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21 February 2013 |
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LSE announces new India postgraduate scholarships LSE has
announced 50 new scholarships for postgraduate Indian students.
The LSE India Scholarships will enable students from India to study for a
Master’s degree at LSE starting in 2013. The awards will range from £3,000
to £32,000, depending on financial need, and are open to all Indian students
who hold an offer of a place on an LSE Master’s programme by 30 April 2013.
LSE Director Professor Craig Calhoun said 'LSE has enjoyed a strong
relationship with India for over a century. This has included welcoming
thousands of Indian students to study at the School during this time. We
want to ensure that LSE’s doors are open to all talented students,
regardless of financial circumstances, and are delighted to cement this
relationship further by offering 50 scholarships, for graduate study, for
students from India.'
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LSE to launch major collaborative research programme on gender
equality in India LSE is to develop its highly regarded relationship
with the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai to establish a
major research programme on gender equality.
LSE's relationship with TISS, established in 2007, has been supported by
the Jamsetji Tata Trust, which has provided £1.8 million to fund joint
research projects and the exchange of faculty members and PhD students
between TISS and LSE's India Observatory. LSE and TISS are working towards
building on this collaboration with a focus on women's issues.
The Tata Trust is keen to support a joint programme of research, advocacy
and action to create a safe and enabling environment towards achieving
gender equality in India. This programme involves an action research
initiative that would input to strengthening existing public institutions
and policy to respond to gender issues. This will involve further exchanges
of research students, alongside the clear input into policy.
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The Director blogs from India Whilst travelling with prime
minister David Cameron as part of the largest delegation a British prime
minister has ever taken anywhere in the world, LSE's Director Professor
Craig Calhoun (pictured) reflects on the School’s historic ties with India
and looks forward to expanding these links.
In his blog post entitled 'India, the world and LSE', Professor Calhoun
finds that the world looks different from India’s vantage point, and
explains why that matters for the School.
To read Professor Calhoun's article and for
more updates about his trip to India, visit
India at LSE.
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LSE academic shortlisted in the 2013 Migrant and Refugee Women of the
Year Awards Latefa Guemar (pictured), visiting fellow in LSE’s Gender
Institute and a fellow of the Scholars at Risk Scheme at LSE, has been
shortlisted in the online category of the
Migrant and Refugee Women of the Year Awards.
Latefa was shortlisted for her article
Academic refugees: ‘My hope is to contribute to this country - if I’m given
the opportunity’ which was published on the Guardian Online and
tells of Latefa’s experience of being a refugee scholar.
Latefa joined LSE in 2012 as a participant on the Reconnect with Research
course, which provides unique language and research skills support to
refugee scholars. The Reconnect with Research programme is part of the
LSE
Scholars at Risk Scheme, which supports persecuted and displaced
scholars.
Latefa said: ‘I was first very surprised but completely delighted to hear
that my article has been shortlisted. When looking at the high profile of
the jury members, I also felt very honoured. I am pleased that my article
highlighted the situation of so many women academic refugees who have to
struggle to re-build their life in a new and sometimes, hostile environment.
I am very proud to represent their plights, and also their successes. So
many of us have much to contribute to British society, if the
opportunity is given.’
The winners will be announced at a ceremony on Friday 8 March.
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Enhancing the Visibility of LSE Research: developing LSE’s Google
Scholar Citation profiles The School is currently assessing how best
to enhance the profile and impact of LSE research. In addition to existing
platforms to reach external audiences such as the LSE website, LSE Experts,
and LSE Research Online, there are also freely available online tools that
allow academics and their research to become more visible, as well as to
link to networks of interest around particular subjects and disciplines.
LSE is committed to using one of these online tools, Google Scholar
Citations (GSC), to enhance the School’s research visibility by encouraging
as many academics as possible to create a GSC profile. In addition, GSC
allows individuals to track their own research profile, connect to
co-authors and find new key publications in their discipline. Profiles are
fully searchable by Google enabling full text publications and citations
through LSE Research Online to be found more easily.
The Google Scholar Citations profile only needs to be created once and,
following that, all new outputs will be linked to the profile automatically.
The LSE Public Policy Group will be running individual and departmental
training sessions in the coming weeks to assist researchers with creating
their Google Scholar Profile. If you have any questions or would like to
book a session, email Jane Tinkler at
j.tinkler@lse.ac.uk or Sierra Williams at
s.williams4@lse.ac.uk.
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LSE’s Waste on Houghton Street As part of LSESU’s Go Green
Week, the Sustainability Team put a day’s worth of LSE’s waste on Houghton
Street. The stunt aimed to draw attention to the amount of waste produced by
LSE’s students and staff on a daily basis and to encourage individuals to
think about how they can reduce the amount of waste produced.
LSE produced 1,920 tonnes of waste in 2011-12, a figure the
Sustainability Team is keen to see fall. The waste also showed clear
evidence of poor recycling skills.
Students and staff are reminded to empty coffee cups before recycling and
to put left over food in the compost bin. An entire bag of recycling with
any food or liquid in it can no longer be recycled, so please think before
you bin to help increase LSE’s recycling rates.
If you have any suggestions on how to reduce LSE's waste, email Louise
Laker, sustainability assistant, at
l.laker@lse.ac.uk. For more information, visit
lse.ac.uk/sustainableLSE.
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LSE retains ‘HR Excellence in Research’ badging from the European
Commission and Vitae On Thursday 14 February, Vitae announced that LSE
was one of 12 institutions who were successful in retaining the ‘HR
Excellence in Research’ badging, originally awarded to the School on 15
December 2010.
LSE has been successful in demonstrating 'robust implementation plans to
improve how they attract, manage and develop research staff'.
Professor David Stevenson, vice chair of the Appointments Committee and
chair of the Research Staff Committee at LSE states: 'Over the past five
years, LSE has done a great deal of work to clarify and improve the
conditions of employment of its research staff. I was delighted to see these
efforts acknowledged through the HR Excellence in Research badging, and it
is extremely encouraging news that this has been retained'.
More information on how the School is developing work in this area is
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 Notices
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Memorial event for Shirley Banks
A memorial event for Shirley Banks (pictured) is being held on
Thursday 28 February from 4pm in the Shaw Library, Old Building.
The event will be an informal gathering of Shirley’s colleagues and
friends, with a view to celebrating the enormous contribution she made both
to ARD and the School.
As Simeon Underwood has already said: 'she was a real presence in the
Division and the SSC: she also had a warm and outgoing personality which
brought great pleasure to her many friends inside and beyond ARD'.
Afternoon tea and wine will be available throughout the event, some of
Shirley’s favourite music will be playing, and there will be a scrapbook in
which anyone can leave a message, photograph etc, in her memory.
There will also be a collection for the Retired Greyhound Trust Croftview,
for those who may wish to donate in Shirley’s name.
If you have not done so already, please let Linda Newman
(l.newman@lse.ac.uk) know by Friday 22 February
whether you will be attending.
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School Secretary's briefing The School Secretary’s next termly
briefing with all support staff will take place in the Shaw Library, Old
Building on Wednesday 6 March at 10.30am and Thursday 7 March
at 2.30pm.
Future meetings will take place on Monday 24 June at 10.30am and Tuesday
25 June at 2.30pm and will also be held in the Shaw Library.
We look forward to seeing as many of you there as possible.
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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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The Bean Counter café The Bean Counter, LSE Catering’s new café
is delighted to announce that it has now extended its menu.
As well as the high quality barista coffees, speciality teas, freshly
squeezed juices, smoothies, cookies and cakes initially on sale, we can now
offer:
- handmade sandwiches on home baked artisan breads - plain or toasted
- freshly made plated salads
- main course soup with rustic bread
- hot savoury and sweet pastries
- yoghurts and fresh fruit salad
The Bean Counter is located in the basement of 32 Lincoln’s Inn Fields
and is open Monday-Friday from 10am to 3pm.
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Fairtrade Fortnight 2013 As part of Fairtrade Fortnight, LSE
Catering will be actively promoting LSE’s Fairtrade status in all of its
restaurants and
cafés
from Monday 25 February to Sunday 10 March.
LSE Catering will be promoting existing Fairtrade products, introducing
new products, and arranging free tastings and giveaways of Fairtrade
products.
Fairtrade is a simple way you can make a difference through everyday
choices. It’s about better prices, decent working conditions, local
sustainability, and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the
developing world. Fairtrade aims to enable the poorest farmers and workers
to improve their position and have more control over their lives.
For more information on Fairtrade, visit
www.fairtrade.org.uk.
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SCR wine tasting event The next Senior Common Room (SCR) event
will be wine tasting on Thursday 14 March from 5.30pm, hosted by
master of wine Clive Barlow.
Clive, who is one of only 297 masters of wine in the world, will be
presenting eight Italian wines on the theme 'Ancient and Modern' and these
will be accompanied by antipasti.
For more information and to book your place at this event, visit the
SCR
website.
Any member of staff may attend SCR events.
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Chair Yoga - wellness at work Working in an office at a
computer for prolonged periods of time can lead to tension, stiffness, and
stress throughout the body. Yoga stretches can be done at your desk anytime,
and can help reduce strain that develops from sitting for long periods of
time, typing, and staring at the computer screen.
In these sessions we will target neck, shoulders, wrists, hips,
hamstrings and the lower back. The techniques will be easy to follow and
will be practiced seated and standing. No yoga mat, special attire, or
previous yoga experience is required.
Benefits:
- Reduced stress and muscle tension
- Clear your mind
- Relieve neck and back pain
The next session is on Wednesday 13 March from 12.10-12.55pm in
room 2.04, Tower One. The sessions cost £8 but if you book one week or more
in advance, you pay £7.
Please note that a PayPal transaction fee of 45p will be added for
single early bird bookings, 70p for two bookings. Book early to avoid disappointment, spaces are
limited and the last session sold out very quickly. For more information and to book your place, visit
www.kimhuyoga.com/lse.
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Missing the point?
This year's Acupuncture Awareness Week, which takes place from Monday
25 February to Sunday 3 March, aims to educate people about how
traditional acupuncture can help improve sleep and aid relaxation.
Among the 82 per cent of us who admit to insomnia, many of us are
missing the point when it comes to this ancient Chinese medicine.
Traditional acupuncture is a natural system of healing that has been
practised for over 2,500 years. It is a safe and effective treatment
that involves inserting fine sterile needles, painlessly at specific
points on the body.
Acupuncture is available at LSE on Wednesdays and Fridays. To book an
appointment, visit
www.lsetreatmentclinic.co.uk. If you would like to discuss the
treatment beforehand, call Hanya on 07789 322 821.
For more information, visit
www.introducingacupuncture.co.uk.
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More for less - take advantage of special offers for LSE staff
There are still a few packages left for LSE staff to get pampered at the
Karine Jackson Hair
and Beauty Salon.
You will receive the following over four separate visits:
Visit one:
Cut and blow dry with personal style and colour consultation, shampoo and
conditioning.
Visit two:
Partial foils (10 foils) with in-depth colour consultation, shampoo,
conditioning and blow dry.
Visit three:
Follow up cut and blow dry with hair and colour consultation, shampoo and
conditioning.
Visit four:
Personal consultation and power facial including exclusive signature head
and scalp massage OR consultation on massage therapy and power back massage.
This package is normally valued at over £200 but you can receive
everything for just £43. This promotion is valid to new clients only or
those who haven't visited the salon in the past 12 months. If you are an
existing customer, you are welcome to purchase certificates as gifts for
family and friends instead.
To purchase your certificate or for more information, contact Natalie on
0845 686 0185 or 07875 315 744.
If you know of any deals that you think may be of interest to Staff
News readers, please contact Margaret Newson, purchasing manager at
m.newson@lse.ac.uk.
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 LSE
in pictures
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This week's picture features the brightly lit café, The Bean Counter, on
the lower ground floor of the newly renovated 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields.
Re-designed by the architectural practice Jestico + Whiles, the building
is due to be fully completed in April 2013.
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:
Narrative, Memory and the Mind
On: Wednesday 27 February at 5.15pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speakers: Lisa Appignanesi
OBE, prize-winning writer, novelist, broadcaster and cultural
commentator, Professor Anne Applebaum,
Philippe Roman Chair in history and international affairs at LSE IDEAS
for 2012-13,
and Charles Fernyhough,
writer and psychologist.
My Mediterranean
On: Friday 1 March at 12pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic
Building
Speaker: Professor David Abulafia (pictured), professor of
Mediterranean history at the University of Cambridge.
The Art of Parodies
On: Friday 1 March at 6.30pm in the Wolfson Theatre, New Academic
Building
Speakers: Ewan Morrison, author, Martin Rowson,
multi-award winning cartoonist and writer,
and D.J. Taylor, author.
Art in Conflict
On: Saturday 2 March at 1pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic
Building
Speaker: Pat Barker (pictured), author.
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New LSE event....
India - Macroeconomic Challenges, Some Reserve Bank Perspectives
On: Wednesday 13 March from 2.30-4pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre,
New Academic Building
Speaker: Dr Duvvuri Subbarao (pictured),
governor of the Reserve Bank of India.
Dr Subbarao will reflect on challenges from the Reserve Bank perspective
and illustrate the dilemmas encountered in making policy choices.
This lecture is in honour of Dr Indraprastha Gordhanbhai (IG) Patel who
was the ninth director of LSE from 1984 to 1990.
This event is free and open to all but a ticket is required. LSE staff
and students can request one ticket via the online ticket request form after
10pm on Monday 4 March until at least 12noon on Tuesday 5 March.
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2013 Economica Coase Lecture - Foreign Trade and Investment:
firm-level perspectives On: Thursday 21 February from 6:30-8pm
in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker:
Professor Elhanan Helpman (pictured),
Galen L Stone Professor of international trade at Harvard University and
a fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.
During the last decade the analysis of foreign trade and investment has
been re-oriented toward the roles played by firms with different
characteristics. This has been enabled by the emergence of rich data sets
that provide new stylised facts on trade and investment.
In response, new theoretical models have been developed to explain these
patterns and to re-examine a host of issues, such as the effects of trade
policy on productivity and trade openness on inequality. The lecture will
review these developments.
This event is free and open to all, with no ticket required. For
more information about the lecture series, visit the
Economica website.
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LSE Chill - this Friday The next LSE Chill session will take
place this Friday (22 February) from 5.30pm in the 4th Floor Café
bar. The session is open to all and will feature some dynamic acts.
The line-up for the evening is as follows:
6-6.30pm Rupert Andrew
Singer and guitarist Rupert Andrew performs a mix of his own pieces and
covers.
6.45-7.15pm Alex Dunn
A solo artist, Alex Dunn sings and plays acoustic and clean electric guitar
and takes inspiration from acts like Pearl Jam, Counting Crows, REM, Mark
Knopfler and Peter Gabriel.
7.30-8pm Not Dark Yet
Not Dark Yet is a three piece London based band. Daniel Fisher from the US
sings lead and plays lead guitar, David Stokes plays bass, and the
multitalented Ross Harper sings and plays the drums.
If you are interested in performing at the last LSE Chill session of the
academic year on Friday 24 May, email
arts@lse.ac.uk with your name and details of your act. For more
information, visit www.lse.ac.uk/arts.
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LSE Research Festival Come and join us at the Research Festival
exhibition on Friday 1 March from 6-9pm in the New Academic Building.
Posters, films, photographs and apps will provide a brilliant showcase of
research undertaken by PhD students, researchers and academics from LSE,
University of Cambridge, UCL and SOAS.
For more information and to download your invitation, visit
LSE Research Festival.
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Business History Unit seminar
On: Monday 4 March at 5.30pm in room 3.01, third floor of
Tower Two
At this event, organised by LSE's Business History Unit,
Peter Scott and James Walker of the Henley Business School, University of
Reading, will discuss ‘Was Inter-war Britain an Unsuitable Environment for
American Retail Methods? A Case Study of Marks and Spencer’.
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Podcasts of public lectures and events
Putinism: the ideology
Speaker: Professor Anne Applebaum
Recorded: Tuesday 12 February, approx. 81 minutes
Click here to listen
EU on a Cross-road and the Future of Our European Project - a View from
Central Europe
Speaker: Miroslav Lajčák
Recorded: Wednesday 13 February, approx. 57 minutes
Click here to listen
Live from Downing Street: the inside story of power, politics and the media
Speaker: Nick Robinson
Recorded: Thursday 14 February, approx. 91 minutes
Click here to listen
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 60
second interview
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with..... Dr Andrea Vedolin
I joined the Department of
Finance in 2010 as a lecturer. Most
of the time, you will find me in my
messy office on the second floor of
the Old Building, where I do
research or prepare for lectures. In
my spare time I’ll go to the
theatre, see a concert or train for
a triathlon.
What is the best part of your
job at LSE and also the part you
enjoy least?
I love my job and it is too hard
to pick one best aspect. The part I
enjoy the least is trash sorting. I
really do not understand how I am
supposed to put all my trash into
these tiny little holes in the green
recycling bins. That’s the reason I
spill coffee all over myself almost
every day.
Which is your favourite LSE
sculpture?
My favourite LSE sculptures are
The Three Fates in front of Tower
Three. It would be really
interesting to know why these
sculptures are in front of a
university building. Does it mean we
cannot change our fate or that we
can alter our destiny?
If you could change places
with someone past or present, for a
day, who would it be and why?
If I could change places with
someone past or present for a day I
would change places with Bashar al-Assad
and shoot myself to the moon (of
course the next day, I would want to
sit in my messy office again). Why?
What I read in the newspapers
everyday truly breaks my heart.
What is your favourite piece
of music?
There is too much good music to
choose one piece.
Do you have a temptation you
wish you could resist?
I wish I could resist reading too
many gossip magazines. My days would
be so much more productive!
What is your earliest
childhood holiday memory?
My earliest childhood holiday
memory is spending summer in Tuscany
with my family. When I saw the sea,
I started running as fast as I could
and jumped into the water. Two
seconds later I ran out again after
I had realised that the water tasted
nothing like the Swiss lakes I was
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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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The Logic and Logistics of Specific Exam Arrangements (SEA)
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Citing, Referencing and Creating a Bibliography
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One-To-One IT Training
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Excel 2010: data analysis
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Developing Your Web Presence
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Introduction to Financial, Market and Company Data
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
- 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.
- Minute Taking
Wednesday 20 March, 10am-4.30pm
- Project Management (level two)
Thursday 21 March, 10am-4.30pm
Thursday 4 April, 10am-4.30pm
- Introduction to Management
Wednesday 27 March, 9.30am-4.30pm
- Presentation Skills
Wednesday 10 April, 9.30am–4.30pm
- Strategic Thinking
Tuesday 16 April, 9.30am-4.30pm
- Time Management
Tuesday 16 April, 10am-5pm
To book a place and for more information, visit the training booking
system via
Core Learning and Development Programme. 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.
- Chair in English law, Law
- Departmental office administrator, Government
- Events and teaching coordinator, Government
- LSE fellow in global politics, Government
- LSE fellow in government, Government
- Lecturer in social policy, Social Policy
- Lecturer in social psychology/economic psychology, Social
Psychology
- MSc management and exchanges programme administrator,
Management
- Postdoctoral fellows (up to five positions), Anthropology
- Principal research fellow (adaptation), Grantham Research
Institute
- Research officer, PSSRU
- Research officer in economic history, Economic History
- Systems specialist (Apple), Information Management Technology
Division
For more information, visit
Jobs at LSE and login via the instructions under the 'Internal
vacancies' heading. |
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