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Donors thanked at third Annual Fund reception
The third Annual Fund donor reception took place on Wednesday 25 June.
The event, organised by LSE Advancement (formerly ODAR), provided an
opportunity to recognise and thank Annual Fund donors of all levels, and for
donors to meet beneficiaries and learn further about the impact their
support has at the School.
145 donors, students and staff attended the reception, where they heard
from Jenny Blakesley, Director of LSE Careers, Babora Kudzmainate, a second
year undergraduate and New Futures Fund scholarship recipient, and Hakki
Mustafa, co-founder of the London 2030 summit.
Jenny thanked donors for the numerous LSE Careers initiatives that have
received Annual Fund support, including the new Careers Resource Centre in
the Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, and the Volunteers Centre which helps
students find volunteering placements and develop their own charitable
initiatives.
"One of the reasons my job is such a pleasure and a privilege is because
the innovative and adventurous projects our students do here are incredibly
attractive to employers," she said. "So I'm always grateful to the Annual
Fund for supporting them."
The Annual
Fund directs unrestricted gifts to projects across LSE that support
students in financial need, transform the student experience and enhance
teaching and research.
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More awards for Estates Division
The Saw Swee Hock Student Centre continues to receive accolades, most
recently winning the RIBA National Award. The national winners will now be
considered for the Stirling Prize - the biggest prize in UK architecture -
the shortlist for which will be announced on Thursday 17 July and the winner
on Thursday 16 October.
It is not only the Estates Division's new buildings which have been praised,
however, as the Facilities Management team has been shortlisted for two
British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM) Awards: both the ‘In-House
FM team of the Year’ and the ‘Sustainability and Environmental Impact’
Award.
Julian Robinson, Director of Estates, said: “LSE is acknowledged for its
excellence in the academic sphere. I believe it is also important for the
support divisions to take on a leadership role and strive to be 'best in
class'. Third party assessment and validation is one way we can demonstrate
this. It is therefore immensely rewarding to see two of our teams being
recognised in this way."
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Library holds exhibition to mark end of Swords into
Ploughshares archive project
The Library has completed the Swords into Ploughshares archive project, a
major cataloguing project to open up the archives for the British section of
the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) and the
Fellowship of Reconciliation: London Union (FOR).
Supported by
the National Cataloguing Grants Programme for Archives, Swords into
Ploughshares began in August 2013 with the aim of making the vast collection
of original material from the influential peace organisations accessible for
research. The collection has now been catalogued, available online from
the Library’s Catalogue.
The cataloguing project amounted to 1,250 files of manuscript material,
photographs and memorabilia. Over the course of the yearlong project, Carys
Lewis, Project Archivist, has given talks and media appearances about the
project, and until Friday 1 August, the Library is holding a Swords into
Ploughshares Exhibition (photographed) in the
Escape Area near the main entrance of LSE Library. You can also read
about the different stages of the project on the
Library’s blog.
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Academic abroad
Dr Chaloka Beyani
Dr Chaloka Beyani, Associate Professor in the Law Department, addressed the
Human Rights Council on Thursday 12 June in his capacity as UN Special
Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons and presented
his mission reports on Georgia, Serbia and Kosovo, South Sudan, and Sri
Lanka. He also completed a mission to Ivory Coast 16-21 June and
participated in a panel discussion at the preparatory meeting of the World
Humanitarian Summit in Abidjan, and at a United Nations Economic and Social
Council side event in New York on Tuesday 24 June. |
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 Notices
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Message from Craig Calhoun - appointment of New Pro-Director for
Planning and Resources
I am delighted to announce that Professor David Webb has been appointed
Pro-Director for Planning and Resources. As I’ve said many times before, no
one can replace George Gaskell, but I am very pleased that David will
succeed him in this position.
David knows the School very well. He has a distinguished record as Head
of the Department of Finance and has served on the Finance Committee and the
Academic Planning and Resources Committee (APRC). As Head of the Department
of Finance, he has led successful recruitment efforts and developed a
high-quality educational programme.
I am confident that David will be an important support not only to
financial management but to maintaining and enhancing quality and creativity
throughout our academic work. David officially assumes his new post on
Monday 1 September.
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Bike racks on the John Watkins Plaza
Staff are reminded not to leave their bikes on the plaza bike racks on
Friday 4 July as the Party on the Plaza event will be taking place. If
you have a bike locked up there please remove it by Friday as the area is
required for the party set up.
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End of year financial details
As the end of academic year approaches, Finance Division is preparing for
the year-end process. In order to close the School’s books and present the
financial information accurately, the team needs your help with certain
information needed during July and August. See the
intranet for more details or contact Ashley Wang at
a.wang@lse.ac.uk.
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Choose a book to review for LSE Review of Books this summer
Relax over the summer break with a new book and contribute a 1,000 word
review to the LSE Review of Books. Covering titles in sociology, politics
and IR, economics, and more, the
LSE Review of Books has published over 1,000 reviews and reaches an
audience of over 8,000 visitors a week.
Pick your next book from this list and contact managing editor Amy
Mollett at
lsereviewofbooks@lse.ac.uk for more information.
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LSE Visualising Data: Call for submissions
With support from the HEIF 5 fund, the Institute of Public Affairs is
launching an exciting new project to bring cutting edge LSE research to the
public through data visualisation and infographics. A selection of both
qualitative and quantitative research will be selected, and academics will
be paired with designers who will help to present their work in a way that
makes it both immediately accessible and visually appealing.
If you have some interesting research, whether quantitative or qualitative,
that would benefit from ‘visualisation’, apply to participate in the project
by sending an email to ipa@lse.ac.uk
containing your name, department or research institute, the title or subject
of your research, and a copy of the research that you would like to submit
with a brief explanation of its findings and its implications.
To help to stimulate ideas, the project’s lead designer, Jonathan Ing, has
put together a list of examples from across the web which are available to
view
here.
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LSE timeline blog: Houghton Street beginnings
From slum to Global Centre for Social Sciences, a new post on the LSE
timeline blog from LSE’s archivist Sue Donnelly charts the history of
Houghton Street; beginning with how the first new LSE building -
Passmore Edwards Hall – came to be built and where it is today.
All LSE students, staff and alumni can contribute a post on a character,
event or even an “impact” of the School, so if there's something you
feel should be remembered, take a look at Sue's post and get writing
here.
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Response to Library Survey 2014
In February 2014, the Library ran the
LibQual+ survey to assess students’ views on Library services.
1,656 current LSE students completed the survey - 16 per cent of the
student population. As a reward for completing the survey, 12 students
won one of the prizes offered, including an iPad mini.
The Library has responded to the survey’s feedback in a number of ways:
Feedback: High levels of noise and insufficient study spaces.
Response: The Library is continuing to work with Estates to make the
best use of space within the building to meet students’ needs.
Feedback: The Library’s printers are unreliable.
Response: Printers have been upgraded and new software introduced to
monitor problems so these can be resolved quickly.
Feedback: The Library website and online search resources are
confusing.
Response: This summer the Library will launch
‘Library Search’, a new resource discovery tool, which will help make
finding Library resources simpler.
The results from the survey will be used to enhance and develop services
to meet students’ needs. The Library plans to repeat the survey in 2015 as
part of its continuous programme of service improvement.
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Tubs Ahoy!
Planning a trip or going on summer leave? Before you do please check
your special waste recycling tubs (batteries, phones, cartridges) are
empty, if you have any in your work area.
Even if your tub is only half full, the Sustainability team would still
like to empty them before the end of July. To arrange a collection
please contact the
Estates Helpdesk.
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Watch the World Cup with LSESU
England are out and Suarez has bitten off more than he can chew, but there's
one place you can count on to see the World Cup right through to the final:
LSE Students' Union. Watch the matches live on the big screen in the
Three Tuns, SAW, and pay just £2 for
pints until the first goal in every game!
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Fairtrade bananas
LSE was only the second university in the UK to be awarded Fairtrade status
back in 2003. As part of LSE Catering's continued commitment to and support
of Fairtrade products, it has been decided that all bananas at LSE will be
Fairtrade.
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Cardio kickboxing 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 6.45-7.45pm on the sixth floor of the Saw
Swee Hock Student Centre. Classes cost £5 each.
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
How do I remove attachments from an Outlook message?
Once you have saved an email attachment, or found that you no longer need
it, you can keep the message but delete the attachment. This is especially
useful if your email account is too full! How this is done depends upon
where the attachment is found.
- When a message is sent in Plain Text or HTML format, any attachments
appear in a bar at the top of the message. To delete these attachments:
a. Right-click on the attachment in the bar near
the top of the window.
b. Select Remove Attachment.
- If the message has been sent in Rich Text format, attachments appear
in the main message window. To delete these attachments:
a. Open the message.
b. Click Actions | Edit Message.
c. Select the attachment and press Delete.
d. Save and close the message.
If you have an IT question, check out our
online guides and FAQs or attend our weekly
Software Surgeries. 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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Each year, LSE holds a politics conference for one hundred Year 12
students from London state schools. The conference is run by the
Widening Participation team in partnership with the LSE Politics group,
made up of the Department of Government, the Department of International
Relations, the European Institute and the Department of International
Development.
For more images like this, visit the
Photography Unit.
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 Research
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MPs urged to double psychological therapy in the NHS
At a meeting in Parliament on Tuesday 1 July, MPs were urged to double
the provision of psychological therapy in the National Health Service by
Professors Richard Layard and David Clark from LSE’s Centre for Economic
Performance.
They presented data that irrefutably proved the economic case for
increased access to psychological therapy in the NHS, demonstrating that the
savings to the taxpayer of providing treatment greatly outweigh the cost of
the treatments themselves.
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Russia's Eurasian Union: a far-reaching attempt at economic integration
weakened by its political use
Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine signed, last
Friday, an Association Agreement tying them to the EU. This means that
they will not be joining the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU),
as did Belarus and Armenia and as Moscow had hoped. Moscow’s coercive
tactics to encourage EEU accession are forcing the countries of the
region to make a choice between Russia and the EU.
A new report published on the same day by LSE IDEAS, The Geopolitics of
Eurasian Economic Integration, finds that the Ukraine crisis has accelerated
the regional competition between Russia and the European Union (EU) and has
changed its nature.
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Fear of social rejection leads to improved work performance
People who fear being disliked are more inclined to improve their work
performance because they seek feedback from their colleagues, according to a
recent study by LSE.
The study of 179 employees working in teams found those vulnerable to
social rejection tend to try harder to gain acceptance from their peers.
LSE researcher Dr Chia-Huei Wu said this behaviour was more common with
people who work in multiple temporary teams because they frequently change
colleagues.
“Higher attachment anxiety in social relationships actually contributes
to higher work performance because seeking feedback from colleagues can help
alleviate the fear of not being liked,” Dr Wu said.
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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 9:
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LSE Research Online top downloaded items published in 2014
To deposit your research into LSE Research Online, email
Lseresearchonline@lse.ac.uk.
- Mansell, Robin (2014)
Power and interests in information and communication technologies and
development: exogenous and endogenous discourses in contention.
Journal of International Development, 26 (1). pp. 109-127. ISSN
0954-1748 - 708 downloads
- Lacroix, Stephane (2014)
Saudi Islamists and the Arab
Spring. Kuwait Programme on Development, Governance and
Globalisation in the Gulf States, 36. London School of Economics and
Political Science - 577 downloads
- Ainley, Kirsten (2014)
Transitional justice in Cambodia: the coincidence of power and
principle. In:Jeffery, Renee and Kim, Hun Joon, (eds.)
Transitional Justice in the Asia-Pacific. Cambridge University Press,
pp. 125-156. ISBN 9781107040373 - 535 downloads
- Krane, Jim and Wright, Steven (2014)
Qatar ‘rises above’ its
region: Geopolitics and the rejection of the GCC gas market. 35.
London School of Economics and Political Science - 452 downloads
- Karnad, Arun (2014)
Trends in educational technologies. London School of Economics
and Political Science - 219 downloads
Total LSERO downloads for the first half of 2014: 738,293 |
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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 21st
century will require nothing short of the reinvention of the African
mindset.
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NetworkEDGE: The Future of Education - on Wednesday 9 July at
3pm in R301, Lionel Robbins Building with Stephen Downes
In the first in a series of talks about the future of Higher Education,
Stephen Downes will present his thoughts and insights on the subject.
Stephen has long been a distinct voice in the field of technology and
pedagogy. His blog OLDaily,
is the sector’s go-to site for considered and critical musings about the use
of computers and the web in education.
The team behind the series will be live tweeting from the event using #LSENetEdge,
and a live webcast of the event will be broadcast
here.
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Podcasts of public lectures and events
Shaping Tastes: attitude campaigns and persuasion as tools of public
policy
Speaker: Professor Claus Offe
Recorded: Thursday 05 June 2014, approx. 92 minutes
Housing: where will we all live?
Speakers: Richard Blakeway, Professor Paul Cheshire, Rachel Fisher, Wayne
Hemmingway, John Stewart
Recorded: Monday 09 June 2014, approx. 70 minutes
Mandela, the Lawyer
Speakers: George Bizos, Professor David Dyzenhaus, Lord Joffe, Dr Jens
Meierhenrich
Recorded: Thursday 12 June 2014, approx. 120 minutes
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 60
second interview
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with.....Viv Winterhoff
I first came to LSE in 2002 as a student embarking on a BSc in economic geography, and one who was very excited to be in London. I loved LSE at first sight – its international environment and focus on social science were and still are perfect for me, so perfect that I've never left! I have worked in various parts of LSE (the Students’ Union Shop, Passfield Hall, the Language Centre), and I started full-time work in academic departments after finishing my degree. I am now Manager of the LSE Financial Markets Group, a research centre.
I am also one of three co-chairs of the LSE Academic Managers’ Forum (AMF), a forum comprising academic department managers (DMs) and research centre managers (CMs). We share best practice and work with colleagues in the various LSE divisions to help continually improve LSE for staff and students alike. We have termly meetings, at which anyone from a central service division or other parts of the School is welcome to come and speak, and we also regularly set up working groups to look at particular issues. If you think you or your department might benefit from more interaction with DMs and/or CMs, do get in touch!
If you could experience working in another Department/office at LSE, which would it be?
I have a passion for environmental and social innovation and design, so it would have to be the Grantham Research Institute, LSE Cities, and/or wherever they design new campus spaces.
Which is your favourite room at LSE?
Without a doubt the Shaw Library. It is the only place where I can still get a sense of LSE’s history from the space around me, and I love the roof terrace in the summer.
At which establishment do you like to dine out and what dish do you enjoy there?
At home. My husband and I enjoy cooking, and I am quite obsessed with eating food which has the least damaging impact on the environment and on people within that environment. This is difficult to stick to when eating out. I have a knack of buying a lot of delicious and pricey groceries, so I rarely have the funds to dine out anyway. However, if I were to go out to eat, my preference would be for traditional German establishments like the “Marjellchen” in Berlin (East Prussian food) or the “zum Schiffchen” in Düsseldorf (my home town). They also have good beer!
How do you relax?
That all depends on where I am, but mostly in good company with good food and wine/beer, or over a good read and a cuppa, especially by a fire. I also like to spend time taking in the beautiful scents and sounds of nature, such as waves breaking on the shore of a lake, river or the sea, the smell of a fire burning in the crisp winter air, or the smell of summer grass and the lovely feeling of a summer breeze on your skin.
Do you have, or have you ever had, any pets?
When I was two, I had a dog. It had a yellow leash, and I would ask people to pat it on the head. It was invisible, but I do have photographic evidence of its existence - my grandmother petting it while I was holding its leash! My parents say that the best thing about it was that it was easy to travel with, so we never had to leave it at home alone. I am not sure when or how it disappeared. I have never had a (visible) pet since.
Which building in London takes your breath away?
Though I am not religious, it would have to be St. Paul’s. Not only because I love the song 'Feed the birds' in Disney’s 'Mary Poppins', but also because it’s the most awe-inspiring thing to gaze up at its ceilings once you’re inside. And I love how it instantly symbolises London and its history. Finally, it reminds me of a time in which buildings were built with tremendous craftsmanship, attention to detail and a real effort was put into making them beautiful works of art. I think there is too little of this around today, and too much cold, soulless, 'fast' architecture.
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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.
- Day Security Officer, Estates: Security and Porters
- Director of the South Asia Centre, Institute of Global
Affairs
- Director of the Southeast Asia Centre, Institute of Global
Affairs
- Executive Programme Assistant, LSE IDEAS
- Faith Centre Coordinator, Teaching and Learning Centre
- High Performance Computing Manager, IMT
- Planning Officer (Management Information), Governance, Legal
and Planning Division
- Research Fellow (MODEM), Social Policy
- Student Enquiries Coordinator, Careers Service
- Widening Participation Coordinator, Academic Registrar's
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 17
July. Articles for this should be emailed to me by
Tuesday 15 July. Staff
News is emailed every Thursday during term time and fortnightly during
the holidays.
Thanks, Maddy
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