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Danielle

You sound like trump. LSE is like Columbia or NYU - a university in a big city. This has pros and cons.

And no, LSE is no more in the media than Oxbridge is. If anything, suicides are associated with Oxbridge rather than LSE.

On the money making, LSE is a public university, just like all others in the UK. Fees are caped. It only got this reputation because of the amount of international students doing a master degree there, which does not offer the same level of engagement that an undergrad or a PhD. But a master at LSE is no different than at Oxbridge. And, in my personal opinion, teaching at LSE is usually better because they actually care about what students think.

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Someone who actually studied at Oxbridge AND LSE.

LSE is routinely in the British media for how crap it is towards students. It's a moneymaking operation, pure and simple, and couldn't give a damn about anything else.
None of the academic staff live anywhere near the place and the corridors are like a ghost town. The students all live miles away, barricaded into their slum housing in Hackney or Croydon while gangs of Somalis and Congolese fight it out outside or stand around the corners waiting to rob and stab anyone passing.
And then you've George Lawson to contend with...
LSE? No thanks.

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Sinclair

^ You went to Cambridge, LSE and Oxford?! Why not just stay in one place if you're that good?

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Danielle

I went to Cambridge/Oxford and LSE.

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Lizette

Oxford actually trains and mentors PhD stidents and supports them materially. Same for faculty: Oxford regularly steals away eopke from LSE, but the opposite is rare. But the most important question for prospective PhD students is placement. Has LSE IR or Gov ever placed a student well? In the US?

No, LSE is not like Columbia or NYU, as much as you wish.

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Lizette

^ people

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Danielle

You are a bit slow. My point is that LSE is like NYU or Columbia as in a university inside a big city.

In terms of placement, LSE places really well in political economy.

Oxford actually trains and mentors PhD stidents and supports them materially. Same for faculty: Oxford regularly steals away eopke from LSE, but the opposite is rare. But the most important question for prospective PhD students is placement. Has LSE IR or Gov ever placed a student well? In the US?
No, LSE is not like Columbia or NYU, as much as you wish.

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Merrill

I have never heard of anyone placed well in political economy from the LSE.

You are a bit slow. My point is that LSE is like NYU or Columbia as in a university inside a big city.
In terms of placement, LSE places really well in political economy.

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Tera

But at least they try really hard boosting on PSR.

I have never heard of anyone placed well in political economy from the LSE.

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Danielle

^ some of them go in the economics job market page. Take a look at their placement record.

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Tatton

Always depends on the masters degree you’re in. Some have very little contact hours with faculty, others have 1 on 1 tutorials with faculty every week (like the UGs). The latter are far superior to LSE masters.

You sound like trump. LSE is like Columbia or NYU - a university in a big city. This has pros and cons.
And no, LSE is no more in the media than Oxbridge is. If anything, suicides are associated with Oxbridge rather than LSE.
On the money making, LSE is a public university, just like all others in the UK. Fees are caped. It only got this reputation because of the amount of international students doing a master degree there, which does not offer the same level of engagement that an undergrad or a PhD. But a master at LSE is no different than at Oxbridge. And, in my personal opinion, teaching at LSE is usually better because they actually care about what students think.
-
Someone who actually studied at Oxbridge AND LSE.
LSE is routinely in the British media for how crap it is towards students. It's a moneymaking operation, pure and simple, and couldn't give a damn about anything else.
None of the academic staff live anywhere near the place and the corridors are like a ghost town. The students all live miles away, barricaded into their slum housing in Hackney or Croydon while gangs of Somalis and Congolese fight it out outside or stand around the corners waiting to rob and stab anyone passing.
And then you've George Lawson to contend with...
LSE? No thanks.

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Tera

Hahaha, sure. Name ONE placed well in US.

^ some of them go in the economics job market page. Take a look at their placement record.

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Tera

Nice try though.

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Edythe

AF, uchicago.

I have never heard of anyone placed well in political economy from the LSE.
You are a bit slow. My point is that LSE is like NYU or Columbia as in a university inside a big city.
In terms of placement, LSE places really well in political economy.

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Susie

In the last three years, LSE has placed in political economy:
- AF (UChicago Harris, after a post-doc at Oxford)
- MW (Oxford Blavatnik)
- JB (UCL)
- NM (Trinity College, Economics)
People who do post-docs at LSE tend also to do well (i.e., get jobs).
Since LSE only has one or two PhD students in political economy per year, it is not such a bad performance. But some PhD students have no chance whatsoever. It all depends on your adviser.

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Danielle

Nice try though.

Happy?

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Emmerson

The London School of Economics has decided not to re-enter the teaching excellence framework (TEF) this year after being awarded the lowest grade of the podium, a Bronze, last year.

The TEF, which is administered by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and was introduced last year by the previous government, is a new ranking framework which aims to “recognise and reward excellence in teaching, learning, and outcomes, and to help inform prospective student choice”, as described on its website.

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Vince

LSE's student body is 70% international students, the highest in the entire UK (probably in fact, the world).

There's a reason for that, and it's not because of LSE's stellar reputation.

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Tanya

LSE's student body is 70% international students, the highest in the entire UK (probably in fact, the world).
There's a reason for that, and it's not because of LSE's stellar reputation.

Is this political science or the whole university?

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Ormerod

That is a very meager record. Tiny cohorts are a bad sign and excise as well.UK you suck.

In the last three years, LSE has placed in political economy:
- AF (UChicago Harris, after a post-doc at Oxford)
- MW (Oxford Blavatnik)
- JB (UCL)
- NM (Trinity College, Economics)
People who do post-docs at LSE tend also to do well (i.e., get jobs).
Since LSE only has one or two PhD students in political economy per year, it is not such a bad performance. But some PhD students have no chance whatsoever. It all depends on your adviser.

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Alfred

Entire University. Politics probably higher.

LSE's student body is 70% international students, the highest in the entire UK (probably in fact, the world).
There's a reason for that, and it's not because of LSE's stellar reputation.

Is this political science or the whole university?

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