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20 October 2011 |
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LSE makes a Big Impact LSE’s public realm improvements have
been included in a joint publication by the Royal Institute of British
Architects and the Higher Education Design Quality Forum.
In Small Budget Big Impact the judges commented: 'This urban
improvement scheme has revitalised the main gateways into the campus and
enhanced LSE’s reputation by improving its civic presence.'
The publication was accompanied by a short film in which LSE was one of
eight schemes showcased. To watch the film, visit
YouTube.
Both the publication and the film were launched at an event
on Tuesday 11 October
at the University of Westminster. Julian Robinson, LSE's director of
estates, said: 'It is gratifying that our efforts have been recognised. The
campus greening programme, improved signage and way-finding, and additional
provisions for pedestrians and cyclists, although small individually, are
beginning to make a steep change in the quality of the campus.'
To download a copy of Small Budget Big Impact,
click here.
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Academic abroad On Thursday 8 December, Dr Mark Schankerman
will be giving a lecture entitled 'Global Diffusion of New Drugs: the role
of patent policy, price controls and institutions', at the US Patent and
Trademark Office headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia.
The lecture will focus on how policy choices affect whether new drugs are
marketed in a country, and how quickly. Dr Schankerman will highlight how the availability of new drugs in different
countries is shaped by their patent policy, price regulation and
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 Notices
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LSE Research Online: in your office Would you like to know more
about the benefits of open access and maximising your research visibility?
To celebrate Open Access Week 2011 (24-30 October), the Library is
offering LSE Research Online: in your office. If you’re doing research
yourself, or supporting research here at LSE, a member of the team will be
happy to visit you in your office to offer advice about open access and
depositing materials in LSE Research Online.
We encourage academic staff to deposit full text versions of their
research outputs in LSE Research Online. The team will check publisher
copyright permissions and catalogue materials in a secure, preserved
archive, openly available online.
If you would like to learn more about depositing your work or for
practical advice about maximising your research visibility, email
LSEResearchOnline@lse.ac.uk
to arrange a visit.
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Staff portrait dates Nigel
Stead, School photographer, will be holding two staff portrait photo
sessions on
Monday 24 and Tuesday 25 October. The sessions will be held in
room G.19, Old Building, from 11am-1pm and 2-4pm.
New staff (or old staff who need to update their existing pictures) can
turn up at any time in the given time slots and there is no need to book.
All pictures are in colour and in a digital format and will be supplied to
each department/centre on a CD. Hard copy prints will not be provided.
Pictures will be sent after post production, which can be up to two weeks
after the shoot.
The cost is £15 per head charged to the department/centre and staff are
asked to bring their budget codes with them on the day. For more
information, contact Nigel Stead at
n.stead@lse.ac.uk. Another session will be held in
November.
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Honorary Doctorate nominations Nominations for Honorary
Doctorates are 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 November. For more
information and a nomination form, visit
Honorary Degree Nominations. Any Honorary Doctorates awarded will
be conferred in December 2012.
If you have any questions or queries, contact Joan Poole at
j.a.poole@lse.ac.uk
or on ext 7825.
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Meat Free Monday LSE Catering, working with the Students' Union
and the Vegetarian Society, is supporting the international Meat Free Monday
campaign on the following dates:
- Monday 24 October
- Monday 14 November
- Monday 5 December
The campaign highlights the importance of making more environmentally and
socially conscious food choices. Just one small change can have a positive
impact on the planet. You’ll also be giving your health a boost, and with
the added benefit that vegetables cost less than meat, it’s good for your
pocket too.
Customers of the Staff Dining Room and Fourth Floor Restaurant will be
encouraged to do their bit for the planet by having a meat free day. As an
alternative the dishes on offer with include seasonal vegetables,
sustainably sourced fish, limited dairy and egg-based dishes.
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New PhD scholarships available As part of the European Research
Council funded research programme, Security in Transition: an
interdisciplinary investigation into the security gap, two PhD scholarships
are available at the Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit (CSHS)
in the Department of International Development at LSE.
The successful applicants will follow a PhD programme under the
supervision of Professor Mary Kaldor, and will work an average of 20 hours
per week on the Security in Transition research programme at CSHS for the
duration of the scholarship.
The scholarships are available for a period of four years from September
2012. The PhD must be completed over a four year period and presupposes
enrolment in the PhD programme at the Department of International
Development at LSE.
More information can be
found here.
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Blind cleaning and servicing
Blind cleaning and servicing will take place in Tower Three from Monday
24
until Friday 28 October.
During this time, blinds will be taken down, taken away, and returned
once cleaning and servicing is finished.
For more information, contact Richard Allen at
r.allen1@lse.ac.uk or on ext
6544.
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Flat for sale in Beaufort Park, Hendon, NW9
This one bedroom, third floor flat is situated in the luxury Beaufort
Park development in Hendon and is beautifully presented with great views
of north-west London.
The property boasts access to onsite secure parking, a gym (with spa
coming soon), residents' park and roof terrace, and 24 hour manned concierge
service. Colindale underground station is just a few minutes' walk away.
The flat is on the market for £219,000. More information can be
found here. If you have any further queries, email Ricky Taylor at
r.taylor2@lse.ac.uk.
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 LSE
in pictures
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This week's picture features the building site of the
New Students' Centre. The New Students' Centre will be the first new
building at LSE for more than 40 years and gives every indication of
being an exemplary piece of architecture, which will be at the forefront
of 'contemporary Westminster'.
For more images like this, visit the
Photography Unit.
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 Research
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Independent review sets out scale of
problem faced by fuel poor Yesterday, LSE professor John Hills
published the interim report of his independent review of fuel poverty. This
confirms how serious the problem of fuel poverty is:
- Even if, at a conservative estimate, only a tenth of 'excess winter
deaths' are due to fuel poverty, that means 2,700 people are dying each
year in England and Wales, more than die on the roads. Beyond this are
many other health problems and costs to the NHS from living in cold
homes.
- Households in or on the margins of poverty faced extra costs to keep
warm above those for typical households with much higher incomes adding
up to £1.1 billion in 2009, even before recent price increases.
- People on low incomes and in the worst housing cannot afford
essential investment to improve the energy efficiency of the whole
housing stock and combat climate change.
The review, commissioned by the Department for Energy and Climate Change,
was asked to look at the problem from first principles and to assess what
this meant for the way it is measured.
Professor Hills, director of CASE at LSE, said: 'The evidence presented
in my interim report shows how serious the problem of fuel poverty is,
increasing health risks and hardship for millions of people, and hampering
urgent action to reduce energy waste and carbon emissions.'
More
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Private and mobile internet use by children requires a new approach
to safety With the European Commission’s Safer Internet Forum being
held this week, EU Kids Online published the final recommendations for
stakeholders based on its research into children’s use of the internet
across Europe.
With evidence that children are going online at ever younger ages and
that their use is increasingly mobile, easily escaping adult supervision,
new responses from policy makers are vital. This report aims to give policy
makers up to date advice on how to educate and protect children against
online risks such as bullying, pornography and making contacts with
inappropriate people.
Professor Sonia Livingstone from LSE, who headed the project, said:
'Unbalanced headlines and confusion have contributed to the climate of
anxiety that surrounds public discourse on children’s use of new technology.
Panic and fear often drown out evidence. The emerging picture from the EU
Kids Online evidence should guide schools, parents, government, civil
society, industry, and children themselves in working together to balance
the risks and opportunities presented by new technology. Our research
establishes the evidence-based priorities for this renewed effort.'
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 Events
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Upcoming events include....
Is South African Society More Equal Today Than When Apartheid Ended in 1994?
On: Monday 24 October at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Dr Max Price, vice-chancellor of the University of Cape
Town.
NEW EVENT -
The World Economy: how did we get here and where are we going?
On: Wednesday 26 October at 5-6pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Nemat Shafik (pictured), deputy managing director of the
International Monetary Fund.
This event is free and open to all but a ticket is required. One ticket per
person can be requested on Wednesday 19 October.
Building an International Rule of Law
On: Thursday 27 October at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Judge Patrick Robinson, president of the International
Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
The Future of Economic Convergence
On: Saturday 29 October at 2-3.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Dani Rodrik, Rafiq Hariri Professor of
International Political Economy at John F Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard University.
This event is free and open to all but a ticket is required. One ticket per
person can be requested on Monday 24 October.
The Better Angels of Our Nature: the decline of violence in history and its
causes
On: Monday 31 October at 6.30-8pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Steven Pinker (pictured), Johnstone Family
Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University.
This event is free and open to all but a ticket is required. One ticket per
person can be requested on Monday 24 October.
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NetworkEd: future of technology 'NetworkEd: future of
technology' is a new seminar series organised by the Centre for Learning
Technology. The series will invite speakers from the field of education,
computing and related fields, to discuss how technology is shaping the world
of education.
The first seminar will be held on Wednesday 2 November at 2pm,
with speakers Dr Jane Secker from LSE and Dr Emma Coonan from Cambridge
University Library. During the talk, which is entitled
'Supporting Undergraduate Students of the Future: developing a new
curriculum for information literacy', the speakers will present
findings from their recent work to explore the information needs of
undergraduate students.
Participants can book a place to attend the seminar, or choose to watch
the event online. More information about the series, including booking
information, can be
found
here.
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Spectrum - upcoming events Spectrum, the LGBT staff network at
LSE, launches its programme of events for the year with a meeting today at
5pm in room CON.7.03, followed by social drinks.
The group will also be hosting a film screening and director’s Q&A
session on Wednesday 3 November at 6.30pm, where Faryal Velmi will
talk about her short films Pictures of Zain and What You Looking
At?
On Thursday 10 November, there will also be a lunchtime seminar on
international LGBT rights at 1pm in NAB.8.04.
For more information on these and other upcoming events, visit
Spectrum or email spectrum@lse.ac.uk.
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LSE Housing and Communities Conference - Cutting Carbon Costs: our
big energy battle On: Tuesday 8 November from 9.30am-4.30pm on
the LSE campus
This conference will present evidence on how to cut energy use in half and
make renewables our biggest source of energy, looking at the complex
technical problems of saving carbon, particularly in low income
neighbourhoods.
Speakers will include:
- Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, chair of LSE’s Grantham
Research Institute
- Professor John Hills, director of LSE’s Centre for Analysis
of Social Exclusion
- Christian Stolte, head of the Energy-Efficient Buildings
Division, German Energy Agency (DENA)
- Jon Bright, director, Homelessness and Support, Building
Standards and Climate Change, for the Department of Communities and
Local Government
- Phil Wynn Owen, director general, National Climate Change and
Consumer Support, Department for Energy and Climate Change
Tickets cost £25 for LSE students and staff (discounted from the full fee
of £150). In very limited cases, concessionary places may be offered if
people do not have available funds.
For more information, visit
LSE Housing
and Communities. To book and pay online visit the
LSE e-Shop, quoting CCC1 for the
discount price. If you have any further queries, contact Nicola Serle at
n.serle@lse.ac.uk or on ext 6330.
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New exhibition: Charles Booth archive - Inquiry into London Life and
Labour On until Friday 25 November in the Atrium Gallery, Old
Building
Charles Booth, a remarkable English Victorian, was profoundly concerned
by contemporary social problems, particularly poverty. Without any
commission, he devised, organised, and funded one of the most comprehensive
and scientific social surveys of London life.
This exhibition showcases one of the most striking products of his
inquiry: the maps of London, coloured street by street to indicate the
levels of poverty and wealth.
The Booth collection in the LSE Archives contains the original records
dating from 1886 to 1903.
On Wednesday 5 October, these maps appeared in Who Do You Think You
Are? on BBC One, in an episode tracing Strictly Come Dancing
judge Len Goodman’s family tree.
The exhibition is free and open to all, with no ticket required. Visitors
are welcome from Monday to Friday between 10am and 8pm (excluding bank
holidays or unless otherwise stated).
Visit
booth.lse.ac.uk for more
information on the collection held at LSE. For more information on
the exhibition, visit www.lse.ac.uk/arts.
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Podcasts of public lectures and events
A More Secure World - From Neighbourhood to Globe
Speaker: William J Bratton
Recorded: Tuesday 11 October, approx 85 minutes
Click here to listen
627 Million Chinese Brought Out of Poverty: where did it all go wrong?
Speaker: Professor Danny Quah
Recorded: Tuesday 11 October, approx 89 minutes
Click here to listen
Beatrice Webb: her quest for a fairer society
Speakers: Jonathan Derbyshire, Professor David Piachaud,
Stephen Timms MP and Michael Ward
Recorded: Wednesday 12 October, approx 73 minutes
Click here to listen |
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 60
second interview
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with..... Emily May
I'm the communications officer for the new Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit based within the Department for International Development. My role involves supporting knowledge transfer though communication within the unit and the School and to external partners and audiences, including the coordination of public lectures, book launches and workshops, online updates, and dissemination of research papers and scholarship opportunities.
I was born in County Durham but
grew up in Oxfordshire, so I'm a
token Geordie. I've lived in London
intermittently over the past decade
and now feel very settled here. I've
worked in the voluntary and
higher-education sectors for several
years, but only recently made the
switch from wildlife conservation to
international development (although
I still have a soft spot for
gorillas).
Before coming to LSE I worked for
Panos London, disseminating research
resources to journalists who report
on governance, climate change and
HIV/AIDS. I currently support a
great team of researchers
investigating human security and
civil society issues in Afghanistan,
the Middle East and the Balkans.
Tell us about the work and
activities of the new Civil Society
and Human Security Research Unit
(CSHS).
Our research is about the way in
which ordinary people shape the
decisions that affect their lives -
with a particular focus on security.
This is a very exciting time for
CSHS as we are embarking on a new
five year research programme
tackling contemporary security
challenges. Entitled 'Security in
Transition: an interdisciplinary
investigation of the security gap',
it will address a major issue of the
twenty-first century: how can
governments and security forces
respond to the multiple security
risks affecting global populations?
Using new methodology, the research
aims to describe and conceptualise
the current state of the security
gap, and establish the success and
failure of current measures. The
programme, which is funded by the
European Research Council, will be
officially launched at a
public discussion and reception
on Wednesday 2 November with Lakhdar
Brahimi, Javier Solana and Mary
Kaldor as panellists.
We're also planning some exciting
activities to mark the tenth
anniversary of the landmark
Global Civil Society Yearbook.
During the past decade, as the
yearbook has attempted to debate,
map and measure the shifting
contours of this contested
phenomenon, relationships between
state and society have shifted. In
this anniversary edition, to be
published in early 2012, activists
and academics from LSE and beyond,
look back over ten years of
'politics from below', and ask
whether it is merely the critical
gaze upon the concept that has
changed - or whether there is
something genuinely new about the
way in which civil society is now
operating.
Where is the most interesting
place you have visited?
This is tricky as there have been
quite a few. One of the loveliest
places was Lamu Island 15 years ago,
when it was still relatively
unknown. It had a different way of
life and seemed far-removed from the
modern world; it felt remote but
very safe. The recent kidnappings
out there will no doubt affect
livelihoods reliant upon tourism,
which is very sad.
What has been the most
memorable day of your life, so far?
This is another tough question,
so I'm going to be random: my 13th
birthday. I'd written a short story
for a school competition about
getting my teeth braces fixed.
Unsurprisingly it didn't win, but
for some reason my dad thought it
would be a good idea to send it off
to The Guardian. A few weeks
later their photographer Martin
Argles came over and took a photo of
me grinning toothily and wearing a
headbrace (shudder). The photo and
story were published in the paper on
my 13th birthday. I felt conflicted.
I was proud of the story but
mortified about the photo; after all
my nickname at the time was 'metal
mickey'. So I didn't tell my friends
or my teachers - but was paid £90
and naturally blew the lot on a
paisley hooded top and pair of Pony
trainers.
What was your best subject at
school?
As I was shaped like a beanpole
until the age of 16, I was usually
picked for the 100m sprint on sports
day. I also enjoyed English
literature, drama and tennis.
Have you ever broken a bone?
A few near misses but not yet,
touch wood.
What is your favourite LSE
sculpture, or piece of art?
I like the Odette sculptures,
especially Baby Tembo. |
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 Training
and jobs
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Training for staff Courses scheduled for next week include:
- Writing for blogs
- One-to-one IT training
- Word 2010: format an academic paper
- Getting started with online information resources at LSE
For a full listing of what is available and further details, including
booking information, see
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.
- Admissions administrator, Academic Registrar's Division
- Chair/reader of economics, Economics
- David Davies of Llandinam Research Fellowship, International
Relations
- Departmental manager (planning and resources), Economics
- Director of information management and technology, IT
Services
- Executive MPA and extra-curricular development manager,
Economics
- HR partner, HR Partners
- Lecturer in economics, Economics
- Lecturer in management science, Operational Research Group
- Lectureship in finance, Finance
- Lectureship in philosophy, Philosophy
- Library assistant, Library: information services
- Policy analyst - climate change, Grantham Research Institute
- Research assistant - econometrics, Grantham Research
Institute
- Research fellow - economics of climate change, Grantham
Research Institute
- Research fellow, LSE Cities
- Student recruitment and study abroad coordinator, Student
Recruitment
- Subwarden, Residential and Catering Services Division
For more information, visit
Jobs at LSE and login via the instructions under the 'Internal
vacancies' heading. |
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 LSE
people
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This year Jane Appleton (pictured) took on three challenges in
aid of the British Legion Poppy Appeal. In June, Jane completed a three
kilometre swim, followed by a four day cycle ride from London to Paris in
September and, finally, a challenge walk of 42.5 kilometres in October. She
would like to thank everyone at LSE who has supported her so far, but if you
haven't sponsored her and would still like to, please visit her
Just Giving page
before the end of October. |
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