgent student problems over the phone or by meeting
students at short notice.
Supervisors should advise students of other specialists in their field, and where appropriate,
help to arrange meetings with them.
Supervisors should advise students about courses in the Department of Methodology and
European Institute, as well as other relevant LSE departments, and ensure that they participate
in these.
Supervisors, in conjunction with other members of the Doctoral Programme Committee, are
responsible for nominating internal and external Examiners, and making the necessary
arrangements for the viva voce examination, which will normally be held within three months of
submission of the thesis.

Role and Responsibilities of Students

Students should meet their Supervisors regularly. They should normally see their
Supervisors twice per term. It is the responsibility of the student to submit written notes of
these meetings to LSE for You.
It is the students responsibility to maintain contact with the Supervisors. The Supervisor as
well as the Schools and the Institutes administrators must be informed of changes of
address and telephone number.
Students should submit written work regularly to their Supervisors, normally at least two
weeks before their meeting, to allow time for reading.
Students must attend in their first, second and third years the Institutes research courses.
Students should discuss any problems they may have with their Supervisor, including, if
relevant, those of access to the Supervisor. If this proves difficult, they should discuss the
problems with either the Chair of the Staff Student Liaison Committee, or the Doctoral
Programme Director first. Students are entitled to discuss any problems with the Dean of
the Graduate School and/or the Chair of the Graduate Studies Sub Committee.

The Student-Supervisor Relationship

The single most critical element in conducting successful MPhil/PhD research is the relationship
between student and Supervisor. The initial allocation of Supervisor to student is based on the
Supervisor having requisite knowledge in the students chosen field, though this is also subject to
the Supervisors consent. The Supervisor will help to define the area of research, advise on
sources and choice of materials and methods and on attendance at seminars. Later on,
Supervisors will discuss the preparation and writing of the students thesis.

The Supervisors role is both academic and pastoral, providing support that ranges from the
intellectual through to the practical and personal. This relationship can take different forms for
different student/Supervisor pairings, and also different forms for a single pairing over time.

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It is important that the relationship that you develop with your Supervisor is the right kind of
relationship for the way that you both work, and for the subject matter of your research. In
managing this relationship, there are certain issues that you might usefully bear in mind:

You should be proactive in the relationship- supervision is a joint responsibility. So, be

active in arranging meetings and frame ideas and issues for discussion so as to ensure that
you derive maximum benefit from the meetings.
Always go into a meeting with your Supervisor with a clear idea of what you want to gain
from that meeting (a formal or informal agenda), and leave it with an equally clear idea of
whether you have achieved what you wanted to do.
Please try to keep appointments punctually, and ensure that, if arrangements have been
made for written work to be handed in before the meeting, you adhere to them. If you must
cancel an appointment, please give your Supervisor as much advance notice as you can.
The type of feedback that you receive will also depend on the nature of your relationship
with your Supervisor. Remember that criticism is a vital part of developing research and
that the value of a discussion may not be evident until some time later.

6. Thesis as Papers versus Book

MPhil students are permitted to choose between the standard format of a thesis, typically a
monograph of 80,000-100,000 words, or an alternative format for the thesis, consisting of a series
of publishable papers, with an introduction, critical discussion and conclusion. It should be noted
however that submitting a thesis as papers may not be seen as equivalent to the conventional
thesis in the non-economic social sciences.

The Doctoral Programme Committee has agreed the following guidelines:

a. Students are strongly advised to choose the format of their thesis towards the end of their
second term in Year 1. The format that is chosen should have the approval of both Supervisors. If
there is disagreement, the DPC will consider the case in consultation with the Supervisors and
make the final decision. Supervisors have a right to refuse supervision of such a thesis if they have
principle objections to the format.

b. The body of the thesis as papers must consist of three publishable papers of around 10,000
words each, i.e. the standard size of a journal article. Additionally, an introduction (of around 8,000-
10,000 words) should tie the articles together in a broader research question and set out the
related (varying or common) methodology of the papers etc. A critical discussion and conclusions
(of around 10,000-15,000 words) must elaborate on the contribution of the papers, possible policy
implications and further research questions.

c. The three papers must be of high quality, meaning that the Supervisors consider these
papers to be of publishable quality. Work already published may be included provided that most of
the work is done after registration on the research degree.

d. For the Major Upgrade, students who have chosen to opt for a series of publishable papers
must submit: a research proposal (approximately 2,500 words), an abstract covering the three
prospective papers; a full draft of the introduction or a full draft of one of the papers (approximately
8,000 words), and a timetable for completion.

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7. Research Training and Doctoral Workshops
Research Training
The European Institute is responsible for ensuring that students develop a range of skills in
methods appropriate to their research, taking into account previous training in individual cases. All
research students will be expected to audit courses relevant to their research interests. Students
should consult their Supervisors in making the selection of such courses, and should ensure they
have the permission of the course convenor before joining.

Research Ethics
The School attaches great importance to the maintenance of high ethical standards in the research
undertaken by its academic and research staff and students. The LSE Ethics Policy is written for
the immediate benefit of the Schools academic, contract research, administrative and fundraising
staff, all postgraduate research students, and undergraduate and masters students where their
Supervisors agree that they are undertaking research. It can be found at:
www2.lse.ac.uk/intranet/researchAndDevelopment/researchPolicy/ethicsGuidanceAndForms.aspx
The ethics guidance comprises the LSE Research Ethics Policy; LSE Research Ethics Checklist;
Research Ethics Review Questionnaire; and Informed Consent.

Doctoral Workshops
The European Institute exists to encourage world class research on Europe. We consider our PhD
programme to be major component of this mission and expect our PhD students to produce
doctoral dissertations of the highest quality. Because we believe that good research is dependent
upon good research methods and design, our doctoral workshops are a mandatory component of
our PhD programme.

First Year Students: All first year students must attend EU550 Research Workshop in
European Studies, an all-cohort course which provides the opportunity for students to
present and discuss in detail their thesis outlines and progression, chapters and related
work. EU550 is led by EI staff members from across the European Institute degree
programmes (Political Economy, Politics and Government in the European Union, and
Ideas and Identities).

In addition, first year students are also expected to follow the personalised research training
programme agreed with their Supervisors at the beginning of the academic year. Along with
attendance at EU550 students will normally be expected to attend at least one other
research methods training course. Students working in the political economy field will
normally be expected to follow EU455 Concepts in Political Economy. Students working
in other streams may find MY521 Qualitative Research Methods helpful. Where
appropriate, students should also consider relevant courses in the Library, Computer
Centre, the Department of Methodology and other departments in the School. A list of
courses that we think may be useful are listed below.

Second year students: All second year students are expected to follow the personalised
research training programme agreed with their Supervisors at the beginning of the
academic year. Attendance at the EU550 Research Workshop in European Studies
seminar is mandatory for second year students, unless attendance at another research
seminar is approved in lieu of EU550. In addition, students in their second and subsequent
years, with research interests in public policy and political economy, are highly
recommended to attend and present their work in the interdepartmental research seminar
EU555/GV555/IR555 Political Economy and Public Policy Workshop.

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 Third year and above: Attendance at the EU550 Research Workshop in European
Studies seminar is mandatory for third year students, unless attendance at another
research seminar is approved in lieu of EU550. EU455 Concepts in Political Economy still
remains as an optional course as well as EU555/GV555/IR555 Political Economy and
Public Policy Workshop (if not taken in Year 2). All continuing PhD students are
encouraged to attend at least one PhD Workshop of relevance to their dissertation on a
regular basis.

Course Guides for the European Institute Doctoral Workshops can be found in the Calendar:
www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar/courseGuides/research.htm#generated-subheading6

Additional and Recommended Research Courses

All students are strongly advised to attend courses organised by the Department of Methodology,
by other relevant LSE departments (upon consent of the course convenor and their Supervisors)
and/or by the Teaching and Learning Centre (see below for more details).Students specialising in
specific geographical areas are expected to attend the research seminars organised by the
relevant EI unit, for example- Canada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies,
Contemporary Turkish Studies, the Hellenic Observatory and LSEE.

LSEs Language Centre provides courses in the following languages: Arabic, Business Chinese,
French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. For more
information, see their website: www2.lse.ac.uk/language/Home.aspx

Department of Methodology Courses

Methodology courses that are available are:

MY500 Fundamentals of Social Science Research Design

MY521 Qualitative Research Methods
MY526 Doing Ethnography
MY527 Qualitative Research with Non-Traditional Data (suspended for 2015 / 16)
MY528 Special Topics in Qualitative Research Methods: Qualitative Text Analysis
MY530 Advanced Qualitative Research Workshops
MY551 Introduction to Quantitative Analysis
MY552 Applied Regression Analysis
MY454 / MY554 Applied Statistical Computing
MY555 Multivariate Analysis and Measurement
MY556 Survey Methodology
MY557 Causal Inference for Observational and Experimental Studies
MY559 Special Topics in Quantitative Analysis: Quantitative Text Analysis
MY560 Workshop in Advanced Quantitative Analysis
MY591 Computing Packages for Qualitative Analysis
MY592 Workshop in Information Literacy: finding, managing and organising published research
and data
MY599 The Department of Methodology Seminar

Courses from Other LSE Departments

Students should feel free to look into any other relevant PhD workshops within the LSEs Politics
Group (which includes the Departments of Government, International Relations and International
Development). If they feel that there is another relevant methods workshop, they should contact
the course convenor responsible and ask for permission. You may also choose to attend any other
options course which is offered in the School and is relevant to your research, subject to the
consent of your Supervisor and the course convenor responsible for the course.

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Below is a list of recommended courses from other LSE departments.

GV513 Qualitative Methods in the Study of Politics is suspended for 2015 2015. Gov are
advising students to take MY521 Qualitative Research Methods instead.

Other courses:
GV501 Doctoral Workshop: Political Theory
GV503 Political Philosophy Research Seminar
GV514 Political Science and Political Economic Doctoral Workshop
GV517 Comparative Political Economy: New Approaches and Issues in CPE
GV5XI Research Design in Political Science

IR501 International Relations Research Methods Training Seminar

IR505 European International Politics Workshops
IR509.1 International Relations Research Design Workshop (1st yrs only)
IR509.2 International Relations Research Design Workshop (2nd yrs only)

LL500 Law Department Research Seminar

PH500 Research Methods in Philosophy

SO511 Research Seminar in Political Sociology

To view all available LSE courses, please see the Timetables website:
www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/diaryAndEvents/timetables/home.aspx

Students are strongly advised to consult their Supervisors for any advice on further courses that
could be taken from other LSE departments too.

Registering Your Courses on LSE for You

You need to register your courses (modules) via LSE For You using the Graduate Course Choice
system (instructions below) by Monday 12 October 2015. Courses will be available for selection if
they fall within the programme regulations, see here for details:
www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar/programmeRegulations/mPhilPhD
If a course is unlisted within your programme regulations, you can request it via the request
unlisted course button within LFY. Unlisted courses will require approval by your Department.

Graduate Course Choice will be open for browsing during Welcome Week so that you can get
used to the system however you will not be able to make any choices during this period, The
System opens fully from 25 September 2015.

You are advised to check in LSE For You if compulsory courses that are part of your programme
(i.e. EU550) are pre-selected for you. If EU550 is not pre-selected, please select it. At the end of
the Lent Term you will need to go back in to LSE for You and de-register for the course/s so
that you are not entered in to any exams which MSc students, for example, may be taking.

Fieldwork
Students wishing to take leave of absence for fieldwork can do so with the agreement of the
Doctoral Programme Committee. This will normally only be granted following the Major Upgrade. A
relevant form must be completed and submitted to the Research Degrees Unit at least two
months in advance of when you plan to go on fieldwork.

Fieldwork in heightened risk environments, whether overseas or in the UK, may represent a serious risk
for both the individuals taking part and the School if activities are not properly planned and appropriate
precautions taken. Examples of heightened risk environments and activities may include:

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 areas subject to political instability, civil unrest or disorder, natural disasters or high
levels of crime or anti-social behaviour such as drug misuse or prostitution;
physical and environmental hazards such as travel across extreme or hazardous
terrain, extremes of weather or exposure to dangerous wildlife;
environments where there are political or security threats against any individual
travelling, or against a group they may represent, for example due to religion, race,
ethnicity or political affiliation;
the collection or transfer of data regarded as sensitive or likely to attract the attention of
the security services in the country visited;
lone working by participants with limited experience of, or familiarity with, the area to be
visited.

The Schools Council has approved a policy statement covering the safety of staff and students
undertaking fieldwork, which sets out the responsibilities of fieldwork initiators and Heads of
Departments authorising fieldwork trips on behalf of the School. You can read the statement here:
www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/LSEServices/policies/pdfs/school/fieWorPol.pdf

For more information on undertaking fieldwork, see here:

www2.lse.ac.uk/intranet/students/researchStudents/researchDegrees/Fieldwork.aspx

Part-time Students
The taught course programme for part-time research students will be agreed between the student
and the Supervisor at their first meeting for subsequent approval by the Doctoral Programme
Committee.

Plagiarism
The work you submit for assessment must be your own. If you try to pass off the work of others as
your own, whether deliberately or not, you will be committing plagiarism.

Any quotation from the published or unpublished works of other persons, including other
candidates, must be clearly identified as such, being placed inside quotation marks and a full
reference to their sources must be provided in proper form. A series of short quotations from
several different sources, if not clearly identified as such, constitutes plagiarism just as much as
does a single unacknowledged long quotation from a single source. All paraphrased material must
also be clearly and properly acknowledged.

Any written work you produce must be solely your own. You must not employ a ghost writer to
write parts or all of the work, whether in draft or as a final version, on your behalf. For further
information and the Schools Statement on Editorial Help, see link below. Any breach of the
Statement will be treated in the same way as plagiarism.

You should also be aware that a piece of work may only be submitted for assessment once.
Submitting the same piece of work twice will be regarded as an offence of self-plagiarism and will
also be treated in the same way as plagiarism.

Examiners are vigilant for cases of plagiarism and the School uses plagiarism detection software to
identify plagiarised text. Work containing plagiarism may be referred to an Assessment
Misconduct Panel which may result in severe penalties.

If you are unsure about the academic referencing conventions used by the School you should seek
guidance from your tutor or the Library, see link below.

Before submitting their thesis, students can pass their work through iThenticate- a plagiarism
detection software package- to determine whether they have inadvertently committed plagiarism.
If you would like to request an account, please email researchdegreesunit@lse.ac.uk.

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The Regulations on Plagiarism can be found at the following web links:
www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar/academicRegulations/RegulationsOnAssessmentOffences-
Plagiarism.htm

www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar/academicRegulations/statementOnEditorialHelp.htm

Style
Obviously, the following can only be a rough guide to style but students have found this useful in
the past. There are four golden rules for any paper:

1. Structure: the paper should have an argumentative structure which is (a) clear, (b) set out in the
first paragraph, and (c) explicit as the paper unfolds.

2. Writing: the paper should read as easily as possible. Read published papers and learn from how
they are written as well as what is written.

3. Answer the question: the killer mistake is to give a brilliant answer to a questions which is subtly
different to that asked.

4. KISS (keep it simple, stupid): you may know everything about a topic but your reader may not.
The better a person understands a topic, the more simply he/she can express it to others who may
not.

In addition to the above, you may also read Stephen Van Evera (1997) Guide to Methods for
Students of Political Science, Ithaca NY: Cornell University Press.

8. Organisation and Representation

The Doctoral Programme Committee
Doctoral Programme Director: Dr Waltraud Schelkle
Research Students Tutor: Dr Waltraud Schelkle
MPhil/PhD Selectors: Professor Paul De Grauwe, Professor Kevin Featherstone and Dr Jonathan
White
Chair of the MPhil/PhD Staff Student Liaison Committee: Dr Joan Costa-Font, Michaelmas Term;
Dr Jonathan White, Lent Term and Summer Term
European Institute Manager: Sophie Elgood
MPhil/PhD Programme Manager: Jennifer Robottom

Doctoral studies in the European Institute are managed by the Doctoral Programme Committee
(DPC). The role of the DPC is to:
Ensure correct application procedures (admission criteria, etc.) have been followed for
MPhil/PhD students and that appropriate supervisory arrangements are in place before any
offer of admission is made;
Ensure each MPhil/PhD student receives research training appropriate to their field of study;
Oversee the annual LSE PhD and ESRC scholarship nominations;
Oversee the annual PhD Major Upgrading process;
Provide a channel of communication between MPhil/PhD students and academic staff on
matters relating to the MPhil/PhD programme, student welfare, and other issues of general
concern;
Oversee relations between Supervisors and students and deal with any unsettled questions
between them (via the Chair of the MPhil/PhD Staff-Student Liaison Committee);
Award LSE PhD Scholarships, ESRC and other awards.

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Each member of the committee has a particular area of responsibility but all major decisions
(including admission, re-registration, promotion, scholarship nominations, studentship awards etc.)
are approved by the committee as a whole. Students should feel free to seek out each member of
the committee as appropriate either during their regularly scheduled office hours or by prior
appointment.

The MPhil/PhD Staff Student Liaison Committee

The Institute has an MPhil and PhD Staff Student Liaison Committee which meets once per term to
discuss matters of general concern. All MPhil/PhD students are invited to elect or nominate a
representative for each cohort (first year, second year, third year and fourth year). It is chaired by
an academic member of staff. The agenda is determined by the students; the Committees remit is
to make recommendations where necessary to the Doctoral Programme Committee, or the Head
of Institute, on any matters of general concern to the research students on the programme.

The LSE Research Students Consultative Forum

The MPhil/PhD Staff Student Liaison Committee elects one representative to sit on the Schools
Research Students Consultative Forum. This committee meets once per term and considers
matters arising from the minutes of each Departments Staff Student Liaison Committee, as well as
other matters of interest to research students.

The European Institute Research Committee

The Institute has a Research Committee which meets once per term. Its remit is to:
Organise and disseminate information regarding relevant research and funding opportunities;
Facilitate research on EI-related issues and support its dissemination;
Monitor and record the collective research activities of the EI;
Facilitate the closer integration of research students within the EI research community;
Be a focal point for dialogue about the EIs research identity and any future research
initiatives;
Approve the Institutes Visiting Fellowship nominations and monitor the scheme more generally.
Membership is made up of Institute staff members and a representative of the doctoral students,
usually nominated at the beginning of the academic year.

Nominations for SSLC and Research Committee

At the start of the year research students are invited to sit on various EI committees- namely the
MPhiI/PhD Staff Student Liaison Committee and the EIs Research
Committee

The SSLC committee is important as it provides a forum for feedback from students on their
programme and for discussion of issues which affect the student community as a whole. The role of
an SSLC representative is therefore central to ensuring that courses and programmes in the School work
efficiently; and those elected or chosen as a representative will be given training.

Membership of SSLCs includes student representatives from each year of study and appropriate
academic and admin staff. The SSLC also elects one representative to attend the relevant School
level Students' Consultative Forum. More information on the Consultative Fora can be found by
following the link www2.lse.ac.uk/studentRepresentation/home.aspx.

Students will normally nominate themselves for the roles. If there is more than one nomination for a post,
a vote will take place. If there are three or more nominations for a post, students will be asked to rank
the candidates in order of preference. Voting will take place via email to the Institute Manager. Students
should be allowed one week in which to vote. Students can only sit on one committee at one time.

Problems and Complaints

Procedures for tackling problems between a research student and his/her Supervisor are
comprehensively covered in the LSEs Regulations for Research Degrees:
www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar/academicRegulations/codeOfPracticeForResearchStudents.htm
Students should feel free to raise concerns and difficulties at any time with their Supervisor, with
the Doctoral Programme Director or with the staff of the Research Degrees Unit.

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A-Z of Useful Information
Academy (PhD)
From September 2015 key central services relating to PhD students will be united in one office.
The office will form part of the new PhD Academy on the 4th floor of the library which will also
house a dedicated teaching room for all PhD students to use. All students will be invited to visit the
Academy and find out more about it once induction at Departmental level is complete. If you have
any queries about registration, being an ESRC student, finance or professional development
please come to the office in the Academy. Academy staff are operating an open door policy for all
students and aim to resolve any queries and problems on the spot where possible.

Accommodation Office
The LSE Accommodation Office (3.02 Saw Swee Hock Student Centre) can provide advice on
finding accommodation in London for you and your visitors.
Email; accommodation@lse.ac.uk
Telephone; +44 (0)20 7955 7531
Website; www.lse.ac.uk/lifeAtLSE/accommodation/forStudents/home.aspx

Alumni Association
LSEs Alumni Association is the official voice of LSE's global alumni community, comprising more than
125,000 people in over 200 countries, 80 country groups, nine special interest groups and over 24
contact networks. Its primary role is to support the alumni programme co-ordinated by the LSE Alumni
Relations team by a) developing and supporting the network of international and special interest
alumni groups and contact networks, and, b) representing the voice of the alumni community within the
School.
You automatically become a member upon graduation. Membership is free. By registering with LSE
Alumni Online, you will be able to stay connected with former classmates and the School after your
graduation. You will receive a monthly e-newsletter, LSE Alumni Echo, and the biannual alumni
magazine, LSE Connect. LSE alumni also have access to:
Alumni Professional Mentoring Network;
LSE Careers for up to two years after graduation;
An email forwarding address to continue using an LSE email address;
Discounts on further study, accommodation, merchandise and publications;
The Librarys printed collections on a reference basis, and can borrow free of charge.
For more information about the benefits and services available to alumni, please visit
www.alumni.lse.ac.uk or email alumni@lse.ac.uk.

Bookshop
Established in 1946, The Economists' Bookshop stocks a wide range of textbooks, academic and
scholarly works reflecting teaching at LSE. It stocks second hand and rare books in the above
subjects as well as US and UK remainders and review copies (recent publications sold as second
hand). The Mail Order Department can order any title in any subject provided it is in print. The
Economists Bookshop is a branch of Waterstones and is located in St Clements Building.

Business/Introduction Cards
MPhil/PhD student introduction (business) cards are priced at 20 for 200 cards and can be
ordered online through E-Shop.

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Business Continuity Management
Business continuity management in the LSE is concerned with:
Planning to ensure that the School runs as normally as possible during known or predicted
major events.
Planning the Schools response to and recovery from the impact of possible major incidents
causing the loss of access to the site (such as a bomb threat), or a major loss of
infrastructure or facilities (such as power failures, IT outages).
Managing other less serious occurrences and events which may adversely affect the work of
the School, such as adverse weather conditions or disruption to travel from the weather or
other causes.

The main method of communication with students and staff during all disruptive incidents is the LSE
website and it is therefore important that you check the website regularly. We may also try to contact
you by other means, such as mobile, text or email.
In any emergency the key messages are to keep calm, follow instructions issued by the School, and to
remain in touch with your department. The School seeks to manage all disruptive incidents swiftly so
that work can return to normal as quickly as possible.

Careers Consultant for PhD Students

LSE Careers provides a comprehensive careers service for PhD students and recent graduates
during and after your PhD; helping you to make the most of your PhD experience, to research
career options, network with employers, and find vacancies for jobs and part-time work. We work
completely confidentially with you to help you make the best decisions about your career and
develop your future plans at whatever stage you are.

You can book an appointment with Catherine Reynolds, the PhD Careers Consultant for PhD
students at any stage of your PhD (c.reynolds1@lse.ac.uk)

Each year about 60% of LSE PhD graduates go on to work in education and 40% work in other
sectors? About 25% start work outside Europe and the other 75% in UK and Europe. Make use of
the support available to you for your career development.

LSE Careers: http://www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/CareersAndVacancies/careersService/Home.aspx

Floor 5, Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, 1 Sheffield Street, London WC2A 2AP Te: 44 (0)207 955
7135

Opening hours Monday Friday 9.30am 5pm and late night on Thursday until 8pm. Open all
year during term time and vacations (except when LSE is closed)/

Ask us questions on LSE CareerHub (see the Careers website link above) or email at
careers@lse.ac.uk

Catering Facilities
There are lots of School run restaurants and cafes on campus, which provide quality food at affordable
prices, together with two student bars. Full information about all the places to eat and drink at LSE is
online. LSE Catering Services became the first London University to achieved Fairtrade status in 2004.
Fairtrade refreshments are available in all the School's catering outlets. The School also caters for
vegetarian, halal and kosher diets. www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/LSEServices/cateringServices/Home.aspx

Certificate of Registration
A certificate of registration provides proof to organisations, such as the Home Office, council tax offices
and banks, that you are registered as a current student at the School. It details your full name, date of
birth, term time and permanent home addresses, student number, the title, subject, start and end dates
of your programme, registration status and expected date of graduation.
Once you are formally registered with the School you will be able to print out your certificate instantly
via LSE for You (LFY) under the Certificate of Registration option.
For more information please see www.lse.ac.uk/certificateOfRegistration

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Change of Address
If you change your term-time address, you must update it via LSE for You. Your address is protected
information and will not be disclosed to a third party without your permission unless it is for reasons of
official School business. It is important that you keep us informed of your private address and
telephone number, in case we need to get in touch with you throughout the year.

Codes of Good Practice

The Codes of Practice for explain the basic obligations and responsibilities of staff and students. They
set out what you can expect from your Departments and what Departments are expected to provide
in relation to the teaching and learning experience. The Codes cover areas like the roles and
responsibilities of Academic Advisers and Departmental Tutors; the structure of teaching at the School;
and examinations and assessment. They also set out your responsibilities, i.e. what the School
expects of you.

http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar/academicRegulations/codeOfGoodPracticeForTaughtMas
tersProgrammesTeachingLearningAndAssessment.htm

All students should read The Ethics Code and guidance. The Ethics Code and guidance sets out the
core principles by which the whole School community (including all staff, students and governors) are
expected to act www.lse.ac.uk/ethics.

We recommend that you also read the Schools. The Student Charter sets out the vision and
ethos of the School; http://www2.lse.ac.uk/intranet/LSEServices/policies/pdfs/school/stuCha.pdf

The Ethics Code highlights the core principles of LSE life -

http://www2.lse.ac.uk/intranet/LSEServices/policies/pdfs/school/ethCod.pdf.

Counselling Service
LSE provides a free and confidential counselling service for students with personal or severe study
difficulties. For details of the service and how to book an appointment, see
www.lse.ac.uk/collections/studentCounsellingService/

Day Nursery
The LSE Day nursery is registered under the Early Years sector and our Ofsted registration allows us
to provide care and learning for 63 children in total, aged between 3 months and 5 years. It is located
in the basement of the LSE Hall of Residence on Wild Street and serves students and staff of LSE,
with both full-time and part-time spaces. The curriculum is based on the Revised Early Years
Foundation Stage Framework (EYFS) and the nursery was rated Good on its last Ofsted Inspection in
January 2012. The nursery has four main rooms; two baby rooms, which can take up to 23 babies
aged 3 months to 2 years and two further rooms which can accommodate up to 26 toddlers aged
between 2 to 3 years, and 16 pre-school children aged between 3 to 5 years. The nursery is open from
8.45am-6.15pm, 50 weeks of the year, except for Bank Holidays and a week at both Christmas and
Easter. The Nursery welcomes viewings any weekday at 10.30am or 3.00pm by appointment.
Email; nursery@lse.ac.uk
Tel; +44 (0) 20 7107 5966

Deans of the School

The Deans have a wide range of duties relating to the School's student community. They are available
to any student who wishes to discuss academic or personal issues. The Deans will see students by
appointment or during their office hours. Appointments can be booked through their Executive
Assistants.

Although the Deans are available to meet any student to discuss personal or academic matters,
students should seek the advice and support of their Supervisors and the Doctoral Programme
Director before coming to the Deans.

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Dr Sunil OLD
Dean of Graduate Studies 7574 pg.dean@lse.ac.uk
Kumar 1.07
Mr Mark OLD
Dean of the General Course 5197 gc.dean@lse.ac.uk
Hoffman 1.09
Executive Assistant to the Dean of
Dr Giovanni OLD
Graduate Studies and the Dean of 7445 g.graglia@lse.ac.uk
Graglia G.14
the General Course

Disability and Well-being Service

Disability equality is an important facet of the equality and diversity agenda. LSE acknowledges that
disabled students have often overcome additional barriers in order to gain a university place, and is
committed to eliminating further unnecessary obstacles and to facilitating equal access to study and
university life. The Disability and Well-being Service (DWS) runs three specialist services, all of which
are free and confidential:
The Disability Service, for students with physical/sensory impairments and those with long-term
or chronic medical conditions
The Neurodiversity Service, for students with dyslexia, dyspraxis, Asperger syndrome and
other neurodiverse conditions
The Mental Health and Well-being Service, for students with mental health concerns

The DWS can also set up Individual Student Support Agreements (ISSAs), outlining reasonable
adjustments such as extended library loans, negotiated deadlines and rest breaks in exams. It runs
several interest and support groups, for example the Neurodiversity Interest Group and the Circles
Network.

www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/LSEServices/disabilityAndWellBeingService or email disability-

dyslexia@lse.ac.uk

Email
The School will only use your LSE email address to communicate with you so you should check it
regularly. You can also access email off-campus using webmail and remote desktop or, on the move
using email clients for laptops and mobile phones. For instructions on how to access your email off-
campus visit www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/LSEServices/IMT/remote/

English Language Support

If English is not your first language the Language Centre is available to give you advice and support
throughout your time at LSE. The support is free and starts as soon as you have enrolled. Information
sessions are held during the first days of term to advise you on the most appropriate classes to take.
Classes then begin in week 2 of the Michaelmas Term.
www.lse.ac.uk/language

Equality and Diversity

The School seeks to ensure that people are treated equitably, regardless of age, disability, race,
colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, marriage
and civil partnership, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation or personal circumstances.

In practice, this means we expect you to:

Actively oppose all forms of discrimination and harassment;
Reflect on prejudices, including examining the use of inappropriate language and behaviour;
Strive to create an environment in which student goals may be pursued without fear or intimidation;
Not victimise any fellow student who has complained, or who has given information in connection
with such a complaint;
Challenge and/or report unacceptable behaviour which is contrary to equality legislation and
principles;
Treat all peers fairly and with respect;

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For further advice or information on Equality and Diversity, please visit the Schools Equality and
Diversity website - www.lse.ac.uk/equalityanddiversity
Equality and Diversity at LSE blog - blogs.lse.ac.uk/diversity
Twitter - @lsediversity

ERASMUS Exchange
The European Institute participates in the European Union Action Scheme for the Mobility of University
Students (ERASMUS) programme. This programme enables a European Institute doctoral student to
spend between three and four months (i.e. one term) at one of two institutions: either the European
University Institute in Florence or the Central European University, Budapest. The EU Commission
finances the programme and awards mobility grants to contribute towards the additional costs of
mobility. More information regarding the Exchange can be obtained from the Student Recruitment
website at: www2.lse.ac.uk/study/erasmus/Home.aspx

Europe@LSE Research Seminar

The Europe@LSE research seminar intends to provide a forum for research on Europe, both on
the European Union and beyond its borders, and in all disciplines. Papers are given by external
speakers, by staff and by research students. It is open to the academic public but it is hoped in
particular that LSE staff and doctoral students become regular attendants so as to create a
scholarly community. For more information, please contact Dr Jan Komarek (Michaelmas Term) or
Dr Abel Bojar (Lent Term). Pieter Tuytens is the PhD student contact for the seminar series.

Faith Centre
The Faith Centre can be found in the Saw Swee Hock Building. It brings together multi-faith facilities
for prayer, worship and faith society meetings as well as providing a contemplative space on campus
available to all staff and students. The Chaplain is also available to provide pastoral support to anyone
seeking non-judgemental conversation or advice and to support religious life and cohesion within the
wider School community.
www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/LSEServices/faithCentre/Religion-and-Belief-Guide.aspx or visit the Faith
Centre website www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/LSEServices/faithCentre

Fees
The School offers two options for payment of fees. You can either pay them in full prior to Registration
or by Payment Plan one third of your fees on the 28 October 2015, 28 January and 28 April 2016. If
you do not know the cost of your fees, please see lse.ac.uk/feesoffice.
Full fee information, including how to pay, can be found here:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/LSEServices/financeDivision/feesAndStudentFinance/Paying%20fees
/How_to_Pay.aspx

Financial Support
The School expects all students admitted to programmes to make adequate arrangements
for their maintenance and the payment of their fees. There are limited sources of help
available from the School. Full information about the funds that the Financial Support Office
(FSO) administers can be found on the FSO website:
https://www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/students/moneyMatters/financialSupport/internal/registeredStudents/
in_Course_Financial_Support.aspx

Registered students who are in the final stages of a PhD may wish to apply for the In-course
Financial Support Scheme. This is particularly relevant when a student close to finishing
cannot quite reach the point of submission because of financial difficulties and may need just
a small amount of financial support to achieve this within the normal maximum period of
registration. More information on this can be found here:
www2.lse.ac.uk/intranet/students/moneyMatters/financialSupport/internal/registeredStudents/F
inancialAssistancePhD.aspx

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The Postgraduate Travel Fund is intended to assist postgraduate research students with the costs
of attending a conference at which they have been invited to give a paper. More information and
application forms are available at:
www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/students/moneyMatters/financialSupport/internal/registeredStudents/postgr
aduateTravelFund.aspx

The EI also has a small fund for Research students, the EI PhD Student Research Support
Fund. The aim of the fund is to support research students when presenting papers at a conference
or other institution, or in exceptional cases, when learning a language that is indispensable for their
studies. Students applying for support for travel expenses to conferences should apply to the EIs
fund only if they have been unsuccessful with the Schools Postgraduate Travel Fund.
There is an upper limit of 200 per UK conference, 300 per European conference and 400 per overseas
conference outside Europe. It is the students responsibility to cover the additional costs over these
limits. If students wish to apply for the EI fund, they should email Waltraud Schelkle
(w.schelkle@lse.ac.uk) and Sophie Elgood (s.elgood@lse.ac.uk) with the details of the conference
at which the paper is being presented (date, conference, paper to be presented) and substantiate
their claim. Evidence that the application to the Schools fund was unsuccessful will need to be
shown. For language courses, a supporting email from the Supervisor should accompany the
claim.

A Short Term Loan facility is available for students who are experiencing acute cash flow
difficulties whilst awaiting a guaranteed source of funds (e.g. a loan or salary payment). This
may be a Student Finance payment, Canadian or American Student loans, a non-LSE
Scholarship, or wages. All other sources of finance should have been exhausted, e.g. a bank
overdraft or borrowing from friends and family BEFORE an application is made. Loans are
made in the form of a cheque. Cheques in relation to Short Term Loans are usually available to
collect from the Fees Office Drop In session (2pm - 3pm in the Student Services Centre).
Repayment of a Short Term Loan is also handled by the Fees Office. To be eligible you must be:

i. a fully registered student of the School;

ii. able to show how you will repay the loan within 4 weeks from expected funding.

Applications submitted without supporting documentation cannot be processed.

The processing of an application for a Short Term Loan normally takes 1-2 working days, depending
on the time of day we receive the application form.

If an application is with the Financial Support Office by 1.30pm on one day, payment can
normally be organised by 2pm the following day, provided the application is approved.

For more information:

www2.lse.ac.uk/intranet/students/moneyMatters/financialSupport/internal/registeredS
tudents/shortTermLoan.aspx

You may have a part-time job to supplement your income. Each student is responsible for setting
her/his own balance between part-time employment and academic coursework. Recent research
suggests that an excessive amount of part-time work can have a detrimental effect on academic
performance. Therefore, the School recommends that full-time students work no more than 20 hours
per week during term time, and, if at all possible, fewer than 15 hours.

From time to time, there may be vacancies for paid research or administrative assistance within the
EI. All such vacancies are emailed to you. The EI has also launched a Research Employability Pool
for its research students. More information on this can be found under Part-time Employment on
page 41.

The Students Union Advice and Welfare Centre also administer a number of specific funds:
www.lsesu.com/support/moneyadvice/suhardshipfunds/

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www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/students/moneyMatters/financialSupport

Finding your way around

The geography of the School can seem complicated at first, but you will find direction signs spread
around the buildings, and maps and diagrams in various School publications. Maps are available at
www.lse.ac.uk/mapsAndDirections

Funding Opportunities and Grants

There are various funding opportunities and grants that you may be eligible for during or after your
studies. To find a list of some of these opportunities, see:
www.lse.ac.uk/europeanInstitute/study/CurrentResearchStudents/Funding-Opportunities-and-
Grants.aspx

In addition, LSEs Financial Support Office has an extensive list of financial awards available for
research students. The awards are broken down by Country (A-Z); Home UK/EU students; Discipline;
and named LSE awards. More information on these awards can be obtained here:
www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/students/moneyMatters/financialSupport/ScholarshipsLSE/PhDApp/awards/Aw
ards.aspx

Health and Safety

LSE premises are open to the public during the day. We would advise you to take care of your
personal belongings at all times. Do not leave them unattended or out of sight. Please report thefts,
security incidents or accidents to Security at the main entrance on Houghton Street as soon as
possible.

Health and Welfare Services

Medical Centre; the Medical Centre is a general NHS practice which LSE students can use if
they live within the practices catchment area. The Centre is located on the second floor of
Tower 3. The Centre also provides dental facilities, an osteopath, an acupuncturist, and more
general, first aid, vaccination, travel and contraceptive advice. Register online at
www.spmc.info/index for NHS registration. www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/LSEServices/medicalCentre

Student Counselling Service; this free and confidential service aims to enable you to cope
with any personal or study difficulties that may be affecting you while at LSE. As well as one-to-
one appointments, there are group sessions and workshops throughout the year on issues
such as exam anxiety and stress management. All counselling sessions need to be booked in
advance, but there are also drop-in sessions available each day at 3.00 pm. Email
(student.counselling@lse.ac.uk), phone (020 7852 3627) or go to the Teaching and Learning
Centre Reception (KSW 5.07, on the 5th floor of 20 Kingsway).
www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/students/supportServices/healthSafetyWellbeing/adviceCounselling/stu
dentCounsellingService

Peer Support scheme; enables students to talk with fellow students if they have any personal
worries.
www.lse.ac.uk/peersupport

Adviser to Women Students; is available to discuss issues of concern to women students in

the School and to offer advice and support to women students with personal problems. (At the
time of printing the Advisor to Women Students was changing. You will be emailed when the
new advisor is appointed)

Adviser to Male Students; is available to discuss issues of concern to male students and
provides a confidential point of contact. (Dr Jonathan Hopkin, CON H519, ext. 6535,
j.r.hopkin@lse.ac.uk)

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International Student Immigration Service
The International Student Immigration Service provides detailed immigration advice for international
students on their website which is updated whenever the immigration rules change. They can advise
you by email or at the drop-in service in the Student Services Centre reception on any of the following
areas;
Applying to extend your stay in the UK
Switching immigration categories
Immigration implications if you need to interrupt your studies or retake your exams
Correcting the end date of your visa if there has been a mistake
Bringing your family to the UK or applying for your family to extend their stay inside the UK
What to do if your visa application is returned as invalid or is refused
Registering with the police
What to do if your passport is lost or stolen
Travelling in and out of the UK
Working during your studies
Options for working after your studies (please note we do not advise on the actual application
process)
www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/students/ISIS

IT Support

Student IT Help Desk - First floor of the Library it.helpdesk@lse.ac.uk

Laptop Surgery First floor of the Library. Visit the Laptop Surgery for free advice and hands-
on help with problems connecting to LSE resources from personally-owned laptops and mobile
devices.
LSE Mobile - Download the LSE Mobile app to access your course timetable, Library
information, maps, guides and more. Search LSE Mobile on the App Store or Google Play to
download.
IT Support for students with disabilities - PCs and printing facilities for students with
disabilities are provided in the public computer areas in the Library. Other facilities are
available in three dedicated PC rooms in the Library (LRB.R25 and LRB.R26) and St Clements
Building (STC.S073). They also provide one-to-one support for students with disabilities who
wish to become familiar with assistive technologies and software. This can be arranged by
contacting imt.disabilities.support.lse.ac.uk

For contact details and further information about our support services visit
www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/LSEServices/IMT

Alceste software
Alceste Enterprise 2012 software is available to you in the form of a security dongle (similar to a
USB key). This security dongle is provided by the software company and allows you access
Alceste Enterprise 2012 software, which is now installed on ONE PC in your PhD study room
(there is a note on that PC so that everyone can identify it). We ask you not to confuse this version
of the software with the much smaller networked version of Alceste which is installed all over the
campus and which does not require a security dongle to run.
How to access the security dongle: This dongle needs to be kept in the Programme and Events
Office (COW.3.11) at all times and may be borrowed from the MPhil/PhD Programme Manager
when you need to use the Alceste Enterprise software in the European Institute PhD room. When
borrowing the dongle, you will need to log in your name and signature, and temporarily hand in
your LSE ID card. This is highly expensive equipment and we kindly ask that you pay special
attention to it.
If you experience any difficulty with using the Alceste Enterprise software (or indeed any other
software, hardware problems or general IT advice regarding their research area), please contact
the IT Service Desk via e-mail or telephone.

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 Social Media
The School has outlined guidance on the use of social media. You can find the full details
at www2.lse.ac.uk/intranet/LSEServices/policies/pdfs/school/guiSocMedStu.pdf

Please switch off PCs, monitors, printers, speakers etc at the end of each day.

Language Centre
Offers an extra-curricular programme in a range of modern foreign languages open to all LSE
members for a fee. To help you choose the most appropriate course there are a series of information
sessions and individual appointments held during the first weeks of term. Courses start in week 5 of
the Michaelmas Term.
www.lse.ac.uk/language/ModernForeignLanguages/Certificate/MFLCertificateHome.aspx

Library
Your LSE student card is also your Library card. No additional registration with the Library is required.
You can find all the information you need to help you use the library on the Library website at:
www.lse.ac.uk/library/usingTheLibrary/userGuides/Information-for-students.aspx

As Research Degree Students you have a dedicated research support librarian available to you
throughout your studies, Daniel Payne (d.payne1@lse.ac.uk) he can organise training, reference
management, one-to-one support and you can contact him via the following link, where youll also find
a guide to resources:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/about/Library%20Leadership%20Team/academicSupportLibrarian/Daniel-
Payne.aspx

Library Search will provide all users with a single point of access for searching and accessing all of
the Librarys content and for managing your Library account. There is a guide on the website to help
students here:
www.lse.ac.uk/library/usingTheLibrary/training/LibrarySearch/LibrarySearch.aspx

You can sign up to a course on how to find items from your reading list, and other training events from
across the School, at https://apps.lse.ac.uk/training-system/

Staff at the Help Desk on the first floor are available for any enquiries you may have.
When inside the Library building, please remember:
Respect the zone you are in and keep noise to a minimum in Quiet and Silent zones.
Food cannot be consumed inside the library, although you are able to eat in the Escape
area (before the turnstiles) and drinks with lids can be brought into the Library.
Fully vacate your study space for others when taking a break.
Do not leave your bags unattended

If you have an overdue loan you will not be charged a fine, but you wont be able to borrow anything
else until your overdue book is either returned or renewed. Books that have been requested by
another Library user must be returned.

www.twitter.com\LSELibrary
www.facebook.com\LSELibrary
Email; library.enquiries@lse.ac.uk

Libraries at the University of London

LSE is a part of the University of London, and as such has links to both SOAS and Senate House
libraries. Readers tickets are available by filling out a form distributed via the Library information desk.

LSE Europe in Question (Discussion Paper) Series (LEQS)

The European Institute launched a new Discussion Paper Series, LEQS - the LSE Europe in
Question Series - in May 2009, publishing high quality research on Europe and the European
Union from scholars across LSE and beyond. The Series aims at strengthening the academic and

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policy debates concerning the future development and governance of Europe, exploring new lines
of reflection and analysis, and promoting the cross-fertilisation of research across cognate
disciplines. To this end, the series includes contributions from across a range of disciplines,
including political science and political theory, public policy, international relations, economics and
political economy, geography, philosophy, sociology, social policy, law and history. In addition to
contributions from LSE staff and research students, the series hosts contributions from
distinguished scholars from around the world, who are occasionally invited to present their work in
public lectures and seminars organised under the auspices of the series.

Papers published in the series go through a formal process of in-house refereeing and are
publicised through various academic and policy forums, thus achieving impact and visibility
throughout the research and policy communities.

Since its launch, LEQS has published nearly 100 papers (97 by July 2015). According to Google
Scholar (Harzing's "Publish or Perish"), LEQS has an average of 6.8 cites per paper, with an h-
index of 10 and a g-index of 21. Its most cited article ("Monetary union, fiscal crisis and the
preemption of democracy", by Fritz Scharpf, Paper No36, 2011) has received 170 citations, while
over 70% of the papers in the series have received at least one citation. LEQS has been one of the
most successful tools for showcasing the research and activities of the European Institute and
developing the Institutes links across LSE (and beyond).

The Series is edited by Joan Costa-Font, Sara Hagemann, Vassilis Monastiriotis and Sonja Avlijas
who act as points of contact.
For further enquiries please email euroinst.leqs@lse.ac.uk

LSE for You (LFY)

www.lse.ac.uk/lseforyou
LSE for You is a personalised web portal which gives you access to a range of services;
View or change your personal details
Reset your Library and network passwords
Monitor and pay your tuition fees online
Course choice and seminar sign up
Check your results

Online Theses
There are several ways that students can access successfully defended electronic theses.
www.theses.com provides a comprehensive list of theses with abstracts accepted for higher degrees
by universities in Great Britain and Ireland since 1716. There are currently over 500,000 theses in
the collection. It is updated regularly, but there is usually a time lag of three months between the
university submitting the information to the creators of the database and it appearing in the Index.
The database can be searched by subject keyword, university, author or title. Theses submitted at
LSE can be traced on the Library catalogue. University of London theses are available for consultation
at Senate House Library. LSE staff and students wishing to make inter-library loan requests for theses
submitted at other UK universities should go to the LSE Librarys Main Service Counter.LSEs Library
website has access to 16 theses databases, including listings of electronic theses submitted to
universities in Africa, Australia and Canada. To find out about these various databases, go to:
www2.lse.ac.uk/library/Home.aspx > Search theses.

Online Theses:

There are several ways students can view successfully defended theses.

Since 2011, electronic copies of theses awarded a PhD at the LSE are made freely
available via LSE Theses Online. You can view these by department here:
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/view/sets/DEPTS.html

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 Prior to this date, older theses are held in hardcopy in the closed-access section of the
Library. These can be located via Library Search http://librarysearch.lse.ac.uk/, and a
request then made to view the thesis in the reading room by emailing
library.enquiries@lse.ac.uk

The Library subscribes to a number of resources that can help you identify theses awarded
at other institutions. One major resource is ProQuest Dissertations & Theses; a
comprehensive database of dissertations and theses from around the world from 1743 until
the present day:
http://librarysearch.lse.ac.uk/44LSE_VU1:LSCOP_LOCAL:44LSE_ALMA_DS61146909060
002021

For help in locating or acquiring a particular thesis, get in touch with your academic support
librarian, Daniel Payne d.payne1@lse.ac.uk

Outside Help
The School has published a statement on the levels of editorial help that are and are not
permissible for students to seek in producing written work. The statement can be read here:
www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar/academicRegulations/statementOnEditorialHelp.htm

The different aspects of the research process include (but are not limited to):

selection of the research topic;

research design;
research execution;
conducting interviews;
data collection and analysis; and
the literature review

PhD students are encouraged to seek advice on the different aspects of their research in the form
of peer review (for example, by presenting at conferences). It is also legitimate for a student to
seek outside help with particular aspects of their research, for example, in using research
organisations to facilitate fieldwork trips. But it is important that external input of this kind is not
excessive. Also, there will be aspects of research that students are expected to conduct
themselves, within the context that their eventual thesis is expected to be their own original work.
You should discuss with your supervisor(s) any help you are considering using with any aspect of
the research process. You should discuss with your supervisor(s) any advice you are seeking from
other departments at the School or from sources outside of the School; and that any help received
should be credited appropriately within your work.

Paper
We provide two reams of paper per term per student, which can be collected from COW 3.11.

Partnership PhD Mobility Bursaries

Ten LSE postgraduate students are given the opportunity to spend two to three months at one of
LSEs five institutional partners through the Schools Partnership PhD Mobility Bursaries scheme.
The scheme began in 2008-09 with Columbia University (New York), the National University of
Singapore and Sciences Po (Paris) and expanded in 2010-11 to include Peking University (Beijing)
and the University of Cape Town. Each year, LSE funds up to two places at each of the five
institutions with students receiving a bursary of up to 2,500 in support of travel and living costs.
Whilst abroad, participants work informally with an advisor on their PhD thesis research and/or on
related publications and presentations. The visits also introduce them to the academic culture,
professional contacts and employment opportunities of another country. Students registered for
PhD studies in any LSE department who have been upgraded to full doctoral student status are
eligible to apply. A School selection panel assesses applications on their academic merit, including

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the rationale for visiting a particular partner institution and for working with their proposed
academic advisor.

For more information, please contact Fiona Conlan, Deputy Head of Academic Partnerships at
academic_partnerships@lse.ac.uk.

Part-time Employment
Academic staff at the EI are encouraged to employ research students to assist them with any research
they are undertaking. However, each student is responsible for setting her/his own balance between
part-time employment and academic coursework. Recent research suggests that an excessive
amount of part-time work can have a detrimental effect on academic performance. Therefore, the
School recommends that full-time students work no more than 20 hours per week during term time,
and, if at all possible, fewer than 15 hours.

During the 2013/14 academic year the EI launched a new voluntary scheme for research students with
the aim of assisting students to find employment within the EI or the School more widely. The
Research Employability Pool is an internal database managed by the EIs MPhil/PhD Programme
Manager, which includes the research students skills and competencies. Students complete an online
survey to submit their profile. By completing this employability survey students automatically enter into
the database that is made accessible and searchable by EI and other LSE academics.

Photocopying
Photocopying facilities are available in the Library and the Student Union Copy Shop. Photocopy cards
can be purchased from the Library and the Copy Shop.

Postgraduate Travel Fund

The Postgraduate Travel Fund is intended to assist postgraduate research students with the
costs of attending a conference at which they have been invited to give a paper. More
information and application forms are available at:
www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/students/moneyMatters/financialSupport/internal/registeredStudents/postgr
aduateTravelFund.aspx

The EI also has a small fund for Research students, the EI PhD Student Research Support
Fund. The aim of the fund is to support research students when presenting papers at a conference
or other institution, or in exceptional cases, when learning a language that is indispensable for their
studies. Students applying for support for travel expenses to conferences should apply to the EIs
fund only if they have been unsuccessful with the Schools Postgraduate Travel Fund.
There is an upper limit of 200 per UK conference, 300 per European conference and 400 per overseas
conference outside Europe. It is the students responsibility to cover the additional costs over these
limits. If students wish to apply for the EI fund, they should email Waltraud Schelkle
(w.schelkle@lse.ac.uk) and Sophie Elgood (s.elgood@lse.ac.uk) with the details of the conference
at which the paper is being presented (date, conference, paper to be presented) and substantiate
their claim. Evidence that the application to the Schools fund was unsuccessful will need to be
shown. For language courses, a supporting email from the Supervisor should accompany the
claim.

Public Events and Lectures

The Institute has a strong public profile, making LSE one of the leading platforms in the European
Union for informed public discussion about the history and identity of Europe, and the policy
challenges confronting the EU and its member states. The Institute hosts over 50 events a year, with
an outstanding cast list of high-level speakers from politics, public administration, academia and the
media, including presidents, prime ministers, foreign ministers, finance ministers, EU commissioners,
and heads of European agencies and the EU institutions, along with distinguished scholars and
influential commentators.
www.lse.ac.uk/europeanInstitute/Events/Home.aspx

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Quality Assurance
The Schools approach to quality assurance is set out in the document Strategy for Managing
Academic Standards and Quality. It sets out broad principles for assuring academic standards and for
enhancing the quality of educational provision. Students are encouraged to contribute directly to the
quality assurance of their courses and programmes. They can do so through their Staff-Student
Liaison Committees (or via their representative), by attending Academic and Student Affairs
Committee reviews of their departments, and by conscientiously completing School surveys.
www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/LSEServices/TQARO/InternalQualityAssurance/StrategyForManagingAcad
emicStandards.aspx

Shaw Library
This is a small lending collection of general literature, daily newspapers and magazines, and a
substantial collection of recorded music. It is housed in the Founders Room on the sixth floor of the
Old Building, serving as a quiet room where lunchtime concerts are held on Thursdays in the
Michaelmas and Lent terms.

If you require access to the room in evening and weekend times, please email Sophie Elgood
(s.elgood@lse.ac.uk ) with your student ID number as your LSE card needs to be authorised for
evening and weekend entry into Cowdray House.

Student Services Centre (SSC)

The Student Services Centre is located on the ground floor of the Old Building. It provides advice and
information on the following services;
Admissions (drop-in service)
Certificates of Registration
Course choice and class changes
Examinations and results
Fees process fee payments and distribute cheques (drop-in service)
Financial Support Advice on scholarships, awards, prizes, emergency funding and
studentships (drop-in service)
Information for new arrivals
Programme Registration
Graduation Ceremonies
Transcripts and Degree certificates
Visa and immigration advice (drop-in service)
The SSC provides a counter service for students 11am4pm every weekday.
www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/students/supportServices/studentServicesCentre/Home.aspx

Students Union
LSE has one of the most active student communities at any university. The Students Union is
independent from the School and can help you can meet students with similar interests and views
and provide you with opportunities to have the sort of student experience you want. Here are
some of the ways in which they do it:
Student activities the Union funds and supports over 200 societies, sports clubs, media
group societies and fund raising events
Campaigns and democracy getting students together to take action on and influence the
issues they care about within the School and wider society
Representation led by a Student Executive, working with representatives across the
School to influence and shape the decisions and direction of the School
Welfare and student support independent, legally-trained advice workers offer free,
confidential advice when things go wrong or you need help
The Union runs a bar, some shops and the only gym on campus all designed for LSE
students
www.lsesu.com

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Study Room
The Jean Monnet Room for Research Students, COW G.11, is equipped with computers. These are
shared machines, so students are requested to save their work to their own network drive (i.e. My
Documents), not to the PC. You can then access your documents on every networked PC within the
School. There are also network points in the room, should you wish to bring in a personally-owned
laptop. There is a digital lock on this room and students w i l l b e g i v e n t h e c o d e d u r i n g
i n d u c t i o n a t t h e b e g i n n i n g o f t h e y e a r . In order to maintain security, this code should not be
passed to friends and colleagues. As this is a study room, you are requested to keep noise to a
minimum. Any faults in the room should be reported to Jennifer Robottom on ext 6642 or by
email j.l.robottom@lse.ac.uk

Sustainability
LSE is strongly committed to environmental sustainability, and it is a key principle of both its Strategic
Plan and Ethics Code. In 2005 the School adopted its Environmental Sustainability Policy, setting
objectives to continually improve environmental performance. Since then LSE has gone from strength
to strength, incorporating sustainability into all areas of its activities. LSE has a target to reduce its
carbon footprint by 54% by 2020 compared to a 2005 baseline, ensure all buildings meet the highest
sustainability standards, and minimise waste whilst maximising recycling rates. The School has an
Environmental Management System to put the Environmental Sustainability Policy into practice, which
has been ISO 14001 certified since 2012.
The School provides its students with a strong understanding of sustainable development issues faced
by the global community, and undertakes world-leading research on environmental matters, informing
public policy at the highest level.
www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/LSEServices/estatesDivision/sustainableLSE/home.aspx

Teaching Opportunities
Unfortunately, as the European Institute does not offer undergraduate programmes, there is no
opportunity to gain teaching experience with us. However, other departments within the Politics Group
(namely International Relations and Government) and other LSE departments, occasionally require
part-time teachers (Graduate Teaching Assistants) and we will inform you of these opportunities
should they occur. Similarly, we will inform you of any University of London teaching vacancies.

Term dates

Michaelmas Term (MT) Thursday 24 September- Friday 11 December 2015

(teaching begins on Monday 28 September 2015)
Reading Week; Monday 2 November Friday 6 November

Lent Term (LT) Monday 11January Thursday 24 March 2016

Reading Week; Monday 15 February Friday 19 February

Summer Term (ST) Monday 25 April- Friday 10 July 2016

The School will also be closed on English public holidays. In 2015/16 these will be;

Christmas Closure Wed 23 December 2015 Friday 1 January

Easter Closure
May Bank Holiday
Spring Bank Holiday
Summer Bank Holiday
2016
Friday 25 March Thursday 31 March 2016
Monday 2 May 2016
Monday 30 May 2016
Monday 29 August 2016

Volunteer Centre
The Volunteer Centre is based within LSE Careers and is there to help you develop new skills and new
friendships while making an impact through volunteering. Volunteering opportunities are advertised for
different charities across London and internationally, with positions ranging from one-off opportunities
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www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/CareersAndVacancies/volunteerCentre/Home.aspx

Volunteering with LSEs Widening Participation (WP) team

WP aims to raise aspiration and attainment in young people from London state schools. They deliver a
number of key projects that encourage young people from under-represented backgrounds to aim for a
university education and need enthusiastic LSE students to be inspiring role models and to contribute
to the success of this project.

Volunteers are needed in the following areas: student ambassadors, student tutoring and student
mentoring. Mentoring and Tutoring require a weekly commitment, while being a Student Ambassadors
is more flexible. There are many benefits to working with young people and volunteering your time.
These include getting involved and giving back to your local community, strengthening your C.V. and
personal satisfaction.
www.lse.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/informationForTeachersAndSchools/wideningParticipation/ho
me.aspx
Email; widening.participation@lse.ac.uk

Main Entrance to LSE Old Building

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