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Information for current Economic History Undergraduates

Meet the Undergraduate Support Team

A team of academic and profesional services staff is here to advise and support our students throughout the three years of their programme. Find out who they are and who you can contact with specific queries.

Undergraduate Support Team

Helena Ivins | Departmental Tutor / Undergraduate Programmes Manager
h.ivins@lse.ac.uk | SAR 3.05

Helena's main role is to help undergraduate Economic History students successfully navigate through their programme from arrival to graduation. She can advise on matters such as programme change, interruption, deferrals and extensions, approved leave of absence, and how and where to find support for issues affecting your ability to study, including wellbeing issues. 

Darren Townsend | Assessment and Regulations Officer
d.a.townsend@lse.ac.uk | SAR 3.04

Email Darren with your extension request form for Economic History courses. He can also help students with queries about their submissions and marks. His main role is to manage the many tasks involved in marking and assessment for the department. 

You can contact Darren by email.   

Economic History Writing Advisers

Our Writing Advisers offer one-to-one discipline-specific support to our students on how to write effective essays. More details of 2024-25 Writing Advisers to follow.  

Jennie Stayner - Departmental Manager and Safe Contact
j.c.stayner@lse.ac.uk | SAR 3.07

As a Safe Contact Jennie is trained to offer a confidential 'signposting' service for staff and students who have previously or are currently experiencing some form of bullying or harassment. 

Find out more about Safe Contacts here: LSE Safe Contacts 

Professor Oliver Volckart | Undergraduate Programmes Director
o.j.volckart@lse.ac.uk | SAR 6.11  

Oliver is responsible for the academic leadership of our undergraduate programmes. He also plays a key role in student events, for example, at Welcome. He also oversees the allocation of dissertation supervisors and teaching for EH390, the dissertation course. 

In term time Oliver offers regular office hours to his course students and supervisees. At other times you can contact him by email. 

Where you can find us

Department offices and Student Common Room

The department is located in Sardinia House. Professional Support Staff are on the third floor, and academics and PhDs are on the 4-6th floors.

Teaching of Economic History courses will take place across the LSE campus 

Economic History Student Common Room

This is on the ground floor of Sardinia House (SAR G.12). This is a quiet space for undergraduate and master's students to study and relax. 

 

 

Resources for current Economic History students 

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Economic History Undergraduate Handbook 2024-25

Aimed mainly at new Economic History undergraduates, the handbook includes information about Economic History undergraduate programmes, plus LSE services such as the SSC, and School regulations students should know about.


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Economic History Student Resource Pack

Guidance on how to study effectively, from citing correctly to writing essays, understanding marking criteria, plus coversheets for submitting their work: Student resource pack


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Economic History undergraduate moodle page

This is a one stop shop of programme and School-wide  information for our students. As an Economic History student you are automatically enrolled onto it, so why not take a look.