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10 September 2015 |
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LSE announces first Harold Laski Chair Prominent political
scientist Professor Simon Hix has been named the inaugural Harold Laski
Chair at LSE.
The Harold Laski Chair has been created by the School to commemorate its
former professor and one of Britain’s most prominent socialists, who taught
at the School from 1926 until his death in 1950.
In response to his appointment Professor Hix said: "It is a great honour
to hold the inaugural Harold Laski Chair. Laski was not only a renowned
scholar and inspiring teacher, but was also a prominent public intellectual,
shaping political debates in his day. I have tried throughout my academic
career to make my teaching and research relevant to politics and
policy-makers, and I hope I can continue to do so in this new role, keeping
alive Laski’s legacy at LSE."
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Culture Secretary appoints LSE academic as Trustee to the British Museum
Professor Nicola Lacey has been appointed by Culture Secretary John
Whittingdale as a
Trustee of the British Museum for a term of four years.
Professor Lacey is School Professor of Law, Gender and Social Policy,
attached to the Departments of Law and Social Policy and to the Gender
Institute.
Professor Lacey said: "I am hugely excited by the appointment. It is such
a privilege to have been entrusted with this responsibility. It will also be a special pleasure to join another LSE
colleague Professor Lord Nicholas Stern on the Board of Trustees."
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LSE academic to hold Fritz Karsen Chair 2015
This year Professor Anne West will hold the
Fritz Karsen Chair at Humboldt University, Berlin.
Over the summer Professor West visited Berlin giving seminars, meeting
graduate students and working on two new comparative research papers with
Professor Rita Nikolai, a T. H. Marshall Fellow in the Department of Social
Policy in 2010. It is hoped that further collaborative research will follow.
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Celebrating 120 years of LSE Did you know? Former LSE student
and professor Lord Claus Moser appeared on Desert Island Discs in 1988. His
luxury choice was a Concert grand Steinway piano.
Book a place on a campus history tour
Where are the LSE foundation stones? Which LSE building had a rifle
range? And who were LSE’s neighbours in 1902? To find out the answers to
these questions and more join LSE Archivist, Sue Donnelly, on a campus
history tour to celebrate LSE’s 120th anniversary.
Tours are free and with up to 25 places available, they are perfect for
teams or individuals who'd like to know some of the more quirky anecdotes
about LSE's past.
Tours start at 12pm at the Student Service Centre on these dates:
Tuesday 6 October,
Thursday 15 October,
Tuesday 20 October and
Thursday 29 October.
2015 is LSE’s 120th anniversary. Join in the celebrations at
lse.ac.uk/lse120
#LSE120
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LSE's Chinese summer August was a busy month for LSE in China,
with the School hosting its annual LSE-PKU Summer School and graduation
ceremony, as well as several careers fairs and pre-departure events to
welcome new students to the School in six cities.
For more on the events organised,
click here.
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Academic abroad
Claire Milne, Department of Media and Communications, gave the
keynote address at the recent
Australian Communications Consumers Action Network (ACCAN) conference
on communications affordability in Sydney.
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Claus Moser, 1922-2015
Former LSE professor Claus Moser, Baron Moser of Regent's Park in the London
Borough of Camden, died on 4 September 2015 at the age of 92.
Baron Moser first taught at LSE in 1943. Following service in the Royal Air
Force he returned to LSE in 1946 and became Professor of Social Statistics
in 1961.
He was appointed Director of the Central Statistical Office by Harold
Wilson, then Prime Minister, in 1967 and made a Knight Commander of the Bath
(KCB) in 1971. He was made a life peer in 2001.
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 Notices
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Help improve internal communications at LSE
Communications is looking for academic and professional services staff to
participate in focus groups to feed into the development of internal
communications.
We want to hear first-hand how you feel engaged with School news and how
able you are to join conversations across LSE.
The sessions will last for one hour. If you're interested, please email
communications.internal@lse.ac.uk.
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LSE’s Socially Responsible Investment Review
The
Socially Responsible Investment (SRI)
Review has been formed to explore the divestment options from fossil fuel
and the impact that different levels of divestment would have on the
finances of the School and its ability to fulfil its objectives. It will
also review whether other environmental, social and governance factors
should be incorporated into LSE’s SRI policy.
Your thoughts on the SRI policy are welcomed - please email them to
ethics@lse.ac.uk by Monday 5
October or attend the SRI Town Hall Meeting also on Monday 5 October
from 4-5.30pm in the Shaw Library, Old Building.
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Do you know a colleague who has shown outstanding contribution or
commitment to the School?
Nominate them in the inaugural Professional Services Staff Values in
Practice (VIP) awards.
You can make a nomination by completing the 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.
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LSE at the Labour and Conservative Party conferences The
Institute of Public Affairs will be holding a fringe event ‘The Future of
Britain in Europe’ at the Labour Party conference in Brighton and the
Conservative Party conference in Manchester.
Professor Tony Travers will be chairing the events and will be joined by
Professor Simon Hix, Vicky Pryce and Anand Menon, Director of the ESRC ‘The
UK in a Changing Europe’ programme. Rt Hon Ann Clwyd MP, Foreign Affairs
committee will join the panel at the Labour conference.
For more information on the events, visit
lse.ac.uk/ipapolicybriefings. If you are travelling to the conferences,
speaking at other events or would like to attend these fringe events please
email Noita Sadler at
n.j.sadler@lse.ac.uk.
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Proposed changes to SAUL This is a reminder that a consultation
is underway in regards to changes to the SAUL pension scheme. The LSE
Pension Team is holding more presentations on Friday 11 September to
provide further information on the SAUL pension and to answer questions
regarding the proposed changes, as follows:
- 2.30pm for CARE members
- 3.15pm for Final Salary members
These sessions will be held in TW1.G.01 and the presentation will be
given by Richard Hill-Tout from SAUL.
SAUL have developed consultation
webpages containing interactive modelling tools and other information
about the proposed changes to the scheme.
The consultation is due to end on Sunday 13 September, so please provide
any feedback on the proposals via the SAUL website or provide a written
response to the Pension Team no
later than this date.
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Plaza Cafe: revived and reopened The
Plaza Cafe has
reopened having undergone a refurbishment to improve the customer
experience and quality of products on offer.
Improvements include barista coffee, organic teas, a
new menu, breakfast pastries and granola pots, a panini grill, new soup
range including ramen noodles, and improved seating options.
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LSE Perspectives - 120 Not Out To celebrate LSE’s 120th
Anniversary, LSE Arts' special edition of Perspectives shows the changing
face of the campus with photos from staff, students and alumni. You can see
the full selection at
LSE Perspectives.
This photo was taken by Jin Li Lim, a postgraduate in International
History. This serendipitous photograph of LSE students attempting ‘street
cricket’ seemed an opportune gesture towards the numerical date as well as
the irrepressible spirit of LSE students - past, present and future.
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Computer Tip of the Week - Ensure your anti-virus software is up to
date Desktop and laptop computers using the LSE network must run
anti-virus software. This not only protects your own data and documents but
also keeps the network as a whole safe. To this end, LSE provides
free Sophos anti-virus software to all students and staff.
Once you’ve loaded Sophos, periodically check that it is being updated
automatically as needed. You can do this by checking the Sophos icon at the
bottom of the screen near the time in the right hand section of the taskbar.
It should look like this:
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If a red circle with a white cross in it appears over the icon
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it means Sophos antivirus has failed to update itself.
If the red circle appears, as a matter of urgency please open this
internet guide and follow the steps for Configure Sophos Auto-update and
Updating Virus Definition Files (IDEs). If this does not work, visit the
Laptop Surgery for assistance or, if the problem is on an LSE desktop
computer, contact the IMT Help Desk (x5000).
If you have an IT question, check out our
online guides and FAQs and other resources on the
IT Training website.
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Tai chi for beginners New introductory short course for
absolute beginners. Six consecutive weekly sessions starting Tuesday 29
September from 12-1pm in the Old Gym, basement of Old Building.
After this introductory course there are regular classes on Tuesdays from
1-2pm and Thursdays from 5-6pm. Both these classes cater for all abilities.
For more information, contact Inés at
i.alonso-garcia@lse.ac.uk.
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Anne's Ullswater Three Island Challenge
Professor Anne Power aims to raise £33,000 for The National Communities
Resource Centre by taking part in a swim and row challenge round the three
main islands in Lake Ullswater, England’s coldest lake.
The challenge will take over three and a half hours and will involve
around 4,500 swimming strokes and 1,500 oar strokes.
For more information and to donate,
click here.
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Join the London Medical Orchestra
The London Medical Orchestra invites LSE staff to join. It is seeking new
string and brass players.
The orchestra rehearses on Tuesday evenings during term time at the Walter
Sickert Community Centre, Islington, N1 2FB and perform three classical
music concerts a year.
The next term begins on Tuesday 22 September and their next concert is
on Sunday 13 December. For more information, visit
www.lmo.org.uk or ring Joanna on 07792
545002.
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 LSE
in pictures
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This week's picture features an aerial shot of the LSE campus.
For more images like this, visit the
Photography Unit.
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 Research
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You Auto Know: which driving personality are you? An ongoing
study on the social psychology of road safety conducted jointly by LSE and
tyre manufacturer Goodyear, and managed by
LSE Enterprise’s
consulting arm, has found seven different driver personality types on
Britain’s roads.
Researchers conducted focus groups and in depth interviews with drivers
to discover how drivers deal with their own feelings and their uncertainty
as to the behaviour of other road users.
Dr Chris Tennant, from LSE’s Department of Social Psychology, who is
leading the research project for LSE and Goodyear, said: "Much of the time
we can sit happily in the comfortable bubble of our car, but around any
corner we may have to interact with other drivers. This makes the road a
challenging and uncertain social environment.
"While we may worry about others’ driving, this research suggests that
their behaviour also depends on what we do. We create the personalities that
we don’t like. From a psychological point of view, these different types of
personalities represent different outlets that drivers use to deal with
their frustrations and strong feelings. We are not always entirely one or
the other. Depending on the situation and the interaction with others, most
of us will find several of these profiles emerge."
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 Events
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LSE Events Programme September - December 2015 now online
Highlights including
Shami Chakrabarti,
Winnie Byanyima,
Sir David Chipperfield,
Dr Ben Bernanke,
Margot Wallström and
Professor David Harvey. You can
browse the programme or search for specific events via
lse.ac.uk/events.
The majority of events are free and open to all with no ticket required and
entry is on a first come first served basis. We recommend arriving at least
20 minutes before the start of the event to maximise your chances of getting
a seat.
For those events which are ticketed, remember that an allocation of tickets
is set aside for LSE staff and students, available for collection on a first
come first served basis from the LSE SU shop on the morning of the ticket
release date. Make a note in your diary of
upcoming
ticket releases.
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Forthcoming LSE events include....
Inside the Nudge Unit: how small changes can make a big difference
On: Tuesday 15 September at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Dr David Halpern (pictured)
One plus One Equals Three: a masterclass in creative thinking
On: Monday 21 September 2015 at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Dave Trott
Why Demography Needs (New) Theories
On: Wednesday 23 September at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Wendy Sigle (pictured)
The Way Forward for Europe: a union of solidarity and differentiation?
On: Thursday 24 September at 3.30pm in the Shaw Library, 6th floor, Old
Building
Speaker: Emmanuel Macron
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Black Earth: the Holocaust as history and warning On: Monday
14 September from 6.30-8pm in room TW1.G.01, Tower One
Speaker: Professor Timothy Snyder,
Housum Professor of History at Yale University.
In this lecture Timothy Snyder will talk about his new book, Black
Earth: the Holocaust as history and warning, in which he argues we have
missed basic lessons of the history of the Holocaust, and that some of our
beliefs are frighteningly close to the panic that Hitler expressed in the
1920’s.
This event is free and open to all with no ticket or pre-registration
required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis.
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Can London become the world's largest learning space? As part
of the LTI NetworkED seminars Dr Donna Lanclos will be presenting a
NetworkED seminar NetworkED2020: The London University on Wednesday 16
September at 3pm.
Dr Lanclos is an anthropologist working with ethnographic methods and
analysis to inform and change policy in higher education, in particular in
and around libraries, learning spaces, and teaching and learning practices.
The event is free to attend and places can be reserved on
Eventbrite. More information can be found on the
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 60
second interview
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with..... Helena Vieira
I was born and raised in Brazil,
and lived in New York for 15 years,
working for Dow Jones, Bloomberg and
others. I also freelanced a lot.
Mobility is one of the good things
about being a journalist. Journalism
(and also wanderlust) has allowed me
to live and work in four continents
- South and North America, Europe
and Africa.
I have two Master’s degrees, one
M.A. in International Development
from American University, in
Washington D.C., and a more recent
M.S, in Strategic Communications
from Columbia University, in New
York. I’m a dual citizen of Brazil
and Italy, and I speak fluent
Spanish and Italian, besides my
native Portuguese and English. I
love to write and can be picky with
words and grammar. My husband is
Italian. We have a deaf white cat
who thinks he’s a lion and chases
foxes in the backyard. We think he
risks being mauled one of these
days.
The LSE Business Review blog
has just launched. Can you tell us
more about it?
Historically, economists and
social scientists in general tend to
talk to governments, but not
necessarily to business directly. We
think there’s a huge amount of
research out there that is relevant
to business but is not exactly easy
to find. Businesses need a
consistent place to look for market
and organisation information.
LSE Business Review is an
open-access tool for the exchange of
that knowledge. At LSE we can offer
evidence-based insights across many
different areas relevant for
businesses, and we can learn from
business professionals, who have
on-the-ground experience, plus
researchers in other key
institutions throughout the world,
LSE alumni, etc. Firms and
businesses are key agents for
building contemporary civilisation
and the social sciences cannot
afford to neglect them.
What are your plans for the
blog in the future?
In the initial stage we will post
one article a day by contributors
from LSE, businesses, consultancies,
other universities and research
institutes. We will build up from
there, and aim to run 700 posts a
year by 2017.
What would your friends say is
your greatest quality?
I believe my friends and family
find me trustworthy. I can keep
secrets, and I suffer if I have to
cancel a commitment.
Which celebrity do you think
would make an interesting Prime
Minister?
I’m off the hook here, because
I’m not British (a hint: my national
cocktail is the caipirinha). But,
since you ask, how about Angelina
Jolie? She’s not British, but she’s
smart and pretty serious in what she
does, and I’m sure she’d learn to be
a politician in no time at all.
Do you have a temptation you
wish you could resist?
Not only one, many, chiefly
chocolate and wine, but I almost
don’t want to resist them.
Where would you go if you were
invisible for a day?
That’s a tough question, because
it’s only one day. I would probably
choose to spend it inside a CEO’s
suite to witness what goes behind
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 Training
and jobs
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Jobs at LSE Below are some of the vacancies currently being
advertised:
- Assistant Professor, Accounting
- 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
- Associate Professor, Accounting
- Centre Manager, Centre for the Study of Human Rights
- Centre Manager, Financial Markets Group
- Deputy Head of Purchasing, Finance Division
- Executive MSc Programme Manager, LSE Cities
- Grant Applications Manager, Research Division
- HR Manager (Reward and Contribution), HR Services
- Contracts Manager (Maternity Cover), International Growth
Centre
- Events Officer, International Growth Centre
- Hub Coordinator, International Growth Centre
- Knowledge Exchange and Web Communications Officer, PSSRU
- Fellow in Economic History, Economic History
- Research Assistant, Management
- Research Officer (Economic History), Grantham Research
Institute
- Research Officer (Environment and Development), Grantham
Research Institute
- Research Officer in Health Policy and Human Rights, LSE
Health and Social Care
- Senior Programme Manager, Finance
- TRIUM Executive Director, Management
- Teaching Operations Manager, Government
For more information, visit
Jobs at LSE and login via the instructions under the 'Internal
vacancies' heading. |
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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
communications.internal@lse.ac.uk or
on ext 7582. The next edition of Staff News is on Thursday 24
September. Articles for this should be emailed to me by
Tuesday 22 September. Staff
News is emailed every Thursday during term time and fortnightly during
the holidays.
Thanks, Nicole
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