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22 May 2014 |
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ERD Team prepares for Global Corporate Challenge 2014
Last week staff members representing the LSE External Relations Division
met in preparation for Global Corporate Challenge 2014 which begins on
Wednesday 28 May. The team was provided with GCC Pulses, 3D accelerometers
which track daily activity with the aim of reaching 10,000 steps a day and
beyond. Team captain Sooraya Mohabeer (pictured centre) is excited to be
heading up the LSE ERD Hotsteppers and said, "I can’t wait to get started
and motivate my team to increase their daily activity and think about long
term behavioural changes leading to an overall healthier lifestyle!"
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LSE Conduct Costs Project moves to New City Agenda
With effect from later this month, the
LSE Conduct Costs Project
will be transferring its activities to New City Agenda, a new forum set up
by Lord McFall, David Davis and Lord Sharkey to provide fresh thinking on
issues relating to financial services, whose objectives include the
development of appropriate and sustainable public policy in that area.
The core project team at the LSE Project, Roger McCormick, Chris Stears and
Tania Duarte will continue to work on the Conduct Costs Project with New
City Agenda. The project's website, findings and related materials will be
made available on the New City Agenda
website.
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Academics abroad
Professor Anne West
Professor Anne West of the Department of Social Policy has been nominated as
a member of the le Conseil National
d'Évaluation du Système Scolaire (CNESCO) an independent body
recently set up by the French Government to evaluate the organisation and
outcomes of the French school system. She is one of two foreign members
nominated by the French Minister of Education in order to bring an
international dimension to the work of CNESCO.
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 Notices
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Chair of Court and Council
The Chair and Vice Chair Selection Committee (CVCSC) has renewed the search
for a successor to Peter Sutherland whose final term of office will end in
December 2015.
The Chair of the LSE Council and Court of Governors is the senior
non-executive director of the School charged with leading the governance of
the university, ensuring that the Court and Council conduct their business
efficiently, effectively, and in a manner appropriate for the proper conduct
of public business.
Working with the Committee will be the executive search agency Odgers
Berndtson. The agency was selected following a tendering exercise and has
extensive experience of recruiting to both executive and non-executive
positions in the Higher Education sector.
Suggestions of suitable names from all members of the School are invited.
They should be sent to Joan Poole in the Governance, Legal and Planning
Division at j.a.poole@lse.ac.uk by
Friday 20 June.
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LSE Chill – Friday 30 May
Whether you’re taking a break from revision or finishing a long week at
work, start your weekend with a bang and come to the last LSE Chill of the
year!
David Lewis, Head of the Social Policy Department; the Funktionalists, the
Anthropology Department band; and Conventional Wisdom, a student band will
all be performing from 6pm in the Fourth Floor Café.
Want to know more about the night or the bands? Check out the
LSE Chill webpage for more information. Limited free drinks and nibbles
available!
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Breakfast 'Downstairs in the Garrick'
Looking for somewhere to hold your breakfast meeting? Check out the new
breakfast service 'Downstairs in the Garrick' where you'll find tempting
hot and cold breakfast options available 8-10.30am, Monday to Friday.
See the full menu
here.
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Fourth Floor Café Bar - freshly squeezed juices
Fresh is best and there’s no denying a diet rich in fruit and vegetables
helps to maintain good health and wellbeing. Juicing is a great way to get
the goodness of fresh fruit and vegetables.
In the Fourth Floor Café Bar your creation is made right in front of you. No
apple, carrot, beetroot or wheatgrass gets juiced until you give us the nod.
So get yourself up to the Fourth Floor Café Bar for an instant energy hit
without the usual suspects of refined sugars and caffeine.
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Crouch End flat share available from June
A lovely two bedroom, two bathroom, fully furnished flat is available to
share with one other in Crouch End from 1 June. The flat overlooks a
beautiful garden and is in a quiet, leafy area with excellent transport
links to LSE. Facilities including sports centre, cafés, buses,
supermarkets, cinema, restaurants are within five minutes walk. Off
street parking and a secure bike rack are also available. Rent £865pcm
including wi-fi, council tax, water and TV licence. Gas and electricity
extra. Double bedroom with all linen included. For more details contact
Candy Gibson at c.gibson@lse.ac.uk.
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'Only Connect' on BBC Four
Mark Seager of LSE's Graduate
Admission's Office will be making his second appearance on BBC Four’s 'Only
Connect' with his team 'Europhiles' on Monday 26 May at 8.30pm (Freeview
9, Sky+ 116). More
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BOOM Cycle - special offer
BOOM Cycle, a new fitness club, has just opened in Holborn and is offering
all LSE employees two free classes. To claim your free sessions, go to their
website here, register, then
select the 32 credits option and enter the code LSE before booking your two
classes. Offer expires Friday 30 May.
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 LSE
in pictures
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This week's picture features.....
For more images like this, visit the
Photography Unit.
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 Research
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Improving the recruitment of community health workers in Zambia
How do you improve the recruitment, retention and performance of community
health workers in rural Zambia? A
new film by the
International Growth Centre, based at LSE, shows how economists and
policymakers can collaborate to provide answers to questions like these.
Zambia is facing a shortage of health professionals, particularly in rural
areas where few people with the right skills want to work. Since training
enough doctors would take decades, Zambia’s Ministry of Health decided to
address the problem by investing in recruiting and training more community
health workers from rural areas.
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This week's Gearty Grilling: Catherine Boone on land rights in Africa
Catherine Boone discusses how land and property issues lie at the core of
political conflict in Africa in the latest Gearty Grilling.
She joined LSE last year as professor of Comparative Politics and African
Political Economy, and is currently serving on the steering committee of the
American Political Science Association's Africa Initiative and the Advisory
Board of the Social Science Research Council's African Peacebuilding
Network.
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Vulnerable people need to be protected from nuisance calls and scams
Vulnerable people should be given free call blocking equipment to stop
nuisance calls that could be potential financial scams, says a
researcher from LSE. Claire Milne, an independent telecommunications
consultant and Visiting Senior Fellow at LSE, says vulnerable elderly
people in particular need to be protected from the increasing number of
nuisance and scam calls in the UK, which can result in the loss of life
savings.
Every year, more than three million people in the UK fall victim to
scams, losing hundreds and even thousands of pounds. Legislation to deal
with illegal nuisance calls is proving inadequate, with the onus falling
back on individuals and telephone companies to take action. Ms Milne says
companies are undeterred by the prospect of fines, taking advantage of low
call costs and cheap overseas labour to increase sales of products and
services.
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 Events
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Amartya Sen Lecture 2014
This year’s Amartya Sen Lecture, supported by LSE's Department of
International Development and STICERD, will be delivered by Director of
the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde on Friday 6
June from 6.30-8pm. This event is open to LSE staff and students
only, tickets will be available to request online from 28 May.
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'Reflections on Leadership: a bank CEO's perspective' - on
Wednesday 28 May at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building with Gail
Kelly
Come and hear Gail’s thoughts on leadership and what it takes to
succeed in the current environment. Gail will share her insights,
perspectives and lessons learnt drawing from personal experience over 12
years as a CEO of a major financial institution in Australia.
This event is free and open to all however a ticket is required, only
one ticket per person can be requested. LSE students and staff can
collect one ticket per person from the NAB SU shop from 10am on
Wednesday 21 May. These tickets are available on a first come first
served basis.
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'From Subsidy to Strategic Investment: what can the EU's new,
reformed regional policy do for growth and jobs in 2014-20?' - on
Wednesday 28 May at 6.30pm in the New Theatre, East Building with
Johannes Hahn
With reforms now in place, EU regional policy focuses more than ever on
investment that will improve the quality of life of EU citizens. €350
billion - the EU's second biggest spending priority - will support small
and medium-sized enterprises, research and innovation, renewable
energies and energy efficiency, education, and fight against
unemployment and poverty.
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'England: a nation defined by dissent' - on Thursday 29 May at
6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building with Billy Bragg
Is it possible to be both progressive and patriotic? Billy Bragg
argues that from Magna Carta to Euro-scepticism, England is a nation
that has been defined by dissent.
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'Fixing Europe Dialogues' series double book launch - on
Tuesday 27 May at 6.30-8pm with authors John Peet and Hugo Dixon in the
Old Theatre, Old Building
John Peet and Hugo Dixon will present and discuss the themes of
their two new books, respectively titled Unhappy Union: how the Euro
Crisis- and Europe - can be fixed and The In/Out Question - why
Britain should stay in the EU and make it better.
The event is free and open to all with no ticket required and entry on a
first come, first served basis.
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'The Moral Background: an inquiry in to the history of business
ethics' – on Wednesday 28 May at 6.30pm in the Alumni Theatre,
NAB with Dr Gabriel Abend
In recent years, many disciplines have become interested in the
scientific study of morality. However, a conceptual framework for this
work is still lacking. In his new book The Moral Background,
Gabriel Abend develops just such a framework and uses it to investigate
the history of business ethics in the United States from the 1850s to
the 1930s. This event is free and open to all on a first come first
served basis.
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‘Staying Out Late’ with Clare Summerskill – on Wednesday 28
May at 6pm in the Senior Common Room, Old Building
'Staying Out Late' is a talk by Clare Summerskill on older lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender people's thoughts and concerns about being Out and
in care later in life, whether in residential homes or receiving care in
their own home. Clare wrote a play called ‘Staying Out Late’ after running
six drama workshops over six weeks with older LGBT people using
improvisations and discussion around the issues. The participants performed
it alongside professional actors at The Drill Hall Theatre, London. The
presentation includes a talk about the play, some monologues and readings
from the script, a short participatory game and analysis on the issues
involved. It lasts approx 50-60 minutes, with a Q&A session afterwards.
Drinks and nibbles will be provided. The event is free but please register
here.
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'Forty Years after the Collapse of the Greek Junta: reflections on
its historical significance' - on Wednesday 28 May at 6.30pm in the
Wolfson Theatre, NAB with Professor Richard Clogg, Professor Evanthis
Hatzivassiliou, Professor Constantinos Tsoukalas and Professor Kevin
Featherstone
2014 marks the 40th anniversary of the collapse of the Greek Junta and its
democratic transition. July 1974 and the events that followed were a pivotal
moment for modern Greece - the inclusiveness of its political system; the
return of many from the diaspora; the creation of new political parties; a
shift in its foreign policy; and a path towards Europe. The panel will
explore the issues and legacies that marked the end of the Colonels' regime
and relate them to recent events.
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'Europe's Toolbox and Israel-Palestine Relations After the Kerry
Effort: what role for what purpose?' - on Thursday 29 May at
1.30-5.15pm in Room 9.04, Tower 2, Clement's Inn
Little seems to have changed with Israel-Palestine relations as the US
Administration's deadline passed last month. Europe now has to decide
its policy stance in the ‘post-Kerry’ environment. What are the options,
and what is the contribution Europe can make? Which choices can all EU
member states support? Are the ‘pre-Kerry’ policy positions on Israel
and Palestine no longer valid or are they even more valid? This
conference aims to tackle these questions, with international experts
from the US, Europe, Israel and Palestine sharing their views and
opinions from the region. This event is free and open to all, however
registration is required. Please register
here.
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Podcasts of public lectures and events
Practice Makes Progress: the multiple logics of continuing innovation
Speaker: Professor Sidney Winter
Recorded: Wednesday 07 May 2014, approx. 90 minutes
Borders and Interests: should the workers of the world unite?
Speaker: Professor Yuli Tamir
Recorded: Thursday 08 May 2014, approx. 84 minutes
Expulsions: brutality and complexity in the global economy
Speaker: Professor Saskia Sassen
Recorded: Tuesday 13 May 2014 , approx. 89 minutes
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 60
second interview
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with.....Martha Poon
I’m a research fellow. In the US I’m considered an anthropologist or a sociologist but here at LSE I’m with the accountants. Before moving to London, I lived in San Diego, Paris, Chicago, and New York to research a book about the company that developed the first consumer credit scoring systems. I combine business history and the history of this technology to tell the story of how consumer credit became so freely available in the US, in the post-war period. I grew up in a place in Canada called Regina, Saskatchewan.
What would you do if you were LSE Director for a day?
I would write an op-ed for a newspaper like the Financial Times suggesting that this exotic local process called the REF increases academic output without necessarily improving research quality. The accountants call this phenomenon ‘decoupling’ – where a performance metric influences behaviour but no longer represents the desired outcome.
In the afternoon, I’d have tea with Craig Calhoun, which is terrible for him because he wouldn’t get the day off.
What advice would you give to this year’s graduating students?
Hmmm… Advice is a delicate matter. I’d tell them to beware of all generic advice.
What is your earliest childhood memory?
The surge of excitement in my mother’s voice as she called me to the kitchen sink to see a ladybug in the alfa sprouts that was about to fly away. I remember hearing this new word - ‘ladybug’ - and thinking she meant ‘Tinker Bell’. I tottered over as fast as my little legs would carry me!
If you could change places with someone past or present, for a day, who would it be and why?
That’s a profoundly complicated question. Would I still be me, or would I be the other person? And would the other person show up in my place? Like if I said Genghis Kahn, would he have to come to work at 20 Kingsway…? In my body, or his own…? I’ve always wanted to know how people in North America might have reacted the first time they detected the people who’d come over from Europe. So I guess I’d like to be say, one among the prairie Cree, somewhere on a day when such an encounter first happened.
Do you have a party trick? If so, what is it?
What kind of party? This question sounds a little naughty!
What is your favourite item of clothing?
The scarf I’m wearing in the photo accompanying my interview. I got it in Copenhagen at a consignment shop full of beautiful items that were all too big for me. But the scarf fit and it’s good for all occasions. |
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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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Summer 2014: getting published
A series of workshops to help PhD students and academic staff get their
work published, these sessions will take you from planning a publication
strategy, through putting together a draft book proposal with expert
help, to a final event when you can meet publishers and present your
proposal to them.
Getting Published Two: Journal articles
Thursday 29 May 3-4.30pm
Getting your first journal article published, or book proposal accepted,
is a milestone in an academic career. Book
here.
Becoming an author: From proposal to publication
Tuesday 3 June 10am-1pm
Led by Deborah Spring, an experienced academic publisher, this workshop
explains what publishers are looking for in a book proposal and how to
construct one. Book
here.
Individual tutorials
Wednesday 11 June and Thursday 12 June
Book a half-hour session for feedback and discussion with Deborah
Spring, as you develop your draft proposal for presentation to
publishers. All those who attend the 'Becoming an author' workshop (see
above) will have the opportunity to book these tutorials following that
session.
Getting Published Three: Getting your work published
Thursday 26 June 1.30-4.30pm
This is your chance to market your book idea to attending academic and
commercial publishers. Bring your proposal. Publishers will consider the
proposals on offer and talk about their main considerations in awarding
book contracts. Book
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.
- Undergraduate Programme Administrator, International History
- Main Office Manager, International History
- Research Governance Manager, Research Division
- Research Assistant: Democratic Audit, Government
- Project Manager, Estates Division
- Assistant Learning Technologist, IMT
- Grant Applications Manager, Research Division
For more information, visit
Jobs at LSE and login via the instructions under the 'Internal
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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 29
May. Articles for this should be emailed to me by
Tuesday 27 May. Staff
News is emailed every Thursday during term time and fortnightly during
the holidays.
Thanks, Maddy
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