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27 January 2011 |
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• LSE hosts first IdeasLab at World Economic Forum
Leaders from industry, government and civil society joined academics
from LSE at an interactive session of the World Economic Forum, Davos,
on Wednesday (26 January).
The LSE IdeasLab, which took the theme 'Doing Better With Less', explored four topics of global importance. LSE Director Howard Davies and
Professors Nicholas Stern, Nicholas Barr and Oriana Bandiera presented
their ideas on public management, tackling climate change, financing
education and incentives and performance respectively.
Each speaker presented their ideas in a five minute talk with slides.
These were followed by the 'Lab' part of the event, an in-depth group
discussion with the audience about the ideas presented.
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• The
Institute for New Economic Thinking creates academic partnership
with LSE
The Institute for New Economic
Thinking (INET), launched with a $50 million pledge from George Soros to
promote changes in economic theory and practice through conferences, grants
and education initiatives, has announced an academic partnership with LSE,
to create 'INET@LSE', a new program that will apply ideas from complexity
social science to improve the design and effectiveness of economic policy.
INET@LSE, which will be based in LSE Global Governance, brings together
a management committee of senior LSE faculty and will also have a
presence in central Europe through extensive collaborative links with
Central European University (CEU) in Budapest.
'Now more than ever we need innovative thinking for the policy challenges
the world faces' said Howard Davies, Director of LSE. 'LSE has always
pioneered new approaches to the social sciences, and we are delighted to be
partnering with INET and collaborating with CEU on this important new
initiative.'
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• World
Stage - a new series of lectures celebrating life at LSE
The School has launched a new series of lectures celebrating life at LSE
from different national, cultural and personal perspectives.
The ‘World Stage: student and alumni lecture series’ will explore life at
LSE through discussions between prestigious alumni and current students,
celebrating its uniquely diverse student population and the influence this
has on the students who come here.
The first lecture features the writer, broadcaster, and food connoisseur,
Loyd Grossman (pictured), who will discuss his time at the School alongside
three current students. The talk, which takes place in the Wolfson Theatre
on Thursday 3 February, will be followed by drinks and snacks where staff
and students will have the opportunity to meet and chat informally.
Other events in the series feature the policy and advocacy officer for
Plan International, Rowan Harvey, with a third speaker to be confirmed.
More information on the series can be found at
lse.ac.uk/worldstage.
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• LSE
awarded ESRC accreditation
The School has gained accreditation by the Economic and Social Research
Council (ESRC) as a Doctoral Training Centre. The ESRC is one of three UK
Research Councils whose funding to the School includes studentship provision
for Home/EU research students.
An even greater achievement is that the School has also been allocated a
greater number of studentships, despite the difficult economic climate.
The ESRC has reduced the overall number of its awards by 20 per cent.
However, the School’s allocation has increased from four per cent of the
current total allocation to six per cent of the new allocation. LSE has been
awarded 36 studentships a year from October 2011 for the next five years
(subject to review after three years).
Further information on the allocation process for the 2011 session will
be provided to departments in early February.
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• Honorary Doctorates
Nominations for Honorary Doctorate are now invited.
The LSE Council may award an Honorary Doctorate to ‘persons who have made
an outstanding contribution to the increased understanding, or appreciation
of “the causes of things” and their practical application in the social
sciences or related fields.’
The deadline for nominations is Friday 18 February. For more information,
visit
Honorary Degree Nominations.
All completed nomination forms should be sent to Joan Poole, Planning and
Corporate Policy Division, at
j.a.poole@lse.ac.uk. |
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 Notices
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• LSE
Teaching Day 2011 - last chance to submit proposals
The deadline is fast approaching for staff to submit proposals for LSE
Teaching Day 2011.
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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• Important
changes to the childcare voucher scheme
Due to a change in government legislation, employees who join the childcare
scheme from 6 April 2011 will be limited to the equivalent of the basic rate
on the amount of tax saving.
The purpose of this change is to make the amount of tax saving the same for
all employees regardless of their rate of tax. If you joined
the Scheme on or before 5 April 2011, you will not be affected by these
changes.
More information can be found at
Childcare Vouchers.
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• Smart Mug offer
LSE Catering welcomes the use of the LSE branded, environmentally
friendly Smart Mugs.
Buy one now for only £4.70 from any of the following LSE Catering outlets
and receive a free tea, coffee, or hot chocolate.
- LSE Garrick
- 4th Floor Café Bar
- Café 54
- Mezzanine Café
- SDR Café Bar (members only)
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• Reduce, reuse, recycle
Why spend a lot for storage containers when you can buy them from the
Fourth Floor Restaurant at a fraction of the price?
LSE Catering have a selection of reusable containers at the bargain price
of 20p each or five for £1.
Use them to store almost anything - food in the kitchen, stationery in
the office, or even nuts and bolts in the garage or garden shed. |
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 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
Tickets are released this Monday (31 January) for LSE's 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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• Upcoming events include....
The Big Short: inside the doomsday machine
On: Thursday 27 January at 6.30-8pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speakers: Author Michael Lewis
The City of London and its Tax Haven Empire
On: Tuesday 1 February at 6.30-8pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speakers: Dr Maurice Glasman, Labour peer and reader in political
theory at London Metropolitan University, and Nicholas Shaxson,
author, journalist, and associate fellow of the Royal Institute of
International Affairs.
Growing the Aid Budget at a Time of Deficit Reduction: moral imperative and
political challenge
On: Thursday 3 February at 6.30-8pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speaker: Harriet Harman QC MP (pictured), shadow secretary of State
for International Development.
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• LSE
Chill - first session this Friday
LSE Arts first open mic night for students and staff will be held this
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 musical styles including 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
interested in performing, email
arts@lse.ac.uk with your name and details of your act. LSE Chill
sessions will be held on the last Friday of every month. Our next sessions
are on Friday 25 February and Friday 25 March, so make sure you save the
date.
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• The Cripple of Inishmaan
Sunday 30, Monday 31 January, and Tuesday 1 February,
7.30pm, Old Theatre, Old Building
The LSESU Drama Society present 'The Cripple of Inishmaan'.
An exciting black comedy, from the playwright who brought you 'In
Bruges', set on an island off the West Coast of Ireland in 1934. The
inhabitants are excited to learn of a Hollywood film crew's arrival in
neighbouring Inishmore. 'Cripple' Billy Claven, eager to escape the gossip,
poverty and boredom of Inishmaan, vies for a part in the film, and to
everyone's surprise, the orphan and outcast gets his chance.
Tickets will be sold on Houghton Street, in the ARC, online, and will
also be available on the door - £3 for non-members and £2 for members.
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• When Limited Liability Was (Still) an Issue: conflicting
mobilisations in nineteenth century England
Tuesday 1
February, 1-2.30pm, room KSW G108
Speaker: Professor Marie-Laure Djelic (pictured)
Marie-Laure Djelic is professor in the Management Department at ESSEC,
where she teaches organisation theory, business history and comparative
capitalism.
For more information, visit the
CARR event page.
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• LSE
Housing and Communities Event - Community Survival Depends on Community
Infrastructure
Tuesday 15 February, National Communities Resource Centre,
Trafford Hall, Chester
Reinvestment in the existing urban infrastructure within communities is
vital to reducing CO2 emissions and making communities sustainable.
This workshop will be practical, delivery-orientated and focused on
local upgrading of neighbourhoods. Case studies will show the potential of
community infrastructure reinvestment.
Questions to be addressed at the workshop include:
- Why is community infrastructure so vital to our survival and so
important to energy saving?
- What are the core ingredients of community infrastructure? What
sustains a sense of place?
- How can we adapt community infrastructure to current environmental
and social need? What role can communities play?
- What practical policy options do local authorities, housing
associations, energy companies and government have?
For more information about this event, contact Nicola Serle at
n.serle@lse.ac.uk or on 020 7955
6330, or visit the
LSE Housing
and Communities event page.
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• Podcasts of public lectures and events
Latvia Turns the Corner
Speaker: Valdis Dombrovskis
Recorded: Wednesday 19 January, approx 59 minutes
Click here to listen
How the West Was Lost: 50 years of economic folly and the stark choices
ahead
Speaker: Dambisa Moyo
Recorded: Thursday 20 January, approx 74 minutes
Click here to listen
How did London Get Away With it? The Recession and the North-South Divide
Speaker: Professor Henry G Overman
Recorded: Thursday 20 January, approx 91 minutes
Click here to listen |
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 60
Second Interview
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• with..... Sarah Atkinson
After years of following my RAF
dad around the country I have
settled in London and have been here
the longest I have ever been
anywhere, a lengthy five years. I
joined the Conferences and Events
Office at LSE in January 2009. I
have worked in events in a variety
of industries for over seven years
now, and although it can be a
stressful career at times, I enjoy
the buzz you get.
My job here at LSE is quite
diverse, from helping to organise
the public lecture programme and the
LSE Arts exhibitions and talks, to
helping with the development of
LSE’s overseas events. There is
never a dull moment that’s for sure.
What do you do to make LSE fun
and interesting?
I like to think I am quite active
in the social aspect, I am happy to
throw myself into anything fun. I
hope that also if you’ve had the
pleasure (!) of working with me,
you’ll know I can’t resist the
temptation to crack
a good joke.
What would you do if you were
Director for the day?
I would ban computers and make
people talk on the phone and walk to
see each other, we don’t do enough
of that here. I think it would
improve communication. I don’t like
the thought that you could pass
someone on Houghton Street and have
emailed them every day for a year
and not know them to say hello to. I
try and get to know everyone I work
with, it makes my job a lot more
rewarding.
What three items would you
take to a desert island with you?
A hammock so I had somewhere to
sleep (off the ground to avoid
creepy crawlies), a never ending gob
stopper (never ending so I wouldn’t
ever get hungry), and Jonny
Wilkinson, obviously to tell me all
about what it takes to be an amazing
athlete and no other reason at all….
What roles did you have in
your school plays?
Always a supporting role, never a
lead. My friends tell me I’m making
up for it now.
Where is your favourite place
on the LSE campus?
I’m scared if I tell you where it
is that it won’t be my favourite
place anymore. I like it because not
many people think to go there.
What would your friends say is
your greatest quality?
Honesty. It’s a good and a bad
thing, sometimes I think I was born
with an inability to lie. My friends
know if they come shopping with me
or ask my opinion on something, I’ll
give it to them straight. I should
come with an honesty warning! |
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 Training
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• Staff
courses from HR Organisational and Lifelong Learning
Effective writing at work
Wednesday 2 February, 10am-5pm
Make your writing more readable and create greater impact on paper. 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:
Grammar and punctuation essentials - Wednesday 16 March, 10am-1pm
Writing effective letters and emails - Wednesday 16 March, 2-5pm
Presentation and voice skills
Wednesday 16 February, 10am-5pm
Discover why professional speakers sound so good and make presenting look so
easy. Learn how to maximise the impact of your voice and make your
presentation the one that everyone remembers. This is an intensive,
practical course during which you will be asked to deliver a short
presentation.
Equality and diversity training for non-managers
Wednesday 23 February, 2-5.30pm
This workshop provides an overview of the key issues so you can recognise
discriminatory practices within the workplace and are better equipped to
promote good practice within the School. You will be able to identify your
own values and prejudices more clearly and work in diverse teams with
greater awareness of the behavioural issues that may arise.
Using creativity when problem solving
Tuesday 1 March, 9.30am-5pm
This workshop is for anyone who wishes to balance logical and creative
thinking by helping to identify the barriers to creativity. You will learn
to identify where a problem is and generate ideas to solve it.
To book a place, visit the online training booking system at
https://apps.lse.ac.uk/training-system/.
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• Training
for staff and research students at LSE
Staff courses scheduled for next week include:
- Creating a reading list in Moodle
- Moodle quiz training
- Keeping Up To Date: tools and tips for your research
- Introduction to database structure and design
- Effective writing at work
For a full schedule and further details, including booking information,
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 Media
bites
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• Financial
Times (27 January 2011)
Osborne needs strategy out of growth muddle
‘What a week to be Ed Balls. Labour’s shadow chancellor wins the job he
craves and, on cue, terrible figures arrive to vindicate his case that
cuts harm the economy. George Osborne, chancellor, blames his
predecessor (and the snow). But it is now clear the coalition has no
economic plan B, while their plan A - cut now and hope - looks
increasingly suspect.’
Article by Dr Tim Leunig, reader in economic history at LSE.
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• Financial Times (26 January 2011)
Davos: are banks dancing on the moon?
'One rhetorical trope which never fails to irritate is the trite
observation that “now is not the time for complacency”. Nods all round
the room. I have often thought it would be provocative, for once, to
hear a speaker say that today, indeed, is the perfect moment to be
complacent, to relax one’s guard, and to engage in a comforting bout of
self-congratulation.'
Blog by Howard Davies, Director of LSE, from this year's World Economic
Forum in Davos.
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• The
National, United Arab Emirates (24 January 2011)
Mediterranean gas finds have Cypriots dreaming of riches
But analysts do not expect the Turkish warnings to escalate beyond
rhetoric. James Ker-Lindsay, an expert on the region at LSE, said:
'Turkey talks tough with Cyprus on this energy issue, but they've been
told clearly by Brussels and Washington not to stir it up.'
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