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Is LSE’s MSc in Economics a good platform to get into top Ph.D. programs?

There’s no debate about LSE’s reputation in the field of economics.

However, what I’m concerned about is that a 1-year program wouldn’t really allow me to create the relationships with professors needed to get them to write recommendation letters for me, especially if I was to apply to Ph.D.s that start the same year I graduate from the master’s! (I’d be applying in September/October, which is basically a few weeks into the master’s program).

At that point, wouldn’t it be necessary to do a predoc or get research experience of some kind in order to get recommendations? And in that case, what would be the point of doing a 1-year master’s anyways instead of going straight into a predoc?!

Are these 1-year programs pure cash cows or simply geared towards the job market rather than further academic studies?

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MPhil/PhD Economic History

Graduate research
Department of Economic History
Application code V3ZE
Starting 2024
Home full-time: Closed
Overseas full-time: Closed
Location: Houghton Street, London

The MPhil/PhD is an advanced research degree. You will begin on the MPhil, and will need to meet certain requirements to be upgraded to PhD status. The main objective of this programme is the elaboration of a substantial piece of work that is worthy of publication and which makes an original contribution to the field of economic history.

The Department is home to by far the largest group of researchers in economic history in the UK and one of the largest in the world. This is a pluralistic Department which encourages different approaches to the discipline: quantitative economic history; global history; history of economic thought; historical demography; historical economic geography; international economic history; business history; financial and monetary history; and social history. We also offer a wide chronological and geographical coverage of economic history, with specialists in almost every continent and any historical period from the medieval age onwards. For this reason, the Department is able to supervise a wide range of topics, in line with the research interests of the teaching staff.

We particularly value a comparative outlook on research, and the fruits of our research have been used by international agencies, such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, government departments and local communities. Our faculty have included among their research commitments the editorship of The European Review of Economic History and Economic History of Developing Regions .

All our students are expected to gain a broad knowledge of the subject from graduate level course-work in the first year which complements the deeper knowledge gained from intense thesis research. In addition, many of our research students take the opportunity to gain valuable teaching experience on undergraduate courses.

Programme details


Start date	30 September 2024
Application deadline	. However, please note the funding deadlines
Duration	Three-four years (minimum two) full-time. Students may apply to study part-time after the successful completion of the first year
Tuition fee	Home students: £4,829 for the first year (provisional) Overseas students: £22,632 for the first year
Financial support	LSE PhD Studentships, ESRC funding (see 'Fees and funding')
Minimum entry requirement	Merit in a taught master’s (or equivalent) in economic history or a related social science subject
GRE/GMAT requirement	None
English language requirements	Research (see 'Assessing your application')
Location	Houghton Street, London

For more information about tuition fees and entry requirements, see the fees and funding and assessing your application sections.

Entry requirements

Minimum entry requirements for mphil/phd economic history.

Merit in LSE’s MSc Economic History (Research) with a minimum of 65% overall, and at least 75% in the dissertation component. Direct entry for applicants with an equivalent score in economic history or a similar field (economics, history, and so on) will also be considered, but we expect students to have a completed a dissertation worth at least 20% of the final grade. Students are also accepted for the so-called 1+3 programme, a one year MSc in Economic History (Research) followed by a three year research programme.

If you have studied or are studying outside of the UK then have a look at our Information for International Students to find out the entry requirements that apply to you.

Assessing your application

We welcome applications for research programmes that complement the academic interests of members of staff at the School, and we recommend that you investigate staff research interests before applying.

We carefully consider each application on an individual basis, taking into account all the information presented on your application form, including your:

- academic achievement (including existing and pending qualifications) - statement of academic purpose - references - CV - outline research proposal - sample of written work.

See further information on supporting documents

You may also have to provide evidence of your English proficiency. You do not need to provide this at the time of your application to LSE, but we recommend that you do.

See our English language requirements for further information.

When to apply

The application deadline for this programme is 25 April 2024 . However to be considered for any LSE funding opportunity, you must have submitted your application and all supporting documents by the funding deadline. See the fees and funding section for more details.

Fees and funding

Every research student is charged a fee in line with the fee structure for their programme. The fee covers registration and examination fees payable to the School, lectures, classes and individual supervision, lectures given at other colleges under intercollegiate arrangements and, under current arrangements, membership of the Students' Union. It does not cover living costs or travel or fieldwork.

Tuition fees 2024/25 for MPhil/PhD Economic History

Home students: £4,786 for the first year Overseas students: £22,632 for the first year

The fee is likely to rise over subsequent years of the programme. The School charges home research students in line with the level of fee that the Research Councils recommend. The fees for overseas students are likely to rise in line with the assumed percentage increase in pay costs (ie, 4 per cent per annum).

The Table of Fees shows the latest tuition amounts for all programmes offered by the School.

The amount of tuition fees you will need to pay, and any financial support you are eligible for, will depend on whether you are classified as a home or overseas student, otherwise known as your fee status. LSE assesses your fee status based on guidelines provided by the Department of Education.

Further information about fee status classification.

Scholarships, studentships and other funding

The School recognises that the cost of living in London may be higher than in your home town or country, and we provide generous scholarships each year to home and overseas students.

This programme is eligible for LSE PhD Studentships , and Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funding . Selection for the PhD Studentships and ESRC funding is based on receipt of an application for a place – including all ancillary documents, before the funding deadline.

Funding deadline for first round of LSE PhD Studentships and ESRC funding: 15 January 2024 Funding deadline for the second round of LSE PhD Studentships: 25 April 2024

In addition to our needs-based awards, LSE also makes available scholarships for students from specific regions of the world and awards for students studying specific subject areas. Find out more about financial support.

External funding

There may be other funding opportunities available through other organisations or governments and we recommend you investigate these options as well.

Further information

Fees and funding opportunities

Information for international students

LSE is an international community, with over 140 nationalities represented amongst its student body. We celebrate this diversity through everything we do.

If you are applying to LSE from outside of the UK then take a look at our Information for International students .

1) Take a note of the UK qualifications we require for your programme of interest (found in the ‘Entry requirements’ section of this page).

2) Go to the International Students section of our website.

3) Select your country.

4) Select ‘Graduate entry requirements’ and scroll until you arrive at the information about your local/national qualification. Compare the stated UK entry requirements listed on this page with the local/national entry requirement listed on your country specific page.

Programme structure and courses

During the programme, we expect participation in departmental workshops and other seminars held within the University of London and, later, at conferences and seminars at other universities. In addition to progressing with your research, you will also be expected to take the listed training and transferable skills courses.

Training courses Compulsory (examined)

Approaches to Economic and Social History

Historical Analysis of Economic Change And Research Design and Quantitative Methods in Economic History * * Unless already taken as part of the master's degree, and, where appropriate, a pre-sessional statistics course

Optional (not examined) Supervisors may require you to take other relevant economic history courses, methodological courses provided by the Department of Methodology or the Institute of Historical Research or skills training courses as required for your thesis topic.

Transferable skills courses Compulsory (not examined) Thesis Workshop in Economic History

Training courses Compulsory (not examined) Thesis Workshop in Economic History

Training courses

Compulsory (not examined) Thesis Workshop in Economic History

For the most up-to-date list of optional courses please visit the relevant School Calendar page.

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Supervision, progression and assessment

Supervision .

You will be assigned a lead supervisor (and a second supervisor/adviser) who is a specialist in your chosen research field, though not necessarily in your topic. Lead supervisors guide you through your studies.

Progression and assessment

You will need to meet certain criteria to progress to PhD registration.

Please refer to the PhD Handbook (pp. 13-16) for full details of progression requirements.

Your final award will be determined by the completion of an original research thesis and a viva oral examination.

More about progression requirements

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Preliminary reading

Acemoglu, D. and Robinson, J. (2012), Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty . London: Profile.

Allen, R.C. (2009), The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Austin, Gareth M . Markets, Slaves and States in West African History, c.1450 to the present . (Cambridge: CUP 2013)

Austin, Gareth M. & Kaoru Sugihara (eds.) Labour-intensive industrialisation in Global History. (London: Routledge 2013).

Baten, Joerg (2016), A History of the Global Economy . Cambridge.

Broadberry, S. and O’Rourke, K. (eds.) (2010), The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Clark, G. (2007), A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World . Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Crafts, N.F.R. and Fearon, P. (2013), The Great Depression of the 1930s: Lessons for Today . Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Darwin, J. (2007), After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000 . London: Allen Lane.

Engerman, Stanley L. & Kenneth L. Sokoloff, Economic Development in the Americas since 1500: endowments and institutions. (Cambridge: CUP/NBER 2012).

Findlay, R. and O’Rourke, K. (2009), Power and Plenty: Trade, War, and the World Economy in the Second Millennium , (Princeton Economic History of the Western World), Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Floud, Roderick, Fogel, Robert, Harris, Bernard, and Hong, Sok Chul (2011), The Changing Body: health, nutrition, and human development in the western world since 1700 . Cambridge.

Greif, A. (2006) Institutions and the Path to the Modern Economy: Lessons from Medieval Trade (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions) . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Hatcher, J. and Bailey, M (2001), Modelling the Middle Ages: The History and Theory of England’s Economic Development . Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Herschman, Albert O. (2013), The Passions and the Interests: political arguments for capitalism before its triumph . Princeton.

King, Mervyn (2016), The End of Alchemy: money, banking and the future . Little, Brown.

Livi-Bacci, Massimo (2012), A Concise History of World Population . Wiley Blackwell.

Mackenzie, D (2006), An Engine, Not a Camera: How Financial Models Shape Markets . Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.

Morgan, Mary S. (2012), The World in the Model: How Economists Work and Think . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

North, D.C., Wallis, J.J. and Weingast, B. (2009), Violence and Social Orders: A Conceptual framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History . Cambridge; Cambridge University Press.

Parthasarathi, P. (2011), Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not: Global Divergence, 1600-1850. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Piketty, T. (2014) Capital in the Twenty-First Century. Harvard: Harvard University Press.

Pomeranz, K. (2000), The Great Divergence: China, Europe and the Making of the Modern World Economy. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Reinhart, C.M. and Rogoff, K.S. (2009), This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Rosenthal, J-L and Wong, R. Bin (2011), Before and Beyond Divergence: The Politics of Economic Change in China and Europe. Harvard University Press.

Roy, T. (2012), India in the World Economy: From Antiquity to the Present (New Approaches to Asian History). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Von Glahn, Richard (2016), The Economic History of China from Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Yun-Casalilla, B. and O’Brien, P. (2011), The Rise of Fiscal States: A Global History, 1500-1914. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Quick Careers Facts for the Department of Economic History

Median salary of our PG students 15 months after graduating: £42,000

Top 5 sectors our students work in:

Information, Digital Technology and Data
Financial and Professional Services
Education, Teaching and Research
Accounting and Auditing
Consultancy

The data was collected as part of the Graduate Outcomes survey, which is administered by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). Graduates from 2020-21 were the fourth group to be asked to respond to Graduate Outcomes. Median salaries are calculated for respondents who are paid in UK pounds sterling and who were working in full-time employment.

Graduates of the programme have gone into a wide variety of careers, including university teaching and research posts, as well as jobs at international economic agencies such as the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank.

Further information on graduate destinations for this programme

Matthew Partridge

PhD Economic History, 2011 Senior Writer, MoneyWeek

I chose to do my MSc and PhD at the LSE because I won an ESRC studentship, and because I was impressed by the expertise of the department. Its global reputation was also a major factor in my decision. One of the reasons why I was hired was because of my PhD (the other one was because I had done some financial spread betting). My knowledge of Economic History comes in very useful when I'm looking at issues such as the future of the single currency. I really enjoyed my time at the LSE. However, while I did do a lot of things, both inside and outside the seminar room, there was still a lot more that I could have done.

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PhD Economic History Offer Holders - new students

Welcome to the Department of Economic History MPhil/PhD Economic History (hereby PhD Economic History) offer holder page. We are thrilled you will be joining us next academic year. The pages below will provide you with essential information relating to your programme.

Programme Team

Tirthankar Roy , Professor of Economic History, Doctoral Programme Director and PhD Placement Officer

Eric Schneider , Professor of Economic History, Deputy Head of Department (Research)

Neil Cummins , Professor of Economic History, Deputy Head of Department (Teaching)

Tracy Keefe , MPhil/PhD Programme Manager

Meeting Conditions

It is vital that you fully read the Graduate Offer Pack , which outlines the various steps that must be taken before registration. See especially Fulfilling conditions attached to your offer/supplying required documents and Visa advice for international students . Any outstanding conditions and documents are also displayed in your LSE for You account; be sure to submit these in good time. You will not be allowed to register unless you have submitted all documentation specified on your offer of admission and all the legal documents (e.g. appropriate ID; Visa (if applicable)) necessary for registration. Whenever you contact LSE, please quote your Applicant ID number and full name (as in your original application); it helps us to quickly identify your record and deal with your query.

It is important to ensure you begin the visa application process as soon as possible. All students who require a visa should read the guidance on the following LSE website: ISVAT (International Student Visa Advice Team). This website includes an online form where you can submit queries relating to your specific circumstances.

Reading List

Some suggested, general, readings for the summer:

Acemoglu, D. and Robinson, J. (2012), Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty, London: Profile.
Allen, R.C. (2009), The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Austin, Gareth M. & Kaoru Sugihara (eds.) Labour-intensive industrialisation in Global History (London: Routledge 2013).
Baten, Joerg (2016), A History of the Global Economy. Cambridge.
Broadberry, S. and O’Rourke, K. (eds.) (2010), The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Crafts, N.F.R. and Fearon, P. (2013), The Great Depression of the 1930s: Lessons for Today, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Darwin, J. (2007), After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000, London: Allen Lane.
Engerman, Stanley L. & Kenneth L. Sokoloff Economic Development in the Americas since 1500: endowments and institutions (Cambridge: CUP/NBER 2012).
Findlay, R. and O’Rourke, K. (2009), Power and Plenty: Trade, War, and the World Economy in the Second Millennium (Princeton Economic History of the Western World), Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Floud, Roderick, Fogel, Robert, Harris, Bernard, and Hong, Sok Chul (2011), The Changing Body: health, nutrition, and human development in the western world since 1700. Cambridge.
Greif, A. (2006) Institutions and the Path to the Modern Economy: Lessons from Medieval Trade (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Hatcher, J. and Bailey, M (2001), Modelling the Middle Ages: The History and Theory of England’s Economic Development, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Herschman, Albert O. (2013), The Passions and the Interests: political arguments for capitalism before its triumph. Princeton.
Hobson, John M. (2021) Multicultural Origins of the Global Economy, Beyond the Western-Centric Frontier. CUP.
King, Mervyn (2016), The End of Alchemy: money, banking and the future. Little, Brown.
Livi-Bacci, Massimo (2012), A Concise History of World Population. Wiley Blackwell.
Mackenzie, D (2006), An Engine, Not a Camera: How Financial Models Shape Markets. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.
Morgan, Mary S. (2012), The World in the Model: How Economists Work and Think, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
North, D.C., Wallis, J.J. and Weingast, B. (2009), Violence and Social Orders: A Conceptual framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History, Cambridge; Cambridge University Press.
Parthasarathi, P. (2011), Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not: Global Divergence, 1600-1850, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Pomeranz, K. (2000), The Great Divergence: China, Europe and the Making of the Modern World Economy, Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Reinhart, C.M. and Rogoff, K.S. (2009), This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly, Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Rosenthal, J-L and Wong, R. Bin (2011), Before and Beyond Divergence: The Politics of Economic Change in China and Europe, Harvard University Press.
Roy, T. (2012), India in the World Economy: From Antiquity to the Present (New Approaches to Asian History), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Von Glahn, Richard (2016), The Economic History of China from Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century (CUP)
Yun-Casalilla, B. and O’Brien, P. (2011), The Rise of Fiscal States: A Global History, 1500-1914, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

LSE Teaching Timetables can be found on the Student Teaching Timetable webpage. Lectures and classes can take place any time between 9.00-19.00, Monday to Friday.

Visit LSE Term Dates for term dates, public holidays and School closure dates.

Accommodation

Visit LSE Accommodation to discover more and to apply. You are advised to make an early application.

Offer holders should accept the offer of a place on the PhD, only if they already have sufficient funds in place to cover the cost of both the tuition fees and living expenses for the full length of their degree. Please be aware, the Department of Economic History is unable to fund PhD students after they have started their degree. There may be other sources of funding at later stages of the PhD, for example, from teaching or research assistant positions, but these cannot be guaranteed nor can specific amounts (if any) be estimated at this stage.

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MPhil/PhD student handbooks

The most up-to-date copy of our department handbook is here .

The PhD Academy Student Handbook can be found here .

Registration and enrollment

You will receive an email notification when it is time to pre-enrol online for your programme.

Campus enrolment for new MPhil/PhD and VRS students in Economic History has been confirmed as Wednesday 18th September (10am-12noon) in the PhD Academy, Lionel Robbins Building (LRB 403).

Please keep an eye on Campus Enrolment for up-to-date nformation.

Welcome Week and orientation events

The PhD Academy welcome talk for newly enrolled research students will take place in the Old Theatre on Wednesday 25th September 2-3pm. This will be a panel discussion chaired by the PhD Academy Director Professor Bingchun Meng, and will be followed by a Services Fair and Reception in the PhD Academy (3-5pm)
An informal meeting for all new MPhil/PhD students will be held in Cheng Kin Kiu (CKK) building, room 208, on Thursday 26th September 2-4pm. This is an opportunity to meet each other and current students, as well as faculty members over coffee and cake.
This will be followed by a general Welcome to the Department event and more details will be posted here soon.
The LSE Treasure Hunt will take place at various times over Welcome and joining instructions will be published here soon.
Movie Nights often run during Week 1 of term (30th September - 4th October). Entry is subject to space being available, but the schedule will be published here when finalised.

Consent.Ed is LSESU's flagship programme which explores issues around sexual consent, providing an opportunity for us to discuss how we can look out for one another and create a positive, respectful consent culture, where everyone feels safe on campus.

Attending Consent.Ed is expected of all students, and is a requirement for several opportunities here at LSE. It comes in two parts: an online training session and an in-person workshop.

The online training only takes around 15 minutes, but you can complete it at your own pace here .

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Luo, Xizi (2024) Meritocracy or not: state, elite families, and the examination system in the Qing dynasty. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Soenarjo, Aditya Wirabuana (2024) Essays in macroeconomics and international economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Noble, Aurelius (2024) Social capital and elite persistence in late Victorian and Edwardian England. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Koschnick, Julius Johannes (2023) On the shoulders of science – early science as a driver of innovation during the early industrial revolution. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Udale, Charles Warrington (2023) The plague and the state in early modern England 1538-1667. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Cuenda García, Mario (2023) The political economy of taxation in Spain, 1901-1936. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Banerjee, Joshua J. (2023) From Bretton Woods to the Great Moderation: essays in British post-war macroeconomic history. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ramazzotti, Andrea (2023) The legacy of 1969? Essays on the historical roots of Italy’s economic decline: human capital, internal migration and manufacturing firms, 1960s-2000s. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Jaramillo-Echeverri, Juliana (2023) Fertility, education and social mobility in 20th century Colombia. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Rivas Moreno, Juan José (2022) An alternative model for early modern long-distance trade finance: the capital markets of Manila, 1680-1838. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Schaff, Stefan Felix Frederick (2022) Exploring the political economy causes of inequality in preindustrial Germany (c. 1400-1800). PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Qiu, Yitong (2022) Power and identity in the Qing empire: a study of the political and economic life of the elites through confiscation inventories 1700-1912. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Morshed, Safya (2022) The evolutionary empire: demystifying state formation in Mughal South Asia 1556-1707. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Chen, Yuhua (2022) Images of Japan and reflections of the UK in British newspaper coverage of Japan’s ‘miracle’ economic growth between 1952 and 1972. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Deng, Hanzhi (2021) A history of decentralization: fiscal transitions in late imperial China, 1850-1911. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Hinrichsen, Simon (2021) Essays on war reparations and sovereign debt: two hundred years of war debts and default, from the Napoleonic Wars to Iraq. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Liu, Ziang (2021) Quantification and fiscal governance in China, 1400-1800. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Don-Siemion, Thea (2021) 'We'll give up our blood but not our gold': money, debt, and the balance of payments in Poland's Great Depression. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Vicquéry, Roger H. (2021) Essays on currency unions and the international monetary system in historical perspective. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Raman, Alka (2021) Learning from the muse: Indian cotton textiles and British industrialisation. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Luzardo-Luna, Ivan (2021) Essays on labour frictions in interwar Britain. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Cheng, Chung-Tang (2021) The microeconometrics of household behaviour: building the foundations, 1920-1960. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Betteridge, Samuel R. (2021) Rethinking the Bengal connection: opium monopoly and fiscal capacity in British India, 1862-1908. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Hu, Sijie (2020) A micro-demographic analysis of human fertility from Chinese genealogies, 1368-1911. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Nath, Maanik (2020) The state and rural credit markets in south India, 1930-1960. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Seibel, Greta Christine (2020) The role of government policy in Indonesian small and medium enterprise development, 1966 - 2006. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Escamilla-Guerrero, David (2019) Cliometric essays on Mexican migration to the United States. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Bertazzini, Mattia Cosma (2019) The economic impact of Italian colonial investments in Libya and in the Horn of Africa, 1920-2000. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Mandeng, Ousmène Jacques (2019) Central bank reform, spatial diversity and monetary policy in Germany, 1876-1890. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Jorge-Sotelo, Enrique (2019) “Escaping” the Great Depression: monetary policy, financial crises and banking in Spain, 1921-1935. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Albers, Thilo Nils Hendrik (2018) Trade frictions, trade policies, and the interwar business cycle. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Jang, Youngook (2018) Migration and ethnic diversity in the Soviet and post-Soviet space. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Zobl, Franz Xaver (2018) Regional economic development under trade liberalisation, technological change and market access: evidence from 19th century France and Belgium. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Kennedy, Francis (2018) Institutional effects: studies from the sterling area in the 1950s-60s. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Harris, Jamesdaniel Adam (2018) A comparative study of late-imperial and early-republican private property rights institutions, as measured by their effects on Shanghai's early financial markets. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Lopez-Uribe, Maria del Pilar (2017) Essays on the political economy of development in Colombia. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Macher, Flóra (2017) The 1931 financial crisis in Austria and Hungary: a critical reassessment. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Arslantaş, Yasin (2017) Confiscation by the ruler: a study of the Ottoman practice of Müsadere, 1700s-1839. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Montaigne, Maxine (2017) The Malthusian and the anti-Malthusian: the use of economic ideas and language in the public discourse of nineteenth-century Britain. MPhil thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Wjuniski, Bernardo Stuhlberger (2017) Multiple exchange rates and industrialization in Brazil, 1953-1961: macroeconomic miracle or mirage? PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Lane, Joseph Peter (2017) Networks, innovation and knowledge: the North Staffordshire Potteries, 1750-1851. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Dowey, James (2017) Mind over matter: access to knowledge and the British industrial revolution. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Kukić, Leonard (2017) Economic growth, regional development, and nation formation under socialism: evidence from Yugoslavia. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Papadia, Andrea (2017) Government action under constraints: fiscal development, fiscal policy and public goods provision during the great depression and in 19th and early 20th century Brazil. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Fuder, Katja (2017) No experiments: federal privatisation politics in West Germany 1949-1989. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Simson, Rebecca (2017) (Under)privileged bureaucrats? The changing fortunes of public servants in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, 1960–2010. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Varian, Brian (2017) The course and character of late-Victorian British exports. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ceylan, Pinar (2016) Essays on markets, prices, and consumption in the Ottoman Empire (late-seventeenth to mid-nineteenth centuries). PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Geloso, Vincent (2016) The seeds of divergence: the economy of French North America, 1688 to 1760. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Gent, John (2016) Abundance and scarcity: classical theories of money, bank balance sheets and business models, and the British restriction of 1797‐1818. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Sahle, Esther (2016) A faith of merchants: Quakers and institutional change in the early modern Atlantic, c.1660-1800. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Velasco, Gustavo (2016) Natural resources, state formation and the institutions of settler capitalism: the case of Western Canada, 1850-1914. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Nishizaki, Sumiyo (2016) After empire comes home: economic experiences of Japanese civilian repatriates, 1945-1956. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Wu, Meng (2016) Traditions and innovations: an exploration of the governance structure, business strategy and historical development of the Chinese Shanxi piaohao, 1820s to 1930s. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Kerby, Edward (2016) The economics of isolation, trade and investment: case studies from Taiwan & apartheid South Africa. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Kobayashi, Kazuo (2016) Indian cotton textiles and the Senegal River Valley in a globalising world: production, trade and consumption, 1750-1850. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Lanata Briones, Cecilia (2016) Constructing public statistics: the history of the Argentine cost of living index, 1918-1943. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Werner, Stephan D. (2016) Endogenous risk in non-life insurance: evidence from the German insurance sector during the Interwar period. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Tang, Jian-Jing (2016) Interest rates and financial market integration: a long-run perspective on China. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Vogelgsang, Tobias (2016) Cognitive artefacts: remaking economies, 1917 - 1947. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Stephenson, Judy (2015) The organisation of work and wages in the London building trades in the long eighteenth century. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Christodoulaki, Olga (2015) The origins of central banking in Greece. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Palma, Nuno Pedro G. (2015) Harbingers of modernity: monetary injections and European economic growth, 1492-1790. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Aldous, Michael (2015) Avoiding 'negligence and profusion': the ownership and organisation of Anglo-Indian trading firms, 1818 to 1870. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Hileman, Garrick (2015) Sovereign debt sustainability, financial repression, and monetary innovation: Britain and currency black markets in the mid-20th century. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Yan, Xun (2015) In search of power and credibility: essays on Chinese monetary history (1851-1945). PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Gao, Pei (2015) Risen from chaos: the development of modern education in China, 1905-1948. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Serra, Gerardo (2015) From scattered data to ideological education: economics, statistics and the state in Ghana, 1948-1966. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Pirohakul, Teerapa (2015) The funeral in England in the long Eighteenth Century. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Caruana Galizia, Paul (2015) Economic development and market potential: European regional income differentials, 1870-1913. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Postel-Vinay, Natacha (2014) Sitting ducks: banks, mortgage lending, and the Great Depression in the Chicago area, 1923-1933. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Gudmundsson, Tryggvi (2014) Principles of crisis management revisited: the Bank of England in the 1970s. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Missiaia, Anna (2014) Industrial location, market access and economic development: regional patterns in post-unification Italy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Karakoç, Ulaş (2014) Sources of economic growth in interwar Egypt and Turkey: industrial growth, tariff protection and the role of agriculture. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ivings, Steven (2014) Colonial settlement and migratory labour in Karafuto 1905-1941. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Sims, Peter (2014) Social networks and entrepreneurship: the British merchant community of Uruguay, 1830-1875. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Francis, Joseph A. (2013) The terms of trade and the rise of Argentina in the long nineteenth century. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Krieghoff, Niels (2013) Banking regulation in a federal system: lessons from American and German banking history. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Merette, Sarah (2013) Vietnam’s north-south gap in historical perspective: the economies of Cochinchina and Tonkin, 1900-1940. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Brando, Carlos (2012) The political economy of financing late development: credit, capital and industrialisation; Colombia 1940–67. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ling-Fan, Li (2012) Bullion, bills and arbitrage: exchange markets in fourteenth- to seventeenth century Europe. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Mensink, Julia (2012) Poverty measures: from production to use. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Castañeda Valdez, Alejandro (2012) Cronies, rents and import licenses: non-tariff trade controls throughout Import Substitution Industrialisation (ISI) in Mexico. MPhil thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Martin, Marina (2012) An economic history of Hundi, 1858-1978. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Colvin, Christopher Louis (2011) Religion, competition and liability: Dutch cooperative banking in crisis, 1919-1927. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Wood, Andrew B. (2011) The limits of social mobility: social origins and career patterns of British generals, 1688-1815. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Chang, Ting Ting (2011) Re-examination on the role of the state in the development of Taiwan’s small and medium-sized enterprises, 1950- 2000: the state, market and social institution. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Golson, Eric (2011) The economics of neutrality: Spain, Sweden and Switzerland in the Second World War. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Andrews, Michael (2011) Cultures of commerce compared: a comparative study of the ideal of the businessman in China and England, c.1600-1800. MPhil thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Cirenza, Peter (2011) Melting pot or salad bowl?: assessing Irish immigrant assimilation in late nineteenth century America. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Fernández, Raúl Alberto (2011) Financial liberalisation, asymmetric information and inflation: a new perspective on the Argentine financial experiment of 1977-81. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Grinberg, Nicolas (2011) Transformations in the Korean and Brazilian processes of capitalist development between the mid-1950s and the mid-2000s: the political economy of late industrialisation. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Gonzalez, Arish Tatiana (2010) Economic disparity yet resulting similarity: The 'double paradox' of Argentina's and Mexico's electric telegraph and telephone diffusion, 1851-1997. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Apostolides, Alexander (2010) Economic growth or continuing stagnation? Estimating the GDP of Cyprus and Malta, 1921-1938. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Tennent, Kevin (2009) Owned, monitored, but not always controlled: understanding the success and failure of Scottish Free-Standing Companies, 1862-1910. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Fernandes, Felipe Tamega (2009) Institutions, geography and market power: The political economy of rubber in the Brazilian Amazon, c. 1870-1910. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Yi, Jonghyun (2009) The Korean retailing sector since the 1970s: Government, consumers and the rise and fall of the department store. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Santiago Caballero, Carlos (2009) Path to survival: The response to the production crisis of the late 18th century in the Spanish region of Guadalajara. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Cummins, Neil (2009) Why did fertility decline?: an analysis of the individual level economics correlates of the nineteenth century fertility transition in England and France. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Velkar, Aashish (2008) Markets, standards and transactions: measurements in nineteenth-century British economy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Jerven, Morten (2008) African economic growth reconsidered: measurement and performance in east-central Africa, 1965-1995. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Felis Rota, Marta (2008) Social capital in historical perspective: a principal components approach to international measurement and its economic implications, 1870-2000. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Umemura, Maki (2008) Unrealised potential: Japan's post-war pharmaceutical industry, 1945-2005. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Shimizu, Hiroshi (2007) Competition, knowledge spillover, and innovation: technological development of semiconductor lasers, 1960- 1990. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Khan, Arshi Rasheed (2007) Did zakat deliver welfare and justice? Islamic welfare policy in Pakistan, 1980-1994. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Altorfer-Ong, Stefan (2007) State-building without taxation: The political economy of government finance in the eighteenth-century republic of Bern. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Mitchell, Andrew Hunter (2006) Institutions and endowments: state credibility, fiscal institutions and divergence, Argentina and Australia, c.1880-1980. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Hickson, Kerry (2006) The contribution of improved health to standards of living in twentieth century England and Wales. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Afrifa Taylor, Ayowa (2006) An economic history of the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation, 1895-2004: land, labour, capital and enterprise. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

De Rouvray, Cristel Anne (2005) Economists writing history: American and French experience in the mid 20th century. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Feldman, Roger A. (2005) Recruitment, training and knowledge transfer in the London Dyers’ Company, 1649-1826. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Hopf, Gregor (2004) Saving and investment: the economic development of Singapore 1965-99. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Searles, Patrick James (2004) The measurement of economic and labour market conditions in the late Victorian and Edwardian periods and the use of data from the co-operative movement of Great Britain. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Maielli, Giuliano (2003) Managerial culture and company survival: Technological change and output-mix optimisation at Fiat, 1960-1987. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Domenech, Jordi (2003) Negotiating work in the liberal age. Unions, the state, and labour market reform in restoration Spain, 1875-1923. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Nahum, Andrew (2002) World War to Cold War: formative episodes in the development of the British aircraft industry, 1943-1965. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Rubio Varas, Maria del Mar (2002) Towards environmental historical national accounts for oil producers: methodological considerations and estimates for Venezuela and Mexico over the 20th century. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Calvo-Gonzalez, Oscar (2002) The political economy of conditional foreign aid to Spain, 1950-1963: relief of input bottlenecks, economic policy change and political credibility. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Pegler, Lee J (2000) Workers, unions and the 'politics of modernisation': Labour process change in the Brazilian white goods industry. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Day, William R (2000) The early development of the Florentine economy, c.1100-1275. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Strong, Paul Nicholas (1999) The economic consequences of ethno-national conflict in Cyprus: the development of two siege economies after 1963 and 1974. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Villela, André (1999) The political economy of money and banking in Imperial Brazil, 1850-1870. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Combs, Arthur (1998) Rural economic development as a nation building strategy in South Vietnam, 1968-1972. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Edwards, Roy A (1997) Management information and management practices: Freight train operation in inter-war Britain. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ball, Rajiv (1997) The state and the development of small-scale industry in Ghana since c.1945. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Lamounier, Lucia (1993) Between slavery and free labour: experiments with free labour and patterns of slave emancipation in Brazil and Cuba c.1830-1888. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Minoglou, Ioanna Pepelasis (1993) The Greek state and the international financial community, 1922-1932: Demystifying the 'foreign factor'. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Bartsch, William Henry (1970) Labour supply and employment-creation in the urban areas of Iran, 1956 - 1966. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Earle, Peter (1969) The commercial development of Ancona, 1479-1551. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Conway, Edward Sidney (1957) The institutional care of children: a case history. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ungphakorn, Puey (1949) The economics of tin control. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Discover | International Organisations

Discover | International Organisations is our careers programme for LSE students looking to understand what different international organisations do, how they are structured, and what they might be looking for in applicants.

As well as showcasing useful resources and opportunities throughout the year, Discover | International Organisations features a series of careers events where you can hear from employers who are especially keen to meet with LSE students. These events will include in-person and online sessions like employer information presentations with student Q&As, panel discussions, and careers fair-style stalls to facilitate networking opportunities.

At the heart of this programme is our flagship ‘Discover International Organisations Day’ – a day-long, on-campus event where you can attend employer recruitment presentations, enjoy panel discussions featuring representatives from across the sector and speak to employers during morning and afternoon fair sessions.

Read on to find out how our Discover | International Organisations programme can support you in your career planning.

What's on: Browse the full timetable of events for LSE students

This year’s Discover | International Organisations events will primarily take place in Autumn Term.

View upcoming Discover | International Organisations events on CareerHub.

Organisations: Check out which organisations are attending this year’s events

The following organisations are scheduled to join us for Discover International Organisations Day on Saturday 11 November 2023:

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Website: jobs.ebrd.com

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) was established to help build a new, post-Cold War era in Central and Eastern Europe. It has since played a historic role and gained unique expertise in fostering change in the region - and beyond - investing more than €180 billion in over 6,800 projects. Through our projects, business services and involvement in high-level policy reform, we're doing more than ever before across three continents.

UN World Food Programme (WFP)

Website: wfp.org/careers

UN World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.

The World Bank Group

Website: worldbank.org/en/about/careers

With 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over 130 locations, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: five institutions working for sustainable solutions that reduce poverty and build shared prosperity in developing countries. Our vision is to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet.

Example opportunities: Climate Change Specialists, Economists, Finance Officers, Investment Officers, IT Analysts, Operations Officers. (Minimum of a bachelor's degree and two years of relevant professional experience.)

Website: jobs.unicef.org/en-us/listing

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Website: careers.unido.org

UNIDO is a specialized agency of the United Nations with a unique mandate to promote, dynamize and accelerate industrial development.

Our mandate is reflected in Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 9: “Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation”, but UNIDO’s activities contribute to all the SDGs.

UNIDO’s vision is a world without poverty and hunger, where industry drives low-emission economies, improves living standards, and preserves the livable environment for present and future generations, leaving no one behind.

United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV)

Website: app.unv.org

The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme provides over 12,000 opportunities annually for the global citizen to volunteer with United Nations organizations, funds, and programmes in support of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

In-person (onsite) volunteering opportunities are full-time professional commitments for an average of 12-24 months. Volunteers receive allowances and other benefits to ensure they can maintain a modest but secure standard of living at their duty station. Online (virtual) volunteering is informal, part-time, and short-term. It therefore comes without any financial compensation.

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

Website: aiib.org/en/opportunities/career/index

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a multilateral development bank whose mission is financing the Infrastructure for Tomorrow - infrastructure with sustainability at its core. We began operations in Beijing in January 2016 and have since grown to 106 approved members worldwide. We are capitalized up to USD100 billion and Triple-A-rated by the major international credit rating agencies. Working with partners, AIIB meets clients’ needs by unlocking new capital and investing in infrastructure that is green, technology-enabled and promotes regional connectivity.

AIIB’s Graduate Program is a two-year rotational program to recruit and develop a team of outstanding talents at the early stage of their career to contribute to the realization of AIIB’s mission. Young talents who qualify for the program will have an opportunity to contribute to international development and sustainable infrastructure investment, while growing their career with AIIB and helping to create a prosperous and sustainable Asia.

In addition we will be recruiting for a variety of opportunities for early, mid-career, and experienced levels across a variety of disciplines. Please visit our careers page for further information.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Website: jobs.undp.org/cj_view_jobs.cfm

As the United Nations lead agency on international development, UNDP works in 170 countries and territories to eradicate poverty and reduce inequality. We help countries to develop policies, leadership skills, partnering abilities, institutional capabilities, and to build resilience to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Our work is concentrated in three focus areas; sustainable development, democratic governance and peace building, and climate and disaster resilience.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Website: unhcr.org/careers-unhcr

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people. Every year, millions of men, women and children are forced to flee their homes to escape conflict and persecution. UNHCR’s staff work in 130 countries around the world, from major capitals to remote and often dangerous locations, using their expertise to protect and care for millions of people. Wherever refugees arrive, UNHCR works closely with governments to ensure the 1951 Refugee Convention is honored.

United Nations Population Fund, London Representation Office (UNFPA)

Website: unfpa.org

UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Our mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.

We promote gender equality and empower women, girls and young people to take control of their bodies and their futures. We work with partners in more than 150 countries to provide access to a wide range of sexual and reproductive health services. Our goal is ending unmet need for family planning, preventable maternal death, and gender-based violence and harmful practices including child marriage and female genital mutilation by 2030.

European Stability Mechanism (ESM)

Website: esm.europa.eu

The European Stability Mechanism is an intergovernmental organisation established by member states of the euro area in 2012. Its mission is to enable the countries of the euro area to avoid and overcome financial crises and to maintain long-term financial stability and prosperity.

The ESM carries out this mission by providing loans and other types of financial assistance to member states that are experiencing or are threatened by severe financial distress. In other words, the ESM acts as a “lender of last resort” for euro area countries when they are unable to refinance their government debt in financial markets at sustainable rates. The ESM raises funds for its financial assistance through the sale of bonds and bills to investors.

African Development Bank (AfDB)

Website: afdb.org/en/about-careers/current-vacancies

The African Development Bank Group (the Bank) is the premier pan-African development institution promoting economic growth and social progress across the continent. It is composed of 81 member states, including 54 Regional Member Countries (African Countries) and 27 non-regional member countries.

The Bank mobilises and allocates resources to African countries, individually and collectively, for investment in public and private capital projects and programmes. To ensure greater developmental impacts and accelerate the implementation of its Ten-Year Strategy (2013 to 2022), the Bank’s operational focus has been placed on the High Fives: powering Africa, feeding Africa, industrializing Africa, integrating Africa, and improving the quality of life of Africans.

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.

WFP is always looking for Interns who are currently enrolled in a recognized university or graduated in the last six months. There are also opportunities for consultants and fixed term staff. All roles go through a competitive process and can be found on our careers site.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

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The educational choices of british 16-year-olds matter for the economy.

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As British pupils receive their General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) results, their next steps are shaped by choices that politicians have made about the further education system. Drawing on the Economy 2030 Inquiry, Aadya Bahl reviews research on what needs to be changed in further education to reduce inequalities and boost the economy.

The choices that British 16-year-olds are making in the next few weeks about their future studies matter not just for them and their families but also for the nation’s economy.

Britain needs a workforce with graduate-level skills to achieve its potential as a high-value, service-based economy, as highlighted by the Economy 2030 Inquiry . This need is acute in the country’s strategic growth sectors, namely financial and business services, the creative and cultural sectors, and the life sciences. These typically demand workers with higher levels of formal education and offer substantial wage premiums to university graduates.

The message seems clear: education is key to thriving in Britain’s future economy. The British education system has nine qualification levels , from entry level (Levels 1 to 3) to Level 8 (doctorate or equivalent). The higher the level, the more difficult the qualification. Level 3 qualifications consist of A-levels and their equivalents in technical or vocation education and are mainly taken by young people after their General Certificate of Secondary Education, or GCSEs, (Level 2).

The Economy 2030 Inquiry analysis reveals a stark reality : 30 per cent of young people are not undertaking education or training by age 18. Among those who do continue their education, the majority opt for higher education. But what of those 16-year-olds who do not see themselves following the well-worn A-levels-to-university track? How can pupils who are not drawn to the traditional route develop the skills necessary to contribute to, and benefit from, economic growth?

For these pupils. there are alternatives to the academic path: technical or vocational routes, including T-levels (alternative to A- levels and apprenticeships), applied general qualifications such as the ones provided by the Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC) and apprenticeships. These pathways provide practical, industry-focused learning and can serve as stepping stones to higher education. But there are hurdles along the way.

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Apprenticeships, for example, exist across sectors and are subject to employer-led standards . They have huge potential for offering a good start in life for people not going to university, but in England, approximately half of all apprenticeships have been taken up by people aged 25 and over. They are more likely to undertake expensive courses, which tend to be financed by the Apprenticeship Levy (equal to 0.5 per cent of the pay bill for companies with a pay bill of £3 million a year). Employers can claim back the apprenticeship levy they have paid based on their investment in off-the-job training for apprenticeships.

This may suit individual employers training existing staff, but in the long run, it is in the collective interest to train as many young people as possible to level 3, the “ most difficult ” of the three entry qualification levels. An “ apprenticeship guarantee ” ring-fencing a substantial part of the levy for under 25s would help facilitate the school-to-work transition through introducing demand-led funding, as exists in schools and higher education.

BTECs and the educational landscape

The new Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson, has paused and will review plans to scrap some applied general qualifications , including BTECs, that overlapped with existing T-levels.

BTECs have long been a popular choice for many young people going to further education colleges. A report by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) and the Oxford University Centre for Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (SKOPE) revealed that in 2022, 13 per cent of 16–17-year-olds in further education colleges took A-levels, but around 43 per cent were undertaking other Level 3 qualifications such as BTECs in England.

BTECs not only provide practical learning for those interested in a particular industry but are also an alternative route from A-levels into university. In fact, one in four young people in England use BTECs as a pathway to higher education. It is estimated that the original proposals to remove funding from some Level 3 qualifications would impact close to 40,000 young people aged between 16 and 19, affecting six per cent of non-A-level enrolments at this level.

Individuals pursuing BTECs are more likely to be from disadvantaged backgrounds when compared to their A-level counterparts. These young people are more likely to come from neighbourhoods with low rates of university participation, or to belong to ethnic minorities.

Level 3 qualifications also come with a substantive wage premium. Individuals having a BTEC at Level 3 can, on average, earn 32 per cent more than individuals with a Level 2 vocational qualification, allowing disadvantaged students a chance to climb up the ladder. But the Economy 2030 Inquiry highlights that there has been a 12 per cent cut to further education funding per pupil since 2012.

Sub-degree qualifications

To build a highly skilled workforce, clearly defined pathways are needed for those who have completed Level 3 qualifications. The well-worn undergraduate route is one such pathway, but sub-degree qualifications, such as the Higher National Certificate (HNCs) and the Higher National Diploma (HNDs), are less common.

According to the Economy 2030 Inquiry’s Learning to Grow report, only nine per cent of people aged 25-64 hold a sub-degree qualification in the UK, with this proportion being much lower for younger cohorts: only four per cent of 25-year-olds in the country hold a Level 4 or Level 5 qualification.

The inquiry suggests that the share of workers qualified to a sub-degree level in the UK should be three times higher to meet the demands of the growing economy.

But a lack of availability and awareness of clear and high-quality routes into Level 4 or Level 5 qualifications presents a significant barrier. For those achieving good Level 3 qualifications, there is often no clear pathway to further their education at a sub-degree level.

This shortage has grave implications for the growth sectors that rely on an increasing number of higher-level skills to expand. Estimates suggest that these sectors are missing roughly 660,000 workers that are educated at a sub-degree level due to this gap. Despite the high demand, many students are either unaware of these pathways, or do not understand how they link with earlier qualifications and future career and education prospects.

The way forward

While the push towards higher-level skills aligns with the needs of our evolving economy, the value of alternative pathways cannot be overstated, especially in their role of promoting social mobility and addressing skills gaps. It is crucial to maintain a diverse range of pathways. The establishment of Skills England , which aims to transform the current skills landscape focusing on the post-16 education pathways, provides an opportunity to build a strategy that supports skill development and removes barriers to opportunities.

These post-16 pathways need consistent and adequate funding to maintain quality and ensure accessibility. In addition to funding, there is also a pressing need to improve signposting and career advice. Students must be made aware of all options and opportunities, not just the traditional academic routes. Widening access to alternative pathways and ensuring young people have the right information is vital for making informed decisions that maximise their potential.

University education remains crucial in developing higher-level skills. But technical and vocational routes, including Level 3 and sub-degree qualifications, play an equally important role in building a skilled and inclusive workforce. Investing in skills and education at all levels is not just an important lever for economic growth; it is also an investment in the future of every young person in the country.

This blog post draws from the Economy 2030 Inquiry , a joint initiative between LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance and the Resolution Foundation, funded by the Nuffield Foundation.
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