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25 March 2010 |
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• Sport Relief 2010: LSE prove themselves mile ready with
biggest ever turnout
Despite the rain, the third one mile run in support of Sport Relief saw
over 120 staff and students assemble for a three times (and a bit) trot
around Lincoln's Inn Fields last Friday afternoon.
Following tradition, LSE Director Howard Davies led the race, which was
started by Nick Byrne, director of the Language Centre. Many departments
chose to run together, with particularly impressive turnouts from Finance,
HR, the Student Services Centre, and the Library. Special thanks also go to the LSE
Nursery for bringing the children along to cheer on the competitors.
Thanks to everyone who ran, all those who supported the event in other
ways - as stewards or timers - and those who sponsored a runner. We have
raised £1,100 for Sport Relief 2010.
Winner - Tymon Kalebasiak (Catering) - time: 5.00
Second - Michael Kearsey (Student) - time: 5.05
Third - Bill Hoare (Summer School) - time: 5.08
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• Survey
reveals promising outlook for China as global leaders gather for LSE
Asia Forum
Nearly 77 per cent of participants in a survey organised by LSE expect China
to be one of the first countries in the world to fully recover from the
global financial crisis.
This optimism was further underpinned by 77 per cent of the respondents
predicting a growth in real GDP of between seven and 10 per cent in 2010.
The survey was commissioned for the LSE Asia Forum which takes place in
Beijing on Friday (26 March). The Duke of York, the UK's special
representative for trade and investment, will be among the speakers at the
event. He will join a line-up which includes senior figures from the Chinese
government (including foreign minister Yang Jiechi), leading academics from
LSE and its partner Peking University and other experts on Asia's commerce
and government.
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• LSE academics receive excellence award
The paper, Adjusting Life for Quality or Disability: stylistic difference
or substantial dispute?, written by Mara Airoldi and Dr Alec Morton from
LSE's Department of Management, has been awarded the 2010 ISPOR Award for
Excellence in Methodology in Pharmacoeconomics and Health Outcomes Research.
The award is given to a distinguished paper that advances the field of
outcomes research and that is expected to have a substantial impact on the
field with anticipated wide acceptance and application by others.
The paper, which was published in Health Economics in 2009, is the
result of work undertaken for the research project QQuIP (Quest for Quality
and Improved Performance).
For more information, visit
www.ispor.org/awards/methodology_.asp
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• Thank
you for 'Having a Go' for Tymon
We are pleased to announce that Tymon Kalebasiak, a member of catering staff
based in the Garrick, has been awarded funding through the NHS Bright Ideas
Grant Scheme to pursue his ‘Have a Go Heroes’ project.
The project aims to support carers and people being cared for through a web
based network, where people can log on and ask for help as and when they
need it.
Thank you to everyone at LSE who voted and supported Tymon in his bid.
For more information on the ‘Have a Go Heroes’
project, visit
http://haveagoheroes.wordpress.com/
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• News
from CARR
Registration is now open for CARR’s one-day conference to mark its
achievements as an ESRC Centre over the last ten years. The conference,
entitled Working Across Boundaries: analysing risk and regulation, will
be held at Whitehall on 25 June. Speakers will include Professor Lord
Anthony Giddens, Dame Deirdre Hutton, Dr Hugo Banziger, Professor John
Braithwaite, Will Hutton and Professor Nick Pidgeon. For more
information or to book your place, click
here.
David Demortain, ESRC research officer at CARR, will be presenting a
paper entitled 'Regulatory Toxicology in Controversy: the contentious
application of the 90-day rat feeding study to GM safety assessment' at the
IRIST international conference on 29-31 March.
Martin Lodge, research theme director of CARR, will be giving a series of
presentations on civil service and public sector reform in the UK to the
National Personnel Authority in Japan, from 22-26 March.
Jeanette Hofmann, ESRC research officer at CARR, is giving a talk on
'Wikipedia between emancipation and self-regulation' at a conference
entitled 'Critical Point of View', organised by the Institute of Interactive
Media at Amsterdam University, on 26-27 March.
Bridget Hutter, director of CARR, has been conferred the Award of
Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences.
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 Notices
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• To cycle or not to cycle - the choice is yours
With the clocks about to spring forward, now is the perfect time to
think about cycling to work and with Cyclescheme you can save up to 40
per cent on the cost of a brand new bike.
It's the perfect way to keep fit, save money and help the environment and
as well as the savings, there's the benefit of paying off the cost of your
bike (and all the related gear) in monthly instalments. For more information
and to see if you're eligible, click
here.
If cycling isn't for you, don't forget the School's season ticket
loan scheme for salaried staff - we'll pay for your ticket upfront allowing
you to make the biggest savings, and then monthly deductions are
automatically made from your salary. More information and application forms
can be found
here.
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• Senior
Staff Contribution Committee: professorial salaries review 2009-10
All professors are required to submit an annual statement of their
academic activities and contribution, written with reference to the criteria
outlined in the role profile of the professor. The procedures and relevant
deadlines can be found at
www2.lse.ac.uk/intranet/directoriesAndMaps/committees
AndWorkingGroups/SSCC/SSCCProcedures.aspx
Professors should complete their section of the contribution statement
and forward it to their head of department by 31 March. Heads of department
are responsible for forwarding completed contribution statements to Human
Resources no later than 30 April (please email
sally.welch@lse.ac.uk).
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• Ever wanted to try belly dancing?
Well now is your chance. Lunchtime belly dancing classes will start on
Wednesday 14 April, running every Wednesday for four weeks for all LSE staff
and students.
Classes will take place at 12noon in the Old Gym, Old Building and cost £20
for four classes or £8 per class if you just drop in. No experience is
required and the classes are suitable for any fitness level.
For more information, email
imeldabellydance@googlemail.com or just turn up on the day.
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• Accommodation needed by visiting professor
Visiting professor Anatole Beck is looking for a convenient sublet
for this Summer, from 10 June until 10 August.
If you have any accommodation available, please contact Professor Beck at
abeck@facstaff.wisc.edu or
alternatively email Steve Alpern at
s.alpern@lse.ac.uk |
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 Research
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• Your
erotic power can be just as useful as your qualifications finds study
Michelle and Barack Obama have it. Carla Bruni and David Beckham have it.
Jordan and Paris Hilton made a career from it. Erotic capital is the
implicit but powerful commodity that can count just as much as educational
qualifications in the labour market, politics, media or the arts, finds a
new report published by a sociologist at LSE.
'Beauty and sex appeal have become more important personal assets in the
sexualised cultures of our liberal, modern societies, often just as
important as educational qualifications' says Dr Catherine Hakim in the
study.
She coins the term 'erotic capital' to refer to this difficult-to-define
but crucial combination of physical and social attractiveness which makes
some men and women agreeable company and colleagues, attractive to all
members of their society and especially to the opposite sex.
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• US
can learn from Britain's battle against child poverty
A new book from an academic at LSE shows that Britain has been largely
successful in its efforts to reduce child poverty and that the United States
can learn from its example.
In 1999 one in four British children lived in poverty - the third highest
child poverty rate among industrialised countries - yet five years later,
the child poverty rate in the UK had almost halved in absolute terms. How
did the British government achieve this and why were their policies more
successful than those of the US? Furthermore, how can Britain get back on
track with its aim to eradicate child poverty in the next ten years?
In Britain's War on Poverty Jane Waldfogel, visiting professor at
LSE's Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, analyses the policies behind
Britain's initial success, how this effort has stalled and how it compares
with the approach of the US.
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• Major
2.7 million euro research project launched at LSE
The social, cultural and political impacts of increasing inequalities in
income, wealth and education across Europe will be the subject of a major
2.7 million euro three year research project launched at LSE.
Details of the project, known as GINI (Growing Inequalities' Impacts),
are due to be announced by László Andor, the new EU Commissioner for
Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion at a two-day opening conference at
LSE.
A team of 80 researchers, comprised of six core teams in universities in
London, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Budapest, Dublin and Milan, will organise the
research and develop the main approach for their own six countries. Around
25 individual associates will add valuable expertise on specific issues, and
another 20 country teams will extend the EU-funded project to 23 more
countries. Wiemer Salverda of the University of Amsterdam will coordinate
the project.
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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 February 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 March 2010.
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• Latest
opportunities from LSE
Enterprise
LSE Enterprise offers you the opportunity to undertake private teaching
and consultancy work under the LSE brand. We help with bidding, contracts
and other project administration, enabling you to focus on the work itself.
To see the latest opportunities click
here.
If you would like us to look out for consulting opportunities in your
field, email your CV and summary of interests to Rebecca Limer at
r.limer@lse.ac.uk
Email Marie Rowland-Kidman at
m.rowland-kidman@lse.ac.uk to be added to our Executive Education
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 Events
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• Summer
term events leaflet
LSE's public events programme for April to July 2010 has been announced.
Speakers include Professor David Harvey, author Tariq Ali, Archbishop of
Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, economist Professor Nouriel Roubini and
internet technology expert Clay Shirky. You can download a PDF copy of the
leaflet
here.
Upcoming events include....
Mandela's Way - Lessons on Life
On: Monday 12 April at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Richard Stengel
The Big Short: inside the doomsday machine
On: Wednesday 21 April at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Michael Lewis
The Enigma of Capital
On: Monday 26 April at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor David Harvey
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• Podcasts of public lectures and events
Beyond Copenhagen
Tuesday 16 March, 12.30-2pm, Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Lord Stern
Click here to listen
Religion and Pluralism in a Divided World
Thursday 18 March, 5-6pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Speaker: Anwar Ibrahim
Click here to listen
Friendship and Poetry
Thursday 18 March, 6.30-8pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic
Building
Speaker: Vikram Seth
Click here to listen
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• The
Entrepreneurial Ethic and the Spirit of Financialism
Monday 26 April, 2-3.30pm, Old Theatre, Old
Building
Speaker: Professor Arjun Appadurai
Arjun Appadurai is a socio-cultural anthropologist with specialisations
in globalisation, public culture, and urban studies. His major
accomplishment has been the construction of anthropological frameworks for
the study of global media, consumption, and migration.
His current work focuses on poverty, violence, and social inclusion in
mega-cities with a special focus on Mumbai (India). He is Goddard Professor
of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University.
The lecture will be followed by a tea reception in the Shaw Library, 6th
Floor, Old Building. This event is unticketed and seats will be allocated on
a first-come, first-served basis. All are welcome.
For more information, email Jo Stone at
j.f.stone@lse.ac.uk |
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 60
Second Interview
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• with..... Professor Tim Besley
I am currently Kuwait Professor
of Economics and Political Science,
director of STICERD and MPA
programme director. I returned to LSE full time, in September
2009, after a partial absence. I
served as an independent member of
the Bank of England Monetary Policy
Committee for three years during a
very interesting period. I joined
LSE from Princeton in 1995 and knew
next to nothing about the place.
Although I am an economist, my
interests are fairly broad mostly
having a policy focus. One of my
greatest professional joys has been
to play a part in reintegrating
politics and economics in studying
economic policy issues. Many of the
really difficult policy problems
cannot be studied unless you know
something about both the politics
and the economics.
What would you do if you were
LSE director for a day?
A day would never be enough to
make a real difference. But I would
use my one day in the office to
visit as many parts of the school as
possible and to listen to views
about how to improve the way that
LSE works. I could maybe have time
at the end of the day to write up a
memo on what I had learned.
If you met the UK Prime
Minister and you could only ask him
one question, what would it be?
What are you going to do next?
With which famous person would
you like to have dinner and why?
A private dinner with the Queen
would be interesting. I was a
co-signatory to a letter to the
Queen last summer summarising the
views that were aired at a symposium
that I helped to organize at the
British Academy. The question that
the seminar participants tried to
answer was actually posed at LSE
when she opened the New Academy
Building. She wanted to know why
nobody had seen the financial crisis
coming. It would be interesting to
follow up the letter with a
discussion and to find out what she
really thinks about all this.
Is there anything you cannot
do and would like to learn?
When I was younger, I tried
unsuccessfully to learn to play the
piano. My sons are both excellent
pianists who put my earlier efforts
to shame and I wish I could play.
What advice would you give to
new students coming to LSE?
Make the most of the opportunity
and be sure to broaden your horizons
by attending events and lectures
outside your area of
specialisation.
What is your favourite type of
music/composer/singer?
My tastes are pretty eclectic. I
try hard not to believe that all the
best music was written before 1990. |
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 Media
bites
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• New
York Times (22 March)
Election looming, Tories put posh foot in mouth
How can Mr Cameron counter attack? Perhaps, said Tony Travers, director
of the Greater London Group at LSE, he could use the country’s class
confusion to his own advantage.
'If the Tories were a bit more agile,' he said, 'they could kind of turn
it back on Labour and say, ‘Well, hang on - it’s an equal society where
everyone is the same, which means that people of all backgrounds are
equal. So why do you care?'
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• Guardian - Comment is Free (19 March)
Iraq's delayed democracy
'Far from a triumph, Iraq's national elections have created a
constitutional and leadership vacuum as sectarianism prevails'.
Article by Fawaz Gerges, Professor of Middle Eastern Politics and
International Relations at LSE.
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• Times
Higher Education (4 March)
The Canon: folk devils and moral panics - the creation of the mods and
rockers. By Stanley Cohen
If ever a work was decisive in defining the contours of a discipline and
field of research for decades to come, Stanley Cohen's Folk Devils
and Moral Panics certainly ranks among the most influential.
Professor Stanley Cohen is Martin White Professor of Sociology at LSE.
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