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24 June 2010 |
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• LSE100 wins Green Gown Award 2010
LSE100: understanding the causes of things, a compulsory course for all
undergraduate students that was launched by the School in January 2010,
has won a prestigious Green Gown Award.
The Green Gown Awards recognise the exceptional sustainability
initiatives being undertaken by universities, colleges and the learning and
skills sector across the UK. Now in their sixth year, the 2010 awards were
in 12 categories.
‘LSE100 The LSE Course: understanding the causes of things’, was
pronounced the winner in the Courses category. LSE was commended by the
judges for its ‘exciting and bold whole institution approach. Reflecting a
clear commitment and willingness to lead, LSE has created for its students
an invaluable trans-disciplinary space.’
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• Get your LSENews on Twitter
LSE's Press and Information Office is now on Twitter, under the title 'LSENews'. Follow LSENews for the latest on LSE research, news from around the School
and to find out what our academics have been saying in the press.
Those wishing to share their news should continue to send information to
the Press Office at
pressoffice@lse.ac.uk. You can follow LSEnews via
http://twitter.com/LSENews
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• LSE Connect now online
The latest edition of LSE Connect, the School's alumni magazine,
is now available online. Articles featured in the Summer 2010 edition
include:
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Tony Travers assesses the challenges facing the new UK parliament and
LSE’s role in guiding debate.
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Stuart Corbridge gives four good reasons why England won’t win in 2010.
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Kristen Rundle tells the story of her grandfather, a child migrant, and
asks what lessons we can learn.
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Alumnus and community organiser Stephen Smith describes his work with
‘undocumented’ immigrants.
The magazine was recently awarded runner up in the External Newspaper
or Magazine category at the 2010 Chartered Institute of Public Relations
Excellence Awards. Judges described the magazine as 'a thought-provoking and
entertaining read, even for non-alumni' and were impressed by its clean,
professional design, use of photography, high journalistic standards and the
excellent variety and quality of features.
To read articles from the latest issue, see
www2.lse.ac.uk/LSEMagazine/latestIssue.aspx.
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• Impact
of LSE Executive Education valued by civil service of Kazakhstan
Yury Bikbaev, programme director at LSE Enterprise, has been awarded an
honorary professorship by the Academy of Public Administration under the
President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The Academy's highest honour was bestowed to recognise the knowledge
transfer generated by LSE Executive Education's years of customised training
for the civil service of Kazakhstan.
Aryn Orsariyev, dean of the Academy, noted during the award ceremony: 'We
are delighted to award this honour to Mr Bikbaev for his contribution to
upgrading the skills of Kazakhstan's civil servants. The impact of knowledge
and expertise that LSE shares with us via customised training has been
enormous, directly influencing many levels and phases of the public policy
process.'
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• Professor Sumantra Bose awarded Leverhulme Fellowship
Sumantra Bose, professor of international and comparative politics in
LSE's Department of Government, has been awarded a two year research
fellowship by the Leverhulme Trust.
To run from 2010 through 2012, the fellowship will support work on
Professor Bose's book Transforming India: the world's largest democracy
at home and in the world.
The book has two parts: 'India at Home', on the transformation of India's
politics over the past two decades, and 'India in the World', on India's
regional and international relations as a rising power of the early 21st
century. Transforming India will be published by Harvard University
Press.
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• Conflict as a productive element of democracy
A year after the death of the sociologist Ralf Dahrendorf, Stiftung
Mercator, LSE and the University of Konstanz are to pay tribute to his
legacy to academia and society by hosting a
commemorative event entitled 'The Future of Liberal Democracy' on Friday
25 June in Essen.
Following a welcome address by Lady Christiane Dahrendorf, Wolf Lepenies,
George Soros and Theo Sommer will discuss topical economic, scientific and
political issues in the spirit of Ralf Dahrendorf.
Howard Davies, Director of LSE, said: 'Lord Dahrendorf was not only an
eminent sociologist but a respected director of LSE for ten years, who
remained close to the School after he left in 1984. Indeed he wrote a
history of the School, published in 1995. His contribution to LSE, not only
as its director but as a governor in later years, was unrivalled and I am
pleased that the School is involved in this event to honour his memory.'
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• Risk&Regulation Summer 2010 out now
The Summer 2010 edition of Risk&Regulation has been published.
The theme of this edition is 'Disasters', with articles from both CARR
and guest researchers exploring issues such as:
- Societal preparedness for natural catastrophes
- Public engagement in potentially risky technologies
- The difficult role of experts in disaster forecasting systems
- The role of human factors in precipitating financial and other
organisational disasters
- The usefulness of voluntary agreements in managing environmental
risk
The magazine can be downloaded at
www.lse.ac.uk/collections/CARR/publications/magazine.htm
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• Counter-terrorism,
aid and civil society in Kenya
Professor Jude Howell, director of the Centre for Civil Society, and
Dr Jeremy Lind launched their new co-authored book Counter-Terrorism,
Civil Society and Aid: before and after the war on terror and their
new edited book Civil Society Under Strain in Nairobi,
Kenya last week.
Together with Dr Mutuma Ruteere and Mikewa Ogada of the Centre for Human
Rights and Policy Studies, they hosted a roundtable in Nairobi to discuss
developments in counter-terrorism, aid and civil society in Kenya.
Participants came from research institutes, aid agencies and civil society
groups. Books were donated to the Muslim Human Rights Forum and the Kenyan
National Library Service. The books were launched by Commissioner Wambui
Kimathi of the Kenya National Commission of Human Rights.
The following day, they also gave a presentation along with Dr Paul
Goldsmith on the theme of 'Civil society, Security and Aid Post-9/11:
challenges, tensions and dilemmas' at the United States International
University, Kenya. The subsequent
discussion focused on the purpose of US support to Pakistan and Pakistan’s
intelligence links with Al Qaeda, the role of the media in
counter-insurgency, the definition of terrorism, the global importance of
domestic terrorism, and the role of civil society in protecting vulnerable
minorities.
The Kenya book launch and seminar were the final in a series of work
carried out since January in Delhi, London, Washington and New York. The
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 Notices
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• Summer
term staff briefings
All support staff are invited to attend one of the termly briefings,
chaired by Adrian Hall, secretary and director of the administration.
The briefings will take place on Monday 28 June at 10am and on Tuesday 29
June at 2pm. Both sessions will take place in the Vera Anstey Room.
At the briefings, Howard Davies will talk about current developments and
issues at the School (Professor George Gaskell, pro-director, will present
the session on Tuesday); HR will brief staff on the new 'fit notes'; and
Stephan Freeman from IT Services will talk about 'Trojan Horses and
malicious software'.
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• Is
your department looking for funding for a project? The Annual Fund might
be able to help
The Annual Fund supports a variety of projects across the School every year.
To find out more about projects that have previously received funding and to
apply for funding, visit the
Annual
Fund web pages. The deadline for applications is 30 July 2010.
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• LSE Photo Prize postcards available
The three prize winning photos selected by the judges of the 2010 LSE
Photo Prize Exhibition are now available from LSE Arts as a limited edition
set of postcards.
The sets of postcards are free to LSE staff and students, but
availability is very limited. To order your set of postcards, email
arts@lse.ac.uk or phone 020 7955 6043.
For more information on the Photo Prize Exhibition which took place in
the Atrium Gallery earlier this year, see
LSE Photo Prize Exhibition.
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• Smoking on campus
Staff and students are kindly reminded that smoking is not permitted in
any building on campus, this includes external fire escape staircases and
entrances to buildings. Smoking is allowed on the roof terraces of the Old
Building, East Building and St Clements.
Smokers are asked to be considerate and not to smoke near windows when
they are on the public highways around campus, as this is causing a nuisance
to building occupants who need to have their windows open during the warm
weather.
For advice on quitting smoking, visit
www.quit.org.uk/
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• Academics
abroad
John Downer, ESRC research officer at CARR, presented a paper
entitled What can go wrong? Rethinking the Epistemology of Failure
at the University of Edinburgh on 22 June.
On 16 June, Eve Mitleton-Kelly, director of the Complexity Group at LSE,
was in Finland presenting on sustainability and complexity theory at a
seminar in Tampere and in Helsinki on 17 June presenting to an audience of
public and private sector practitioners and academics.
Julien Etienne, ESRC postdoctoral fellow at CARR, presented a paper
entitled Compliance Theory: a goal framing approach, at the ECPR
Regulation and Governance conference in Dublin on 17-19 June.
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• Regional
champions sought for Middle East, South America, USA or India
Do you have expertise in any of these regions? We are seeking academic
staff to help promote the School and its work.
You might be able to suggest opportunities overseas which the School
should follow up, for example, or play a role in representing the School to
visitors from a region. This could help you gain institutional experience
which would be valuable if you aspire to take on a head of department role
or one with School-wide responsibility. You could gain visibility among your
colleagues in a leadership position, and perhaps find leads and make
contacts which would directly help your research and other academic
interests.
For more information, see
Regional Champions. |
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 Research
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• Research opportunities
Candidates interested in applying for any research opportunities should
contact Michael Oliver in the
Research Division at
m.oliver@lse.ac.uk or call ext 7962.
The Research Division maintains a regularly updated list of
research funding opportunities for academic colleagues on their website.
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• Research e-Briefing
Click
here
to read the May edition of the Research Division 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 June 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
database. |
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 Events
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• Upcoming events include....
Too Big to Fail: the aftermath and what next?
On: Wednesday 30 June at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Andrew Ross Sorkin
Living in the End Times
On: Thursday 1 July at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Slavoj Zizek
The Secret State: preparing for the worst 1945-2009
On: Wednesday 7 July at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speaker: Professor Peter Hennessy
Global Justice
On: Thursday 8 July at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Professor Amartya Sen
This event is free and open to all however a ticket is required. One ticket
per person can be requested from 10am on Thursday 1 July.
Why Greece Should Default
On: Wednesday 14 July at 6.30pm in the New Theatre, East Building
Speaker: Alan Beattie
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• Podcasts of public lectures and events
Competition and Regulation: micro-economic support for macro-economic
recovery
Monday 14 June, 3.30pm, New Theatre, East Building
Speaker: Joaquín Almunia
Click here to listen
Art and the Limits of the Political
Monday 14 June, 6.30pm, Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
Speaker: Dr Jonathan Lahey Dronsfield
Click here to listen
Is Democracy Possible in Fragile States?
Tuesday 15 June, 6.30pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Speakers: Professor Teddy Brett, Professor Paul Collier, and
Professor James Robinson
Click here to listen
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• Working
Across Boundaries: analysing risk and regulation
The ESRC Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation (CARR) is holding a one
day conference at Whitehall on Friday 25 June.
CARR’s work focuses on a multidisciplinary and comparative research
programme on the organisational and institutional aspects of risk management
and regulation. Over the past decade the area has become increasingly
prominent with the growth of risk based approaches and dramatic risk events
which have challenged public and private sector organisations across the
globe.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Dr Hugo Banziger, chief risk officer, Deutsche Bank
- Professor Lord Anthony Giddens, former LSE director and sponsor of
CARR
- Dr Alan Gillespie, chair of the Economic and Social Research Council
- Dame Deirdre Hutton, chair of the Civil Aviation Authority, former
Chair of the Food Standards Authority and National Consumer Council
- Will Hutton, executive vice-chair of The Work Foundation and former
editor-in-chief of The Observer
For more information, visit the
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 60
Second Interview
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• with..... Fei Conteh
I moved to London in 2009 from
Manchester, and I’m really enjoying
living in Hackney where a lot of my
friends are. I enjoy reading,
theatre, camping, dancing, cycling,
train journeys and I’ve just started
learning how to play snooker.
I love working in sustainability,
understanding and working with
different people’s conceptions of
it. I enjoy speaking with people
from different areas of the School
and developing an understanding of
how we all fit together within LSE.
This is important for my role as
sustainability encompasses many
different aspects of School life.
You can find out more about the
sustainability work being done all
across the School in the first issue
of Green News, a new termly
newsletter, which will be emailed to
everyone next week.
You have been quite involved
in 'Green Impact' this year. How is
it going?
We were thrilled with peoples’
response to the project. 20
departments took part this year, and
we’re hoping many more will join in
next year. It could be a really good
way of taking a' sustainability
temperature check' of departments
across the School.
I really enjoyed visiting
different departments, looking at
the ways people were making their
work places and practices more
sustainable. Green Impact provided
an opportunity for people to share
best practice from their
departments.
I was proud to organise the
Celebration of Sustainability event
in Adult Learners Week, where we
congratulated all the participating
teams. It would be great to have a
bigger event next year.
When did your interest in
environmental matters and
sustainability begin?
I think a lot of my understanding
of ways of living without using too
much of anything comes from growing
up in Sierra Leone, where there
wasn’t electricity or many of the
disposable things I discovered when
we moved to England.
My vegetarianism came from my
teacher at middle school - Mrs
Andryszewski. She wore a different
colour from head to foot each day
(including socks and shoes),
depending on her mood. One of our
best lessons was closing our eyes,
listening to 'Lucy in the Sky with
Diamonds' and then drawing the most
beautiful flowers we could imagine.
She left to become a crystal healer;
I’m not sure she’d be employed as a
teacher these days.
I was one of those earnest little
girls with lots of tie-dye and
rainbows everywhere; a member of
Greenpeace who wanted to save
dolphins.
If you could live anywhere
else in the world, where would you
choose and why?
When I was in Mexico a few years
ago, I found the house I would like
to retire to in San Cristobal de las
Casas. It had turquoise woodwork,
and a wonderful courtyard surrounded
by fuchsias. It was so beautiful and
peaceful; my friend and I daydreamed
about how we would be disreputable
grannies living there and holidaying
in the Caribbean.
What is your favourite TV
programme?
We don’t have a TV in our house,
so there’s no temptation to switch
it on each evening. Having said
that, my housemate religiously
watches Eastenders on iPlayer, so I
sometimes join her for that.
Where is your favourite place
to dine out and which dish do you
enjoy there?
I don’t really eat out all that
much, but I love going to Vietnamese
restaurants around Kingsland Road,
they’re always so bustling. I enjoy
the fresh noodle soups and spicy
green papaya salad.
If you could change one thing
about yourself, what would it be?
I have a tendency to get
childishly exuberant and loud when
I’m excited about something. I tend
to interrupt and distract people; my
friends have told me that I need to
put my hand up if I want to speak. |
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 Training
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• Academic,
personal and professional development courses for staff
Courses on offer next week include:
- Monday 28 June
MSc Dissertation Support Week: structuring your dissertation
- Tuesday 29 June
Excel 2003: database features
- Wednesday 30 June
Excel 2003: advanced functions
MSc Dissertation Support Week: structure, style and argument
- Friday 2 July
Outlook 2003: clearing your inbox
MSc Dissertation Support Week: how to make an original
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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• Financial
Times (24 June 2010)
Regions warned of tough job prospects
Tim Leunig, a regional economy expert at LSE, believes that the budget
will impact heavily on the UK's poorer regions and remains 'unconvinced'
by George Osborne's claims that Britain's entrepreneurial side will help
cover job losses from the public sector.
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• Evening
Standard (22 June 2010)
Town Halls to lose £355m
Chancellor George Osborne has announced that local government face
funding cuts of £1.2bn as part of yesterday's budget. London local
government fear that they will lose at least GBP355m this year.
LSE government expert, Tony Travers believes that
'London probably did well out of the previous government's many
initiatives and grants. It is almost inevitable that some boroughs will
face sharp reductions'.
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• Guardian.co.uk (22 June 2010)
Thatcher becomes latest recruit in Monckton's climate sceptic campaign
'Monckton's use of Britain's former PM illustrates that climate
denialism is about politics, not science'.
Article by Bob Ward, policy and communications director at the Grantham
Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE.
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