If you miss two in a row, you receive a letter and your tutor finds out. Although this does not sound very frightening, it may count against you when it comes to signing your exam form that enables to sit your exams. Some tutors will not sign your exam form if you have not gone to most your classes and done the required essays. Each student is assigned a personal tutor, who is supposed to oversee your academic and personal problems. If you don't like your tutor it is possible to change by contacting your Head of Department.
Tutors are very much a 'mixed bag', some are good and some a really crap.
But, it is worth making the effort with your tutor, as they put you in for exams, and write your job references. Exams Most courses at the LSE are assessed through a three hour exam at the end of the year. This counts as one ninth of your final mark. Also, if you fail a compulsory course for your degree, you may be required to sit the exam again in the following year along side your second year exams. If you have any problems of an academic nature, it is important that you speak to Louise Proudlove, the Education and Welfare Officer.