LSE Springboard welcomed its first cohort of Year 12 students to campus last week (Friday 21 April) for an introduction to life at LSE.
Launched in January 2023, LSE Springboard is a major new initiative from LSE Widening Participation. The 10-month programme has been designed to increase successful applications from sixth-form students who live outside LSE’s traditional catchment area of London and the South East of England, and who are from backgrounds that are currently under-represented in higher education.
The campus day included ice-breaker sessions, a tour of campus, and university-level workshops led by Dr Cathy Duxby and Dr Dave Ashby, academics from LSE’s flagship LSE100 course.
The cohort will meet together on campus on three occasions over the course of the year. Participants will also benefit from a packed online programme of academic enrichment in five subject areas, delivered in partnership with the university access charity The Brilliant Club, as well as sessions covering information, advice and guidance on university applications and study.
