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Picture from Seedery’s website. Following his Summer Internship with leading German venture capital firm Global Founders Capital – which is behind some of Europe’s most recognizable startups like Zalando, Revolut, and Delivery Hero – Daniil Danilov, a London School of…
Reporting by Jack Beeching Across the country, students are angry. Having been encouraged to move into university accommodation with promises of ‘hybrid’ teaching and a relatively uncompromised experience, they have instead found themselves in cramped halls with lacklustre support from…
Source: Wikipedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Empty_Eurostar_during_Covid.jpg On Tuesday, November 11th, LSE made a public announcement regarding student travel for the holiday season. Unsurprisingly, in a context of lockdown and a great number of COVID-19 cases, this Christmas stands out as a stressful…
On November 12th, Faiso Kadiye and Sabir Abdullahi, two LSE undergraduate students, proposed a motion to the LSE Student Union General Assembly: “Should LSESU lobby LSE to commit to improving the experiences of black students at the university?” The way…
Source: Wikipedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mental_Health_Message.jpg Whilst the Covid-19 pandemic has changed much of how we live our daily lives, it has also had a significant effect on the mental health of university students. In particular, some students have experienced varying impacts…
In an election which will determine the political success of incoming United States president Joe Biden and the legislative agenda of a global superpower, U.S. Senate candidate and LSE alumnus Jon Ossoff takes centre stage as he campaigns on a…
Black, Bangladeshi, and Pakistani students suffer from deep, persistent attainment gaps, according to six years of grade data obtained and analysed by The Beaver. The findings should raise pressure on LSE to intensify efforts to combat systemic racism at the…
Photo: Home delivery in self isolationcc-by-sa/2.0 – © Richard Hoare – geograph.org.uk/p/6430348 Though this year’s first weeks at LSE will definitely look different, it isn’t the case that social isolation has to be completely miserable. We at The Beaver have compiled a guide on…
We’ve decided to list a few nearby amenities around LSE undergraduate Halls to help guide you through your first weeks of student life. Though these lists are by no means exhaustive, we hope these snapshots give you some inspiration to…
Having finished my BSc Government at LSE and with time to reflect, I thought of some advice I could pass on to an 18 year old me. This is by no means a definitive or exhaustive list but a collection…