Other Universities have ‘Freshers’week’. Here at LSE we call it ‘Welcome’

The 2024 Welcome Guide was published and featured on the Welcome microsite

welcome@lse.ac.uk

A link to the 2025 guide will be published here in due course.

All new taught students will be required to undertake a two-stage enrolment process, Online pre-enrolment and Campus Enrolment.Here you’ll find information on how and when to online pre-enrol and campus enrol.

If you would like a private tour of the library, please contact your Disability Adviser.

You can also have a ‘library buddy’, This is a member of library staff who can provide support in the library.

Many students find meeting new people and making friends amongst the most exciting but also most difficult aspects of starting university. This activity should help you to get started.

This article focuses on the importance of healthy habits for wellbeing. The article provides useful tips and information regarding physical wellbeing, diet, responsible alcohol use, exercise and sleep.

By talking about your autism and advocating for yourself, you make an important step towards feeling comfortable with others. This activity introduces the advantages of being open about your autism, and give some practical tips.

It’s hard to know what university is like until you get there, and all universities are different. So, what IS university really like? We have tried to give you a realistic view and some advice on what to do and where to go for support.

It is normal to feel anxious when starting something new, like a university course, and everyone feels stress at difficult times of the year like exam periods or when there is a lot happening in their lives. It can sometimes be hard to relax. This activity is about helping you to manage these feelings and includes tips from other autistic students.

Lectures at university can be quite different from lessons at school and college, particularly when you are taught in a big group. This activity will help you to make the most out of lectures.

Seminars provide an opportunity to explore topics by discussion, and to identify and resolve any questions that may arise after lectures.  This section will look at how to prepare for a seminar, and what to expect from one.

Working in a group with other students is part and parcel of university study. Quite a few people worry about it, and some have real problems with it. This activity looks at the main issues people have with group work and gives you some practical tips for your own study.

This section will look at different forms of assessment.  It will give you some practical ideas on how to prepare for them, and how to get the most out of them.

This section looks at how to manage exams. This includes information about what to expect, how to prepare for an exam and practical tips to help you perform well.

Studying at university involves a lot more independent (self) study than in secondary school. Dr Marc Fabri, project lead for Autism&Uni, shares his expectations of students working as independent learners at university.

Different people have different expectations and styles of working or living together. Sometimes that can lead to conflict. This article will help you recognise causes of conflict and proposes strategies to resolve it.