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Professor Charlie Beckett joins parliamentary select committee
Professor Charlie Beckett of the
Department of Media
and Communications and Director of
Polis,
LSE's journalism think-tank, has been appointed as Special Advisor on
broadcasting to the House of
Commons Select Committee for Culture, Media and Sport.
He will be advising the committee on its inquiries into the future of
Channel 4 and the BBC's Charter renewal as well as identifying future topics
for the committee to address.
Professor Beckett said: "This is a critical time for broadcasting in
Britain and I look forward to contributing some insights from my time both
as a journalist and academic to the policy-making process."
Professor Beckett worked at ITN and the BBC as a journalist before
joining LSE in 2006. He is a specialist in the future of news, journalism
ethics and political communications and is the author of SuperMedia
and WikiLeaks: News in the Networked Era.
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Jane Secker awarded Honorary Fellowship of CILIP Dr Jane
Secker, Copyright and Digital Literacy Advisor at LSE has been awarded an
Honorary Fellowship of CILIP, the Chartered Institute of Library and
Information Professionals, for her exceptional contribution to advancing the
field of information literacy over the past ten years.
Jane is one of the UK’s leading professionals involved in developing and
implementing information and digital literacy strategies for the 21st
century at national and international level.
Honorary fellowship of the professional body has been awarded by CILIP
and its predecessor the Library Association since 1896. It is the highest
recognition given to a person who has made an outstanding contribution to
the library and information world.
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LSE signs
Memorandum of Understanding
Last week LSE Director Craig Calhoun hosted Dr Jacques Rogozinski,
General Director of Nacional Financiera (NAFIN), to celebrate the
signing of an Memorandum of Understanding between The Grantham Research
Institute, Latin America and Caribbean Centre and NAFIN.
The Memorandum sets out potential collaboration to support fellowships,
workshops and knowledge exchange between NAFIN and LSE.
NAFIN is a federal government agency with a mission to promote
sustainable development in Mexico, especially through micro, small and
medium enterprises, and with particular interest in green finance and
financial inclusion.
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LSE impresses in the Global Corporate Challenge 2015
Participants in this year’s Global Corporate Challenge (GCC) held a
celebration event on Tuesday 6 October in the Shaw Library, highlighting
individual, team and organisational success in this year’s competition.
With over 410 million steps having been taken in the 100-day period
(that’s a total distance of 163,402 miles or almost six miles per day, per
participant), LSE was revealed to have been the overall top performer in
education globally and, even more impressively, ranked number 22 overall out
of more than 1,300 companies taking part.
Louise Handley from the HR Division, this year’s organiser for LSE, said:
"we joked before the celebration event that this had been a record-breaking
year for LSE’s involvement in GCC (in that is was our second year of taking
part), so were delighted to find out that we had ended up on top of the
education leader board and ranked so highly across all industries.
"This is testament to all those who took part and embraced the challenge,
with many people seeing real health benefits by the end of the event, from
meeting weight loss goals to simply getting a better night’s sleep. It’s
been fantastic fun, with over 90 per cent of participants stating they would
recommend the programme to friends and colleagues, so we hope to be able to
take part in the challenge again in 2016 and have even more new faces on
board. Congratulations to everyone involved for making this such a success."
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Forensic Science and Human Rights: the case of Mexico In August
2015 Dr Claire Moon, Department of Sociology and Centre for the Study of
Human Rights, conducted field research in Mexico into the forensic
investigation of clandestine mass graves arising out of the government’s
‘war on organised crime’.
Since 2006 and in this context an estimated 150,000 Mexican citizens and
undocumented migrants have been killed or ‘disappeared’. Around 20,000
bodies have been recovered from a number of grave sites but remain
unidentified.
The research investigated the practices and principles of a number of
organisations and forensics initiatives including the Red Cross, the
Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team, the Mexican Forensic Anthropology
Team, the International Commission for Missing Persons, and the innovative
and controversial citizen-led DNA project, Gobernanza Forense Cuidadano,
run by family members of the disappeared.
The Mexican case is one of a number of cases that features in Claire’s
current book project on forensics, science and human rights. The fieldtrip
was supported by the LSE’s RIIF Seed Fund.
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Department of Mathematics launch
Maths at LSE
The Department of Mathematics celebrated the launch of their blog,
Maths at LSE, by joining
together with Communications and Research colleagues across the School
for an afternoon reception.
Adrian Thomas; Director of Communications, Chris Gilson; Managing Editor
of the LSE USAPP blog, and Sierra Williams; Managing Editor of LSE's Impact
blog, presented their extensive knowledge and experiences of academic
blogging, social media and communications strategy.
Andy Lewis-Pye and Rebecca Lumb, Mathematics, were also thanked for all
their efforts in setting up the blog - the first of its kind in the sphere
of Mathematics. It was a fun, informative networking event and really
inspired everyone to get blogging.
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Celebrating 120 years of LSE Did you know? LSE’s first home in
1895 was in an area called Adelphi, near Charing Cross. We outgrew the space
and eventually made the move to Clare Market in 1902.
Read more about LSE’s Adelphi days
and explore the development of our current campus in
LSE
History Explorer, a new interactive guide to LSE’s key buildings using
pictures from the LSE archives.
October 2015 is LSE’s 120th anniversary. Join in the celebrations at
lse.ac.uk/lse120
#LSE120
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Academics abroad
On Thursday 8 October Dr Wendy Willems, Associate Professor of the
Department of Media and Communications, gave a paper entitled
Whose
Vantage Point? Locating Global Media and Communication Studies at
the Global Media Studies
Initiative inaugural symposium in Michigan.
On Friday 9 October Professor Nick Couldry, Head of the Department of
Media and Communications, gave a keynote paper on The Changing Topology
of Public Engagement at the
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 Notices
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Professional Services Staff Values in Practice awards
Many thanks to everyone who nominated colleagues for the
VIP Awards, we had a great response with over 80 nominations from
across LSE.
We will be informing all those who were nominated by the end of next
week. The judging panel, made up of a representative cross-section of staff
and chaired by Indi Seehra, HR Director, will be meeting at the end of
October to shortlist the finalists and decide on the winner for each award.
All individuals and teams shortlisted for an award will be invited to a
VIP Awards afternoon on Monday 7 December in the Shaw Library, where
we will celebrate everyone’s achievements and the winners will be presented
with their awards.
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Personal contact details on websites A staff member was
recently contacted by a third party on her personal mobile phone number
which she had published online within her CV. The School strongly suggests
that all staff and students check the information they have made available
via the School’s website, or personal web pages, to ensure that only the
contact details you want people to have are published. Staff should publish
email addresses where possible as these are less intrusive and/or School
provided telephone numbers if required.
If you change a web page to remove contact details, you should also
contact Web Services who
can request the removal of the old School website page from the Google
cache. You will need to contact Google directly regarding any personal
websites outside those provided by the School.
For further information on Data Protection, contact
Rachael Maguire, Records Manager.
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Want to increase your research impact? To celebrate Open Access
Week 2015, LSE Library has organised several events to showcase how we can
help you in disseminating your research as widely as possible.
From 19-23 October, the Library will be hosting the following:
Open Access drop in
Monday 19 October from 12-2pm in the Library
At this event you'll be able to speak to our in-house research support
experts on research data management, bibliometrics and open access
publishing.
Also on Tuesday 20 October from 11.30am-2pm in the PhD Academy.
Bibliometrics and Citation Analysis
Tuesday 20 October from 2-3.30pm in the Library
Learn how to use bibliometrics such as citations and impact factor and how
to identify high impact journals for publishing.
We will also be publishing guest blog posts from LSE academics on their
open access publishing practices and how they and the wider research
community have benefited - visit the
LSE Library blog to find out
more.
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Focus groups on LSE’s digitised theses collection In November,
LSE Library and ProQuest are running focus groups exploring the
dissemination and use of our digitised theses collection.
We're still looking for academic staff from all departments to
participate in our focus group on Wednesday 4 November from
5-7pm.
We're interested to learn how (or if) you engage with our theses, whether
you consider it a valuable collection or overlook it as a resource.
Food and drinks will be provided. Participants will also receive a
Waterstones or Amazon voucher for their time. To register your interest,
email Lsethesesonline@lse.ac.uk.
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Final Sale - what do you think?
All staff and students are invited to give their thoughts on the LSE
Arts public installation,
Final Sale, situated above the entrance of the Old Building.
Have you noticed the installation? What do you think it represents?
Would you like to see it stay? Email your feedback to
arts@lse.ac.uk.
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Addressing your mail
Regardless of your location on campus, all mail/courier items need to
be addressed as follows:
- Your name
- Your department
- LSE
- Houghton Street
- London
- WC2A 2AE
The LSE Post Room will then deliver your item to your Department. Please
do not use any other postcode or building name. Please email
Postal.Enquiries@lse.ac.uk
if you have any queries.
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LSE Catering Christmas Meals - save the date Christmas is
rapidly approaching and LSE Catering are delighted to confirm their
Christmas lunch dates:
- Fourth Floor Restaurant - Thursday 3 December
- Staff Dining Room - Tuesday 8 and Wednesday 9 December
- LSE Garrick - Thursday 10 and Friday 11 December
These lunches are a great opportunity to get together with colleagues and
celebrate the festive period while enjoying a delicious meal and a
celebratory drink.
The Staff Dining Room is by booking only. To secure your place, contact
Joe Borg at j.borg1@lse.ac.uk or on
ext 7821. Menus will be announced shortly.
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Wellbeing Stall
The
Student Wellbeing Service will be running a Wellbeing Stall outside
the Saw Swee Hock Student Centre on Tuesday 20 October from
10.30am-3pm, promoting World Mental Health Day.
Staff from the
Disability and Wellbeing Service, Residential Services, Student Counselling
will be joined by Peer Supporters to help people think of the little things
they can do to help maintain their mental health/wellbeing.
Free 10 minute chair massages will also be available.
The team will also be promoting the "Time to Change" campaign which
aims to end mental health discrimination.
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RUN. VOTE. CHANGE. LSE Students’ Union is holding elections for
a Postgraduate Students’ Officer, Postgraduate Research Students’ Officer,
Mature and Part-time Students’ Officer.
We want to encourage as many students to run for a position as possible,
in order to keep the Union diverse and representative. So if you know any
students who would be perfect for any of these roles, please encourage them
to stand, or pass their name onto Engagement Co-ordinator, Laura Burley, at
l.a.burley@lse.ac.uk.
The full list of positions is available at
lsesu.com/elections.
Nominations are open from Monday 12 until Monday 19 October at
lsesu.com/elections.
If you’re a GTA and are also studying for your PhD, don’t forget you can
stand to be the Research Students’ Officer.
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Acupuncture awareness
It's
World Osteoporosis Day on 20
October 2015 - why not try acupuncture to help ease pain and stiffness?
The LSE Treatment Clinic offers discounted rates for staff and students
for acupuncture sessions. For more information and to book, visit
lsetreatmentclinic.co.uk.
If you have any concerns about acupuncture, ring 07789 322821.
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 LSE
in pictures
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This week,
the School's
Instagram page
will be sharing archive photos to celebrate LSE's 120th
anniversary.
This picture shows building works at the East Building, 1964. The East
Building is under scaffolding again as the site is currently being
redeveloped, 50 years later.
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 Research
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Gender inequality is rife and "trivialised" finds LSE Commission
Inequality between men and women is rife in all levels of society, and
radical change is required to make significant progress in closing the
inequality gap. These are the findings of the
Commission on Gender
Inequality and Power held by LSE.
The report derives from a year-long Commission and draws on national and
international evidence across economics, law, politics and media.
It explores the Commission's key finding that gender discrimination is
rife and despite various forms of ‘progress’ on discrimination, sexism is
still the ‘norm’ and continues to be trivialised. Some of the
recommendations, such as quotas, are controversial. But without radical
change gender inequality will remain for the next half century.
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 Events
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Today - Spectrum Welcome Reception
Spectrum is LSE’s LGBT+ staff network. Our annual Michaelmas term
Welcome Reception will take place at 5.30pm today in the Shaw Library
and we’d love to see you there - all staff are welcome.
Would you like to get involved or collaborate with Spectrum, hear more about
what we do, or come along to one of our events?
Find out more at
lse.ac.uk/spectrum, email
spectrum@lse.ac.uk to
join our mailing list, and follow us on Twitter
@LSESpectrum.
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The Modern Mercenary: private armies and what they mean for world
order On: Monday 19 October from 6.30-8pm in the Wolfson Theatre,
New Academic Building
Speaker: Sean McFate,
Associate Professor at the National Defense University, Senior Fellow at
the Atlantic Council and Adjunct Professor at Georgetown School of Foreign
Service.
In The Modern Mercenary, Sean McFate combines a broad-ranging
theory of the phenomenon with an insider’s understanding of what the opaque
world of the private military industry is actually like, explaining its
economic structure and showing in detail how firms operate on the ground. He
provides an unparalleled perspective into the nuts and bolts of the
industry, as well as a sobering prognosis for the future of war.
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Justice, Accountability and Human Rights in India Page On:
Wednesday 21 October from 6.30pm-8pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Dushyant Dave, Senior Advocate and
President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of India.
Dushyant Dave will speak from his considerable experience about the
issues of accountability and justice at stake in India today. His talk will
discuss the focused and vigorous campaigns needed across the legislature,
executive and judiciary to address serious human rights violations, provide
sound systems of redress and ensure strict standards of democratic and legal
accountability.
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Podcasts of public lectures and events
HeForShe #GetFree tour: panel discussion on developing an inclusive
campus culture
Speakers: Douglas Booth, Elizabeth Nyamayaro, Lena Schofield, Hilary
Stauffer, and Charles Stephens
Recorded: Wednesday 7 October, approx. 64 minutes
Economics Rules: the rights and wrongs of the dismal science
Speaker: Professor Dani Rodrik
Recorded: Wednesday 7 October, approx. 74 minutes
Women, Peace and Security: tackling the cycle of violence against women
Speaker: Professor Christine Chinkin
Recorded: Thursday 8 October, approx. 89 minutes
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Guardian Live - A life in politics with Alan Johnson
On: Tuesday 20 October from 7-8.30pm in the Greenwood Theatre,
London, SE1 3RA.
At this event, Alan Johnson will talk to Guardian associate editor
and veteran political commentator, Michael White, about his journey into
politics, his time in government during the Blair/Brown years and his
thoughts on the Labour party today.
Tickets are on sale for £15 but LSE staff can get a 50 per cent discount
by quoting AJCDE13 when booking. For more information and to book,
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 60
second interview
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with..... Nicola Wright
I joined LSE Library in 2008 and was appointed as Director of Library Services in March this year. I’ve worked in several wonderful libraries but LSE’s Library - the British Library of Political and Economic Science - is very special. I’m proud to lead a library that was established ‘for promoting the study and general knowledge of…all matters relating to the progress and development of communities and of mankind generally’.
At home I have two lovely children who ask ‘why?’ a lot. A good question but a bit trying when it concerns the need to tidy bedrooms.
How do you see the Library changing over the next five years?
The Library will have a stronger digital presence so that people perceive it as a virtual space as well as a physical building and collection. We need to ensure that our collections continue to represent social movements and this means acquiring born-digital materials from the web and finding new ways to use them in support of education and research.
The study environment will be improved with more study spaces to meet student demand and new spaces to enable more group working and use of technology. We also need to design spaces that support the different ways that people want to work – we need vibrant spaces where people can work together but also peaceful places for silent study
Some things won’t change - the Library will still be full of people (virtual or otherwise) and we will still have a lot of books!
What’s your favourite thing about working for the Library?
The people I work with - students, researchers and of course, my Library colleagues. I also enjoy my encounters with the characters that come to life through our collections - they are brilliant, dedicated, driven, sometimes tragic and quite often rather eccentric.
If you could change places with someone past or present, for a day, who would it be and why?
Amelia Earhart for her sense of adventure and feminism. I’m also frightened of flying so it would be lovely to experience flight without the anxiety I normally feel.
What was the last thing that made you laugh out loud?
I recently went on a Waltzer ride with my daughter. I hadn’t been on one for about 30 years and I had forgotten how fast they go. We screamed and laughed from start to finish. I felt decidedly queasy at the end but my daughter wanted to go straight back on!
As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A free spirit.
If you could have one super power, what would it be?
Being able to be in two places at once would be handy.
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 Training
and jobs
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Workshops from the Teaching and Learning Centre
Supervising MSc dissertations
On: Wednesday 21 October from 12.30-2pm
This workshop is designed for academics across the School who are involved
in MSc supervision. Participants will consider the roles and
responsibilities of a Master's supervisor at different stages of work on the
dissertation as well as identify key milestones in a successful project.
Promoting active learning in quantitative studies
On: Thursday 22 October from 12.30-2pm
This practical session offers an insight into the way students can be
encouraged to engage effectively with learning in quantitative subjects,
using some of the recent literature on teaching mathematics and statistics
at the degree level as reference points.
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Research Division Training Sessions The Research Division would
like to invite centre managers, department managers, academics, research
staff and professional staff interested in research funding or already with
an award to attend the following events.
Introduction for new award holders
On: Tuesday 27 October from 12-1.30pm
Essential for those new to managing research awards, which includes the
award holder, colleagues working on the award and support staff. We will
summarise key elements of what the award holders’ role involves and the
support that the Research Division offers. Aimed at all involved in research
awards (academics, admin, and departmental staff).
Life after HEIF
On: Wednesday 18 November from 12-1.30pm
Listen to case studies from across the School about how knowledge exchange (KE)
activities and Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF) supported projects
can be further developed and lead to new opportunities with respect to
greater engagement, further funding, or opportunities to enhance reputation
of individuals and of LSE.
Confirmed Speakers include:
- Professor Tony Travers - Director of LSE London, a Visiting
Professor in the LSE’s Government Department, and Chair of the Knowledge
Exchange and Impact Strategy Group.
- Professor Patrick Dunleavy - Director of the LSE Public Policy Group
and Professor in the Government Department.
- Dr Nancy Holman - Associate Professor in the Department of Geography
and Environment.
- Professor Henry Overman - Director of the What Works Centre for
Local Economic Growth and Professor in Economic Geography in the
Department of Geography and Environment.
Dr Don Slater - Associate Professor in Sociology and Co-Director of the
Configuring Light programme.
All training sessions are delivered to you by Research Division Training
Programme as part of the
Teaching
and Learning Centre Academic Development Programme. For more
information, email
researchdivision@lse.ac.uk. For a list of upcoming Michaelmas term
events,
click here. For daily updates, follow us on Twitter
@ LSE_RD.
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Jobs at LSE Below are some of the vacancies currently being
advertised:
- Academic Partnership Support Officer, Academic Partnerships
- Applications Architect, Information Management and Technology
- Assistant Learning Technologist (two vacancies), Information
Management and Technology
- Assistant Professor, Accounting
- Assistant Professor Qualitative Research Methodology,
Department of Methodology
- Assistant Professor Quantitative Research Methodology,
Department of Methodology
- Assistant Professor in Behavioural Science, Social Policy
- Assistant Professor in Economic History, Economic History
- Assistant Professor in Economics, Economics
- Assistant Professor in Environment, Geography and Environment
- Assistant Professor in Environmental Economics, Geography and
Environment
- Assistant Professor in Gender, Development and Globalisation,
Gender Institute
- Assistant Professor in Global Health Policy, Social Policy
- Assistant Professor in Health Economics and Policy, Social
Policy
- Assistant Professor in International History (Conflict and
Society), International History
- Assistant Professor in Philosophy, Philosophy
- Assistant Professorships in Sociology, Sociology
- Assistant/Associate Professor in International History (China and
Modern World), International History
- Associate Professor in Global Health Policy, Social Policy
- Associate Professorial Research Fellow in Poverty and Inequality,
International Inequalities Institute
- BJS Editorial, Events and Media Assistant (internal only),
Sociology
- BSc Programme Manager, Accounting
- Business Partnerships Manager, LSE Advancement
- Communications and Events Officer, International Development
- Dahrendorf Forum Project Manager, LSE IDEAS
- Database Services Manager, Information Management and
Technology
- Executive Programmes Officer, Institute of Public Affairs
- Contracts Assistant, International Growth Centre
- Country Economist (Bangladesh), International Growth Centre
- Learning Technologist, Information Management and Technology
- MSc Programme Administrator, Sociology
- Professor/Associate Professor in Economics, Economics
- Receptionist, Estates: Security and Porters
- Senior Graduate Admissions Administrator (Non-standard Programmes
and Visa Specialist), ARD: Graduate Admissions
- Senior Registry Administrator, ARD: Student Administration
- Summer School Programme Assistant, Summer School and
Executive Programmes
- Summer School Programme Coordinator, Summer School and
Executive Programmes
- User Experience Researcher, Library: Resources and Innovation
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
communications.internal@lse.ac.uk or
on ext 7582. The next edition of Staff News is on Thursday 22
October. Articles for this should be emailed to me by
Tuesday 20 October. Staff
News is emailed every Thursday during term time and fortnightly during
the holidays.
Thanks, Nicole
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