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6 January 2011 |
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• Honours
at New Year for two at LSE
Two LSE staff members have had their outstanding achievement and service
recognised in the New Year Honours list 2011. Jane Pugh (pictured),
governance officer in LSE’s Planning and Corporate Policy Division, has
received an MBE for services to higher education and Professor Helen
Wallace, centennial professor in the European Institute, has been made a
Dame for services to social science.
Jane, who has been at LSE on and off since 1976, said: ‘When I first saw
the official envelope my immediate thought was - great it must be jury
service, something I have always wanted to do. When I opened the letter and
saw it had come from the Cabinet Office, I was simply stunned and cried when
I read it.
‘I had wanted to come to LSE ever since my A-Level geography teacher told
me that he had studied here and I was lucky enough to get a one year
placement in the drawing room in the Geography Department. After my course,
a job came up in the LSE Drawing Office and the rest you could say is
history.
‘What I love about my job is that I meet and deal with so many people,
not just in the School, but also outside. I feel extremely grateful to LSE
for all the opportunities it has given me, and honoured and thrilled that it
has acknowledged me in this way.’
The School congratulates
former staff member Professor Fiona Steele and seven alumni, who
were also honoured.
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• LSE
receives ‘HR excellence in research’ badging
LSE has been awarded the 'HR excellence in research' logo from the
European Commission.
The School has been recognised by the European Commission for its efforts
in improving the working conditions and career development opportunities for
its researchers and for providing a clear plan of action for future
developments.
LSE has been working towards this through embedding the Concordat to
Support the Career Development of Researchers within the School. This is the
first year that the award has been made in the UK, and LSE is one of only a
few UK higher education institutions that has received it to date.
Professor David Stevenson, vice-chair of the Appointments Committee and
chair of the Research Staff Committee, said: 'As a leading research
university, LSE is delighted to have received an HR excellence in research
badge. This award is a welcome recognition of the School's commitment to
observing best practice for the career development of its research staff.
The School looks forward to building on this achievement in the years
ahead.'
More information on how LSE is embedding the Concordat is available
here.
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• High
Holborn silver lining
LSE’s High Holborn residence won silver at the prestigious 2010 Visit
London Awards, coming second in the category of 'Best Budget Accommodation'.
With a shortlist of six other accommodation providers competing on the
night, Holborn’s silver award is an exceptional achievement and testament to
the hard work of the team over the past 12 months. High Holborn offers
quality accommodation through the student vacation period and is next open
to the public for summer 2011.
Commenting on the award, Sarah Jons, LSE's residences service manager,
said: ‘The Visit London awards acknowledge the very best of London tourism,
from outstanding individuals to hotels and visitor attractions. High Holborn
continues to offer great value, affordable bed & breakfast in the heart of
London and it’s fantastic to be recognised in this way.
Considering High Holborn only trades to the public in the summer vacation
it is a particular achievement to be recognised by the judges. Additional
revenue from vacation trading contributes to keeping student rents as low as
possible and this award will help publicise LSE vacation accommodation
further.’
For more information on LSE’s residences during vacation time, visit
www.lsevacations.co.uk/lse.
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• Family's
challenging past inspires £2.6 million programme to encourage new
generation of African leaders
A husband and wife, who were forced with their families to leave the brutal
dictatorship of 1970s Uganda, are making a generous donation to help a new
generation of African leaders develop their skills.
US-based Firoz and Najma Lalji (pictured) have made an initial gift of
almost £1 million through their charitable foundation to help establish the
Firoz and Najma Lalji Programme in African Leadership at LSE.
Each year the programme will enable 30 high-achievers from Africa to
attend an intensive executive training course in London . They will benefit
from high quality teaching in areas including government, economics,
development and law from LSE and partner universities around the world.
Participants will later be invited to an annual forum in Africa to help
refresh their skills and form leadership networks across the continent.
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• LSE
honours Professor Fei Xiaotong
To commemorate the centenary of Professor Fei Xiaotong’s (pictured)
birth, LSE held an international conference on Sunday 5 December followed by
a series of seminars from 6 to 8 December.
Professor Xiaotong, an honorary fellow at LSE, was a famous sociologist,
anthropologist, social activist, and senior Chinese political leader.
The event was organised by LSE’s Asia Research Centre, Department of
Anthropology, the China in Comparative Perspective Network (CCPN), and
Confucius Institute for Business London, together with the Zhejiang UK
Association and the School of Sociology and Anthropology at Sun Yat-sen
University, China.
Despite the chilly weather, more than 200 people travelled from China,
Taiwan, Japan, USA, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, and many
cities in the UK, to attend the conference. Guest speakers included LSE
Director Howard Davies, LSE pro-director Professor George Gaskell, Wu Xun,
minister counsellor at the Chinese Embassy to the UK, honorary president of
the Chinese Sociological Association Professor Hengsheng Zheng, Peking
University professor Lizhong Xie, LSE professors Danny Quah and Stephan
Feuchtwang, and co-director of the Asia Research Centre, Dr Ruth Kattumuri.
Professor Xiaotong’s first PhD student at Peking University, Professor
Yongping Zhou, on behalf of Fei’s only daughter, presented gifts to LSE - a
set of Fei Xiaotong completed work (20 volume) and English-Chinese combined
volume of the Peasant Life in China.
For a full report about the conference and seminars including photos,
click here. For more information about the programme including
presentational materials, visit the
CCPN website.
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• The future of computer trading in financial markets
LSE professors Oliver Linton (pictured) and Charles Goodhart have
joined the lead expert group for a Foresight project looking at the
future of computer trading in financial markets.
The project is led by the Government Office for Science and will explore
how computer generated trading in financial markets might evolve in the next
ten years or more, and how this will affect:
- Financial stability
- Integrity of financial markets including price information and
liquidity
- Competition
- Market efficiency for allocating capital
- Transaction costs on access to finance
- Future role and location of capital markets
It will also assess options for addressing the key challenges ahead, and
consider how the opportunities offered by advancements in computer
technologies could be capitalised upon by the financial sector.
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• Academic abroad
In December, Emeritus Professor Jonathan Rosenhead of the Management Science
Group of the Department of Management, gave a plenary address at the
regional conference of APORS in Penang.
APORS, the Association of Asia Pacific Operational Research Societies, is a
regional organisation within IFORS, the International Federation of
Operational Research Societies. IFORS appointed Professor Rosenhead as IFORS
Distinguished Lecturer to participate in the conference.
Professor Rosenhead’s talk was on 'Is Operational Research Sustainable?',
and dealt with the potential of his discipline for making contributions in
the understanding and mitigation of, and adaptation to, climate change.
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 Notices
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• LSE
Teaching Day 2011 - call for contributions
The third LSE Teaching Day will take place on Tuesday 24 May. Staff are
invited to submit proposals for presentations, workshops, demonstrations,
and panel discussions. Themes for the day include:
- Feedback and assessment
- Innovation in teaching
- Research led teaching
- Student skills development in HE
The deadline for submissions is Friday 4 February. All submissions
will be reviewed by the Programme Committee, chaired by Professor Janet
Hartley, pro-director for teaching and learning. Proposals should be
submitted using the online submission form at
www.lse.ac.uk/teachingday.
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• LSE Photoprize 2011 calls for submissions
A reminder to all budding photographers - get your submissions in by
Wednesday 12 January for the LSE Photo Prize Exhibition 2011.
The LSE Photo Prize Exhibition is an annual competition run by LSE Arts
which is open to all staff and students and showcases a wide range of
photography. This year’s photo prize takes on the theme of 'crossing
borders'.
Photos are selected by a judging panel of art professionals and LSE
staff. The exhibition will be printed and displayed in the Atrium Gallery,
Old Building between 28 February and 15 April 2011. This exhibition is
supported by the LSE Annual Fund, Metro Imaging, and A Bliss.
Entrants can each submit up to three photographs, which should reflect
the theme. Each photograph must be 300dpi, no smaller than 2MB and a JPEG
file. The deadline for submissions is 5pm on Wednesday 12 January.
For more information and to enter, please download an application form at
www.lse.ac.uk/arts.
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• The
Single Equality Scheme - consultation
Prior to the creation of LSE’s Single Equality Scheme (SES), the School’s
equality and diversity adviser consulted with staff and students to
understand more fully the equality and diversity needs within the School.
The SES sets out how the School will meet its statutory duties to promote
equality and diversity across all areas over the next three years.
Thank you to all who participated in this first stage of the consultation
process. The contributors to the online survey/workshops were entered into a
prize draw for an Amazon voucher worth £25. The winner of the draw is Neill
Roberts, many congratulations.
The results of the consultation were used to inform the development of the
SES Action Plan. Further consultation on the SES will be held with key
internal and external stakeholders from February to March 2011, after which
the scheme shall be finally approved by the School’s Council for publication
and application.
For more information on the Single Equality Scheme and/or the results of the
consultation, please contact LSE’s equality and diversity adviser Carolyn
Solomon-Pryce at c.solomon-pryce@lse.ac.uk.
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• Research
project travel survey
LSE PhD student Vasiliki Baka is calling on all staff to help with an LSE
based research project, by completing a short survey on travel habits and
social media.
The project is examining how the emergence and increasing popularity of
user-generated content is changing the travel sector.
Any contributions are confidential and for research purposes only. The
results will only be reported in aggregate terms, without any individual
identifying information. At the end of the survey you will also have the
opportunity to enter a
€50
prize draw.
The survey can be found at
www.surveymonkey.com/s/CRV3YT6.
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• LSE
Perspectives
The LSE Perspectives January 2011 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
staff and students, each image reflecting a unique perspective on a
particular scene.
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
here.
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• University of London governing body vacancies
The University of London appoints nominees to the governing bodies of
a range of external institutions and organisations. Applications are
invited from any member of LSE for the three vacancies below.
Dame Alice Owen’s Foundation advisory committee
Three nominees are required to serve on the advisory committee of the Dame
Alice Owen’s Foundation. The Foundation provides funds for the
Dame Alice Owen’s School,
a voluntary-aided mixed comprehensive school in Potters Bar, and for
educational purposes in Islington. The advisory committee provides advice on
projects to be funded and on the development of the Trustees' donation
policy to the Worshipful Company of
Brewers, the Trustee Foundation. The committee meets twice a year.
Governing body of Isleworth and Syon School for Boys
One nominee is required on the governing body of
Isleworth and
Syon School for Boys. The school is the only 11-19 non-denominational
school in the area, is a voluntary-controlled school with approximately
1,000 pupils and has been designated a sports college. The term of office is
four years. The governing body meets three times each year, normally in the
evenings.
Governing body of the Royal Grammar School, Guildford
One person is required on the governing body of
Royal Grammar School in Guildford, Surrey. The school is an independent,
selective boys’ school for pupils aged 11-18 years. Although there are no
special requirements, an individual from the Guildford area would ensure
flexibility to attend meetings, which take place three times each year and
are in the early evening. The period of office would be for three years in
the first instance.
For more information and for details on how to apply, contact
Polly Rappaport on 020 7862 8014 or email
polly.rappaport@london.ac.uk.
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 Research
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• BNP
down plays 'race card' to boost legitimacy says new LSE research
The British National Party (BNP) has attempted to boost its legitimacy by
downplaying the issue of race according to new research from LSE.
The research published in the current issue of The Political Quarterly
shows that the BNP, whilst maintaining its anti-immigration stance, has
shifted its language from emphasising a nationalism based on race to one
based on British values and institutions. The researchers argue that this is
an attempt to replicate the success of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) and
its more inclusive, non-racist, idea of British nationality with 'common
citizenship and shared values'.
Daphne Halikiopoulou from LSE's Department of Government and Sofia
Vasilopoulou, from LSE's European Institute, analysed party manifestos from
before and after 1999 - when Nick Griffin took over the party's leadership
and began a reform agenda.
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• Football
penalty shoot-outs are unfair says new research
Football penalty shoot-outs give an unfair psychological advantage to the
team that shoots first, according to new research from LSE.
Professor Ignacio Palacios-Huerta, from LSE's Department of Management,
and his co-author Jose Apesteguia, associate professor at Pompeu Fabra
University, studied 2,820 penalty kicks from penalty shoot-outs from the
major national and international competitions between 1970 - 2008. They
found that the team that takes the first kick wins 60 per cent of the time
and the team that takes the second 40 per cent of the time.
Professor Palacios-Huerta said: 'Most TV channels cut to the commercial
break when the coin is being tossed to decide which team takes the first
penalty - but our findings show that this could be the deciding moment in a
drawn match. The coin gives a 20 per cent advantage to the team that shoots
first. The psychological pressure of "lagging behind" clearly affects the
performance of the team that kicks second.'
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• Support
from senior women is essential to increase the number of women leaders
Support from senior women is essential if the number of women leaders is
to be increased. This is one of the findings from research by LSE Masters
student, Janna Walvoort.
The research, conducted for an MSc in Organisational and Social
Psychology at LSE in collaboration with Averil Leimon of White Water
Strategies, is cited in a new book Coaching Women to Lead.
Coaching Women to Lead by Averil Leimon, François Moscovici and
Helen Goodier asks why there is still such a disparity in the number of
women filling leadership roles, compared with men. It argues that a specific
coaching approach for women is not only possible but required to support
women throughout their corporate career.
Janna's work is used to inform the chapter 'What do women want? Reporting
the results of our 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
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 January 2011.
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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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• LSE
Space for Thought Literary Festival 2011: crossing borders
Wednesday 16 - Saturday 19 February 2011
We are delighted to announce the programme of our third Literary
Festival. This year’s programme is designed to cross disciplinary,
international and metaphorical borders, exploring once again the rich
interaction between the arts and social sciences.
Speakers will include Andrew Motion, Professor Timothy Garton Ash, Lionel
Shriver, Professor John Gray, and Elif Shafak.
For more information, visit
Literary Festival 2011.
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• Other upcoming LSE events include....
The Naked Swimmer: can Spain (and the Euro) overcome this crisis?
On: Monday 10 January at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: LSE professor Luis Garicano
The Meaning of Life
On: Wednesday 12 January at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speaker: Robert Rowland Smith
Lunchtime Concert
On: Thursday 13 January at 1.05pm in the Shaw Library, 6th floor, Old
Building
Performer: Aleksandar Madzar, piano
Latvia Turns the Corner
On: Tuesday 19 January at 5-6pm. The venue will be confirmed to
ticketholders
Speaker: Valdis Dombrovskis, prime minister of Latvia
This event is free and open to all however a ticket is required. One ticket
per person can be requested at 10am on Tuesday 11 January.
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• The
Long History of Dietetics: thinking sociologically about food, the self
and knowledge
Wednesday 12 January, 6.30-8pm, Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Steven Shapin, Franklin L Ford Professor of the History of
Science at Harvard University
This lecture will provide a survey and interpretation of historically
changing ideas about food, knowledge, and the self.
This event is free and open to all, and will be followed by a reception in
the Atrium. For more information, see
event web page.
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• LSE
Chill
LSE Arts first open mic night for staff and students will be held on
Friday 28 January, from 5.30pm in the 4th Floor Café bar.
The line up for the evening is as follows:
- 5.45-6.15pm Funktionalists
The Funktionalists are comprised of staff and students from the LSE
Anthropology Department. They play a mixture of Cumbia, Son, and Rock.
- 6.30-7pm David Lewis
Described by Sing Out as 'a writer and singer worth getting to know',
and his work as 'smart song-craft' (CD Now), David Lewis has recorded
and released three CDs of acoustic folk-rock since the early 1990s. His
most recent release is Ghost Rhymes (2007). He is joined by David
Satterthwaite (mandolin, guitar) and Emma Wilson (violin).
- 7.15-7.45pm Chris O'Brien
Performing a selection of covers and self compos, Chris is a third year LLB student.
If you enjoy listening to music and want somewhere to go after work to
relax or catch up with friends, then come to the LSE Chill session.
We’re still looking for acts to perform for further sessions. If you are
interesting in performing, email
arts@lse.ac.uk with your name and details of your act.
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• Global
Governance lunchtime seminar programme
LSE Global Governance lunchtime seminars are a chance for staff and
students to present their research and explore themes arising from work
undertaken at the centre and invite the audience to discuss the work
further.
The seminars will be held every Tuesday during Lent Term, from 1-2pm in
room M101. For a full list of this term's seminars, visit the
Global Governance events
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 60
Second Interview
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• with..... Adam Austerfield
I'm project director at LSE
Enterprise and head of Spanish
programmes, and a classic case of someone who has
still not left LSE since 1994,
despite trying several times, being
fired, and emigrating.
What advice would you give to
new students coming to LSE?
Throw yourself fully into the
non-academic activities, as well as
your degree subject matter - and
learn Chinese (unless you are
Chinese).
Where in the world have you
always wanted to go but never quite
made it.... yet?
To meetings on time would be
fantastic, but also Buenos Aires in
Argentina - it sounds like just the
right mix of everything.
What has been the greatest
coincidence you have experienced so
far?
That Fred Halliday, who became a
good friend, used to live in exactly
the same flat in Holland Park as my
mother-in-law now does in London. She
took it over from him in the 1970s
and I still stay there when in
London now. He visited it for old
times sake a couple of years ago.
Name a company you would like
to own and run and explain why?
LSE Enterprise (just kidding).
Actually I think running Queens Park
Rangers football club would be a lot
of fun, although at the moment it's
not broken so I wouldn't want to fix
it. Mainly because I have a great
old sheepskin jacket and as
chairman, I could wear it even in
the summer.
What would you do if you were
LSE director for a day?
Shut down the Garrick and turn it
back into the Columbia Bar, then
take the rest of the day off.
What would we be most
surprised to learn about you?
That I had a bit part in Monty
Python's The Meaning of Life in
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 Training
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• Staff
courses from HR Organisational and Lifelong Learning
Effective Writing at Work - one-day course
Tuesday 18 January, 10am-5pm
Make your writing much more readable, and make a much greater impact on
paper, with this short course. You can even make it much easier - maybe even
more enjoyable - to write those reports, emails or other documents that
currently take so long. This course can also be taken as two separate units:
Writing Effective Letters and Emails, and Grammar and Punctuation
Essentials.
Flying Start Induction
Tuesday 18 January, 9.30am-4.30pm
Do you have a new member of staff? Get their LSE career off to a flying
start with our central induction briefing. These one-day sessions provide
new staff with the opportunity to find out more about the School and
training and development opportunities available. Staff will also receive a
tour of the School campus as well as the opportunity to network with other
new starters.
Grammar and Punctuation Essentials - half-day course
Thursday 20 January, 10am-1pm
Learn the rules of grammar and apply them in your writing with this
light-hearted, easy-to-understand refresher in grammar and punctuation. Most
of us were never taught grammar and punctuation at school, so we do not
always have total confidence in our writing at work. Even if you were taught
these things, you have probably forgotten most of it now and could do with a
reminder.
Recruitment and Selection Training - one-day course
Thursday 20 January, 9.30am-5.30pm, further dates to be added
This course provides an overview of the School's recruitment processes and
gives you a broad understanding of various recruitment techniques. It will
help you become more effective when recruiting and ensure the people you
select are the best fit for the jobs you need to fill. The course will also
help develop your interview and selection skills.
Improve your CV - half-day course
Wednesday 26 January, 10am-1pm
The short course is for staff looking to change roles and progress their
career at LSE. The context of this workshop is on making good job
applications at LSE.
Succeed at Interviews - half-day course
Wednesday 26 January, 2pm-5pm
This workshop will give you a greater understanding of the interview process
and help you present yourself well at job interviews. You won't just be
sitting and listening; there will be practical activities to improve your
skills.
To book a place, visit the
online training booking
system. For more information, email
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bites
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• The
Daily Telegraph (4 January 2011)
Women 'still happy to let men bring in the cash'
The idea that women disliked being financially dependent on men
is a myth, with more choosing to 'marry up' now than did so in the
1940s, according to Dr Catherine Hakim, of LSE. After decades of gender
equality campaigning many women now find it hard to admit that they want
to be a housewife more than they want a successful career of their own,
she said.
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• Britain in 2011 (January 2011)
3D-cinema:
the billion pound bonanza
'A big wildcard is 3D. It could further boost the burgeoning £900
million British post-production sector, and will undoubtedly further
increase admissions. However, the industry is still holding its breath
to see whether 3D remains a fad, just as in the1950s, or whether 3D is
here to stay.'
Article by Dr Gerben Bakker, lecturer in economic history and accounting
at LSE. (page 114)
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• The Herald, Pakistan (December 2010)
Multiple Dimensions (PDF available on request)
'The international aspect of the Kashmir conflict - the India-Pakistan
dispute over sovereignty - is notoriously laden with acrimony and
mistrust. Kashmir’s internal heterogeneity - the complex and fractured
nature of its society and politics - is, however, an equally daunting
problem standing in the way of progress towards resolution.'
Article by Sumantra Bose, professor of international and comparative
politics at LSE.
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