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26 June 2014 |
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LSE triumphs at Working Families Special Awards
LSE has won the Cityfathers Best for All Stages of Fatherhood Award. It
was also commended for the DTCC Best for Innovation Award and was a Finalist
or the Centrica and Carers UK Best for Carers and Eldercare Award. This is
the fifth year the School has been recognised for its family friendly
policies by Top Employers for Working Families. The Top Employers for
Working Families Benchmark and Awards, founded by Working Families in
partnership with the Institute for Employment Studies, recognise employers
who have a long track record in family friendly and flexible working that
continue to adjust and refine policies in response to employee and business
needs.
The judges impressed by the “very strong suite of policies and support”
on offer at the School and noted an excellent “strategy for the LSE that
aims to ensure that it treats fathers and mothers equally, deliberately
building a reputation as a diverse, fair and flexible employer that attracts
and retains the best people”.
Gail Keeley, HR Manager said: “LSE recognises the need to provide a
family-friendly and flexible workplace so it’s wonderful to be recognised
with this award for the fifth year running.”
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LSE Careers announces LSE Student Entrepreneur of the Year
A great year for LSE Careers Entrepreneurship has ended on a high with
Katerina Kimmorley, co-founder of Pollinate Energy, named ‘LSE Student
Entrepreneur of the Year 2014’.
Katerina was chosen by a panel of judges which included top business
leaders and LSE staff from a field of seven teams with projects including
social and mobile innovations from students across the School. Each group
gave presentations describing their progress since receiving funding from
the LSE Careers Entrepreneurship project.
Over the past year LSE Careers Entrepreneurship has engaged with almost
2,000 students and alumni at various stages of inspiration and action. The
seven shortlisted teams all showed the passion, confidence and ability which
characterises successful entrepreneurs.
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LSE students win Jisc's Summer of Student Innovation
Amar Shanghavi and Thiemo Fetzer, both postgraduates at LSE, have won
£5,000 in Jisc’s Summer of Student Innovation competition with their
proposal for a mobile app which will provide teachers with an easy way
to collect feedback from students. Amar and Thiemo have ten years of
teaching experience between them which helped them to identify the
difficulty of getting timely feedback in a cost effective way and to
create ‘evaloop’. evaloop will allow students to “check in” a class and
complete a short assessment immediately after it’s finished. evaloop is
currently in early development stage; the design phase is being
completed and the coding phase is ready.
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'Only Connect' success
Mark Seager of LSE's Graduate Admission's Office and his team The Europhiles
make their third appearance on BBC Four's 'Only Connect' on Monday 30 June,
in the second semifinal of the series.
The team has reached the semifinals after two wins out of two: a narrow
17 - 14 victory over the Relatives in round one and a 21 - 8 success against
the Heath Family in round two. The Software Engineers lost their first game,
but came through the repechage to beat the Record Collectors in the final
qualifying round.
Mark said: "We’re as stunned as anyone we’ve got this far. This time we’re
up against the Software Engineers, our first opponents not (to our
knowledge) to be related to each other."
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Shaping Higher Education: 50 years after Robbins
In October 2013, LSE hosted a conference to commemorate the 50th anniversary
of the publication of the Robbins Report on higher education. Shaping
Higher Education: 50 years after Robbins, a collection of edited
transcripts from the first session of that conference, has just been
published. Two of the original members of the Robbins Committee were
involved in last year's conference and this book, edited by Professor
Nicholas Barr, records this momentous event together with some surrounding
material.
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Academics abroad
Professor Jean-Paul Faguet
Jean-Paul Faguet presented new research on Ethiopia earlier this week at
the first annual Paris School of Economics-World Bank conference, on the
theme 'Harnessing Africa’s Growth for Faster Poverty Reduction'. He
presented a joint paper on 'Decentralisation’s effects on education,
health and agriculture outcomes, and on distribution: evidence from
Ethiopia'.
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 Notices
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Student accommodation survey
A big thank you from LSE Residential Services to everyone who helped promote
the 2013-14 student accommodation survey last February.
There was an excellent response rate of
54.1 per cent up from 33.56 per cent the year before.
This year’s results are generally very positive. Compared to last year, most
halls show a higher number of residents who think their hall offers good
value for money and more residents would also recommend their hall to a
friend.
The full report and a hall-by-hall analysis of the results are available
here.
Congratulations to the lucky prize winners, Yixian Zhao, Rushan Kee and
Gary Lai, who each received an iPad for taking part in the survey.
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LSE undergraduate
research conference: Friday 4 July
Seventy LSE undergraduates will be presenting their research on identity and
place at the LSE GROUPS closing conference next Friday. The presentations
will be preceded by a keynote address from Suzanne Hall (LSE Cities and
Assistant Professor in Sociology) and followed by an awards celebration for
the participants.
The conference takes place in the Hong Kong Theatre between 10:30am
and 4pm on Friday 4 July. No booking is required and coffee, lunch and
tea will be provided for all those attending.
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Eco**2 symposium
The two sciences of interactions – economics and ecology – don’t interact
enough. How many useful ideas must there be in ecology that have yet to be
applied in economics, and vice versa? How much more could we discover about
the human and social systems, or natural systems, by combining insights from
these two subjects?
If you’re intrigued, come along to the Eco**2: exploring the fundamental
links between ecology and economics symposium in London on 8 - 10
September. Early bird registration is open until Monday 28 July
with additional discounts available to LSE staff and students. Submissions
to present are also being accepted. Please register or submit
here.
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Update on new Global Centre for Social Sciences (GCSS)
The new GCSS building will replace four existing central campus
buildings: East Building, Clare Market, the Anchorage and the eastern part
of St Clements (the section nearest the Towers). The new 12 storey building
will house various teaching and learning spaces on the lower floors,
catering facilities, professional services on the lower floors including
Student Services, Language Centre, Teaching and Learning Centre, Counselling
Services, LSE 100 and the Deans’ offices, along with academic departments on
the upper floors.
Demolition is planned to begin in the summer of 2015 after the main exam
period has finished. The main construction works are planned to start in
2016 and finish late 2018
Consultations will be undertaken throughout the project and will continue
after the building is occupied.
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New 360 degree virtual tours of LSE halls of residences
Web Services has worked closely with Residential Services and an external
agency to provide a better way for prospective and current students to view
and compare halls of residence online. Together they have created virtual
tours of the LSE halls of residence: take a look at the tours
here.
Send any feedback to
webcontent.support@lse.ac.uk.
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Accessible toilets
Following extensive discussions with the Network of Disabled Staff and
Students (NODSS), LSESU LGBT Alliance and Spectrum, it has been agreed
that Estates Division will reassign all accessible toilets to become
gender neutral facilities during the summer break.
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More for less
Our friends at the BFI are offering LSE staff, students and friends an
exclusive ticket offer for their celebration of 'A Century of Chinese
Cinema', which includes martial arts movies, Golden Age classics and cutting
edge modern masterpieces and is running until Tuesday 7 October.
Enjoy two for one tickets for all films in the season this June. Simply
quote CHINA241 online, in person or over the phone 020 7928 3232.
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Two bedroom flat to rent
Light and airy two bedroom flat in the Brunswick Centre available for
long-term rent, from early August. Rent £2,900 pcm. Please contact Helen
Reece at h.reece@lse.ac.uk.
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Room to let
To let, to quiet non-smoker: large comfortable lower ground floor room
with own kitchenette; bathroom shared with one other person. Use of
house kitchen by arrangement. In Victorian terrace house, shared with
LSE staff member and family. Excellent location (zone 2, near Kings
Cross), quiet yet convenient for shops and transport to LSE. Available
from early July, flexible length of stay. £500 a month inclusive of
bills; unlimited WiFi internet. For more details email Claire Milne at
c.milne@lse.ac.uk.
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One bedroom holiday apartment in Spain available to rent
Set in the middle of an Andalusian fruit farm, just a short distance
from the Costa del Sol, this recently built holiday home has fabulous
views over the neighbouring countryside.
The apartment has one bedroom plus a bed sofa, and one bathroom, so
sleeps four-five people. Very close to the bustling town of Coín with
shops and restaurants only a kilometre away. The pool is yours whenever
you want it, and it’s perfect for young children.
For more information and photos, click
here or email Rachel at
r.yarham@lse.ac.uk.
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Computer tip of the week
Reformat all the slides in a PowerPoint presentation
Changing the format of a PowerPoint presentation can be tricky. Here's a
quick and easy method:
- Select all the slides in the presentation. (Click on one of the
slides in the slide pane on the left side of the screen, and then hold
down CTRL and A on the keyboard. All slides will be
selected.)
- On the Home tab, click the Reset icon. (The text
formatting on all the selected slides will change to PowerPoint’s
default format, identical to that used in any new slides you create
subsequently.)
- With all slides selected, on the Design tab, choose any
design template Theme and Colour scheme.
These changes will be picked up by all the slides in your presentation.
If you have an IT question, check out the
online guides and FAQs or attend a weekly
Software Surgeries. Alternately, staff and PhD students are invited to
enrol for a
1-2-1 IT 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 LSE Professors Craig Calhoun, Michael Cox,
Danny Quah and other university academics in a group portrait with Dr
Wang Enge, President of the Peking University (PKU), during the PKU
delegation visit to the LSE on the Monday 16 June.
For more images like this, visit the
Photography Unit.
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 Research
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Childhood aspirations affect later career choices
Boys who dream of becoming firemen and girls who aspire to become
hairdressers are more likely to end up in stereotypically male or female
occupations as adults according to new research from LSE.
The research, published in the journal Social Forces, found that
children who wanted to do a job traditionally associated with their gender
were twice as likely to end up in these types of occupations as adults than
children who wanted to go into occupations that are not generally seen as
men’s or women’s work. However, only six per cent of adults went into the
specific occupation they aspired to as children.
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Are 'debt-shy' companies holding back the economy?
New measures are needed to encourage high growth small and medium-sized
entities (SMEs) to seek funding to expand, a report from LSE and the
University of St Andrews has found.
The study, published by The Institute of Chartered Accountants of
Scotland (ICAS), identifies gaps in the UK funding framework for SMEs, but
also highlights challenges in encouraging companies to sign up for debt and
equity funding. For example, ‘debt-shy’ SMEs are reluctant to borrow funds
to grow due to a lack of trust of banks and a resistance to yield control of
their business to outsiders.
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New Gearty Grilling online
The latest Gearty Grilling video is now online. The Gearty Grillings is a
series of short video debates between Conor Gearty, Director of the IPA and
Professor of Human Rights Law, and a leading researcher at LSE.
Episode 8: Anne Power, Professor of Social Policy, discusses
growing inequality, why government should listen more to ordinary people and
why we now need food banks.
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 Events
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'Thrive: the power of evidence-based psychological therapies' -
on Thursday 10 July at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building with
Professor David M Clark (pictured), Professor Lord Layard, Andrew Marr
This event marks the launch of David Clark and Richard Layard’s new
book, Thrive, which argues that mental health problems are
pervasive. They have massive social impacts and huge economic costs.
They can be effectively treated by evidence-based psychological
therapies, but these are not widely available. They should be.
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'Emerging Africa: how the global economy's 'last frontier' can
prosper and matter' - on Wednesday 23 July at 6.30pm in the Hong
Kong Theatre, Clement House with Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu
To many, Africa is the new frontier. As the West lies battered by
financial crises, Africa is seen as offering limitless opportunities for
wealth creation in the march of globalisation. In his new book,
Emerging Africa: how the global economy’s “last frontier” can prosper
and matter, Kingsley Moghalu, considers what Africa means to today’s
Africans, whether Africa is truly on the rise and challenges
conventional wisdom about Africa's quest for growth. Drawing on
philosophy, economics and strategy, he ranges from capitalism to
technological innovation, finance to foreign investment, and from human
capital to world trade to offer a new vision of transformation.
Ultimately he demonstrates how Africa's progress in the twenty-first
century will require nothing short of the reinvention of the African
mindset.
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'Iraq: Causes and consequences of the present crisis' - on
Thursday 26 June at 6 - 7.30pm with Professor Toby Dodge,
Ambassador Feisal Istrabadi and Dr Faleh Jabar in the Old Theatre, Old
Building
The seizure of Mosul by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and
their rapid move south towards Baghdad has thrown Iraq into another
post-regime change crisis. This panel aims to examine the identity and
background of the fighters in northern Iraq, as well as the root causes
behind the violence. Three of the world’s leading experts on Iraq will
explain why the Iraqi armed forces, comprising over a million men under
arms, collapsed so quickly and discuss the consequences of the current
crisis and what it means for the future of Iraq.
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This event is free and open to all, however registration is required.
Please register using the
online booking system.
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'Scotland and England: What future for the union?' - on
Tuesday 1 July at 2 - 6pm in 3.02, Clement House with Patrick Dunleavy,
Tony Travers, Nicola McEwen, Iain McLean, Matthew Goodwin, John Curtice
Scotland’s referendum on 18 September is the most momentous event in
United Kingdom politics since 1945. It is possible that ‘Britain’ will
cease to exist within a couple of years and that Scotland will face a
future as an independent, sovereign country for the first time since
1707. England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be affected whichever way
the vote goes. Britain will never be quite the same again.
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'Internal Worlds - External Relations' - new art
exhibition on until Friday 11 July, open 10am - 8pm every weekday in the
Atrium Gallery, Old Building
In association with LSE Arts, 'Internal Worlds-External Relations' is a
travelling exhibition of paintings by Lida Sherafatmand. The paintings
express the philosophical internal states of mind through the symbolism of
flowers, linking the internal worlds and external relations to current
international relations issues.
This exhibition is open to all, no ticket required. For further information
email arts@lse.ac.uk or phone 020 7107
5342.
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'Methods for longitudinal data analysis in the social sciences' -
on Monday 8 September at 10am - 6pm at LSE
These are unprecedented times for the social sciences in terms of the
availability of high quality longitudinal data. The richness of these
data is enabling researchers to broaden their horizons and address
increasingly complex research questions and develop increasingly
sophisticated models to answer these questions. This event brings
together researchers from social statistics, biostatistics and economics
to talk about the latest developments in this area. The speakers will
address a range of subjects, from innovative ways of collecting
longitudinal data to dealing with its most difficult problems, from
modelling growth and over-dispersion to estimating causal effects.
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Book a place
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 60
second interview
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with.....Liz Mosley
I work in the Design Unit at LSE, part of the Communications team. I have been at LSE for four years now. Before that I was working at a small design studio in east London. I have been living in London for six years and overall I love it. I have settled in Battersea with my husband Neil, who I married last year. Outside of work I love experimenting with different printing techniques. Last year I did a letterpress course at St. Brides Library (just down the road from LSE) and this year I am hoping to experiment with screen printing and learn calligraphy. I have also started dabbling in gardening (I never thought I would say that!) and am hoping for a glut of courgettes any day now! It is quite a luxury to have a little bit of garden in London. I am really involved in my church and love being part of this wider family in London. You can read a bit more about what I believe on their website. I am half Colombian and love visiting Colombia as often as I can. I am looking forward to a trip in July to visit family, brush up on my Spanish and hang out on the Caribbean coast.
What is the best part of your job at LSE and also the part you like least?
Hmmm, there are quite a lot of good things about my job, but I think the best is my colleagues, we always have a good giggle (and eat a lot of cake) in the design unit and they are a great group of people to work with. I also enjoy doing a job where I get to be creative on a daily basis coming up with new designs for people. I think the part of my job I like least is timesheets. I get that they are a necessity for the smooth running of the design unit but me and Excel are not friends and I somehow always manage to do them wrong and then have to suffer the wrath of Liz Trumble.
If you were in charge of
throwing a fancy dress party for the
whole of LSE, what theme would you
choose?
This is an awesome idea and probably
should happen for the next Christmas
party. I once had a pirate themed
birthday party and everybody looked
amazing so I think I would go for
that and would love to see the whole
of LSE decked out in pirate outfits.
What is the last film you saw
at the cinema?
Wes Anderson's film ‘The Grand
Budapest Hotel’. I absolutely love
Wes Anderson films and this one did
not disappoint. All his films are
like magical worlds where everything
is beautifully designed and
aesthetically pleasing.
What is the funniest thing
that has ever happened to you?
I have a bit of a reputation for
funny/embarrassing things happening
to me, so there are lots of stories
to choose from though some are a bit
too embarrassing to share here! One
that stands out is a time when I was
younger that I went with a friend
back to her house and she had
forgotten her key so we decided to
climb over a fence into the back
garden. Everything was fine until
her parents got back and then the
neighbours rushed over to let them
know that a ‘young lad’ had just
climbed over the fence into their
garden. My friend's father worked
out they must have meant me (I had
short hair at the time) and
proceeded to march me over to the
neighbour's house to introduce the
‘young lad’ – I already knew the
neighbour but they didn’t recognise
me when I was climbing over the
fence.
What is your favourite
work-time snack?
Well this is a tricky one as we have
a lot of work time snacks in the
design unit. I think my favourite is
when we treat ourselves to a
breakfast pain au chocolate from
Delaunay’s. Hands down the best
croissant I have ever eaten! But in
close second place is when Bryan
treats us all to chinese pork buns
from China Town - perfect
mid-morning treat!
What would you do if you were
Mayor for the day?
I would make the working week four
days long instead of five so
everyone could enjoy a three day
weekend. I think that would make a
lot of people very happy! I'd also
try and do something about the
poverty in London. I volunteered at
a foodbank recently through LSE's
volunteering scheme and it was
really shocking the need that was
out there. So many people are
struggling to feed themselves and
their families for a variety of
reasons. Foodbanks provide an
incredible service to communities
but it's a tragedy that we live in a
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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.
- Business Objects Developer, IMT
- Communications Co-ordinator, Careers Service
- Communications Manager, IMT
- Communications and Events Officer, Entrepreneurship@LSE
- Fellow in Economic Geography, Geography and Environment
- Research Officer in Epidemiology / Public Health, Health and
Social Care
- Admissions and Access Specialist, ARD: Undergraduate
Admissions
- Programme Administrator, Management
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 3
July. Articles for this should be emailed to me by
Tuesday 1 July. Staff
News is emailed every Thursday during term time and fortnightly during
the holidays.
Thanks, Maddy
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