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Student Services Advice Manager/Deputy Advice Manager: Gavin Eves Deputy Advice Manager: Marion Hancock Tel: 020 7955 7752 Email: m.hancock@lse.ac.uk Office: Student Services Centre, Old Building
LSE Chaplaincy Full-time Chaplain: Reverend Dr James Walters The Chaplaincy provides a focus for information and support for students interested in spiritual issues as well as those already committed to a particular faith. Tel: 020 7955 7965 Email: j.walters2@lse.ac.uk Web: lse.ac.uk/chaplaincy Office: KSW G.03 (ground floor, 20 Kingsway) Please note: During the 2013/14 session, the chaplaincy will move into the new Faith Centre in the Saw Swee Hock building
Advisers to male and female students The School has advisers for male and female students. They are available to discuss issues of concern and offer appropriate advice and support. Adviser to male students: Matthew Engelke Tel: 020 7955 6494 Email: m.engelke@lse.ac.uk Office: A609, Old Building Adviser to female students: Wendy Sigle-Rushton Tel: 020 7955 7358 Email: w.sigle-rushton@lse.ac.uk
Student study support: Learning Developement LSE’s Teaching and Learning Centre offers free learning and self-developement opportunities throughout the year, with specialist provision for undergraduate and taught masters students.
There are three core strands: • a series of lectures and workshops throughout the academic year covering essay writing, time management, dealing with stress, etc and special sessions for exam preparation in Lent and Summer terms • Learning World, a Moodle site (under Teaching and Learning Centre) where you can access slides and handouts from the lectures and workshops and find links to many other useful resources •o ne-to-one appointments with study advisers (in both quantitative and qualitative subjects) or the Royal Literary Fund Fellows (for writing advice). Tel: 020 7852 3627 Email: studentsupport@lse.ac.uk Web: lse.ac.uk/tlc/training Office: KSW 5.07 (5th floor, 20 Kingsway)
Maximise Your Potential Free skills-building events for LSE undergraduates, at the end of Summer Term. Four core programmes: • Careers Insights – workshops to support CV writing, interview technique and group assessment exercise strategies • Language Tasters – short, intensive courses in a range of languages including Arabic, Mandarin and many others • LSE GROUPS – a chance to work on an original research project in interdisciplinary and mixedyear groups • Peer Support – receive 30 hours of free training that will enable you to offer emotional support to fellow students. Web: lse.ac.uk/apd/maximise
MSc Dissertation Week A week of free events at the end of the Summer Term to help students plan, write and make the most of their dissertation Web: lse.ac.uk/tlc/dissertation