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29 May 2014 |
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LSE named AJ100 Client of the Year for architectural innovation
LSE has been named the AJ100 Client of the Year by the Architects'
Journal for its outstanding contribution to UK architecture.
The award, announced last Thursday, reflected the “innovation and
quality” that LSE has shown with the construction of the
highly-acclaimed Saw Swee Hock Student Centre and its plans for a new
£90 million Global Centre for Social Sciences building. LSE was singled
out for its “consistent patronage of high-quality architecture” and the
use of design competitions to ensure fresh thinking from sophisticated
practices.
It beat a strong field of six finalists for the AJ100 Client of the Year
award, including Argent, British Land, Croydon Council, Derwent London,
Peabody Trust and the University of Edinburgh.
Julian Robinson, Director of Estates at LSE, said: “This is a great
honour. To even be shortlisted in the company of some of the biggest
names in the British development industry was an accolade in itself, but
to be recognised as the client who made the greatest contribution to UK
architecture over the year is an outstanding result for the School.
Being an effective client is hard work and this is a fitting reward for
the Estates Capital Development team.”
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New Director of LSE100
Professor George Gaskell, currently Pro Director of Resources and Planning
and previously Director of the Methodology Institute will be taking on the
role of Director of LSE100 from 1 September 2014.
Professor Gaskell’s highly regarded and extensive work in
multi-disciplinary research and policy making, as well as the many
leadership roles he has held within the School, make him the ideal person to
guide the ongoing development and implementation of LSE100 as a flagship
programme.
Professor Gaskell has been involved in the course right from the original
proposal and has experience of lecturing on the course. Professor Paul Kelly
will continue as acting Director throughout the summer until Professor
Gaskell steps down as pro-director for planning and resources at the end of
August.
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LSE Estates Division is ‘building’ on the Apprenticeship Scheme
The Estates Division has been involved with the Apprenticeship Scheme
since 2012 with some excellent results, for both the Division and its
apprentices.
Tamara Williams from Westminster joined the team in 2013 as an Office
Assistant. Alongside her daily duties, Tamara is working towards a Level
2 Certificate in Business Administration in conjunction with Westminster
Adult Education Service.
The Maintenance team has recently extended the division's involvement
with the scheme by employing two new members of staff on four year
apprenticeship contracts. Cline McIntosh joins the team as an apprentice
electrician whilst Jay Gill is an apprentice plumber.
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Green Impact 2014
After hundreds of recycled batteries, thousands of Fairtrade teabags and
one or two electric heater amnesties, Green Impact 2014 has come to an
end. The School celebrated in style at the annual awards ceremony last
week in the Shaw Library. Students and staff from across the School were
awarded for their involvement in Green Impact and their many other
achievements in improving the School's sustainability. The awards were
followed by a sustainable buffet and Green themed quiz.
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Daniel Beckley - election results
LSE security officer Daniel Beckley narrowly lost out in his campaign to
become a Liberal Democrat councillor for the East Walworth ward. Despite
the outcome, Daniel can take great pride in in beating all the other
party candidates including the Conservatives, All People's Party,
Independent, Green Party and the Trade Unionists and Socialists Against
Cuts, with 537 votes and said: "Better to try and fail than never to try
at all". See the full results
here.
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Academics abroad
Professor Jean-Paul Faguet
Professor Faguet has just finished a
series of talks at the University of Western Australia in Perth on
'Decentralization and Popular Democracy, and "The Local Roots of
Political Collapse: When Bolivia's parts swallowed the whole"' which was
very well received.
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 Notices
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Firewall maintenance
Essential firewall maintenance will be carried out on the School’s firewalls
on Sunday 1 June and Sunday 8 June, 9am–1pm. The work will cause
intermittent disruption to all internet services for any users on campus at
the time and will also disrupt anyone trying to access the network
externally via such services as Remote Access.
The completion of this work will ensure that LSE has the most robust
technology available for keeping our network secure from potential external
threats and will also prepare the School for future planned upgrades to
internet services.
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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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Barbeques, burgers and shakes
With summer (possibly) here and temperatures rising, come and enjoy an ‘al
fresco’ experience at the pop up barbeque and shake bar on the John Watkins
Plaza.
LSE Catering will be grilling and shaking, using only the finest and
freshest ingredients, between noon and 3pm on Thursday 5 June, Thursday
12 June and Thursday 19 June.
Your Classic or Veggie burger will be cooked to order and your favourite
flavour of delicious milkshake made right there in front of you. So be sure
to pop in to the pop up!
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Cardio Kick boxing classes
No sparring, no contact, just 60 minutes of music-driven, hard core exercise
incorporating elements of karate, boxing and tai chi to strip fat and shape
your body.
The class is every Monday at 6.30-7.30pm on the sixth floor of the Saw
Swee Hock Student Centre and costs £5 per class.
If you would like to attend or need further information, email Amy Mamawag
at A.Mamawag@lse.ac.uk
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Computer tip of the week
Skills to Format Academic Papers Efficiently
Submitting a journal paper, thesis, dissertation or book draft soon?
Avoid wasted hours and endless frustration trying to correct formatting
problems by learning to use Word templates and Styles. These will help you
avoid inconsistent margins, numbering that goes wrong, seemingly random font
formatting, etc. Even better, these skills will enable you to create and
automatically update the table of contents with just a few easy mouse
clicks.
The earlier you learn and apply these skills, the easier it will be to
format your work efficiently. A short video at the bottom of this
page demonstrates the skills you need. You can learn them by downloading
Formatting an Academic Paper. If you have questions, attend one of the
weekly
Software Surgeries. Alternatively, PhD students and staff are welcome to
attend
PhD Thesis surgeries. Staff can also book a
1-2-1 training session.
A huge range of additional computer training resources is available via the
IT Training website. Subscribe to the
IT Training mailing list to stay informed of upcoming courses and
workshops.
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 LSE
in pictures
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This week's picture features students enjoying the sunshine on the roof
terrace of the SAW.
For more images like this, visit the
Photography Unit.
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 Research
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Europe's children's growing overdependence on the internet and
smartphones
Children across Europe are becoming increasingly dependent on their
smartphones, with one in two reporting two or more experiences associated
with overdependence, such as feeling pressure to always be available and
experiencing unease when unable to check their smartphone. These are among
the findings detailed in a report published last week by Net Children Go
Mobile, a research project involving LSE.
Over 3,500 children aged 9-16 and their parents were surveyed for the report
across seven European countries, including the UK. Three out of four
children (72 per cent) reported feeling more pressure to be always available
to family and friends since getting a smartphone. One in two (50 per cent)
said they felt a strong need to check their phone to see if anything new has
happened ‘very or fairly often’.
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New report sets out steps for improving media education for all
The UK is well placed to deliver effective media literacy training on a
broad scale but underfunding and a lack of policy support for Media Studies
by a succession of UK governments is preventing this success.
This is one of the conclusions of a new report by academics at LSE and the
Centre for Excellence in Media Practice (CEMP) released recently. The paper
examines the state of Media Studies across the UK and sets out
recommendations on how to improve the education for all citizens.
The authors find that the UK’s mainstream education in the study of media is
solid, and in fact the UK leads the way in its media education curriculum.
While the new focus on the formal teaching of coding within schools is
welcome, this threatens to detract from the wider issues that the subject
must tackle if it is to be effective.
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Pakistan's football factories score goal for innovation
Pakistan’s football-making industry is benefitting from a new technology
which allows balls to be made more efficiently, thanks to research funded by
the International Growth Centre (IGC), based at LSE.
Researchers found a new way to cut the footballs' pentagon panels from
sheets of an artificial leather, rexine – the most costly input into
football production. The researchers gave the new technology out to football
companies randomly and watched how they reacted. This allowed the
researchers to see what issues prevent firms adopting new technologies that
could improve their businesses.
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This week's Gearty Grilling: Alan Sked on founding UKIP and his
battle with Nigel Farage
Alan Sked, professor of international history, discusses founding Ukip and
his battle with Nigel Farage. Professor Sked formed the UK Independence
Party in 1993 as a tolerant, liberal movement, backing Britain's withdrawal
from the EU. He tried to eject right-winger Nigel Farage from the party but
resigned the leadership shortly after the 1997 general election.
He is the fifth LSE academic to take part in the new weekly series of short,
to-the-point video debates from LSE’s Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) on
key issues affecting the world today. Conor Gearty, director of the IPA and
professor of human rights law, subjects academics to a five-minute grilling
to showcase the School's word class research and faculty.
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 Events
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My Scotland, Our Britain: a future worth sharing - on
Tuesday 10 June at 5.30pm with Gordon Brown
Former prime minister Gordon Brown will deliver a lecture to LSE staff
and students on the launch of his new book, My Scotland, Our Britain: a
future worth sharing.
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'What Future for Pan-Arabism? The Case of Egypt' - on Tuesday
3 June at 6.30-8pm in the New Theatre, East Building with Dr Reem
Abou-El-Fadl and Dr Robin Archer
The heyday of pan-Arabism once seemed long gone. Yet the recent wave of
Arab uprisings suggests the birth of a new pan-Arabism. What explains this
and what can we learn from Egypt?
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'Shaping Tastes: attitude campaigns and persuasion as tools of public
policy' - on Thursday 5 June at 6.30-8pm in the New Theatre, East
Building with Professor Claus Offe
Current debates on “nudges” reflect the decline of traditional tools of
policy implementation. This talk explores policy tools – ranging from
paternalist manipulation to moral suasion and participatory schemes – that
aim at shaping social behaviour.
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The Amartya Sen Lecture 2014 with Christine Lagarde -
on Friday 6 June at 6.30-8pm
Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde
will deliver this year’s Amartya Sen Lecture, supported by LSE's Department
of International Development and STICERD. Ms Lagarde will be speaking on the
theme of 'empowerment'.
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'The Polish Roundtable Talks and the End of the Cold War' - on
Wednesday 4 June at 6.30pm in the Wolfson Theatre, NAB with Professor
Vladislav Zubok, Professor Anne Applebaum, Eugeniusz Smolar, Nigel Thorpe
and Professor Arne Westad
The Polish Roundtable Talks and subsequent elections on 4 June 1989 were a
crucial step in ending the Cold War. 25 years later, we invite witnesses of
the Polish Democratic Transition to join academics to discuss the importance
of the events for Poland, for Europe, and for the world.
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'A New Strategy? Russia as an unlikely soft power' - on Monday
9 June at 6.30pm in the Wolfson Theatre, NAB with Professor Iver Neumann, Dr
Arkady Moshes and Dr Thomas Gomart and Professor Vladislav Zubok
This expert roundtable will discuss Russia’s declared strategy to invest
in soft power instruments in regional and global politics. What are Russia’s
soft power assets? Has Moscow been successful in turning them into
influence?
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Podcasts of public lectures and events
The Future of Monetary Policy
Speakers: Charlie Bean
Recorded: Tuesday 20 May 2014, approx. 84 minutes
Risk Savvy: How to make good decisions
Speaker: Professor Gerd Gigerenzer
Recorded: Wednesday 21 May 2014, approx. 84 minutes
An Economy of Temporary Possession
Speaker: Dr Rebecca Empson
Recorded: Thursday 22 May 2014, approx. 54 minutes
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 60
second interview
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with.....Claire Sanders
I was born in Lesotho as my father was doing a PhD out there and was then transported back at the age of four to a shabby semi in Oxford while he wrote it up. I was left with a fascination for Lesotho and returned to Maseru in the early 1980s to carry out a research project. I am delighted to see that Prince Harry is taking an interest in the place. I've been a journalist for most of my life, working for the Deccan Herald in India and then a series of magazines in the UK that all folded, notably New Society and the Listener. But I spent most of my journalistic life on the Times Higher, which is still going. In 2007 I turned gamekeeper and went to Cambridge before joining LSE. I have two adopted daughters and worked flexibly and part-time for over ten years. It has been hard juggling a career and the children’s needs and on many occasions I have thought that I would have to give up work (and live off grass). Thanks to enlightened policies at places like LSE I have been able to keep going. I am very grateful.
What are your plans for the future, when you are no longer at LSE?
I am leaving LSE to become Director of Communications and Marketing at Cardiff University. I plan to spend a lot of time walking in the Brecon Beacons and, yes, I will try and learn some Welsh.
What will you remember most about LSE?
There are some obvious answers, like the Libya affair and North Korea. There are also the less obvious answers, like being chased on my bike by mounted police for a minor traffic offence. For any cyclist who thinks they can outrun police horses, think again. It was like having the riders of the apocalypse after me (although I did have the edge for much of Fleet Street). I will also remember my extraordinary colleagues, both academic and in the newly named professional services.
If you could book any guest speaker for an LSE public event, who would you choose?
I am going to go for someone from the past. It would have to be Queen Elizabeth I. Imagine surviving the beheading of your mother by your father to become one of the greatest leaders of all time in one of the most turbulent of times.
Do you have any pets?
I have a cat and two dogs from the “wrong side of the tracks”. One is a rottweiler/terrier cross and the other is part Staffordshire bull terrier. They attract a lot of interest from members of what Professor Savage would call the Precariat (precarious proletariat). I enjoy this attention enormously.
If you could attend a live performance from one musician, who would it be?
It would have to be my youngest daughter who has a beautiful voice.
Are you any good at gardening? Please tell us about one of your successes, or failures.
I work on my father’s allotment. Successes? Cut and grow spinach that survived the mild winter and kale that “old George” the local beekeeper eats as it is meant to help with an eye condition. Failures? Too many to mention, but brussel sprouts the size of peas come to mind and particularly gnarled Jerusalem artichokes. For those unfamiliar with the latter, they are like dirty toes.
What would you do if you were Director for the day?
I have been encouraged to suggest a mono rail for the campus, and tempting though that is I am more inclined towards departmental open days. I just like the idea of departments taking it in turns to invite colleagues from across the School for food, drinks and a display of all their best work, whether teaching or research. I particularly like the idea of everyone leaving with a goody bag containing a history of the department and the four big ideas its academics have contributed to or are working on. Oh, and a piece of cake cooked by the finest chef the department has to offer… |
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 Training
and jobs
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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.
- IT Support Officer, Information Management and Technology
- Research Assistant: Democratic Audit, Government
- Fundraising Research Officer (Ethics), Advancement
- Graduate Administrator, Geography & Environment
- Research Officer: Wellbeing Programme, Centre for Economic
Performance
- Post Doctoral Research Assistant (Economist), Grantham
Research Institute
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 5
June. Articles for this should be emailed to me by
Tuesday 3 June. Staff
News is emailed every Thursday during term time and fortnightly during
the holidays.
Thanks, Maddy
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