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30 June 2011 |
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• LSE nominated for 'Best Widening Participation Programme'
LSE has been nominated for an award by the House of Lords for the 'Best
Widening Participation Programme' for encouraging inner-city students to go
to university. A Special Award Ceremony will take place on Friday 1 July at
the House of Lords.
LSE has been involved in Widening Participation and access initiatives
since 1998 and the activities aim to address the differences in take-up of
higher education opportunities across different social groups.
Under-representation is directly linked with broader issues of equity and
social inclusion and LSE works to ensure equal opportunities for disabled
students, mature students, women, men and BME students in higher education.
The School’s programmes aim to help London students discover more about
the opportunities available to them and to
encourage them to consider how best they can fulfil their potential and
reach their goals. LSE’s Widening Participation team works with the capital’s
schools, colleges and sixth forms to raise aspirations, awareness and
attainment among people from underrepresented communities.
Niaomi Collett, Widening Participation officer, said: ‘We’re
thrilled that the LSE Widening Participation portfolio has been nominated
for an award. This is testament not only to the work of the Widening
Participation team but also to the many hundreds of LSE student ambassadors and
mentors who work with under-represented groups across London schools and the
LSE academic staff who support our activities. We could not run such a broad
range of schemes without their help.’
More information about LSE’s Widening Participation activities can be
found at
www2.lse.ac.uk/study/undergraduate
/informationForTeachersAndSchools.
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• Dr
Jon Adams named a New Generation Thinker for 2011
LSE's Dr Jon Adams (pictured) has been announced as one of ten winners of
the New Generation Thinkers Scheme by the Arts and Humanities Research
Council (AHRC) and BBC Radio 3.
The New Generation Thinkers Scheme is a culmination of a nationwide
search for the brightest academic minds with the potential to turn their
ideas into fascinating broadcasts. Over 1,000 academics applied and, after a
six month selection process, ten have been announced as New Generation
Thinkers. The winners will now work closely with dedicated mentors from the
production team of Radio 3's arts and ideas programme Night Waves (Mondays
to Thursdays, 10-10.45pm) and will appear on the programme to talk about an
idea inspired by their research.
Dr Adams is currently based in LSE's External Relations Division and
was previously in LSE's Department of Economic History. His specialist subject is
Rat Cities and the Bee-hive Worlds: space and numbers in the modern city, an
examination of how arguments about the effects of crowding on human
behaviour have influenced city planners and architects during the 20th
century.
Dr Adams said: 'I'm obviously very happy and feel very lucky to be one
of the winners of this scheme. We will be recording some radio pieces soon
(I am going into the studio on Friday), so I am looking forward to being
able to talk about my work to a much larger audience than one normally gets
for an academic paper. The academic work is co-authored with my former LSE
(now Exeter) colleague Edmund Ramsden, so I hope I'll be able to involve him
too.'
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• Hellenic
Observatory launch Greece@LSE blog
The Hellenic Observatory at LSE has launched a new blog,
Greece@LSE.
The blog focuses on Greece, covering the debt crisis, the economy,
politics, society, and foreign relations. It provides a platform for the
Observatory's research and contributions to the current public debate, and
is a resource for anyone seeking information, briefings and comment.
The launch of the blog will enable LSE academics and associates to bring
their expertise to bear on current issues and invite comments from a wider
public.
To visit the blog, click
here.
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• Southampton to Shanghai in 40 days
On Saturday (2 July), Samuel Joynson, a first year BSc international
relations and history student at LSE, is leading a three man overland
expedition between Southampton and Shanghai in aid of the Alzheimer's
Society.
After experiencing the decline of a close relative suffering from
Alzheimer's, Samuel decided to pursue a charity project in order to
raise awareness of the disease among young people and raise money for the
charity which aided his family in their time of suffering.
The challenge will take the team from Southampton to Shanghai, with the aim
being to reach the Chinese city in just 40 days. Samuel hopes to travel
through Scandinavia, across Siberia and Mongolia, reaching Shanghai before
11 August 2011.
Samuel and his two friends have completely self-organised and self-funded
the entire journey. If you would like to sponsor their expedition and help
raise money for the
Alzheimer's Society, visit
www.justgiving.com/samuel-joynson0.
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• Spanish
multinationals in the run-up to the crisis
Amidst the economic uncertainty and continuing austerity measures in Spain,
LSE Enterprise and the Spanish Chamber of Commerce hosted a public lecture
entitled 'Spanish
Multinationals in the Run-Up to the Crisis'.
The event explored how the Spanish economy and Spanish multinationals are
positioned to confront the financial crisis, and marked the Chamber’s 125th
anniversary.
At the lecture Professor Luis Garicano of LSE, who has been involved in
efforts to promote structural reforms in the Spanish economy, joined
Professor Mauro Guillén of the University of Pennsylvania. LSE's Dr Daniel
Beunza chaired the event, which was closed by Victor Mallet, Spain bureau
chief of the Financial Times.
The speakers discussed Spain in its international context and considered
what changes could usefully be made to its banking system. They contrasted
the Spanish economy favourably with those of countries needing an EU
bailout, noting the beneficial work of many Spanish multinationals abroad.
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• The
Big Society and Electoral Reform: Ecogrup21's day of debate
Catalonian economists and executives from Ecogrup21, a discussion forum
for current economic and social issues, attended LSE Enterprise's day of
debate on Thursday 23 June in celebration of their tenth anniversary.
Ecogrup21 explores the use of new technologies in developing the Catalan
economic sector, developing guidance for Spanish administrations. The group
had sessions with Charlie Beckett from the Department of Media and
Communications on the Big Society, and Dr Paul Mitchell from the Department
of Government on electoral systems.
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• LSE Arts - end of year thanks
The LSE Arts team would like to thank the LSE community for making this
academic year another successful one for arts at the School.
LSE Arts has successfully hosted a variety of talks this year, including
Geoffrey Robertson, Robert Rowland Smith and Ryan Pyle. There is one final
arts event coming up on Wednesday 6 July -
Powerful Portraits by Platon.
LSE Arts has also hosted a variety of exhibitions in the Atrium Gallery.
These included Congo Women, Cambodia - Reflections of the Khmer Rouge,
Street Stories and the Photo Prize. Currently on display in the Atrium is
the
Not Quite A Baker's Dozen exhibition, which will be followed by the
Restorative Justice exhibition over the summer. We always welcome
suggestions so please
get in touch if you think you have material for an exhibition.
Musical life at LSE has continued to flourish with a series of
outstanding lunchtime concerts in the Shaw Library on Thursdays. We
presented a host of talented artists for evening concerts including Carlos
Prieto, Blas Flor, Gao Can, and MOBO award-winning LSE alum Rhian Benson. A
brilliant regular addition to the music programme was the launch of
LSE Chill.
Finally we continue with our online photo gallery,
LSE Perspectives, a monthly gallery featuring photographs taken by LSE
students and staff. Anyone is welcome to submit entries - 12 new images are
selected by the Arts Team each month.
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• Academic abroad
On Tuesday 21 June Sarah Thomson (pictured), research fellow in health
policy and a deputy director of LSE Health, gave a talk in Paris on
‘Voluntary Health Insurance and Health Care Reform in Europe’ at a
conference organised by the IMF.
On Tuesday 28 June, she also gave a talk in Moscow on 'Voluntary Health
Insurance: international experience, evidence and prospects for the Russia
Federation’ at a policy dialogue organised by the World Bank for the Federal
Ministry of Health and President Putin’s expert group on ‘Health and the
Human Environment’.
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• Goodbye
from LSE
The School is sad to announce the death of former LSE staff member
Margaret Hardiman, who died on 10 May 2011.
Margaret was instrumental in the creation of a graduate diploma course in
social planning in developing countries. This course continues to date as
the MSc Social Policy and Development.
A full obituary can be found on the
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 Notices
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• Africa Initiative update meeting
Professor Thandika Mkandawire, chair in African development, will be
hosting a briefing for LSE academics with research interests relating to
Africa on Tuesday 12 July at 2-3pm in the Graham Wallas Room, Old
Building.
The aim is to give staff the opportunity to provide feedback on the
Africa at LSE blog as well as to receive an update on various action points
raised at the May meeting.
Tea and coffee will be provided. If you would like to attend, email
Hilary Weale, external relations executive, at
h.weale@lse.ac.uk.
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• Canadian
mail services resumed
Industrial action by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers is now over so
normal postal services to and from Canada have been resumed.
If you have any queries, contact the Post Room on ext 7989 or 6564. |
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 Research
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• Case for investment in London's affordable housing is
overwhelming
The case for government investment in affordable housing in London is
overwhelming, according to a report by LSE London.
The report was commissioned by the g15 group of housing associations to
clarify the case for investment in affordable housing in London and the
reasons why government funding remains core to success.
Taking the Replacement London Plan of providing 13,000 affordable homes
each year as its starting point, the report focuses on three main criteria
for allocating subsidy: housing need; the wider benefits of affordable
housing to the health of the economy and the public purse; and the issue of
housing numbers.
On all three criteria, LSE researchers found the case for investment in
London is particularly compelling.
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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 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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• Upcoming
events include....
Powerful Portraits: what's in a face? A slideshow lecture by Platon
On: Wednesday 6 July at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speaker: Platon, portrait photographer.
ED: the Milibands and the making of a Labour leader
On: Tuesday 12 July at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Speaker: Mehdi Hasan, senior editor (politics) at the New
Statesman, and James Macintyre, politics editor at Prospect.
Change in the Middle East? Democracy, Authoritarianism and Regime Change in
the Arab World
On: Wednesday 13 July at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Professor Lisa Anderson (pictured), president of the
American University in Cairo.
I'm Feeling Lucky: the confessions of Google employee number 59
On: Wednesday 20 July at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speaker: Douglas Edwards, Google's first director of marketing and
brand management.
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• Book
launch - Family Futures: childhood and poverty in urban
neighbourhoods
Tuesday 5 July, 6.30-8pm (followed by an informal reception),
Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
Family Futures is about family life in areas of concentrated
poverty and social problems where surrounding conditions make bringing up
children more difficult and family life more fraught and limited. Home and
neighbourhood carry special meaning for families, because where they live,
how they fit in with their neighbours, and how their children grow up all
intertwine to build a sense of community.
This timely book, by acclaimed author Anne Power (professor of social
policy and head of LSE Housing) and her team, is based on a unique
longitudinal study of over 200 families interviewed annually over the last
decade. It answers three important questions in the words of families
themselves:
- What challenges face families in poor areas?
- How are the challenges being met?
- Have government efforts helped or hindered progress over the past
decade?
This event is free and open to all. Seats will be allocated on a first
come, first served basis. Copies of the book can be purchased from
Policy
Press.
For more information, contact Nicola Serle at
n.serle@lse.ac.uk or on ext 6330, or
visit LSE
Housing.
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• LSE
International Development 20th Anniversary Conference and Alumni
reunion: 'Responding to the Crisis in International Development'
The Department of International Development (formally DESTIN) is
celebrating its 20th anniversary with a conference and alumni reunion
between 7 and 10 September 2011.
Opening on Wednesday 7 September with the Alistair Berkley Memorial
Lecture, given by Alex de Waal from the Justice and Security Research
Programme, the anniversary conference will address the challenges generated
by the political, economic and environmental crises that threaten the
viability of the ‘Post-Washington’ agenda that has dominated recent
development policy and practice.
The event will also host the inaugural conference organised by its
newly-founded DFID-funded Justice and Security Research Programme dealing
with Justice, Security and Governance in Fragile States, and present some of
the pioneering work carried out during the second phase of the DFID-funded
Crisis States Research Programme.
The programme for Thursday 8 September features a series of talks by leading international authorities including Dr Justin Lin
(chief economist, World Bank), Professor Peter Evans (University of
California, Berkeley), Professor Jennifer Widner (Princeton University),
Professor Neera Chandhoke (University of Delhi) and Professor Francisco
Gutierrez (National University of Colombia). The speakers will address the
economic, environmental and political challenges that confront the global
community, followed by two days of academic and alumni-led workshops. There
is also a full social programme.
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• Podcasts of public lectures and events
The Filter Bubble: what the internet is hiding from you
Speaker: Eli Pariser
Recorded: Monday 20 June, approx 81 minutes
Click here to listen
Too Many People in Britain? Immigration and the Housing Problem
Speaker: Professor Stephen Nickell
Recorded: Tuesday 21 June, approx 90 minutes
Click here to listen
Global Imbalances and Social Challenges
Speakers: Jean-Michel Severino and Martin Wolf
Recorded: Wednesday 22 June, approx 96 minutes
Click here to listen |
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 60
Second Interview
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• with..... Veronique Mizgailo
I work in the Directorate as the
Director’s PA. I’ve been at LSE just
over a year but everyone seems to
think I’ve been here longer (people
also seem to think I’m taller than I
am - I’ve no idea why).
Prior to that I worked in the
private sector for high maintenance
CEOs and Chairmen of mid range
companies. I’ve done everything from
running offices, buying fridges,
pricing up private jets and
organising conferences for them, to
the more mundane secretarial stuff.
I’ve a degree in history from
Birkbeck and, although an atheist,
am fascinated with aspects of
medieval religion, particularly
death rituals and beliefs about the
afterlife - I can bore for England
on the subject down the pub.
I live in a flat full of guitars
and pianos (none of which I can
play) with a musician in Deptford,
which I love, and his nineteen year
old son who is about to go off to
York University to study music. I’d
just like to add that me, Sue from
Web Services and Veronika from
Conferences scored a perfect 10 on
the confectionary round in the
recent External Relations Division
quiz.
Where is your favourite place
on the LSE campus?
The suntrap balcony outside the
Senior Common Room. It’s a fabulous
place to fry.
What is the best advice you
have ever been given?
I don’t think it was intended as
advice at the time but: ‘stop
whining and get on with it!’ That
words are cheap and it’s what you do
that counts. Also, ‘What other
people say about you behind your
back is none of your business’ is
quite a useful maxim too.
What three items would you
take to a desert island with you?
Assuming food, shelter and a
survival kit is a given - and you’re
not stranding me on a rock off the
coast of Scotland - sunblock, all
the volumes in Proust’s À La
Recherche Du Temps Perdu and
good sunglasses. If it’s not a
given, then food, shelter and a
survival kit.
Do you have a temptation you
wish you could resist?
Bread and thickly spread butter.
Can I add trashy detective novels
and sticking my nose into other
people’s business to the list too?
What has been the greatest
coincidence you have experienced so
far?
Spooky things don’t happen to me.
Although the new guy in my partner’s
South East London based football
team turned out to be a schoolmate
he played football with at school
back in Brough in Yorkshire.
What book are you currently
reading and what have you enjoyed
most in the past?
I’m a total book tart and easily
distracted so I usually have three
or four on the go at once. I’ve
nearly finished Swann’s Way
by Proust - I WILL read them all
this year.
I’m also trying to chew my way
through The Wooden Horse: the
liberation of the Western mind, from
Odysseus to Socrates by Kenneth
Zeruneith but it’s very slow going.
Like muesli, you know it’s good for
you but you just can’t face it first
thing in the morning.
Of my recent reads I really
enjoyed Wolf Hall by Hilary
Mantel and Michael Foley’s The
Age of Absurdity: why modern life
makes it hard to be happy.
What is your favourite type of
music?
My musical tastes change all the
time. A few years ago all I Iistened
to was classical - now I’m
channelling Carole King and the
Beatles’ 'Rubber Soul' album, having
passed out the other side of my
infatuation with Muse, Jeff Buckley
and Credence Clearwater.
If you had to pin me down though,
I’d say baroque chamber music, jazz
and soul. I would also enjoy hearing
Lady Gaga, Oasis, Cheryl Cole and
Take That being put through a meat
grinder but I don’t think that’s a
musical genre.... |
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 Training
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• Training
for staff at LSE
Courses scheduled for next week include:
- Accessibility: make your teaching accessible and inclusive (limited
places - lunch provided)
- Outlook 2010: clearing your inbox
- Moodle basics training
- Equality and diversity training for non-managers
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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• The
Guardian (30 June 2011)
Public spending has not been cut, it's just been stopped from rising
'If Osborne does not spend, he does not borrow, so the money stays in
the private sector.'
Article by Meghnad Desai, emeritus professor of economics at LSE.
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• Financial
Times (28 June 2011)
Johnson to keep closer eye on City Hall staff
'In terms of ensuring that there are no bad stories coming out of City
Hall from now until next May, Eddie Lister is vital,' said Tony Travers,
London governance expert at LSE.
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• International
Herald Tribune (28 June 2011)
Greece on the edge
'If Greece can achieve real reform and survive its economic woes
then the European project can continue, if not, then no one will have
won.'
Article by Professor Kevin Featherstone, director of the Hellenic
Observatory at LSE.
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