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15 July 2010 |
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• Cake bake for Haiti earthquake
A competition has been brewing at LSE Careers for some time now...
and it has squeezed out every ounce of cake baking expertise from the team.
An office cake bake-off competition was organised in January to raise
money for the victims of the Haiti earthquake. Little did the staff know when they signed up that it would continue
with four different rounds over five months.
20 members of the careers team took part, with two different pairs baking
each week to compete to get to the next round. The finalists were Alex Elkins, Maddie Smith and Liz Ellis, with Liz
beating the competition and winning the prestigious handmade wooden spoon.
Jen Lowthrop, who organised the cake bake-off, said: 'The competition was excellent fun through the winter days. Most importantly though, we have also raised
money for
Haiti in the process.'
If anyone is keen to organise a cake bake-off in their department, please email
Jen at j.lowthrop@lse.ac.uk for details of the all important rules.
Maybe some of you are keen for a LSE wide cake bake-off? LSE Careers would
definitely take it very seriously!
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• LSE academic appointed to advise UN Commission on HIV and the Law
Dr Purna Sen, a visiting senior fellow in the Development Studies Institute
at LSE, has been selected as one of the experts of a newly formed Technical
Advisory Group which will advise the new UN Commission on HIV and the Law.
The Commission, established this year, aims to develop 'actionable,
evidence-informed and human rights-based recommendations supporting
national legal environments that enable effective HIV responses and
realise the human rights of those living with and affected by HIV.'
The Technical Advisory Group will advise on key technical issues and
research to inform the Commission’s findings and recommendations.
Dr Sen is particularly interested in bringing concerns about gender
inequalities and violence against women, as well as issues of discrimination
on the grounds of sexuality and HIV status, into the discussions.
For more information, visit
www.undp.org/hiv/comissiononhivandthelaw/
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• CARR publishes 10 year anniversary booklets
CARR has published two new booklets to coincide with its 10 year
anniversary.
The first is entitled CARR Research: a collection of selected projects
and is a selection of CARR projects undertaken by former
staff, current staff and research associates funded by CARR over the past
decade. The projects are organised around three broad areas of CARR work -
risk regulation; business, regulation and risk management; and science,
technology and risk.
The second booklet is entitled CARR Discussion Papers: 2000-2010
and is a collection of abstracts from every discussion paper that CARR has
published over the last decade.
Both booklets can be downloaded at
www.lse.ac.uk/collections/CARR/publications/conference.htm
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• AUA launches lunchtime seminar series
On Thursday 17 June, the Association of University Administrators (AUA) launched its lunchtime seminar series
with a discussion on careers in Higher Education.
The seminar was aimed at LSE's central admin and academic department
management. Senior staff members Christine Child and Cheryl Edwardes spoke
of their career progression and gave tips on how to get ahead. Christine
also explained how the AUA has aided her career. The seminar
received very positive feedback.
The AUA’s aim is to promote excellence in Higher Education management
and throughout the year they run events across the UK. There
is an annual conference at Easter and the next is the Golden Jubilee, which
will be held at the University of Nottingham. If you would like to apply for funding to attend,
please get in touch below.
AUA members in London are very active. Recently there has been a pub quiz,
BBQ, bowling and wine tasting at various London Universities. If you
would like to be added to the AUA distribution list, but are not an AUA
member, please send an email - non-members are always welcome.
For more information, visit www.aua.ac.uk
or email Kate Hillier at
kate.b.hillier@gmail.com |
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 Notices
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• Deadline
for Michaelmas term Events leaflet approaching
If you are organising an event and want it listed in the Michaelmas term
Events leaflet please send the following details to
pressoffice@lse.ac.uk by Thursday
5 August:
- Date, time (from and to) and venue
- Banner - e.g. 'Department of Economics public lecture'
- Title of event
- Speaker's title and name
- Chair's title and name (if applicable)
- Short blurb about the event (20-25 words)
- Short biog on speaker (15 words)
- Contact details if not being handled by Conferences as part of the
Public Lecture Programme
- A high resolution image of the speaker if possible
Please note that the Press and Information Office needs this information
even if you have sent a Public Lecture Form to Conferences and Events.
If you have any questions, please contact Danny O'Connor on ext 7417 or
email pressoffice@lse.ac.uk
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• Spring
appointed as lead supplier of temporary staff
The HR Resourcing Team and Purchasing Services have appointed a new lead
supplier of temporary staff to the School. The new supplier will be Spring,
a multi sector recruitment provider, and it will replace the existing
supplier of temporary staff, Tate/Blue Arrow, from Monday 19 July.
The booking process for temporary staff under Spring will be similar to
the present system with Tate/Blue Arrow. Managers will complete the online
temp booking form on the HR pages of the website, and HR will pass the
booking on to Spring who will liaise with you direct to fill the temporary
vacancy. The timesheet system will change, however, and the current paper
and email system will be replaced by an online time sheet that will be
completed by the temp and authorised by the hiring manager or their proxy.
In the interim please continue to book temporary staff with Tate/Blue
Arrow using the
current system. Do not worry if you have already booked a temp with a
finish date of after 19 July - any Tate/Blue Arrow temp already booked to
work on an engagement ending after 19 July will still be able to see out the
duration of their engagement with the School in order to ensure business
continuity. For more information, visit the
intranet news page.
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• Single
Equality Scheme online survey
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 publication 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.
The online survey is a follow up to the SES road shows held last term. It
will give staff, who were unable to attend the road shows, an opportunity to
share their views and contribute to the consultation process.
The online survey can be accessed at
www.survey.bris.ac.uk/lsewebsite/ses_survey and will be available
until the end of October 2010. All contributors will be entered into a prize
draw with the opportunity to win £25 worth of Amazon vouchers.
If you would like to find out more about the Single Equality Scheme and/or
the online survey, contact Carolyn at
c.solomon-pryce@lse.ac.uk for
more information.
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• Checking
the School’s ICT assets - important reminder for staff
If you have a School-owned mobile device (such as a laptop or mobile
phone), please take it to the IT Help Desk on the first floor of the Library
for an on-the-spot check by Friday 23 July. The Help Desk opening hours are:
- Monday to Friday, 9.30am-5pm
Why are we doing this?
The School’s Financial Regulations now require IT Services to physically
check the School’s ICT assets at least once a year and report the result by
31 July.
What about ICT equipment in my office?
IT Services staff will be visiting all rooms/offices within your department
over the next few weeks in order to re-tag and scan all fixed School-owned
ICT equipment, such as computers, monitors, printers, telephones. This
physical check will ensure that all ICT assets in the School match IT
Services records and that assets can be upgraded or replaced when due.
Who will be checking the ICT assets?
Staff undertaking the checks will be wearing IT Services lanyards and their
LSE ID cards, and will endeavour to cause as little disruption as possible.
How long will it take?
Most room/office checks will only take approximately ten minutes. However
this will depend on the number of ICT assets in the room and how accessible
they are.
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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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• Discussion paper from CARR
Chris Lawless, ESRC postdoctoral fellow at CARR, has co-authored a paper
entitled Helping with Inquiries, or Helping with Profit?: the trials and
tribulations of a technology of forensic reasoning that will be
published in the October edition of Social Studies of Science, in a
special issue on the theme of the commercialisation of science.
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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 June 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, which
is the Summer edition, is out
at the end of July 2010.
More
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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 LSE events include....
The Quest for Meaning
On: Monday 2 August at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speaker: Professor Tariq Ramadan
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• Podcasts of public lectures and events
Living in the End Times
Thursday 1 July, 6.30-8pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic
Building
Speaker: Slavoj Žižek
Click here to listen
The Secret State: preparing for the worst 1945-2009
Wednesday 7 July, 6.30-8pm, Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Speaker: Professor Peter Hennessy
Click here to listen
Global Justice
Thursday 8 July, 6.30-8pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic
Building
Speaker: Professor Amartya Sen
Click here to listen |
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 60
Second Interview
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• with..... Andy Coulthard, IT Services
I have been with LSE for over four
years. I'm originally from Cardiff,
although I have links to Ireland and
Canada. I first started programming
computers when I was 14 and wrote a
noughts and crosses game on an Apple IIe. I had my first job in IT in the
Summer of 1988, working on a PC
helpdesk for Guinness in Dublin,
when PCs were still very new. I
spent four years in Montreal working
at McGill University. I still miss
the snow but not the cold, minus 30
degrees is very cold. I have a very
good memory for faces but a poor one
for names. I can count to 1,023 on
my fingers (go figure). I enjoy the
challenge of problem solving and
looking at the potential of new
technologies.
What did you want to be when
you grew up?
When I was younger it was a train
driver. Later I wanted to be an
environmental protection officer.
What has been your most
embarrassing incident so far?
When I was about ten I was
visiting a neighbour's house when she
gave me a pack of toffees. I thought
this was great and managed to get
one in my mouth before she explained
they were for her dog.
If you met the UK Prime
Minister and you could only ask him
one question, what would it be?
So this is what you wished for,
has it been what you expected so
far?
What is your favourite
website?
Have a look around this one...
www.websitesthatsuck.com/ If
that is not quite suitable this one
probably is...
www.darwinawards.com/
What annoys you?
Celery …I don’t like it and I
don’t want to be told I should. |
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 Training
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• LSE Summer School for Staff
To see the latest listings for the LSE Summer School for Staff,
please visit
Summer School 2010.
There is a range of courses on offer, suitable for all, including a
leather craft workshop, jewellery making, and the legendary chocolate making
workshop.
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• Academic,
personal and professional development courses for staff
Courses on offer next week include:
- Tuesday 20 July
Introduction to database structure and design
- Wednesday 21 July
Moodle quiz training
- Thursday 22 July
Excel 2003: charts
- Friday 23 July
Moodle basics training
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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• Times
Higher Education (15 July 2010)
What are you reading?
'I am currently reading Barbara Einhorn's Citizenship in an Enlarging
Europe (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010), possibly the most illuminating
account yet of the 'new' Europe. An essential guide to the origins of
the political conflicts and divisions in Europe, it never ignores the
context of the material and the economy.'
Mary Evans is a visiting fellow at the Gender Institute, LSE.
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• The Globe and Mail (12 July 2010)
Spain returns home to heroes’ welcome
'I wouldn't have thought the euphoria over the football will last very
long,” said Paul Preston, a Spain expert and history professor at LSE.
As for Spain's fragile economy, the win 'may soften the blow of the
economic news, but it won't have a long-lasting effect,' Preston said.
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• China
Radio International (12 July 2010)
People in the
know
Professor Iain Begg, LSE, discussed how the world economy is facing the
risk of a double dip.
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