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• Unique
opportunity for LSE academics - LSE Big Questions
Dynamic presenters and topics are required for a new lecture series aimed
at children. Could you be the individual we are looking for?
LSE will present a social science event for children (11-14 years) in
June 2011, modelled on the
Royal Institution's Christmas Lectures and funded by the Knowledge
Transfer: Higher Education Innovation Fund.
This interactive lecture event is a pilot, with the aim of developing a
high-profile annual series of social science events for children. While the
events would be aimed at local Key Stage 3 children, and children of LSE
colleagues in the first instance, videos and activities based on the event
will also be made available on the LSE website. The LSE initiative has
received support and advice from the Royal Institution in the early planning
stages.
The LSE project team, led by pro-director Professor Janet Hartley, is now
opening a call for LSE academics who could become the ‘star’ lecturers (and
suggest themes and specific topics appropriate for the audience). Key to the
success of the project are the individual presenter's style of delivery and
openness to innovative approaches to reaching this young audience.
Anyone interested in this opportunity, or in nominating someone, should
contact Yael Bhekor at y.bhekor@lse.ac.uk
for more information.
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• LSE
academic seeks collaborators to assist with new book on human rights, to
be serialised on the web
Conor Gearty, professor of human rights law at LSE, has launched a unique
new writing project. Unlike traditional launches, however, the book, The
Rights’ Future, is not yet written. Instead its production will be an
interactive experience, unfolding weekly as a series of online essays which
will be shaped not only by the author’s views but by those of his audience.
At the start of each week, Conor Gearty will publish a chapter of the
book online in the form of a 2,000 word essay. Students and the general
public will then have the opportunity to comment and respond to the piece,
with Professor Gearty summarising the responses, and how they have impacted
on his thinking, in a reworked essay by the end of the week. The process
will begin again the following Monday with the next instalment of the book.
The completed book will be presented at LSE's third Literary Festival in
February 2011.
So if you have something to say about topics such as: ‘If human rights
are not despised by the powerful they are not human rights’; ‘Double
standards are valuable as long as they don’t last too long’; ’A world court
of human rights is vital - but only if it seems powerless’ and ‘Do trees
have rights?’, join the debate
here.
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• New Students' Centre wins planning permission from Westminster
LSE's first new building for more than 40 years drew a step closer with
the grant of planning permission by Westminster City Council.
The New Students' Centre will be built on the current St Philips site on
LSE's campus. The School's ambition is to procure an exemplary piece of
architecture which is innovative, sustainable and inspirational, and which
will be at the forefront of 'Contemporary Westminster'. The striking modern
design by Irish architects O'Donnell & Tuomey is on course to be completed
by Easter 2013.
Julian Robinson, director of Estates at LSE, said: 'The members of the
City Planning and Development Committee at Westminster have demonstrated
that they value quality architecture, have a clear vision for the
development of their city and understand the role of LSE within this.'
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• LSE
academic receives Smith College Medal
Sarah Franklin, professor of social study and biomedicine and associate
director of BIOS at LSE, is one of five Smith College alumnae to have been
awarded the 2011 Smith College Medal.
Established in 1962, the Medal is awarded for extraordinary professional
achievements and outstanding service to the community.
Professor Franklin’s work explores the ethical dimensions of reproductive
and genetic technologies and presents them in a way that is comprehensible
to scientists, students and the general public. She has written and edited
15 books on the subject, as well as more than 100 articles, chapters and
reports.
Professor Franklin said: ‘I am a great admirer of Smith College and what
it has achieved, particularly for women in the sciences and engineering, and
so it is a special honour to be chosen to receive this award.’
The Medal will be presented at a ceremony in February 2011. For more
information, visit the
Smith College website.
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• Introducing eShop - LSE’s online store
If you need to make an online payment to the School, why not use eShop, a
new system for making online payments launched by the Finance Division
earlier this year?
LSE has accepted online payments for many years - and was in fact one of
the first institutions to accept tuition fees online back in 2000 - but in
recent years, demand has grown substantially. eShop is a specialist system
that enables Finance to react quickly to requests from within the School to
take other payments online. As a self-service system, available 24 hours a
day, eShop aims to improve customer service, to streamline administrative
processes and, potentially, boost income to the School.
eShop has two separate modules, one for administering conferences/events
and one for selling products (goods, services and miscellaneous items).
Since going live in March, it has processed approx 5,900 transactions
totalling £900,000, with usage growing rapidly.
If you are interested in using eShop or would like a demonstration,
please contact Keith Adams at k.adams@lse.ac.uk
or Ali Dezyanian at a.dezyanian@lse.ac.uk,
and of course they would be delighted to receive feedback from existing
users. For more, see http://eshop.lse.ac.uk.
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• Raising
money for Age UK
Ian Harvey in IT Services took part in the 2010 Brompton World Championships
at Blenheim Palace on Sunday 3 October.
Participants were timed over two laps of the 6.5km course, with some 600
cyclists taking part this year. Ian, who rode the course dressed as Heath
Ledger’s 'the Joker', was raising money for Age UK (formerly Age Concern and
Help the Aged). He completed the course in 33 minutes and 47 seconds, and
won the best dressed man award.
‘It is testament not just to the Brompton World Championship but also to the
Breast Cancer Care Bike Blenheim Palace event, that people come back year
after year to compete’ said event organiser Katharine Horsman. ‘With the
winners of the Brompton National Championships racing, and attendees from 34
countries, this is not only the biggest folding bike race in the world, it
is also a truly international event.’
Ian said ‘It was a great day and I'm very grateful to all colleagues who
supported me in the championships.’
Although the race has now been completed, anyone wishing to support these
good causes can still donate via Ian’s sponsorship page at
www.justgiving.com/Ian-Harvey2.
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• LSE Perspectives - call for entries
The LSE Perspectives October 2010 gallery is now online. You can view
this month's selection of photos
here.
LSE Perspectives is an online gallery featuring photos taken by LSE
students and staff. If you have taken any artistic images on your travels,
from your home town or even here in London, why not submit them for LSE
perspectives so that they can be shared with the rest of the School.
Every month, the Arts team selects 12 images and publishes them online.
For more information and to submit your images, visit the
LSE Perspectives web page. Previous galleries can be found
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 Notices
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• Staff portrait dates
Nigel Stead, School photographer, will be holding three staff portrait
photo sessions on Tuesday 12, Thursday 14, and Tuesday 26 October.
The sessions will be held in room G.19, Old Building, from 11am-1pm and
2-4pm.
New staff (or old staff who need to update their existing pictures) can
turn up at any time in the given time slots and there is no need to book.
All pictures are in colour and in a digital format and will be supplied
to each department/centre on a CD. Hard copy prints will not be provided.
Pictures will be sent after post production, which can take up to two weeks
after the shoot.
The cost is £15 per head charged to the department/centre and staff are
asked to bring their budget codes with them on the day.
More sessions will follow in November. For more information, contact
Nigel Stead at n.stead@lse.ac.uk.
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• Human
Resources Division closure
Please note that the Human Resources Division will be closed on the
morning of Monday 11 October until 1pm whilst the division completes an
internal office move.
The security reception on the ground floor of Tower Three will be able to
accept application forms and other correspondence but will not be able to
answer any queries. Please note contracts cannot be issued until after 1pm
on Monday 11 October.
There may also be some disruption to telephone lines and e-mail responses
on
the afternoon of Friday 8 October, whilst we prepare for the move.
Throughout this time the main HR reception telephone number will continue to
operate (020 7955 6659) and all other enquires will be dealt with as soon as
possible on Monday afternoon.
The Division apologises for any inconvenience caused.
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• LSE Mobile: new release available
The latest release of LSE Mobile is now in the iTunes App Store.
In response to student feedback, the latest version has a brand new
interface with key services such as PC availability featured on the
homepage. Library services are also now available. Students and staff can
now look up which books they have on loan, as well as their book requests,
information about reserved books that are now available, and details of any
fines owing. Upgrade LSE Mobile in the iTunes Store.
If you don’t have an iPhone or iPod Touch, you can still get LSE Mobile
on any phone that can access the internet. Just go to
https://lse.ombiel.co.uk in your
mobile browser.
More information about LSE Mobile can be found at
www.lse.ac.uk/itservices/lsemobile.
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• Tai
Chi @ LSE
Exercise gently, relax energetically, and improve your health. Tai Chi
classes take place every Monday at 1-2pm and 2-3pm in the Parish Hall.
Classes are funded by the Confucius Institute, but a donation of £3 per
class is appreciated.
For more information, email Inés at
i.alonso-garcia@lse.ac.uk.
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• LSE wireless - updated and simplified
IT Services now offers two methods of connecting to wireless internet:
- lsesecurewifi: offers a more secure connection with direct
login via PC configuration (recommended)
- lsebasicwifi: allows you to connect to the internet via an
LSE login page
For more information, visit
lse.ac.uk/itservices/wireless.
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• National Theatre ticket offer for Blood and Gifts
Afghanistan. 1981. As the Soviet army approaches the Pakistan border, CIA
agent Jim Warnock has an impossible decision to make…
The National Theatre is offering LSE staff the chance to purchase
tickets to Blood and Gifts, a new play by JT Rogers, for just £25. For more
on the production, see
www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/59862/productions/blood-and-gifts.html.
The offer is valid for performances until Monday 1 November. Call 020
7452 3000 and quote ‘LSE Staff Offer’ or book online at
www.nationaltheatre.org.uk.
Enter promotional code 3123 then select date and seats.
This offer is subject to availability and cannot be used in conjunction
with any other offer or discount. It is not available on tickets already
purchased and proof of eligibility may be required. |
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 Research
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• Climate
change talks should focus on 'building blocks' of policy instead of
international treaty
International talks on climate change should focus on putting together the
'building blocks' of global policy instead of drawing up a comprehensive new
treaty, according to new research published last week in the journal
Global Policy.
A paper by Robert Falkner (pictured), Hannes Stephan and John Vogler of the Centre
for Climate Change Economics and Policy and the Grantham Research Institute
on Climate Change and the Environment calls for agreements between countries
on key aspects of climate change policy, such as deforestation, adaptation
and technology transfer, without a comprehensive, universal and
legally-binding treaty.
The researchers argue that the international effort to negotiate a
comprehensive, universal and legally-binding treaty on climate change 'has
been producing diminishing returns for some time' and that an alternative
approach is needed 'which develops different elements of climate governance
in an incremental fashion and embeds them in an international political
framework'.
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• Research
Division open events
The Research Division supports the submission of around 250 applications a
year from LSE academics and researchers.
Traditionally the division has supported individual researchers’ interests
and needs in seeking externally funded research. The division is now
extending the information and dialogues with the academic community, in a
series of events which will run throughout the year.
The first event is an information day on the latest Framework Programme
call and the Social Sciences and Humanities Work Plan for 2011. The event
will be held in the Graham Wallas Room, Old Building on Thursday 14 October
at 11.30am.
Information days will focus on specific open calls from the UK Research
Councils, European Commission, or other funding agencies that would normally
sponsor social science research. We will also offer workshops on how to
write and develop a research proposal which will be open to all LSE staff
and researchers. Some of the information events will see the collaboration
of external organisations to deliver a more general framework and we will
also invite colleagues from others institutions.
Other events will include funders' workshops. These workshops will have
speakers either from sponsors or from relevant positions in the environment
of international research, discussing the current and longer term priorities
for research investments.
For more information, contact the
Research Division.
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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 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.
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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 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
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 Events
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• The Ralf Dahrendorf Lecture - Greatness and Limits of the
West: reflections on an uncompleted project
Speaker: Professor Emeritus Heinrich August Winkler
On: Thursday 7 October at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
This lecture marks the intellectual legacy of Ralf Dahrendorf, director
of LSE from 1974 to 1984, and one of Europe's most eminent sociologists and
public servants of the post-War period. Lord Dahrendorf passed away in June
2009.
Heinrich August Winkler is an internationally acclaimed scholar and one
of the most distinguished historians of modern Germany. He held the chair in
modern history at the Humboldt University in Berlin from 1991 to 2007,
having been a professor at the University of Freiburg since 1972.
This lecture will be chaired by Howard Davies. Tickets are still
available, to request a ticket visit the
event web page.
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• Upcoming LSE events include....
A Master Class in Entrepreneurship
On: Monday 11 October at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Gurbaksh Chahal
A Call for Judgment: sensible finance for a dynamic economy
On: Tuesday 12 October at 5.15pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Professor Amar Bhide, Schmidheiny Professor at the Fletcher
School
Expiring or Expanding? International Economic Organisations and the
Restructuring of World Power
On: Wednesday 13 October at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Professor Ngaire Woods, professor of international political
economy and director of the Global Economic Governance Programme, University
College, Oxford.
The Quest for Meaning
On: Monday 18 October at 6.30pm. The venue will be confirmed on the
ticket release date
Speaker: Professor Tariq Ramadan, professor of contemporary Islamic
studies at Oxford University
A ticket is required for this event. One ticket per person can be requested
from 10am on Monday 11 October.
The Political Economy of the Cold War
On: Monday 18 October at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Niall Ferguson is the Philippe Roman Chair in
History and International Affairs at LSE for the 2010-11 academic year
A ticket is required for this event. One ticket per person can be requested
from 10am on Monday 11 October.
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• LSE Arts - Michaelmas term lunchtime concerts
LSE Arts has a variety of events this term to keep you entertained. Make
sure you keep up to date with what’s on at
www.lse.ac.uk/arts.
Musical life at LSE continues to flourish and this term offers a series
of outstanding lunchtime concerts on Thursdays in the Shaw Library. The
quality of the music at these events is extremely high and we are proud to
be able to offer them free.
The next lunchtime concert takes place at 1.05pm on Thursday 14 October,
with a performance by Bartholomew La Follette(cello) and Rosie Richardson
(piano), in the Shaw Library, 6th Floor of the Old Building. Bartholomew
LaFollette is 'an easy and graceful performer, and showed a rhythmically
nimble facility of movement… he was as free in touching the heartstrings as
he was in dashing off dazzling runs.' Irish Times, April 2007.
The lunchtime concerts are free and open to all. Entry is on a first
come, first served basis, the concerts do fill up quickly, so arrive early
to avoid disappointment. For information on this concert and to see the
schedule for Michaelmas term, visit
www.lse.ac.uk/collections/artsAndMusic/musicMT2010.htm.
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• Silencing
the Classroom: persecuted academics share their experiences
LSE Scholars At Risk in partnership with CARA, the Council for Assisting
Refugee Academics
On:
Tuesday 19 October at 6.30-8pm in the Wolfson Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speakers: Mina Al Lami, Iraqi visiting fellow in the Department of
Media and Communications, Dr Marwan Naser, Palestinian visiting
fellow in the Department of International Development, and Dr Shumba
Nephat, refugee academic from Zimbabwe.
Academic freedom and the freedom of scholars is under threat around the
world. In volatile regions where illiberal regimes prevail, scholars are a
target often because of their instrumental role in advocating change.
In this panel event, scholars who have faced such threats will talk about
their experiences.
This event is free and open to all, with no booking or pre-registration
required.
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•
Podcasts of public lectures and events
Staying Power: six enduring principles for managing strategy and
innovation in an uncertain world
Speaker: Professor Michael A Cusumano
Recorded: Monday 27 September, approx 62 minutes
Click here to listen
The Financial Crisis: who is to blame?
Speakers: Howard Davies and Robert Peston
Recorded: Tuesday 28 September, approx 82 minutes
Click here to listen
'It's My Body and I'll Do What I Like With It' - Bodies As Possessions and
Objects
Speaker: Professor Anne Phillips
Recorded: Wednesday 29 September, approx 76 minutes
Click here to listen |
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 60
Second Interview
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• with.....
Frank Ofori
My name is Frank Ofori and I
originate from Ghana. I work with
ISS Facility Services, where I am a
supervisor. I love my job, sport and
I read a lot.
What is the best part of your
job at LSE?
Being a supervisor.
What three items would you
take to a desert island with you?
Food, tools (for farming) and a
book.
What are your hobbies?
Reading, sport and socialising.
If you could be any Superhero,
who would you be and why?
Hercules - because he uses his
supernatural abilities to assist
humanity.
Where is your favourite place
on the LSE campus?
New Academic Building.
If you were stuck in a lift
with someone, who would you want it
to be?
A Lift operator or expert. |
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 Training
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• Academic,
personal and professional development courses for staff
Courses on offer next week include:
- Monday 11 October
PhD/Res: doing creative and original research
- Tuesday 12 October
PhD/Res: doing creative and original research
- Wednesday 13 October
PhD/Res: doing creative and original research
- Thursday 14 October
Moodle basics training
PGCertHE: briefing
- Friday 15 October
PGCertHE: briefing
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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• Channel
4 (5 October 2010)
Microsoft: cloud to 'revolutionise' computing
'Speaking to a group of students at LSE, Steve Ballmer was keen to talk
up the future of cloud computing and how it would change the way
individuals and businesses operate in the future.'
Video news report of the Steve Ballmer's lecture at LSE.
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• The
Guardian (4 October 2010)
Watching the watchdog
Damian Tambini, lecturer at LSE, writes that far from making such severe
cutback at Ofcom, we should be reinforcing their powers. He worries that
as Ofcom is suspending policymaking to save money, we have already lost
the initiative on key issues such as 'net neutrality'.
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• Financial
Times (1 October 2010)
A wag's life
A look at both the problems and advantages of being a footballer's wife
or girlfriend ('wag'.) Dr Catherine Hakim, a sociologist at LSE,
believes that 'wags' are culturally demonised due to sexism perpetrated
by men and women alike against 'anything that displays erotic capital.'
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