|
|
9 September 2010 |
|
 News
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
• Snapshots
- George Bernard Shaw’s photographs revealed
Sixty years after the death of playwright, critic and LSE founder George
Bernard Shaw, thousands of photographs from a previously largely unseen
collection are shedding new light on his life and times.
Snapshots: a showcase of photographs by George Bernard Shaw is an
online exhibition which includes portraits of Shaw, his friends and
colleagues in the literary, theatrical and political worlds, images from his
extensive travels and productions of his plays. A further section reveals
his interest in trying out old and new photographic techniques.
To view the exhibition, visit the
Library
website.
Snapshots is the first time these images have been seen outside of
the archives. Throughout the coming year, the Man and Cameraman project will
be publishing more images on the online archives catalogue. For more
information about the project, visit
www.lse.ac.uk/library/shawphotos.
|
|
| |
|
|
• LSE
students have their say in the 2010 National Student Survey
The results are in from this year’s National Student Survey (NSS) and
show LSE improving in every category for student satisfaction. The NSS is an
annual survey of final year undergraduate students across the UK and has the
support of both the National Union of Students and LSE Students’ Union.
For ‘overall satisfaction’ the School increased by 4 per cent this year,
from 76 per cent to 80 per cent, which keeps us just below the national
average. However we were one of the Higher Education Institutes with the
highest increase in satisfaction ratings, rising by around 40 places in the
overall tables.
The School has particularly improved in the areas of ‘teaching
satisfaction (76 per cent to 81 per cent) and ‘academic support’ (66 per
cent to 71 per cent), although we are still below many of our main
competitors in those areas. We scored very highly on ‘learning resources’
and ‘management’. We did most poorly on ‘feedback and assessment’ (63 per
cent).
Janet Hartley, pro-director for teaching and learning, said: ‘These
increases are a positive sign that the Teaching Task Force, which was set up
in 2007, is having an effect. We all recognise, however, that there is still
some way to go and that we can improve further. I would like to thank my
academic colleagues who have taken the recommendations of the task force so
seriously and all the students who gave up their time to complete the
survey.’
|
|
| |
|
|
• LSE
ranked among world's best social science universities
LSE was again ranked as one of the best universities in the world for social
sciences and management, in the latest rankings published by university
ratings provider QS this week.
LSE ranked fourth in these, its specialist areas - up from fifth in 2009.
LSE also ranked very highly - joint fourth - on employer reputation.
LSE's position in the full table of the world's top 200 universities, at
80, continues to suffer from the bias against specialist institutions in
social sciences, arts and humanities which the QS rankings exhibit.
More
|
|
| |
|
|
• Staff walk London at night for a Big Issue
Libby Parrott, Abenaa Owusu Bempah, Anna Tamas, and Laura Lane from LSE’s
Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) will be part of a team of seven
walkers for The Big Issue London Night Walk 2010 on Friday 1 October, to
raise money for the Big Issue Foundation.
The team, nicknamed XLR8, will be walking with 400 others around 25km
(about 15 miles) of London in one night. As they’re a large team, their
fundraising target is set at an ambitious £1,250.
Team member Libby Parrott said: 'All the proceeds would go towards tackling homelessness and rough
sleeping, something that hopefully most people will never face but that is
sadly a
reality for many in London and throughout the UK. The Big Issue
Foundation not only gives vulnerable people a chance to earn a living as
vendors for the street magazine, it also provides temporary housing,
rehabilitation and the advice and support needed to regain confidence,
self-respect and an accepted place in society. It provides, as its motto
says, "A hand up, not a handout."
It would be great if you can spare a little (or a lot) and help out by
donating through the team's
JustGiving site.'
|
|
| |
|
|
• The impact of impact
The Department of Sociology, the BIOS Centre, and the Gender
Institute are launching an expanded report on
The Impact of Impact workshop and an accompanying blog site to
accommodate the large volume of responses generated by the initial
workshop summary.
In April 2010, Valerie Hey, Fran Tonkiss, Mike Power, Mary Evans, Donald
Gillies, Don Slater, Clare Hemmings and Sarah Franklin (pictured) addressed
the question of how an emphasis on impact as a category of assessment in the
Research Excellence Framework is likely to influence research efforts.
The presentations and discussion confirmed that impact measures are seen
as both
unhelpful and counterproductive, however they also
offer the chance to redefine the value of academic work.
These and other aspects of the workshop are now explored in the expanded
report available at
http://lse-impact.blogspot.com Here you can download the report and
respond by posting your views until 1 November 2010.
|
|
| |
|
|
• Academics
abroad
Professor Bridget Hutter (pictured), director of CARR, will give a
paper entitled Risk Regulation and Food Safety in the UK: change and
compliance in post crisis environments at an international workshop on
‘The Governance of Food Safety’ at Tsinghua University, Beijing, this month. On Friday
27 August, Professor Richard Steinberg of LSE's Department of Management
gave a talk in Beijing entitled 'Carbon Trading and Carbon Capture and
Storage'. The event at which he spoke was called 'Opportunities in Low
Carbon Economy in China', and was organised by the Peking University HSBC
School of Business.
Professor Steinberg's talk focused on the auction design he developed for
the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change to select demonstration
projects for carbon capture and storage. |
|
| |
| |
|
|
 Notices
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
• The
2010 upgrade
IT Services will begin upgrading all LSE computers to Office 2010 and
Windows 7 from October.
All public room computers will have Windows 7 and Office 2010 installed
for the start of the 2010 Michaelmas term. Teaching staff can ask their
support team to upgrade their PC before the start of term and each
department will also be contacted by their support teams to arrange a
suitable date to upgrade all staff PCs.
Find out more at
www.lse.ac.uk/itservices/2010Upgrade
|
|
| |
|
|
• Waterstone's requests reading lists for the next academic year
In preparation for the start of the academic year, the Waterstone's
Economists' Bookshop is requesting that academics send their reading lists
through as soon as possible. A form is available where staff can list
the books that students are expected to buy, when they are required, an
estimate of student numbers, and whether it is essential to buy or just
recommended.
The sooner you can send the information, the more likely the bookshop is
to be able to get the
books in time for the beginning of term, or to let
individuals know if any are unavailable. Please email manager Sue Tarratt at
manager@economists.waterstones.com or call 020 7405 5531 to request a
copy of the reading list form.
|
|
| |
|
|
• New government limit on immigration
The UK government has introduced a temporary limit on immigration
until 31 March 2011, with a view to introducing a permanent limit from
April 2011, as part of their commitment to reducing the number of
migrants coming to the UK.
For more information about the limit and how this will affect LSE, please
see the
HR website.
|
|
| |
|
|
• Regional
champions sought for Middle East, Latin 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. |
|
| |
| |
|
|
 Research
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
• Discussion paper from CARR
CARR has published a discussion paper entitled Analyzing Public
Management Policy Cycles in the European Commission: oversight of budget
control and the integrated internal control framework by Michael
Barzelay, Roger Levy and Antonio Martin Porras Gomez.
The paper reports on the European Commission's ‘positive Declaration of
Assurance’ and ‘integrated internal control’ policy cycle and explains its
agenda-setting, alternative-specification, and decisional processes.
A PDF of the paper can be downloaded on the
CARR website.
|
|
| |
|
|
• Hertie
School of Governance postdoctoral fellowships
The Hertie School of Governance is inviting applications for two
postdoctoral fellowships in the fields of political economy, and
organisation, management and leadership.
The fellowships will enable PhD students and doctorates, who are moving
towards junior professorial or full research appointments, to develop a
fundable proposal for a research project on a topic of their choice in the
two research cluster described, and in collaboration with Hertie School
faculty.
Each fellowship is for
€20,000 and for
one year. Fellowships can be assumed any time between 1 November 2010 and 1
February 2011. For more information, visit the
Hertie School
of Governance website.
|
|
| |
|
|
• Training for EU research and development projects
Europa Media are offering a two day interactive training course where
participants can get practical information on how to successfully
develop FP7 projects from scratch.
FP7, the seventh framework programme for research and technological
development, is the main instrument of the European Union for funding
research and development.
The course will be held in Budapest,
Hungary on 15-16 November 2010.
Linked to the FP7 Financial and Project Management course (18-19
November), this event will provide extensive information about financial and
project management matters to assist you with surviving audits, even years
beyond a project's closure.
For more information, visit the
EU training website.
|
|
| |
|
|
• 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.
|
|
| |
|
|
• Research e-Briefing
Click
here
to read the Summer 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 October 2010.
More
|
|
| |
|
|
• 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 or visit
http://twitter.com/lseenterprise.
If you would like us to look out for consulting opportunities in your
field, email your CV and summary of interests to
lseenterprise.consulting@lse.ac.uk
Email exec.ed@lse.ac.uk to be
added to our Executive Education database. |
|
| |
| |
|
|
 Events
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
• Michaelmas term Events Leaflet
The September to December 2010 edition of the LSE Events Leaflet is
now available online. Speakers include Professor Simon Schama, historian
Professor Niall Ferguson, the vice president of Bolivia Álvaro García Linera,
and best-selling biographer Anthony Seldon.
You can download a PDF copy of the leaflet
here.
• Upcoming LSE events include....
Can We Still Afford Europe?
On: Thursday 30 September at 6.30-8pm in the Sheikh Zayed
Theatre, New Academic Building
Speaker: Janusz Lewandowski, European commissioner for financial
programming and budget
Seizing the Opportunity of the Cloud: the next wave of business growth
On: Tuesday 5 October at 8.30-9.30am in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer of Microsoft
Corporation
A ticket is required for this event. One ticket per person can be requested
from 10am on Thursday 30 September.
|
|
| |
|
|
• Growth Week 2010
The International Growth Centre (IGC) is bringing Growth Week 2010,
their
annual conference on economic growth in Africa and South Asia,
to LSE between 20-22 September.
The IGC is based jointly at LSE and Oxford University, and initiated and
funded by the Department for International Development.
Growth Week will be a platform for policymakers, ministers and leading
scholars to discuss ideas for economic growth in the developing world, with
a focus on Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania,
Pakistan and Sierra Leone.
Speakers include Paul Collier (Oxford University), Claver Gatete (vice
governor, National Bank of Rwanda), Atiur Rahman (governor, Bangladesh
Bank), David Carew (minister of trade and industry, Sierra Leone), Lansana
Nyalley (deputy minister for education, Sierra Leone) and many others.
All lectures will be held in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre.
-
Managing Natural Resource Rents
On: Monday 20 September at 4.30-6pm
Speakers: Professor Paul Collier, Alan Winters, Gobind
Nankani and Christopher Alden.
-
Mobile Phones for Development
On: Monday 20 September at 6.30-8pm
Speakers: Dr Jenny Aker, Ken Banks, Dr Taryn Dinkelman,
Dr Tavneet Suri, and Diane Coyle.
-
Industrial Productivity
On: Tuesday 21 September at 4.30-6pm
Speakers: Professor Chang-Tai Hsieh, Rasheed Adegbenro,
Ludovico Alcorta, Professor Haroon Bhorat, and John Page.
-
Industrial Revolution or Agricultural Revolution?
On: Tuesday 21 September at 6.30-8pm
Speakers: Joel Kibazo, Professor Mark Rosenzweig, and
Professor John Sutton.
-
Reforming Educational Systems
On: Wednesday 22 September at 4.30-6pm
Speakers: Professor Michael Kremer, Professor George Imbanga
Godia, Professor Geeta Kingdon, Dr Lansana Nyalley,
Professor James Tooley, and Professor Steve Machin.
-
Domestic Resource Mobilisation and Growth
On: Wednesday 22 September at 6.30-8pm
Speakers: Nadeem ul Haque, Michael Keen, Dr Masihur
Rahman, Rama Sithanen, Professor Joel Slemrod and
Professor Tim Besley.
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
 60
Second Interview
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
• with..... Paul Glynn
I’ve recently started working at
LSE, having moved from the voluntary
sector. For the last 15
years I’ve run a small counselling
centre which aimed at providing
services to, what was always
described as, 'hard to reach
populations'. I managed to reach
many in those populations and after
many years, I wanted a change but
also to keep my commitment to public
sector provision. I’ve been working
as a counsellor for more than 20
years in a whole range of settings
including hospitals, community and
primary care, and voluntary sector.
I’m really excited by the
opportunity of working at a centre
of educational excellence.
How is the Staff Counselling
Service structured and will all LSE
Staff be eligible to use it?
The service is a free,
confidential counselling service for
all members of LSE staff. It will be
provided by accredited and
experienced therapists who can offer
an opportunity to discuss a problem
or situation which is causing
concern or distress. Some
individuals may only want one
session to air a problem, whereas
others might prefer up to six
sessions. The service will aim to
look at all aspects of a problem and
explore more effective ways of
dealing with them. Staff can use the
service to help with a variety of
issues; for example a bereavement or
relationship problem, you may be
suffering with stress or depression
which impacts on your well-being and
functioning, whilst others may feel
low in confidence or self esteem.
Some may just want to check out
their concerns in a safe and
confidential space.
It will be located in G206 with
more information available at
www2.lse.ac.uk/intranet/staff/staffCounselling/
We understand that,
previously, the position of Staff
Counsellor has been undertaken by an
external agency, what differences
should we notice?
This service will aim to be more
responsive and flexible than the
previous one, with an on-site team
who understands the culture and
dynamics of LSE.
Is there a distinction between
a counsellor and a psychotherapist
and where do their skills overlap?
This is an extremely 'hot' issue
within the counselling/psychotherapy
world and not something 60 seconds,
or even 60 hours could probably do
justice to.
What are your key focuses at
the moment?
In the short term, getting the
service up and running and ensuring
that it can meet the needs of staff.
Longer term, helping mental health
to be given the same prominence as
physical health.
Is there any further
information you wish to give to
encourage LSE Staff to use this new
service?
It’s new, it’s for you and if in
any doubt, just call or come by for
a chat.
If you were stuck in a lift
with someone, who would you want it
to be and why?
My initial response was lift
technician, but if not available,
Nelson Mandela would be an
impressive passenger, for obvious
reasons.
What is your favourite
biscuit?
Chocolate Hobnobs
Are you a lark or an owl?
Lark
Can you play a musical
instrument?
I can - which says nothing about
quality. |
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
 Training
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
• Academic,
personal and professional development courses for staff
Courses on offer next week include:
- Tuesday 14 September
Moodle next steps training
- Thursday 16 September
Moodle basics training
For a full listing of what is available and further details, including
booking information please see
www.lse.ac.uk/training. |
|
| |
| |
|
|
 Media
bites
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
• The Moscow Times (7 September 2010)
The reasons the world loves to hate bankers
'Even after the passage of new financial regulations in the United
States - the Dodd-Frank Act - and the publication of the Basel
Committee’s new capital requirements, the financial sector’s prospects
over the next few years remain highly uncertain.'
Howard Davies, director of LSE, writes about the evolving future of
banking regulation.
|
|
| |
|
|
• The
Observer (5 September 2010)
'Americans have had a taste of Blair's feud with Gordon Brown, but they
will be struck by Blair's venom'
The editor of LSE Research and contributing editor to Newsweek, Stryker
McGuire, gives his verdict on Tony Blair's memoir.
|
|
| |
|
|
• Prospect
(1 September 2010)
Economy class: the economics of education
Tim Leunig, reader in economic history at LSE, looks at the coalition
parties' manifesto commitments for a 'pupil premium' which would
increase funding for pupils whose backgrounds predict poor educational
outcomes.
|
|
| |
|
|
