Personal author: Mahajan, Kalli

Academic knowledge is perhaps the least of all the things I learnt in my year at LSE. This is not to say that I didnt learn an incredible amount in the classroom, but to say that I also learnt so much beyond. I remember thinking when I first arrived that everyone around had an edge over me, some students were from Ivy League schools, they were better equipped, brighter; someone in my class even worked for Obama! My first day at LSE I literally googled in the simplest words possible - how to write an essay. I wasnt sure if I knew the right way to cite, or the right way to structure my paper. LSE showed me that you can truly achieve anything you set your mind to. Its a school that teaches you how nothing succeeds like excess; how to work hard, but also how to work smart. I was one of four people in my course, the MSc in Strategic Communications, to graduate with a distinction. Here is me just before the ceremony with my best friend Sanjana just outside Peacock Theatre, in December 2018. So proud of being an LSE alum!

Personal author: Gandhi, Kashvi

29 November 2019 - LSE Finance Student Christmas Party Location: Senior Dining Room, 5th floor, Old Building

Personal author: Gandhi, Kashvi

29 January 2020 - BSc Finance Paint balling Trip Location: Mayhem Paintballing

Personal author: Ghatak, Kasturi

New Year's eve. 2009. 4 friends chilling out at Nurthemberland Hall before going to see the Fireworks. Kasturi Ghatak from India- M.Sc. Biomedicine, bioscience and Society. Esha Sraboni from Bangladesh- M.Sc. Social Policy. Rajiv Ahmed from Bangladesh, M.Sc. Social Policy. Taslim Hussain Ahmed from Bangladesh. M.Sc. Developmental Studies.

Personal author: Ghatak, Kasturi

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Submitted by: Beatriz Tiago Fernandes Marques Da Silva
Date: March 2021
Location: At home in London

Grimshaw [LSE's oldest student society, supported by the International Relations Department but open to students of any subject with an interest in international affairs] held an online event on the Western Sahara conflict on the 5th of March with three speakers. The event was very popular and an opportunity to continue to host insightful conversations within our community at LSE despite the pandemic.

Personal author: Chan, Kenddrick

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Submitted by: Beatriz Tiago Fernandes Marques Da Silva
Date: 31 March 2021
Location: LSE Library

Despite the academic year having been incredibly difficult for our student newspaper The Beaver, the features team still met every week to share our ideas for articles and enjoy some time venting about how busy our week had been so far. Our last meeting felt bittersweet as some of our friends in the team were graduating soon without us having properly hang out in person all together. I still could not be prouder of our team effort. We made memories over Zoom that won't be easily forgotten.

Personal author: Munton, Lauren

Freshers Grand Ball October 1980 - main act was the unknown band U2 in the Quadrangle! We didn't know who they were and weren't impressed so we wandered off to see another band or most likely to the bar.

Personal author: Serolong-Holzapfel, Lesego

Msc Social Policy and Development 2013-2014. Photo taken at the LSE. Im an entrepreneur from South Africa.

Personal author: Sun, Lilly

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Submitted by: Grammateia Kotsialou
Date: May 2020
Location: Gunnersbury Park, London

The lockdown period awakened a creative part of me, a passion for photography. During a lockdown 'exercise' walk with my husband, I saw this spot and tried to capture as much as possible of this beauty.

Personal author: Reitmann, Louis

25 November 2018, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park The study retreat at Cumberland Lodge is my most cherished memory from my time at LSE. Never before did I have the chance to ponder, debate, and appreciate International Relations so intimately with such outstanding, bright minds from around the globe. It was an experience that connected me deeply with my discipline and that created friendships lasting until today. And meeting HM The Queen, who in her lifetime has witnessed and shaped global events as only a few people in history, was a brilliant conclusion to a weekend I will never forget.

Personal author: Tomar, Louisa

MSc Development Management, Big Data consultancy team featuring Tinashe Zimani, William Guicheney, Hope Kyarisiima and Louisa Tomar celebrating end of term in London Fields, Hackney 2016

Submitted by: Avanes Khachaturov
Date: 17 March 2021
Location: Red Lion Square, London

With physical lectures being cancelled and all classes moving online by December 2020, I found that I had much more time to explore lunch options around campus. Before, my typical day involved rushing from one lecture hall or classroom to another, with studying in the Library in between, and hence I was limited by how far from campus I could venture out.

Most of the fast causal restaurants dotting Kingsway that specialized in providing food were closed the previous year, with primarily coffee chains remaining open for take away, offering only small sandwiches and toasties as lunch options. On the other hand, Lamb's Conduit Passage and Red Lion Street, which runs parallel to Red Lion Square, offered many small and cheap eateries of various cuisines, from Korean to Malaysian to British classics, which I only found the time to try out now that all of my studies were online and not tied to campus.

The picture taken was during one such lunch time, a relatively warm day for the weather that month, with the benches lining the park offering excellent places to sit back, enjoy a warm meal, and either listen to music or a podcast, or to just take in the sounds around you.

Personal author: Venkatraman, Malavika

My first day in school after self isolation!

Personal author: Froio, Mariasilvia

Last day of exams for the students of the Department of International Development (June 2014). Celebrating with champagne in Lincoln's Inn Fields!

Personal author: Froio, Mariasilvia

LSE's MSc in International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies (Class of 2014)

Submitted by: Rachael Maguire
Date: February 2021 and April 2021
Location: Near Lincoln's Inn Fields

I had to go into the dentist and took the photos to show colleagues how the Marshall Building was progressing.

Personal author: Zhang, Menghan

2019

Personal author: Zhang, Menghan

2017

Personal author: Volic, Milica

October 2019, in front of the Library entrance with my classmate from Chile, Valentina Contreraa

Personal author: Lee, Minkyu

On 18th Dec 2013, I had my graduation ceremony from LSE, officially holding my degree in MSc in Gender, Development and Globalisation. The degree is very rare for a man, male person, heterosexual feminist man, diversity-oriented gender studier, who is from Busan, South Korea, however, I am so proud of my achievement and time that I could spend with most wonderful women and men, human beings, friends and colleagues from Gender Institute and other departments at LSE. Although it was just one year, I loved it so much so that I had to bring someone who I love with me for my graduation day. It was my mom. She was sitting at the very front seat while I was shaking hands with the then Dean of the School, David Calhoun. So much great memory and a sweet end of the time, which will last forever and ever. Thank you very much, LSE, for being always the smallest but most beutiful part of my life. Thank you.

Submitted by: Grace Oswald
Date: February 2021
Location: Queen's Hospital, Romford

I usually work part time as a Healthcare Assistant in the Emergency Department. This photo was taken during my first ITU shift earlier this year- it was a night shift and I was already nervous to be working in a new area. I had the fright of my life (and actually screamed) when I switched on the light in the store room and found this disfigured hospital training doll. It was very funny and certainly made my new team laugh. I think it has now become a running joke to play on new staff- she seems to pop up everywhere!

Personal author: Wipp, Nadja

15th April 2019, LSE Campus One of my fondest memories of studying at LSE is the day that I had the pleasure of meeting US House speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Submitted by: Sarah Jewett
Date: 30 May 2020
Location: Sainsbury's (now closed), 71 High Holborn

I was walking for exercise around London from Rosebery Hall towards LSE in late May and was struck by this graffiti mural by Bowen and Blackmore (London street artists) on the boarded up Sainsbury's close to campus. It marked a point in the pandemic in which many sought to highlight the importance of key workers just about two months after the lockdown began and restrictions were soon to be eased up a bit. The woman in the photo was one of very few people I came across.

Personal author: Bawa, Parmeshwar

MSc Media, Communication and Development family of 2020

Personal author: Kusmu, Petros

Three photos. Two from June 2015 celebrating the last day of exams with my colleagues in the MSc IPE program (one in front of the Old Building and Lincoln's Inn Fields). Another from Dec 2015, again in front of the Old Building, celebrating our last day together after our graduation ceremony. Looking at these photos completely floods me with happiness, nostalgia and a yearning to go back in time. My time at LSE was remarkable.