SS-Financial-Terms-and-Conditions

LSE SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMME TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1. Definitions

1.1 In these terms and conditions, the following definitions apply:

Cancellation Period: means the 14- calendar day period which begins the day after You receive an acceptance email confirming that

we have received Your Tuition Fees, during which time You have the right to cancel for any reason.

Commencement Date:

means the date on which We begin to run events, teaching or otherwise,

for Your Programme.

Contract:

means the legally-binding arrangement that You and We enter into for

the provision of the Programme in accordance with these terms and

conditions and Annex.

Course:

means a taught or research-based course that, together with other

courses, makes up Your LSE Summer School Programme.

Intellectual Property

Rights:

means materials patents, rights to inventions, copyright and related

rights, trade marks, business names and domain names, rights in get-

up, goodwill and the right to sue for passing off, rights in designs,

database rights, rights to use, and protect the confidentiality of,

confidential information (including know-how), and all other intellectual

property rights, in each case whether registered or unregistered and

including all applications and rights to apply for and be granted,

renewals or extensions of, and rights to claim priority from, such rights

and all similar or equivalent rights or forms of protection which subsist

or will subsist now or in the future in any part of the world.

Programme:

means the programme of study on which You will be registered and to

which these terms and conditions below apply.

Sponsor:

means any third party which may pay Your Tuition Fees.

The Summer School:

means the office of the London School of Economics and Political

Science responsible for running Your Programme.

Tuition Fees:

means the Tuition Fees that You owe Us for the teaching, administration

and other academic services related to Your Programme.

‘We’, ‘Us’ and ‘Our’:

means the London School of Economics and Political Science, with

whom You will be entering the Contract.

‘You’ and ‘Your’:

means You, the student, who will be attending the Programme.

2. Agreement with LSE

2.1 These Terms and Conditions, Annex and any document referred to herein set out the basis of your relationship with LSE when you

apply for an LSE Summer School Programme and for the duration of Your time at LSE Summer School Programme.

2.2 Your Contract with LSE is made up of these Terms and Conditions and Annex, Your offer email, the course information on the

website

and the full payment of the Tuition Fees.

3. Admissions

3.1 Details of admissions eligibility requirements can be found on the website

3.2 If accepted on to the Programme You will be given an Offer email and Your Offer of a place on our Programme will be accepted

once You pay the tuition fees whereby You will be sent an Acceptance email to confirm tuition fees have been paid. On

acceptance You enter into a legally-binding contract with Us. This Contract requires You to abide by these terms and conditions

set out below, as well as any of Our rules, regulations, policies and procedures and academic requirements that are relevant to

Your Programme. In the event that the provisions of these terms and conditions conflict with the provisions of any other

documents forming part of the Contract, then the provisions of these terms and conditions will take precedence.

3.3 Your acceptance of the offer of a place on the Programme will indicate to Us that You have sufficient funds to cover Your living

expenses for the duration of the Programme. As the contracting party, We will hold You liable for Your Tuition Fees and any

other fees which You may owe Us.

3.4 We reserve the right to withdraw any offer that We have made to You, or terminate the Contract You have accepted, if it becomes

apparent that Your application is inaccurate or incomplete or You have provided false information to secure a place at LSE

Summer School. No refund of fees will be granted in such cases and no costs including but not limited to travel costs will be

reimbursed by LSE.

4. Tuition Fees

4.1 Tuition Fees and information in relation to how to pay for Your Programme can be found at www.lse.ac.uk/summer-school

. We

will send You a request for payment of Your Tuition Fees which You must pay within thirty (30) calendar days of Your receiving

it or, if such invoice is issued less than eight weeks prior to the start of Your Programme, You shall pay such invoice immediately

upon receipt. If You do not pay within 30 calendar days of receipt of invoice, then We may email You in writing to withdraw Our

Offer.

4.2 We will accept payment of Your Tuition Fees by a Sponsor, but will consider You to be responsible, and therefore liable, for Your

Tuition Fees. We reserve the right to withdraw Your place and terminate the contract between You and Us if Your Sponsor fails

to pay Your Tuition Fees by the required deadline.

4.3 All payments of Fees must be made in pounds sterling and are inclusive of any taxes where applicable.

4.4 For the avoidance of doubt, Tuition Fees do not include travel or accommodation costs/subsistence, insurance or other costs

that may arise prior or during the period of the Programme.

5. Other Fees/Charges

5.1 The Summer School offers You the opportunity to take part in a programme of social events. Tickets for these activities are

available before and during the programme via the LSE eshop. Tickets for social activities are non-refundable.

6. Cancellation Period

6.1 As You have agreed and entered into the Contract with Us by means of distance communication, You may terminate the Contract

and withdraw from the Programme for any reason within fourteen (14) calendar days which begins the day after You receive an

acceptance email confirming that We have received Your Tuition Fees and the Contract has formed, This fourteen-day period

is known as ‘the Cancellation Period’. If You wish to terminate the Contract, You must notify Us by writing to

summer.school@lse.ac.uk

within the Cancellation Period. We will issue a refund for Tuition Fees which You have paid to Us

within ninety (90) calendar days of such cancellation.

6.2 If a Sponsor is paying Your Tuition Fees on Your behalf as agreed by Us, you may withdraw from the Programme for any reason

within fourteen (14) calendar days which begins the day after you receive an Acceptance email confirming that Your place on the

programme is secure and Your sponsor will be paying Your Tuition Fees. This fourteen-day period is known as ‘the Cancellation

Period’. If You wish to terminate the Contract, You must notify Us by writing to summer.school@lse.ac.uk within the Cancellation

Period. We will issue a refund for Tuition Fees which have been paid within ninety (90) calendar days of such cancellation.

6.3 If, for whatever reason, part of the Programme has been delivered during the 14 calendar day cancellation period, then We may

deduct from the refund of the full fees already paid the amount of fees payable and assessed at our sole discretion the

Programme delivery which You received prior to any cancellation being initiated within the rightful 14 calendar day cancellation

period.

6.4 We operate the following policy on refunds after the Cancellation Period:

6.4.1 We will refund ninety per cent (90%) of Your Tuition Fees, save for a fifty pounds (£50) application fee, if You decide to cancel

Your place after the Cancellation Period, by writing to Us at summer.[email protected]c.uk

at least thirty (30) calendar days before

the Commencement Date;

6.4.2 We will refund fifty per cent (50%) of Your Tuition Fees if You write to Us less than thirty (30), but before fourteen (14), calendar

days of the Commencement Date; and

6.4.3 We will not refund Your Tuition Fees if You write to Us less than fourteen (14) calendar days before the Commencement Date.

6.5 All refunds are made in pounds sterling. LSE cannot refund any shortfalls due to exchange rate fluctuations, or offer

compensation for any bank or other charges that may be incurred.

6.6 If a Sponsor is paying Your Tuition Fees and You have to withdraw, Your Sponsor may nominate another person to take Your

place. We will assess this person’s application against Our normal entry requirements. You agree that You will be bound by

these terms and conditions until We have offered, and the other person has accepted, what would have been Your place on

the Programme.

7. Registration

7.1 You will be expected to comply with all pre-enrolment and registration procedures as requested by Us. Failure to comply with

instructions issued by LSE may result in a termination of Your place on the LSE Summer School Programme.

8. Delivery of the Programme

8.1 In exceptional circumstances, We may consider it appropriate to cancel or significantly change the Course or Programme. This

could be for reasons including but not limited to the following:

8.1.1 If there are not enough applicants registered on the Course/not feasible to run the Course;

8.1.2 An event outside of our reasonable control which prevents us from running the Course/Programme;

8.1.3 Any relevant teaching staff become ill or are unable to teach for other reasons outside of Our control and We cannot find a

suitable replacement in time.

8.2 We will notify You of a cancellation or significant change, and the options which are available to You, by writing to Your contact

email address by no later than twenty-one (21) calendar days before the Commencement Date. You must notify Us of the option

(from the following list) that You wish to take by writing to Us at summer.school@lse.ac.uk

within five (5) working days of Your

receiving Our notification. The options will normally include one of the following:

• Continuing with Your Course or Programme in spite of significant changes to it and provided We deem You to be suitably

qualified;

• Transferring to another Course or Programme for which we deem You to be suitably qualified; or

• Cancelling Your application and refunding Your Tuition Fees.

8.3 We will only refund tuition fees and not any other expenses for travel, accommodation, medical expenses etc. We strongly advise

You to take out an appropriate level of travel and medical insurance to cover the cost of Your accommodation, travel and any

medical expenses, as well as any other expenses for which We will not be liable.

9. Force Majeure

9.1 Neither the School nor You will be liable for failure to perform any obligations to each other if it arises from a Force

Majeure event. The expression Force Majeure shall mean any cause affecting the performance by a party of its

Obligations arising from acts, events, omissions, happenings or non-happenings beyond its reasonable control including

(but without limiting the generality thereof) governmental regulations, fire, flood, act of war or terrorism, military

operations, insurrection or civil disorder, national or local emergency, pandemic, disease or epidemic or any disaster or

an industrial dispute, affecting a third party for which a substitute third party is not reasonably available. Any act, event,

omission, happening or non-happening will only be considered Force Majeure if it is not attributable to the wilful act,

neglect or failure to take reasonable precautions of the affected party, its agents or employees.

9.2 The defaulting or delaying party shall give prompt written notice of the force majeure event to the other party, stating the

period of time the occurrence is expected to continue.

9.2.1 The parties agree to cooperate in good faith to mitigate the effect of any such delay or failure to perform in order to

avoid or minimise disruption.

9.2.2 If the delay means that the parties cannot perform the obligations within the required dates, then the parties will

consider deferring the fulfilment of these obligations to a time when they are able to be fulfilled or provide options as set

out in clause 8.2.

9.3 If We cancel or significantly change Your Course or Programme before the commencement date as a result of a Force

Majeure event, We will endeavour to re-schedule the Programme or offer a full refund of Tuition Fees, in accordance

with Section 8.2. We will not refund any Tuition Fees paid to Us if such cancellation or variation of the Course or

Programme happens after the commencement date as a result of a Force Majeure event.

9.4 If You are unable to attend Your Course or Programme as the result of a Force Majeure event which occurs before the

commencement date and You have acted in accordance with clause 9.2, then We will endeavour to re-schedule the

Programme, or if this is not possible or we are unable to re-schedule for whatever reason, we may offer a full refund of Tuition

Fees, in accordance with the options set out in Section 8.2. For the avoidance of doubt, We will not refund any tuition Fees

paid to Us if the Force Majeure event occurs after the commencement date.

10. Transfer of Courses or Programme

10.1 You may, at any point before, but not on or later than the last working day prior to the Commencement Date of Your Programme,

notify Us in writing that You wish to transfer to a different Course or Programme.

10.2 We will consider Your request to transfer in light of Your application and the numbers of students on the Course or Programme

from, and to which You wish to transfer. We will endeavour to notify You of Our decision within ten (10) working days of receiving

Your request.

10.3 On and after the Commencement Date of Your Programme You may request to transfer to a different course in person at the

Summer School Office only on the first two days of the Programme. We will consider Your request to transfer in light of Your

application and the numbers of students on the Course or Programme from, and to which You wish to transfer. We will notify

You of Our decision on the same day as Your request.

11. Your Responsibilities

11.1 By accepting the offer of a place on the Programme, You agree to:

11.1.1 (If You have a Sponsor) Make Your Sponsor aware of these terms and conditions, drawing particular attention to Sections 6,

7, 8 and 10.

11.1.2 Abide by all of Our rules, regulations, policies and procedures, which include but are not limited to Our:

• Disciplinary procedure for Students

;

• Student Complaints procedure;

• School’s Regulations on assessment offences: plagiarism applicable for all students;

• School’s Regulations on assessment offences: other than plagiarism;

• Discrimination, Harassment and Bullying Policy;

• Ethics Code which requires You to at all times uphold the principles of Responsibility and Accountability, Integrity,

Intellectual Freedom, Respect, Collegiality and Sustainability;

• LSE Policy and Procedure on Personal Relationships;

• Data Protection Policy;

• Code of Practice on Free Speech;

• Conditions of Use of IT Facilities at LSE;

• Any academic regulations and requirements, which includes, but is not limited to, those on attendance, plagiarism,

participation, punctuality, and the completion and submission of work by specified deadlines.

11.1.3 You should ensure that You are punctual in attending lectures and classes. Class teachers will record student attendance on

a daily basis via class registers. You are required to attend at least 75% of classes in order to qualify for an attendance

certificate. If You are absent through illness You must inform your class teacher; and if You are absent for more than two

days, You should also inform the Summer School Office and obtain a medical certificate;

11.1.4 Abide by any statutory requirements, including those relating to any visa obligations which may be placed upon You.

Information on visas can be found on the website

;

11.1.5 Notify Our Summer School Office of any periods of absence from Your Programme;

11.1.6 Notify Us of any disabilities which You might have to enable Us to put in place any reasonable adjustments to enable You to

access Our services during Your Programme; and

11.1.7 Accept that we may record any lectures or classes for promotional purposes or to enable Us to monitor teaching, unless You

notify Us otherwise in writing prior to the Commencement Date.

12. LSE Accommodation

12.1 Any costs relating to Accommodation and subsistence are not covered by the Tuition Fees. You may apply for LSE

Accommodation, and We will send You instructions on how to book this if accepted on to the Programme. It is a condition of

admission to LSE Accommodation and of continued residence that You should observe the specific terms and conditions

which relate to Your Accommodation and any other such instructions given to You by the Warden.

13. Complaints and Disciplinary Matters

13.1 If You are dissatisfied with any aspect of Your Programme and believe that You are unable to resolve the matter informally in

consultation either with the person who has caused the complaint or with a relevant member of staff, then You should use the

LSE Student Complaints Procedure

13.2 You agree to conduct yourself in an orderly, responsible, and sober manner and at all times to respect the rights and views

of others.

Failure to do so may mean You will be penalised under the Disciplinary Procedure. The following list is indicative

(but not exhaustive) of the type of offences which would constitute misconduct and You agree that You will not:

13.2.1 engage in any act that will, or is likely to, disrupt teaching, study, research or administrative work of the School;

13.2.2 failure to comply with the reasonable instructions provided by the School or by any individual or body authorised to act for or

on behalf of the School.

13.2.3 cause, or threaten to cause, injury to, or endanger the safety of, a member of staff or student of the School, or a visitor to it;

13.2.4 dishonest behaviour and/or fraudulent actions, which include submitting incorrect or misleading information to the School;

13.2.5 engage in any form of conduct or communication, including that on social media, that can reasonably be considered to be

bullying or harassment of a member of staff, another student, or any other member of the School community, as it is defined

by the School’s Discrimination, Harassment and Bullying Policy and the Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence Policy;

13.2.6 engage in any act that will, or is likely to, damage or deface property of the School;

13.2.7 cause a Health and Safety concern;

13.2.8 engage in any conduct or communication that will, or is likely to, bring the School into disrepute or unjustifiably harm the

reputation of a member of it;

13.2.9 a) breach one or more of the School’s terms or conditions, policies or procedures, or rules and regulations and any penalties

or measures that have been put in place under the School’s disciplinary or any other procedure;

b) breach any Agreement You may have with LSE in relation to LSE Accommodation provided to You;

13.2.10 commit a criminal act, and/or a breach of discipline, which may or may not be punished in a court of law, on any of the

premises that the School owns, or in any way administers or in relation to an offence committed outside of School premises

as part of activities organised or authorised by the School and where they are related to the approved Business of the

School;

13.2.11 use any of the School’s facilities improperly and/or breach the Conditions of Use of IT Facilities at the School;

13.2.12 use the School’s name or address in a public statement, or business or other venture, without obtaining the permission of

the School;

13.2.13 use any of the School’s registered trademarks without seeking permission from a relevant person in the School’s central

administration;

13.2.14 record a lecture, meeting or other LSE event, or use such a recording, without the permission of the lecturer or person or

group who organised the event;

13.2.15 breach the Data Protection Act 2018 or the General Data Protection Regulation.

Those undertaking any investigation into alleged misconduct will take into consideration the short length of LSE Summer School and

seek to ensure that, as far as possible, disciplinary matters are addressed within the duration of the Programme.

The procedure that will be followed is outlined in the School’s Disciplinary Procedure for Students

For the avoidance of doubt, if You are suspended from Your studies or are expelled as a result of Your misconduct, then no refund of

Your Tuition Fees will be given.

In all cases where all institutional procedures have been exhausted, the Student will be issued with a ‘Completion of Procedures Letter.’

If, after receiving a Completion of Procedures Letter, the complainant remains dissatisfied with the outcome of his/her complaint, s/he

may complain to the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education (OIA) in accordance with OIA’s rules

(www.oiahe.org.uk). The School will consider any formal decision or recommendations by the OIA.

14. Our Responsibilities

14.1 Save for the reasons set out in Section 8 of this document, We will use Our reasonable endeavours to deliver the Programme

to You as set out on Our

website.

14.2 We will grant You access to academic services and facilities, including use of Our library and IT facilities.

14.3 We will endeavour to resolve any issues, concerns or complaints which You bring to Our attention as efficiently and thoroughly

as is possible in the circumstances.

15. Liability

15.1 Nothing in these Terms and Conditions will limit or exclude liability for death or personal injury arising from Our own negligence,

or for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.

15.2 Otherwise, our liability to You, if found to be liable in respect to the provision of Your Course/Programme, the cancellation,

postponement or amendment of any course or Programme, any negligence on Our Part or breach of the Contract or total

amount of Tuition Fees paid by You in relation to the Programme arising in any other way in relation to these Terms and

Conditions is limited to the full Tuition Fees paid in accordance with Your Contract. For the avoidance of doubt, We will not be

liable for any indirect or consequential losses.

15.3 We will not be liable for any damage, loss, personal injury or other costs or expenses which are incurred because of any

negligent, unlawful, unreasonable or unwarranted action, behaviour, omission or decision by You or a third party.

15.4 We will not be liable for any loss or damage to Your Property and shall not provide any insurance cover for such Property.

15.5 You will be liable for any damage or loss that We incur as a result of any unlawful, negligent, unreasonable or unwarranted

action, behaviour, omission or decision on Your part.

15.6 You will be liable for the payment of Your Tuition Fees by the deadline specified in the request for payment of Your Tuition Fees.

16. Intellectual Property

16.1 As the ‘Creator’ of Your academic work, You will normally own the Intellectual Property Rights to it, provided such work has been

solely created by You and does not infringe any third party Intellectual Property Rights (We shall have no liability in respect of

such Intellectual Property Rights).

16.2 All materials provided by LSE and any intellectual property rights in them shall remain the property of LSE or any relevant third

party. Materials include all documentation provided to You by Us in relation to the LSE Summer School which includes but is not

limited to Course materials, reading materials, Summer School brochure/information on website and any correspondence from

the Summer School to You.

16.3 If You intend to use any of these Materials for a purpose unrelated to that of the LSE Summer School, then You must seek written

consent from LSE.

16.4 Otherwise, You must not use any such Materials provided by LSE for any other purpose than the ones set out in these Terms

and Conditions. You will not be permitted to use the Materials for any commercial purposes, to present it as Your own intellectual

property or on social media without the written consent of LSE.

17. Personal Information

17.1 We will at all times comply with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK General Data Protection Regulation.

17.2 You accept that we may collect and process certain information on students for essential administrative, academic and health

and safety reasons, as shown on Your registration form, Moodle, the School’s electronic learning system and LSEforYou. This

information is collected for the purpose of managing Your contract/registration with the School and to support the School’s public

task of teaching and learning. Your data will be treated in strict confidence in accordance with legislation stated in 17.1. In

particular, the School will use Your personal information for its approved purposes only, and will not pass it to

unauthorized third parties without Your explicit consent. You will be informed if any of Your personal data is being stored in any

new systems and is transferred to countries without similar data protection laws. You will also be informed if any data is being

processed automatically.

17.3 The LSE privacy notice for Students and Prospective students sets out how LSE uses Your personal data and can be found at:

https://info.lse.ac.uk/staff/divisions/Secretarys-Division/Assets/Documents/Information-Records-Management/Student-

Privacy-Notice-v1.2.pdf

17.4 Where LSE has an agreement in place in relation to the Programme with Your home Institution where you are regularly enrolled,

then we will ask Your consent to share Your personal data with Your home institution, including but not limited to whether You

have been offered a place on the Programme, whether You have accepted such an offer, Your attendance on the Programme,

withdrawal, suspension or removal from the Programme, and Your transcript and certification of attendance for the Programme.

We may also share the results of any disciplinary or complaints procedure which You are subject to, with Your home institution.

17.5 If You have secured a place in LSE organised accommodation that is provided by a third party, then LSE will share Your

personal data with that third party. You may be given further information about the processing of Your personal data when You

use specific services and facilities offered by LSE.

17.6 If You have any complaints about the way the School has managed Your data, You will first contact the School’s Data Protection

Officer at glpd.info.right[email protected].uk

, You have the right to contact the Information Commissioner’s Office if you are unsatisfied

with the School’s response.

17.7 You also have the rights: to have incorrect information rectified; to have data which is no longer needed by the School

erased; to have access to Your information; to restrict or object to some processing; and to take Your data to another higher

education institution.

17.8 Unless You inform Us otherwise by contacting glpd.info.ri[email protected]k

• As agreed when you submitted Your application, We will retain Your personal information to contact You with School-related

information that We feel is relevant to You as Our alumni;

• We will ask You to complete anonymous evaluation surveys at the end of Your Programme, the results of which We will

circulate to relevant members in the School and externally for marketing purposes.

18. Termination

18.1 We will terminate Your contract and registration with Us if we consider You to be in breach of any of these terms and conditions.

18.2 The School will have the power and option to terminate Your registration if any of the following conditions apply:

18.2.1 You complete Your programme of study;

18.2.2 You voluntarily withdraw from Your programme;

18.2.3 You are expelled under the Disciplinary Procedure for Students, the Regulations on Assessment Offences: Plagiarism or the

Regulations on Assessment Offences: Offences Other Than Plagiarism;

18.2.4 any other good academic cause;

18.2.5 You fail to pay all Tuition Fees and charges due to the School or to have provided guarantees of such payment satisfactory

to the School;

18.2.6 For a Force Majeure reason.

18.3 Any waiver of, or failure to enforce the terms or conditions of this Contract will not mean a continual waiver or prevent

enforcement of them in future. Any term or condition that is found to be unlawful or unenforceable will not invalidate the other

terms or conditions in this Contract.

18.4 The terms of the Contract shall not be enforceable by any party who is not a party to it.

18.5 The Contract constitutes the entire agreement between You and Us and supersedes all previous agreements between You

and Us, whether written or oral.

19. Law and Jurisdiction

19.1 The Contract and any dispute of claim arising out of or in connection with it shall be governed by and construed in accordance

with the laws of England and Wales and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

End.

Annex 1: The LSE Summer School Programme: Teaching, Learning and Assessment Information

Programme Administration

1.1 The LSE Summer School Office is responsible for the organisation and administration of all

aspects of the programme including:

 Responding to your enquiries about the programme;

 Processing applications and collecting fees;

 Registering you for the programme;

 Authorising transfers between courses;

 Administering the examination and assessment process, and authorising any specific

examination arrangements;

 Providing certification and transcripts following the programme.

Academic Roles

1.2 Academic oversight of the Programme is provided by the Academic Director and a team of

Programme Directors who supervise each of the subject areas (Accounting; Economics;

Finance; International Relations, Government and Society; Law; Management; and Research

Methods, Data Science, and Mathematics).

1.3 There is also an Academic Tutor adviser who is responsible for:

 Advising you on the structure of the Summer School programme;

 Advising you on changing courses during the programme;

 Providing regular periods of time when he/she is available to meet with you;

 Providing you with a direct channel of communication with the School if you encounter

any academic or pastoral difficulties;

 Resolving minor breaches of the Student Code of Conduct.

1.4 If the relationship between the Academic Tutor and you is unsatisfactory then you may refer to

the Summer School Office for alternative advice.

1.5 Each course has a lecturer or lecturers who can address specific academic issues relating to it.

Teaching and assessment

1.6 An overview of each course is provided on the website and the course syllabus. You have to

complete all course requirements in order to obtain graded certification.

1.7 LSE Summer School courses are full-time, intensive programmes, and consist of at least 54

contact hours over the three-week period, generally taking the form of 36 hours of lectures and

18 hours of tutorial or seminar-based classes.

1.8 Assessment for Summer School courses is based upon the results of either two formal

examinations or a combination of formal examination and assessed work. Examinations are

generally two hours in length and are conducted under standard LSE examination regulations.

Examinations are not compulsory. If you complete all of the course assessments, a grade will

be awarded and shown on your certificate. If you do not complete all of the course

assessments, an attendance certificate will be awarded, providing you attend at least 75% of

classes. If you do not complete all of the course assessments and attend less than 75% of

classes, a registration certificate will be awarded.

1.9 Examinations are ‘blind marked’ (the scripts are anonymous) and a proportion of scripts from

each course is double-marked to ensure consistency. The marking process is overseen by the

lecturing team, and external examiners are employed to ensure that high standards are

maintained.

Examination and Assessment

1.10 The School considers academic integrity to be of the utmost importance. You agree that

all your assessed coursework (essays, projects, field reports, literature reviews,

dissertations etc.) may be analysed by plagiarism detection software.

1.11 You accept that while any assessment offence allegation made against you remains

outstanding, the School may withhold official certification about your progress at the

School, information about your results any academic award made to you.

1.12 In submitting course work, you must abide by the School’s policy on plagiarism as set out in

the School's Regulations on assessment offences: plagiarism

. Plagiarism is passing off

somebody else's work as your own. This includes verbatim quoting without quotation marks or

referencing, as well as implicit plagiarism acts, such as summarising, or rewriting and

paraphrasing. It covers written, visual and oral work.

1.13 In submitting examined work, in addition to abiding by the regulations on plagiarism above,

you must also abide by the

School's Regulations on assessment offences: other than

plagiarism.

1.14 If you have a disability and require specific examination arrangements then you must contact

the Student Wellbeing Service. Applications for specific exam arrangements will

normally be confirmed by the Summer School Office during the first week of each Summer

School course.

1.15 If you experience any exceptional circumstances in the period preceding or during the

examinations that might affect your attendance at or performance in them, you must

communicate them in writing to the Summer School Office with all relevant supporting

documentation, such as medical certificates, not later than three days after your exam.

1.16 The Summer School will provide you with an official digital transcript free of charge in the

October following the programme. You may need to pay an extra fee for further copies.

1.17 If you require a letter of acceptance confirming your place on the programme in order to apply

for a visa, then you may order this via the LSE eshop. There is a charge if you want the letter

to be delivered via courier service.