Student review [#9509] for Geography
at London School of Economics and Political Science - LSE

Staff: Many of the teachers in the Geography & Environment, as well as the International Development department are quite inspiring and take their teaching very seriously.

Careers: The support services with regard to finding & preparing yourself for a career in an area you are interested in are far greater than at many other Universities. Because the LSE specialises in social science perhaps, careers staff are able to develop a deeper knowledge of what opportunities are out there. In comparison, at other Universities with much broader subject scopes careers advisors have much more limited knowledge as they need to know about far more sectors than social scientists would be interested in.

Stress and support: While people here do tend to be very driven and this can create a stressful environment, ‘LSE Life’ offers a great amount of support for students in their studies + career development. I believe this is a relatively new initiative and see it as an indicator that LSE is increasingly taking student wellbeing very seriously.