LSE LIFE

What to eat for lunch?
What do I want to do after graduation?
Tube or bus home?
When should I start that essay?

With thousands of decisions to make every day, it's hardly surprising that we sometimes feel overwhelmed by decisions.

In our three-part Make Better Decisions series, you'll learn about cognitive and perceptual tendencies that influence the choices we make, how they affect our problem-solving, as well as some effective solutions to become better decision makers.

Find out more and book your place here
https://apps.lse.ac.uk/training-system/userBooking/course/9075401

So you've got your exam timetable, but are you confident about managing your time to fit in the revision you want to do between your various exams and essays? Not feeling like you've got enough time to take a break?

Our Manage your time – plan your exam preparation and summative assessments session today at 5pm (London time, GMT+1) will give you practical advice to get you analyzing how you currently use your time, and seeing what changes you could make in order to reach your goals.

https://apps.lse.ac.uk/training-system/userBooking/course/9157965

Leadership is a key skill for professional success, political progress, personal achievement, and social change.

But what makes good leadership? Effective leadership? Ethical leadership? What distinguishes an inspiring leader from a mediocre one? What kind of leader do you want to be?

Join our four-part series on leadership starting on February 10 - find out more and book at https://apps.lse.ac.uk/training-system/userBooking/course/9075283

Interested in learning how to be on top of your master’s degree?

We're running a mini course of five two-hour workshops to provide a step-by-step guide designed to help you settle in at LSE, with one key topic each week so that you can manage your studies more effectively.

By the end of this course you will have the basic skills and knowledge needed to manage your year at LSE and be ready to write your essays with confidence.

Book now via the link below 👇

View course PLEASE NOTE: If you would like to attend this course, you will need to request a place AND apply by email (see details for application email further below). Thank you!

What even is LSE LIFE, and how can they help me?

Learn exactly what we offer, how to use our services, and meet some new people in our Discover LSE LIFE sessions

Sessions are running until Thursday this week in LSE LIFE Workspace 2 on the ground floor of the Library, so come by and see what we can do for you.

Start your day the right way - with yoga in the library! Take an hour from your studies for a good stretch, to get your body moving and to calm the mind.

These sessions are run in collaboration with LSE SU, and are completely free to attend for all students and staff.

Thursday, 9am
https://apps.lse.ac.uk/training-system/userBooking/course/8891935

Whether you've never knit a stitch or you're an accomplished knitter, come along to our social knitting event tomorrow!

Take your mind off exam studying, get away from the distractions of your phone, and make your world a bit calmer with wool and chatting.

https://apps.lse.ac.uk/training-system/userBooking/course/8876872

Whether it’s your first exam at LSE, or the final hurdle before graduation, a thorough revision strategy addresses key aspects of exam success: reviewing and remembering, understanding in more depth, and writing clear and direct responses to exam questions.

In this talk, Dr Helen Green will propose how you can begin this process and create a revision strategy that works for you.

Tomorrow - https://apps.lse.ac.uk/training-system/userBooking/course/8052571

Planning to use tweets, chats, stories, images, posts or other social media data for your dissertation? By making use of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram or other social media platforms, you can reach places, people, and conversations you might not otherwise have access to.

But are you aware of the practical, ethical, and legal considerations involved in using social media data for research? Are you allowed to text- and data-mine? What about informed consent? How can you use or re-use data from social media and what tools are available to help you?

Questions like these should be addressed in your research design (and written up in your methods!). Book a place on our workshop tomorrow to discover good practice and useful resources to help you get started.

https://apps.lse.ac.uk/training-system/userBooking/course/8788256

Not got any plans for tomorrow? Join our Learning to Lead: Leadership development session!

We all recognise that leadership is an important part of modern life. It’s key to professional success, political progress, personal achievement, and social change. But what is it? What makes good leadership? Effective leadership? Ethical leadership?

We are very pleased to welcome the Oxford Global Leadership Initiative to LSE LIFE to offer students a unique opportunity to consider these questions and explore what ‘leadership’ means to you. We’ll work through examples together and reflect on personal experiences to understand more about how our values and culture inform our ideas of leadership.

https://apps.lse.ac.uk/training-system/userBooking/course/8449073

Is cooking just another chore you force yourself to do when you get home? Or is it an excuse to take your mind off the books?

Join LSE student and full-time cheesemonger Sebastiano Caleffi to talk about the role of food in student life, and discuss tips to make the daily task of feeding yourself more enjoyable.

Tomorrow, 1pm https://apps.lse.ac.uk/training-system/userBooking/course/8790113

We all know that the literature review is part of your dissertation. But what else is there to know?

In our talk on Wednesday, we’ll address some key questions about your literature review; the nature and the function of the text, and the process of reading and writing to review literature in order to write the text. We’ll also talk about what helps make a good literature and some common pitfalls to avoid, as you read, make notes, draft, and edit your own literature review.

Book your place:
https://apps.lse.ac.uk/training-system/userBooking/course/8779743