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• Sign up for a language
There's still time to enrol on a language certificate course at the LSE
Language Centre. It's £215 for a 20 week programme, and it's the cheapest
language course amongst the 'Big 3' London universities.
Nick Byrne, director of the Language Centre, said: 'Language learning is
a hot topic. A major report on language learning in higher education came
out last week and found that around 65,000 students took a language course
of some sort last year in the UK. Language learning shouldn't be seen as a
luxury, but part of the skills of any LSE graduate. Sometimes it's a tie
breaker at job interviews. Even doing a beginners course - particularly in
Mandarin - sends out positive signals about how you respect other countries'
language and culture. So do come and join us.'
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• LSE wins national recycling award for Zero Waste project
LSE has won a national award for its 'complete and comprehensive
approach' to recycling. The school picked up the Public Sector Recycling
Achievement Award at the National Recycling Awards 2009.
Judges at the ceremony praised LSE's Zero Waste project which they said
'thought of everything'. Chantal Beaudoin, Environmental Compliance and
Sustainable Waste Officer, said: 'We're delighted to have won this award. It
shows how partnerships and collaboration can bring great results.'
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• LSE: a history in pictures
On Tuesday 3 November, the first phase of 'LSE: a history in pictures'
went live on Flickr.
The project, funded by the Annual Fund, makes accessible a wide range of
historic photographs from across the archives for School and public use. So
far around 500 images from the archives have been digitised dating from the
1890's to the 1990's, and they cover a remarkable range of school life -
from staff and students, to buildings and special events.
The Flickr site is interactive and the team welcome your comments or
memories inspired by the images. Any information that you have regarding the
pictures would also be appreciated - if the description on the site does not
include the names of people or the places in the photograph, it means that
they do not have a record of them in the archives.
The project is ongoing until May 2010 by which time there will be over
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 Notices
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• Remembrance Day vigil - Wednesday 11 November
Remembrance Day is our chance to remember all those who have lost
their lives in any conflict, anywhere in the world. It falls at 11am every
11 November to commemorate the cessation of the First World War, and those
who died in that war and all wars since.
The Students' Union and the School will be holding a Remembrance Day
vigil starting at 10.50am by the plaque at the side of the Old Theatre (by
Student Services) on Wednesday 11 November.
Professor Janet Hartley, pro-director for teaching and learning, and
Chaplain Reverend David Peebles will say a few words, after which
there will be a two minute silence at 11am, the same time that others will
fall silent across the country.
Please come along to remember all those who have died and continue to die
in war.
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• University Challenge needs an LSE team
University Challenge - one of Britain's best-loved TV quiz shows that
sees university teams battle it out - needs an LSE team. This is your
chance to pit your wits against the best in the country, and be on TV.
All current LSE students are eligible.
First round trials take place on the following dates:
- Friday 6 November - 11.30am-1pm, S75
- Monday 9 November - 6-7.30pm, E304
If you cannot make any of these times, please email
su.gensec@lse.ac.uk
immediately.
The second round will be on Wednesday 11 November at 12noon-1pm in the
Old Theatre, where the eight best participants from the first round will battle
it out in true University Challenge format, with LSE Director Howard
Davies in the chair!
For more information, see
http://tinyurl.com/ydun8vq
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• Special offers - 4th Floor Restaurant and Café Bar
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9-11am - Free tea with any of the following:
Hot cooked breakfast only £2.30
Health bar combo only £1.90
Danish pastry or croissant from 95p
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4-7pm - Special value evening meal only £2.90
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6-9pm - Free tortilla chips and dips when you spend over £5 on
drinks in the Café Bar
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• IT training to support your coursework
Got a paper due? Doing a presentation? The IT Services training team can
help. They offer free hour-long training tutorials for all students in
creating good looking reports and documents, developing interesting and
interactive presentations, and using Excel to do quick data analysis.
See http://ittraining.lse.ac.uk
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 What's
on
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• On your bike!
Thursday 12 November, 10am-3.30pm, Houghton Street
Sick of the hot, smelly tube, feeling a bit flabby or has that last
Oyster travel card taken you into the red?
A number of companies will be selling reconditioned and recycled bikes at
really affordable prices along with accessories for all your biking needs.
Dr Bike will also be paying us another visit to check over your bikes,
make small adjustments and advise on more major repairs.
Also…
- get your bike tagged
- join the bike competitions to bag yourself a great prize
- find out about bikeability and road safety courses
- sign up for a led bike ride from your halls
This event is part of the Future Proof project, encouraging
sustainability at LSE. More
information can be found at www.lsesu.com
or join the group on Facebook - LSE Students’ Union
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• Rwandan genocide survivors tell their stories through art
exhibition at LSE
Monday 9 November - Friday 18 December (Mon-Fri, 10am- 8pm)
Atrium Gallery, Old Building, LSE - Admission free
Heroes of Our Time: Rwandan Courage & Survival presents a history
of the 1994 Rwandan genocide and focuses on the situation in Rwanda today
through the stories of four heroic survivors - Siméon Karamaga, Daphrose
Mukangarambe, Cassien Mbanda and Ange Cendrine Mukayitesi.
Through personal testimony, imagery and film, the exhibition conveys the
history of Rwanda, setting the context as to how the colonial years sowed
the seeds for the genocide in which one million Tutsis, and a number of
moderate Hutus, were killed in 100 days.
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 Questions
to the School
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This is your opportunity to put your questions to the School - perhaps
you want to know more about the new Student Services Centre, the Careers
Service, the Library or even the catering facilities. Or maybe you just
have suggestions on how to improve your time here?
Q: Why is there no booklet with all relevant readings for
every course? Most reading lists feature information about the text and
then point to the library code. So, the student has to go to the
library, get hold of the book and copy the relevant pages. Could
lecturers not either prepare a comprehensive copy of all readings so
that students can easily copy this, or provide all readings on Moodle?
Steffen Daehne, postgraduate
A: The Library offers a range of services to course lecturers, to
enable their students to access required readings. As well as ensuring that
there are multiple copies of essential textbooks in the Course Collection,
the Library offers supplementary services that lecturers can ask for if they
wish; these include the provision of course packs, and of digitised readings
which are normally presented via Moodle. It is up to lecturers to ask for
these services, as courses differ in the way that they present readings, and
not all lecturers want the same thing.
The blanket provision of scanned readings for all courses would not be a
viable option: firstly, not all lecturers would want this for their courses;
secondly, it would prevent us from directing resources towards courses where
course packs or scanned readings are in most need; and thirdly, there are
legal restrictions in copyright law and the School's licence with the
Copyright Licensing Agency prohibits us from doing such mass copying.
If you are unhappy with the level of access to readings in any particular
course then the best approach is to raise this with your lecturer and ask
them to consider requesting a printed or electronic course pack from the
Library.
Glyn Price, Technical Services Manager, The Library
If you would like to submit a question,
please email Nicole Gallivan at
n.gallivan@lse.ac.uk
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 Society
profile
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• Hayek Society
Claim to fame? -
The only society to be profit-making in its ventures!
Approx number of members -
80
Society president? -
Arthur Ma
arthurmauk@gmail.com
Famous alum? -
Allister Heath, editor of City AM; Matthew Elliott, chief
executive of the Taxpayer’s Alliance; and Friedrich August von Hayek, of
course!
Biggest event or achievement? -
Sending several members every year around the world to lucrative
internships and free-market seminars.
Big event coming up? -
An evening with John Micklethwait, the editor-in-chief of The
Economist.
Why should people join this society? -
Because we're the real freedom fighters, the ones who believe in
individual rights and personal liberty, free-market ideas and economic
prosperity. We host lectures by enthusiastic and awe-inspiring speakers,
discuss and solve issues far from mainstream, and have the exclusive
first-nods at internships and events around London.
Website? -
www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=12671240143&ref=ts |
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 Direct
view
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A senior member of the School highlights an important issue for
students.
• Professor George Gaskell, pro-director for planning and resources
Congratulations to all non-EU students on finding a way through the
labyrinthine procedures of the UK Border Agency’s points based visa
system. Apart from extra burdens on you, it added to the uncertainties
of recruitment as we endeavoured to hit School and departmental targets
in face of swine flu, the banking crisis and subsequent global
recession. In the event we have roughly the right number of students -
about 3.5 per cent over the target. Departments have been given
additional resources to ensure that last year’s commitment to reducing
class sizes and improving the student experience is not jeopardised.
In the face of the recession we have seen a ‘flight to education’ with
more and earlier applications for our programmes and higher conversion rates
from offers of a place to actually joining us.
I welcome you all to the School, hope you are settling in well and trust
you will have an intellectually challenging and socially convivial time at
LSE. |
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 60
Second Interview
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• with..... the LSE penguin
When the much-loved penguin
mysteriously disappeared from campus
earlier this year, it left a gaping
hole at the heart of LSE. The 60lb
landmark, which had stood on the
same spot for years, became a source
of international media attention
after it was stolen from its plinth
in a suspected alcohol-related
incident.
We are delighted to
announce that the LSE penguin has
now returned, and we have an
exclusive interview.
Your disappearance earlier
this year sent shock waves across
not only Houghton Street but also
the world. Where did you go?
I am not at liberty to disclose
my whereabouts. If I told you, I
would have to kill you! But I would
like to take this opportunity to
refute allegations in the Sunday
Flipper. I did not spend the summer
on a plastic ice floe off the coast
of Costa Rica. And I only met Penny
Penguin once.
There were rumours that you
were kidnapped by students from
another university. Is this true?
All I can say is that I was not
released as part of any trade
agreement. And the apparent exchange
of three general course students for
my safe return is purely
coincidental.
Are you the original penguin?
What's the difference?
Were you surprised at the
outpouring of grief over your
disappearance?
Not at all. But I was surprised
to be left a tin of sardines - I
prefer fresh fish. The love notes
were comforting and I intend to
respond to each one individually.
Are you pleased to be back at
LSE?
Very pleased - especially now the
weather’s starting to turn nice and
cold again. Only one thing troubles
me, Tembo is obviously exceedingly
envious of my escapades. Keep an eye
on him.
Are you worried that you might
be stolen again?
Let’s put it like this - I have
no plans to wander off again. This
is my home and I am considering
starting a family here. ……Oh…too
much information……….. |
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 Advice
and support
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Each week we feature one of the support services available to
students. This week, it's the Disability and Wellbeing Office.
• The Disability and Wellbeing Office
The Disability and Wellbeing Office (DWO) coordinates arrangements
and puts in place reasonable accommodations/adjustments for students
through an Individual Student Support Agreement (ISSA). We listen to and
involve individual students in discussions and decisions about how best
we can provide appropriate and discreet support. Although about 10 per
cent of the student population have an ISSA with the DWO, many other
students seek advice or consult us at various times during their
studies.
There are seven of us in the team, plus we contract students to be note
takers and/or readers for students with physical and sensory disabilities or
long-term medical conditions. We have specialist dyslexia/dyspraxia
advisors, as well as mental health and wellbeing advisors, who work directly
with students and staff. We believe in promoting an institutional culture of
working towards disability equality, one which recognises the importance of
student wellbeing/wellness and that welcomes diversity.
The DWO provides advice on a wide range of issues across the School, and
this includes working closely with the Accommodation Office and Halls of
Residence. Our opening hours are Monday to Friday 10am-4pm, with closure
for lunch between 1-2pm. You can contact us by email at
disability-dyslexia@lse.ac.uk
or by telephone on 0207 955 7767 or just drop by our office, room A40,
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