We know students at LSE are overworked, underpaid and increasingly indebted! Want to do something about it? LSESU does!

At LSESU we are clear that the challenges facing students today—financial hardship, stress and mental health crises as well as increasing career insecurity—are not evitable but the result of both government decisions and increasingly marketised, managerial and neoliberal nature of UK universities.  

Now, more than ever, we need a well-organised and powerful student movement.  

There is a long and rich history of student campaigning at LSE. But when you delve into the history of activism at LSE, particularly during the 60s and 70s, an important difference between then and now is clear: the role played by the Students’ Union!  

In the campaigns of the 1960s and 70s, the Students’ Union, including the General Secretary, played a crucial role in student campaigns and campus activism.  

We believe the Union can once again play a key role in supporting powerful student campaigns at LSE.

At LSESU we believe campaigns can: 

  • Help make students better organised and offer opportunities to build strong relationships with each other and other allies. 

  • Increase students’ confidence and experience of taking action.  

  • Develop research, organising and power-mapping skills. 

  • Provide an opportunity to communicate our analysis of the challenges facing students.  

  • Improve the lives of students in a concrete way. 

 

What can we offer student led campaigns? 

We know students can run very effective campaigns, but we believe when the Union gets behind those campaigns, we can make bigger and bolder demands, and win!  

 

Administrative and financial support

LSESU will provide financial support for campaigns, as well as administrative support (e.g. access to LSEU comms support, booking rooms, AV equipment, campaign materials). 

 

Training

We want to provide training to student campaigns on campaign strategy and evaluation, tactics, mapping powerholders, protest rights and LSE’s power structure.  

 

Staff Support

LSESU has a full-time member of stall whose role involves supporting students with campaigns. 

 

Access

By working with SU staff, you will have opportunities to meet and work with elected student leaders, many of whom sit on important LSE Committees. In addition, SU staff have a strong understanding of how LSE works and where change can happen. 

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