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11 February 2010 |
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• LSE
Image Bank launched online
Looking for ways to illustrate your web pages? The search for images has
just got easier with the launch of the LSE Image Bank. This new online
resource contains over 3,100 pictures by School photographer Nigel Stead and
has been jointly developed by the Press and Information Office, Design Unit,
Web Services and Database Services.
Web editors can now access a wide range of images to use on the LSE
website. These range from buildings and campus landmarks to photographs of
students, staff and many of the high profile speakers from LSE's public
events programme. There are also a growing number of 'generic' or
'conceptual' photographs, illustrating broad concepts such as 'health',
'retail' or the 'environment'.
The photographs are accessible through a search facility using keywords
taken from the full description of the photographs. All individuals on
the Image Bank have agreed to the use of their photographs on the LSE
website so the pictures can be used as and when you need. For more
information and to browse the online catalogue, click
here.
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• LSE
professor receives distinguished academic award
Professor Richard Macve, professor of accounting at LSE, has received the
2010 Distinguished Academic Award from the British Accounting Association
(BAA).
The award is made annually to an individual who has made a substantial
and direct contribution, through research, teaching and public service, to
UK academic accounting and finance life.
Professor Macve said: ‘I am very pleased and honoured to receive this
recognition from my UK peers. I’m proud to join the roll-call of LSE
professors who have received this award, which includes Anthony Hopwood and
Michael Bromwich, alongside the BAA Lifetime Achievement Awards that were
made to Will Baxter, Harold Edey and Susan Dev.’
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• Teams
wanted for Green Impact project
LSE is one of 23 universities taking part in Green Impact - a two year
project aiming to encourage environmental good practice across
departments and
institutions. The School is now looking for teams to sign up to the project.
Green Impact was piloted at Bristol University last year with positive
results - including a 60 per cent switch to recycled A4 white copier paper. The
project will run for two years and LSE is currently signing up teams to
examine their department's practices and assess their existing
achievements. All staff can participate but they must do so as part of a
team and be willing to participate over two years. Teams will examine
environmental practices within their departments, identify and encourage
good practice and develop simple and practical office procedures. This work
will ultimately support and improve LSE's School-wide Environmental Policy.
The definition of teams is flexible - a team might be a mix of staff or
students and could even be cross-departmental. Teams would be given a
workbook to fill in in the first instance. Work will be at your own pace and
can focus on areas of interest to you. Six teams have so far expressed
interest but there is still time to become involved.
Teams will first be asked to complete an online survey and briefing
meetings will be held on 26 February at 12 and 1pm and 1 March at 1pm in New
Court. These will be mainly on completing the workbook but are also open to
people interested in finding out more about Green Impact.
More on Green Impact at
www.eauc.org.uk/green_impact
More on LSE's sustainability work at
www.lse.ac.uk/collections/environment/
For more information, please contact Fei Conteh at
f.conteh@lse.ac.uk, by mid-February.
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• Twitter champs
LSE Public Events have topped the
UK University
Twitterleague. The league, which is based on the number of followers
each University twitter site has, puts
LSE Events ahead of
Cambridge University, with LSE having over 5,900 followers to Cambridge’s
4,468 followers.
The School also has another Twitter victory with Charlie Beckett,
director of Polis at LSE, racking up over 2,000 followers for
his twitter site, which
puts him higher than most UK universities in the Twitterleague.
Congratulations to both LSE Events and Charlie. In other Twitter news,
the LSE Information Systems and Innovation Group have announced they are
also on Twitter. You can get details of new working papers, videos and
other teaching and research material, news of workshops, seminars and
conferences, as well as vacant posts and new courses. Find them at
https://twitter.com/lseisig
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• LSE students unite for a 'timeless' success
The third annual production of the LSE cultural show Timeless! was
staged at the weekend, raising over £10,000 for
its two chosen charities.
This year’s show was a dancing, acting, and singing extravaganza, telling
the story of an investment banker from LSE who is transported to the ‘World
of the Beat’. The show involved 200 students and pulled in an audience of
over 1,400 people.
The money raised from this year’s show will go to the Kids Company
in London and Invisible Children in Uganda. Kids Company aims to provide practical, emotional
and educational support to vulnerable inner-city children and young people,
while Invisible Children uses the power of media to inspire young people to
help end the conflict in Central East Africa.
Filipe Martins, producer of this year's show, said: ‘Timeless!
brought together over 200 LSE students from all corners of the world, who
came together to do something really groundbreaking. On the day, we weren't
even given a chance to rehearse on stage, because all the lighting and
technical arrangements had to be done, so seeing something amazing coming
from "amateur" students really was fantastic. There were plenty of hugs and
hi-fives backstage, with all of us coming together to support each other. We
really hope the spirit of friendship and global citizenship from this year's
show will spread to future productions of Timeless!’
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• BIOS News
Professor Nikolas Rose will give the opening address to the Trieste 2010
International Meeting, What is 'Mental Health?' Towards a global
network of community health, which takes place in Trieste from 9-13 February
2010. His talk is entitled 'All in the brain? The new territory of
psychiatry' and will present some findings from his ESRC funded research
programme on Brain, Self and Society in the 21st Century.
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• LSE:
a history in pictures - picture of the month
Drama Society members in the first floor common room, 1951.
For more pictures like this, visit
www.flickr.com/photos/lselibrary/
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• LSE perspectives
February's photograph submissions to
LSE Perspectives are now online. Contributions include this photo taken
by Julie Lin Ji, a graduate student in the Institute of Social Psychology.
It was taken at the Gulfoss waterfall, south Iceland, in December
2009.
Julie said: 'The Icelandic winter is harsh and surreal. I wanted to
capture the beauty and pristine serenity of the half-frozen Gulfoss
waterfall in winter, through the close-up perspective of frozen grass.'
For more information on how to submit a picture click
here.
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• Helping Haiti
The LSE Events team raised £1,750 from
donations taken over two weeks at LSE public lectures and events. Many thanks to
everyone who donated.
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 Notices
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• Deadline
for Summer term Events leaflet approaching
If you are organising an event and want it listed in the Summer term
Events leaflet please send the following details to
pressoffice@lse.ac.uk by
Wednesday 17 February.
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Date, time (from and to) and venue
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Banner - e.g. Department of Economics public lecture
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Title
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Speaker's title and name
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Short blurb about the event (20-25 words)
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Short biog on speaker (15 words)
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Contact details if not being handled by Conferences as part of the
Public Lecture Programme
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A high resolution image of the speaker if possible
Please note that the Press and Information Office need this information even
if you have sent a Public Lecture Form to Conferences and Events. Any
questions, please contact Danny O'Connor on ext 7417 or email
pressoffice@lse.ac.uk
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• Staff
portrait dates
Nigel Stead, School photographer, will be holding a staff portrait
photo session on Monday 15 February. The session will
be held in room A22 from 11am-1pm and 2-4pm.
New staff (or old staff who need to update their existing pictures) can
turn up at any time in the given time slots and there is no need to book.
All pictures are in colour and in a digital format and will be supplied to each
department/centre on a CD. Hard copy prints will not be provided. Pictures
will be sent after post production, which can take up to two weeks after the
shoot.
The cost is £15 per head charged to the department/centre and staff are
asked to bring their budget codes with them on the day. For more information, contact Nigel Stead at
n.stead@lse.ac.uk
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• Library book sale
Monday 15 and Tuesday 16 February, 10am-4pm,
R301 (third floor of the Library)
With books on sale at only £1 each, the annual Library book sale is a
great opportunity to grab yourself a bargain and enhance your book
collection.
Plus you will also be helping the Library to clear its storage of
excess gifts and outdated editions of textbooks that have been removed from
the collection.
Make sure you don’t forget to bring a big bag!
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• Meeting
with senior staff
Adrian Hall's termly meeting with senior staff will take place on
Wednesday 17 February at 10am in the Vera Anstey Room.
The meeting will cover the following topics:
- Internal audit and its importance for managers
- An update on the work of the Staff Consultative Council
- Stress/wellbeing issues
- Some preliminary results from the 2009 staff survey
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• Online recruitment system - introduction phase
The Human Resources Division would like to thank all departments that
took part in the pilot phase of the online recruitment system.
Following the pilot, the new system was introduced to the School on
Monday 8 February for all academic support vacancies and in July 2010 for
all academic and research vacancies.
To log in to the system, visit the
Online Recruitment Project page. Please note that you should use your
existing LSE username and password to log in.
If you experience any problems getting access, contact the Recruitment Team on
020 7955 6217. If you have any feedback or questions, please contact Sofia Avgerinou at s.avgerinou@lse.ac.uk,
Sarah Pedder at s.pedder@lse.ac.uk,
or Krushna Vekariya at
k.vekariya@lse.ac.uk
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• Raising
money for the DEC Haiti fund
Buy tickets for this charity raffle to be in with the chance of winning
a 12 month free membership with LA Fitness at the Waldorf Hotel, plus you'll
be helping to raise much needed money for the DEC Haiti fund.
Tickets are £2 each and can be bought from the HR Division in W100.
Alternatively a member of the Staff Development Unit will be visiting the
departments over the next few weeks selling tickets. All proceeds will be
donated to the DEC Haiti fund.
The winning raffle ticket will be drawn on 3 March. For further information,
contact Amy Mamawag at a.mamawag@lse.ac.uk
or on ext 5223.
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• Win
a £50 gift card
The LSE Enterprise survey will close on Monday 15 February. Please take this
chance to tell us how we can best work with you - and win a £50 Waterstones
gift card.
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• Do you need cash for your business idea?
The BBC are currently searching for
business ideas, inventions or products with serious business potential
that are investment-ready and looking for funding, for the
new series of Dragons' Den.
Dragons' Den gives entrepreneurs the chance to pitch their proposals to a
panel of the UK's most successful business people, who have pledged to
invest their own money in the best ideas.
If you are an entrepreneur, with a fantastic business idea or product
that is investment-ready, then the BBC want to hear from you.
For an application form, email
dragonsden@bbc.co.uk or visit
www.bbc.co.uk/dragonsden
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 Research
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• New
LSE study on online child safety is first of its kind
LSE is launching the first ever EU-wide survey which asks young people
directly about their experiences of internet safety.
To coincide with today's European 'safer internet day,' the EU Kids
Online project II, coordinated by LSE, has announced it will survey 25,000
young people across Europe about their experiences and perceptions of risks
online.
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• Research
proves that prevention is cheaper than cure
Pioneering research from the Personal and Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU)
at LSE and the University of Kent has revealed that investment in preventive
social care services more than pays for itself in savings to the NHS. For
every additional £1 spent on such services to support older people,
hospitals save around £1.20 in spending on emergency beds.
Launching the PSSRU report on 18 January, health secretary Andy Burnham
said it made a 'powerful and persuasive argument for putting prevention
first - not first out the door.'
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• Discussion paper from CARR
CARR has published a discussion paper by Erika Mansnerus, British Academy
postdoctoral fellow at the University of Cambridge, entitled Silence of
Evidence in the Case of Pandemic Influenza Risk Assessment. The paper
studies the tension that remains in decision-making processes during a
pandemic when evidence is weak or 'silent'.
To download the paper, click
here.
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• Research
opportunities
Candidates interested in applying for any research opportunities should
contact Michael Oliver in the
Research and Project Development Division at
m.oliver@lse.ac.uk or call ext 7962.
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 January 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 February 2010.
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 Events
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• Upcoming LSE events include....
Renewing the Left's ideology: what should be the principles and goals of the
centre-Left today?
On: Monday 15 February at 6.30-8pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speaker: James Purnell MP
How rich are the baby boomers and how poor are their children?
On: Tuesday 16 February at 6.30-8pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speaker: David Willetts MP
Jimmy Stewart Is Dead -- Ending the World's Ongoing Financial Plague with
Limited Purpose Banking
On: Wednesday 17 February at 6-7.30pm in the New Theatre, East
Building
Speaker: Professor Laurence J Kotlikoff
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• Listen to LSE's latest podcasts of
public lectures and events
You are not a gadget
On: Tuesday 2 February at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Jaron Lanier
Click here to listen
Doldrums to Downing Street? The Conservative Party's long journey from
opposition to the brink of office
On: Wednesday 3 February at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Tim Bale
Click here to listen
Europe - the traitor's kiss
On: Thursday 4 February at 6.30pm in the New Theatre, East Building
Speaker: Chris Bryant MP
Click here to listen
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• LSE Global Governance official launch -
21st Century Challenges: how global crises provide the opportunity to
transform the world
Tuesday 16 February at 6.30-8pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speakers: Professor Lord Anthony Giddens, Professor David Held,
Professor Mary Kaldor, and Professor Danny Quah
The world now confronts crises unique in their global character.
Distinguished LSE experts from the fields of climate policy, global
politics, security and economics argue these crises provide an opportunity
to transform the world and to build capacity for responding to extreme
global challenges now and in the future.
This event will mark the launch of the centre under the new name of LSE
Global Governance. The event is free and open to all with no ticket
required.
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• Human Rights Do Not Make Global
Democracy
Tuesday 16 February at 1-2pm in room M101
Speaker: Eva Erman
Global Governance lunchtime seminar series
Eva Erman is senior lecturer of political science at Stockholm University
and a visiting fellow at Global Governance, LSE. Her research interests are
in political philosophy and political theory, with particular focus on
democratic theory, global justice, human rights and global governance.
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• A Pinhole Exhibition: Tinned Cities by fotolateras
16-23 February, Atrium Gallery, Old Building
Open Monday-Friday, 10am-8pm
fotolateras.com and their collection Tinned Cities are bringing a
different view of urban spaces to LSE. In 2007, photographers Lola Barcia y
Marinela Focadell created fotolateras, a project which returns to
photography's roots: light enters through a tiny hole impressing the image
on a photosensitive paper. In this digital era, fotolateras 'cook' their
photographs inside metal tins of cookies, coffee, tea, without a lens,
viewfinder or even a shutter.
A pinhole exhibition: Tinned Cities is part of a multidisciplinary
project integrating art, marketing research and Spanish language for social
sciences. This project is part of the well established collaboration between
the Spanish section of the LSE Language Centre and the Marketing Research
Department of the University of Valencia, Spain.
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• Counter-Composition: conversations on ethics
Wednesday 17 February at 6.30-8pm in the Wolfson Theatre, New
Academic Building
In this lecture, philosopher Alex Voorhoeve and photographer Steve Pyke
will discuss the book which they collaborated on, Conversations on
Ethics, which collects dialogues with and portraits of eleven
leading thinkers.
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a
first come, first served basis. For more information, email
arts@lse.ac.uk or phone 020 7955 6043.
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• Music@LSE - Doric String Quartet with Alasdair Beatson (piano)
Thursday 18 February at 1.05-2pm in the Shaw Library, Old
Building
The Doric is now firmly established as one of the outstanding quartets
of their generation and for this concert, they have teamed up with a
fine pianist to play one of the greatest chamber works of the 19th
century.
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 60
Second Interview
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• with..... Helen Thompson, cashier in the Senior Dining Room (5th floor restaurant, Old Building)
I have been at LSE for 36 years.
Before coming to LSE, I worked in a
pub in Covent Garden. I enjoy doing
quizzes and spending time with my
three grandchildren. Not many people
know this, but LSE once nominated me
to attend a garden party at
Buckingham Palace, which I did,
taking my best friend Lesley from
the 4th floor restaurant along with
me.
What has been your most
embarrassing incident so far?
My most
embarrassing moment was when I was a
competitor on the TV programme
The Weakest Link, and Anne
Robinson made me sing - I can't sing
at all.
What is the best part of your job
at LSE?
The best part
of my job is meeting the different
people who come to the till and the
variety of the work.
Where in the world have you
always wanted to go but never quite
made it…..yet?
China would be
nice. I have been to Asia a couple
of times but have never made it
there.
What did you want to be when you
grew up?
I wanted to be a vet but I couldn't
bear the thought of having to put
animals to sleep.
What is your favourite biscuit?
Any really, I'm not fussy with
biscuits.
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 Training
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• Staff Development training courses
Courses taking place in February include:
- Rapid reading
Tuesday 16 February, 9.30am-4.45pm
Led by Kathryn Redway
- Using creativity when solving problems
Wednesday 17 February, 9.30am-4.45pm
Led by Kathryn Redway
- Improve your CV
Thursday 18 February, 10am-1pm
Led by Gary Woodward
- Interview skills
Thursday 18 February, 2-5pm
Led by Gary Woodward
- Effective writing at work
Friday 19 February, 10am-4pm
Led by Gary Woodward
- Developing personal resilience
Tuesday 23 February, 9.30am-5pm
Led by Dr Angela Brown
- Assertive communication
Friday 26 February, 10am-5pm
Led by Alison Cumpsty
For more information on any of these courses, click
here.
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• Academic,
personal and professional development courses for staff
Courses on offer next week include:
- Monday 15 February
Meditation
- Tuesday 16 February
Using online communication tools
Writing conference papers and journal articles (PhD only)
- Wednesday 17 February
Excel 2003: essential formulas and functions
- Thursday 18 February
Access 2003: working with database objects and data
- Friday 19 February
Introduction to Twitter and micro-blogging
Word 2003: useful features and shortcuts
For a full listing of what is available and further details, including
booking information please see
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 Media
bites
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• Daily
Express (11 February)
Food, travel and heating costs to soar in oil crisis
Households face rocketing food, heating and travel costs within five
years because of a global oil supply crisis. Sir Richard Branson and
other business leaders warn that the impact of an oil crunch on the UK
could be even more devastating than the recession. In a report they
predict world oil shortages and price spikes hitting as early as 2015.
Dr Robert Falkner of LSE, who compiled part of the report, said: 'A rise
in living costs in the form of higher travel and transport costs and
consumer prices is firmly on the agenda.'
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• CNBC (10 February)
Does
Greece have the political willpower?
The Greek government will have to keep true to its promise of austerity,
Professor Thanos Veremis from LSE said. 'They will have to face the
music because this is the crunch.' He considers whether it will be a
euro bond or the IMF that will save Greece, but says the onus is on the
country to fix its problems first.
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• Evening
Standard (10 February)
Ministers should hold meeting with Queen every month
A panel, headed by Professor Tim Besley of LSE, believes that Whitehall
departments will remain vigilant to another economic crisis if ministers
have to account for themselves to the monarch. They proposed the
solution after the Queen, on a visit to LSE in November 2008, stumped
academics by asking why nobody had spotted the looming credit crunch.
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