The Beaver is the official newspaper of the LSE Students’ Union and has a strong tradition of independence from the Union and hard nosed intelligent reporting. Around 4,500 copies are published and distributed every Tuesday and 21 issues of the paper are published each academic year.

The paper includes News, Features, Sports, Comment&Analysis and an award-winning arts pullout PartB. The Beaver is governed by the Collective, a body of around 150 students who have written three or more pieces for the paper. The Collective democratically elects all of the paper’s editorial staff.

The paper is one of the UK’s most active student publications and counts itself among those at the forefront of student issues and campaigns.