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4 November 2010 |
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• LSE academic awarded prestigious Andrija Stampar Medal
LSE professor Elias Mossialos has been awarded the 2010 Andrija Stampar
Medal for distinguished services to public health.
Awarded by the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European
Region (ASPHER), the Andrija Stampar Medal is the most prestigious public
health award in Europe. It is awarded annually to an individual considered by
the Executive Board of the Association to have contributed through
distinguished service to public health over the course of his/her life.
This year, for the very first time, the nominations were collected not
only from ASPHER members but also from those of the European Public Health
Association (EUPHA).
Elias Mossialos, Brian Abel-Smith Professor of Health Policy, director of
LSE Health, and head of the Health Teaching Cluster at the Department of
Social Policy at LSE, said: 'I am both surprised and humbled by the decision
of the ASPHER and EUPHA Committees. The award is not only recognition of my
own accomplishments but it also reflects the achievements and impact of my
colleagues at LSE Health and the European Observatory on health systems and
policies in turning out rigorous academic and policy relevant research.'
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• BIOS
visiting professor named Slovenian Woman Scientist of the Year
On 14 October, Professor Renata Salecl, visiting professor in the LSE's
BIOS Centre, was announced the Slovenian Woman Scientist of the Year.
Professor Salecl was awarded a crystal microscope from Gregor Golobič,
Slovenian minister for higher education, science and technology.
Professor Salecl's recent book, Choice, explores how capitalism’s
shrill exhortations to ‘be oneself’ can be a tyranny which leads to
ever-greater dissatisfaction and how the insistence that choice is a purely
individual matter obstructs social change.
Renata Salecl will be presenting a public seminar on the 'Ideology of
Choice and the Idea of Perfect Future' on Thursday 18 November at 5-7pm in
the Graham Wallas Room, fifth floor of the Old Building. For more
information about this seminar, visit the
BIOS website.
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• Reliving the Journey: reflections on our skydive
Frank Land, emeritus professor in the Information Systems and Innovation
Group at LSE, and his twin brother Ralph marked their 82nd birthday on
Sunday 24 October, with a skydive to raise money for Cancer Research UK.
The dive also commemorated the life of Jacqueline, Ralph's wife, who
died from cancer last year.
Despite Ralph breaking his ankle, the day was a success, with the brothers raising
over £11,000 for Cancer Research UK.
To read Frank's account of the day, and to view some of the photos, click
here.
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• sQuid
is catching on
Last month, we said that sQuid is coming. Well, now it's here.
All of this year’s intake of students have a new-style LSE card,
incorporating ePayments. You may have seen some of them using it to pay for
food and drink in LSE Catering outlets, using the sQuid contactless readers.
The card is proving popular and we are currently rolling it out to our
continuing students.
Soon it will be the turn of staff members to collect their new card. We are
currently issuing cards to a pilot group and then the rest of LSE staff will
be invited to collect their new card.
Liz Thomas, head of LSE Catering (pictured), says: 'sQuid is quick and easy,
both for the customer who is paying and for the till operator, taking the
payment. "Tap-and-go" saves counting the change out and reduces errors at
the till. We look forward to introducing special offers and money saving
promotions linked to the card, in the near future'.
For more information about sQuid, click
here.
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• Wearing
pink, eating cake and completing quizzes
Friday 29 October was the annual ‘Wear it Pink’ day in support of the
Breast Cancer Campaign.
The External Relations Division held a grand cake and chocolate sale and
a new ‘Pink Quiz’ sheet was produced to tax murky autumnal brainpower. Over
£170 was raised for which we thank all involved.
Particular mention should go to the division’s most prolific bakers -
Sarah Atkinson, Veronika Tugendraich-Garwolinski and Arthur Wadsworth.
However, special acknowledgement must also be given to Sooraya Mohabeer
(pictured) who,
having attended the Staff Development Unit’s chocolate making workshop in
the summer, created a selection of mouth-watering chocolates which were so
popular that an order book was instigated and, consequently, Sooraya’s
ensuing weekend was spoken for. Many thanks for your hard work and terrific
sales skills.
Thanks also to all those who bought a pink quiz. Marking will take place
at the weekend and a prize will be awarded to the winner.
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• Religion and belief in higher education - researching the
experiences of staff and students
The Equality Challenge Unit (ECU), an organisation promoting equality and
diversity in higher education, is leading a project looking at the
experiences of staff and students with a religion and belief in higher
education institutions in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
There is currently no comprehensive national evidence about the
experience of students from a diverse range of religions and beliefs in
higher education. Therefore, the ECU has created a survey focusing on
investigating four main areas relating to religion and belief in higher
education: participation and disclosure relating to religion and belief;
accommodation of religious observances; discrimination and harassment
relating to religion and belief; and good relations.
The survey can be found
here, and will be live until Thursday 9 December. A report
containing the findings of the survey will be published on ECU's website in
2011. For
background on the project, the on-going findings, and the final report,
visit the
ECU website.
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• New
advice and support service for students
A new advice and support service has been launched at LSE bringing with
it new staff and a new focus.
Whilst continuing to provide essential one to one advice and support to
students, the team will be aiming to improve students’ lives in new ways.
This year marks the start of new initiatives designed to prevent problems
for students. The team will work to contribute to improving policies and
procedures within the school, halls of residence, and with local authority
provided services.
The team now need your help, and is asking all course directors, tutors,
and heads of departments to spread the word to current students.
For more information, email
su.advice-centre@lse.ac.uk or call ext 7158.
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• LSE Perspectives - November gallery now online
The LSE Perspectives November 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
LSE Perspectives submissions. Previous galleries can be found
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 Notices
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• Act of Remembrance - Thursday 11 November
Remembrance Day is our chance to remember all those who have lost their
lives in any conflict, anywhere in the world. It falls at 11am every 11
November to commemorate the cessation of the First World War, and those who
died in that war and all wars since.
The School and the Students' Union will be holding a Remembrance Day
vigil starting at 10.50am in the Shaw Library, sixth floor of the Old
Building, on Thursday 11 November.
LSE Director Howard Davies, Chaplain Reverend Dr James Walters, and SU
general secretary Charlotte Gerada will all say a few words, after which
there will be a two minute silence at 11am, the same time that others will
fall silent across the country.
Please come along to remember all those who have died and continue to die
in war.
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• Teachers’
show and tell
Wednesday 24 November, 12-2pm, NAB 1.15
This 'show and tell' event will demonstrate how LSE lecturers,
administrators, and teachers have used Moodle and other technologies
effectively to support their courses.
The presenters will show how they've made use of Moodle's many features and
other technologies and will explain the educational rationale behind their
work. The Centre for Learning Technology will also be demoing Moodle
features and technologies you may not have discovered yet.
A sandwich lunch will be provided from 12pm.
For more information or to book your place at this event, visit
Teachers’ show and tell.
If you would like to present at future show and tell events, please email
clt-support@lse.ac.uk.
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• AUA mid-term social
The LSE branch of the AUA, the professional body for university
administrators, is holding a mid-term social on Tuesday 23 November.
Join us for dinner and drinks after work in a restaurant around Covent
Garden (exact location to be confirmed). This is an excellent opportunity to
meet colleagues from around the School in an informal setting and find out
about the AUA and its activities.
The event is open to non-members and existing AUA members. If you would
like to attend, or find out more about the AUA, email
aua@lse.ac.uk.
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• LSE
Partnership PhD Mobility Bursaries
Deadline: 30 November 2010
Applications are invited from LSE PhD students for Mobility Bursaries to
visit one of the School’s institutional partners in order to work informally
with an advisor on their PhD thesis research and/or on related publications
and presentations, and to introduce them to the academic culture,
professional contacts and employment opportunities of another
country/region.
For 2010-11, six bursaries remain to support LSE students to visit one of
the following institutions: the National University of Singapore, Sciences
Po, Peking University or the University of Cape Town. For each institution,
up to two flat rate bursaries of £2,500 are available.
LSE PhD students who have already been upgraded to full doctoral student
status are eligible to apply. Each visit should be a minimum of two months
and a maximum of three months in duration.
Full details about the Mobility Bursaries, including application
procedures, can be found
here. All further enquiries should be emailed to
academic_partnerships@lse.ac.uk.
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• LSE Catering goes egg-tastic
As part of our continuing commitment to the environment and food
quality, all fresh whole eggs bought for use in LSE Catering kitchens
are British Lion Standard free range eggs.
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 Research
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• UK
influence abroad depends on diplomats more than armed forces or aid says
report from foreign policy experts
A report on the future of the UK's foreign policy warns that the Foreign
Office must not be starved of resources because it offers the best way of
upholding the nation's declining global influence.
The authors, who include Sir Malcolm Rifkind, Lord Powell of Bayswater
and Sir Jeremy Greenstock, argue that it is crucial to invest in Britain's
diplomatic power to strengthen its interests abroad and, in many cases,
question whether the money allocated to overseas development and defence has
the same effect in a world that is increasingly globalised and complex.
The report, The Future of UK Foreign Policy, is published by the
international affairs think tank LSE IDEAS, the centre for International
Affairs, Strategy and Diplomacy at LSE. Its other authors are Sir Mark
Allen, Sir Rodric Braithwaite and Sir Richard Mottram.
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• Developing
countries need stronger voices in international system to ensure its
legitimacy says WTO head
The legitimacy of the United Nations system and other international
organisations depends upon developing countries being given stronger voices
within them writes the director-general of the World Trade Organisation in
the October issue of LSE's journal Global Policy.
In his paper Pascal Lamy argues that developing countries do not have
sufficient weight in these organisations to ensure 'credible and legitimate
outcomes'.
He writes: 'International organisations are where global decision making
takes place. It is true that some of these organisations still have some way
to go in terms of reforming their governance structures in order for them to
adapt to today's realities, as is the case with the World Bank and the
International Monetary Fund'.
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• Extended
Maternity Leave: from measuring costs to appreciating benefits
The European Parliament has debated maternity leave legislation for the last
two years. Maternity leave in the EU countries currently varies between 14
and 28 weeks, with occasional provision for fathers. In neither case is this
usually at full pay, which means that less well-off mothers are forced to
leave their child at an early stage in order to return to work.
The Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality has argued for the
extension of maternity leave to 20 weeks, fully paid, and for the
introduction of a fortnight's fully paid paternity leave.
They commissioned a background document on the social, non-quantifiable
benefits of extending maternity leave in the 27 EU member states, and LSE
Enterprise approached Dr Konstantina Davaki of LSE Health in July to write
it.
Along with papers from three other experts on both sides of the debate,
MEPs used Dr Davaki's document to help them plan whether to vote for or
against the amendments drafted by the Portuguese MEP, Ms Edite Estrela.
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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 October 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 November 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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• Upcoming LSE events include....
The State of the World Economy
On: Thursday 4 November at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Olivier Blanchard, economic counsellor and director of the
Research Department of the International Monetary Fund.
The Regime Complex for Climate Change
On: Monday 8 November at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Robert O Keohane, professor of international affairs at
Princeton University.
Towards a New Financial System
On: Tuesday 9 November at 2pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: José Viñals, financial counsellor and director of the Monetary and
Capital Markets Department of the International Monetary Fund.
Talking to the Enemy: violent extremism, sacred values, and what it means
to be human
On: Tuesday 9 November at 6.45pm in the New Theatre, East Building
Speaker: Professor Scott Atran, director of research in anthropology at the
National Centre for Scientific Research in France.
Dignified Foreign Policy
On: Thursday 11 November at 1pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Speaker: Alexander Stubb, Finland's foreign minister.
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• Seeking Justice for Crimes against Humanity: the case of
Argentina
On: Thursday 4 November at 6.30-8pm in the Old Theatre, Old
Building
Speaker: Judge Sergio Gabriel Torres, federal judge in criminal and
correctional matters in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Under the military government of 1976-1983, Argentina suffered massive
and systematic violations of human rights, the consequences of which still
linger today.
Sergio Torres is a federal judge, presiding over a case that involves
more than 800 incidents of illegal detentions, torture, disappearances and
deaths.
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. For more
information, visit the
Centre for the Study of Human Rights website.
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• Podcasts of public lectures and events
State of Emergency: the way we were, Britain 1970-1974
Speaker: Dominic Sandbrook
Recorded: Wednesday 27 October, approx 82 minutes
Click here to listen
Financial Crisis and Economic Recession
Speaker: Professor Jesus Huerta de Soto
Recorded: Thursday 28 October, approx 82 minutes
Click here to listen
Celebrating the Work and Legacy of Professor Lord Meghnad Desai
Speakers: Professor Charles Goodhart, Professor Amartya Sen,
Dr Purna Sen, and Clare Short
Recorded: Thursday 28 October, approx 82 minutes
Click here to listen |
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 60
Second Interview
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• with..... Rachael Elliott, head of Residential Life at LSE
I joined LSE's Residential
Services in August this year, in the
newly created post of head of
Residential Life. My professional
work background has, for almost 20
years, been in student support
roles, with the majority of that
experience focussed exclusively on
international students, in one way
or another, in higher education in
London. Short stints in US
non-profit and UK commercial
education sector organisations have
punctuated my longer service with
Brunel University, International
Students House and University
College London.
For fun, I read restaurant
reviews, run an allotment (badly)
and a fantasy football team in the
Barclays League (even more badly). I
am a London junkie and a very, very
amateur architecture enthusiast, a
keen cook, a native of the Black
Country and a fan of electronic
music and Monty Don.
What do you think is likely to
be the most challenging aspect of
this newly created position and what
opportunities does it bring?
The opportunity to contribute to
the excellent student support
practices to be found in residences
and across the wider School, was one
of the attributes that attracted me
to this new role. As with any role,
I expect to be time poor.
What book are you currently
reading and which have you enjoyed
most in the past?
I usually have a few books on the
go. The current choices include
Glitz by Elmore Leonard and
Pevsner London: city of London 1.
Where did you go on your last
holiday?
Sweden for a short summer break,
staying in Stockholm and visiting
Uppsala.
Is there anything you cannot
do and would like to learn?
I cannot make scones rise. Anyone
who is willing to teach me will be
richly rewarded.
What is your favourite part of
London?
Hmm. I have different favourites
for different reasons. Regent’s Park
is superb for some open air
entertainment, formal gardens and
summer ice creams. Seven Dials is
good for gift shopping. For
leisurely walks, you can’t beat
London’s canal towpaths and disused
railway lines.
What would your friend say is
your greatest quality?
Loyalty. It is my greatest
weakness too. |
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 Training
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• Training
for staff and research students at LSE
Staff courses scheduled for next week include:
- One-to-one voice coaching
- Using blogs, wikis and social media for teaching
- Organising your Favourite Websites: intro to social bookmarking
- Excel 2010: logical and lookup functions
- Excel 2010: data analysis
- Going beyond Google
- Moodle next steps training
- PG Cert HE: assessing student work
For a full schedule and further details, including booking information,
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 Media
bites
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• BBC Radio 4 (3 November 2010)
Thinking Allowed
Dr Sharon Shalev, a fellow at the Mannheim Centre for Criminology at
LSE, discussed the growth of high security prisons in America alongside
the increased use of solitary confinement. Dr Shalev's book Supermax
examines both topics.
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• The Guardian (3 November 2010)
World financial markets need a world financial court
'There are specialist courts for everything from family law to tax,
intellectual property and bankruptcy - so why not finance?' Article by
Jeffrey Golden, visiting professor in the Law Department at LSE.
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• The
Observer (31 October 2010)
It isn't time to wave goodbye to Barack quite yet
Stryker McGuire, editor of LSE Research, reviews two books about
US president Barack Obama: Obama's Wars: the inside story, by Bob
Woodward and Tariq Ali's The Obama Syndrome: surrender at home, war
and abroad.
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