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7 June 2012 |
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Academic abroad
Professor Eileen Munro (pictured) of the Department of Social Policy gave
a plenary presentation at the Campbell Collaboration Colloquium in
Copenhagen, Denmark on Wednesday 30 May.
The presentation was entitled 'When Seeking Evidence in Child Welfare,
What Types of Objectivity and Subjectivity are Desirable or Feasible?' |
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 Notices
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Summer term opening arrangements from Wednesday 6 June LSE
Garrick
8am-6pm Monday-Friday
*Olympic Games 8am-3pm
Fourth Floor Restaurant
11am-3pm Monday-Friday
CLOSED 11, 12 and 13 July for Presentation Ceremonies
CLOSED 13 August - 28 September inclusive
Plaza Café
10am-6pm Monday-Friday
*Olympic Games 10am-3pm
Café 54
8.30am-4.30pm Monday-Friday
*Olympic Games 8.30am-3pm
Staff Dining Room and Café Bar (Members only)
Café Bar 10am-4.30pm Monday-Friday
3-7 September 10am-3pm
Dining Room 12.30-2.15pm Monday-Friday
CLOSED 23 July - 31 August inclusive
George IV
12 noon-11pm Monday-Friday
Fourth Floor
Café Bar
CLOSED
RE-OPENS - 1 October
NAB Mezzanine
CLOSED
RE-OPENS - 8 October
Olympic and Paralympic Games: potential disruption
(27 July - 12 August and 27 August - 9 September)
Due to the uncertainty of the impact that the Olympic and Paralympic Games
may have on business, these published opening times may be subject to
change.
It is anticipated that the Catering hospitality service and catering
outlets may experience some disruption during this time. Although we will do
our best to keep any disruption to a minimum, we would appreciate your
patience and understanding.
It is likely that there will be disruption to our suppliers' delivery
arrangements. Therefore, please plan your events and place any hospitality
orders well in advance. Please also note that it may not be possible for us
to respond to last minute changes.
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Offers at Waterstone's Economists' Bookshop
Waterstone's Economists' Bookshop, which is located on the LSE campus, is
running the following offers:
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Spend and Save Card - one stamp for every £10 spent and a £10 gift card
for every ten stamps, running until the end of December 2012.
- 3-for-2 promotion on all children's book until Monday 11 June.
For more information, email
enquiries@economists.waterstones.co.uk.
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LSE Perspectives June's LSE Perspectives gallery is now online.
You can view the gallery
online 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 for LSE perspectives so
that they can be shared with the LSE community.
For more information and to submit your images, visit
LSE Perspectives Submissions. Previous galleries can be
found here.
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Experimental party by the Department of Philosophy band 'The Critique of
Pure Rhythm'
In The Republic, Plato argued that harmonies encouraging of drunkenness,
softness or indolence (…) as well as those that are termed ‘relaxed’,
should be banned, because they 'disturb the soul' and 'elicit emotions and
desires utterly unbecoming to philosopher-kings.'
As philosophers in a department of scientific method, the members of the
Critique of Pure Rhythm are by temperament sceptical of Plato’s untested
assertions about the effects of music. They therefore invite you to
participate in an experiment.
Join them for a summer party on Tuesday 12 June from 6.30pm in the
Quad, East Building, where they will play rock ‘n’ roll to see if it really
does disturb your soul. Everyone is welcome - the more participants, the
greater the statistical significance of their results.
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Skip fit lessons
Security officer and former boxer Daniel Beckley is running skip
fit lessons for all staff and students at LSE.
Build up your fitness, burn calories and increase your stamina, all within
an hour.
The next lessons will take place from 1-2pm at the Badminton Court, Old Building, on
Tuesday 12 June, Tuesday 3 July, Tuesday 10 July,
Tuesday 14 August, Tuesday 21 August, Tuesday 4 September,
Tuesday 11 September and Tuesday 25 September.
Just turn up on any of these dates with your own skipping rope. All lessons
are free to attend. More sessions will take place during Michaelmas term.
For more information, email Daniel at
d.beckley@lse.ac.uk.
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 LSE
in pictures
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This week's picture features students relaxing on the roof terrace on
the eighth floor of the New Academic Building, which offers panoramic
views of the London skyline.
For more images like this, visit the
Photography Unit.
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 Research
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Make internet settings simple for kids, new report urges online
bosses An expert
report by the EU Kids Online project at LSE has advised the European
Commission that children need simpler privacy and safety settings to
protect themselves on internet sites.
More than one in four children on social networking sites has their
profile set to public so that anyone can view it, and children are more
likely to have a public profile if they cannot manage the privacy settings.
Poor design and location of reporting tools may also explain why so few
children (just 13 per cent of 9-16 year olds) actually use these tools when
they are upset by something online. The ICT industry should also consider
the e-safety demands of ever younger internet users.
This advice is part of a package of recommendations presented by the EU
Kids Online project in Brussels to a coalition of the industry’s chief
executives, established by European Commission vice-president Neelie Kroes to consider how to make the internet a better place for children.
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 Events
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Upcoming LSE events include....
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 New Growth Strategy: how responsible companies are profitable companies
On: Wednesday 13 June at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Anders Dahlvig, former president and CEO of IKEA.
A Capitalism for the People
On: Thursday 21 June at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Luigi Zingales, Robert C McCormack professor of
entrepreneurship and finance and the David G Booth Faculty Fellow at the
University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business.
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Podcasts of public lectures and events
The Emerging Left in the 'Emerging' World
Speaker: Professor Jayati Ghosh
Recorded: Monday 28 May, approx 92 minutes
Click here to listen
Kiss of the Dragon? China’s Geoeconomic Strategy in a Changing Global Order
Speakers: Jonathan Fenby, Guy De Jonquieres, and Linda Yueh
Recorded: Tuesday 29 May, approx 97 minutes
Click here to listen
End This Depression Now!
Speaker: Professor Paul Krugman
Recorded: Tuesday 29 May, approx 89 minutes
Click here to listen |
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 60
second interview
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with..... Dr Damian Tambini
Dr Damian Tambini is a senior
lecturer in the Department of Media
and Communications and director of
the
LSE Media Policy Project.
From June 2002 to August 2006 he
was head of the Programme in
Comparative Media Law and Policy at
the University of Oxford. Between
1999 and 2002, he ran the Media
Policy Project at the Institute for
Public Policy Research. Before that
he was at Nuffield College, Oxford
(postdoctoral fellow, 1998),
Humboldt University, Berlin
(lecturer, 1997) and the European
University Institute, Florence,
Italy (PhD, 1996). He also served on
the Communications Consumer Panel, a
statutory body representing
consumers between 2009 and 2011.
Dr Tambini is married with three
daughters and grew up in London.
What advice would you give to
this year’s class of graduating
students?
Don’t look back.
If you could teach a new
subject at LSE, what would it be and
why?
Cha Cha Cha. I once represented
Leeds University second team in the
Northern Universities Cha Cha
Championships. I came last, but I
think I can wing it.
What three items would you
take to a desert island with you?
Bucket, spade and a large hat.
What is the funniest thing
that has ever happened to you?
The Leveson Inquiry.
Who would be your ideal
travelling companion on a long
journey?
My wife, Helen Mountfield QC.
Name a company you would like
to own and run and explain why.
Brompton. I would have them make
a bike for me out of carbon,
titanium and bamboo. |
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 Training
and jobs
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Training for staff
Courses scheduled for next week include:
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Project Management
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iThenticate Training: supervisor/doctoral programme director event
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Writing Skills
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CIEH Principles and Practice of Risk Assessment
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General Manual Handling
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Performance and Development Review for Managers
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Leadership
For a full listing of what is available and further details, including
booking information, see
www.lse.ac.uk/training.
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Staff courses from HR Organisational and Lifelong Learning
- Writing Skills
Wednesday 13 June, 10am-5pm
- Performance Development Review for Managers
Thursday 14 June, 10am-1pm
- Balancing Work and Being Dad
Thursday 14 June, 12.30pm-2pm
- Leadership
Friday 15 June, 10am-5pm
- Manager as Coach
Thursday 21 June, 10am-4.30pm
- Managing Yourself
Friday 22 June, 10am-5pm
- Balancing Work and Being the Carer of an Adult
Friday 22 June, 12.30pm-2pm
- Equality and Diversity for Managers
Tuesday 26 June, 9.45am-1pm
- Creativity and Problem Solving
Tuesday 26 June, 10am-5pm
- Dealing with Difficult Situations
Wednesday 27 June, 10am-5pm
To book a place and to see more details on the courses, visit the
online training booking
system. For more information, email
Hr.Learning@lse.ac.uk.
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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.
- Counsellor, Teaching and Learning Centre
- Administrator, European Institute
- Admissions administrator (maternity cover), Academic
Registrar's Division
- Deputy payroll manager, HR Services
- Head of collection services group, Library: collections
services
- LSE fellow in anthropology, Anthropology
- 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 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
- Lectureships in economic history, Economic History
- Marketing and communications coordinator, LSE Careers Service
- Part-time language teacher (Italian), Language Centre
- Part-time language teacher (Spanish), Language Centre
- Polis manager, Media and Communications
- Senior assistant to the head of the SSC and graduate and
associate deans, Academic Registrar's Division
For more information, visit
Jobs at LSE and login via the instructions under the 'Internal
vacancies' heading. |
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