Thanks to the 200 academics from all over LSE who worked with us last year, LSE Enterprise was able to hand over its largest ever cheque, £1.98 million, to the School this week.
LSE Enterprise is a subsidiary of LSE, returning all its profits to the School and supplementing academic salaries by almost £3 million in the 2008-9 financial year.
Projects in 2009 took place in 16 countries, with over 150 organisations. To name just a few, colleagues got involved in:
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teaching economics for foreign policy to Foreign Office staff
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running a ten-week course for Basque government students on European economic and political issues
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training policy makers from the Vietnamese Government in globalisation and public sector reform
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producing reports for the British Academy on how humanities and social science research can be better used by decision makers
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providing expertise on carbon market regulation
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producing the Development and Transition Newsletter for the UNDP
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undertaking research on IT efficiency
We will be based on the eighth floor of Tower Three from June and look forward to working with more of you in 2010 – visit lse.ac.uk/privatework for the latest opportunities.