Pre-Arrival Information

MSc International Migration & Public Policy

Hello, and a very warm welcome. I am delighted to welcome you to the European Institute at the London School of Economics as a member of the MSc International Migration and Public Policy class of 2020/21.

I would like to congratulate you on your academic achievements thus far, and we hope you are looking forward to the coming academic year. The multi-disciplinary and inter-departmental MSc International Migration and Public Policy programme explores key public debates and policy challenges at a time in which the COVID 19 world is witnessing one of the starkest challenges to the way we have traditionally thought about migration and mobility.

In a matter of just a few months, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world. Extraordinary public policy measures have been taken and lives have changed overnight. The magnitude of the crisis is likely to influence commonly accepted perceptions and ideas on migration and it raises many pertinent questions. How will the pandemic affect the ways we think about cross-border movements? Will it lead to more empathy and solidarity, acknowledging vulnerability and interdependence? Or will it lead to more persistent restrictions on migration and a more securitised debate about immigration?

This programme will enable you to engage with contemporary debates in a multi and inter-disciplinary way, using methods of investigation from disciplines such as international relations, political theory, sociology, anthropology and law.

Over the coming year, you will take two out of three compulsory core courses (International Migration and Immigration Management, International Migration and Migrant Integration, or Europe’s Role in Global Migration Management). You will also take optional courses to the value of two units, and write a dissertation on a topic of your choice. You will take a course on research methods and dissertation design, and attend our professional skills programme. Your studies will be supplemented with an excellent events programme and a number of optional extra-curricular activities.

European Institute Centre Building

London School of Economics and Political Science

London WC2A 2AE

26 August 2020

You will have an opportunity to learn more about the LSE, its academic departments, your programme and your courses during Welcome Week. Please make sure that you attend all the relevant sessions listed on the Welcome Week schedule, and don’t hesitate to get in touch with my colleagues in the Administrative Office should you have any additional questions. They will be very happy to help.

I look forward to meeting you in September, and to engaging with you over what I am sure will be a stimulating and fascinating year.

Yours sincerely,

Dr Eiko Thielemann Programme Director, MSc International Migration and Public Policy

Welcome 2020 Below, you will also find information about the events that the European Institute has planned to help you to settle into your studies and to get to know us and one another. This information provided below should be read alongside the EI’s Offer Holders webpage. LSE’s new Welcome 2020 website also offers a guide to help you to get ready for life at LSE. Be sure to take time to explore the information provided. Top tip! We highly recommend the Welcome checklist.

Preliminary Reading

Please note that preliminary reading is not mandatory. You can read to fill in any potential gaps in your knowledge and follow your interests. Similarly, the pre-sessional courses EU409 - Basic Economic Concepts for European Political Economy and EU4V9 - Concepts in Political Science and Public Policy aim to bring you up to speed in their respective fields if you have no prior knowledge of Political Economy and no background in European politics and policy. You can access Moodle and self-register for these online courses only once you have completed online registration and set up an IT account.

With the above in mind… Please feel free to read the following books once you have set up your IT access:

de, Haas, Hein, et al. The Age of Migration : International Population Movements in the Modern World, Macmillan Education UK, 2019. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/londonschoolecons/detail.action?docID=6235069

Geddes, Andrew, et al. Migration and Mobility in the European Union, Macmillan Education UK, 2020. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/londonschoolecons/detail.action?docID=6274051

Course Choice Information

Accessing your MSc Programme Regulations Your programme regulations have been published. These regulations list the courses that you are required or eligible to take to complete your Degree. You can find your programme regulations by visiting the link below:

MSc in International Migration & Public Policy Programme Regulations Short videos presenting each of the courses available to you will shortly be uploaded to the European Institute Offer Holders’ web portal. Please note that the web portal will only host videos relating to EU-coded courses which are run by the European Institute. To access videos of courses hosted by other departments, please navigate to the relevant department’s Course Choice Videos webpages hosted on the LSE Welcome site or contact the relevant department directly. Most videos should be available from early September.

Course Choice Videos If you have any outstanding questions relating to Course Choice, please ensure that you watch the Course Choice videos which you can find on the European Institute Offer Holders’ web portal. Be sure to watch all three Course Choice Videos in order, at least once. If these videos do not answer your questions, then please save your queries and bring them to a Course Choice Question and Answer Session, which will be running in September (details to follow and all sessions will be recorded).

School and Academic Regulations The main page of the LSE Calendar contains important information relating to your studies at the LSE. Please do read the information under the subheading ‘School and academic regulations’ as these rules do apply to you and it is essential that you understand them. Please pay particular attention to the rules surrounding plagiarism, as they may differ from those of your previous place of study.

Time Activity Location Mandatory/Recommended Session Recorded?

10.30-15.30 MPhil/PhD Registration TBCMandatory for MPhil/PhD

students N/A

Time Activity Location Mandatory/Recommended Session Recorded?

17.00-19.00 Meet your MSc Programme: Social ZOOM (Link to follow) Recommended No

Time Activity Location Mandatory/Recommended Session Recorded?*

MSc International Migration & Public Policy

MSc European Studies (Research)

MSc Political Economy of Europe

MSc Global Political Economy of China & Europe

MSc European & International Public Policy & MSc European & International Pubic Policy & Politics

MSc Culture & Conflict in a Global Europe

MPhil/PhD

Time Activity Location Mandatory/Recommended Session Recorded?

9.00-9.45 MSc Political Economy of Europe (incl. LSE-Sc. Po) Induction

Old Theatre, OLD Building, Ground Floor Mandatory for MSc PEOE students

Yes

9.45-10.30MSc European & International Public Policy (incl. LSE-

Bocconi & LSE Sc. Po) Induction Old Theatre, OLD Building, Ground FloorMandatory for

MSc EIPP students Yes

12.00-12.45MSc Culture & Conflict in a Global Europe (incl. LSE-Sc.

Po) InductionCBG Auditorium, Centre Building, LG

FloorMandatory for

MSc CCGE students Yes

13.00-13.45 MSc International Migration & Public Policy InductionCBG Auditorium, Centre Building, LG

FloorMandatory for

MSc IMPP students Yes

14.00-14.45 MSc European Studies (Research) InductionNAB.2.14, New Academic Building, 2nd

Floor, Room 14Mandatory for

MSc ES(R) students Yes

15.00-16.00 MPhil/PhD InductionNAB.1.09, New Academic Building, Floor

1, Room 9Mandatory for PhD students Yes

16.00-17.00 MSc Global Political Economy of China & Europe Induction

ZOOM (Link to follow) Mandatory for MSc GPECE students

Yes

Varies Mentoring schedule to follow Campus/ZOOMMandatory for

all MSc students No

WELCOME SCHEDULE 2020/21*

Wednesday 16 September: MPhil/PhD Registration

Monday 21 September: European Institute Welcome Inductions

Friday 18 September: Meet your MSc Programme

15.15-16.00

Tuesday 22 September: MSc Inductions & Academic Mentor Meetings

Shaw Library, OLD Building, 6th FloorMandatory for IMPP & ESR

students

Yes

*Please note that the information contained in this schedule may be subject to change. A final version of this document will be published in mid-September.

*If you are unable to join us on campus due to travel restrictions or other reasons, don't panic we have you covered! Your Academic Mentor will be in touch with you to arrange a group Zoom session during the week. It is vital that you register online and indicate when you plan to arrive in London during that process so that we can adequately plan for you arrival.

MSc Academic Mentor meetings*

*All recorded sessions will be uploaded onto the Offer Holders Web portal within 24 hours of the event.

16.15-17.00Sheikh Zayed Theatre, NAB.LG.08, New Academic Building, Lower Ground Floor

Mandatory for PEOE & GPECE students

17.15-18.00Mandatory for EIPP, CCGE &

MPhil/PhD studentsSheikh Zayed Theatre, NAB.LG.08, New Academic Building, Lower Ground Floor

Time Activity Location Mandatory/Recommended Session Recorded?

8.00-9.00 MSc European Studies (Research)

MSc European & International Public Policy & MSc European & International Pubic Policy & Politics

MSc Culture & Conflict in a Global Europe

MSc International Migration & Public Policy

MSc Political Economy of Europe

LSE-Fudan Double Degree MSc in The Global Political Economy of China & Europe

13.00-14.00 How to Choose your Courses: Q&A VIDEO/ZOOM (Link to Follow)Mandatory for

all MSc students Yes

Varies Mentoring schedule to follow Campus/ZOOM (Link to Follow)Mandatory for

all MSc students No

Time Activity Location Mandatory/Recommended Session Recorded?

12.00-16.00 Course Choice Virtual Drop-In Session ZOOM (Link to follow)Drop in and ask a question if

you need to! No

From 14.00 Course choice begins online via LSE for You OnlineMandatory for MSc students N/A

Time Activity Location Mandatory/Recommended Session Recorded?

10.00-11.00 Treaure Hunt in Central London Details to follow Recommended No

13.00-14.00 Course Choice Virtual Drop-In Session ZOOM (Link to follow)Drop in and ask a question if

you need to! No

17.30-19.00 What I wish I'd known before I started my LSE MSc ZOOM (Link to follow)Recommended for

MSc students Yes

Time Activity Location Mandatory/Recommended

All day To be determined… UKRecommended for all

MSc & MPhil/PhD students No

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EI social eventsLSE sessions for all studentsProgramme-specific sessionsMandatory EI induction sessions

10.00-11.00

9.00-10.00

Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, Ground Floor

Campus Enrolment* (all EI MSc programmes)

N/AMandatory for

all MSc students in London

*You must enrol on campus at the allotted time. If you are unable to enrol on campus at this time or will be arriving on campus late due to travel restrictions please book an enrolment appointment at the Student Services Centre directly through the LSE Student Hub app.

EI Events

Wednesday 23 September: Campus Enrolment & Academic Mentor Meetings

MSc Academic Mentor meetings

Thursday 24 September: Course Choice Opens

Friday 25 September: Course Choice Drop-In & Alumni Panel

Saturday 26 September: European Institute Social

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Lionel Robbins Building, Library Portugal Street LRBMarshall Building 44 Lincoln’s Inn Fields New Academic Building Lincoln’s Inn Fields NABOld Building Houghton Street OLDOld Curiosity Shop Portsmouth Street OCSPankhurst House Clement’s Inn PANParish Hall Sheffield Street PAR Peacock Theatre Portugal Street PEAPethick-Lawrence House Clement’s Inn PEL1 Portsmouth Street PORQueens House Lincoln’s Inn Fields QUESardinia House Sardinia Street SARSaw Swee Hock Student Centre Sheffield Street SAW Sheffield Street SHFSt Clement’s Clare Market STC

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DISABLED ACCESSAll buildings have wheelchair access and lifts, except, 95A, KGS, KSW*, 5LF, 50L, POR* AND SHF. *KSW 20 Kingsway (Language Centre only), *POR 1 Portsmouth Street (shop only).

After 6.30pm, please call Security on 020 7955 6200 to ensure that any disabled access doors are open. For access to 20 Kingsway, please call Security on 020 7955 6200 to set up the portable ramp in the entrance foyer.

ACCESS GUIDES TO LSE BUILDINGSAccessAble have produced detailed access guides to the LSE campus and residences, and route maps between key locations. These are available at lse.ac.uk/AccessAble

EU in Practice: Politics and Power in the Brussels System

In this innovative seminar series, now in its ninth year, policy practitioners talk about their experience of working with and within EU institutions.

The series is organised and co-chaired by Visiting Professors in Practice Anthony Teasdale, Director General, European Parliamentary Research Service, and Dr Martin Westlake, former Secretary General, European Economic and Social Committee. A typical line-up of speakers will include former ministers and Commissioners, ambassadors and permanent representatives, Secretaries-General and Directors-General, journalists, commentators and experts.

The seminar is held on Friday afternoons. These seminars offer you an excellent opportunity to gain insights from insiders of various sorts as to how politics and power really work within the EU system, as well as to meet and enter into exchanges with the guest speakers.

Confirmed speakers for Michaelmas term already include:

• Heather Grabbe, Director of the Open Society European Policy Institute, speaking on ‘How climate and digital will change the course of European integration’

• Carlo Trojan, former Secretary-General of the European Commission, speaking on ‘The European Union and the German Unification Process, thirty years on.’

• Sir Michael Leigh, former European Commission Director General for Enlargement, speaking on ‘Scenarios for the Future of Europe after Brexit.’

Details about each seminar and registration will be sent to your LSE email address two weeks prior to each EU in Practice event.

Time Activity Location Mandatory/Recommended Session Recorded?

10.30-15.30 MPhil/PhD Registration TBCMandatory for MPhil/PhD

students N/A

Time Activity Location Mandatory/Recommended Session Recorded?

17.00-19.00 Meet your MSc Programme: Social ZOOM (Link to follow) Recommended No

Time Activity Location Mandatory/Recommended Session Recorded?*

MSc International Migration & Public Policy

MSc European Studies (Research)

MSc Political Economy of Europe

MSc Global Political Economy of China & Europe

MSc European & International Public Policy & MSc European & International Pubic Policy & Politics

MSc Culture & Conflict in a Global Europe

MPhil/PhD

Time Activity Location Mandatory/Recommended Session Recorded?

9.00-9.45 MSc Political Economy of Europe (incl. LSE-Sc. Po) Induction

Old Theatre, OLD Building, Ground Floor Mandatory for MSc PEOE students

Yes

9.45-10.30MSc European & International Public Policy (incl. LSE-

Bocconi & LSE Sc. Po) Induction Old Theatre, OLD Building, Ground FloorMandatory for

MSc EIPP students Yes

12.00-12.45MSc Culture & Conflict in a Global Europe (incl. LSE-Sc.

Po) InductionCBG Auditorium, Centre Building, LG

FloorMandatory for

MSc CCGE students Yes

13.00-13.45 MSc International Migration & Public Policy InductionCBG Auditorium, Centre Building, LG

FloorMandatory for

MSc IMPP students Yes

14.00-14.45 MSc European Studies (Research) InductionNAB.2.14, New Academic Building, 2nd

Floor, Room 14Mandatory for

MSc ES(R) students Yes

15.00-16.00 MPhil/PhD InductionNAB.1.09, New Academic Building, Floor

1, Room 9Mandatory for PhD students Yes

16.00-17.00 MSc Global Political Economy of China & Europe Induction

ZOOM (Link to follow) Mandatory for MSc GPECE students

Yes

Varies Mentoring schedule to follow Campus/ZOOMMandatory for

all MSc students No

WELCOME SCHEDULE 2020/21*

Wednesday 16 September: MPhil/PhD Registration

Monday 21 September: European Institute Welcome Inductions

Friday 18 September: Meet your MSc Programme

15.15-16.00

Tuesday 22 September: MSc Inductions & Academic Mentor Meetings

Shaw Library, OLD Building, 6th FloorMandatory for IMPP & ESR

students

Yes

*Please note that the information contained in this schedule may be subject to change. A final version of this document will be published in mid-September.

*If you are unable to join us on campus due to travel restrictions or other reasons, don't panic we have you covered! Your Academic Mentor will be in touch with you to arrange a group Zoom session during the week. It is vital that you register online and indicate when you plan to arrive in London during that process so that we can adequately plan for you arrival.

MSc Academic Mentor meetings*

*All recorded sessions will be uploaded onto the Offer Holders Web portal within 24 hours of the event.

16.15-17.00Sheikh Zayed Theatre, NAB.LG.08, New Academic Building, Lower Ground Floor

Mandatory for PEOE & GPECE students

17.15-18.00Mandatory for EIPP, CCGE &

MPhil/PhD studentsSheikh Zayed Theatre, NAB.LG.08, New Academic Building, Lower Ground Floor

Time Activity Location Mandatory/Recommended Session Recorded?

8.00-9.00 MSc European Studies (Research)

MSc European & International Public Policy & MSc European & International Pubic Policy & Politics

MSc Culture & Conflict in a Global Europe

MSc International Migration & Public Policy

MSc Political Economy of Europe

LSE-Fudan Double Degree MSc in The Global Political Economy of China & Europe

13.00-14.00 How to Choose your Courses: Q&A VIDEO/ZOOM (Link to Follow)Mandatory for

all MSc students Yes

Varies Mentoring schedule to follow Campus/ZOOM (Link to Follow)Mandatory for

all MSc students No

Time Activity Location Mandatory/Recommended Session Recorded?

12.00-16.00 Course Choice Virtual Drop-In Session ZOOM (Link to follow)Drop in and ask a question if

you need to! No

From 14.00 Course choice begins online via LSE for You OnlineMandatory for MSc students N/A

Time Activity Location Mandatory/Recommended Session Recorded?

10.00-11.00 Treaure Hunt in Central London Details to follow Recommended No

13.00-14.00 Course Choice Virtual Drop-In Session ZOOM (Link to follow)Drop in and ask a question if

you need to! No

17.30-19.00 What I wish I'd known before I started my LSE MSc ZOOM (Link to follow)Recommended for

MSc students Yes

Time Activity Location Mandatory/Recommended

All day To be determined… UKRecommended for all

MSc & MPhil/PhD students No

YellowBlueGreenOrangePurple

EI social eventsLSE sessions for all studentsProgramme-specific sessionsMandatory EI induction sessions

10.00-11.00

9.00-10.00

Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, Ground Floor

Campus Enrolment* (all EI MSc programmes)

N/AMandatory for

all MSc students in London

*You must enrol on campus at the allotted time. If you are unable to enrol on campus at this time or will be arriving on campus late due to travel restrictions please book an enrolment appointment at the Student Services Centre directly through the LSE Student Hub app.

EI Events

Wednesday 23 September: Campus Enrolment & Academic Mentor Meetings

MSc Academic Mentor meetings

Thursday 24 September: Course Choice Opens

Friday 25 September: Course Choice Drop-In & Alumni Panel

Saturday 26 September: European Institute Social

LSE NURSERY

CAREY STREET

GR

AN

GE

CO

UR

T

ST CLEMENT’S LANE

ST CLEMENT’S LANE

CLEMENT’S INN

STRAND

JOHN WATKINSPLAZA

PORTSMOUTH ST

LINCOLN’S

INN F IE

LDS

PORTUGAL STREET

ALDWYCH

PORTUGAL ST

SARDINIA

ST

KEMBLE ST

LINCOLN’S

INN F IE

LDSSERLE STREET

KINGSWAY

SH

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ALDWYCH

CLARE MARKETHO

UG

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STCPAR

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POR LAKCOW

LCH

KGSSHF

PEL

KSW

PEA

35L

OCS

LSE Building

LSE BuildingDevelopment

Cycle HireStation

Information

KEY TO MAP95 Aldwych 95AAldwych House Aldwych ALD Centre Building Houghton Street Clement House Aldwych CLMColumbia House Aldwych COLConnaught House Aldwych CONCowdray House Portugal Street COWFawcett House Clement’s Inn FAWKing’s Chambers Portugal Street KGS20 Kingsway KSWLakatos Building Portugal Street LAKLincoln Chambers Portsmouth Street LCH5 Lincoln’s Inn Fields 5LF32 Lincoln’s Inn Fields 32L35 Lincoln’s Inn Fields 35L50 Lincoln’s Inn Fields Portsmouth Street 50L

Lionel Robbins Building, Library Portugal Street LRBMarshall Building 44 Lincoln’s Inn Fields New Academic Building Lincoln’s Inn Fields NABOld Building Houghton Street OLDOld Curiosity Shop Portsmouth Street OCSPankhurst House Clement’s Inn PANParish Hall Sheffield Street PAR Peacock Theatre Portugal Street PEAPethick-Lawrence House Clement’s Inn PEL1 Portsmouth Street PORQueens House Lincoln’s Inn Fields QUESardinia House Sardinia Street SARSaw Swee Hock Student Centre Sheffield Street SAW Sheffield Street SHFSt Clement’s Clare Market STC

CBGMAR

CBG

DISABLED ACCESSAll buildings have wheelchair access and lifts, except, 95A, KGS, KSW*, 5LF, 50L, POR* AND SHF. *KSW 20 Kingsway (Language Centre only), *POR 1 Portsmouth Street (shop only).

After 6.30pm, please call Security on 020 7955 6200 to ensure that any disabled access doors are open. For access to 20 Kingsway, please call Security on 020 7955 6200 to set up the portable ramp in the entrance foyer.

ACCESS GUIDES TO LSE BUILDINGSAccessAble have produced detailed access guides to the LSE campus and residences, and route maps between key locations. These are available at lse.ac.uk/AccessAble

EU in Practice: Politics and Power in the Brussels System

In this innovative seminar series, now in its ninth year, policy practitioners talk about their experience of working with and within EU institutions.

The series is organised and co-chaired by Visiting Professors in Practice Anthony Teasdale, Director General, European Parliamentary Research Service, and Dr Martin Westlake, former Secretary General, European Economic and Social Committee. A typical line-up of speakers will include former ministers and Commissioners, ambassadors and permanent representatives, Secretaries-General and Directors-General, journalists, commentators and experts.

The seminar is held on Friday afternoons. These seminars offer you an excellent opportunity to gain insights from insiders of various sorts as to how politics and power really work within the EU system, as well as to meet and enter into exchanges with the guest speakers.

Confirmed speakers for Michaelmas term already include:

• Heather Grabbe, Director of the Open Society European Policy Institute, speaking on ‘How climate and digital will change the course of European integration’

• Carlo Trojan, former Secretary-General of the European Commission, speaking on ‘The European Union and the German Unification Process, thirty years on.’

• Sir Michael Leigh, former European Commission Director General for Enlargement, speaking on ‘Scenarios for the Future of Europe after Brexit.’

Details about each seminar and registration will be sent to your LSE email address two weeks prior to each EU in Practice event.