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25 February 2010 |
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• First prize in Doctoral Thesis Competition
Simona Milio, a former LSE PhD student and now associate director of LSE’s
Economic Social Cohesion Laboratory, has been awarded first prize in the
Doctoral Thesis Competition on Local and Regional Authorities in the
European Union, launched by the Committee of the Regions.
Simona’s thesis, entitled Explaining Differences in Regional Performance:
administrative capacity and political factors, was considered the best
of the 82 theses submitted across Europe. Her thesis was unanimously
chosen by the selection committee who explained: ‘not only is it concerned
with a topic that is highly relevant for many local and regional authorities
in the European Union - the implementation of European funding - but it also
demonstrates an excellent level of scientific work and provides clear
conclusions that support the initial hypothesis, that administrative
capacity is positively correlated to the success of Structural Funds
implementation.’
Simona said: ‘This prize has been a great recognition of my work. It has
been possible thanks to the professional and academic support I received
throughout my studying at LSE from both PhD fellows and members of staff.’
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• Dragons
lie in wait as LSE students get down to serious business
A project to help ordinary people create adverts for big corporations and
a scheme that would allow shoppers to donate their loyalty card earnings to
charity are among the innovative ideas which students are hoping will
impress business dragons in an event at LSE.
Pitch It! is a competition for teams of entrepreneurs competing to win a
£1,000 prize for the best idea and business plan.
Six teams who have made the final will each have seven minutes to
present their idea to a panel of business experts, including one regular
from the BBC series Dragons’ Den. They will also have to take questions from
the judges about their business plans before the event’s audience gets a
chance to vote for a winner.
The event is organised by LSE Careers in association with the Students’
Union society, LSE Entrepreneurs. The grand final, which everyone is
welcome to attend, takes place on Tuesday 2 March. To book your ticket,
visit 'My Careers Service' at
careers.lse.ac.uk.
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• News from CARR
Professor Michael Power, research theme director at CARR, gave a
plenary address on risk governance to the Corporate Governance Network
of Institutional Investors on Tuesday 23 February.
He will also be presenting a paper entitled Building the Audit
Reporting Pyramid: a discussion document to the Audit Practices Board of
the Financial Reporting Council on Thursday 25 February.
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 Notices
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• LSE
and London
LSE is at the heart of London in many different ways. A new publication,
LSE and London, sets out the extent of the School's engagement with
the capital. It charts its work with London schools, from student tutoring
and shadowing schemes to summer schools. It also showcases the research,
such as that from LSE London, that helps the capital make sense of itself.
And it lists the many ways in which the School is a resource for London,
from its public events programme to its language centre, summer schools and
library.
If you would like copies, please email
pressoffice@lse.ac.uk or call ext
7060. You can also download a PDF copy
here.
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• Single
Equality Scheme road shows - get involved and have your say
LSE is preparing its first Single Equality Scheme (SES), which will set out
how the School intends to tackle discrimination and harassment and promote
equality for its staff, students and service users. It will also explain how
the School will meet its statutory duties to promote equality across all
areas.
Ahead of the scheme, Carolyn Solomon-Pryce, LSE’s diversity advisor, needs
your help to fully understand the equality and diversity needs within the
School. Your input will help to shape the SES and set out clear equality and
diversity priorities for the next three years.
Carolyn will be holding three road shows next month, specifically for
academic staff to give their views and comments and also ask any questions.
The road shows will be held on:
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Tuesday 16 March at 11-12.30pm in U500, Tower One
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Thursday 18 March at 11-12.30pm in U500, Tower One
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Friday 19 March at 11-12.30pm in U500, Tower One
Further road shows aimed at all other staff will be held at a later date.
If you would like to attend any of the above road shows, please contact
Carolyn at
c.solomon-pryce@lse.ac.uk to reserve your place.
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• Spanish in motion
The Language Centre invites you to the final Spanish in Motion session
of this academic year.
On Tuesday 2 March, the centre will be screening East of Havana
by the Cuban-American film makers Jauretsi Saizarbitoria and Emilia
Menocal (82”, 2006, in Spanish with English subtitles).
This controversial documentary, produced by actress Charlize Theron, is
a close-up of the lives of three young rappers compelled to address
their generation’s future from the confines of a Cuban ghetto.
After the film, there will be a Q&A session with Dr Elvira
Anton-Carrillo, senior lecturer at Roehampton University.
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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 at 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 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
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 Research
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• CentrePiece magazine
The Winter 2009-10 issue of
CentrePiece magazine is now available, highlighting new research
from the Centre for Economic Performance.
Articles include:
- Doomsday Cycle: Peter Boone and Simon Johnson describe a
‘doomsday cycle’ that could lead to economic disaster after the next
financial crisis
- Swedish Schools: importing the Swedish model may not make
much difference to the UK’s educational status quo, according to
Helena Holmlund and Sandra McNally
- Iraq War: Radha Iyengar examines the public debate about
the pros and cons that may undermine military strategy
- Job Guarantee: Richard Layard and Paul Gregg argue the
need to tackle long-term unemployment before it’s too late
- Energy Efficiency: better-managed UK firms are less
energy-intensive concludes Nick Bloom
- UK Immigration: Alan Manning finds that second-generation
immigrants do better than their parents
- Brazilian Oil Windfalls: there are few benefits for local
communities’ living standards, claim Francesco Caselli and Guy
Michaels
- NHS Management: better-managed hospitals have better
clinical outcomes according to John Van Reenen
- UK Inequality: Stephen Machin finds that the poorest half
of the income distribution are better off since 1996-7
PDFs of these articles can be found
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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• Don't miss out....
Tickets are now available for
Driving Change While Maintaining Momentum, a lecture by chief operating
officer of Microsoft Kevin Turner on Wednesday 3 March.
The past year has been turbulent for every business world-wide. Microsoft
has faced its own particular challenges head on, to adapt to changing market
conditions while maintaining momentum for growth and innovation, as well as
helping its customers to do the same.
In this lecture, Kevin Turner will share his experience at the
operational helm of this global organisation, and his unique insight on how
one of the world's largest companies stays nimble and encourages excellence.
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• Other upcoming events include....
Top Incomes in the Long Run of History
On: Monday 1 March at 6.30-8pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Sir Tony Atkinson
Studying Islam Across Times and Place: how to compare?
On: Tuesday 2 March at 6.30-8pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speaker: Professor John Bowen
The Future Development of International Criminal Justice: an
interdisciplinary approach
On: Friday 5 March at 11-12noon
Speaker: Sang-Hyun Song
Tickets released at 10am on Thursday 25 February
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• Podcasts of public lectures and events
Renewing the Left's ideology: what should be the principles and goals of
the centre-Left today?
Monday 15 February, 6.30pm, Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Speaker: James Purnell
Click here to listen
How rich are the baby boomers and how poor are their children?
Tuesday 16 February, 6.30pm, Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Speaker: David Willetts MP
Click here to listen
Jimmy Stewart is Dead: ending the World's ongoing financial plague with
limited purpose banking
Wednesday 17 February, 6pm, New Theatre, East Building
Speaker: Professor Laurence J Kotlikoff
Click here to listen
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• Delivering full and equal citizenship to the Palestinian
minority inside Israel
Friday 26 February, 6.30-8pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic
Building
Speakers: Sharif Hamadeh,
former advisor to the PLO’s Negotiations Affairs Department,
Professor Manuel Hassassian, Palestinian ambassador to the UK,
and
Ilan Pappé, history professor at Exeter University
This lecture will explore some of the main challenges facing Israel’s
Arab minorities and will address what needs to be done to deliver equality.
These challenges include community relations, housing, education, economic
development, employment, women’s rights, political representation and
policing. The speakers will also examine Israel’s relations with the
international community and its neighbouring Arab countries. This event is
free and open to LSE staff and student card holders only with no ticket
required.
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• LSE Photo Prize Exhibition 2010: risk
Monday 1 March - Friday 2 April, Atrium Gallery, Old Building
Mon-Fri, 10am- 8pm
Opening next week, the LSE Photo Prize Exhibition celebrates the
creativity of LSE’s students and staff. This year’s exhibition is the first
to have a theme which focuses on ‘risk’. Over 80 entrants submitted more
than 180 photographs, with selectors choosing 22 images to be included in
the exhibition.
A reception will be held in the Atrium Gallery on Tuesday 2 March at 7pm,
at which awards for the best submissions will be presented by Howard Davies,
Director of LSE.
For more information on the exhibition, visit
www.lse.ac.uk/arts or email
arts@lse.ac.uk
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• Contesting International Statebuilding: the case of
post-conflict Bosnia
Tuesday 2 March, 1-2pm, room M101
Speaker: Outi Keranen
Outi Keranen is doing doctoral research in the International Relations
Department at LSE. Her thesis examines local contestation to the
international community's state building in post-conflict Bosnia.
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• Music@LSE - Arte Arnicane (piano)
Thursday 4 March, 1.05-2pm, Shaw Library, Old Building
A highly gifted pianist and winner of five first prizes, Arte’s
sensitive and insightful playing commands serious attention.
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 60
Second Interview
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• with..... Nicola Wright
Nicola is information services
manager in the Library. She works
with her team to select material to
add to the collections and runs
services to help users find and
access the information they need, as
quickly and easily as possible. She
has a son aged seven and a daughter
aged four - so if she looks a bit
harassed the cause is probably not
work!
What is your favourite
website?
Hobbs - clearance items
What is the best part of your
job at LSE?
Working with talented and
interesting people in an institution
which matters.
What would you save from a
fire?
I'd like to be noble and say the
Library collections, but
realistically it would be the
collection of shoes in my office
drawer.
If you could change one thing
about yourself, what would it be?
I've given up worrying about it.
What would you do if you were
LSE director for a day?
I would introduce a shared
project management methodology so
that departments can work together
on developments more effectively. It
sounds dull, but it makes getting
things done together a lot easier.
What was your best subject at
school?
Day dreaming. |
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 Training
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• Academic,
personal and professional development courses for staff
Courses on offer next week include:
- Monday 1 March
Voice training for research postgraduates and staff
Second life training workshop
Meditation
- Tuesday 2 March
An introduction to learning technologies: how they can benefit your
courses
Outlook 2003: calendar and tasks
Moodle basics training
- Wednesday 3 March
Understanding narrative craft
Managing internet resources: introduction to social bookmarking
- Thursday 4 March
Developing career choices (PhD only)
Using online communication tools
- Friday 5 March
Excel 2003: pivot tables
For a full listing of what is available and further details, including
booking information see
www.lse.ac.uk/training |
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 Media
bites
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• Guardian - comment is free (24 February)
Apology to a lost generation
Today Gordon Brown is expected to apologise to my grandfather, Joseph
John Rundle. Joe was among the thousands of British children taken from
their country and sent to Australia under the child migration scheme.
Article by Dr Kristen Rundle, lecturer in law at LSE.
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• Gulf
Times (19 February)
A hung parliament need not paralyse government in UK
Britain’s upcoming election may not deliver a clear victory for any one
party but an inconclusive result does not have to be a disaster for
economic and financial stability. 'It’s time for people to wake up and
smell the coffee. Times have changed. It’s a multi-party system,' said
Patrick Dunleavy, political science professor at LSE.
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