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2 February 2012 |
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Pulitzer Prize winner announced as next Philippe Roman Chair at LSE
LSE is pleased to announce that author and Pulitzer Prize winner Anne
Applebaum (pictured) will take up the post of Philippe Roman Chair in
History and International Affairs at the School for 2012-13.
Anne Applebaum, who is director of political studies for the Legatum
Institute, and a columnist for the Washington Post and Slate,
will succeed Professor Ramachandra Guha. She will take up the post in October
2012.
Anne Applebaum said: 'I'm delighted to be given this wonderful
opportunity to meet and work with the students and faculty of LSE, one
of the few truly global institutions.'
The Philippe Roman Chair is based at LSE IDEAS, the centre for
international affairs, diplomacy and strategy. The post gives LSE the chance
to bring a renowned expert from another part of the world to the School for
a year of research, teaching and discussion. Previous holders have been
Professors Niall Ferguson, Paul Kennedy, Chen Jian and Giles Keppel.
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Competition for tropical disease funding is side-lining critical
voices, says LSE expert Competition for multi-million pound grants to
tackle debilitating parasitic diseases in the developing world means that
serious concerns about whether current drug programmes actually work are
being side-lined, says Professor Tim Allen in a letter published in The
Lancet.
Professor Allen, professor in development anthropology, and Dr Melissa
Parker, director of CRIMA (Centre for Research in International Medical
Anthropology) at Brunel University, write that mass drug administration
programmes (MDAs) - such as those supported by the UK Government - are often
designed without taking into account local political, economic and social
issues.
They explain that sending vital drugs for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs),
such as bilharzia and elephantiasis, to countries that need them does not
necessarily mean that affected communities in Africa will actually be
treated.
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Cross-channel teaching opportunity unveiled by LSE and Sciences Po
LSE and Paris partner Sciences Po have launched a scheme which will give
academics the chance to spend up to three months teaching at the other
institution, from the 2012-13 academic year.
The new Faculty Mobility Scheme aims to help meet teaching needs and to
further develop the exchange of ideas and expertise.
To make the scheme as flexible as possible there are two options - for a
one month visit and for longer visits of three months. Each option
includes minimum requirements for teaching students and for advising PhD
candidates. Applicants will need the backing of a host department or unit
which wishes to employ them.
Professor Stuart Corbridge, pro-director for research and external
relations at LSE, said: ‘We already have much in common with our friends at
Sciences Po and we think this scheme will strengthen our links even further,
as well as giving departments access to even more teaching talent.’
Participants in the scheme will continue to receive their normal salary
and a travel grant, along with a subsistence allowance from the host
institution. The deadline for applications for the 2012-13 session is
Monday 11 June.
For more information or to apply,
click here.
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More customer focus in HR HR services has recently been reorganised in
order to build
closer relationships between the HR services team and its customers.
Staff within the team have been allocated to groups of departments, with the aim of improving communication
with heads of service, heads of department, academic unit managers and other
members of staff, and
enabling HR to provide a more targeted service in line with customer needs.
A full list of contacts and the various departments they will be
serving can be found on the
HR who’s who page.
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Academic abroad
Dr Spyros Economides (pictured) of the European Institute and
Department of International Relations was in Singapore in early January
as a guest of the European Union Centre, which is co-hosted by the
National University of Singapore and the Nanyang Technological
University.
At the EU Centre, Dr Economides spoke on ‘Greece and the Euro-Crisis: the
end of sovereignty’, and participated in the launch of National and
European Foreign Policies: towards Europeanization (Routledge, 2011)
which was co-edited by Dr Reuben Wong, an associate fellow of the EU Centre
and LSE alumnus.
Dr Economides also spoke at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Singapore
Management University on the theme of ‘Greece, the Euro-Crisis: towards a
multi-speed Europe’. During his visit he had the opportunity to meet with
distinguished LSE alumni from the field of academia and politics.
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 Notices
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IT Services annual user satisfaction survey 2012 Please help IT
Services to develop and improve services in line with your needs by
filling out our annual user satisfaction survey. It should take no more than
fifteen minutes to complete and you could win one of three £50 Amazon
vouchers if you enter our prize draw.
Feedback from last year's survey has led to improvements in the services
and facilities we provide, such as the introduction of Skype to the LSE
desktop, upgrading our old projectors to improved lampless and filterless
models, and more applications available on the Remote Desktop.
Click the following link to take part:
The survey is open until Monday 13 February to allow you to find a
convenient time to fill it in.
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Tell us what you think - Staff News feedback survey 2012
The Press Office has put together a short survey for you to let us know how
you feel about Staff News. It will be an important way for us to find
out how we can improve the newsletter for you.
The survey is open to all staff and should take no more than five minutes
to complete. To take part, visit
www.survey.bris.ac.uk/lsewebsite/staff_news_2012.
The survey is open until Friday 16 March. We really appreciate you taking
the time to give us your feedback.
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LSE Perspectives February's LSE Perspectives gallery is
now online. You can view this month's selection of photos
here.
The gallery features 12 striking images submitted by LSE staff and
students. Each image reflects a unique perspective on a particular scene.
If you have taken any artistic images on your travels,
from your home town or even just here in London why not submit them to LSE
Perspectives so that they can be shared with the LSE community.
For more information and to submit your images visit
LSE Perspectives Submissions. Every month the Arts team selects 12
images and publishes them online. Previous galleries can be
found here.
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More for less - take advantage of special offers for LSE staff
This week’s offer is from Sarah Condry, a photographer specialising in
maternity and newborn portraits as well as wedding photography.
Sarah, who is married to LSE staff member Tom Chivers from the Department of
Philosophy, is based in southeast
London and works in and around London, but would also be happy to discuss
travelling to other areas. For examples of her work, visit
sarahcondry.com.
LSE staff will get 10 per cent off any bookings made. If you have an enquiry
or would like more information, email
sarah@sarahcondry.com or call 07525 474469.
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 LSE
in pictures
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This week's picture features a portrait of George Bernard Shaw. The
portrait is one of the photographic glass plates from the George Bernard
Shaw's photographic collection, Man and Cameraman, which is a joint
project between the LSE Archives and the National Trust.
For more images like this, visit the
Photography Unit.
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 Research
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LSE Research Committee Seed Fund
Deadline: 17 February 2012
There are only two weeks left to get your application in for this term's
round of the LSE Research Committee Seed Fund.
The Seed Fund is used to further the development of research and enhance
the School’s research environment. The principal aim of the scheme is to
assist individuals and groups to secure large scale funding bids.
Applications (including
those involving LSE's partner institutions) will be considered at the
Research Committee in March. For application form,
click here.
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Workers' austerity concerns win concessions from IMF, finds new study
Workers in debt-ridden countries get sympathetic treatment from the
International Monetary Fund, which is not the big bad wolf of popular myth, a
new study suggests.
While the IMF demands reforms from countries seeking loans in times of
economic crisis, the new research shows that it listens to the views of
citizens, especially in democracies, and may soften the labour conditions it
sets when they protest. For example, mass demonstrations in Greece during
2011 when the country took extreme austerity measures led the IMF to make
compromises over wages, pensions and job numbers.
The authors of the study, published in the journal International
Organization, say their findings suggest that international bodies,
including the IMF, are more likely to respond to domestic politics than to
constrain them.
Dr Stephanie Rickard (pictured), a lecturer in government at LSE and one
of the paper’s authors, said: 'Our findings suggest that democratic
governments represent workers’ interests at the international bargaining
table and the IMF is responsive to these interests. This contradicts the
conventional wisdom which assumes that international bodies can ignore
domestic concerns in setting conditions for loans.'
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Cloud computing set to create jobs and promote growth The
development of cloud computing will promote economic growth, increase
productivity and shift the type of jobs and skills required by businesses,
according to a new study by LSE.
The study, commissioned by Microsoft, looked at the projected economic
impact of cloud computing on the aerospace and smartphone services
industries in the UK, USA, Germany and Italy from 2010-14.
Investing in cloud computing contributes to growth and job creation in
both the fast-growing, hi-tech smartphone services industry and the
long standing and slow-growth aerospace sector. In addition, it is directly
creating employment through the construction, staffing and supply of data
centres, which will host the cloud. Using cloud computing enables businesses
of all sizes to be more productive, by freeing managerial staff and skilled
employees to concentrate on more profitable areas of work.
The LSE study also shows that there is in fact little risk of
unemployment from investing in the cloud, as companies are more likely to
move and re-train current staff. This would be alongside the hiring of new
staff, likely to be in a higher salary bracket, who have the necessary
skills for using virtual data-handling systems.
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Research e-Briefing
Click here to read the
January 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 February 2012.
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 Events
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LSE Literary Festival 2012
Tickets for the LSE Literary Festival 2012 will be available from Monday
6 February. The festival is free to attend and open to all,
with events exploring the relationship between the arts and social sciences.
Speakers will include AS Byatt, Michael Rosen, Claire Tomalin, Amit
Chaudhuri, Marina Lewycka, Elif Shafak and many more.
For more information,
click here.
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Other upcoming events include....
Frederick the Great, Napoleon and Abraham Lincoln: what makes a national
icon?
On: Monday 6 February at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Professor Alan Sked, professor of international history at
LSE.
The Origins of Sex: a history of the first sexual revolution
On: Tuesday 7 February at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speaker: Dr Faramerz Dabhoiwala, senior fellow in history at Exeter
College, Oxford, and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
Pity The Billionaire: the hard times swindle and the comeback of the right
On: Wednesday 8 February at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speaker: Thomas Frank, founding editor of the Baffler.
Independence and Responsibility: the future of Scotland
On: Wednesday 15 February at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Alex Salmond MSP, first minister of Scotland.
This event is free and open to all but a ticket is required. LSE students
and staff are able to collect one ticket from the New Academic Building SU
shop, located on the Kingsway side of the building from 10am on Monday 6
February.
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Together: the rituals, pleasures and politics of co-operation
On: Monday 6 February from 6.30-8pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Richard Sennett, professor emeritus of sociology at LSE,
founder director of the New York Institute for the Humanities, and
university professor at New York University.
Living with people who differ - racially, ethnically, religiously, or
economically - is one of the most difficult challenges facing us today.
Modern politics emphasises unity and similarity, encouraging the politics of
the tribe rather than of complexity.
In his new book Together: the rituals, pleasures and politics of
co-operation and in this lecture, Richard Sennett argues that living
with people unlike ourselves requires more than goodwill: it requires skill.
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Podcasts of public lectures and events
The State of the World Economy in 2012
Speakers: Jean-Michel Severino and Martin Wolf
Recorded: Monday 23 January, approx 86 minutes
Click here to listen
How Labour’s Traditions Can Renew Beveridge for the 21st Century
Speaker: Liam Byrne MP
Recorded: Monday 23 January, approx 60 minutes
Click here to listen
The Global Banking Crisis: an African banker’s response
Speaker: Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi
Recorded: Monday 23 January, approx 79 minutes
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 60
second interview
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with..... Dave Scott
I've been the department manager
in the Department of Mathematics
ever since I came to LSE in 1998.
I'm married and have a three year
old daughter. I have an MSc in the
history of international relations
from LSE, and am a keen
environmentalist, as some of my
colleagues might tell you with a
grimace.
I organise and play a weekly
football game, run the occasional
half-marathon (even the very
occasional marathon), and play bass
guitar in a famous band (not
really... well, I do play bass in a
band). And despite my lack of beard
and sandals, I am a member of CAMRA,
the Campaign for Real Ale.
What is the best part of your
job at LSE?
It's rather obvious to say it,
but working at a world-leading
university, and simply being
involved (indirectly) in the process
of education is the best part. And
of course the people here are
wonderful, not just in my department
but across LSE.
What is the first record you
bought/track you ever downloaded?
I'm very concerned that the first
record I bought might have been
Shakin' Stevens' 'Greatest Hits'.
Possibly even worse, the first track
that I downloaded (a paid download
rather than a freebie) was probably
my band's own song, on a charity
album last year - 'Birthday Girl' by
The Phonic - well, it was for
charity!
I'm still more of a CD man at the
moment so not much downloading
(though Spotify and Myspace are
pretty handy for separating the
wheat from the chaff).
If you could give your
childhood self some advice, what
would it be?
Knuckle down and practise a bit
more - you might get somewhere.
When and where did you last
watch the sun rise?
Boringly, this was probably from
my bedroom window on a recent winter
morning, seeing as the sun is coming
up so late. But perhaps the best
sunrise I've ever seen was at the
top of Scafell Pike in the Lake
District, halfway through the Three
Peaks 24 Hour Challenge. We'd
climbed in the dark and seeing the
other mountain tops slowly appear
out of the darkness and mist was
magical. We completed the challenge
with over three hours to spare too.
If you could work in any other
department/office at LSE, which
would it be?
I suppose, given my interest in
environmental matters, I'd have to
say something like the Grantham
Research Institute for Climate
Change. That, or the Sustainability
Team in Estates.
What is your favourite animal?
I'm not sure I have one. At a
push, probably something iconic like
the orang-utan or rhino, given their
environmental significance and
scarcity. I've always liked the
badger too; apart from anything
else, I always think the word badger
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 Training
and jobs
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Training for staff Courses scheduled for next week include:
- Creating a reading list in Moodle
- Excel 2010: formulas and common functions
- PowerPoint 2010: polished presentations in 10 steps
- Going beyond Google: advanced use of the internet
- The Psychological Manager: managing change
- Facebook: myths and facts
- Excel 2010: pivot tables
- Introduction to working in higher education
- Software surgery
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.
- Administrative assistant, Research Division
- Assessment regulations manager, Academic Registrar's Division
- Communications manager, LSE Cities
- Contract accounts manager, Research Division
- Development communications officer, ODAR: communications
- Faculty administrative assistant, Economics
- Grant applications manager x 3, Research Division
- LSE fellow in European politics, Government
- Lecturer in early modern international history, International
History
- Lecturer in sociology, Sociology
- MSc administrator, Finance
- Office manager, Estates: projects and operations
- Online communications assistant, IT Services
- Part-time archives assistant, Library: archives
- Professor of management, Management
- Research development manager, Research Division
- Research officer, LSE Health and Social Care
- Research programme administrator, International Development
- Student recruitment administrator,
Academic Registrar's Division
- Student recruitment officer, Academic Registrar's Division
- Student services adviser, Academic Registrar's Division
- Timetabling assistant,
Academic Registrar's Division
- Training specialist, IT Services
- Research Officer x 2, LSE Health and Social Care
- Wardens, Residential and Catering Services Division
- Widening participation manager,
Academic Registrar's Division
For more information, visit
Jobs at LSE and login via the instructions under the 'Internal
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