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Hello,
I hope you have all had an enjoyable summer and are looking forward to what the
new academic year will bring.
Firstly I would like to say a big thank you to those of you who completed
the Staff News survey earlier in the year. Most of you enjoyed reading
the newsletter, which is great, but there were also some suggestions on
how to make it better.
So over the summer, we have made a couple of improvements. The newsletter
now has two new sections - 'LSE in pictures' and 'LSE people' - plus we are
now also including current job vacancies.
I do hope you like the improvements and please do continue to send me
your news and achievements - the newsletter is only as good as the
information you send me!
Best wishes,
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29 September 2011 |
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LSE's oldest alumnus?
Rhys Lewis, LSE alumnus and Britain’s oldest Welshman, celebrated
with family and friends this weekend after reaching the incredible age
of 108.
Mr Lewis completed
his BSc in Economic History at LSE in 1938. Following that he completed
an MSc in Economics in 1946.
As reported in a recent article in
The Wokingham Times,
Mr Lewis was born in 1903 and at the age of just 13, he started working
in a local coal mine. He was determined to learn so saved all his money to
study history, geology and Welsh courses at Swansea University before moving
on to Aberystwyth University and then LSE.
In the article,
Mr Lewis put his long life down to keeping the mind active by reading
and, until recently, always had a glass of sherry in the evening - 'I
have been so lucky to live for so long,' he said.
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Who Do You Think You Are? comes to the LSE Library On
Wednesday 5 October Charles Booth’s Enquiry into London Life and Labour will
make its third appearance in Who Do You Think You Are? on BBC One, in
an episode tracing Strictly Come Dancing judge Len Goodman’s family tree.
Len visited the LSE Library earlier in the year where archivist Sue
Donnelly took him through some of his family’s East End history, using maps
and notebooks from Booth’s famous investigation into living and working
conditions in 19th century London.
So what did he find out? You’ll just have to watch the programme to see.
To find out more about the Enquiry, visit the
Charles Booth online archive.
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Continued success for LSE Kazakhstan collaboration The
International School of Economics and Social Sciences (ISE) at the
Kazakh-British Technical University (KBTU) has celebrated the success
of its third cohort of graduating students.
These students are awarded degrees from both the University of London
International Programmes, in areas led by LSE, and from KBTU.
The collaboration has the aim of creating a centre of academic excellence
in Almaty. Students study a four year programme based on a
foundation programme and advanced placement examinations in their first
year and then progress onto LSE-led programmes in economics and management,
and banking and finance. The collaboration is supported by
regular teaching visits from LSE staff.
LSE pro-director Professor Janet Hartley, Rosemary Gosling and John Ferrá
from the LSE Office for University of London International Programmes, and
professors Martin Anthony and Amos Witztum, LSE/KBTU project directors, were
in Almaty on Saturday 10 September for a ceremony celebrating the successes
of the programme.
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A safer way to save the eurozone proposed by European economists
A system of 'European Safe Bonds' run by a continent-wide debt agency could
save the eurozone without the need for fiscal union, argue two leading
analysts from LSE.
Professors Luis Garicano and Dimitri Vayanos are among a group of
academics from the Euro-nomics group who have today set out their proposal
for the bonds, which would be stable enough to survive even a debt default by
one or more European countries.
The group's open letter is published in today's Wall Street Journal
and in El País in Spain.
In it, the group suggests, the crisis in the eurozone reflects flaws in
the design of monetary union, rather than in the principle itself. They say:
'Many believe that Europe needs large fiscal transfers and euro bonds
to end the crisis. But a cleverly designed bond, coupled with key reforms in
bank regulation and monetary policy, could ensure the eurozone's survival
without a fiscal union'.
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LSE academic receives funding for two research projects
Dr
Claire Alexander (pictured) has received two research grants.
The first, from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, is for a
project entitled ‘Banglastories: telling community histories about migration
and belonging’. This project follows on from a previous research project,
'Bengal diaspora,’ which explored the histories and experiences of migrants
from the Indian state of Bengal in the period after 1947. A 'Bangla
Stories' website was developed to bring these stories into School
classrooms.
This new funding will work with the Runnymede Trust to develop the
website and hold school based workshops and community events to encourage
young people to research and narrate their own personal and community
histories, while opening up dialogue around Britishness, multiculturalism
and belonging.
The second grant is from the Economic and Social Research Council for a
project entitled ‘Revisiting the Asian Gang’. This will build on Dr
Alexander’s previous research on The Asian Gang (Berg 2000) and will revisit
the original participants of this study 15 years after the original research
was completed. The original study was the first ethnographic study of Asian
youth identities in Britain and focused on a small group of
Muslim young men of Bangladeshi
descent in London. The past 15 years have seen dramatic
changes in the understanding of Asian youth identities and this new research
will explore the participants' lives, experiences and identities throughout
this period of transition.
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Academic abroad
In August and September,
Professor Nikolas Rose (pictured) gave a series of lectures in Brazil
and Argentina arising from his work on biopolitics and neuropolitics.
In Brazil, Professor Rose gave the opening speech to the 5th
International Conference on Body, Gender and Sexuality at the Federal
University of Rio Grande in Rio Grande and a public lecture at the
Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Sao Paulo. He also gave lectures at
State University of Rio de Janeiro and a lecture and seminar on his work at
the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre.
In Argentina, Professor Rose gave the opening lecture to the 3rd
International Colloquium on Biopolitics organised by the Argentinean
Pedagogic University, as well as a lecture and seminar on his approach to
biopolitics and governmentality in Buenos Aires.
He also gave a seminar with representatives of the Ministry of Education
on the ‘medicalisation’ of children, which is a growing concern in the
region. He also gave long interviews on his work to two national
publications in Argentina,
Revista Ñ, the cultural supplement of Clarín newspaper and La
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LSE India Observatory call for proposals The research
collaboration between LSE and Tata Institute
of Social Sciences (TISS), supported by a Tata Trust, was launched by
LSE's India Observatory in June 2007.
The focus of this five year programme has been for the two institutions
to collaborate on social science research in areas of mutual interest. The
programme has enabled academics from LSE and TISS to organise workshops and
other dissemination programmes at LSE and TISS. It has provided support for
visiting fellowships and enabled the publication of several books and
research papers by academics from both institutions. Some teaching
programmes have also been set up. More information can be
found here.
The India Observatory is currently putting together proposals for the
second phase of this programme. Academics who are interested in developing
India-related research with a possible link with TISS, should contact Ruth
Kattumuri at r.kattumuri@lse.ac.uk
until Friday 14 October to discuss further.
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Promotion and review of academic staff The next deadline for
the promotion and review of academic staff is Monday 17 October. The
School believes strongly in developing the potential of those lecturers whom
it has recruited. It recognises that individuals will be appointed who are
at different stages of their academic careers, and considers that a process
of structured review is beneficial to both lecturers and the School.
Heads of department and self-sponsored promotion candidates can find a
list of everything that they must submit by this date, on the
Promotion and Review Timetable 2011-12.
All template forms and guidance can be found on the
HR website. If you have any queries, email
HR.ReviewandPromotion@lse.ac.uk
or call ext 6217.
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LSE Annual Fund call for funding applications Get your project
off the ground with an Annual Fund grant. Visit
apply for funding where you will find all the details on applying,
including guidelines and the link to the online application form.
Please submit your application by Wednesday 16 November - late
submissions will not be accepted.
Drop in sessions to seek advice on applications will be held from
12-1.30pm on Monday 17 October, Wednesday 26 October and
Tuesday 15 November. Information on these sessions can be
found here.
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LSE’s British Politics and Policy blog wants your books The
LSE
British Politics and Policy blog reviews a range of books covering all
aspects of UK-relevant politics and policy, posting three reviews every
Sunday.
The blog team would like to increase the number of books from LSE
authors, so encourages all staff to ask their publishers to send a review
copy of any new relevant publications. The team aims to get all reviews
published within six weeks of receiving the book and publicise the reviews
widely - the blog has around 26,000 visits per month across the UK and
internationally.
All reviews are additionally included in LSE Research Online, which means
they will appear in Google Scholar. The team is also seeking new reviewers
for the blog, so if you are interested in being a reviewer or have a book
that you would like to be reviewed, email
politicsandpolicy@lse.ac.uk.
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Induction ‘networking lunch’ volunteers wanted HR is
introducing a new 'networking lunch' feature to the support staff induction,
in order to encourage more interaction and networking opportunities for new
staff and existing staff members.
HR is looking for a diverse pool of enthusiastic volunteers from all
areas of the School to attend the lunches and offer new staff a warm
welcome, whilst telling them a bit about their role and experiences at LSE.
The inductions take place on a monthly basis and a buffet lunch will be
provided. If you would be interested in attending one of the lunches,
register with Georgina Whitham at
g.whitham@lse.ac.uk.
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Let’s recycle more LSE has now finished installing the new
Communal Recycle Stations, which were successfully piloted in the Library,
the Fourth Floor Restaurant, the NAB and Rosebery Hall as part of the
School’s RETHINK strategy.
The aim is to boost recycling rates to 90 per cent - way above the 35 per
cent average recycling rate for universities in England and Wales.
The RETHINK Towards Zero Waste initiatives have already won national
recycling awards (for reuse and recycling) and been nominated for a Green
Gown Award. For more information about LSE's recycling services, visit
lse.ac.uk/recycle.
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More for less - take advantage of special offers for LSE staff
This week's offer is for Mexican street-food restaurant
Poncho who are offering LSE staff 10
per cent off their orders (just show your ID card).
Poncho has just opened its third outlet in Soho, with the other two
based at Spitalfields and St Pauls. The Evening Standard has also
rated it as the best burrito outlet in London.
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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Watch your butts London councils have introduced on-the-spot fines for would-be litter louts.
Depending on the borough you’re in, fines range from £50 to £80 and apply
in all public spaces, wherever you are. Failure to pay can lead to
prosecution and a fine of up to £2,500.
Littering includes chewing gum and cigarette butts so be sure to put your
butts and gum in the bin.
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The countryside comes to London
Meet the farmers at the first
Bloomsbury Farmers’
Market, which will take place every
Thursday, starting on Thursday 29 September from 9am-2pm at
Torrington Square, behind the University of London Union building.
The market will be the perfect place for lunch or for a spot of food
shopping. There will be a full range of fruit, vegetables and meat on offer,
plus plenty of tempting cakes, pies and breads too, all locally grown and
freshly made. There will also be a weekly hog roast and spit lamb roast.
The market will only be on for a trial period until the end of the year,
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 LSE
in pictures
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This week's picture was taken in April
2011 and features some of the recent improvements that have been made to
the buildings around campus - the new signage and the new window boxes
on the Old Building.
For more images like this, visit the
Photography Unit. |
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LSE academic prescribes 'hope' in the battle against HIV/AIDS
'Hope' could be a valuable tool to enable policy makers to adopt the best
policies to combat HIV/AIDS in Africa, an LSE professor has argued.
In Social Policy: metaphors and hope, published by the Copenhagen
Consensus Center's HIV/AIDs in Africa project, Professor Tony Barnett, LSE
Health, examines the arguments and analyses made in another Rethink HIV
paper on social policy, Social Policy: going upstream by academics at
the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and suggests that 'hope'
might be an effective tool in establishing effective social policy.
Professor Barnett's paper has been published as part of Rethink HIV: the
project, funded by the RUSH Foundation. The project commissioned leading
health academics to analyse HIV policy choices and identify the most
effective ways to tackle the pandemic across sub-Saharan Africa.
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Online dangers for children - report exposes the top 10 myths of
internet safety Researchers have published a list of the top 10 myths
about internet safety for children, to show how many people's knowledge of
online dangers are out of date.
Among common mistakes is the belief that putting a PC in the family
living room will help keep young people away from risky behaviour.
In fact, says the team from EU Kids Online, children find it so easy to go
online at a friend's house or on a smartphone that this advice is out of
date. Parents are better advised to talk to their children about their
internet habits or join them in some online activity.
Another common myth highlighted in the study is that children know more
than adults about the digital world - in fact only just over one in three
youngsters are sure that they know more than their parents.
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 Events
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Upcoming LSE events include.... NEW -
Infrastructure Investment and Regional Economic Growth: the Mexican way
On: Monday 3 October at 5.15pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Dionisio Pérez-Jacome Friscione, Mexican secretary of state
for transport, communications and infrastructure.
Entrepreneurs, Innovation and Growth
On: Monday 3 October at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Luke Johnson (pictured), chairman of private equity firm
Risk Capital Partners.
'Making Rich People Richer Doesn’t Make the Rest of Us Richer’ and 22 Other
Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism
On: Tuesday 4 October at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Ha-Joon Chang, professor in the faculty of
politics and economics at the University of Cambridge.
NEW -
'Same Bed Different Dreams' Asia's Rise - Threat or Opportunity? The View
from Australia
On: Wednesday 5 October at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speaker: Malcolm Turnbull (pictured), MP for Wenworth in the
Australian parliament and shadow minister for communications and broadband.
Architecture and Happiness
On: Thursday 6 October at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speakers: Ben Rogers, director of the Centre for London think tank,
and Roger Scruton, writer and philosopher.
For more events, visit
lse.ac.uk/events.
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LSE Chill - this Friday
Friday 30 September
Following the success of LSE Chill last year, we’re delighted to
bring back this popular event for another year. LSE Chill, an open
performing evening, is open to all and the next session will be on
Friday 30 September from 5.30pm in the 4th Floor Café bar.
The line up for the evening is as follows:
6-6.30pm Joshua Bernstein
Joshua Bernstein is a singer/songwriter/composer, located in London, who is
currently playing gigs and writes music for dramatic productions and films.
6.45-7.15pm Konni Deppe and Martin Slade "Le Swing Electrique"
Konni Deppe (vocals) and Martin Slade (guitar) will be performing an
eclectic range of jazz standards. Konni shares her time between working for
LSE's Residential Services and a professional singing and teaching career in
the UK and Germany. Martin has spent many years gigging in indie, rock,
blues and jazz bands when not whizzing across campus to fix broken network
outlets.
If you are interested in performing at LSE Chill, email arts@lse.ac.uk
with your name and details of your act. For more information, visit
www.lse.ac.uk/arts.
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Podcasts of public lectures and events
Security Challenges Ten Years After 9/11
Speaker: Michael Chertoff
Recorded: Monday 5 September, approx 49 minutes
Click here to listen
Building Effective States
Speakers: Professor Paul Collier, Amara Konney, and Sushil
Kumar Modi
Recorded: Monday 19 September, approx 114 minutes
Click here to listen
Pakistan: a personal history
Speaker: Imran Khan
Recorded: Tuesday 20 September, approx 65 minutes
Click here to listen |
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 60
second interview
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with..... Chris Duffy
I work in the Grantham Research
Institute for Climate Change and the
Environment: I’m the policy
communications manager. I work with
stakeholders across government and
business, managing relationships and
getting as much impact as possible
for the work done by our stellar
cast of researchers and academics.
I’m originally from 'up north',
namely the metropolis of
Stoke-on-Trent. I came to London
five years ago when, frustrated with
working for sales hungry fashion
labels and mega-rich property
developers, I decided it was time to
turn my skills in the dark arts of
PR over to the force of good and
tackling climate change. I started
off working for the Environment
Agency at the Thames Barrier and
have since moved around various bits
of government before arriving at the
Grantham Research Institute three
months ago.
I love the job and the team. The
work we do at the Institute is at
the forefront of the climate debate
- it makes a difference and is
respected all over the world.
Where is your favourite place
on the LSE campus?
Probably the Fleet River Bakery -
does that count as campus? I love
food - I'm actually a trained chef -
and the food in Fleet River is just
really simple and good. Nothing
fancy, it just delivers every time.
If a genie granted you three
wishes, what would you ask for?
I definitely wouldn't ask for
infinite wishes - I think you'd
probably go a bit nuts if you had
too many wishes at your disposal.
So, I'd ask for a hover board - like
the one on Back to the Future II.
To go to a Nirvana gig.
And to be the first Manchester
United player to be lead guitarist
in an indie band. That's kind of
like two wishes, but 'don't ask:
don't get'.
Have you ever appeared on
stage? In what capacity?
I've been in a band and we did a
couple of gigs; that's probably the
most notable occasion other than
various presentations at
conferences. The band did mainly
Radiohead and Manic Street Preachers
covers (I was 15).
What is your guilty pleasure?
Listening to the Sugarbabes.
If you were to rewrite the
School's motto, what would it be?
For those about to rock: we
salute you!
Do you have a tattoo and, if
not, what would you get if you had
to have one?
Yes, I do have a tattoo. It's a
small motif I designed myself, which I got
a guy in Thailand (when I say a
'guy' I mean a professional tattoo
artist) to do with bamboo. The
problem was he didn't speak any
English and so I couldn't really
explain to him what the image was
supposed to be - it's kind of
cryptic - so some of the design was
lost in translation.
It still gives me fond memories
of being 18 and reckless though. I'd
literally packed a bag and booked an
open-ended ticket to India with no
plan of when to go or what to do.
I ended up spending six months hopping
from India to Nepal to Laos and
Thailand which was an amazing
experience, especially at that age -
I'd literally just finished my
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 Training
and jobs
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Chartered Management Institute Diploma in Management The
Chartered Management Institute
Diploma in Management provides an externally validated, broad-based
management education in key areas such as operations, finance, people,
information and change.
There are currently seven spaces available for practising managers (team
leaders to middle managers) to take part in this course. For more
information about the course, see the management and leadership page.
If you would like to find out about the course and how to apply, come
along to the information session on Thursday 13 October at
10.30am-12pm in the Graham Wallas Room. We recommend that interested
staff, and where possible their line manager, attend this session which will
include:
- an explanation on the course structure and content
- details on how to apply
- information on how line managers can support staff participating on
the course
- feedback from past LSE participants
- an opportunity to ask questions
If you would like to come along, book a place by sending an email to
hr.learning@lse.ac.uk.
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Training for staff at LSE Courses scheduled for next week
include:
- Moodle basics
- Moodle refresher
- One-to-one IT training
For a full listing of what is available and further details, including
booking information, visit
www.lse.ac.uk/training.
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Jobs at LSE Below are some of the vacancies currently being
advertised to internal candidates only, as well as those being advertised
externally.
- Administrator - Programme for African Leadership,
International Development
- Careers adviser (PhD and postdoctoral research staff), LSE
Careers
- Chair/reader of economics, Economics
- Director for information management and technology, IT
Services
- Graduate administrator, Geography and Environment
- Lectureship in philosophy, Philosophy
- Montague Burton Chair, International Relations
- Projects and events administrator, Management
- Research fellow - economics of climate change, Grantham
Research Institute
- Research officer, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
- Security team leader, Security and Porters
- Widening participation coordinator, Academic Registrar's
Division
- Widening participation officer, Academic Registrar's Division
For more information, visit
Jobs at LSE and login via the instructions under the 'Internal
vacancies' heading. |
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people
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Congratulations to Mark McAleese, chef manager at Passfield Hall, who
welcomed his second child on Wednesday 31 August. Eloise McAleese, pictured
left with her proud brother Ryan, was born at 05.14.
Dr Ray Richardson has decided after five years to step down as joint
dean of the University of London International Programmes from the end of
September.
Dr Jan Stockdale has been appointed dean of the University of
London International Programmes from October for a fixed term period and
will provide academic coordination and leadership across the Economics,
Management, Finance and Social Science (EMFSS)
programmes.
Rosemary Gosling (pictured), director of the University of
London International Programmes, is retiring on 1 October. Rosie has been appointed director of institutional
liaison for the University of London International Programmes for a fixed
term period and will continue her work in supporting and mentoring
institutions teaching for the EMFSS programmes.
On Friday 30 September, Professor Richard Macve (pictured) of the
Department of Accounting, is also retiring from the School. Friends and
colleagues will join him in marking the occasion on Thursday 13 October.
Retired members of the Senior Common Room (SCR) were welcomed back to LSE
for their
6th annual reunion lunch on Wednesday 14 September. SCR chairman
Simeon Underwood noted that, between them, they had accumulated more than
1000 years' experience of LSE!
On Thursday 11 August, press and communications officer Danny O’Connor
married Catherine Miller (pictured) at the Gate Street Barn, Surrey.
According to Danny, ‘it was an absolutely amazing day’.
Nicola Serle of CASE also wanted to let staff know about a fantastic
family campsite in Sussex - Wowo (or Waspbourne Manor Farm). Nicola said:
'We had an amazing final evening sitting around the campfire watching an
incredible display of shooting stars!' |
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