Professional Services Staff Values in Practice awards

Do you know a colleague who has shown outstanding contribution or commitment to the School? Nominate all those you believe deserve to be recognised in the inaugural VIP Awards.

September's public events announced

Highlights include events with entrepreneur, author and LSE alumna Shaa Wasmund, Economics Editor of Channel 4 News Paul Mason, and French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron.

Professor Henry Overman

Professor Overman did both his MSc and PhD at LSE, would like to live in either New York or Tokyo, and once worked in a factory that manufactured hair removal cream.

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Do you know a colleague who has shown outstanding contribution or commitment to the School?

The School is pleased to announce the inaugural Professional Services Staff Values in Practice (VIP) awards, which aim to recognise colleagues in five categories.

You can make a nomination by completing a nomination form available from the website and submitting it before midnight on Sunday 11 October. Nominations will be judged by a group made up of a cross-section of staff. Staff who have been shortlisted will be invited to a celebratory afternoon event where the awards will be presented.
 

Professor Sara Hobolt (pictured), European Institute and Department of Government, has been awarded a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant for a project examining how the range of political choices offered to citizens in the EU shape democratic perceptions and electoral behaviour.

Congratulations to Robert Meecham, from the Estates Division, who has won the second IMT Customer Portal prize draw.

Following the launch of the Customer Portal earlier this year, IMT has been offering staff and students to chance to win £100 worth of Amazon vouchers with three prize draws.

Did you know? William Beveridge said “The life of the School has always been a life of adventure.” Read a student’s take on LSE’s history at the LSE History blog now.

LSE Enterprise, the School's commercial arm, is moving to the second floor of Queens House, next door to the New Academic Building, from Tuesday 1 September.

Nominations for an Honorary Fellowship of the School are invited.

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.

A number of changes are taking place in Accounts Payable to improve the service provided to the School.

Earlier in the year a dedicated Customer Service team was established which has since introduced IssueTrak, an online system which gathers queries so they can be directed to the customer service staff to handle. Later in the year, there will be improvements to the Accounts Payable website and a telephone service to further improve the handling of queries.

Over the coming months, IMT will be rolling out new multi-functional devices (MFDs) to departmental and open spaces to replace the older devices managed by the Reprographics and Student Services teams.

The new Canon printers will allow you to print, copy and scan to email whilst also improving document security, substantially reducing paper wastage and improving functionality.

The first MFDs will be available in the Library from Friday 28 August followed by a phased roll out to departments. Training on the new devices for key users/support staff in departments and the Library will be provided as well as step by step guides being available next to the MFDs and in the IMT online guides section for all users.

Staff and students are also encouraged to learn more about UK Copyright Law, particularly in relation to what they can legally do with scanned materials. For anyone who needs to digitise readings for Moodle, this can still only be done via the Library’s Scanned Reading Service. For more info and guidance on copyright, see www.lse.ac.uk/copyright.

Looking for a place to stay in London this summer? LSE Vacations are open until Saturday 19 September and offers a variety of different rooms for budget prices in central London.

The Middle East Centre invites applications from LSE colleagues for academic collaborative projects in social, political, and economic sciences between academics at LSE and Arab universities. These projects may involve collaborative research or capacity building.

Computer Tip of the Week - Quickest ways to select text in Word

Do you know these quick ways to select text?

• To select a word: Double click on it.
• To select a paragraph: Triple click anywhere in it.
• To select an entire sentence: Click anywhere to deselect all other parts of the document. Then hold down <Ctrl> and click anywhere in the sentence.
• To select one or more lines: Move the mouse pointer into the left margin until it becomes a white arrow; then click opposite the line you require to select it. If you need more than one line, click opposite the first line and then drag the white arrow down until you have selected the entire block required.
• To select a large block of text: Click at the beginning. Scroll until the last text you need is visible. Hold down Shift and click at the end.
• To select non-adjacent text: Select the first block of text. Then hold down Ctrl as you select additional text or text blocks.
• To select an entire document: Click anywhere in the document and press Ctrl + A.

You are invited to lunchtime Praise and Worship sessions with LSE Rejoice every Friday at 12-1pm in the LSE Faith Centre, second floor of Saw Swee Hock Student Centre.

Security officer and former boxer Daniel Beckley is running skip fit lessons for all staff and students.

The next lessons will take place from 1-2pm at the Badminton Court, Old Building, on Tuesday 1 September, Tuesday 8 September, Tuesday 22 September and Tuesday 29 September. Just turn up on any of these dates with your own skipping rope. All lessons are free.

Congratulations goes to....

Ian Harvey in IMT who completed the Prudential Ride London 100 event in just over five and a half hours, raising in excess of £800 for the charity Scope.

This week's picture features Alpha Books and the LSESU Shop on Sheffield Street, part of the new pedestrian space around the Saw Swee Hock Student Centre.

For more images like this, visit the Photography Unit.

Lesbians, gays and bisexuals less satisfied with life, new report shows

A major study of sexual minorities in the UK and Australia shows that lesbian, gay and bisexual people are significantly less satisfied with their lives than heterosexuals.

The findings, by researchers from LSE and the University of Melbourne, have been published in the Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organisation.

Internet is both harming and helping older people in social interactions

Almost five million Britons aged over 64 do not have any internet skills, with many older people believing digital technology is "too difficult to use" and a luxury rather than a tool for improving life quality.

These are some of the findings of a new report released by LSE on the impact of the internet on older people in coming decades.

All LSE events taking place in September are now online, with highlights including:

How to Apply the 80/20 Rule for Increased Productivity, Happiness and Freedom
On: Tuesday 8 September at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Shaa Wasmund (pictured)

Black Earth: the Holocaust as history and warning
On: Monday 14 September at 6.30pm in TW1.G.01, Tower 1
Speaker: Professor Timothy Snyder

Postcapitalism: a guide to our future
On: Monday 21 September at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Paul Mason (pictured)

Why Demography Needs (New) Theories
On: Wednesday 23 September at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Wendy Sigle

Cyberphobia: identity, trust, security and the internet
On: Monday 28 September at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Edward Lucas

"Open the Pod Bay Doors, HAL": Machine Intelligence and the Law
On: Wednesday 30 September at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Speaker: Professor Andrew Murray (pictured)

On until Friday 25 September in the Atrium Gallery, Old Building (Monday-Friday 10am-8pm)

The LSESU Mexican Society and the Embassy of Mexico in the UK, in partnership with LSE Arts, are showcasing the exhibition to celebrate the Year of Mexico in the UK.

On: Wednesday 2 September at 5.45pm at the Royal College of Music

Founded in 1895, LSE shares its 120th anniversary with the Proms. Professor Michael Cox (pictured) will explore key events in the history of the School.

Podcasts of public lectures and events

Something Will Turn Up: Britain's economy, past, present and future
Speaker: David Smith
Recorded: Tuesday 28 July, approx. 91 minutes

Sacred Mountains of China
Speaker: Ryan Pyle
Recorded: Wednesday 29 July, approx. 89 minutes

Below are some of the vacancies currently being advertised:

• Assistant Professor in Environment and Development, International Development
• Assistant Professor in International Political Economy (International Trade), International Relations
• Assistant Professor in International Political Economy (Money in the World Economy), International Relations
• Assistant Professor in Political Science and Public Policy, Government
• Centre Manager - Centre for the Study of Human Rights, Sociology
• Centre Manager, Financial Markets Group
• David Davies of Llandinam Research Fellowship in International Relations, International Relations
• Department Administrator, Economics
• Faculty Affairs Coordinator, Management
• HR Manager, Pensions and Benefits, Human Resources
• Country Economist (Rwanda), International Growth Centre
• Hub Economist (Research Programme), International Growth Centre
• Fellow in Economic History, Economic History
• MSc Programme Administrator, Government
• Research Assistant, Management
• Research Officer (Economic History), Grantham Research Institute
• Research Officer (Environment and Development), Grantham Research Institute
• Research Officer - Media Policy Project (Maternity Cover), Media and Communications
• Senior Programme Manager, Finance
• TRIUM Executive Director, Management
• Video Production Coordinator, Communications