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Message about tuition fees and financial support On Wednesday
30 January, LSE’s Academic Board voted by 76-33 in favour of a proposal by
the Academic Planning and Resources Committee (APRC) on the level of UK/EU
undergraduate tuition fees and bursaries for 2014-15 academic year. The
proposal is to set a fee of £9,000 per year with increased cash bursaries
for low-income students and more money for outreach activities.
The APRC paper outlined a number of points for consideration, all of
which were fully debated by Academic Board. Key ones are:
- An increase to £9,000 p/a would enable the School to provide even
more generous cash support for students from lower-income backgrounds.
Additional funds would also allow further development of the School’s
work on access and widening participation
- 50 per cent of all additional fee income would be spent on
bursaries, scholarships and widening participation activity -
representing £3.47 million per year
- Moving to a £9,000 UK undergraduate fee from £8,500 would be
consistent with the market value and the quality of an LSE degree
- Applications to the School from Home UK undergraduates for 2013
entry are encouraging with a 15 per cent increase compared to 2012 (as of 20
January 2013).
The LSE Council will make the final decision on this proposal at their
meeting on Friday 22 March.
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Strategic Review update
As promised last week the
Strategic Review website has now been updated with membership of
the main Strategic Review committees, terms of reference and meeting
schedules as far as possible.
The website also contains an Overview Report from the Director, which
explains clearly why the review has been established and what it should
achieve.
Finally, a report on the first call for contributions has been placed on
the website. Over 180 people responded to the question 'what is so
special about LSE that people would miss it if it were gone?'. The
responses came from undergraduates and PhD students, from security
guards and professors, from governors and from alumni of every
generation. They show broad enthusiasm about the School’s fundamental
values as well as concern to ensure they survive in an increasingly
challenging environment. They make for interesting reading, and will
make the task of drawing up a core statement of strategic principles
easier for the Advisory Board. A second call for submissions will go out
shortly, and colleagues are encouraged to contribute again with equal
energy.
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LSE Commission calls for a new focus on investment for future
prosperity - in skills, infrastructure and innovation Skills,
infrastructure and innovation are the essential drivers of the productivity
growth on which the UK’s future prosperity depends. So while there are
understandable concerns about the currently flat-lining economy, it is even
more important to focus on vital long-term investments in these three areas.
That requires stable and well-informed policy frameworks anchored in a broad
political consensus on a new vision for growth.
These are among the conclusions of LSE Growth Commission, which publishes
its final report today. Investing in Prosperity: Skills, Infrastructure
and Innovation is based on evidence taken in a series of public sessions
from leading researchers, business people, policy-makers and UK citizens.
The LSE Growth Commissioners are Philippe Aghion, Tim Besley, John
Browne, Francesco Caselli, Richard Lambert, Rachel Lomax, Chris Pissarides,
Nick Stern and John Van Reenen.
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New Information Management and Technology From
Monday 4 February, IT Services and the Centre for Learning Technology will
be combined, restructured and rebranded as Information Management and
Technology (IMT). This change is being implemented following
internal reviews and consultations and was endorsed by the Academic Planning
and Resources Committee at their November meeting.
Key changes and benefits brought about by the creation of IMT
include better support for Apple and web based technologies, an enhanced
focus on customer service, an improved IT project delivery capability, and
the creation of a new, single point of contact for all staff who need
support or assistance:
Support arrangements for students will remain unchanged for the time
being.
Information on the organisational structures of IMT and key contacts is
available from the
Who’s Who section of the IMT webpages. If you would like to discuss any
of these changes or review further information on the enhanced services or
extended remit of IMT, contact Nick Deyes, director of Information
Management and Technology, on ext 6633 or email
n.deyes@lse.ac.uk. For further
information, visit the
IMT webpages.
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LSE IDEAS ranked among world's most influential think tanks LSE
IDEAS is one of the top 50 think tanks in the world according to the Think
Tank and Civil Societies Program’s 2012 league tables.
IDEAS, the centre for international affairs, diplomacy and strategy at
LSE, is ranked 45th in the world in the latest league table. It is also
ranked in the top three university think tanks in the field of International
Affairs.
It was assessed against many criteria, including the publication of
the organisation’s work by peer reviewed journals, books and other
authoritative publications, its ability to retain elite scholars and
analysts, academic reputation and its reputation with policymakers. The
table also takes into consideration the organisation’s ability to produce
new knowledge or alternative ideas on policy and its ability to bridge the
gap between the academic and policymaking communities and between
policymakers and the public.
Professor Arne Westad, director of IDEAS, said: 'These rankings are
recognition of the hard work everyone involved with IDEAS has put in over
the past few years. We’re continually seeking to challenge the conventional
wisdom and to engage the diplomatic and foreign policy community with the
very best forward looking, policy-oriented research. There’s much more we
want to achieve, and we’ll be striving to do even better next year.'
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LSE leads consortium to advance and strengthen the methodological
tools and practices relating to the application and implementation of Health
Technology Assessment LSE Health together with 12 other institutional
partners has been awarded a €3 million research grant by the European
Commission for its project entitled ADVANCE-HTA.
LSE Health will act as the principal investigator and coordinator, led by
Dr Panos Kanavos (pictured), reader in international health policy, bringing
together a team of high-level experts with extensive experience in the area
of health policy, health economics, health and research methodologies,
access to medicines, pharmaceutical policies, medical devices, and Health
Technology Assessment (HTA).
The consortium combines geographical and disciplinary diversity with
academic rigor and policy relevance emphasised by the members’ experience in
linking research to policy. ADVANCE-HTA aims to contribute to advances in
the methods and practices for HTA in European and other settings, by
involving the wider stakeholder community in areas actively and heavily
debated given their implications for decision-making and resource
allocation.
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LSE Professor awarded honorary doctorate Professor Michael
Power (pictured) has been awarded an honorary doctorate by Uppsala
University in Sweden.
Professor Power, a professor of accounting and director of the Centre for
the Analysis of Risk and Regulation (CARR), was one of only two academics
being awarded an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Social Sciences. He
gave an address to the Faculty and was presented with the award at the
University’s graduation ceremony for all doctorates and honorary doctorates
on Friday 25 January.
Michael Power said: 'It is a great honour to receive this recognition
from such a distinguished university. I very much enjoyed both my visit to
Uppsala and the ceremony'.
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Delivering Change: a workshop for senior government officials in
Indonesia
LSE Enterprise has been working with the National Development
Planning Agency of Indonesia (BAPPENAS) to design and deliver a
programme on ‘Change Management’ for senior government officials from
across ten ministries and departments of the central government of
Indonesia.
The London-based component of the programme was delivered at LSE in
September 2012. It continued with individual assignments for programme
participants to draft and start implementing personal action plans to drive
change in their respective departments, which has now been followed up with
a workshop delivered in Jakarta.
Participants’ suggestions covered a number of innovative ideas, including
in the areas of public sector audit, land management, and planning.
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Reminder to vote for LSE Review of Books for a European podcast award
The LSE Review of Books podcast series has been nominated for a European
podcast award, organised by the European Initiative Podcast Awards with the
support of OLYMPUS.
The monthly podcasts feature insightful interviews with LSE academics and
authors about their latest work. Topics covered include Chinese diasporic
identities, featuring Dr Ting Xu; the impact of the London 2012 Olympics,
featuring Iain Sinclair and Professor Ricky Burdett; and the challenges
facing democracy today, featuring Dr Armine Ishkanian.
LSE staff interested in the podcast series can listen and vote at
blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/podcasts. The voting stage ends this
Friday (1 February).
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LSE Students’ Union elections This term the LSE Students’ Union
(LSESU) will be electing sabbatical and part-time officers. These are the
students who will lead the LSESU and shape its future direction as an
organisation.
Nominations open on Monday 18 February and the LSESU is on the lookout
for students who can lead the union and work closely with the School to make
LSE the best place for all involved. If you know of a student who would make
a good officer, contact Laura Pedley, democracy coordinator, at
l.pedley@lse.ac.uk with their name.
Campaigning will take place from Thursday 28 February to Thursday 7
March, and there will be lots of candidates out on Houghton Street during
this time. The LSESU will greatly appreciate any help that you can give to
make this a fun and worthwhile experience.
For more information,
click here, or
contact Laura Pedley at
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Finance Division - change of responsibilities There has been a
small change in the organisational structure of the Finance Division.
Effective from Friday 1 February, Simon Sefton (pictured) becomes the
head of financial operations reporting directly to Mike Ferguson, finance
director.
Simon will have overall responsibility for accounts payable, fees and
credit control, and cashiers. His primary responsibility is to ensure
operational efficiency and effectiveness and to implement improvements to
processes in partnership with internal stakeholders. He will be supported by
Stuart Sharkey, head of accounts payable, Glenn Ruane, head of fees and
credit control, and Sherry Vaid, head of cashiers, and their teams.
Responsibility for all financial controls and compliance will remain with
Ashley Wang, the School’s financial controller, who will be assisted by
Rosina Choudhury, internal controls analyst.
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LSE: a photographic essay LSE welcomes hundreds of visitors
from around the world onto its campus, and many bring small gifts - from
books to prints.
To meet demand for a small gift to offer in return, LSE now has a book of
photographs from School photographer, Nigel Stead. Costs have been kept to a
minimum and just 200 are available. Please email Hayley Reed in
Communications at h.reed@lse.ac.uk if
you would like a copy/copies.
If the book proves popular we will do another print run, but there will
be a small charge. A selection of some of the photos used in the book can be
viewed online at
LSE in pictures.
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Tell us what you think - Staff News feedback survey 2013
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_2013.
The survey is open until Friday 22 March. We really appreciate you taking
the time to give us your feedback.
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Acts wanted for LSE Chill LSE Chill is an open performance
night organised by LSE Arts which takes place on the last Friday of every
month during term time.
We’re still looking for acts to perform in our February and May slots. If
you are interested in performing, email
arts@lse.ac.uk with your name and details of your act. For more
information, visit
LSE Chill.
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LSE Perspectives: call for submissions LSE Perspectives is a
monthly online gallery that features photographs taken by LSE students and
staff. We are looking for submissions for our upcoming galleries.
If you have taken any artistic images on your travels, in 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,
click here. Previous galleries can be
found here.
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Large flat in Crouch End, London, available from Friday 1
February The flat is light and spacious, fully furnished and
carpeted, with high-ceilings. It is old fashioned but has been
newly renovated, with two double bedrooms and two bathrooms. It includes a
private garden-patio area with table and chairs and BBQ.
It has a large living room with dining area and a fully equipped kitchen
(dishwasher, fridge/freezer, washing machine/dryer, microwave, cutlery and
crockery). Includes TV, radio and DVD, bed linen, towels, vacuum cleaner, and
free wi-fi-access.
There is parking on the street and it is only a one minute walk to Crouch
End village. Alexandra Palace, Highgate Woods and Hampstead Heath are all
nearby. Also within access to London Underground stations and has good
access to central bus routes.
Most pay own utilities and local tax. Full-time students
local-tax-exempt. For more information, contact Jonathan Stanley or Susan
Goldblatt at
jonathanstanley@virginmedia.com or
europehome@virginmedia.com.
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 LSE
in pictures
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This week's picture features the new entrance pavilion, the contemporary
addition to LSE 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, designed by the architectural
practice Jestico + Whiles.
For more images like this, visit the
Photography Unit.
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 Research
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Swiss direct democracy results in widespread discrimination against
immigrants
Immigrants from Turkey and former Yugoslavia applying for citizenship in
Switzerland were ten times more likely to be rejected than similar
applicants from Southern or richer European countries under its system of
direct democracy, according to an analysis of official data carried out by
LSE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of Zurich.
The research has important implications for minorities in many countries
where direct democracy is rapidly becoming a popular tool for policy makers
keen on devolving power.
Two reports, Who Gets a Swiss Passport? A Natural Experiment in Immigrant
Discrimination and Does Direct Democracy Hurt Immigrant Minorities?
Evidence from Naturalization Decisions in Switzerland, explain how,
until 2003, some municipalities used referendums to decide on the
citizenship applications of foreign residents. Dominik Hangartner of LSE and
University of Zurich and Jens Hainmueller of MIT evaluated results from 1,400
municipalities over a 20 year period, from 1990 to 2010. During the period
when citizens were given the vote in secret ballots, they found that
naturalisation decisions varied dramatically with immigrants’ attributes,
which researchers collected from official applicant descriptions that voters
received before each referendum. Country of origin determined the
applicant’s success much more than any other applicant characteristic,
including language skills, integration status and economic credentials.
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Net Children Go Mobile - new European project launches
The world of digital technology is rapidly changing, with children, now more
than ever, able to gain immediate access to the internet through smartphones
and tablets. While this increased mobile access at home, school or out and
about can provide children with new opportunities, it can also expose them
to new dangers, such as excessive use and greater commercial and privacy
risks. Despite the rapid advances in mobile technology, however, there is a
lack of up to date and comparative data on how these may be affecting
children.
A new European research project, Net Children Go Mobile, which launched on
Tuesday 29 January, aims to address this problem by examining children’s
online experiences through mobile media. In the UK, LSE will be conducting
the survey of children’s use and group interviews with children, parents,
teachers and other youth workers.
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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 2013.
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LSE Space for Thought Literary Festival: Branching Out
Tickets for this year's Literary Festival will be available from
Monday 4 February.
Speakers will include Lisa Appignanesi, Pat Barker, John Gray, Hans
Rosling, P D James, Ken Livingstone, Kate Mosse, Jenny Uglow and Michael
Wood.
Full details can be found at
LSE Space for Thought Literary Festival 2013.
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New Event - Freedom of Expression and Hate Speech: what international
human rights law says
On: Friday 15 February from 6-7.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old
Building
Speaker: Navi Pillay (pictured), UN high commissioner for human
rights
In recent years, the world has witnessed a number of incidents involving
hate speech at times with wide-ranging and global repercussions. Many
governments have put in place measures which are not always in
consonance with international human rights law.
This lecture recalls the relevant provisions of the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Convention
on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and showcases the
jurisprudence of the expert bodies monitoring their implementation. It
also illustrates some recent activities undertaken by the Office of the
High Commissioner for Human Rights.
This event is free and open to all however a ticket is required, only one
ticket per person can be requested. LSE students and staff can request one
ticket via the online ticket request form after 10pm on Wednesday 6 February
until at least 12noon on Thursday 7 February.
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Other forthcoming LSE events include....
Can Democracy be Saved? Participation, Deliberation and Social Movements
On: Tuesday 5 February at 6.30pm in the New Theatre, East Building
Speaker: Professor Donatella Della Porta, professor of sociology at
the European University Institute.
The Global Theft of Land: human rights, dispossession and destruction
On: Wednesday 6 February at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speakers: Megan MacInnes, head of the Land Campaign at Global
Witness, Fred Pearce (pictured), environment consultant at the New
Scientist and author of The Land Grabbers: the new fight over who
owns the Earth, and Subir Sinha, senior lecturer in institutions
and development at SOAS.
Design in Nature
On: Thursday 7 February at 6.30pm in the New Theatre, East Building
Speakers: Professor Sarah Coakley, Norris-Hulse professor of divinity
and fellow of Murray Edwards College at the University of Cambridge,
Professor John Cottingham, professor emeritus of philosophy at the
University of Reading and an honorary fellow of St John’s College, Oxford,
and Professor John Worrall, professor of philosophy of science at
LSE.
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Matching Under Preferences
On: Wednesday 6 February from 10am-5pm in the Shaw Library, Old
Building.
The event is followed by a reception at 5.15pm in the Senior Common
Room, Old Building
Speakers: Alvin Roth (pictured), Stanford, Flip Klijn,
Barcelona, Lars Ehlers, Montreal, David Manlove, Glasgow,
Aytek Erdil, Cambridge, and Sophie Bade, Royal Holloway.
This ESRC workshop, hosted by LSE's Department of Mathematics, will
feature leading researchers from the UK and overseas, who will present
six papers on the topic of 'Matching Under Preferences'.
The highlight of this workshop will be a talk by recent Nobel Prize
winner Alvin Roth, who will discuss 'Who Gets What? The New Economics of
Matchmaking and Market Design'.
The event is free but due to the expected popularity of the event, in
particular the talk by Alvin Roth at
4.10pm, registration is compulsory. To reserve a seat on a first
registered, first served basis, email Rebecca Lumb at
r.c.lumb@lse.ac.uk with the
following information: whether you intend to attend for A) all or B)
part (please state which parts) of the day; whether you will having
lunch and whether you have any dietary requirements; and whether you
will attend the reception (at 5.15pm in the Senior Common Room).
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The Global Theft of Land: human rights, dispossession, and
destruction -
Centre for the Study of Human Rights public discussion On:
Wednesday 6 February from 6.30-8pm in the
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Speakers:
Megan MacInnes (pictured), head of the Land Campaign at Global
Witness, Fred Pearce, environment consultant at the New Scientist and
author of The Land Grabbers: The New Fight over Who Owns the Earth,
and Dr Subir Sinha, senior lecturer in Institutions and Development
at SOAS.
The theft of land is a global phenomenon. This event will provide an
overview of global land grabbing, an analysis of its nature, and discussion
of its impact on human rights.
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Podcasts of public lectures and events
Digital Reality - Life in Two Worlds: the physical world we inhabit and
the digital universe we create
Speaker: Ping Fu
Recorded: Monday 21 January, approx. 88 minutes
Click here to listen
The Foreign Policy Dilemmas of the US Administration in the Next Four Years
Speaker: Professor John Coatsworth
Recorded: Tuesday 22 January, approx. 84 minutes
Click here to listen
An App That Can Save Lives
Speaker: Professor Eve Mitleton-Kelly
Recorded: Thursday 24 January, approx. 91 minutes
Click here to listen
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second interview
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with..... Professor Mike Savage
I joined LSE as professor of
sociology in September 2012. My most
recent appointments previously were
at the University of York (2010-12)
(where I had been head of
department), and before that at
University of Manchester, where I
was director of the ESRC Centre for
Socio-Cultural Change, which
involved anthropologists,
sociologists, historians, cultural
and media studies experts and
business studies researchers in an innovative programme of work on
cultural consumption, and new forms
of socio-cultural inequality. I am
fascinated by social inequality
(especially its cultural aspects),
urban and historical sociology.
If you could teach a new subject
at LSE, what would it be and why?
Cultural analysis. The boundaries
between the humanities and social
sciences, which used to be highly
policed, are now opening up and are
proving to be fabulously important
areas for methodological and
theoretical innovation.
It is now really unhelpful (even
more than it always was) to
distinguish qualitative cultural
social science from the ‘hard’
quantitative social sciences. The
digital humanities, the cultural
turn, the increasing sophistication
of visualisations, and the rise of
mixed methods all offer huge and
exciting potential. Yet we need to
do more to encourage students to
think creatively about how to bridge
expertise which connects these
arenas.
This course could include inputs
from across all the social sciences
taught at LSE.
What would we be most
surprised to learn about you?
Well, how about the fact that
although I have spent most of my
life working in the North of
England, at Lancaster, Keele,
Manchester and York, I am now
working only a few blocks from where
my parents worked.
My father was, for most of his
working life, a journalist at
Reuters on Fleet Street, and my
mother worked as administrator in
the Department of Sociology here at
LSE, for 15 years till her
retirement in the late 1990s. In
recent decades I never dreamed of
leaving the North of England, yet
here I now am.
How very sociological to reflect
on the way that, notwithstanding all
the rhetoric about globalisation and
social change, so much social life
gets routinely reproduced in ways
which don’t seem to be planned or
anticipated.
What is your opinion of social
networking sites?
Fantastically important. Like it
or not, these are the forms in which
sociality is increasingly being
organised in the early 21st century.
They permit new forms of
mobilisation and engagement which we
scarcely understand. They also
leave, as their traces, data for
cultural analysis (see above),
though we still have to develop
better sensitivities to analyse
them..
However, in my own life I don’t
use them.
What is the best advice you
have ever been given?
‘When you are in a hole, stop
digging’. This astute insight was
offered by the departmental
secretary when I was trying to dig
my way out of administrative
complexities at the University of
Manchester about 20 years ago.
This is closely followed by ‘when
you get an email which really annoys
you, go for a walk round the block
before pressing the reply button’.
Where is your favourite
holiday destination?
This is very clichéd, but it has
to be the approach to the Lake
District in the North West of
England from the South.
I first took this route as a
young teenager with my favourite
aunt, escaping from suburban London,
on a cold snowy winter day. We
recklessly climbed a peak in the
mounting blizzard, passing several
walkers who scolded our lack of
outdoor gear. We got wet and cold,
but we got to the top. It started a
bug for hill and mountain walking
I’ve never been able to shake off.
When I first see the shores of
Lake Windermere, with the Langdale
peaks behind, it always amazes me.
What, or who, makes you laugh?
Laurel and Hardy, most recently
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 Training
and jobs
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Training for staff
Courses scheduled for next week include:
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News Resources
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Research Project Management
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Introduction to Financial, Market and Company Data
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Using the Internet for your Research
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Literature Searching and Finding Journal Articles
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Communication Skills
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
- Equality and Diversity for Non-Managers
Tuesday 12 February, 9.45am-1pm
- Planning a Positive Retirement
Wednesday 13 February, 9.30am-4.30pm
- Getting the Most from Your Meetings
Thursday 14 February, 10am-4.30pm
- Writing for Effective Communication
Friday 15 February, 10am-4.30pm
- Developing Yourself as a Manager
Tuesday 5 March, 10am-4.30pm
- Equality and Diversity for Managers
Thursday 7 March, 9.45am-1pm
- Minutes and Minute Taking
Wednesday 20 March, 10am-4.30pm
To book a place and for more information on the courses, 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.
- Academic support librarian, Library: academic services
- Chair in English law, Law
- Professor in organisational behaviour, Management
- Research officer, Department of Methodology
For more information, visit
Jobs at LSE and login via the instructions under the 'Internal
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