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Hello and Happy New Year,
I hope you have all had a relaxing Christmas break and are looking forward to what
Lent term will bring.Last term we featured a
fantastic range of news, notices and events from across the School,
including awards, competitions, fitness classes, and even sponsorship
requests for 10k runs!
Please continue to send me
your news and achievements, whether it be work related or something
more personal; I really do want to hear from you. Remember, the newsletter is only as good as the
information you send me!
We are also always looking for members of staff to take part in our '60
second interview' slot, so if you would like to nominate a colleague or even
put yourself forward, please email me at
n.gallivan@lse.ac.uk.
Best wishes,
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10 January 2013 |
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Professor Stanley Cohen 1942 - 2013
Stanley Cohen (pictured), renowned criminologist and Emeritus Professor of Sociology at
LSE, sadly passed away on Monday 7 January after a long illness.
Professor Cohen had a long and distinguished career and will be greatly
missed by colleagues and students alike.
To read a full obituary,
click
here.
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LSE academic awarded Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship
Professor Christian List (pictured), professor of political science and
philosophy in the departments of Government and Philosophy at LSE, has been
awarded a
Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship from October 2013 to September
2016.
The Leverhulme Trust makes these awards to ‘enable well-established and
distinguished researchers in the disciplines of the Humanities and Social
Sciences to devote themselves to a single research project of outstanding
originality and significance’.
Professor List's project is titled Reasons, Decisions, and Intentional
Agency. The standard models of individual choice typically used in
economics and the social sciences, often called ‘rational choice theory’,
provide at most a simplistic account of human agency and decision making.
The aim of Professor List's research, partly in collaboration with other
scholars, is to develop a new approach to modelling intentional agency which
improves upon standard rational-choice-theoretic models, incorporates
insights from psychology and the philosophy of mind, is widely applicable,
and illuminates the relationship between ‘reasons for action’ and ‘rational
decisions’, which is not adequately captured by standard rational choice
theory.
Professor List will give particular attention to the philosophical
question of how human intentional agency, with its apparent free will, is
possible in the first place, given that the world seems to be fundamentally
made up of non-intentional physical matter, governed by the laws of physics.
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LSE's PSSRU to help provide new national centre for social care
The Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), based at LSE and
the University of Kent, is part of a team which has been awarded the
contract to provide a new centre for social care.
The Collaborating Centre for Social Care, funded by the National
Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, will provide evidence
and guidance for those who use, manage and commission care services. The
centre will be located at the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)
and is due to open by April 2013.
The successful bid was made by the SCIE in collaboration with the PSSRU
and other research centres.
More
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LSE Research Festival exhibition
Message from Professor Stuart Corbridge (pictured), pro-director for
research and external relations
As part of the School's efforts to find fresh ways to engage with the wider
society and each other, and in order to cultivate a research environment
that supports creativity, I am inviting you to participate in the LSE
Research Festival exhibition.
The exhibition will be part of the Literary Festival and is open to PhD
students, research staff and academic colleagues from LSE, UCL, SOAS and
Cambridge University.
It will provide a fantastic opportunity for researchers to think about
research impact in creative ways as well as engage with designers, academic
colleagues and the broader public.
Please do encourage your colleagues and PhD students to take part and join
in redefining what makes LSE research culture distinctive and imaginative.
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Academic abroad
On Monday 19 November, Professor Danny Quah (pictured) spoke on
'Evading the Middle-Income Trap for China' at a Beijing conference on
'The Segmentation Century: the end of the Bretton Woods era?'.
On Monday 26 November, Professor Quah also spoke in Helsinki on
'Balancing European Transition and Growth in a Shifting World Economy' at
the Bank of Finland Conference on European Economic Integration. |
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 Notices
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Advice to staff and students on Norovirus
There has been an increase in the number of reported cases of the Norovirus
or 'Winter vomiting bug'. LSE is asking staff and students to take a
number of simple measures in order to prevent the Norovirus spreading:
- Practice good hand-hygiene, always wash your hands thoroughly with soap
and water, especially after using the toilet or being in contact with an
infected person.
- Don’t come to work, classes or visit campus if you
are experiencing gastrointestinal symptoms such as vomiting and/or
diarrhoea.
- Remain at home or in your room until you have been symptom-free for 48
hours.
- Try to remain hydrated by drinking plenty of water.
The Norovirus has an incubation period of up to 48 hours during which a
person can be infectious but not have any symptoms. The symptoms of the
Norovirus include sudden and severe vomiting and/or diarrhoea, sometimes
accompanied by a fever. The illness is self-limiting and the infected person
will normally be fully recovered within 24 to 48 hours.
Anyone who is unwell with the Norovirus should not normally visit their GP
surgery or hospital. If symptoms persist for more than four days or the
infected person already has a serious illness, they should contact their
medical practitioner by telephone to seek advice.
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32 Lincoln’s Inn Fields From Monday 14 January, LSE’s newest
building will be up and running and home to the Department of Economics,
Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), Centre for the Analysis of Social
Exclusion (CASE), the Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics
and Related Disciplines (STICERD), the International Growth Centre (IGC),
and the Centre for Macroeconomics.
The building is located on the south side of Lincoln’s Inn Fields at the
junction with Serle Street and enjoys views over London’s largest garden
square. It offers five floors of academic offices plus three lower floors of
teaching and student activity areas which can cater for up to 1,000
students.
Please note that the Department of Economics (and affiliated research
centres) will be closed on Thursday 10 and Friday 11 January as
a result of the move.
To find out more about the building, formerly the Land Registry,
click here.
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Exhibit your research at LSE’s
Literary Festival
Academic and research staff across the School are invited to submit
posters, photographs, films and apps to the LSE Research Festival
exhibition, which will take place during the Space for Thought Literary
Festival. But hurry… submissions close on Friday 18 January.
More information and online submission forms at
LSE Research Festival.
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New Inn Passage works LSE Estates would like to inform staff
about building works which will be taking place in New Inn Passage, located
off of Houghton Street.
These works are not being carried out by LSE but will have a visual
impact when you walk down Houghton Street. Cycle racks will also be removed
temporarily.
If you have any concerns or queries while these works are taking place,
contact Mandy Hooker, LSE Estates office manager, at
m.hooker@lse.ac.uk,
who will pass your query onto the relevant contractor.
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Diversity Calendar 2013
Want to know when Chinese New Year is? Black History Month? International
Human Rights Day?
LSE's new Diversity Calendar for 2013 contains all the key events you need
to know, as well as term dates and School closures. The calendar contains
vibrant photos from around the globe, submitted by LSE staff and students
for our diversity calendar photo competition.
To download the calendar,
click here.
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Equality and Diversity Lent term flyer
The Lent term flyer
contains details of equality and diversity events taking place on campus
this term.
With events to mark
LGBT History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March), plus
regular workshops and training, there's something for everyone.
To download a
copy of the flyer,
click here.
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Lunchtime and afternoon meditation Lunchtime meditation:
Tuesdays (during term time) from 12.10-12.45pm
Afternoon meditation: Fridays (during term time) from 4-5pm
All classes will take place in the LSE Chaplaincy, 20 Kingsway.
Meditation is something that many of us talk about doing. But what does
it really mean? It is often understood as tuning out the endless chatter.
But in fact meditation is about tuning into a deeper, quieter part within
yourself.
Meditation allows you to settle into a space where you can connect with
your true intentions and mindfulness allows you to remember those intentions
every day.
No previous experience of meditation is needed, a brief introduction
will be provided followed by a silent sit.
Sessions are free and there is no booking required, just turn up on the
day.
For more information, email Erika Mansnerus at
e.mansnerus@lse.ac.uk or Tina
Basi at t.basi@lse.ac.uk.
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Fitness classes
Get ready to feel great, tone up and lose weight at Mandy's fitness
classes. Give it a go, what's there to lose apart from some pounds!
Toning classes take place on Mondays at 1.10pm in the Old Gym and boxing
circuit classes take place on Thursdays at 12.05pm in the Parish Hall.
For more information and costs, email Mandy at
m.li@lse.ac.uk.
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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 15 January, Tuesday 29 January,
Tuesday 5 February, Tuesday 19 February, Tuesday 26
February, Tuesday 12 March, and Tuesday 19 March.
Just turn up on any of these dates with your own skipping rope. All lessons
are free.
For more information, email Daniel at
d.beckley@lse.ac.uk.
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More for less - take advantage of special offers for LSE staff
LSE staff and students can get 20 per cent off adult tickets when you
pre-book to see the 'Doctors,
Dissection and Resurrection Men' exhibition at the Museum of London.
The exhibition is on until Sunday 14 April and explores the early 19th
century history of human dissection and the trade in dead bodies through
dramatic evidence unearthed during excavations at the Royal London Hospital.
Bringing together human and animal remains, anatomical models and drawings,
historical documents and original artefacts, this new exhibition reveals the
shadowy practices prompted by a growing demand for corpses, and the intimate
relationship between surgeons advancing anatomical study and the
‘resurrection men’ who supplied them.
To receive your discount, visit
www.museumoflondon.org.uk/DDRM20 or call 020 7001 9844 and quote
‘DDRM20’. An online booking fee, timed entry, and terms and conditions
apply.
If you know of any deals that you think may be of interest to Staff
News readers, please contact Margaret Newson, purchasing manager at
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 LSE
in pictures
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This week's picture is the latest image of the New Students' Centre.
Designed by Irish architects O'Donnell & Tuomey, the building is due to
open in Michaelmas term 2013. The building will be named the Saw Swee
Hock Student Centre in honour of the landmark gift by LSE alumnus
Professor Saw Swee Hock.
For more images like this, visit the
Photography Unit.
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 Events
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Lent term public events programme announced
LSE's public events programme for Lent term has been announced.
Speakers this term include Sanjeev Sanyal, Deutsche Bank’s global
strategist; Chrystia Freeland, editor of Thomson Reuters Digital; Eamonn
Butler, director of the Adam Smith Institute; and Baroness Hale, justice of
the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Details of all lectures, debates, discussions, concerts and exhibitions
are available at
lse.ac.uk/events. A PDF of the
events leaflet is available for
download here.
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Forthcoming LSE events include....
Life and Politics: potentiation and extinguishment
On: Monday 14 January at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Professor Elizabeth A Povinelli (pictured), professor of
anthropology and gender studies at Columbia University.
The Power of Zero in Driving 'Breakthrough Capitalism'
On: Tuesday 15 January at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speaker: John Elkington, co-founder and executive chairman of Volans.
Islam and the Politics of Resistance: the case of women in Iran
On: Wednesday 16 January at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Professor the Baroness Haleh Afshar (pictured), teaches
politics and women's studies at the University of York and serves as a
crossbench peer in the House of Lords.
The Economic Future of British Cities: what should urban policy do?
On: Thursday 17 January at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speaker: Professor Henry G Overman, professor of economic geography
at LSE and director of the Spatial Economics Research Centre.
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LSE Space for Thought Literary Festival: Branching Out On: Tuesday 26 February
- Saturday 2 March
The programme for LSE's fifth Literary Festival has been announced.
In 2013, the Festival will explore the theme Branching Out, in
celebration of the fifth anniversary traditionally marked by wood, but also
in homage to the 300th anniversary of the birth of Denis Diderot, who
developed the figurative system of branches of human knowledge.
Key 'branches' that will be explored include Narratives, Innovation,
Changing World and Uniting the Branches of Knowledge. Speakers will include
Hans Rosling, P D James, Kate Mosse, Professor Lord Hennessey, Anne
Applebaum, Ken Livingstone, John Gray, Jenny Uglow, Will Hutton, Polly
Toynbee, Michael Wood, Pat Barker and many more.
The programme also includes a series of creative writing workshops and
fun events for children. Tickets will be available online from Monday 4
February. Full details can be found at
LSE Space for Thought Literary Festival 2013.
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Podcasts of public lectures and events
Blaming Europe? Citizens, Governments and the Media
Speaker: Professor Sara B Hobolt
Recorded: Wednesday 5 December, approx 83 minutes
Click here to listen
With Good Reason: a debate on the foundations of ethics
Speakers: Dr Julian Baggini, Canon Dr Angus Ritchie, Dr
Mark Vernon
Recorded: Thursday 6 December, approx 87 minutes
Click here to listen
Demystifying the Chinese Economy
Speaker: Professor Justin Lin
Recorded: Tuesday 18 December, approx 84 minutes
Click here to listen
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 60
second interview
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with..... Professor Cathy Campbell
I'm based in the Institute of
Social Psychology. My favourite
activity is swimming in the sea.
I grew up in South Africa, near a
hot, sandy beach ringed with sugar
cane and banana plantations, full of
big noisy birds. A part of me is
still there (especially on crowded
trains) bodysurfing the big waves on
the backline and trying not to get
washed onto the rocks.
Forget about daily complaints
and little frustrations, what do you
love the most about LSE.
Definitely my health, community
and development students, past and
present. Their passion, creativity
and commitment to social change
never cease to inspire me.
What would make it an even
better institution?
A swimming pool and more on-site
exercise facilities. I sometimes
feel as if we are all heads on
sticks, dressed in black, gliding
from one meeting room to another.
What are you most challenged
by?
Time. My life is an endless quest
for the elusive work-life balance,
juggling insane workloads with the
time I want to spend with my family.
I wish women academics would talk
more openly about this.
What book are you currently
reading and which have you enjoyed
most in the past?
Currently I'm reading Tan Twan
Eng's The Garden of Evening Mists.
I have 1,000s that I've enjoyed;
last year Adiga's The White Tiger,
historically Paton's Cry the
Beloved Country, Dickens' Great Expectations.
If you were offered the trip
of a lifetime, where would you go?
Pitch a tent on a remote tropical
beach with no phone or internet,
sleep under the stars, eat fresh
fish and mangoes, cook on a fire,
walk, swim and read novels.
What is your favourite
work-time snack?
Lots of tea, and marmite
sandwiches on home-made brown bread
(I'm never up early enough to make
them, alas, so I mostly snack on
quick junk).
What are your top tips for
surviving life in London?
Meditate on buses and smile at
strangers (sometimes they are so
surprised they even smile back!). |
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 Training
and jobs
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Training for staff
Courses scheduled for next week include:
For full listings and further details, including booking information, see
www.lse.ac.uk/training.
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Staff courses from HR Organisational and Lifelong Learning
- Managing Performance and Development
Friday 18 January, 10am-4.30pm
- Managing Change
Monday 21 January, 10am-4.30pm
- Strategic Thinking
Tuesday 22 January, 10am-4.30pm
- Presentation Skills
Tuesday 22 January, 10am-4.30pm
- Time Management
Wednesday 23 January, 10am-4.30pm
- Minutes and Minute Taking
Thursday 24 January, 10am-4.45pm
- Manager as Coach
Tuesday 29 January, 10am-4.30pm
To book a place and to see further details, visit the
online training booking
system. For further 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.
- BSc and PhD programme manager, Accounting
- Centre manager, LSE Cities
- Head of applications, IT Services
- Head of customer service, IT Services
- Head of infrastructure, IT Services
- Lecturer in statistics, Statistics
- Lectureship in mathematics, Mathematics
- Nursery officer (two posts),
Residential and Catering Services Division: Nursery
- Post-doctoral research officer, International Development
- Principal or senior research fellow (climate policy),
Grantham Research Institute
- Programme administrator, Management
- Reader in statistics, Statistics
- Senior sub-warden (Butler's Wharf maternity cover),
Residential and Catering Services Division
- TRIUM programme coordinator, TRIUM
For more information, visit
Jobs at LSE and login via the instructions under the 'Internal
vacancies' heading. |
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