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19 January 2012 |
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Chris extends his LSE stay
Chris Gosling (pictured), who joined LSE as the
interim director of HR following the departure of Barbara Bush, has had his
contract extended to the end of 2013.
Professor Judith Rees, Director of LSE, said: ‘Chris has been doing
excellent work and is already working on a number of long-term projects. I
very much welcome this news and would like to thank Chris for all his
efforts so far.'
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World's first financial tribunal opens for business
A tribunal devoted to settling the world's most complex and contentious
financial cases has opened for business in The Hague.
Comprised of a group of judges and other international legal and market
experts with more than 2,000 years of relevant collective experience,
the P.R.I.M.E. Finance Disputes Centre will take on cases which are too
specialised for many national or local courts.
It also aims to create an internationally-agreed body of law in areas
where different countries often hand down conflicting rulings.
It was the brainchild of Professor Jeffrey Golden of LSE's Department of
Law and he is chairman of its management board.
The tribunal expects to handle multi-billion-dollar cases in fields such
as derivatives and structured financial transactions. Its role is all
the more urgent, argue its founders, because of the uncertainty created
by world financial crisis.
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Teaching Mathematics and Statistics: promoting students' engagement and
interaction
Last year, Meena Kotecha (pictured), a teacher in the Department of
Mathematics and Department of Statistics at LSE, was invited to submit a
case study for The Handbook for Economics Lecturers.
The case study highlights the difference a teaching approach can make to
students’ engagement and motivation. Furthermore, it demonstrates the
positive impact an effective approach can have on students’ enthusiasm,
their perceptions of mathematics and statistics, academic self-efficacy and
their learning experience.
The case study has now been posted online. To access it, visit
www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk/showcase/kotecha_maths.
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Academic abroad
On Wednesday 4 January, Professor Nicholas Barr (pictured) gave a lecture
entitled
‘University Tuition Fees Harm Access: a case of pub economics’, organised by
the Friends of LSE in Chile at the Universidad Católica de Chile.
On Thursday 5 January, he gave a lecture on ‘Financing Higher Education:
policies for quality, access and size’, as one in the series Dialogos
Bicentenario, Palacio de la Moneda, Santiago, and another called ‘Who Should Pay
for Higher Education?’ at the Universidad del Desarrollo.
While in Santiago he also met the superintendent of pensions and the
minister of education, with officials from the Department of Education, and
with the Commission on Student Financial Aid.
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 Notices
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Olympic fever
We are interested to know about anyone who is involved in the London
Olympic and Paralympic Games taking place this summer.
So if you are working, volunteering or even competing, we would love to
know about it. Get in touch by emailing
pressoffice@lse.ac.uk.
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Pensions move to HR From Friday 20 January, the LSE Pensions
Team will relocate from the Finance Division to the Human Resources
Division, second floor of Sardinia House.
Jenny Casey will still be point of contact for pension queries and can be
contacted on ext 7093 or at j.a.casey@lse.ac.uk.
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Promotion and review of academic staff
Deadline: Friday 20 January
All template forms and guidance on the promotion and review process
can be found on the
Human Resources website.
If you have any queries, email
HR.ReviewandPromotion@lse.ac.uk
or call ext 6217.
Heads of Department are reminded to submit to HR the remaining teaching
observations for members of staff undergoing major review and/or promotion.
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Holocaust memorial The LSE Interfaith Forum will be holding a
Holocaust memorial on Friday 27 January at 12 noon in the Shaw Library,
sixth floor of the Old Building.
All staff and students are welcome. The memorial service will feature the
LSE choir.
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Equality and Diversity 2012 calendar The Equality and
Diversity team has produced a calendar for 2012, which contains dates for
relevant events, programmes and deadlines.
It is a living document that will be updated throughout the year with
forthcoming events relating to the School’s Equality and Diversity agenda.
Email
equality.and.diversity@lse.ac.uk if you would like your event to feature
in the calendar.
The calendar is available for download from the
Equality and Diversity website. Updated calendars will be posted on the
same page at the beginning of each month.
Though the calendar is intended to be a web calendar, it can be printed
out to make a great addition to your desks and diaries.
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LSESU Literature Society poetry competition To coincide with this
year's LSE Literary Festival, the LSESU Literature Society has organised a
poetry competition for staff and students to show some literary creativity.
To get involved, submit any self-written poem relating to 'Aestheticism:
is beauty the basic principle?' to
su.soc.literature@lse.ac.uk
by Monday 6 February.
Prizes include publication of work, one Kindle and two £50 book tokens.
Prize-giving will take place at the LSE Space for Thought Literary
Festival 2012, after a special event celebrating poetry on Thursday 1 March.
For more information on this event,
click here.
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Lunchtime yoga at LSE Rachel’s Thursday lunchtime yoga class,
which takes place from 1-2pm in the Parish Hall, is open to all staff at LSE
and all levels, from complete beginner to advanced.
It’s relaxing, fun and always challenging - the perfect way to unwind and
refresh body and soul if you spend too much time sitting in front of a
computer screen.
Come and give it a try or email
auburnrachel@hotmail.com for information.
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More for less - take advantage of special offers for LSE staff
This week’s offer is for LEDwear rucksack covers - a new high visibility
rucksack cover, complete with a high intensity light system, which adds
style and improves safety whilst cycling.
It offers:
- High visibility yellow fabric
- Retro-reflective banding down both sides
- Seven red LEDs add further visibility
- Three different light settings
- Elasticated straps with heavy duty press studs
- Elasticated rim for further security
- Fits rucksacks between 10 and 30 litres
- Two AA batteries (not included) provide 100 hours of light
- 100,000 hour life of LEDs
The current selling price is £22.95 + postage but LEDwear is offering
the covers to LSE staff for £19.95 delivered FREE here to the School. For
more information or to order your LEDwear rucksack cover, email Ian Harvey
at i.harvey@lse.ac.uk.
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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 LSE
in pictures
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This week's picture features the blue LED lights on the trees in front
of the East Building, which illuminate Houghton Street at night.
For more images like this, visit the
Photography Unit.
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 Research
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AXA Research Fund: post-doctoral and PhD fellowships Calls are
currently open for post-doctoral and PhD fellowships which come to a maximum
of €120,000 for two years (post-doc) and three years (PhD). The School can
submit up to two candidates for each call.
If you wish to apply, please consult with the Corporate Relations Unit in
the Research Division as soon as possible on your intention to submit an
expression of interest. For more information,
click here.
The deadline for submission to both calls is Friday 10 February. |
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 Events
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New events include....
How Labour’s Traditions Can Renew Beveridge for the 21st Century
On: Monday 23 January at 6.30pm in the Wolfson Theatre, New Academic
Building
Speaker: Liam Byrne MP (pictured), shadow secretary of state for work
and pensions and coordinator of Labour's policy review.
Outside In: a conversation with Peter Hain
On: Monday 30 January at 6.30pm in the Wolfson Theatre, New Academic
Building
Speaker: Peter Hain MP (pictured), Labour MP for Neath and shadow
secretary of state for Wales.
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Upcoming events include....
Willpower: self-control, decision fatigue, and energy depletion
On: Tuesday 24 January at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Dr Roy F Baumeister, one of the world's most influential
psychologists.
Histories of International Law: dealing with Eurocentrism
On: Wednesday 25 January at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speaker: Professor Martti Koskenniemi, director of the Erik Castrén
Institute of International Law and Human Rights and visiting professor at
LSE.
From Regional to Global Players: the emergence of Asian firms in the global
economy
On: Thursday 26 January at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speaker: Professor Henry Wai-chung Yeung, professor of economic
geography at the National University of Singapore.
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2012 LSESU Economics Conference Tickets for the 2012 LSESU
Economics Conference, entitled 'Reshaping the World Economy: growth, finance
and inequality' are now on sale.
The conference will be held on Saturday 25 February at LSE and
will feature key figures from the private sector (Metrobank, Financial
Times, MasterCard), governance (Bank of England, European Central Bank,
European Banking Authority) and academia (LSE, Warwick University, Institute
for Fiscal Studies) who will discuss the future direction of governments and
economies around the world.
To register or for more information, visit
www.lsesu-ec.org.
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Podcasts of public lectures and events
Is It Time For a Digital Detox?
Speaker: Daniel Sieberg
Recorded: Tuesday 10 January
Click here to listen
About Time - examining the case for a shorter working week
Speakers: Professor Tim Jackson, Professor Juliet Schor,
Professor Lord Skidelsky and Dr Edward Skidelsky
Recorded: Wednesday 11 January
Click here to listen
The Lean Startup
Speaker: Eric Ries
Recorded: Thursday 12 January
Click here to listen |
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 60
second interview
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with..... Jossette Edwards-Leigh
I graduated with a BSc in biochemistry in 2000. After my degree, I worked for a major catering contractor called Sodexho for four years, managing three different units in the private sector and public schools. I then took up a post at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine managing the cleaning, portering and waste services for seven sites. In 2006 I came to LSE, managing the cleaning service for the Estates Division.
I hail originally from Antigua in the Caribbean with a Sierra Leonean twist, and have an extremely large family on both sides. My father, who studied in Britain, decided that my siblings and I would receive the best gift he could give, which was a fine education, so here I am today. I am a full time working mum and I'm enjoying life and everything it has to offer.
Where is your favourite place on
the LSE campus?
Ground floor foyer
of the NAB.
Have you ever had any unusual
responses when you have gone out to
tender on behalf of LSE?
Yes, most
recently with the window cleaning
tender: one of the tenderers called
in for some assistance with first
opening up an Excel spreadsheet,
followed by how do they use it,
culminating in a lesson on how to
enter numbers into each field.
The
same company, when asked to
provide the full names of their
company representatives who would be
attending the site visits, responded
Bob and Steve.
Describe yourself in three words.
Resourceful, astute and
determined.
Can you cook? What is your
speciality?
I can indeed cook and can cook
almost anything that is laid before
me or at least have a go. I make a
mean curry and also lasagne.
My family and friends rave on about
these and have been known to try and bribe
me to cook for them.
Where is the most interesting
place you have visited?
A village called Ma Bonne in
Sierra Leone. It was inhabited by
one
family (one husband, seven wives and their
20 children). It was very basic but
showed the simplicity of living.
What is your favourite film and
why?
That's hard
because I have a few - Calamity Jane, Grease,
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. They are all musicals which take me
back to childhood. |
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 Training
and jobs
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Training for staff Courses scheduled for next week include:
- Developing Individuals and Teams
- Creating a Reading List in Moodle
- Software Surgery
- What You Really Need to Know About the Internet
- Getting to Grips with the Office 2010 Upgrade
- Mentoring Scheme for Parents
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.
- Administrator, LSEE Research on South Eastern Europe,
European Institute
- Administrator, STICERD
- Deputy advice manager, Academic Registrar's Division
- Development manager, ODAR: major gift fundraising
- Department manager (operations and personnel), Law
- Lecturer in sociology, Sociology
- Lectureship in mathematics, Mathematics
- Munich Re programme research officer, Centre for Analysis of
Time Series
- Planning officer, Planning Unit
- Research officer in quantitative text analysis, Methodology
Institute
- Senior contract accounts manager, Research Division
- Subwarden (High Holborn and Bankside House), Residential and
Catering Services Division
- Support specialist (Linux), IT Services
For more information, visit
Jobs at LSE and login via the instructions under the 'Internal
vacancies' heading. |
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