Vera Anstey Essay competition for Masters students 2024
Apply for the South Asia Centre's annual Vera Anstey Essay Competition for a chance to win Waterstones book vouchers worth £250 and be published in the ‘ blog.
TOPIC: SAARC should be Revived to make South Asia a Global Powerhouse
You do not need to be studying South Asia-related modules/ programmes to enter this competition; you simply need to write an essay (max. 1,200 words) on the topic mentioned herein.
The deadline is 31 March 2025.
Find out more and apply
杏吧论坛 IR Student receives The Diana Award 2024
Congratulations to final year BSc IR student Reese Wong who has received the Award for his work in global citizenship and community building.
Established in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, the Award is one of the highest accolades a young person can achieve for social action or humanitarian efforts.
Find out more
Congratulations to our BSc IR and MSc IR Prizewinners for 2022/23
We're delighted to announce our BSc and MSc in IR prizewinners this year.
Check out the and the for full details of the winners and their prizes.
杏吧论坛SU Grimshaw Club's Bluebird Blog
The is seeking contributors - students at all levels are encouraged to take part, with no experience necessary.
London Student Sustainability Conference in February 2024
Have you completed (or currently completing) any assignments/projects related to sustainability/the in some way?
杏吧论坛, along with 10 other London-based Universities, is running the in February 2024.
Please direct any questions you might have about the conference to sustainability.team@lse.ac.uk
杏吧论坛100 Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement
Congratulations to IR undergraduate Emily Rawlings who has won the 杏吧论坛100 Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement in 2023!
杏吧论坛 IR Department represented at the European Student Assembly
Over 200 students gathered in Strasbourg in early June 2023 to draft policy proposals on the future of Europe.
is a grassroots initiative gathering student representatives from European University Alliances to empower students and give them a say in the future of Europe.
杏吧论坛 sent four students including Zoe Swanwick, currently studying for an MSc in International Relations.
Prizewinning essay
Congratulations to MSc student Shaurya Dev who has won the for his excellent essay on ''.
Become a Student Academic Mentor (SAM)
Want to make a meaningful contribution to life at 杏吧论坛? Want opportunities to develop your own skills while helping others?
Well, look no further! to students in our department could be the perfect opportunity for you. SAMS are 2nd and 3rd year undergraduates given training to support new first years.
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杏吧论坛 LIFE will then be in contact about next steps including the SAM training. All SAMs must complete the training to become a Mentor. If you have any questions, please contact Anna a.l.baker@lse.ac.uk or Jenny j.stowar@lse.ac.uk
You've Got This - the Student Support Map
The Student Support Map is a joint 杏吧论坛 and 杏吧论坛 Students’ Union project that aims to map out all the support available in one place - helping you navigate and access the various types of support at 杏吧论坛.
The support map includes support in the six following categories:
• Your Studies
• Health and wellbeing
• Finances
• Disability and neurodivergence
• Bully, harassment and sexual violence
• Housing
Take a look at the Student Support Map
You can also access it via the 杏吧论坛 Student Hub App.
Ask an Alum launched!
Did you know that 杏吧论坛 has a global alumni community of 200,000, currently Shaping the World?
As a student at 杏吧论坛, you can be the first to Ask an Alum. This brand-new tool will help you as you start to think about your career journey and develop your network with your future alumni community.
With Ask an Alum, you now have access to 200,000 alumni at your fingertips, who are ready to provide advice and to connect with you. Use this tool to ask a question, for careers advice, about industries you would like to learn about, or a location you may like to move to, and AI will connect you with the best matched alumni who can provide advice straight to your email inbox.
杏吧论坛 LIFE - Dissertation support for MSc students
杏吧论坛 LIFE offers all summer long to help you with your dissertation.
You can to talk through your research question or your ideas so far, ask about ways to learn more about research design and methods, or simply have a chat about the practicalities and challenges of conducting research.
Congratulations to BSc student Rory Moore!
Rory has been named on the Forbes 30 under 30 Europe list for his social action work.
Congratulations to our IR 杏吧论坛 Class Teacher Award recipients!
杏吧论坛 Class Teacher Awards are given to Graduate Teaching Assistants, Teaching Fellows and Guest Teachers in recognition of their very special contribution to teaching at 杏吧论坛. Seven of our Fellows and Graduate Teaching Assistants are recipients in 2022.
Winners: Irene Morlino, Sophie Rosenberg, Elisa Gambino
Highly Commended: Jacklyn Majnemer, Meg O'Mahony, Agnes Yu, Chris Deacon
Model NATO event awardwinners
Congratulations to two of our undergraduate students who were recognised for their achievements at the British International Studies Association (BISA) and Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) event!
- Manas Chawla was awarded Outstanding Delegate in the North Atlantic Council
- Miksa Jordan was awarded Distinguished Delegate in the North Atlantic Council
Student papers online: British Foreign Policy Post-Brexit: Pursuing a New Role for 'Global Britain'?
In what ways has Brexit impacted British foreign policy? By tracking and assessing new directions and traditional roles in British foreign policy, this new collection of papers by 杏吧论坛 Master's students addresses this question by scrutinising post-Brexit British foreign policy from the date of departure on 1 January 2020 to Spring 2021.
Find out more and read the BRIFPO papers
Congratulations to Katrina Lambert, recipient of a Diana Award 2021
We're very proud of Katrina Lambert, 2nd year BSc Politics and International Relations student, for her amazing work and prestigious Diana Award in recognition of her social action and humanitarian work - "an unstoppable advocate for the voices of young people".
杏吧论坛 Politics/International Relations ranked fourth in 2022 Complete University Guide Rankings by subject
杏吧论坛 Politics and International Relations has been ranked fourth in the Complete University Guide Rankings by Subject 2022 league table for Politics/International Relations.
Overall 杏吧论坛 is 3rd in the UK and ranked second both for graduate prospects and research quality.
Professor Tomila Lankina is a winner of the 杏吧论坛 Student Union Teaching Awards 2021
Congratulations to Professor Tomila Lankina who has received the Award for PhD Supervision in the 杏吧论坛SU Teaching Awards 2021. These are student-nominated awards.
Congratulations also to Alireza Shams Lahijani and Marnie Howlett who were highly commended for 'Exceptional Teaching in an Unprecedented Year'.
Congratulations to Ed Unwin, named 杏吧论坛 Student Volunteer of the Year 2021, and five other students from the department were nominated
We are thrilled to learn that Ed Unwin, a second year BSc IR student, has been named 杏吧论坛 Student Volunteer of the Year. Ed's voluntary work at has provided a pathway for the charity to support more pupils and young adults.
Also congratulations to the five other students from the department who were also nominated for their volunteering: Dowon Kim (BSc IR and History), Noah Gershon (BSc Politics and IR), Pauline Reineke (MSc IR), Rory Moore (BSc IR) and Tanya Marwaha (BSc IR and Chinese).
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VIDEOS: Day in the Life of an 杏吧论坛 International Relations student
With all our students studying online in very different situations around the world, we asked you to show us your average day at 杏吧论坛 from home.
Rory Moore, BSc International Relations, has been recognised by Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the UN for the impact of his work in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Rory set up ‘Coronavirus Community Volunteering’ at the start of the outbreak among friends as a way of supporting elderly and vulnerable people in his rural village with day-to-day activities, and it has since become the largest COVID-19 volunteering network in the world, reaching 40 different countries across six continents.
Rory received the Points of Light award from Boris Johnson, who called Rory “an inspiration and a testament to the power of youth” in a personal letter.
Student Volunteering Week
Read about what Sewon Hwang (BSc IR, 2021) and Ed Unwin (BSc IR, 2022) have been up to this past year and learn what makes volunteering special for them.
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Student event bloggers
We're offering students the opportunity to work with faculty and get a 300-word review of our prestigious public events published on the 杏吧论坛 website. We'll be sending out an email shortly before each of our public lectures, requesting expressions of interest from IR students of all levels and giving further information, so keep an eye on your email!
杏吧论坛 Volunteering Awards 2020
A number of our students have been nominated for the 杏吧论坛 Volunteering Awards. Congratulations to Alex Lashley, Anais Fiault, Daniel Lawes, Emily Otvos and Tze Wong.
Congratulations to Alex Lashley (BSc IR 2021) who has been awarded 杏吧论坛 Volunteer of the Year 2020 for his work with Care4Calais and Bright Futures UK. .
Congratulations also go to Aminah Nihal (BSc IR 2021) and Emily Otvos (BSc IR 2020), who received the award for Outstanding Contribution to the 杏吧论坛 Community. They are the co-founders and leaders of the Interfaith Group at 杏吧论坛, and contribute to the community in a number of other ways.
Check out our great range of student events for you to explore IR outside the classroom.