LSE Reviews

Current Employee – been working at LSE part-time for more than a year

Pros – As a research assistant (a position on the lower echelons of academia) there is still an incredibly respectful and collaborative feel.
You have access to abundant resources and brilliant individuals.
The pay is very good.

Cons – I only worked part time so didn't spend enough time to have any significant grievances.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at LSE as an intern for more than a year

Pros – A very nice place to study. Teachers are good, careers service is good, all the students are the best people in the world

Cons – A very very nice place to study. Teachers are good, careers service is good, all the students are the best people in the world

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at LSE

Pros – Pays well and on the whole they are accomodating

Cons – They try to get the most from you

Current Employee – been working at LSE part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Opportunity for advancement, collegial work environment, a diverse group of colleagues

Cons – Bureaucratic with many parts of the university administration not seeming to know what the others are doing

Advice to Senior Management – Better communication needed between administrative departments

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at LSE full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Location in London; high quality students to teach; flexibility in working hours; some control over work agenda; name recognition internationally; opportunity to influence public opinion; opportunity to meet opinion-leaders from around the world.

Cons – Salaries too low for cost of living in London; Tenure does not bring with it the same benefits it does in the US; autonomy as an instructor low compared with US; central management overly-directive at times.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at LSE

Pros – The brand has global prestige. The people are generally top-notch. There is a surprising lack of arrogance amongst most. The institution offers many courses and programs for faculty development.

Cons – Teaching load often too high to make much research happen during term time. Marking / grading process is ridiculously painful and archaic. Often concerns with standards and fairness mean that students are not learning as much as they should.

Advice to Senior Management – Work to remove bureaucracy as much as possible. Pay more to faculty in order to retain them. Currently faculty often need to work extra jobs - like summer school or consulting - simply to make ends meet in London.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at LSE

Pros – Learn for You - funding for study/activities unrelated to work
Access to excellent learning facilities
Great to work as a part-time student
World class public speakers if you want to attend evening lectures

Cons – There is not a huge amount of opportunity for progression.
Like with any public sector orginisation change takes a long time.

Advice to Senior Management – More actively lead the change necessary to maintain LSE as a world class institution. In light of the money now being paid, to treat students as the customers they are with the respect and level of service they deserve.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at LSE

Pros – very good name, the location is at the heart of london, loads of fun after work or study. many career opportunities offered.

Cons – declining teaching/researching abilities. poor payment for the junior teaching staff. lack of communication with other students and also lack of the feeling of a real university

Advice to Senior Management – it would be nice if the school charges less on students, including overseas students. and place a higher standard in admitting students.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at LSE

Pros – Good hourly pay. Usually flexible hours. Priority for student halls accommodation. A variety of challenges and responsibilities. Valuable work experience.

Cons – Salary increments are standardised, therefore no performance-based rewards. No bonuses. Some management are useless, especially at student hall accommodation (e.g Trevor Murtagh).

Advice to Senior Management – Management seriously needs to change the approach of evaluating the performance of their staff. There have been cases of good employees being dismissed, while bad employees are kept. Time to wake up!

Current Employee – been working at LSE

Pros – Great pay package, excellent training opportunities and good people to work with within the IT Services. Laid back environment where things still tend to get done.

Cons – Sometimes a lack of communication between people seem to slow down jobs a lot. Lots of things to do and not enough people to do them. Jobs tends to pile in during August and September where we have a backlog of new things to implement and replace so it seems at times there's no end to our work.

Advice to Senior Management – Hire more people to actually get things done before the start of term.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend