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Award winning historian appointed as next Philippe Roman Chair at LSE
Historian and award-winning author Professor Timothy Snyder (pictured) will
take up the Philippe Roman Chair in History and International Affairs for
2013-14.
Professor Snyder is currently the Bird White Housum Professor of History
at Yale University, specialising in the political history of central and
eastern Europe as well as the Holocaust. A prolific author, he has written
five award-winning books including Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and
Stalin, which has received ten awards including the Emerson Prize in
the Humanities and the Leipzig Award for European Understanding and was
named on 12 book-of-the-year lists for 2010.
The Philippe Roman Chair in History and International Affairs is based in
LSE IDEAS, the centre for the study of international affairs, diplomacy and
grand strategy. The annual post gives LSE the chance to bring a renowned
academic from another part of the world to the School for a year of
research, teaching and discussion.
Professor Snyder said: 'I am delighted to be returning to the UK, where I
earned my doctorate, and feel privileged to be joining colleagues whom I
greatly admire at LSE.'
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LSE academic named ‘Young Global Leader’ Dr Martina Viarengo
(pictured), research associate in LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance and
assistant professor in the Department of Economics at the Graduate Institute
of Geneva, has
been named a ‘Young Global Leader (YGL) for 2013’ by the World Economic
Forum.
The honour, bestowed each year by the Forum, recognises outstanding young
leaders from around the world for their professional achievements and
commitment to society.
YGLs, who are under the age of 40, are selected through a rigorous
process from thousands of candidates. For 2013, the Forum has selected 199 YGLs from 70 countries and all
sectors of society, including arts and culture, academia, business, civil
society, media, politics and social entrepreneurship. The 2013 YGLs were
chosen by a committee, chaired by Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of the
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The selection was based on the proven track
record of the individual, his or her leadership experience, ability to
overcome adversity and commitment to society.
This year’s class also includes Tawakkol Karman, journalist and Nobel
Peace Prize winner; Chelsea Clinton, board member of the Clinton Foundation
and special correspondent for NBC News; Mark Pollock, athlete and
adventurer; and US singer and recording artist, William James Adams (aka
will.i.am).
For more information, visit
Young Global Leaders Class of 2013.
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Strategic Review update
The
Strategic Review is now entering a new phase with the launch of focused
deliberations on a number of longer-term questions facing the School. The
Steering Committee has identified four initial areas for discussion, with
more to follow in the Summer term:
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What does the future hold for ways of teaching and learning in higher
education?
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How and with whom should the School engage overseas?
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How should the School’s units (Departments and Research Centres) be
structured and supported to promote excellence in teaching, research,
and public engagement?
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How should the physical estate be configured to provide an engaging and
positive experience for students and staff while also supporting
excellence in teaching, research, and public engagement?
Each
question will be considered by one or more small discussion groups, selected
from among the staff, students, and governors of the School. Participants
will receive background research on how the School does things now, and how
our competitors are answering the same questions for themselves. They will
not be expected to find 'the' answer, but to suggest some possible answers,
and to highlight their relative pros and cons.
Staff
interested in joining the pool of volunteers from which focus groups will be
formed should email strategy@lse.ac.uk.
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Department of Statistics scoops two awards Professor Piotr
Fryzlewicz (pictured), professor of statistics, has been awarded the Guy
Medal in Bronze by the Royal Statistical Society.
Named after the physician and medical statistician William Augustus Guy,
FRS, this award acknowledges Professor Fryzlewicz's significant contribution
to time series research as the originator of the Haar-Fisz transform. In
particular the award acknowledges his two papers,
Haar-Fisz Estimation of
Evolutionary Wavelet Spectra and
GOES-8 X-ray Sensor Variance
Stabilization using the Multiscale Data-Driven Haar-Fisz Transform,
published in the Society's journals in 2006 and 2007.
Dr Haeran Cho (pictured), research officer, has also been awarded the
Royal Statistical Society Research Prize for her contribution to the paper
High-dimensional Variable
Selection via Tilting, co-authored with Professor Piotr Fryzlewicz,
and for other published work on the methodology and applications of
statistics.
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LSE academic awarded prestigious ESRC fellowship Dr Matteo M
Galizzi (pictured), LSE fellow in the Department of Social Policy and
research fellow in LSE Health, has been awarded a Future Research Leader
Fellowship from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), for his
project entitled ‘Linking Survey and Experimental Data: behavioural
experiments in health and well-being’.
The Future Research Leader Fellowship is a new ESRC scheme aiming to
support outstanding early career researchers to carry out excellent research
and to develop all aspects of their research and knowledge exchange skills.
Only 70 fellowships, across all social disciplines and all universities in
the UK, were awarded this year. Dr Galizzi’s project was also selected to be
among the five ‘showcase’ proposals highlighted on the
ESRC website.
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LSE Entrepreneur of the Year Awards 2013
Back in February, LSE Careers ran the LSE Entrepreneur of the Year
and Social Entrepreneur of the Year Awards 2013, offering funding to
students who have developed outstanding entrepreneurial ideas to help
get their businesses off the ground.
More than 20 entries were received and 15 applicants (individuals and groups)
were invited to pitch their enterprises to a panel comprising senior LSE
staff, experienced entrepreneurs and business professionals. Applications
for these awards focused on a wide range of sectors from e-commerce, to
social networking, to catering and retail, and candidates were assessed
according to the potential of their business ideas and their motivation
driving the chosen project.
The winners of the competition, who will be awarded a cash prize and
given continued mentoring and support through the first 18 months of developing
their idea, were:
- LSE Entrepreneur of the Year 2013
Garrick Hileman (pictured),
MacroDigest
- LSE Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2013
Sean Farran, GetTWOit
Congratulations to the winners and we look forward to hearing about how
their plans progress.
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Academics abroad
Professor Danny Quah, Kuwait Professor of Economics and International
Development, will be delivering the LSE-NUS public lecture at the
National University of Singapore on Wednesday 3 April.
In the lecture,
which is entitled 'Managing No One's World: in whose interest?',
Professor Quah will evaluate what is known about the great shift east.
As a member of the American Statistical Society’s Advisory Committee on
Climate Change Policy, Professor Leonard Smith was a
member of a Climate Science Working Group that took part in the annual
Climate Science Day on Capitol Hill, on 26-27 February.
The purpose of the visit is to provide a non-partisan opportunity for
scientists of many disciplines to build relationships and provide Members of
Congress with access to the best possible climate science information. This is
the third year in which Professor Smith has taken part in these important
meetings.
Professor Smith also gave an invited talk at the AAAS (American
Association for the Advancement of Science) annual meeting in Boston on
14-18 February, with a talk entitled 'Two-Way
Communication with Decision Makers on Uncertainties of Climate Science'
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 Notices
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Eat cakes and give to charity Come and buy cakes this Friday
(15 March) on the John Watkins Plaza outside the Library from 12-2pm.
All money raised from the cake sale will go to Comic Relief, and at the
same time there’ll be a chance to see which LSE department has crafted the
finest show-stopper cake.
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Feel Good Food Day LSE Catering will once again be promoting a
Feed Good Food Day on Tuesday 19 March in the Fourth Floor
Restaurant.
As well as raising awareness and promoting the sustainable aspects of the
food we serve, we aim to demonstrate that limiting meat in our diet and
using healthier ingredients, seasonal vegetables, fish from sustainable
stocks and higher animal welfare produce can benefit your health, the
environment and animal welfare.
Our world cuisine options will offer reduced meat and increased
vegetarian alternatives. Come along and enjoy the ‘feel good’ experience.
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Computer tip of the week So you need to improve your Excel (or
Word or PowerPoint or Outlook) skills but you just don’t have time during
the academic terms, right? Consider downloading our
Teach Yourself materials so that you can use them during the spring or
summer breaks.
If you have a specific question about how to do something in Windows or
Microsoft Office software, look for an answer in our
online guides and FAQs or consider attending one of the weekly
Software Surgeries. Alternately, staff and PhD students are invited to
enrol for a
one-to-one IT Training session, or you can email
IT.Training@lse.ac.uk to
book a consultation with a training specialist. A huge range of additional
computer training resources are available from the
IT Training website. Subscribe to the
IT Training mailing list to stay informed of upcoming courses and
workshops.
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LSE Perspectives: call for submissions Have you taken any
artistic photographs in London or abroad? Would you like to see your work
represented on the LSE website? If so, submit your pictures to LSE
Perspectives.
LSE Perspectives is a
monthly online gallery that features photographs taken by LSE students and
staff. The next gallery will go live on Monday 1 April so be sure to
send your submissions before then.
For more information and to submit your images,
click here. Previous galleries can be
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 LSE
in pictures
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This week's picture features Enda Kenny, Taoiseach of Ireland, signing
the visitors book in the green room before his lecture,
Ireland: economic recovery and the EU presidency - stability, jobs and
growth, which took place on Monday 11 March in the Old Theatre, Old
Building.
For more images like this, visit the
Photography Unit.
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 Events
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Innovation
On: Monday 18 March at 6pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Trying new things can be daunting, but also inspiring. In our creative
writing, trying a new genre or subject or exploring what new technology
has to offer, can be liberating. But is it sometimes best to stick to
the classics?
Find out what has inspired the best-selling authors James Dawson, Kate
Kingsley and Meg Rosoff (pictured), and join in the discussion.
This event is free and open to all but a ticket is required. Tickets are
available to
request online. School groups are also welcome.
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The Politics of FGM: the influence of external and locally-led
initiatives in the Gambia On:
Monday 18 March from 6.30pm-8pm in the New Theatre, East Building
Speaker: Dr Isatou Touray (pictured), founder and executive
director of the Gambia Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the
Health of Women and Children.
This talk discusses the efforts made by grassroots Gambian activists and
community campaigns, as well as external forces, in building resistance to
Female Genital Mutilation in one of the few countries in the world where the
practice remains not legally prohibited.
This event is free and open to all with no booking required.
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Other forthcoming LSE events include....
LSE Choir and Orchestra Spring Concert
On: Tuesday 19 March at 7.45pm in St Clement Danes, Strand,
London WC2R 1DH
Tickets are available to purchase via the
LSE E-shop or at the Students’ Union shop on Houghton Street.
Divided Nations: why global governance is failing and what we can do about
it?
On: Wednesday 20 March at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speaker: Professor Ian Goldin, director of the Oxford Martin School
at the University of Oxford.
China's Growth: the making of an economic superpower
On: Thursday 21 March at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Dr Linda Yueh (pictured), director of the China Growth
Centre and fellow in economics at St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford.
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The Epstein Lecture - Schools and Railroads: public goods provisions in
colonial India
On: Thursday 14 March from 6-7.30pm in the Vera Anstey Room,
Old Building
Speaker: Latika Chaudhary (pictured), assistant professor of
economics at Skripps College.
The Department of Economic History will be hosting the annual Epstein
Lecture on Thursday 14 March.
This year’s lecture will focus on how colonial policy influenced the
development of railways and schooling in British India, with Indian railways
emerging as an extremely productive sector by the early 20th century, even
though primary school enrolment rates in colonial India were among the
lowest in the world.
The Epstein Lecture series was created in memory of S.R. (Larry) Epstein,
whose sudden death in early February 2007 was an enormous loss, not only to
his family and friends, but to his department and the global community of
economic historians. The Department of Economic History decided that one
appropriate way of commemorating Larry’s achievements would be to inaugurate
a regular Epstein lecture and, with the generous support of friends,
colleagues and alumni, achieved this aim.
The department hopes that many members of the LSE community will be able
to join it for this special occasion.
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Little Shop of Horrors
On:
Monday 18 March at 7pm, Tuesday 19 March at 8.30pm, and
Wednesday 20 March at 7pm, in the Old Theatre, Old Building.
Next week sees the LSESU Drama Society's annual musical, 'Little Shop
of Horrors'.
The musical tells the story of Seymour Krelborn, a nebbish flower-shop
assistant who creates a monster when he begins feeding a Venus fly-trap on
his own blood.
Tickets are £5 and can be purchased this week from the stall on Houghton
Street.
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Private Actors in the Public Security Domain: the case of anti-money
laundering
On:
Tuesday 19 March from 1-2.30pm in room KSW 3.01, 20 Kingsway
Speakers: Dr Karin Svedberg Helgesson, research associate
professor at the Department of Management and Organisation, Stockholm
School of Economics, and Professor Ulrika Mörth (pictured),
professor of political science in the Department of Political Science,
Stockholm University.
In this presentation, Karin Svedberg Helgesson and Ulrika Mörth will
theorise on anti-money laundering within the private sector and across
organisations, by drawing on concepts and novel theories from two strands of
literature - security/governance studies and management/organisation
studies.
The risk-based approach adopted in regulations by the intergovernmental
Financial Action Task Force and in European Union Directives has forced
banks, accountants and lawyers to assist and support law enforcement
agencies. Dr Helgesson and Professor Mörth will argue that the emergence of
this new public security domain cutting across the public-private divide,
can be explained by two broad political and economic changes: securitisation
and publicisation.
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An Indonesian View of the World Trade Organisation On:
Tuesday 19 March from 2.30-4pm in the New Theatre, East Building
Speaker: Dr Mari Elka Pangestu (pictured),
Indonesia’s minister of tourism and creative economy and candidate for
director general of the WTO.
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is facing daunting challenges in view
of the current global financial and economic crisis. Trade will be a key
element for the recovery and sustained growth of the world economy and the
WTO should play a crucial role in preserving confidence in an open, fair,
rule-based and balanced multilateral trading system.
In a world of competing interests, a question remains whether the WTO
could stand as the guardian of an inclusive economic growth and development.
Dr Mari Elka Pangestu will discuss the WTO from an Indonesian perspective.
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Three Minute Thesis competition On: Tuesday 19 March at
6pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Nine LSE research students, with three minutes and one PowerPoint slide
each, will be battling it out to present their research in the most
compelling and clear way in LSE’s inaugural Three Minute Thesis competition.
The competition will be followed by an awards celebration for all
categories in LSE Research Festival.
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Cultural Evolution: from memetic evolution to intelligent design
On: Wednesday 20 March from 12.30-2pm in the Old Theatre, Old
Building
Speaker: Professor Daniel Dennett (pictured),
university professor and Austin B Fletcher professor of philosophy, and
co-director of the Centre for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University.
Homo sapiens is the first species of intelligent designers to evolve by
natural selection, a cascade of processes that works without any help from
an intelligent designer. How was this possible? Cultural evolution is the
key innovation; it began as a purely Darwinian process of natural selection
of memes, but has spawned successor processes of invention that are ever
less Darwinian, ever more foresighted and purposeful.
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a
first come, first served basis. For any queries email Juliana Cardinale on
j.cardinale@lse.ac.uk or call 020
7955 7539, or email Mehrun Absar on
m.absar@lse.ac.uk or call 020 7955 7573.
For more information, visit
www.philosophy-forum.org or
www.lse.ac.uk/cpnss.
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German Europe: are there alternatives? On: Thursday 21 March
from 1.30-3pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Speakers:
Ulrich Beck, professor of Sociology at Ludwig Maximilian
University of Munich, Germany, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, German politician,
Mary Kaldor, professor of global governance in the Department of
International Development at LSE, and Richard Sennett, professor
emeritus of sociology at LSE.
The basic rules of European democracy are being subverted or turned into
their opposite, bypassing parliaments, governments and EU institutions.
Multilateralism is turning into unilateralism, equality into hegemony,
sovereignty into the dependency and recognition into disrespect for the
dignity of other nations. Even France, which long dominated European
integration, must submit to Berlin’s strictures now that it must fear for
its international credit rating.
In this event, Ulrich Beck, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Mary Kaldor and Richard
Sennett will discuss the current political crisis and how to reinvent
democracy in Europe.
This event is free and open to all with no booking required.
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Scarcity, Abundance, Excess: towards a social theory of too much
On: Thursday 21 March from 6.30-8pm in the Wolfson Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Professor Andrew Abbott (pictured),
Gustavus F and Ann M Swift distinguished service professor of sociology
at Chicago University.
This lecture argues that since excess and overabundance are central
phenomena of modern life, we should refound social theory on the concept of
'too much of' rather than 'too little of'.
Professor Abbott will trace the origin of the scarcity theories that
dominate our reasoning, and sketch the outlines of a social theory based on
excess.
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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Podcasts of public lectures and events
Why I am a Euro-optimist
Speaker: Alain Juppé
Recorded: Monday 4 March, approx. 78 minutes
Click here to listen
Do Women Make Good Political Leaders?
Speaker: Baroness Williams
Recorded: Tuesday 5 March, approx. 65 minutes
Click here to listen
Transformation in World Politics: the challenges for global and regional
order
Speaker: Professor Dr Ahmet Davutoglu
Recorded: Thursday 7 March, approx. 88 minutes
Click here to listen
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 60
second interview
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with..... Dr Sergio Chichava
My name is Sérgio Inácio Chichava,
from Maputo, the capital of
Mozambique. I did my PhD in
political science at Bordeaux
University in France and now I am a
lecturer of political science at
Eduardo Mondlane University in
Maputo.
I am also a researcher at
Instituto de Estudos Sociais e
Económicos (IESE) also in Maputo. My
research interests are the growing
involvement of Brazil and China in
Mozambique, especially in the
agriculture sector, and I was
awarded the first African Research
Fellowship at LSE.
Tell us about the specific
areas you will be concentrating upon
during your research fellowship at
LSE.
During my stay at LSE I will be
working on a book about China in
Mozambique, which I will co-edit
with Dr Chris Alden. I will also
write a paper about the involvement
of Chinese companies in Mozambique’s
agriculture sector.
Have you travelled widely?
Where is the most interesting place
you have visited?
I haven’t travelled as much I
would like to have, but I have been
to some countries in Africa, Europe
and South America.
The most interesting place I
visited was Crete in Greece. Crete
is really a very charming place, and
I would like to return one day.
What three items would you
rush to save from a fire?
That’s a big question. I would
try and save my wallet, laptop and
cell phone.
What are your hobbies?
I like to play and watch
football, watch movies, listen to
music and read comics.
Can you cook? What is your
signature dish in the kitchen?
Yes, I cook. Since I like eating
spaghetti with tuna and tomato
sauce, I have specialised in cooking
it.
Is there anything you cannot
do and would like to learn?
Yes, I would like to learn how to
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 Training
and jobs
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Training and development opportunities for staff
Courses scheduled for next week include:
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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Keen to pitch your research to print and radio editors?
Perfecting your one page pitch, a half-day workshop on Thursday 21
March for research students and staff, will provide opportunities to
hear from the Guardian's Comment is Free editor and an experienced
radio producer about what works for them in a pitch and includes some
valuable pitching exercises.
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Fair Access to Higher Education: how and why? Monday 25
March from 12.30-2pm
Steve Grundy, widening participation manager, will facilitate this
session which will provide an overview of fair access and the widening
participation agenda.
The session will highlight the link between widening participation and
the equality and diversity agenda, providing information about how LSE works
to ensure fair access and providing insight into the reasons for widening
participation and the advantages it brings.
All staff with an interest in this area are encouraged to attend. A
working lunch will be provided. For more information and to book a 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.
- Annual fund manager, ODAR: annual fund
- Assistant librarian, Library: academic services
- Chair/reader in contemporary Turkish studies, European
Institute
- Communications manager, Information Management Technology
Division
- Deputy registry manager, ARD: student administration
- Executive assistant to the director, PCPD: directorate and
support team
- LSE fellow in global politics, Government
- LSE fellow in government, Government
- Lecturer in social policy, Social Policy
- Lecturers in management, Management
- MSc programme administrator, Government
- Managing editor (British Politics and Policy Blog),
Government
- Managing editor (Democratic Audit), Government
- Postdoctoral fellows (up to five positions), Anthropology
- Research assistant (Democratic Audit), Government
- Research development manager, Research Division
- Research officer, Statistics
- Senior press and communications officer, External Relations
Division
For more information, visit
Jobs at LSE and login via the instructions under the 'Internal
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 LSE
people
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LSE emeritus professors Frank and Ailsa Land are celebrating their
diamond wedding anniversary in Easter week. As a part of the celebrations,
Frank, his twin brother Ralph Land CBE (who graduated from LSE in 1950), and
four of Frank and Ailsa’s grandchildren, will be skydiving on Monday 1 April
to raise money for Christian Aid and Cancer Research. If you would like to
sponsor them, visit
www.justgiving.com/Frank-Land1.
If you would like to confine your donation to Cancer Research, visit Ralph's
Just
Giving page or www.virginmoneygiving.com/RalphLand.
You can also send a cheque directly to Frank at Stowford Barton, Harford, Ivybridge,
Devon, PL21 0JD.
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Dave Scott (pictured), department manager in the Department of
Mathematics, is at it again. He’s seeking sponsorship for a 125-mile bike
ride at the end of April, and for good measure, he’s running the Reading
Half-Marathon this coming weekend too. The ‘main event’ is the
Friends
of the Earth Big Green Bike Ride, which takes place on Saturday 27 and
Sunday 28 April. Those taking part ride 85 miles from London to the New
Forest on the first day, camp overnight and then ride 40 miles round the New
Forest the next day.
Dave says: 'I’ve not ridden more than 20 miles in a day since I was about
20 so this is going to be a real test, especially so because training for it
won’t start until the half-marathon is out of the way. My friend Glynn and I
have to raise £600 in total (we’ve both already paid £100 each to take
part), and I pledge to give a further £50 myself if our total gets to £500.
The cause, Friends of the Earth, is excellent and I’m a long-time
supporter'.
You can sponsor Dave at
www.justgiving.com/Dave-and-Glynn-get-cycling. |
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