Academic Complaints

First, an informal complaint should be raised, i.e. speaking to your department or the individual involved with the view to resolving the issue.

After the informal stage, if you are still unhappy with the situation then a formal complaint can be submitted. This is where you can pursue the complaint with the School Secretary and it will be assessed by people independent of your situation. One important thing to note is for a complaint to be successful, there will generally need to be evidence to support it. It would be a good idea to have a think about if there is anything you can provide in support of your complaint, such as email communications. You can pursue the complaint alone or in a group. You can also skip straight to this formal complaint stage, if you do not feel it was appropriate to approach the individual involved via the informal route.

Finally, all complaints need an outcome. It is not enough to just raise the complaint, an outcome should also be requested. This could either be a resolution for yourself or something which will stop the issue arising in the future. The complaints form can be found at the bottom of the guidance policy.

LSE Complaints Policy(Opens in a new tab)

Please note: you cannot make a formal complaint about your individual grades through this process. This should be done via the appeals process.