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14 February 2013 |
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LSE announces new fees and bursaries for 2014-15 From September
2014 there will be a new financial package for UK and EU undergraduates at
LSE.
LSE Council has approved a graduate repayment of £9,000 per year with
increased cash bursaries for low-income students and an increase in funding
for outreach activities.
LSE’s Academic Board voted in favour of this change at its meeting on
Wednesday 30 January, as reported in
Staff News on Thursday 31 January.
The £9,000 per year graduate repayment will enable the School to provide
even more generous support for students from lower-income backgrounds, with
larger cash awards to offset living costs.
Overall, 50 per cent of all additional fee income will be spent on
bursaries, scholarships and widening participation activity - representing
£3.47 million per year.
Professor Craig Calhoun said: 'No student should be put off applying to
LSE due to financial concerns. Likewise, no student should be unable to
thrive while studying here because of money troubles. In both cases,
scholarships and bursaries are key, not the headline fee level.
'Scholarships and bursaries benefit those who are in need when they need
it most, which is while they are actually studying. This change will allow
LSE to deliver an unprecedented level of support for students from low
income backgrounds who need increased cash support now more than they need
lower graduate repayments later. It will see us channel more money into
activities that we believe make a real difference. And it will see us plough
half of all additional fee income straight back into student support and
access, a higher proportion than at other leading institutions.'
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LSE Cities receives major grant to launch new Mellon Fellowship
Programme at LSE in Cities and the Humanities
LSE has been awarded a grant of US$900,000 by the Andrew W Mellon
Foundation. The grant will support a major new initiative within LSE Cities
exploring the intersection of architecture, urbanism and the humanities.
The programme, which will run for approximately four years, will have two
components: a Fellowship Programme to be based at LSE Cities (the Mellon
Fellowship Programme at LSE in Cities and the Humanities) and a new project
to launch a network of urban scholars (the Urban Research Network), which
will be extended to centres on a global basis, including the USA, Asia and
Latin America.
The intellectual objective of the programme is to connect humanities
scholars from literature, philosophy, anthropology, film studies, art and
architectural history more closely to urban research and teaching at the
heart of LSE. It also aims to create an international network of
institutions, embedded in cities in rapidly urbanising regions of the world,
that exposes a new generation of humanists to the social science urban
culture.
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Guatemala proposal to reconfigure United Nations' Security Council
announced at LSE event
Guatemalan foreign minister Fernando Carerra has launched a proposal to
reconfigure the United Nations' Security Council by adding 17 new permanent
members by the year 2045. The announcement was made at an event hosted by
LSE IDEAS, a think tank at LSE, this week (Monday 11 February).
The foreign minister used his lecture, entitled 'Guatemala and the UN:
rethinking international security', to launch the proposal to establish a
new category of permanent members to the Security Council without the power
to veto. This would raise the number of permanent members of the UN Security
Council to 22 by 2045: the current five which hold a veto power and 17 new
members which would not hold a veto.
At the event, Fernando Carerra explained that the proposal takes into
account the interests of the current five permanent members, as well as the
aspirations of other nations that, due to their exponential economic growth
and evolving strategic roles, have a growing role in the maintenance of
peace and security.
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How can we better support youth entrepreneurship on a global scale
and create organisations that cater to the mindset of a new ‘Generation
Why?’ On Thursday 24 January Christian Busch (pictured), associate
director of LSE’s Innovation Co-Creation Lab, presented his ideas and the
work of the Innovation Co-Creation Lab whilst on a public panel at the World
Economic Forum in Davos.
Christian’s insights built on his work around ‘Impact Organisations',
detailed in this
TEDxLSE presentation, published in an International Journal of
Entrepreneurial Venturing paper, and recently featured on the
Harvard Business Review blog.
For more information on LSE’s Innovation Co-Creation Lab, visit
www.ICCLab.com.
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Message from Elizabeth Chapman, director of Library Services
Beverley Friedgood has left the School to take up opportunities in
the changing world of publishing. Her last working day at LSE was
Thursday 31 January.
Senior management colleagues and I would like to take this opportunity to
record our appreciation of the contribution Beverley has made to the School
and its publishing activity over the past 15 years, and to wish her all the
best for the future. |
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 Notices
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LSE Annual Fund 2012-13: funding of School initiatives
The LSE Annual Fund directs unrestricted gifts from alumni and
friends of the School to a range of projects at LSE.
In 2012-13 the Annual Fund has allocated its full funding for the year,
£1,150,311,
to 67 projects that will have a profound impact across many levels of LSE
life.
Large strategic School projects, financial support for students, public
engagement initiatives, and smaller student-led programmes which all
contribute to an enriched LSE experience, have shared a record level of
Annual Fund support.
There will be no further application rounds for 2012-13. A review
of the Annual Fund allocations process and overall fundraising strategy for
2013-14 will be conducted by AFAAG, ODAR and DMT, leading to an announcement
later in the academic year. For more information,
click here.
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LSE - Sciences Po Faculty Mobility Scheme 2013-14
LSE and Sciences Po have been institutional partners for the past decade.
The annual faculty mobility scheme is the newest initiative to seek to
deepen our academic collaboration.
The scheme will enable faculty to spend at least a month in a host
department (or unit) at the other institution in order to:
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engage with students through a meaningful teaching commitment that meets
a need in the host department
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foster networks between colleagues at their home and host departments
(or institutions)
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serve wider departmental and/or institutional interests where possible
In order to maximise flexibility, the scheme has been designed with the
following two modes for faculty mobility:
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Mode A: shorter visits of one month, whereby visiting faculty will
deliver at least eight hours of teaching (or a short course) and spend
at least four hours with PhD students
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Mode B: longer visits of three months, whereby visiting faculty will
deliver at least 20 hours of teaching, spend at least 10 hours with PhD
students and deliver a departmental or public lecture
Participants will continue to receive their normal salary and a travel grant
from their home institution. They will also receive a subsistence allowance
or salary from the host institution.
The deadline for applications is Friday 12 April. For more
information or to apply,
click here.
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NatWest Houghton Street ATM scam alert
Following two recent incidents at the NatWest cash machine on Houghton
Street, you are advised where possible to avoid using this machine.
On Thursday afternoon last week, thieves attached a device to the machine
which swallowed up a user's card - the victim's PIN number was compromised at
the same time.
In a separate incident the following day, a member of staff was distracted
whilst using the machine and had her card stolen, and again her PIN number
was compromised.
If you must use this particular ATM, please be vigilant. If you are
distracted, do not respond but immediately cancel your transaction and
move away from the machine, and report the incident to LSE security and/or
the police.
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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.
The team is still looking for acts to perform in the 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. LSE Arts is looking for submissions for 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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LSE and the Great Comic Relief Bake Off In recognition of the
many expert bakers across the School, an inter-departmental bake off is
being organised to raise money for Comic Relief.
Departments and support units are asked to donate cakes for sale over
lunchtime on Friday 15 March. Each department/unit also has the opportunity
to enter a 'Show Stopper cake' that will be judged by a senior LSE staff
member.
Please nominate a departmental bake off representative to coordinate your
entries and complete the
LSE Comic Relief Bake Off form.
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Three and half hour body combat marathon Are you a fitness
fanatic? Would you like to be part of an event to raise money for a good
cause?
Fist and Feather® will be hosting a three and half hour body combat
marathon in aid of The Bethany Chiddle Fund on Sunday 3 March.
Bethany is four years old and was born with Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy.
Funds are needed so that she can have pioneering surgery on her spine in the
USA. All profits from the marathon's ticket sales will go to The Bethany
Chiddle Fund.
If you are interested in participating in this event and raising funds
for Bethany, tickets are available to purchase at £20. To purchase your
ticket, email Amy Mamawag on a.mamawag@lse.ac.uk.
For further information about the event and Bethany, visit
www.combatmarathon.co.uk.
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Two for one ticket offer LSE students and staff can get two
tickets for the price of one for Coalition at the Pleasance Theatre,
Islington.
Coming to London after its Edinburgh run, Coalition charts the
final days of Liberal Democrat leader Matt Cooper, in this fast-moving
comedy satire about modern politics.
It's early 2015 and Britain's coalition government has only a few months
left to run. The Conservative prime minister and his Liberal Democrat deputy
haven't spoken for months, the economy has flat-lined, and government MPs
are threatening to defect right, left and centre. Liberal Democrat leader
Matt Cooper has to make a series of last, desperate gambles to save the
party he loves.
Starring Thom Tuck, Jo Caulfield, Jessica Regan, Phil Mulryne, Alistair
Barrie, John Dorney, Gyuri Sarossy, and Phill Jupitus as Sir Francis
Whitford.
The offer is valid for the first five performances (19-23 February
matinee).
Quote ‘Politics’ when booking. For more
information, visit
www.pleasance.co.uk/islington/events/coalition--2.
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 from Nigel Stead’s book LSE: a photographic
essay.
You can find more interesting abstract images in the Image Bank by using
the keyword ‘abstract’.
For more images like this, visit the
Photography Unit.
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 Events
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LSE Space for Thought Literary Festival: Branching Out
Tickets are now available for
2013 LSE Literary Festival. Highlights include:
Day Jobs and the Twilight World
On: Wednesday 27 February at 5.15pm in the Wolfson Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speakers: Professor Christopher Andrew, author, Professor Lord
Peter Hennessy,
Attlee Professor of contemporary British history at Queen Mary,
University of London,
and Alan Judd, author.
Altered States: what happens when we tell stories about science?
On: Wednesday 27 February at 7pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speakers: Greg Artus,
lecturer in politics, philosophy and business ethics at Imperial
College,
Professor Tim Besley, school
professor of economics and political science at LSE,
Aifric Campbell (pictured),
writer and former investment banker at Morgan Stanley,
Professor Roger Kneebone,
professor of surgical education at Imperial College, and
Professor Armand Leroi,
writer, broadcaster and professor of evolutionary developmental biology
at Imperial College.
The Silence of Animals
On: Thursday 28 February at 7pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Professor John Gray (pictured), emeritus professor of
European thought at LSE.
Branching Out: the life and work of Denis Diderot
On: Friday 1 March at 4.30pm in the Wolfson Theatre, New Academic
Building
Speakers: Professor Russell Goulbourne,
professor of early modern French literature at the University of Leeds,
Dr Tim Hochstrasser,
senior lecturer in international history at LSE, and Dr Paul
Keenan,
lecturer in international history at LSE.
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New LSE event....
Unintended Consequences of the New Financial Regulations
On: Monday 11 March at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speakers: Dr Jon Danielsson (pictured), director of the Systemic Risk
Centre at LSE, Professor Charles Goodhart, emeritus professor of
banking and finance with the Financial Markets Group at LSE, and Matt
King, managing director and global head of credit products strategy at Citigroup.
To celebrate the launch of the ESRC Systemic Risk Centre at LSE this
event will debate whether the post crisis reforms of financial regulations
will be effective in protecting us from financial excesses, or may
perversely destabilise the financial system. The panel of experts will
debate the topic and take questions from the audience.
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a
first come, first served basis.
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In the Eye of the Storm: the history of Lebanon revisited On:
Monday 18 February from 6.30-8pm in the Hong Kong Theatre,
Clement House
Speaker: Professor Fawwaz Traboulsi (pictured), associate
professor of political science and history at the Lebanese American
University and the American University of Beirut.
With few comprehensive histories of Lebanon, Professor Traboulsi's A
History of Modern Lebanon, which weaves together more than five
centuries of the country's social, political, cultural and economic history,
has become a go-to reference for anyone who wants to understand the country.
In this lecture, Professor Traboulsi will share the problems he has faced
in writing the history of Lebanon and how he has dealt and proposes to deal
with these challenges.
This event is
free and open to all. Entry is on a first come, first served basis.
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Off the Edge of History: the world in the 21st century On:
Tuesday 19 February from 6.30-8pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Professor Lord Anthony Giddens (pictured),
former LSE director and a member of the House of Lords.
The risks we face, and the opportunities we have, in the 21st century are
in many respects quite different from those experienced in earlier periods
of history.
How should we analyse and respond to such a world? What is a rational
balance of optimism and pessimism? How can we plan for a future that seems
to elude our grasp and in some ways is imponderable?
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a
first come, first served basis.
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Campaign for Social Science Roadshow
On: Wednesday 20 February from 12.30-2pm (includes lunch) in
the
Henry Thomas Room, Tower Building, London Metropolitan
University.
The Campaign for Social Science is holding its 17th roadshow since its
launch in 2011.
Speakers will include Ceridwen Roberts, Campaign board member, and
Professor Michael Harloe AcSS, board member for the Campaign for Social
Science and former vice chancellor at the University of Salford.
There will be light refreshments (free of charge) followed by a short
presentation about the Campaign and a question and answer session.
The roadshow is free and open to social scientists. Visit
http://cfsslmu.eventbrite.com/
to book a place.
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Gateway To Heaven: fifty years of lesbian and gay oral history
On: Monday 25 February from 6-8pm in the Graham Wallas Room, Old
Building
Speaker:
Clare Summerskill,
writer, alternative stand-up, actress and performer.
Clare Summerskill's book,
Gateway to Heaven: fifty years of lesbian and gay oral history, is a
collection of stories about the lives of 46 older lesbians and gay men and
their experiences from the 1940s to the 1990s. The chapters address a range
of subjects relating to personal, social and political history from the
twentieth century.
Clare will present and then take questions from the audience. The event
will be followed by a drinks reception.
This event is organised by Spectrum: The LSE LGBT Staff Network, for
LGBT History Month.
The event is free and open to all but you must book a place. To book,
click here.
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Podcasts of public lectures and events
Can Democracy be Saved? Participation, Deliberation and Social Movements
Speaker: Professor Donatella Della Porta
Recorded: Tuesday 5 February, approx. 101 minutes
Click here to listen
Russia And The First World War: time to think again?
Speaker: Professor Dominic Lieven
Recorded: Tuesday 5 February, approx. 94 minutes
Click here to listen
The Global Theft of Land: human rights, dispossession and destruction
Speakers: Megan MacInnes, Fred Pearce, and Dr Subir Sinha
Recorded: Wednesday 6 February, approx. 89 minutes
Click here to listen
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 60
second interview
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with..... Dr Nicholas Cron
I had a fairly happy childhood.
Here are some of my memories of that
time: sitting in the boys’ loo for
40 minutes to avoid swimming lessons
at school, and making my trunks and
towel look wet to cover up my crime;
pretending my voice had broken to
get out of singing in the choir;
going to a pub at age 15 and asking
for ‘a pint of beer please’
(amazingly, I was served); and my
mother bursting into tears on being
told of JFK’s assassination.
I obtained a mathematics degree
from Oxford and did postgraduate work
at Aberystwyth. Subsequently, I
studied for an MSc in statistics at
Reading as a mature student. I am
fortunate to have had a varied and
interesting career, as a teacher,
mainly in higher education, and as
a consultant. The latter role has
included spells at London
Underground, the Department of
Health and the BBC World Service. I
have also worked for a gambling firm
using statistical methodology to
find an improved definition of form
for horses.
My introduction to LSE came in
2002 when I took a couple of
classes. Since then, I have been
involved in quite a large number of
courses in both the departments of
Mathematics and Statistics. I also
lecture in operational research and
modern statistical methods on the
masters’ programme at Birkbeck.
I live in a lovely house in rural
Surrey with my cat Pumpkin and my
daughter Rebekah, when she is not
away at Exeter University, where she
is an undergraduate.
If you were to rewrite the
School’s motto, what would it be?
The motto is excellent and I
would be very reluctant to change
it. For those who don’t know, it is
taken from Virgil and is shared with
the University of Sheffield.
If a new motto were required, I
rather like the one used by
Aberystwyth University: ‘Nid Byd,
Byd Heb Wybodaeth’ which can be
translated roughly as ‘A world
without knowledge is no world at
all’.
Alternatively, you can’t go far
wrong with Socrates, as reported in
Plato’s Apology: ‘The unexamined
life is not worth living’.
Which has been the most
interesting LSE public lecture you
have attended?
I was privileged to see Karl
Popper lecture over 20 years
ago, long before I had any formal
connection to LSE. He was long
retired, probably nearing 90 and
somewhat frail. He was still able to
give the audience an intellectual
master class.
What is your favourite sport?
Nobody has ever accused me of
being a sporty person, but I have at
various times dabbled at squash (I
once managed to lose a ball through
a high window), cricket, basketball,
table tennis and five-a-side
football.
I have even tried golf. On one
occasion, watched by about 20
people, I took a huge swing at the
first tee and missed completely. I
did manage to connect on the
backswing and sent the ball sailing
towards the clubhouse. Since then, I
have confined myself to pitch and
putt.
Who would be your top five
dinner party guests?
I would have to invite Jesus. So
many questions to put to him, for
example: what did happen in that
tomb?
I would ask Friedrich Nietzsche
to sit next to Jesus. I am
reasonably sure they would have a
lot to say to each other.
On the opposite side of the table
Samuel Johnson would sit with Oscar
Wilde. They would supply the wit for
the evening.
Female company is needed for any
successful dinner party, so Helen of
Troy would also be there. I would
like to be able to judge if she was
the most beautiful woman who ever
lived.
Can you play a musical
instrument? If so what and to what
standard?
I love music. I have about 400
LPs and CDs, covering Telemann to
the Ting Tings and Bach to the Beach
Boys.
I play the piano but am too busy
and impatient to practice. I have
attempted to work my way through the
Beethoven sonatas. As far as I am
aware, nobody was listening.
Where would you go if you were
invisible for a day?
Of course, I wouldn’t do anything
illegal or immoral.
I would like to attend a cabinet
meeting in 10 Downing Street. I
would consider pulling Theresa May’s
chair away just as she was sitting
down. I could probably control
myself but I would be mightily
tempted.
After it was over, I would go to
Iran to see whether they were
developing nuclear weapons. And
then, most importantly of all, I
would slip into Simon Cowell’s
bathroom to find out if he really
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 Training
and jobs
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Training and development opportunities for staff
Courses scheduled for next week include:
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Bibliometrics and Citation Analysis
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Orbis: access to global company information
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Using the Internet for your Research
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Facebook and LinkedIn: using social networking with students
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Excel 2010: pivot tables
These are just some of the events running next week. To receive a monthly
list of all events, subscribe to the staff training and development email by
clicking here. To find out more about training and development across
the School and for links to booking pages, see
lse.ac.uk/training.
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Staff courses from HR Organisational and Lifelong Learning
- Developing Yourself as a Manager
Tuesday 5 March, 10am-4.30pm
- Creative Problem Solving
Wednesday 6 March, 10am-4.30pm
- Equality and Diversity for Managers
Thursday 7 March, 9.45am-1pm
- Balancing Work and Being Dad
Thursday 7 March, 12.30pm-2pm
- Getting Ahead: a personal development programme
Tuesday 12 March, 10am-1pm
Tuesday 19 March, 10am-1pm
*Please note that this is a two part course and both dates will need to
be attended.
- Balancing Work and Being a Carer
Tuesday 19 March, 3.30pm-5pm
- Minute Taking
Wednesday 20 March, 10am-4.30pm
- Project Management (level two)
Thursday 21 March, 10am-4.30pm
- Introduction to Management
Wednesday 27 March, 9.30am-4.30pm
To book a place and to see more information on the courses, visit the
online training booking
system. For further information, email
Hr.Learning@lse.ac.uk.
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The Logic and Logistics of Specific Exam Arrangements (SEA)
Monday 25 February from 12.30-2pm
Damian Roberts, registry manager, will facilitate a session which will
provide a comprehensive overview of the SEA process, from the Disability and
Wellbeing Service to the Boards of Examiners.
The session would be of benefit to any staff with a personal or
professional interest in the School’s approach to SEA. Lunch will be
provided.
To find out more and to book,
click here.
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Perfecting your one page pitch This free half-day workshop, on
Thursday 21 March, is designed for researchers who are keen to pitch their
work to print and radio editors.
Open to academic staff, research staff and research students, it will
include the Guardian's Comment is Free editor and an experienced
radio producer talking about what works for them in a pitch as well as some
valuable pitching exercises.
For more information and to book your place,
click here.
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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.
- Centre manager, Systemic Risk Centre
- Chair in English law, Law
- Communications assistant, International Growth Centre
- Departmental office administrator, Government
- Events and teaching co-ordinator, Government
- Lecturer in social policy, Social Policy
- MSc management and exchanges programme administrator,
Management
- Postdoctoral fellows (up to five positions), Anthropology
- Principal research fellow (adaptation), Grantham Research
Institute
- Research officer in economic history, Economic History
- Systems specialist (Apple), Information Management Technology
Division
- Widening participation officer, ARD: student recruitment
For more information, visit
Jobs at LSE and login via the instructions under the 'Internal
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