In 2021, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) was awarded funding by the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) for a new programme of studentships for training the next generation of health scientists. The programme –
#WorkLifeWeek – In this blog we will share some research highlights and reflections from working families at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
LGBTQ+ Pride month celebrates all the advances in queer rights in recent times, it remembers the fight for those rights, and prompts us to reflect on how much there is still to do. LGBTQ+ people remain one of the most marginalised groups worldwide. Even in London, with Soho on our…
Supporting student wellbeing and increasing belonging and community was already a focus at LSHTM when COVID-19 hit. Counselling services had seen demand increase, and programme directors were keen to alleviate student anxiety and stress. COVID-19 exacerbated this. Meeting wholly online, between March and September 2020, a small and…
Black History Month, a month (every October in the UK) to celebrate and remember what is considered a legacy of African-American (Black) excellence first originated in the United States in the 1970s. Since then, it has given birth to a global…
Within the LSHTM Archives Service we have begun to re-examine the way we work, the stories we tell and the role we can play in promoting different versions of history. This was originally inspired by the work of Lioba Hirsch, a LSHTM history research fellow working on a project…
