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Panorama, North Korea and the BBC
This week, the BBC Trust Editorial Standards Committee published its
findings into the investigation of the making of 'Panorama: North Korea
Undercover', which found that the BBC had failed to consider a number of
important issues and risks in the making of the programme. LSE Director
Professor Craig Calhoun responded to the BBC Executive's formal apology to
the School, saying: “LSE welcomes the findings of the Editorial Standards
Committee and the letter of apology issued to the School by the BBC
Executive. The committee highlighted a number of breaches in BBC guidelines
in the making of this programme, for which the Executive has apologised.
LSE would like to confirm its strong support for the production of
programmes in the public interest and for journalists working to highlight
important issues in dangerous parts of the world."
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Donors and scholars connected
On Thursday 13 March, the School welcomed 260 donors, scholars and staff
to the annual Donors and Scholars Reception to celebrate philanthropic
scholarships at LSE.
During the 2013-14 academic year, 237 students are being supported by
philanthropically-funded scholarships worth over £2.7 million. Many of these
met their donors at the event whilst enjoying drinks and canapés in the
Senior Dining Room. Three scholarship recipients and scholarship donor
George Swirski, as well as LSE Director Professor Craig Calhoun, gave
speeches on the theme of student support.
FM Underhill scholar and LLB student, Eve Wright, said: “The knowledge
that somebody has considered me worthy of a scholarship has strengthened my
belief in my own ability and potential. This confidence has proved helpful
during overwhelming periods and ultimately, my donor’s faith in me has given
me faith in myself."
Michal Leszczynski, a BSc Economics student from Poland and a recipient
of the Kadas Scholarship, said: "This money did not just improve my career
prospects or boost my learning experience – it pulled me out of one reality
and tossed me into another one. Among other things, I was able to work in
the Polish Prime Minister’s Economic Unit and organise the Polish Economic
Forum thanks to the freedom given to me by this scholarship.”
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British Academy grant for LSE Finance academic
The British Academy’s Research Awards Committee has chosen to support new
research by Dr Moqi Xu of the Department of Finance. Xu's work on CEO
contract incentives aims to answer many predictions of contract theory
models that are still untested and will receive funding of just under
£10,000.
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Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology,
special issue led by LSE's Dr Claudine Provencher
With colleagues from Canada, South Africa and Australia, Dr Claudine
Provencher, an educational developer with the LSE Teaching and Learning
Centre and a former LSE Fellow in Social Psychology, recently led a special
issue in the Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology on
the theme of ageing and community (January/February 2014, Volume 14, Issue
1).
Building on contributions of academics from social gerontology and social
psychology and promoting a dialogue between these two disciplines, this
special issue explores the diversity of older persons and of the communities
in which they live. In particular, it examines how specific community
arrangements can help fulfil a number of social psychological functions such
as identity maintenance, quality of life and relational wellbeing and allow
for a more empowering social representation of ageing and of older people.
It also makes clear that, while discussions about ageing have often focused
on issues of dependency and economic burden that accompany this new
demographic reality, not enough has been said about the possibilities which
ageing brings for local communities around the world.
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Academics out and about
Earlier this week, Professor Jean-Paul Faguet and Professor Stuart
Corbridge spoke at a conference in Cambridge called 'Institutions and their
Discontents: rethinking economic development in South Asia', sponsored by
the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities at the
University of Cambridge. Professor Faguet spoke on 'Decentralisation and
Popular Democracy: governance from below in Bolivia...and Bangladesh?
Lessons for South Asia'. Professor Corbridge spoke on 'Geography,
Institutions and Public Policy: is India exceptional yet again?'
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Sport Relief tomorrow
Sport Relief is finally nearly here, so make sure you get involved
tomorrow.
Throughout the day, teams will be taking part in the LSE Triathlon,
running, cycling and swimming using equipment in the LSESU Gym, with each
member spending two minutes on each activity. From noon onwards, there's the
chance to try out salsa, belly dancing, tai chi or circuits classes in the
Old Gym.
Or if something less vigorous is more appealing, come along to John
Watkins Plaza in front of the Library from 12pm for a cake sale. Please
bring along any goodies you want to donate to the stall at about 11.45am, or
make Mary Berry proud and enter the Great LSE Bake Off.
To finish the day in style, join Craig Calhoun and run, jog or walk the
LSE Mile around Lincoln’s Inn Fields at 3pm.
All proceeds go to Sport Relief.
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First impressions count - student handbooks
A number of courses at LSE now have their student handbooks
professionally designed by the LSE Design Unit. If you're considering doing
the same for your course, the Design Unit has created a template which can
be used or the Unit can create a more bespoke design for you.
If you are looking to re-vamp your handbooks, please get in touch with
the Design Unit to discuss and see examples as soon as possible. Their
workload over the summer is extremely heavy and they want to manage it as
efficiently as possible. Get in touch with the team at
designunit@lse.ac.uk.
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LSE Votes 2014: European Parliament election
Ahead of this May's European Parliament elections, LSESU's European
Society has launched a handy website with everything anyone wanting to
cast their vote needs to know. The website is completely neutral. It
simply and concisely explains the voting process with links to the
websites of the Electoral Commission, the voting sections of London
borough councils and EU delegation embassies in London. So if you're
planning to vote, take a look
here.
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Honorary Fellowship nominations
Nominations for an Honorary Fellowship of the School are invited. The
criteria are as follows:
The LSE Court may elect as an Honorary Fellow any individual who has made an
outstanding contribution to the School, over the course of a number of
years, beyond that which might reasonably be expected.
Honorary Fellowship nominees are expected to have a direct link with LSE
either as a member of the School, or as someone who has made an outstanding
contribution to the School.
This is an early notification - the deadline for nominations for
consideration in Michaelmas term 2014-15 is Friday 11 July.
Full details and nomination forms can be found
here.
If you have any queries contact Joan Poole at
j.a.poole@lse.ac.uk or on extension
7825.
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Call for submissions for LSE Perspectives
Taken some artistic photos of London? Have some impressive holiday snaps
or pictures from abroad that you’d like to share? Send them to LSE
Perspectives and your photos could be displayed in the next online gallery
which will go live on Tuesday 1 April, so get inspired and send your
snaps to
lseperspectives@lse.ac.uk
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Check out previous galleries
here.
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Major IT upgrade affecting SITS and LFY, 10-14 April
Every year, IMT is required to upgrade the Student Information System
(SITS). The latest upgrade will happen just before the Easter break. It is
scheduled to take place over several days and some of the work will take
place during normal working hours. IMT apologises for the inconvenience this
will cause but unfortunately it is unavoidable in this instance.
While the system is being upgraded, students will not be able to access the
Student Information System (SITS) or LSE For You (LFY), as well as several
other applications. Work will start at 6pm on Thursday 10 April and
will last until the morning of Monday 14 April. The greatest impact
will be on Friday 11 April when neither SITS nor LFY will be
available throughout the working day.
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Cycle4Schooling 2014
Cycle4Schooling 2014 is run by the Al-Madad Foundation - a UK-based charity
committed to the promotion of literacy and education for disadvantaged
children, with excellent initiatives currently underway in Syria. On
Saturday 17 May people will be cycling from London to Oxford to help
raise vital funds for essential education projects undertaken by the
Foundation in Aleppo, Syria which will make a real difference to
disadvantaged children who are currently missing out on an education.
It's open to all levels, so whether a humble beginner or an avid cyclist,
there's room for everyone on this challenge! Register
here.
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South Eastern Europe at LSE Blog launch
LSEE Research on South Eastern Europe has just launched its LSEE blog which
will disseminate academic research on the region and cover current affairs
issues east of the old iron curtain, with a specific focus on the Balkans.
Take a look at the blog here.
Keep up with the latest news by subscribing to LSEE's mailing list at
euroinst.lsee@lse.ac.uk and
follow LSEE on Twitter @LSEE_LSE.
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LSE Teaching Symposium 2014
Bookings are now open for events at LSE’s 2014 Teaching Symposium, which
takes place on Tuesday 27 May.
Join this year’s teaching prize winners at a breakfast café, attend a
plenary on assessment and learning, and meet colleagues over lunch. The aim
of the day is to reflect on and share good practice in teaching and learning
across LSE.
More information and online booking at
LSE Teaching Symposium 2014.
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Alan Revel's Sport Relief challenge
This Friday, Alan Revel, LSE's Events Manager, will be challenging
himself in the name of Sport Relief and raising cash to help change
lives in the UK and abroad. Starting at 7 am, Alan will be swimming 5km
the London Fields' Lido, hopefully finishing around two hours later.
Support Alan as he takes to the high seas and help make a world of
difference to those who need some help by donating
here.
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Sustainability and textile recycling
This week sees the arrival of textile recycling on LSE's campus. The new
TRAID bins are on the first floor of the Saw Swee Hock Student Centre,
allowing students and staff to donate unwanted items of clothing and fabric.
Textile recycling bins are already available at most LSE halls of residence.
Across the UK, TRAID re-sells 11,000 items of clothing a week in their
stores, and prevents around 3,000 tonnes of textiles from going to landfill
each year. TRAID also hosts a number of free events throughout the year on
the ethics and economics of fashion and the textile supply chain.
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More for less
Treat yourself to a bargain burger at Baranis, a chic Provençal
bar and restaurant on Chancery Lane. As well as good food and drink, it
is home to the UK’s only indoor petanque court. Baranis’ award-winning
house beef burger with chips and homemade barbecue sauce and a soft
drink is currently available to LSE staff and students for just £6. Show
staff your LSE ID in the restaurant or mention you are part of LSE when
booking to get the deal, which is available Tuesday to Friday from
midday. More
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USA house swap
Looking for a change of scene? A large Washington DC furnished apartment
is available for a house swap in London from 1 September 2014 for a year
or two. For further details, contact Susan Collin Marks at
scmarks@sfcg.org.
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in pictures
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This week's picture features the new signage on the outside of LSE
Clement House on Aldwych.
For more images like this, visit the
Photography Unit.
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Report calls for wellbeing to be at the heart of public policy design
An independent commission has today published its recommendations that
government target public policy-making at 'wellbeing', or life satisfaction,
not simply economic growth.
Wellbeing and Policy, commissioned by the Legatum Institute, is the final
report of the Commission on Wellbeing and Policy, chaired by Lord Gus
O'Donnell, Chair of Frontier Economics and a Visiting Professor at LSE.
Professor Lord Richard Layard, Director of the Wellbeing Programme in LSE's
Centre for Economic Performance, was one of the five commissioners tasked
with exploring how wellbeing analysis can be usefully applied to policy.
The commissioners conclude that GDP is too narrow a measure of
prosperity. Instead, policy should aim at increasing people's satisfaction
with their lives, using measures of wellbeing as an indicator of success.
The report explains how to define and measure wellbeing and demonstrates how
it can be used to measure the success of different policies and different
countries.
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New criminal offences proposed to protect hospital patients from
gross negligence
Hospital patients who have been subjected to gross mistreatment and
appalling standards of healthcare will be protected by a new criminal
offence of ‘wilful neglect’ under plans sanctioned by the UK Government.
Law professors Karen Yeung of King’s College and Jeremy Horder of LSE
have put forward the recommendation in the wake of the Stafford Hospital
public enquiry which called for tougher legislation.
Professor Horder said, “There are a few cases where ordinary people –
particularly the elderly and vulnerable – have been subjected to serious
failings of care in hospitals in Britain and they have had no criminal
redress.
As the law stands today, if you are maltreated in a hospital there is
actually more protection from the criminal law if you die than if you do
not. If you die, those responsible can be charged with manslaughter but
if you don’t die it is much harder to find a criminal offence to deal
with the worst cases of gross negligence.”
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Breaking radio silence: the value of communication in public services
Mobile broadband is playing an increasing role in the provision of
public services. An LSE report written ahead of the auction of the
700MHz spectrum in the UK and other European countries has found that
reserving a portion of the mobile broadband spectrum exclusively for
emergency services could lead to an improvement in public safety. The
socio-economic benefits of reserving spectrum are estimated to be worth
€34 billion, far outweighing the opportunity cost of a one-off sale to
commercial operators (estimated to be around €6 billion).
Dr Alexander Grous of` LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance assessed
the benefits of mission critical mobile broadband for public safety,
looking at aspects such as increased efficiency and socioeconomic value.
The report was commissioned by the TCCA, a forum for representing users,
manufacturers, application providers, integrators, operators, test
houses and telecom agencies interested in TETRA and other critical
communications technologies such as 4G LTE.
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 Events
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'Justice Rising: moving intersectionally in the age of
post-everything' - on Wednesday 26 March at 6.30pm in the Old
Theatre, Old Building with Professor Kimberlé W. Crenshaw
Kimberlé W. Crenshaw is currently Professor of Law at UCLA and Columbia. She
has written in the areas of civil rights, black feminist legal theory, and
race, racism and the law. Her work has appeared in the Harvard Law Review,
National Black Law Journal, Stanford Law Review, and
Southern California Law Review. A founding coordinator of the Critical
Race Theory workshop; co-editor of Critical Race Theory: key documents
that shaped the movement, she has lectured nationally and
internationally on race matters, addressing audiences throughout Europe,
Africa, and South America.
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'The 17 Contradictions of Capitalism' - on Wednesday 2 April
at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building with Professor David Harvey and
Dr Murray Low
You thought capitalism was permanent? Think again. Leading Marxist
thinker Professor David Harvey unravels the contradictions at the heart of
capitalism – its drive, for example, to accumulate capital beyond the means
of investing it.
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'Freedom in Forgiveness' - on Thursday 3 April at 6.30pm in
the New Theatre, East Building with Amanda Lindhout
As a child, Amanda Lindhout escaped a violent household by paging through
issues of National Geographic and imagining herself in its exotic
locales. At the age of 19, she began travelling the globe. Aspiring to
understand the world and live a significant life, she backpacked through
Latin America and Laos. In war-ridden Afghanistan and Iraq she carved out a
fledgling career as a television reporter. And then, in August 2008, she
travelled to Somalia—“the most dangerous place on earth.” On her fourth day,
she was abducted by a group of masked men along a dusty road.
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'War: what is it good for?' - on Thursday 10 April at 6.30pm
in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House with Professor Ian Morris and
Professor Christopher Coker
If you had been born 20,000 years ago, you would have faced a one in ten
or even one in five chance of dying violently. But in the century since
1914—despite its two world wars, atomic bombs, and multiple genocides—that
risk has fallen to barely one in 100. Why? The answer is uncomfortable:
despite all its horrors, over the long run war itself has made the world a
safer and richer place, because war alone has proved able to create larger
societies that pacify themselves internally.
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'Flash Boys: cracking the money code' - on Monday 28 April at
6.30pm with Michael Lewis
International bestseller Michael Lewis returns to the financial world with a
ringside seat as the biggest story in years prepares to hit Wall Street.
Currently top-secret, the story is big, important, and involves Wall Street,
a cast of misfits and oddballs doing things with stupefying amounts of
money...He will speak about his new book in conversation with John
Lanchester. The event's location will be confirmed to ticketholders.
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'Egypt's Revolution: what's in it for minority rights?' - on
Thursday 20 March at 6.30-8pm in the Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
with Moataz El Fegiery, Mariz Tadros and Dr Katerina Dalacoura
Since 2011, Egypt has been struggling to achieve its revolutionary goals
of freedom and social justice, a struggle particularly visible in its
striving for political and civil rights. In Egypt, religious freedom has
become a central issue reflecting disenchantment felt by many facing
recurrent discrimination. Today, the debate continues beyond the
ratification of the new constitution by referendum and asks what is the
future for minority rights in Egypt. In this event, different actors
concerned by the issue will come together to present their view and discuss
the status of freedom of religion in Egypt.
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Book launch: Changing Inequalities and Societal Impacts in Rich
Countries: thirty countries' experiences - on Thursday 27 March
at 1-2.30pm in
LG.09, New Academic Building. Sandwiches
and refreshments will be available from 12.30pm
This event launches two major new volumes representing the culmination
of three and half years work by a large international team of researchers
studying the experiences of thirty countries over a period of thirty years.
Abigail McKnight of CASE and LSE, Wiemer Salverda of AIAS and the University
of Amsterdam, Brian Nolan of University College Dublin and Ive Marx of the
University of Antwerp, four of the six editors, will launch two new books
Changing Inequalities in Rich Countries: analytical and comparative
perspectives and Changing Inequalities and Societal Impacts in Rich
Countries: thirty countries' experiences.
These publications are based on the work of the Growing Inequalities’
Impacts (GINI) research project, which took an interdisciplinary approach
drawing on economics, sociology, and political science, to learn from the
experiences of 25 European countries together with the USA, Japan, Canada,
Australia, and South Korea.
The event is free but booking is essential. To book, contact Cheryl Conner
at c.j.conner@lse.ac.uk or on
extension 6562.
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Social Protection Actions within the IPA Programme - on
Thursday 27 March at 6.30-8pm in the Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building,
with Natalia Dianiskova, Selma Kazic, Miodrag Dragisic and Vassilis
Monastiriotis
The EU’s Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) is a catalyst for
reforms and improvement of conditions in enlargement countries, playing a
key role in their journey to EU membership. Guest speakers from the EU, UNDP
and UNICEF will showcase IPA funded projects in the Western Balkans,
discussing their objectives and results. The panel debate, supported by DG
Enlargement, is part of a two-day conference with the LSEE Research Network
on South Eastern Europe. The debate will be followed by a wine reception.
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MARG Conference - on Thursday 27 March
The Department of Accounting will be hosting the 35th annual MARG Conference
(Management Accounting Research Group) on Thursday 27 March.
The theme for this year’s conference is 'Management Accounting and Strategic
Partnerships.'
The Distinguished Practitioner Lecture will be given by Keith Luck, CIMA
Vice President. Other speakers include David Otley and Chris Ford, Lancaster
University Management School, Henri Dekker, VU University Amsterdam,
Alasdair Macnab, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, and Falconer Mitchell,
University of Edinburgh, and Warwick Hunt, PwC UK
A small number of places are still available, for further information please
contact Justin Adams at
j.adams5@lse.ac.uk.
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‘Nationalism, Internationalism and Cosmopolitanism: some lessons from
modern Indian history’ – on Thursday 3 April at 6.30pm in the Sheikh
Zayed Theatre with Professor Partha Chatterjee
This lecture deals with four strands of trans-regional political movement in
India’s 19th and 20th century anti-colonial history: Islamic jihad,
nationalism, communism and those who deplored the narrow self-aggrandisement
of nationalism and pleaded for an opening to world humanity. All of these
strands, with their possibilities and limits, continue to be vibrant today.
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LSE Africa Summit - on Thursday 3 April - Saturday 5 April in
the Shreikh Zayed Theatre with the President of the Republic of Ghana,
His Excellency John D. Mahama
The LSE Africa Summit is a forum in which issues facing the African
continent can be examined by a community of leaders, businessmen,
academics and civil leaders. Topics to be considered include
entrepreneurship, agriculture, innovation, and finance.
The President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency John D. Mahama,
is keynote speakers of the Summit's business conference, and will be
delivering his speech on Saturday 5 April.
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Podcasts of public lectures and events
The Origins of the Final Solution: Eastern Europe and the Holocaust
Speaker: Professor Timothy Snyder
Recorded: Tuesday 11 March 2014, approx. 94 minutes
Transforming a City: from London's East End to the West End
Speaker: Alison Nimmo
Recorded: Tuesday 11 March 2014, approx. 91 minutes
Tragedy of the European Union: Disintegration or Revival?: how Europe
must now choose between economic and political revival or disintegration
Speakers George Soros, Anatole Kaletsky
Recorded: Thursday 13 March 2014, approx. 88 minutes
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second interview
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with.....Andy Farrell
Wife, four children, one
grandson, one dog, two cats. Turned
down an offer from LSE in 1974 and
studied Economics at Cambridge.
Joined LSE in 2003 after 22 years at
Xerox, including two years commuting
to work in Moscow. Overweight, high
IQ, low EQ, eat too much, don't
drink, drive too fast. Live amongst
the champagne socialists of Muswell
Hill. Can be very direct sometimes.
Love LSE.
What advice would you give to
new students at LSE?
168 hours in a week: 56 for LSE
related work, 56 for sport, fun,
culture, chill out, 56 for sleep. I
should, of course, take my own
advice. You learn most from people
who don't agree with you.
What is the longest meeting
you have ever attended at the
School?
Probably a Council away day of over
12 hours. Multi-day meetings were
quite common at Xerox. Some meetings
are a waste of time: others are
great collaborative work.
What would you do if you were
Mayor of London for the day?
Ask a woman to take charge: us men
have had more than our fair share in
charge. If I could be Chancellor of
the Exchequer, I'd deal with the
scandal of billions wasted on
ineffective demand side measures on
housing, i.e., housing benefit, and
redirect it to investment in
affordable housing.
Can you recall the first
record you ever bought and/or the
album you played endlessly?
I "borrowed" a lot of my older
brother's records. Dire Straits
"Alchemy" and non-subtle music like
Meat Loaf "Bat out of Hell" played
too much when I used to drive (too
fast) 25,000 miles a year. Mostly
drive for pleasure now: a Brummy
inheritance.
What is your opinion of social
networking sites?
Stopped using Facebook after being
stalked by my mother. Follow @AndrewXFarrell
to read my drivel on Twitter. It has
totally changed my relationship with
the SU for the better.
What has been the greatest
co-incidence you have experienced so
far?
Discovering that Howard Davies and I
had both lived in the same road in
Oxford, though his house was much
bigger than mine. And that our own
former Chairman of Governors, Lord
Grabiner, is to be next Master at
Clare College, where I studied
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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
summary of all training courses, subscribe to email list by
clicking here and pressing Send.
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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.
- Service Desk Analyst, Information Management and Technology
- Research Officer - Economist: Cities and Climate Change, LSE
Cities
- Postdoctoral Research Assistant (CCCEP), Grantham Research
Institute
- Fellow in Economics, Economics
- Educational Developer, Teaching and Learning Centre
- Administrative Assistant – Planning, Governance, Legal and
Planning Division
For more information, visit
Jobs at LSE and login via the instructions under the 'Internal
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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 27
March. Articles for this should be emailed to me by
Tuesday 25 March. Staff
News is emailed every Thursday during term time and fortnightly during
the holidays.
Thanks, Maddy
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