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• A
Letter from the Woolf Inquiry: drop-in sessions
I have been asked to conduct an independent inquiry into the School’s links
with Libya. This is because the success of LSE is dependent upon its
reputation and those links may have damaged its reputation. In my report I
will try and identify recommendations that will protect LSE’s reputation in
the future. The recommendations should be of benefit to universities
generally.
To achieve this I need to receive information from anyone who can assist. So
anyone who has helpful information should get in touch with the inquiry.
This can be done very easily by making a submission via our email address
submissions@woolflse.com. The
inquiry will be looking to the future as well as examining the past, so
suggestions of how LSE should address the issue of ethical gifting will be
particularly relevant.
I am also holding two informal drop-in sessions at LSE. Anyone who wishes to
contribute to the inquiry is very welcome to stop by and talk to me. All
information given to me will be treated as confidential. The sessions will
be held on Wednesday 15 June from 2pm to 6pm and Thursday 16 June
from 10am to 1pm in the Old Building, room 5.11, fifth floor.
There is real scope for you to contribute in this way. If you have views
relevant to my inquiry, I hope you will try and attend.
The integrity of Saif Gaddafi’s PhD is a matter for the academic panel of
the University of London. Any conclusions of that panel will be taken into
account in due course in the report.
I look forward to meeting some of you soon.
Harry Woolf
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• LSE
professor contributes to UNSC report on AIDS and security
LSE Health Professor Tony Barnett who specialises in the social sciences of
infectious diseases has just contributed to several publications forming the
background to upcoming events at the UN Security Council (UNSC) on Tuesday 7
June.
At the 7 June meeting of the UNSC, Ban Ki-Moon, secretary general of the
UN and Michel Sidibé, executive director of UNAIDS will speak about progress
made in implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1308 and the need for
reinvigorated efforts to ensure that AIDS does not contribute to global and
regional conflict and instability.
The progress report On The Front Line, about how the UN deals with
AIDS among international peacekeepers and other uniformed services, has been
prepared with Professor Barnett's inputs as a background document for the
UNSC . The secretary general of the UN and executive director of UNAIDS are
expected to highlight that the importance of addressing sexual violence in
conflict is integral to all efforts to prevent HIV.
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• LSE visits Frankfurt to talk about 'The Future of Finance'
On Tuesday 24 May, LSE held an evening panel discussion in Frankfurt on
'The Future of Finance: the LSE report'.
The event, held in collaboration with the German Friends of LSE, was
attended by over 80 guests, both alumni and others from the world of
finance in Germany.
The panel was made up of distinguished speakers from LSE and the
financial industry in Germany. Professor Charles Goodhart (pictured) and Dr
Paul Woolley, both authors of the report, spoke to open the evening,
followed by a panel discussion with Mark Schieritz from Die Zeit, Dr
Holger Schmieding, chief economist at Berenberg Bank, and Hiltrud
Thelen-Pischke from PwC in Germany.
The event was part of LSE’s strategy to disseminate our research abroad.
If you have research that you think would form a good event, please
contact Hilary Weale in the External Relations Division at
h.weale@lse.ac.uk.
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• LSE academic takes up Arcadia Fellowship
Dr Jane Secker (pictured) of LSE's Centre for Learning Technology is
away from the School until mid July, undertaking an Arcadia Fellowship
at Wolfson College, University of Cambridge.
Jane is working on a joint project with Dr Emma Coonan from Cambridge
University Library. The project is called the 'Cambridge Curriculum for
Information Literacy' which seeks to develop an information literacy
programme that anticipates and meets the needs of undergraduate students
entering university over the next five years. More information about the
project can be found
here.
Until Jane returns to LSE, copyright and digital literacy queries can be
directed to clt-support@lse.ac.uk.
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• Academic
abroad
On Thursday 9 June, Professor Judy Wajcman (pictured), head of the
Department of Sociology, will be presenting the talk 'Constant Connectivity:
rethinking interruptions at work' at the European Conference on Information
Systems to be held at the Aalto University School of Economics in Helsinki,
Finland.
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• LSE academic delivers sixth Roger Hood lecture
On Wednesday 25 May, Frances Heidensohn (pictured), visiting
professor in the Department of Sociology and general editor of the
British Journal of Sociology, gave the sixth Annual Roger Hood
public lecture at the University of Oxford.
The lecture marks the career of Professor Roger Hood, a distinguished
criminologist, emeritus professor at the University of Oxford and fellow of
All Souls College. Professor Hood graduated in sociology from LSE in 1957
and was a research officer at the School from 1961-63.
The lecture was on 'Impact and Influence in Contemporary Criminology: the
question of feminism' and was followed by a reception and formal dinner,
all of which were attended by Professor Hood.
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 Notices
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• Open City: London documentary festival
UCL is hosting London's largest documentary film festival - Open City. The
festival runs from Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 June in Torrington
Place, Bloomsbury, and tickets cost £5.
Screenings will feature El Sicario, Cocaine Unwrapped,
Reindeerspotting, Billie, 66 Months, and Thieves by Law,
plus:
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Man on Wire, the Oscar winning documentary with director and
producer Q&A
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Fritz Lang's extended masterpiece Metropolis, in an open air
screening with the world premier of the extended Serum Electronique
score played live
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Shoah, a nine and half hour screening of the world's greatest
documentary with director Q&A
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The award winning Into Eternity, a controversial dark portrayal
of Frankensteinian scientists and their doomsday project
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The final instalment of Leonard Retel Helmrich multiple award winning
trilogy, Position Among the Stars.
For more information, visit
www.opencitylondon.com. |
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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
Click
here to read the
May 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 June 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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• New event....
Indian Herbal Heritage and its Rising Global Influence in Economic
Growth
On: Thursday 9 June at 6.30pm in the New Theatre, East Building
Speaker: Shahnaz Husain (pictured), pioneer and leader of organic
beauty care.
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• Other events include....
Preventing Financial Meltdowns
On: Tuesday 7 June at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Tim Harford, author, radio presenter and newspaper
columnist.
Why Nations Fail
On: Wednesday 8 June at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor James Robinson, David Florence Professor of
Government at Harvard University.
A Fair Trial for the Human Rights Act
On: Thursday 9 June at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Sadiq Khan MP, shadow lord chancellor and shadow secretary
of state for justice.
The Euro, its Central Bank and Economic Governance
On: Monday 13 June at 2pm. The venue will be confirmed to ticket
holders.
Speaker: Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank.
This event is free and open to all, but a ticket is required. One ticket
per person can be requested on Monday 6 June.
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• Unpacking
Aid Effectiveness: examining donor dynamics
Tuesday 21 June, room CON.H206
This one day workshop brings together papers that examine the political,
organisational and institutional dynamics within and among donor agencies
that impinge upon the quality and effectiveness of foreign aid.
The aim of the workshop is to explore the relationship between
donor-related processes and structures, aid quality and development impact
in a way that presents a rich understanding of the way foreign aid donors
operate and function in the aid industry. This event will seek to both
unpack and re-imagine contemporary aid effectiveness public policies.
More information and a full workshop agenda can be found at
www.aidconference.wordpress.com. Due to space constraints, an RSVP is
essential to attend. To reserve a place, email Dr Nilima Gulrajani at
n.gulrajani@lse.ac.uk.
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• Podcasts of public lectures and events
The Lessons of Northern Ireland for Contemporary and Conflict Resolution
Counterterrorism Policy
Speakers: Professor Richard English, Martin Mansergh,
Jonathan Powell, and David Trimble
Recorded: Monday 23 May, approx 89 minutes
Click here to listen
It’s All About People
Speaker: Sheryl Sandberg
Recorded: Wednesday 25 May, approx 83 minutes
Click here to listen
Can Single Individuals Still Shape History? The Case of Osama bin Laden
Speaker: Michael Scheuer
Recorded: Thursday 26 May, approx 87 minutes
Click here to listen |
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 60
Second Interview
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• with..... Dr Spyros Economides
I came to LSE as a student in
1984 and have stayed ever since. I’m
a senior lecturer in international
relations and European politics, and
also help run the Hellenic
Observatory and LSEE (the research
unit on South Eastern Europe) in the
European Institute.
My wife too teaches at LSE, in
the Department of International
Relations (but our children Greta
and Marcos don’t - yet). In fact I
have been here so long and my life's
entangled with the School’s in so
many ways that it could be called,
as an extremely eminent colleague
from Oxford once said, the ‘London
School of Economides’.
What advice would you give to
new students coming to LSE?
While you’re with us at LSE, aim
to learn as well as acquire a
degree.
What is the first news story
you remember which really caught
your attention?
Living through the first few days
of the Arab-Israeli six day war in
Cairo in 1967: fighter jets flying
overhead, troops marching past our
building chanting ‘down with
imperialists’, and blacked out
windows. That was a news story which
definitely caught my attention. We
left on the last commercial flight
out of Cairo, to Athens, a few days
into the conflict. Whether choosing
international relations had anything
to do with that experience, I don’t
know.
Where in the world have you
always wanted to go but never quite
made it..... yet?
To see the football World Cup
final, or Chelsea win the Champion’s
League!
If you met the UK Prime
Minister and you could only ask him
one question, what would you ask?
Do you really have any objection
to being labelled ‘Flashman’ by some
members of the press?
Forget about daily complaints
and little frustrations, what do you
actually love about LSE and what
would make it an even better and
more unique institution?
I have been taught by and worked
with some unbelievably talented
people here, but those of us who
have devoted our professional lives
to LSE would agree that it is the
students who make the difference and
as academics we should never lose
sight of the fact that teaching does matter.
And, oh, I’m not sure I can
forget about the daily complaints
and little frustrations but
mentioning them here could make me
quite unwelcome with some people
around the School.
What is the last film you saw
at the cinema?
True Grit. A throwback: a true
western without too much gratuitous
violence by the Coen brothers. Even
Jeff Bridges’ mangled speech
couldn’t spoil it.
What is your favourite food?
Anything that someone has taken
care and attention in cooking. Apart
from offal; there I draw the line. |
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 Training
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• Training
for staff at LSE
Staff courses scheduled for next week include:
- Positive retirement conference
- Grammar and punctuation essentials
- Moodle basics training
- One-to-one IT training
- Dealing with difficult situations
- CIEH control of substances hazardous to health
For a full schedule and further details, including booking information,
see www.lse.ac.uk/training.
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• HR
training and development courses
There are still some places available on the HR courses - listed below -
taking place in June.
Equality and diversity training for non-managers
Tuesday 14 June, 10am-1.30pm
The aim of this workshop is to provide you with an overview of the key
equality and diversity 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.
Performance Development Review: making it happen and doing it well
Tuesday 14 June, 10.30am-12pm
This short briefing session will enable you to make the most of the
performance development review (PDR) process.
Effective writing at work
Wednesday 15 June, 10am-5pm
Make your writing 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 21 June, 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.
Writing effective letters and emails
Wednesday 29 June, 10am-1pm
This course is designed to help you write more effective letters and emails
by developing an appropriate tone, using clear language and structuring your
message effectively.
For more information on any of these courses and to book a place, visit
the online training
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 Media
bites
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• CNN (30 May 2011)
Why Mladic arrest fails to draw line under Balkans conflict
'The key question at this stage is whether the arrest will also open up
the way for wider regional reconciliation.'
Article by James Ker-Lindsay, Eurobank EFG Senior Research Fellow on the
politics of South East Europe at LSE.
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• Al
Jazeera (27 May 2011)
The devolution of Ratko Mladic
'After rejecting ethnic division and asserting "brotherhood and unity",
how did Mladic become an accused war criminal?'
Article by Sumantra Bose, professor of international and comparative
politics at LSE.
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