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31 May 2012 |
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LSE maintains its First in People & Planet Green League LSE has
been awarded a First for its environmental and ethical performance in the
People & Planet Green League 2012.
This is the fourth year LSE has achieved a First in the Green League. The
School is ranked at no 42 out of 145 participating universities. LSE ranks
as joint second of the Russell Group universities and joint third of all
universities in London. The School's position has declined from 22nd place
in the 2011 tables.
The Green League, published in the Guardian, is People & Planet's
award winning environmental ranking of the UK's universities. Universities
are ranked against 13 environmental policy and performance-related criteria,
including environmental policy, carbon management, ethical procurement and
staff and student engagement.
LSE Director Judith Rees said: 'It is encouraging that LSE has maintained
its First for the fourth year in a row so my thanks go to the committed
staff and students whose actions have made this possible. The fact that we
have slipped in the rankings, however, highlights the fact that we still
face significant challenges. If we are to meet both our own, and government,
targets, the whole School community must play their part. I hope that
everyone will continue to bear in mind the importance of working as
sustainably as possible for the future.'
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Academic abroad
On Tuesday 29 May Dr Jean-Paul Faguet (pictured), reader in the
political economy of development, gave the main address entitled
'Lessons from Global Experience for Successful Decentralization of Health
and Education Services', at the World Bank’s 'Decentralization of Health and
Education Service Delivery in South Asia' Workshop in Washington DC.
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Meet LSE’s Olympic team continued Since the last edition of Staff News,
another staff member has got in touch to tell us how he is getting
involved in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games:
- Omer Cavusoglu, LSE Cities, has accepted a role as a
ceremonies volunteer performer in the Opening Ceremony.
If you are also involved in the Games, let us know what you are doing by
emailing pressoffice@lse.ac.uk.
For more information on the Games, visit
www.london2012.com/. |
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 Notices
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Meeting with senior staff Adrian Hall's termly meeting with
senior staff will take place on Wednesday 6 June at 11am in the Vera
Anstey Room, Old Building.
Topics on the agenda are:
- Introduction of Susan Scholefield, School secretary
- DMT away-day themes
- The Olympics
If you have any particular questions or points that you would like Adrian
to address, please contact Yolanda Caramba-Coker at
y.caramba-coker@lse.ac.uk.
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Father’s Day and National Carers Week workshops
Balancing Work and Being Dad: a workshop for staff who are new and
expectant fathers
This highly interactive workshop, on Thursday 14 June from
12.30-2pm,
is for new and expectant fathers on how to find the balance between
being a dad and having a career. Delivered by Working Families and
introduced by LSE pro-director Professor Stuart Corbridge, it
will also provide you with an understanding of how to recognise and
manage the challenges and perceived barriers in the workplace to working
flexibly. A sandwich lunch will be provided.
Balancing Work and Being the Carer of an Adult: a workshop for staff
who are carers of an ill, elderly or disabled family member, friend or
partner
One in seven employees in any workforce is caring for someone who is ill,
frail or has a disability. Caring for adults is different from childcare, it
can happen without warning and/or the need for care may be time limited or
long-term. Caring for adults may also be at a distance, and the carer may
not even recognise themself as a carer.
This event, on
Friday 22 June from 12.30-2pm, is for any employees who
are caring for adults. Delivered by Liz Morris from Working Families, the
event is also open to partners of staff working at LSE and
a sandwich lunch will be provided.
To book a place on either of these workshops, visit
lse.ac.uk/training or
for more information, email
hr.learning@lse.ac.uk.
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LSE Treatment Clinic
The LSE Treatment Clinic, which welcomes LSE staff and students, is open on
the first floor of Tower Two (due to the building works, access is currently
from the first floor of Tower One).
The clinic offers professional treatments at reduced rates for LSE,
including acupuncture, osteopathy and sports massage from practitioners with
over 20 years experience between them. Their combined expertise is
effective in the treatment of pain relief, including musculoskeletal pain,
repetitive strain injury, tension headaches, posture advice, sports
injuries, anxiety, insomnia, migraine, and many other ailments.
The practitioners are:
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Hanya Chlala
Acupuncture available in a dual bed setting on Wednesdays and Fridays
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Laura Dent
Sports massage available on Mondays
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Tim Hanwell
Osteopathy available on Tuesdays and Thursdays
Acupuncture is excellent in helping with the withdrawal of smoking and
managing hay fever, and osteopathy and sports massage can help if you
are training or for more general sports injuries.
Appointments are available Monday-Friday from 9am-6pm and can be
booked online at
www.lsetreatmentclinic.co.uk. The clinic will be open throughout the
summer months. All consultations are strictly confidential and sessions will
last between 30 and 60 minutes depending upon the treatment.
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Free web archives workshop for social scientists Imagine what
research questions you might be able to answer using a comprehensive archive
of UK websites for the period 1996 to 2010.
This workshop, taking place at the
British Library on Wednesday 13 June from 10.40am-3pm,
offers an introduction to the Domain Dark Archive (DDA), a unique new
research dataset purchased by the JISC from the Internet Archive, in the
keeping of the British Library, and not yet publicly available.
The workshop affords a unique opportunity to learn about the DDA and to
help shape the development of the new user interface for the data. The
results of the workshop will directly influence the development of the
search, analysis and display tools for the new service.
For more information and to book a place,
click here.
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More for less - take advantage of special offers for LSE staff
Willow Hairdressers (9-15 Leather Lane,
London, EC1N 7ST) still has 20 three visit packages available for LSE
staff members and/or their family, normally worth over £230,
for just £44.99.
Visit One: hair cut visit
- Deep conditioning and cleansing treatment
- Scalp massage
- Designer hair cut and blow dry
Visit Two: colour visit
- Full colour consultation
- One of the following colour services:
1. Half head of highlights/lowlights
2. Full head permanent colour
3. Full head glossing (for non colour clients)
- Followed by a shampoo and blow dry
Visit Three: luxurious hair visit
- Reconstructive conditioning hair treatment
- Scalp massage
- Blow dry to match evening out or event
The three visits can be completed in any order over the next four
months. To purchase a voucher, call John and his team on 020 7092
9188 (9am-6pm) or email
john@salonevolution.co.uk. |
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 LSE
in pictures
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This week's picture features students relaxing in the atrium area of the
New Academic Building.
For more images like this, visit the
Photography Unit.
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 Research
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China has power, ambition and wealth but no strategy, says
new study China does not have a coherent global strategy to match its
growth, concludes a new report from LSE.
It finds that China’s foreign economic policies are confused or even
contradictory because they are driven by domestic politics and priorities
rather than by any grand strategic plan. This means that China may not be in
full control of its overseas investments and resources, while muddled
attempts to increase its regional power may be making America stronger.
The report, China’s Geoeconomic Strategy, is published by LSE
IDEAS and draws together insight from eight China experts, who include
academics, journalists and policy analysts.
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AXA Research Fund: post-doctoral fellowships Deadline: 27
June 2012
This call is currently open for the post-doctoral fellowships which come to
a maximum of €120,000 for two years. The School can submit one candidate to
the call, which supports research on 'life, socio-economic and environmental
risks'.
If you wish to apply, consult with the Corporate Relations Unit in
Research Division as soon as possible about your intention to submit an
application. For more information,
click here.
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Research e-Briefing
Click here
to read the May 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 June 2012.
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 Events
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Upcoming LSE events include....
At the Origins of Modern Atheism
On: Wednesday 6 June at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speakers: Rev Dr Giles Fraser, former canon chancellor of St Paul's
Cathedral, and
Professor John Gray (pictured), emeritus professor of
European thought at LSE.
From Colony to BRIC: the challenges facing Brazil to preserve the
competition of its markets
On: Thursday 7 June at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Olavo Chinaglia (pictured), president of the Brazilian
Competition Authority (CADE).
Red Tape: bureaucracy, structural violence, and poverty in India
On: Monday 11 June at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Akhil Gupta, professor of anthropology and
director of the Center for India and South Asia at UCLA.
The Past and Future of Social Democracy and the Consequences for Europe
On: Tuesday 12 June at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Sheri Berman, professor of political science at
Columbia University.
Resisting Intolerance: an ethical and global challenge
On: Wednesday 20 June from 9.15-10.30am. The venue will be confirmed
to ticket holders
Speaker: His Holiness the Dalai Lama (pictured)
LSE staff and students can request one ticket via the internal password
protected page from 10pm on Wednesday 6 June. More information can be
found here.
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The Republic of Blogs - a new phase in the development, democratisation,
critique and application of knowledge On:
Wednesday 6 June at 3pm.
Speaker: Professor Patrick Dunleavy, professor of political science
and public policy at LSE.
At the next NetworkED seminar, Professor Dunleavy will argue that we are
moving towards a 'Republic of Blogs' that enlarges communication and debate
and evidence beyond the halls of universities.
This session will be live streamed but also recorded and available from
the
NetworkED website after the event.
To book your place or for more information,
click here.
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The Changing Distribution of Wealth - half-day seminar On:
Wednesday 20 June from 2pm in room R505, Lionel Robbins Building
This event will present results from different parts of CASE’s recent
programme of research on the distribution of wealth in the UK, supported by
the Nuffield Foundation and the Economic and Social Research Council.
2pm
Where We Are, How We Got Here and Which Inequalities Matter (John
Hills)
Wealth Accumulation and House Prices (Francesca Bastagli)
3pm
Inheritance and Wealth Inequality (Eleni Karagiannaki)
Asset Effects: parental wealth and wealth in young adulthood (Abigail
McKnight)
4pm
Tea/coffee
4.15pm
Britain in International Perspective: is Britain unusual? (Frank
Cowell)
The Current Policy Mix: inconsistent and inequitable? (John Hills)
5.15pm
Panel discussion: What Are the Problems? What Could Policy Do? (Panel
including Professor Karen Rowlingson and Emeritus Professor Howard
Glennerster)
This event is free and open to all. To register your place, email Cheryl
Conner at c.j.conner@lse.ac.uk.
Relevant papers for the event include CASE papers 146-151 available on the
CASE website.
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New Exhibition - Wittgenstein: philosophy and photography On
until Friday 29 June in the Atrium Gallery, Old Building.
This new exhibition showcases a selection of prints and drawings all
connected to Wittgenstein’s life as a philosopher and his interest in
photography.
The exhibition presents pictures taken by Wittgenstein, pictures from his
photo album, and pictures taken by friends and relatives. They are
illuminated by quotations from Wittgenstein's writings and from his
correspondence with his Cambridge friends, colleagues and his family.
The exhibition will be of interest to students and researchers, and
anyone interested in learning about Wittgenstein through his own writing,
photographs and through correspondence about him.
The exhibition is free and open to all, with no ticket required. Visitors
are welcome Monday-Friday between 10am and 8pm (excluding bank holidays or
unless otherwise stated).
For more information,
click here or contact LSE Arts at
arts@lse.ac.uk or on 020 7107 5342.
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Podcasts of public lectures and events
Advancing Global Trade and Employment Together: shared opportunities and
responsibilities for the United States and the European Union
Speaker: Ambassador Ron Kirk
Recorded: Tuesday 22 May, approx 58 minutes
Click here to listen
Envisioning Real Utopias: alternatives within and beyond capitalism
Speaker: Professor Erik Olin Wright
Recorded: Tuesday 22 May, approx 90 minutes
Click here to listen
How Can European Migration Policies Promote Development?
Speaker: Tobias Billström and Peter Sutherland
Recorded: Wednesday 23 May, approx 62 minutes
Click here to listen |
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 60
second interview
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with..... Dr Alex Voorhoeve
I teach moral and political
philosophy and work on the ethics of
distributing scarce resources (for
example health care resources). I
studied economics in Rotterdam, then
came to Britain in 1999 to escape
what seemed to me then a rather
humdrum career in the Dutch
Treasury.
I did a philosophy degree at the
University of Cambridge, then moved
on to UCL and LSE, where I've been
for the past eight years. My
colleagues and students have made
LSE my intellectual and social home.
You know you're in love when you see
all the flaws (incessant drilling in
the street outside my office;
energy-saving lighting so poor you
bump into people in halls and can
barely make out the words on the
page; etc) and still don't want to
be anywhere else.
You and your band have a gig
on 12 June in the Quad. Please tell
us more.
My colleague John Worrall founded
the Department of Philosophy band,
The Critique of Pure Rhythm, some
five years ago after a boozy evening
in the George IV. John was
complaining that he hadn't played in
a band since he was 17 - and there
he was nearing 60! 'I was once a
choirboy', I commiserated. 'I miss
belting out a good misere nobis.'
It turned out there were more
once-been musicians in the
department, so we got together to
play basic rock 'n' roll. We'll be
on stage from 7pm on Tuesday 12
June and all are welcome. Note
that we sound a lot better after a
few beers.
What is your favourite type of
music and can you remember the first
record you bought/track you
downloaded?
50s and 60s R&B and soul. But I
think the first single I bought was
Rick Astley's 'Never Gonna Give You
Up'. We all make mistakes.
What advice would you give to
this year's class of graduating
students?
If you have the choice, go for a
job you'll enjoy over one that will
make a lot of money.
What is the most dangerous
thing you have ever done?
Explore the bat caves of Lanquin
in Guatemala alone when the lighting
system had failed, carrying a single
torch and no spare batteries. When
the batteries ran out, I was stuck
in total darkness on slippery rocks,
with just the sound of rushing water
and the squeaking of several
thousand vampire bats. Luckily, some
walkers I had met on the way in
noticed that I did not come out and
rescued me.
How would you spend a fantasy
24 hours with no travel
restrictions?
I would teleport to the Andes for
a day's hiking, then teleport again
to the Carribbean coast for a
late-afternoon swim and a party on
the beach.
What is your opinion of social
networking sites?
I have no opinion, as I avoid
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 Training
and jobs
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Training for staff
Courses scheduled for next week include:
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The Republic of Blogs: a new phase in the development, democratisation,
critique and application of knowledge - Professor Patrick Dunleavy
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Overcoming Procrastination
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Moving to Moodle 2
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, Government
- Administrator, European Institute
- Assistant cashier, Finance Division
- Deputy payroll manager, HR Services
- Editor/researcher, Government
- Head of collection services group, Library: collections
services
- LSE fellow in economics, Economics
- LSE fellow in global politics, Government
- LSE fellow in international political economy, International
Relations
- LSE fellow in international strategy and diplomacy,
International Relations
- LSE fellow in population and development, International
Development
- LSE fellow in public policy and administration, Government
- LSE fellow in statistics, Statistics
- LSE fellows in international history, International History
- LSE fellowships in management, Management
- LSE fellowships in management (EROB), Management
- MSc programme administrator, Management: EROB Group
- Marketing and communications co-ordinator, LSE Careers
Service
- Research assistant (LSE PPG), Government
- Research assistant, Grantham Research Institute
- Senior assistant to the head of the SSC and graduate and
associate deans, Academic Registrar's Division
- Senior lecturer in health policy, Social Policy
For more information, visit
Jobs at LSE and login via the instructions under the 'Internal
vacancies' heading. |
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