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23 January 2014 |
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Market Research Society award for LSE academics
Dr Michael Bruter and Dr Sarah Harrison of LSE's Department of
Government have been celebrating receiving the Market Research Society's
(MRS) award for 'Best International Research' for Dr Bruter's project 'Inside the
Mind of a Voter', part of his ECREP electoral psychology research
initiative.
The MRS awards are amongst the most prestigious in the world in the field of
opinion research.
Using a broad comparative perspective and complex quantitative and
qualitative methodologies, 'Inside the Mind of a Voter' looks to understand
what goes on in the minds of voters at the time they cast their vote.
It is funded by a European Research Council grant.
The award was given jointly to Dr Bruter and Dr Harrison. Dr Harrison also works with Opinium Research which conducted the survey fieldwork.
The judges explained: “This paper was chosen as the winner both because of
the thorough, innovative research approach and because of the useful
insights on how to reengage the electorate with the electoral process.”
The picture shows (left to right) Opinium's James Endersby, Dr Michael
Bruter, Phyllis Macfarlane, Chair of MRS, Dr Sarah Harrison and
Opinium's Paul Crooke.
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LSE academic speaks at United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva
Chaloka Beyani, Associate Professor in the Law Department, addressed
the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday 20 January
2014 on the situation in the Central African Republic in his capacity as
Chair of the Coordination Committee of the United Nations Human Rights
Special Procedures.
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Dr Beyani also issued a
press release and a
letter to the parties to the Geneva II talks on the situation in
Syria.
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Interfaith Israel/Palestine trip
The New Year saw the LSE’s first interfaith trip to Israel/Palestine for
Muslim, Jewish and Christian students, led by the Chaplain the Revd Dr James
Walters and School Secretary Susan Scholefield. The trip, sponsored by the
Annual Fund, is part of the events surrounding the opening of the new Faith
Centre in the Saw Swee Hock Student Centre. The group joined worship in a
church, mosque and synagogue and met activists on both sides of the conflict
engaged in interfaith projects on the ground. They were invited to Jewish
homes in Jerusalem for a Shabbat meal and stayed with Palestinian families
in Bethlehem on the feast of Christmas in the Orthodox calendar.
Graduate student Jack Palmer said “What became clear through the
conversations we had and the experiences we shared is that interfaith work,
reconciliation and peace-making is a long and arduous road. My hope, and
where I see this trip being so significant for taking interfaith work
forward, is that people in similar situations will trust that the beauty
that comes with reconciliation is worth the patience.”
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10,000th open access paper added to LSE Research Online
The end of Michaelmas term saw the 10,000th full text, openly accessible
paper added to LSE Research Online. The paper was part of the
LSE Health Working Paper Series in Health Policy and Economics, entitled
'Analysis of prices paid by
low-income countries - how price sensitive is government demand for
medicines?' co-authored by LSE academics Divya Srivastava and Alistair
McGuire. There are now 10,251 full text papers in the repository.
Last year, LSE Research Online received an average of 76,000 downloads
per month- that's roughly 8 downloads per paper.
Divya said of open access: “It has a positive effect on our discipline of
health economics and health policy, giving quicker access to our work that
could inform related research more easily. I encourage fellow researchers to
use LSE Research online as it is an accessible platform to disseminate and
promote their work - another outlet to communicate one's research. We're
delighted our paper has already had many downloads thanks to being in LSE
Research online. It's wonderful news that our paper has reached academic
circles both within and outside LSE.”
To deposit your papers in LSE Research Online, email
Lseresearchonline@lse.ac.uk
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Dr Alexandros Petersen
The International Relations Department is saddened to learn that
Alexandros Petersen, a former MSc and PhD student in the Department,
died in Kabul on Friday 17 January 2014.
Alex was killed in an attack on a popular restaurant for which the
Taliban claimed responsibility. Alex began work as an Assistant
Professor, Political Science, at the American University of Afghanistan
just two days before his death.
Alex was a MSc student in the International Relations Department during
2006-07, after which he registered on the PhD programme and obtained his
doctorate in 2012. Alex had attachments to many research institutes and
wrote the book The World Island: Eurasian geopolitics and the fate of
the West. He was popular at the LSE and will be greatly missed. |
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 Notices
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Are you publishing a book in 2014?
The LSE Review of Books publishes daily reviews of academic books across
all social science disciplines and reaches an audience of over 6000
visitors a week. If your book is being published this year, be sure
to send a review copy to the team who will match it with an external reviewer.
Just get in touch with Amy Mollett at
lsereviewofbooks@lse.ac.uk.
You can also
see the latest reviews
here.
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Sports Ambassador Programme launch invitation Today at 4pm
the Students’ Union is launching their Sports Ambassador Programme on the
sixth floor of the new Saw Swee Hock Student Centre. There'll be drinks
and nibbles, a short speech from the Deputy Director and a few words from
the athletes themselves. This is an open invitation to all LSE staff
interested in sport and the development of the SU.
The Sports Ambassador Programme is funded by the Annual Fund to support
thirteen incredible students who juggle academic studies with
international sporting commitments. Amongst these thirteen there is an Italian
hockey player, a Bulgarian tennis player and an England rugby player!
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Holocaust memorial commemoration
Everyone is invited to attend the Holocaust memorial commemoration this
Monday 27 January at 12 noon in the LSE Faith Centre
in the new Saw Swee Hock Student Centre.
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LSE Chill – calling performers!
The first LSE Chill session of this term is Friday 31
January, in the 4th floor café bar. Acts are still needed for the
evening, and for future Chills, so get in touch with the team
at arts@lse.ac.uk
if you want to show off your talents
and let them know your name and the details of your act.
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Triple P – Positive Parenting
LSE has received local authority funding to
pilot the Positive Parenting Programme. The programme is free to a group of up to 45 employees and partners who are parents of
children under 6 years old. It includes a 90 minute seminar on 6 March
led
by Matt Buttery and online learning. Anyone
who attended the 'Balancing work and being Dad' course will know Matt.
The programme aims to help raise happy children and manage their
behaviour. More
To attend the seminar on 6 March at 12–
2pm in Room NAB 2.06, book
here.
More information and other workshops can be found
here.
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LSE Photo Prize 2014: LSE Arts first pop up exhibition
Back for its seventh year, LSE Photo Prize 2014 is running alongside the
Literary Festival to display submissions across the LSE campus. LSE staff and
students are encouraged to submit their best photos demonstrating their interpretations of the Literary Festival theme ‘Reflections’. Submissions
will be accepted until 31 January.
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All submitted photographs will be displayed across the LSE campus in a
different location every day of the week. Foodie freebies will be up for
grabs at each exhibition location, so keep an eye out for hints and clues
about the locations and treats on @LSEEvents from 24 February to
1 March.
The three winning photographs, selected by a panel of art professionals and
LSE staff, will be announced at the Festival’s closing event on Saturday 1
March. The three winners will then get to see their images printed and displayed
at the School.
Each photograph must be 300dpi, no smaller than 2MB as a jpeg file.
You can submit a maximum of three images. For more information,
email the LSE Arts Team at
arts.photoprize@lse.ac.uk.
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Diversity calendar 2014
The School’s 2014 Diversity Calendar is ready for everyone's desks. The
calendar engages with equality and diversity themes and contains School
dates. The vibrant images were submitted by LSE staff and students for a
competition and selected by a judging panel: as such they are an expression
of LSE community’s insight into equality and diversity. Each month, the
calendar presents a new and hopefully thought provoking idea. It is
available to download
here. The Equality and Diversity team wishes everybody a happy new year!
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Equality and diversity Lent term flyer
As we get stuck in to 2014, there are lots of exciting equality and
diversity events happening across the School. This term, there is a series
of public debates and discussions by the Gender Institute to welcome the
Women’s Library@LSE, workshops for staff and students and open monthly
meetings hosted by the staff network Spectrum. For details of these events
and more, please see the Equality and Diversity Lent Term Flyer
here.
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New Generation Thinkers 2014 - Arts and Humanities Research Council
and BBC
This scheme aims to provide development opportunities for early-career researchers
and to find a new generation of academics to bring the latest university
research and scholarly ideas to a broad audience.
The scheme will
help cultivate skills to communicate research findings to those outside
the academic community. Applications from researchers in all areas of
the arts, humanities and social sciences are welcome.
Deadline for applications is Thursday 6
February. For more details email
ngt@ahrc.ac.uk.
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More for less - lovely special offers for LSE staff
I love Covent Garden loyalty card
As LSE is within a half mile radius of
the Covent Garden Market Building, we are eligible for the excellent
Covent Garden loyalty card which gives 10% off at participating shops
and restaurants.
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Special weekend rates at Kingsway Hall Hotel
Treat yourself with these special weekend
rates for the four star deluxe Kingsway Hall Hotel, which includes
24 hour room service, the Harlequin Restaurant and Lounge Bar, a health
club with gym, whirlpool and steam rooms.
Prices for bookings from Fridays to Sundays
are:
Breakfast for single occupancy and wi-fi are
included.
Rates are available to book on GDS or directly with the hotel using these
codes:
Sabre WV43019 Worldspan WV 40195 Galileo WV93746 Amadeus WVLONKHH
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University squash tournament cup - staff invited to pick up a racket and play!
LSE squash club is organising the inaugural LSE University cup on
Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 February. Squash enthusiasts of every
level are invited to compete in a tournament that
will uncover the best squash players London universities have to offer,
including all
students, faculty and staff. Whether
you're a squash pro or novice, there will be categories for all, so get
involved in the biggest and best university squash tournament London has
ever seen!
There are prizes to be won, so don't miss out on your chance to win up to
£50 and of course, more importantly, to take the title of LSE University Cup
Champion.
Participation costs only £5 for LSE squash club members or £10 for
non members and all proceeds go to the Association of International Cancer
Research.
Register
here or email lsesquashcup@gmail.com for
further information. Entries close at 12pm on 25 January and payment
deadline is 5 February. Confirmation emails stating participant
category, event itinerary and payment links will be sent by 3
February.
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Feel good food day
Come to the 4th floor restaurant on Wednesday 29 January and tuck
into feel good food day - good for you, good for the planet, but still filling and tasty!
As well as raising awareness and promoting the sustainable aspects of
the food served by the team there, they will be showing that limiting meat in diets and
using healthier ingredients, seasonal vegetables, fish from sustainable
stocks and higher animal welfare produce can benefit your health, the
environment and animal welfare. The ‘Feel Good Food’
world cuisine menu will offer reduced meat and increased vegetarian
alternatives, so come along and feel good.
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LSE Entrepreneurship’s Lent term funding competition now
open
Whether you have a bright idea, or an already established project, LSE
Entrepreneurship wants to hear from you.
LSE Entrepreneurship’s funding competitions help LSE students and staff to
boost their business or social enterprise idea by offering funding of up to
£10,000. The initial round of the competition is open until 5pm on
Tuesday 7 February. Applicants just need to fill in a short form
outlining their idea
here.
If your initial application is successful, you'll need to submit a detailed
business proposal and costings to be assessed by a specialist judging panel.
Applicants who make it through to the next round will then pitch their idea
to the panel on Friday 7 March to compete for funding.
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Flat to rent in Crouch End
A lovely two bedroom, two bathroom flat in Crouch End is available to rent
this year.
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Technology tip!
Concerned about missing voicemail
messages? The new telephone system allows you to easily configure your
settings so that you are automatically emailed either a notification of
a voicemail, or the voicemail itself as an attachment.
To receive your voicemail as an email:
1. Click on Services on the Telephony Toolbar
2. On the left-hand side menu, click Voice Messaging
3. In the options on the right hand side:
a. Tick Email me a carbon copy of the voice message to: if you wish to
receive your voice message as an email attachment
b. Tick Notify me by email of the new voice message at this address: if you
wish to receive only a notification of a new voice message
4. Enter your email address in the box provided
5. Click Apply | OK
Note: Your phone will always receive the voicemail, but you can turn the
email option on or off as it suits you.
More guides to using the new telephone system
here.
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 LSE
in pictures
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This week's picture features the artwork ‘Uplift’, designed by the
architects O'Donnell + Tuomey. It is made in vitreous enamel and
arranged in a harlequin pattern that wraps around the central lift core
in the main stairwell of the Saw Swee Hock Student Centre.
For more images like this, visit the
Photography Unit.
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 Research
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Too few women called to
give evidence to parliamentary select committees
Women are seriously under-represented among those who give evidence to
parliamentary select committees according to stark new figures from
Democratic Audit UK, an independent research organisation based at LSE.
Democratic Audit blog managing editor, Sean Kippin, said: “Although we only
examined a short period of committee activity, the fact that men were
over-represented among the witnesses of almost all committees across both
Houses of Parliament and among every type of witness suggests this is an
ongoing problem.
“Committees need to consider what steps they can take to address this,
beginning with the setting of milestones for increasing the proportion of
female witnesses and regular monitoring.”
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 Events
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'A European Dream Deferred: how to restore Europe's promise and potential'
- on Monday 3 February at 6.30pm
LSE, the Eva Colorni Trust and Professor Amartya Sen invite all LSE
staff and students to attend this year’s Eva Colorni Memorial Lecture with
former prime minister of Greece, George Papandreou.
Tickets can be requested online from Monday 27 January. LSE ID required.
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LSE IDEAS public lecture series - Asia Rising
LSE IDEAS has announced its new public lecture series - Asia Rising. Speakers include: Prof John Ikenberry, Prof Arne Westad, Prof Michael
Cox, Prof Simon Hix, Mr Jonathan Fenby, Ms Isabel Hilton and Ambassador Wu Jian Min. Look out for #LSEasiarising
on Twitter.
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The LSE Summit: Risk Sharing and Managed Entry Agreements
Uncertainty identified during health technology assessment of innovative new
medicines is increasingly being addressed through a managed entry agreement
(MEA) / risk-sharing agreement between the manufacturer and the payer. Over
time, there has been a proliferation of managed entry schemes focusing,
among other things, on price, utilisation and outcomes.
An
LSE Health Summit hosted by the Medical Technology Research Group will
feature speakers from national competent authorities on pricing,
reimbursement and HTA, pharmaceutical manufacturers, international
organisations, patient representative organisations and academia. They will
debate the latest MEA developments and reflect on future prospects and
policy options.
The Summit will take place on 14 February 2014, 9am-5pm, at the Royal
College of Surgeons in Lincoln's Inn Fields. Please visit
lse.ac.uk/lsehealthsummit for details.
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‘The Rise of Euroscepticism: causes and prospects’ - on
Thursday 30 January at 6.30-8pm in the Old Theatre, LSE
The LSE European Institute and the European Parliament Information
office in the UK invite you to this panel discussion with Dr Matthew
Goodwin, Associate Professor of Politics at
University of Nottingham and
Peter Kellner, President of YouGov since 2007, chaired by Prof Maurice Fraser, Head of European Institute
here at LSE. A reception will follow the discussion.
Dr Matthew Goodwin is Associate Professor at the University of
Nottingham, where his research focuses on radical right parties, immigration
and Euroscepticism. He is co-author of the new book, Revolt on the Right:
explaining public support for the radical right in Britain (with Robert
Ford).
Peter Kellner has been President of YouGov, the opinion research agency,
since 2007 and is a former political editor of New Statesman.
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Inform Anniversary Conference
'Minority Religions: Contemplating the
Past and Anticipating the Future' - from Friday
31 January to Sunday 2 February in the New Academic Building
Inform is celebrating over a quarter of a century of providing reliable
and relevant information about
minority religions with an Anniversary Conference. Speakers will address
a range of perspectives and topics about minority religions and
include academics and government
representatives
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Registration for the full conference (including Friday Ashgate-Inform
book launch and reception with refreshments, Saturday and Sunday
tea/coffee/lunch) is
£120 standard and £85 concession for students and unwaged. We are
offering single day registrations for £55. More information and
registration here.
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Why experiment with social policy?
Dr Simona Milio of LSE Enterprise and Arnaud Vaganay of the Department of
Methodology are speaking at the launch of the new European-based network for
Social Policy Analysis for Robust Knowledge (SPARK). The session will cover
social policy experimentation - the practice of testing new ideas and
policies and collecting evidence about the real impact of measures on
people. The event will take place on 12 February in London. Find out
more and book a free place
here.
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'Emerging ethnic economies at times of crisis: socio-economic and spatial
dimensions of migrants’ entrepreneurship in Athens' - on Tuesday 28
January at 6-7.30pm in the
Cañada Blanch Room, COW 1.11, 1st floor, Cowdray House
Dr Panos Hatziprokopiou from the Department of Spatial Planning &
Development at the
School of Engineering at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki will be
speaking. The Hellenic Observatory gratefully acknowledges the National Bank of
Greece for the funding of this research project.
Hellenic Observatory Seminars are open to all. No tickets are needed - entry is on a first come first served basis.
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Events this week
European Parliament Elections 2014: issues and stakes
'The Ethics of 'Nudge'' - on Monday 27 January at 6.30pm
in the Old Theatre in the Old Building with Professor George Loewenstein, Samuel Nguyen
and Professor Drazen
Prelec.
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'The Next Crisis' - on Tuesday 28 January at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre
in the Old Building with Professor Julia Black, Dr Jon Danielsson and Professor Charles Goodhart.
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'Pride and Propaganda: LGBT rights in Russia today' - on Wednesday 29 January
at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre in the Old Building with Jonathan Cooper, Kseniya Kirichenko, Peter Tatchell.
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‘Towards a new Organisational Theory of British International Business:
the Selection Trust as a distributed firm, c.1930-79’
- on 27 January at 5.30pm in 3.02, Tower Two with Simon Mollan and Kevin Tennent
from York Management School.
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Podcasts of public lectures and events
The Reproduction of People by Means of People
Speaker: Professor Nancy Folbre
Recorded: Wednesday 15 January, approx. 70 minutes
In Conversation with Joshua Rozenberg
Speaker: Joshua Rozenberg
Recorded: Thursday 16 January, approx. 87 minutes
The true story about the geopolitical role of Cyprus: David or Goliath?
Speaker: Nicos Anastasiades
Recorded: Thursday 16 January, approx. 42 minutes |
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 60
second interview
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with.....Dr Swenja Surminski
I joined LSE as a Senior Research
Fellow three years ago, working on
climate risk and the role of the
private sector at the Grantham
Research Institute. Prior to that I
worked for 10 years in the insurance
industry - not selling car
insurance, but advising on flood,
windstorms, climate change and how
to prepare for disasters.
Unfortunately once you start working
on these issues you see risks
everywhere - I find it hard to enjoy
river views unless I am on the top
floor of a building. I am from
Hamburg in Germany, and although my
four kids were all born in London
they definitely know which football
team to cheer (although our little 2
year old boy usually supports the
referee...). London is a great city.
While clearly LSE is the main
attraction for me I love the
cultural diversity and the mix of
people, the parks and online grocery
shopping!
Forget about daily complaints and
little frustrations, what do you
actually love about LSE and what
would make it an even better unique
institution?
Of course the people at LSE - it is
hugely stimulating, although
interacting across departments is
quite difficult. On a more personal
level: the LSE Christmas party for
children is fantastic. With regards
to improvements - how about a nice
hot tub on the roof of Tower 3?
Which is your favourite LSE
sculpture?
Definitely the Penguin. My
family collects penguin–related
items – and a picture of the LSE
sculpture has made it onto our
collection shelf at home!
What have been the most
extreme weather conditions which you
have personally experienced?
Temperature –wise: - 23 C while
dog sledding in Ontario, Canada and
+ 44 C when camping in the Lybian
desert. Fortunately I have not had
to endure many natural disasters. My
most recent encounter was Hurricane
Sandy. I was taking the kids to
enjoy a proper Halloween on the US
East Coast and see the final stage
of the 2012 presidential campaign
and I
ended up studying the disaster
preparedness levels of the friends
we visited.
What is your preferred form of
exercise?
Running – not just as exercise,
but also my preferred form of
commuting in London (time spent in
my office counts as ‘resting period’
between the morning to LSE and
evening run home). It's very
reliable and much safer than
cycling. Not sure about air
pollution, but I hope the health
benefits outweigh the risk. If not
running then I go to the gym -
reviewing papers on a cross trainer
is good fun, or I play tennis.
Tell us a random fact about
yourself.
One of my favourite hobbies is
compost heaps. I am the proud
developer of a number of compost
heaps in Germany. Wielding a large
manure fork is actually the best
part of it – unfortunately space
constraints in central London have
somewhat limited my activities in
this area…
Is there anything you cannot
do and would like to learn?
Where to start? There is so much
– play the saxophone, manage a
proper 200m butterfly swim race
(even 10m would be nice!), walk on
my hands, speak Arabic – and the
list goes on and on.... |
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 Training
and jobs
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A problem shared - telling your manager about your mental health
Erik Baurdoux and
Tara-Lee Platt will share their experiences of mental health
issues in the workplace during an informal session on Friday 31 January
at 12:30pm which will include:
- how processes in different departments vary
- how to prepare for telling your manager
- tips on what to do if you are concerned about a colleague's mental
wellbeing
Book
here.
This session follows last month’s successful ‘Promoting Staff Disability
Equality Conference’, which included Susan Scholefield signing the ‘Time to
Change’ pledge.
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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.
- Employer Engagement Adviser, LSE Careers Service
- International Growth Centre Communications Officer,
International Growth Centre
- International Growth Centre Contracts Administrator,
International Growth Centre
- Fellow in Behavioural Macroeconomics, European Institute
- Programmes Co-ordinator, Management
- Research Officer, EPSRC Statistics
- Space Planning Manager, Estates Division
- Undergraduate Admissions Manager, Academic Registrar's
Division
For more information, visit
Jobs at LSE and login via the instructions under the 'Internal
vacancies' heading. |
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 Get
in touch!
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If you have some news, an achievement, or an aspect of LSE life that you
would like to share, I would love to hear from you. Do get in touch
at m.wall@lse.ac.uk
or on ext 7582. The next edition of Staff News is on Thursday 30
January. Articles for this should be emailed to me by
Tuesday 28 January. Staff
News is emailed every Thursday during term time and fortnightly during
the holidays.
Thanks, Maddy
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