Subject: London School of Economics - Reference Request (REF:GA_00305119)
From: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2019 17:16:45 +0000

Request for Letter of Reference

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08/Dec/2019

Dear Mrs Barkalaia,

Tamar Bortsvadze, who is applying to a graduate programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science, has nominated you as a referee in support of an application for:

MSc in International Social and Public Policy (Research)

For information on LSE's programmes, please see our list of available programmes.

How to submit your reference online

When you click the link below you will be asked to complete a short questionnaire and to upload an existing reference from your computer (as a PDF, Word or similar file). Once complete, Tamar will be notified by email that you have submitted your reference.

If you are an academic referee from an institution that does not supply transcripts or mark sheets until graduation, and the applicant is a current student, please, if possible, comment in detail on the applicant's progress at university, including all his/her marks to date. We would be grateful for a candid reference that speaks with as much specificity as possible to the candidate’s academic suitability for the programmes applied to, his/her intellectual strengths and any limitations. If the applicant’s degree is in a quantitative subject, it is extremely helpful to our selectors if you are able to give some additional information on the modules included in the transcript, for example by including a synopsis of the course contents or by elaborating on their quantitative skills.

To supply your reference online, please click the link below (if clicking on the link doesn’t work, or if you encounter an error message, please copy and paste directly into your browser, as some email packages add characters to the address which breaks it):

https://evision.lse.ac.uk/urd/sits.urd/run/siw_sso.go?uL2JzuOSQVYfUMmqmrgAwA0ehoklcAj8xUBvzSCFW5DmltxbZZ

If you are unable to access the portal or experience any technical difficulties completing the form and copying/pasting the link above does not work, please submit the referee helpdesk form.

Deadline to submit this reference

Please submit your reference as soon as possible: applications will not be considered until both references have been submitted, and, as competition is intense and as LSE operates a rolling admissions system, places become limited very quickly.

Using a webmail account?

If you are using a general webmail account (rather than an official academic/company account), we need to verify that you are the true sender of the reference. If the applicant is successful, we will therefore ask that you supply an original signed version of your reference on official headed paper. You may, if you wish, choose to do this immediately as well as uploading your reference online. If you submit your reference by post only and do not use the online system, please be aware that the applicant will be unable to submit their application until we receive and process your reference. S/he will not be immediately aware that you have submitted their reference and may contact you again. Once we have processed your paper reference we will send an update to the applicant, which may take up to 5 working days.

To follow this route, please send to the address below an original signed version of your reference on headed paper, ensuring that it clearly bears the name of the applicant as it appears in the subject line of this email, and includes your signature. Please follow the guidance material on the relevant reference form:

Academic Reference Form

Professional Reference Form

LSE Graduate Admissions Office

London School of Economics

PO Box 13420

Houghton Street

London

WC2A 2AR

I am unable to provide a reference

If you are unable or unwilling to provide a reference for this applicant, please click the link below to decline this request. The applicant will be informed and asked to nominate a new referee.

https://evision.lse.ac.uk/urd/sits.urd/run/siw_sso.go?MpmEZQT7SWB9ATgopGF8jJSJ6vqVGXPowbiaPvprIV1awUlcYd

Technical support/Contact us

If you have any queries please call the LSE Graduate Admissions Office on +44 (0)20 7955 6799 or email us.

The London School of Economics and Political Science is very grateful to you for providing us with a reference: thank you for your help with Tamar's application.

Regards,

LSE Graduate Admissions Office