Interview: LSE’s no disadvantage policy, and how the School got there
Colin Vanelli & Morgan Fairless. Additional reporting by Lucy Knight and Yasmina O’Sullivan On 24 April, LSE published its much…
LSE to release ‘No-disadvantage policy’ based on whole-course grade adaption, extensions, and deferrals
Pro-Director for Education Dilly Fung is set to email students today unveiling a “No-disadvantage” policy. The policy entails four measures:…
The Strokes – The New Abnormal ★★★
To those music lovers for whom the first two Strokes albums were formative in that utterly embarrassing early-adolescent period, the…
LSESU calls for rents to end in postgraduate hall
On Friday 17th April, the LSESU sent a letter to Sanctuary Students, a private student accommodation provider who owns Lilian…
LSE Limelight #16: Creative Societies in LSE’s Virtual Campus
“There is a whole underworld of amazing individuals and amazing ideas happening. So I hope this gives people a moment…
How to SHAG: What is safe sex and are people even having it?
While spring typically laid the plot for people’s Hot Girl Summer, fornicating is about two meters away from many a…
LSE’s homeward bound Chinese students
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many LSE international students have chosen to return to their families and home…
Comment: Departments should push back against LSE’s ‘league tables over students’ policy – they are our only hope
Over the past weeks, The Beaver has extensively covered the impact of Covid-19 on students, documenting how privilege, inequality, and…
Students’ Union blasts proposed exam guidelines as LSE rejects ‘non-detriment’
Additional reporting by Morgan Fairless. The Students’ Union has blasted LSE’s proposed guidelines for exam boards in the upcoming assessment…
The next Msc challenge: writing a dissertation under lockdown
For many of LSE’s postgraduate students currently starting work on their dissertations, the rapid pace and unpredictable duration of the…
