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15 December 2011 |
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 News
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Book swap idea gets the thumbs up from the Mayor of London
Chris Gilson (pictured), researcher and managing editor for the British
Politics and Policy at LSE blog, has won a competition for his idea on how
to improve life in London.
Chris’ idea was for a book swap scheme for Tube and train stations. His
scheme would involve shelves in stations for passengers to leave unwanted
books for fellow travellers. Chris has already set up a pilot version in his
local station, West Ealing, but he would like to get it in all stations
across London in time for the Olympics.
The competition ‘Ideas4Mayor’, an initiative from the think tanks Centre
for London and IPPR for Londoners, involved Chris tweeting his idea ahead of
the first London Policy Conference, which took place on Monday 12 and
Tuesday 13 December. He was then invited to present his idea to Boris
Johnson, the London mayor, at the Conference.
Chris said: ‘It was a great opportunity to present my idea to establish
book swaps in London’s tube and train stations by the opening of the
Olympics, and I’m very happy that Boris has endorsed the idea as well. It’s
a fantastic opportunity to show the world in 2012 that London is a capital
of reading and literacy, as well as of sporting achievement.’
Chris is looking for book swap champions to run book swaps in their local
train and tube stations. If you’re interested, or want to know more about
the campaign, email him at
c.h.gilson@lse.ac.uk.
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Kids have a ball at the 2011 Director’s Christmas Party for Children
The LSE Children’s Christmas Party took place on Saturday 3 December and it was
a full house, with over 100 children and their parents in attendance.
The kids got stuck in from the start: decorating gingerbread, solving
riddles, making Christmas cards, singing songs and, most importantly, saving
Santa from the wicked reindeer Randalf - those who were there will know what
an important task this was. Once Santa had been saved, he handed out lots of
presents and posed for pictures.
LSE Estates and Catering worked hard to make the party a success and this
year’s Santa representative, Emeritus Professor George Jones, did a splendid
job being jolly. A big thank you to those involved and we hope that those
who attended had a good time.
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Academic abroad
On Wednesday 14 December, Professor Eileen Munro (pictured) spoke at a
parliamentary seminar on child protection in New South Wales, Australia. The
seminar discussed the New South Wales Child Deaths 2010 Annual Report.
Professor Munro also gave the annual Len Tierney Lecture entitled 'Moving
From a Compliance to a Learning Culture in Child Protection in England', in
the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at the University of
Melbourne, on Monday 5 December.
Whilst in Australia, Professor Munro has also had meetings with ministers to
discuss how to improve child protection services.
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 Notices
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New IT password policy The School's IT password policy is
changing on Tuesday 17 January 2012.
Staff and research postgraduates whose network password isn’t strong
enough to comply with the new policy, or is older than 12 months, will have
to change their password.
New passwords must be at least eight characters long, contain at least
one uppercase and one lower case letter, contain at least one number or
punctuation character, include only characters supported on campus machines
(avoid international characters), and not be a dictionary word.
How do I change my password?
First set up your security questions in LSE for You, then turn off any
connections to lsesecurewifi and eduroam on your phone, tablet or laptop.
On campus, press <CTRL>+<ALT>+<DEL> and choose the 'Change a password'
option from your LSE desktop PC.
Off campus, log in to the Remote Desktop, then click on Start > Windows
Security and choose the 'Change a password' option.
Change your password for lsesecurewifi and eduroam, and LSE email on your
phone, tablet or laptop. You should do this immediately after changing your
password for network access or you run the risk of your account becoming
locked as devices try to connect with the 'wrong' password.
For help and information, visit
www.lse.ac.uk/password or contact your IT support team.
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Learn for You In the new year, HR will be launching its new
and improved Learn for You scheme.
Learn for You is a personal and career development scheme through which
certain categories of staff are entitled to a learning allowance of up to
£200 to spend on the learning of their choice.
If you are in a support staff role and are in salary bands 1-5, then you
can apply.
For more information about the new Learn for You scheme, visit
Learn for You.
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Appointment of new cleaning contractor LSE Estates has
announced the award of the new cleaning contract to Resource Group. The new
contract will start on Tuesday 3 January.
Resource Group brings experience in both the private and public sectors.
The new service provision will run from 6am until 10pm, Monday to Sunday.
This is a significantly increased cleaning service for the School.
LSE Estates is organising meetings with key stakeholders to introduce the
Resource Group management team and to provide an outline of the preliminary
operational plan for the start of the contract.
The majority of the current contractor cleaning staff will be transferred
across to the new contractor, thus ensuring continuity in the day-to-day
cleaning services across campus and keeping disruption in most areas to a
minimum during the early stages of the new contract.
LSE Estates is committed to improving the quality of the campus through
high quality support services, and this contract will contribute to
supporting LSE’s significant financial investment in the estate by ensuring
that the quality of the campus is maintained and enhanced in the years
ahead.
For more information,
click here.
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LSE two year leave planner/calendar now available Last year the
School launched its own two year leave planner/calendar for 2011-12. For
those who missed out, there is now a 2012-13 version available.
It comes in two parts: Jan-Jun and Jul-Dec, and is double sided. Side one
is for 2012 and side two for 2013. At the end of 2012, you simply turn it
over to display 2013.
Planner/calendar features:
- it is laminated so you can use highlighters on it so that text can be later
erased if need be
- School closure dates indicated
- comes in A5, A4 or A3 sizes, for either team use or individual use
- each of the two parts is either A5, A4 or A3 depending on size
ordered
- term periods shaded so you can immediately differentiate between
term time and non-term time
- term dates stated (2011-12 and 2012-13 on the 2012 planner, and
2012-13 and 2013-14 on the 2013 planner)
Please
click here to view it.
To place your order, email
repro.admin@lse.ac.uk stating the size and quantities required, along
with a valid budget code.
They are priced as follows: £2.90 (A3), £1.50 (A4), £1 (A5). Remember
that each of the two parts for each planner/calendar is sized as above.
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Send an LSE e-card this Christmas Why not save resources this
Christmas by sending e-cards? A specially designed electronic card, together
with the LSE logo and the words 'Season’s Greetings from LSE', is now
available for all staff to email out.
There is also room to add your own message below the e-card. Please
contact Liz Trumble at
designunit@lse.ac.uk for a copy to forward.
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Poetry Unites at the Literary Festival 2012 The fourth Literary
Festival at LSE will be running from Wednesday 29 February to Saturday 3
March 2012.
The festival will run under the theme of 'Relating Cultures', and one of
the events at the festival is entitled 'Poetry Unites'. The event will
comprise a series of short films in conjunction with a panel discussion on
the unifying role of poetry.
As a way of promoting the event and the Literary Festival, LSE's
Conferences and Events Office is looking for academics who would
be interested in reading out a favourite poem and saying a few words about
why they like it at the start of their lectures in the weeks leading up to
the festival.
The poems cannot be written by the reader, so in a way the 'Poetry
Unites' event is more about the poetry readers than about the process of
creation. Examples can be
found here.
If you are interested in taking part or would like more information,
email Veronika Tugendraich Garwolinski at
conferences@lse.ac.uk.
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LSE Photo Prize Exhibition 2012: overcoming hurdles LSE Photo
Prize is an annual competition run by LSE Arts and supported by LSE Annual
Fund. The competition is open to all students and staff and is now open for
submissions.
This year’s theme is ‘Overcoming Hurdles’. Winning photos will be
selected by a panel of art professionals and LSE staff, and will be
printed and showcased in an exhibition in the Atrium Gallery, Old Building
from February to April 2012.
For more information on how to enter, visit
LSE Photo Prize 2012. |
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 LSE
in pictures
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This week's picture was taken on Beachy Brow in East Sussex by LSE's
photographer Nigel Stead.
For more images like this, visit the
Photography Unit.
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 Research
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Apprentices need higher skills and better job prospects, finds new
report Successive British governments have committed substantial
public resources to apprentice training, but far too few young people
benefit and not enough high value skills have been developed. That is the
central conclusion of a new report published by the Centre for Economic
Performance.
The report’s author, Dr Hilary Steedman, who has nearly 30 years of
research experience in this field, calls for a change in the country’s
apprenticeship model: 'The coalition government should develop a simpler
model that prioritises high skills and directs public funds for
apprenticeship to any employer who can give young people long-duration,
high-quality training.
'It may not be realistic to aim for apprentice numbers on the scale of
Germany. But with a clear strategy, some nudging and flexibility, we could
realistically aim for the prize that has so far eluded us - higher skills
and high youth participation.'
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AXA Research Fund: 2012 campaign Deadline: 23 January 2012
Call for proposals for endowed permanent/visiting chairs or non endowed
research programmes.
The main aim of this stream of the AXA Research Fund is to attract
world-class researchers to LSE in the areas of environmental, life and
socio-economic risks. Endowed and non-endowed posts of up to €4 million are
funded by this scheme.
If you wish to apply, consult with the Corporate Relations Unit in
Research Division as soon as possible on your intention to submit an
expression of interest. For more information,
click here.
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Research e-Briefing
Click here to read the
December edition of the Research Division
newsletter.
To sign up for research news, recent 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 January 2012.
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 Events
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Lent term 2012 events announced The full programme of LSE
public events from January to April next year is now online. Events include
lectures, debates, concerts, film screenings and exhibitions which are free
and open to all.
Speakers include:
- Masaaki Shirakawa, governor of the Bank of Japan
- Eric Ries, entrepreneur and author of The Lean Startup
- Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria
- Paul Mason, editor of BBC's Newsnight
- Professor Christopher Pissarides, Norman Sosnow Chair in Economics
at LSE and recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences
- Alex Salmond MSP, first minister of Scotland
- Mahmoud Mohieldin, managing director of the World Bank.
A pdf of the Events leaflet can be downloaded from the
LSE Events
website.
To receive the latest information on LSE events,
join the
LSE events email subscription service or stay in touch via
Twitter or
Facebook.
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Upcoming events include....
Margin Call
LSE Arts film screening and discussion
On: Wednesday 18 January at 6.30pm in the Wolfson Theatre, New
Academic Building
This event is free and open to all, but a ticket is required. One
ticket per person can be requested on Wednesday 11 January.
The Global Banking Crisis: an African banker's response
On: Monday 23 January at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, governor of the Central Bank of
Nigeria.
This event is free and open to all, but a ticket is required. One ticket
per person can be requested on Monday 16 January.
OECD Labour Markets in the Great Recession
On: Thursday 9 February at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Christopher Pissarides (pictured), Norman Sosnow
Chair in Economics at LSE and recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize for Economic
Sciences.
This event is free and open to all, but a ticket is required. One ticket
per person can be requested on Thursday 2 February.
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Podcasts of public lectures and events
The Price of Civilization: economics and ethics after the fall
Recorded: Monday 5 December, approx 93 minutes
Speaker: Professor Jeffrey Sachs
Click here to listen
New Strategies for Disaster Response: how the increased frequency and
intensity of disasters will reshape the EU approach
Recorded: Tuesday 6 December, approx 53 minutes
Speaker: Kristalina Georgieva
Click here to listen
A New Synthesis of Public Administration: serving in the 21st century
Recorded: Tuesday 6 December, approx 95 minutes
Speaker: Jocelyne Bourgon
Click here to listen |
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 60
second interview
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with..... Professor George Jones
George Jones OBE is emeritus professor of government at LSE where he was professor of government from 1976-2003.
He has authored, co-authored and edited books, chapters and articles on British central and local government. His latest book, co-authored with Andrew Blick, is entitled Premiership: the development, nature and power of the office of the British prime minister.
We understand that you were Father Christmas at
this year's LSE
Children's Party. Can you spill any
beans about this?
Santa’s helpers selected me
because of my white hair, smiley
face, jovial disposition and rotund
physique.
What is the best part of your
job at LSE?
Being at the centre of a
world-class university, close to
Whitehall and Westminster, with
outstanding colleagues across a
range of social sciences, and
interacting with first-class
students from all over the world.
Which has been the most
interesting LSE public lecture you
have attended?
Bill Clinton’s lecture in the Old
Theatre, inspiring in substance and
style.
If you met the UK prime
minister and you could ask only one
question, what would you ask him?
Since decentralisation is one of
your top priorities, why do you
refuse to decentralise taxation to
local authorities so they can draw
most of their revenues from local
taxes levied on their own voters
instead of being like drug addicts
dependent on their fix of Government
grants?
If you could 'do it all again'
what alternative career would you
have chosen?
Becoming an MP and chief whip.
What was the last thing which
made you laugh out loud?
The play 'One Man, Two Guvnors'.
Where is the most interesting
place you have visited?
Monument Valley in Utah and
Arizona, USA. |
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 Training
and jobs
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Training for staff Courses scheduled for next week include:
- Moodle basics training
- And a number of sessions available for one-to-one IT training.
For a full listing of what is available and further details, including
booking information, see
www.lse.ac.uk/training.
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Equality and diversity Moodle course HR has announced the
launch of the School’s new online Equality and Diversity courses for staff.
LSE believes in valuing and celebrating its diversity and encourages
members of the School to engage and participate in its equality and
diversity agenda - the new online courses provides an accessible and,
hopefully, entertaining way of doing so.
There are two courses available. One is aimed at all staff and students
and an additional course is available if you are in a managerial role.
New staff in both support and academic roles will be asked to complete
the online courses within the first week or so of joining LSE. Existing
staff are also invited to complete the courses. Further communication will
follow in Lent term.
To access the new online Equality and Diversity courses,
click here and sign in using
your LSE username and password.
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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.
- Chair in contemporary Turkish studies, European Institute
- HR adviser: information and systems, HR Specialists
- Head of academic services group, Library: information
services
- Institute manager (maternity cover), European Institute
- Lecturer in environment, Geography and Environment
- Lecturer in political science, Government
- Lecturer or senior lecturer in international relations,
International Relations
- Lectureship in management, Management: MESG
- Lectureship in mathematics, Mathematics
- Lectureships in law, Law
- MSc administrator, Government
- Reader/senior lecturer in anthropology, Anthropology
- Research economist, Spatial Economics Research Centre
For more information, visit
Jobs at LSE and login via the instructions under the 'Internal
vacancies' heading. |
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