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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): | This year's Welcome address comes from Lord Victor Adebowale, a governor at LSE.

Lord Adebowale shares his thoughts on the importance of making positive change in the world, and what it means to belong at LSE.

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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.

Contributor(s): Professor Simon Hix, Dr Paul Stock, Professor Peter Trubowitz, Baroness Amos, Professor Fawaz Gerges, Professor Michael Jacobs, Dr Lisa McKenzie, Professor Robyn Eckersley, President Juan Manuel Santos | LSE was founded with the aim of understanding the causes of things and for the betterment of society. This ideal is still at the heart of LSE and we know whatever new challenges 2017 brings, our students will be prepared for bright futures in world-changing roles.

Contributor(s): LSE | This film celebrates LSE in 2015. What does 2016 hold for all of us?

Contributor(s): Amelia Thomson, Nadia Shamsad, Professor Paul Kelly, Jay Stoll, Kim Kooner, Sonia Thind, Professor Craig Calhoun, Revd Dr James Walters, Christopher Le Brun | LSE Faith Centre commissioned a new stained glass window reflecting the ancient tradition of the desert as a symbol of spiritual significance. Staff and students reflect on its meaning to them and their reactions to the Centre as a whole. President of the Royal Academy, Christopher Le Brun, then discusses his experience of designing the window.