History of the London School of Economics
The history of the London School of Economics dates from 1895, when the School was founded by Fabian Society members Sidney and Beatrice Webb, Graham Wallas, and George Bernard Shaw, with funding provided by private philanthropy, including a bequest of £20,000 from Henry Hunt Hutchinson to the Fabian Society.
London School of Economics
In overall national rankings, the LSE consistently places as a top 15 University, ranking 3rd in the "Complete University Guide 2017", 12th in the "Guardian University Guide 2017" and 8th in the "Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide 2017", placing it 7th in the Times Higher Education Table of Tables 2017. The LSE also ranked 3rd overall in the "Sunday Times University Guide" cumulative ranking over a ten-year period (1998–2007). LSE is one of only eight universities (along with the other members of the G5, Bath, St Andrews and Warwick) to have never left the top 15 in one of the three main domestic rankings between 2008–2017. According to data released by the Department for Education in 2018, LSE was rated as the best university for boosting graduate earnings, with male graduates seeing a 47.2% increase in earnings and female graduates seeing a 38.2% increase in earnings compared to the average graduate.