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11 August 2011 |
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• LSE academics comment on the UK riots
Following the UK riots that took place this week, LSE academics have
taken to the 'British Politics and Policy at LSE' blog to have their say.
Contributors to the blog include Tony Travers, Professor Patrick
Dunleavy, Dr Bill Kissane, and Professor Mary Evans, who give expert
comments from all angles and points of view.
On Wednesday alone, the blog had over 3,300 visits and this number is
expected to rise today. To read the recent posts on the UK riots, visit
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/category/london-riots-2011.
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• Rethinking
Europe: the international Dahrendorf Symposium 2011
On 9 and 10 November, leading figures from academia, politics, industry,
civil society and the media will attend the Dahrendorf Symposium 2011,
entitled 'Changing the Debate on Europe - Moving Beyond Conventional
Wisdoms', to help provide a new direction for the debate on Europe.
The goal of the organisers, in the spirit of former LSE director Lord
Dahrendorf, is to challenge the entrenched thoughts and arguments on the
future of Europe and to contrast these with the latest research findings.
Through an intensive exchange between academics and policymakers, the
organisers wish to provide new sources of inspiration for mastering the
crisis in which Europe is currently mired.
Under the joint direction of Helmut K Anheier, dean of the Hertie School
of Governance, and Damian Chalmers, director of the European Institute of
LSE, five international teams of researchers are currently working in London
and Berlin on the topics of 'Europe as an ideological space and as a vision', 'Europe as a space of contestation and conflict management', 'Europe as a
social space', 'Europe as a political economy' and 'Global Europe'.
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• LSE
student awarded criminal justice and penal reform fellowship
Marianne Colbran (pictured), a PhD student in the Department of Sociology
at LSE, has been awarded the
Howard
League Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship.
The Howard League for Penal Reform
is the oldest penal reform charity in the UK, established in 1866. The
fellowship is a one year post based at the Oxford Centre for Criminology.
Marianne will carry out a programme of work which is likely to consist of
producing for publication articles and/or a monograph based on her doctoral
thesis, and at least one policy output in collaboration with the Howard
League.
Marianne’s doctoral thesis is entitled Watching The Detectives and
is a case study of production processes on the television police drama, The
Bill. Marianne was a scriptwriter on The Bill for seven years before
coming to LSE. 'I am very excited to be working with the Howard League and
Centre for Criminology and very grateful to them for giving me this
opportunity.'
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• LSE
academic appointed to editorial board
Dr David Lane (pictured), Department of Management, has been invited to
join the editorial board of the new journal Operations Research for
Health Care, published by Elsevier.
This international journal is aimed at those working in health and health
policy in universities, government departments and consultancy firms, and
will publish papers describing the use and evaluation of OR techniques in
health, including lessons learned in engaging with policymakers,
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 Notices
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• LSE
Annual Fund funding opportunities
The Annual Fund raises unrestricted income from alumni, parents, friends
and Governors of the School to support a wide variety of projects across LSE
and the Students’ Union, that otherwise would not be possible.
Projects that have been previously supported include:
- Man and Cameraman: the negatives - £21,600
- Cumberland Lodge - philosophy weekend for BSc, MSc and PhD students
- £1,400
- LSE Photo Prize Exhibition 2011 - £6,272
- International Gender and Poverty Event - £3,000
- Greening campus - £25,000
- Anthropology outreach - £10,550
- Venture@LSE - £14,550
- LSE Strategy and Management Consulting Conference - £6,300
- LSE roof garden upgrade - £7,963.95
If you would like to apply for funding, please submit your application by
5.30pm on Friday 9 September. Late submissions will not be accepted.
All applications must be completed
online. Guidance notes for making a successful application can be found
here.
Drop-in sessions to seek advice on applications will take place on
Monday 15 August and Monday 5 September at 12pm-2pm in room
8.01a, 8th floor of Tower 3. Please email
annualfund@lse.ac.uk if you are
planning to attend one of the sessions. Tea and coffee will be provided.
For more information, visit
LSE
Annual Fund.
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• Staff
accommodation available
Are you dealing with staff relocation? Residences have a selection of
high quality rooms and apartments available for staff use throughout the 2011-12
academic year.
With a choice of central locations in LSE’s halls of residence and on the
LSE campus, they are ideal for visiting academics who are new to LSE.
Availability is limited so book now to avoid disappointment.
For more information, visit the
staff accommodation web pages, where you can view the full accommodation
portfolio, see rates and make bookings.
You can also contact the staff accommodation co-ordinator, Samantha Da-Costa,
on ext 7023 or at
s.e.da-costa@lse.ac.uk.
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• LSE
Chill: call for performers
Are you a budding musician? Are you in a group looking for somewhere to
perform? Do you want the opportunity to perform at LSE?
LSE Arts is pleased to provide an opportunity for students, staff and alumni
to do just that. LSE Chill is an open performing session which happens on
the last Friday of every month from 5.30pm in the 4th Floor Café bar, Old
Building.
Following its success in the last academic year, the team are
looking for acts to perform when LSE Chill returns after the summer break.
You could be a singer, be part of a team who perform, do stand-up comedy,
anything goes!
If you are interested in performing, email
arts@lse.ac.uk with your name and details of your act. Make sure you
keep up to date with what’s on at
www.lse.ac.uk/arts.
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• Online
health and safety training and risk assessment
The School has a statutory responsibility to provide all staff with health
and safety training and this must be provided at least once per year.
The School does this by delivering essential health and safety training
online using the 'Complywise' system. Complywise online training includes
modules on an introduction to health and safety, fire safety awareness,
stress management, avoiding RSI, and undertaking self-assessments of your
computer workstation.
Each module takes about 20 minutes to complete and can be done at a time
that is convenient to you. The system will send regular emails to staff to
remind them to complete the modules, but once you've completed a module you
will not receive another email reminder regarding that module for 12 months.
For more information, visit
Complywise.
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• Sleep
workshop for staff
Are you experiencing insomnia? Disrupted asleep? Are your sleeping
patterns affecting your work or day to day functioning?
Affected sleep can have an adverse effect on our mood, functioning and
wellbeing.
The LSE Staff Counselling Service will be running a sleep workshop for
staff on Monday 12 September from 12-1pm, in room D302. The workshop
will look at a range of difficulties associated with sleep. It will increase
your understanding of its process and examine a large number of strategies
and ideas about how you might work towards achieving better sleep.
To book a place on this workshop, visit the
Training and Development
system.
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• More
for less - take advantage of special offers for LSE staff
This week's offer is for Gymbox in Holborn. The corporate rate for LSE staff
and students (with a reduced joining fee) is:
- £52 per month on a 12 month rolling contract (normally £68)
- £64 per month on a three month rolling contract (normally £80)
Dan O'Connor, sales guru at Gymbox Holborn, said: 'With 100 classes, the
biggest free-weights room in London, and resident DJs, Gymbox is a life-changing obsession, not just a place to workout. We’ve raised the bar in
feeling alive. First-timers, veterans, adrenaline junkies, diva dancers,
workout warriors and fitness masochists, anyone goes. If you need more
information about what we offer, visit
www.gymbox.co.uk or call 020 7400
1919.'
If you know of any deals that you think may be of interest to Staff
News readers, email Margaret Newson, purchasing manager, at
m.newson@lse.ac.uk.
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• Join the Great Gorilla Run 2011
Could you run 7km dressed as a gorilla?
Join London’s best all-costume charity fun run on Saturday 24 September
- 1,000 people, all dressed as gorillas and going ape for a day, to help an
endangered species from extinction.
Since the first Great Gorilla Run in 2003, thousands of people have donned
their gorilla suits and run, jogged or walked the 7km City and Bankside fun
run route that takes in sights such as Tower Bridge and the Tate Modern.
To register for this year's event and to receive your free gorilla suit,
visit greatgorillarun.org or
call 020 7916 4974.
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 Research
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• Sovereign
wealth funds in the Gulf - an assessment
A new paper from the LSE Kuwait Programme examines the rise of sovereign
wealth funds from the Gulf region, and how these funds can serve the
interests of both the holding and receiving economies.
The paper, written by Professor Gawdat Bahgat of the Near East South Asia
Center of Strategic Studies, National Defense University, Washington DC, is
available to download
here.
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 Events
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• Upcoming
events include....
Post-Crisis Policy Challenges in the World Economy
On: Monday 5 September at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre,
Clement House
Speaker: Dr Heiner Flassbeck, honorary professor of Hamburg
University and director, division on globalisation and development
strategies, UNCTAD secretariat.
Beyond The Crisis: lessons for the future of the eurozone
On: Wednesday 7 September at 4.30pm. The venue will be confirmed to
ticketholders.
Speaker: Herman Van Rompuy, president of the European Council.
This event is free and open, but a ticket is required. One ticket per person
can be requested on Wednesday 31 August.
The Leaderless Revolution: how ordinary people will take power and change
politics in the 21st century
On: Thursday 8 September at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speaker: Carne Ross, former British diplomat, author and journalist.
The 9/11 Wars
On: Tuesday 13 September at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speaker: Jason Burke, foreign correspondent for The Guardian
and Observer.
Coexist
On: Wednesday 14 September at 6.30pm in the Wolfson Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Adam Mazo, executive producer and director for Coexist,
David Russell, director of Survivors Fund (SURF), and Dr Purna Sen,
head of human rights at the Commonwealth Secretariat.
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• Podcasts of public lectures and events
Keynes v Hayek
Speakers: Professor George Selgin, Professor Lord Skidelsky,
Duncan Weldon, and Dr Jamie Whyte
Recorded: Tuesday 26 July, approx 93 minutes
Click here to listen
An Evening with Michael Atherton
Speaker: Michael Atherton
Recorded: Wednesday 27 July, approx 78 minutes
Click here to listen
What next for Rupert Murdoch? The Man Who Owns The News
Speaker: Michael Wolff
Recorded: Thursday 28 July, approx 61 minutes
Click here to listen |
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 60
Second Interview
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• with..... Matt Rowley
I’ve worked at LSE for nearly six
years, starting in Graduate
Admissions but mostly in the
Department of Finance as a programme
manager, and have basically been
here for my entire working career so
far.
I have a degree in biochemistry
but tend not to use it on a day to
day basis. In my spare time I also
play guitar.
What is the best part of your
job at LSE?
The variety. As the programme
manager for the MSc Finance (full
time) and Private Equity I get to be
involved in a whole range of things,
from marketing the programme,
reading and selecting applications,
working with colleagues around the
School, building relationships with
recruiters in the city, to taking
our students to god-awful nightclubs
on our annual graduate away weekend
to Brighton.
Can you sing? What is your
favourite song?
I’m a terrible singer, but do
actually play guitar in a band.
We’ve had a few different line-ups
over the past three years and have
recently had to hold our own
X-Factor style audition process for
our new singer. I’d like to say that
I was the Simon Cowell figure, but I
was probably more of a Dannii. We
gig quite regularly and have
recently recorded a couple of
singles which we are going to
self-release later this year.
Shameless plug alert - here’s our
MySpace.
Where would you go if you were
invisible for a day?
Peterborough.
Which is your favourite room
at LSE and why?
I quite like the LSE gym, mostly
because it is usually pretty empty.
And cheap. Otherwise I’d say the 8th
floor of the NAB, for the superior
conferencing rooms.
What is your signature dish in
the kitchen and have you ever had
any culinary disasters?
I think that I’m a pretty decent
cook. If I had to impress I’d make a
chocolate fondant. The trick is
getting it runny in the middle, the
same as with poached eggs.
Which poster(s) graced your
bedroom wall as a teenager?
I grew up supporting Accrington
Stanley (and still do), which was my
local football team. When I was a
teenager they were playing semi-pro
about five leagues below division
two, so the posters on my wall would
have basically been of part-time
accountants and postmen. Actually,
after he got too old, one of my
favourite players started to drive
my school bus which I found both
exciting and depressing in equal
measure. There’s probably a metaphor
in there somewhere. |
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 Training
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• Training
for staff at LSE
Courses scheduled for next week include:
- Getting to grips with the Office 2010 upgrade
- One-to-one IT training
- Moodle next steps training
- Using creativity when solving problems
For a full listing of what is available and further details, including
booking information, see
www.lse.ac.uk/training. |
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 Media
bites
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• The
Telegraph, Calcutta, India
(11 August 2011)
More like us but with a crucial deviation
'Before Calcutta can transform into a clone of the world-leading
metropolis called London, is London turning into a clone of unruly and
periodically riotous Calcutta?'
Article by Professor Sumantra Bose, professor of international and
comparative politics at LSE.
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• Bloomberg (11 August 2011)
Greek lessons for Italy and Spain: Papaioannou and Vayanos
'The crisis in the euro region is spreading to Italy and Spain,
triggering emergency purchases of those countries’ bonds by the European
Central Bank.'
Article by Dimitri Vayanos, professor of finance at LSE, and Elias
Papaioannou.
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• The Mail on Sunday (7 August 2011)
We've been here before. Not 1929, but 1931. And that's not good...
'It is certainly a blow to President Obama’s reputation that Standard &
Poor’s has downgraded the U.S.’s AAA rating. He fumbled the
Congressional politics of this, as well as his deficit spending.'
Article by Professor Gwyn Prins, director of the LSE Mackinder Programme
for the Study of Long Wave Events.
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