School Reps
Every autumn, the entire student body elects students to sit on the School’s most important governing bodies.
Court of Governors
Where, funnily enough, the Governors of the School meet and discuss key strategic matters and policy areas. Members of Court include the Senior Management of the School, Academic Governors and Lay Governors alumni or distinguished figures who are not directly employed by the School but help decide its future). Student Governors and have the full rights of other Governors – so it’s a big deal! One of those elected to Court will also sit with the General Secretary on Council, LSE’s highest decision making body. Nothing significant happens at the School in any department or area without it being approved by Council first.
Which students attend Court of Governors?
The General Secretary will always attend, and they are joined by five students who are elected in the Michaelmas Term elections.
The following students are elected Governors for the academic year 10/11:
Ashok Kumar
Garnett Genuis
Jack Tindale
Adam Connell (Sits on Council)
Waqas Adenwala
ACADEMIC BOARD
The highest academic committee in the School, Academic Board is the most important body in the School regarding issues to do with courses, teaching, learning and academic standards. The Committee is chaired by the School’s Director, Howard Davies, and in theory all permanent academic staff can attend and vote – it is the UGM of academia! Academic Board approved the Teaching Taskforce, a process initiated by the Students’ Union and which proposed a number of policies to affect teaching on which the Students’ Union had campaigned after UGM motions.
Which students attend Academic Board?
The General Secretary, Education Officer, Postgraduate Students’ Officer of the Students’ Union sit on the committee along with 3 students elected in the Michaelmas Term Elections, one of whom must be a postgraduate.
The following students were elected on the Academic Board for the academic year 10/11:
Azam Zafar
Phillip Kenworthy
Chris Wilford (Post Graduate)