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Contributor(s): Christine Lagarde | “Be curious about what you can give back to the world and how you can use your time here towards that goal." This year's Welcome address comes from Christine Lagarde, the first woman to head the European Central Bank. President Lagarde shares the qualities that LSE students will need to help them make the most of their time at LSE and the opportunities that await.

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Contributor(s): Martin Tomkinson, Mary Evans, Ted Parker, Guatam Appa | During the closing years of the 1960s, a series of student protests erupted at LSE. Against a backdrop of international unrest and rapid social change, the sit-ins and occupations became headline news. Several students were arrested, others banned from the premises, riot doors were installed, and an LSE porter lost his life. Here are recollections of those events from some of those who were there.

Contributor(s): Dame Minouche Shafik | In the centenary year of the first votes for women in the UK, LSE's Towers buildings on Clement's Inn are being renamed after three leading campaigners from the women's suffrage movement. Find out more with LSE Director Minouche Shafik.