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5 November 2009 |
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• The
penguin returns
When the much-loved penguin
mysteriously disappeared from campus
earlier this year, it left a gaping
hole at the heart of LSE. The 60lb
landmark, which had stood on the
same spot for years, became a source
of international media attention
after it was stolen from its plinth
in a suspected alcohol-related
incident.
We are delighted to announce that
the LSE penguin has now returned.
See this week's
Student News for an
exclusive interview.
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• LSE wins national recycling award for Zero Waste project
LSE has won a national award for its 'complete and comprehensive
approach' to recycling. The school picked up the Public Sector Recycling
Achievement Award at the National Recycling Awards 2009.
Judges at the ceremony praised LSE's Zero Waste project which they said
'thought of everything'. Chantal Beaudoin, Environmental Compliance and
Sustainable Waste Officer, said: 'We're delighted to have won this award. It
shows how partnerships and collaboration can bring great results.'
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• LSE: a history in pictures
On Tuesday 3 November, the first phase of 'LSE: a history in pictures'
went live on Flickr.
The project, funded by the Annual Fund, makes accessible a wide range of
historic photographs from across the archives for School and public use. So
far around 500 images from the archives have been digitised dating from the
1890's to the 1990's, and they cover a remarkable range of school life -
from staff and students, to buildings and special events.
The Flickr site is interactive and the team welcomes your comments or
memories inspired by the images. Any information that you have regarding the
pictures would also be appreciated - if the description on the site does not
include the names of people or the places in the photograph, it means that
there is no record of them in the archives.
The project is ongoing until May 2010 by which time there will be over
1000 images available.
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• Launch of LSE's new Catalan Observatory: a space for ideas
Howard Davies, Director of LSE, has launched the School's new Catalan
Observatory together with Roser Clavell, Secretary General of Patronat
Catalunya Món and Vice President for External Relations and Cooperation
of the Government of Catalunya.
The programme, a collaboration with Patronat Catalunya Món, will enable
key issues to be discussed by LSE academics and Catalan authorities. Led by
Professor Paul Preston and Dr Joan Costa-i-Font, it will see the exchange of
ideas on topics such as European health, Catalonian media trends, the
Catalan economy and economic competitiveness.
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• Wearing pink, eating cake and completing quizzes
Friday 30 October was ‘Wear it Pink’ day in support of the Breast
Cancer Campaign.
External Relations Division (ERD) and the Library jointly held a grand
cake sale and ‘Pink Quiz’ extravaganza. Between them, they raised over £320,
an excellent result.
A library trolley, disguised as a dessert trolley, delivered cakes baked
by 11 volunteer library bakers to each nearby office. The range of cakes was
impressive and varied and the joint first prize went to Rebecca Ursell (savoury
beetroot and blue cheese muffins) and Ina Sondermann (chocolate spice and
raspberry cake).
Thanks also to those who bought a pink quiz. Marking these produced a
slight dilemma, purely because several combined efforts were submitted.
Therefore, a prize will be given to the overall winners, the Library
Information Services consortium comprising - Michelle Blake, Rowena MacRae-Gibson,
Graham Camfield, Ed Fay, Maria Bell, Barbara Humphries, Dave Puplett and
Eugenia Gozalo-Velasco who, between the eight of them, only got one question
incorrect and another to the individual who scored highest, Warwick Smith,
who achieved a grand total of 75 out of 80 - brilliant work everybody. |
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 Notices
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• Staff
survey 2009
The School is about to launch a survey of all staff, open from Monday 16
November to Friday 11 December. Please take this opportunity to say what
could be better at the School.
For every survey completed, the School
will donate £1 to the Student Hardship Fund, so this is your chance to
support the students too.
You will receive an email on Monday 16 November which will give you the
link to the website at Bristol University where the survey is hosted. This
ensures that all responses are entirely confidential, and will only be
reported back at aggregate level.
LSE Director Howard Davies said: 'We want all staff to take part in the
2009 survey and give us your views on working here. This will help us to
continue to improve working life for staff, which in turn helps everyone to
perform better'.
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• Remembrance Day vigil - Wednesday 11 November
Remembrance Day is our chance to remember all those who have lost
their lives in any conflict, anywhere in the world. It falls at 11am every
11 November to commemorate the cessation of the First World War, and those
who died in that war and all wars since.
The Students' Union and the School will be holding a Remembrance Day
vigil starting at 10.50am by the plaque at the side of the Old Theatre (by
Student Services) on Wednesday 11 November.
Professor Janet Hartley, pro-director for teaching and learning, and
Chaplain Reverend David Peebles will say a few words, after which
there will be a two minute silence at 11am, the same time that others will
fall silent across the country.
Please come along to remember all those who have died and continue to die
in war.
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• Don't
get lost in the postal strikes
Confused by which services to use in the postal strikes? The friendly
team in the Post Room are here to help. They have put together a useful
guide of alternative postal services that can be used instead of Royal Mail.
The services that the Post Room provide are listed in a table
here. Where items are charged, they ask that you bring your budget
code along to the Post Room, otherwise they cannot send your item.
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• Nominations
to the Court of Governors invited
Nominations are now invited to the Court of Governors. The Court deals
with some constitutional matters and has influence in the School through
pre-decision discussions on key policy issues and the involvement of
individual Governors in the School's activities.
The School is looking for high calibre individuals capable of playing a
leading role in the School, not only through the Court's externally focused
strategic discussions about the future of the School, but also potentially
as a member of the Council and its committees.
Governors do not have to be alumni, but enthusiasm for the School and the
social sciences is essential. All relevant information and a downloadable
nomination form can be found
here.
Suggestions should be sent to Joan Poole in the Planning and Corporate
Policy Division at j.a.poole@lse.ac.uk
by Friday 20 November. Suggestions will be treated in confidence and
individuals should not be told at this stage that they may be under
consideration.
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• Special offers - 4th Floor Restaurant and Café Bar
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9-11am - Free tea with any of the following:
Hot cooked breakfast only £2.30
Health bar combo only £1.90
Danish pastry or croissant from 95p
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4-7pm - Special value evening meal only £2.90
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6-9pm - Free tortilla chips and dips when you spend over £5 on
drinks in the Café Bar
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• LSE welcomes....
Daniel Reeves joins the Department of International History as
project administrator and Mathew Betts joins the Department as
undergraduate programme administrator and department office manager.
Both started at LSE in mid October.
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 Research
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• Measuring the economic impact of a natural disaster
On 1 September 1923, an earthquake measuring 8.3 on the Richter scale
struck the main Japanese island of Honshū. What wasn't immediately
destroyed in the 4-10 minutes during which the ground shook was consumed
by fires which swept through the largely wooden buildings of Tokyo and
the port city of Yokohama - Japan's central import hub.
In a new short film Professor Janet Hunter, of the Department of Economic
History, looks at how the Japanese economy reacted to this disaster. Despite
the massive devastation and loss of life - as many as 140,000 died - one
extraordinary feature is how quickly the Japanese economy recovered. Within
two to three years, most of the large-scale indicators such as gross
domestic product, had reverted to trend. Indeed by 1926 it was, in many
respects, as if the earthquake had never occurred.
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• Research
opportunities
Candidates interested in applying for any of the opportunities below should
contact Michael Oliver in the
Research and Project Development Division at
m.oliver@lse.ac.uk or call ext 7962.
ESRC Knowledge Exchange Small Grants Scheme
Deadline: 3 December
The pilot scheme provides funding for social science PhD students,
researchers and knowledge transfer professionals to undertake knowledge
exchange and impact generating activity.
ESRC Follow-on Funding Scheme
Third call open 1 November 2009 - 28 January 2010
Follow-on funding to undertake additional knowledge transfer and impact
generation activities that can demonstrate the potential for significant
economic, social, policy and/or practice benefit(s).
ESRC Environmental and Social Ecology of Human Infectious Diseases
Deadline: 16 December
A ground-breaking initiative to establish novel inter-disciplinary
approaches to studying the ecology of infectious diseases.
The Research and Project Development Division maintains a regularly
updated list of
research funding opportunities for academic colleagues on their website.
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• RPDD
Research e-Briefing
Click
here
to read the October edition of the RPDD newsletter. To sign up
for research news, recent research funding opportunities, research awards
that are about to start, and examples of research outcomes, click
here. The next issue is out
at the end of November 2009.
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 Events
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• On your bike!
Thursday 12 November, 10am-3.30pm, Houghton Street
Sick of the hot, smelly tube, feeling a bit flabby or has that last
Oyster travel card taken you into the red?
A number of companies will be selling reconditioned and recycled bikes at
really affordable prices along with accessories for all your biking needs.
Dr Bike will also be paying us another visit to check over your bikes,
make small adjustments and advise on more major repairs.
Also…
- get your bike tagged
- join the bike competitions to bag yourself a great prize
- find out about bikeability and road safety courses
- sign up for a led bike ride from your halls
This event is part of the Future Proof project, encouraging
sustainability at LSE. More
information can be found at www.lsesu.com
or join the group on Facebook - LSE Students’ Union
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• Rwandan genocide survivors tell their stories through art
exhibition at LSE
Monday 9 November - Friday 18 December (Mon-Fri, 10am- 8pm)
Atrium Gallery, Old Building, LSE - Admission free
Heroes of Our Time: Rwandan Courage & Survival presents a history
of the 1994 Rwandan genocide and focuses on the situation in Rwanda today
through the stories of four heroic survivors - Siméon Karamaga, Daphrose
Mukangarambe, Cassien Mbanda and Ange Cendrine Mukayitesi.
Through personal testimony, imagery and film, the exhibition conveys the
history of Rwanda, setting the context as to how the colonial years sowed
the seeds for the genocide in which one million Tutsis, and a number of
moderate Hutus, were killed in 100 days.
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• On
Liberty - a celebration and an exploration of aspects of the life,
career and thought of J S Mill
Saturday 14 November at 9.30am-4pm
The Archives Division are jointly hosting this one day seminar, along
with the Liberal Democrat History Group and the British Liberal Political
Studies Group, to mark the 150th anniversary of the publication of On
Liberty, John Stuart Mill’s most important and enduring work.
Further details of the programme can be found
here.
To book a place, contact the Archives Division in the Library on ext 7223 or
email document@lse.ac.uk
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 60
Second Interview
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• with.....
Stryker McGuire
Eminent Newsweek journalist Stryker McGuire has been appointed to edit three issues of a new magazine designed to showcase LSE research.
Can you tell us about the new
magazine?
The magazine is about giving a
special platform to LSE research and
to make the work of the School's
researchers known not
just to the LSE community but also
to a high-level readership of
policy-makers and opinion-formers in
the UK and abroad.
Can anybody write for it?
Anybody can write for it as long
as what they write has a bearing on
LSE research. And it won't be just
about written articles. It will
include interviews and debate as
well.
What is your specialist area
of work?
I'm a journalist by profession. I
worked for Newsweek magazine
for three decades as a reporter,
writer, bureau chief and editor. I
came to London in 1996 and ran
Newsweek's bureau here for 12
years.
When did you come to LSE and
why?
I started in October. As a
journalist, I've spent a good part
of my life learning a little about a
lot of things. One of the things
that appeals to me about LSE,
and about editing this magazine, is
the ability to spend time with
people who have a really deep
knowledge of their subject.
If you met the UK prime
minister and you could only ask one
question, what would you ask him?
I'll be a little disingenuous
here and say that I'd ask him to
write a piece for the new magazine.
Indeed, I have asked him that very
question.
What do you think happened to
the LSE penguin?
Speaking of the prime minister...
the poor man gets blamed for
everything these days. If it wasn't
Gordon Brown who absconded with the
penguin, it surely was Tony Blair.
The important thing is the penguin's
back. We should move on.
If you would like more
information about the new research
magazine, contact
Stryker at
s.mcguire@lse.ac.uk or on ext
5501. |
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 Training
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• Academic,
personal and professional development courses for LSE staff
Courses on offer next week include:
- Monday 9 November
Excel 2003: essential formulas and functions
Going beyond Google: advanced use of the internet
- Tuesday 10 November
Endnote: manage your references
- Wednesday 11 November
Introduction to database structure and design
Meditation
Using online sources for literature reviews
- Thursday 12 November
Managing Internet Resources: introduction to social bookmarking
Introduction to the data library
- Friday 13 November
LSE Enterprise open day
Endnote: manage your references
For a full listing of what is available and further details, including
booking information please see
www.lse.ac.uk/training |
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 Media
bites
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• Guardian
(3 November)
Beyond the blame culture
'When child protection fails, we need a system of accountability that
asks not who, but why.'
Article by Eileen Munro, Professor of Social Policy at LSE.
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• Wall
Street Journal (3 November)
Crisis compels economists to reach for new paradigm
The models 'were not able to draw up the red flags,' says Tim Besley, a
professor at LSE who served on the Bank of England's policy-making
committee until recently.
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• BBC Radio 4 (2 November)
Analysis
Professor Danny Quah took part in an examination of why economists were
caught out by the worldwide recession.
'The global economic crisis has changed dramatically the course on the
surface because the facts that I use, the puzzles that I pose, the
correlations and events that I talk about – a lot of them turn on the
things that have emerged in the current financial global crisis but I
think all of this again goes back to more enduring macro economic
ideas.'
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