Editing London School of Economics (section)

====Endowment====

The LSE is aiming to increase the size of its endowment fund to more than £1bn, which would make it one of the best resourced institutions in the UK and the world. The effort was initiated in 2016 by Lord Myners, then chairman of the LSE's Council and Court of Governors. The plan includes working with wealthy alumni of LSE to make large contributions, increasing the annual budget surplus, and launching a new, widescale alumni donor campaign. The plan to grow LSE's endowment to more than £1bn has been continued by Lord Myners' successors at the LSE.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/83554b84-a8a9-11e5-955c-1e1d6de94879 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/83554b84-a8a9-11e5-955c-1e1d6de94879 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |title=LSE looks to boost endowment fund to £1bn |website=Financial Times |date=4 January 2016 |access-date=21 August 2017}}</ref> The LSE stated in 2016 that currently "limited endowment funding constrains our ability to offer 'needs blind' admission to students".<ref name="financial statement 2016">{{cite web|title=Financial Statements|url=https://info.lse.ac.uk/staff/divisions/Finance-Division/annual-accounts/financial-statements|access-date=27 May 2021|website=London School of Economics and Political Science|archive-date=27 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210527115959/https://info.lse.ac.uk/staff/divisions/Finance-Division/annual-accounts/financial-statements|url-status=live}}</ref> In the ten-year period between 2015 and 2024, the endowment more than doubled from £113 million to £255 million, making it the [[List of UK universities by endowment|sixth-largest endowment]] of any university in the UK.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://info.lse.ac.uk/staff/divisions/Finance-Division/assets/annual-accounts/PDF/2014-15-FinancialStatements-FINAL-for-PUBLICATION-1.pdf | title = Financial Statements for the Year to 31 July 2015 | access-date = 22 December 2015 | publisher = London School of Economics | page = 22 | archive-date = 7 June 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230607133146/https://info.lse.ac.uk/staff/divisions/Finance-Division/assets/annual-accounts/PDF/2014-15-FinancialStatements-FINAL-for-PUBLICATION-1.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="LSE Financial Statement 23/24"/> Analysis of university accounts by ''[[Times Higher Education]]'' found that the LSE came third for fundraising in 2023–24 among the 119 members of [[Universities UK]], with £49.3 million in donations and new endowments, behind only Oxford and Cambridge.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/oxford-and-cambridge-extend-uk-sector-fundraising-dominance|title=Oxford and Cambridge extend UK sector fundraising dominance|date=12 March 2025|last=Jack|first=Patrick|work=Times Higher Education}}</ref>