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13 January 2010 |
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• LSE students join world leaders to propose global economic and
financial reforms
A group of staff and students from LSE are participating in an
international conference together with world leaders and Nobel Prize
winners to propose global economic, financial and political reforms.
The New World, New Capitalism symposium in Paris, which began last
week, will also examine the progress made so far in tackling the global
economic disaster. As an academic partner in the conference, LSE has sent 30
graduate students from a variety of subject areas, along with Maurice
Fraser, senior fellow in European politics, and Razeen Sally, senior
lecturer in international political economy.
Mohammad Vesal, a PhD economics student, presented a summary of one of
the student roundtable discussions.
He said: ‘The topic was whether we should change our view of the world and
we discussed whether we should change our values, related to the idea of
global governance. The conference was very useful. It gave an interesting insight into how
policy is formed.’
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• Photo Prize Exhibition 2010 - last chance reminder
The deadline is almost upon us, but there is just enough time for you to
submit your photos if you have not already done so. If you would like your
photos to be considered, they must be received by LSE Arts by 5pm this
Friday (15 January).
The theme of the competition is ‘risk’, and it is open to all LSE staff
and students. Selected entries will be professionally printed, mounted and
exhibited in LSE’s Atrium Gallery in the Old Building during March - April
2010.
As well as the selected photos, prizes will be awarded for the best
photos at a reception in the Atrium Gallery once the exhibition is
installed. Last year’s exhibition attracted some excellent entries and the
exhibition and reception were well attended by staff and students, as well
as members of the public. Don’t miss this great opportunity to participate
in the arts programmes within the school, and to showcase your artistic
talents.
For more information on how to submit your photos, click
here.
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• Calling all musicians - LSE talent concert auditions
The LSE Talent Classical Concert for students and staff takes place on
11 March in the Shaw Library as part of the prestigious LSE Lunchtime
Music series. This is a popular and well attended annual event.
If you play or sing to a high standard, or know someone who does and
would like to perform as a soloist or in a group, please contact
n.rogers@lse.ac.uk or
conferences@lse.ac.uk
without delay with some details on what you could offer and any
performing experience you have. We are looking for performances of eight
minutes max. Auditions will take place in January.
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• Refresh
Feeling refreshed and ready to kick start the year? The LSESU have a
series of events, fairs and tours this week to ensure that you start
this term as well as you did the last.
If you missed out on joining a society or you want to find out
information from a school service then Refresh is the week to do it in! They
have also listened to your feedback from Orientation and have organised
additional opportunities to meet new people, network and take a different
look at London on a London tour. For a list of all the events on offer
this week, see www.lsesu.com/refresh
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• Have a green new year
The Sustainability Team has issued the following advice for your return
to LSE in 2010:
- The Sustainability Team is organising a New Year Relove event on 15
January from 12–2pm in New Court. It's a great chance to make sure any
unwanted gifts find a deserving home. Either bring your unwanted items
on the day or contact the Sustainability Team for drop off
- Bring any Christmas cards you are not going to recycle as next
year's gift tags to the paper and card recycling bins
- Visit www.recyclenow.com/
to find out where your nearest Christmas tree recycling point is. Most
local authorities offer this free service
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 Notices
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• New secure laptop storage facility
A new secure laptop storage facility is now located in room A86 on the
ground floor of the Old Building. This secure facility is for use by
students holding a valid LSE campus card. The campus card will be required
to access the room and also to operate the lockers.
For more information on how to use the lockers and for conditions of use,
please contact the LSE security team.
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• Third year undergraduates needed for IT Services focus groups
IT Services are looking for 60 third year undergraduates to participate
in focus groups on:
Thursday 21 January at 10am-12.30pm
Thursday 21 January at 1-3.30pm
If you would like to help IT Services understand student satisfaction and
improve IT provision for LSE students, email
its.admin@lse.ac.uk by Friday 15
January. Students who take part will receive £15 printing credit.
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• Get your academic work published
The Clare Market Review, the LSESU student journal, is calling upon all
students, photographers, artists, doodlers, poets, beatniks, and
academics to submit their work.
If you believe you have some substance or beauty to offer, come to the
contributors meeting on Thursday 14 January at 7pm in NAB216. We will
discuss themes of the journal for this term, as well as the submission
process.
Interest piqued but can't attend?
For any questions, submissions, or clever conversation, e-mail
submissions@claremarketreview.com. Submissions due by Sunday 31
January.
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• Get in shape for the new year
LA Fitness will be back at LSE promoting the gym membership deal on
18 and 25 January on Houghton Street and outside the New Academic
Building.
LA Fitness will be offering an exclusive membership deal to staff and
students at a rate of only £35.95 a month. In addition to this, LA Fitness
will also be holding free health checks in Tower Three for anyone who is
interested, bookings are to be made through Amy Mamawag at
a.mamawag@lse.ac.uk or ext 5223.
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• New resources from the Student Counselling Service
Women's group
There are a few places left on the women's group, which runs for
eight weeks from Monday 18 January at 11am-1pm. This group offers an
opportunity to explore a range of issues, including self-esteem,
anxiety, and relationships, as well as offering a range of coping
strategies. It will be run by Monika Smolar from the Student Counselling
Service. Places need to be booked in advance - please contact the office
at
student.counselling@lse.ac.uk or on 020 7852 3627.
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Confident presentations workshop
Wednesday 20 January, 2.30-3.30pm, Graham Wallas Room.
This workshop will look at a wide range of practical confidence-building
measures to help students give presentations, including positive self
talk, good vocal technique and tips for managing anxiety and stress. No
need to book in advance, just turn up on time.
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Managing perfectionism workshop
Monday 25 January, 12-1pm, Graham Wallas Room.
This workshop will look at common difficulties with excess perfectionism,
and cover a wide range of practical approaches to help you manage your
studies. No need to book in advance, just turn up at the door.
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 What's
on
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• LSE Space for Thought Literary Festival 2010: off the edge
11-13 February 2010
LSE's second Literary Festival will push the boundaries of social
science, exploring what can be learnt in the borderlands between
disciplines.
Speakers include AS Byatt, Colin Thubron, Ben Okri, Giles Foden, Lionel
Shriver, Professor Marina Warner, Mark Lawson and Susie Orbach.
Free and open to all, events for all the family. Tickets are available
online and at the SU reception from Monday 25 January. A PDF of the
programme is now available online
here.
• Other upcoming events include....
Lunchtime Concert with
Julian Byzantine (guitar)
Thursday 14 January at 1.05pm in the Shaw Library, Old Building
Getting fiscal consolidation right: lessons from Sweden
Thursday 14 January at 6pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Anders Borg and George Osborne MP
The War on Drugs: an upper or downer for development?
Monday 18 January at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic
Building
Speakers: Misha Glenny and Michael Hartmann
Beyond the 'Berlusconi Common Sense'. A New Model of Politics for the 21st
Century
Tuesday 19 January at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic
Building
Speaker: Professor Paolo Mancini
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• Intimate portrait of contemporary Britain and economic migration
revealed in new exhibit at LSE
The Golden Road is a major new commission by Birmingham-based
photographer Andrew Jackson, which takes as its starting point the
perennial and often contentious issue of immigration.
The exhibition has now opened in the Atrium Gallery. A reception will be
held there on Monday 18 January at 7pm, in which LSE pro-director Sarah
Worthington and Peter Sutherland, Chairman of the LSE Court of Governors,
will introduce and open the exhibition.
In addition to the reception, Andrew Jackson will be speaking as part of
LSE’s Talking Pictures series in the Shaw Library, Old Building on Wednesday
20 January at 6.30pm. In this talk, Andrew will discuss the development of
his practice over the past decade leading to the production of The Golden
Road. For more information on this talk, click
here.
These events are free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is
on a first come, first served basis. For more information, email
arts@lse.ac.uk
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• Alexandra Dariescu, piano
Thursday 21 January at 1.05-2pm in the Shaw Library, Old Building
Winner of Prix Maurice Ravel 2008 at the International Academy in France,
she has recently appeared at the Barbican and Wigmore Hall.
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• AC Grayling to speak at LSE
The LSESU Atheist and Humanist Society presents the philosopher and
author, AC Grayling, who will be giving a talk entitled 'Disbelief' on
Thursday 21 January at 6.30pm in E171, New Theatre.
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• 2010 China Development Forum - China: a changing role
Saturday 23 January, 9.15am-6pm, Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
The long-anticipated 2010 China Development Forum seeks to promote
discussion on critical issues related to China's development and
international presence. A series of lectures, interactive panels and
networking events provide opportunities for delegates to perform
in-depth discussion with world-class speakers such as Dr Fatih Birol (IEA),
Jim O'Neill (Goldman Sachs) and Martin Wolf (FT), covering a broad range
of topics from China's financial reform to environmental challenges.
This event is open to all but pre-registration is required. Group
discount is now available. For more information or to register, visit
www.cdsforum.org or email
su.soc.chinadevelopment@lse.ac.uk
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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: Is the School considering creating any additional music
practice rooms in any future building developments?
Question raised by a student at the 'Meet the Managers' session
last term
A: Bespoke music practice rooms have not been included in the
design of the New Student Centre as they were not a requirement of the
agreed brief. However, we are looking at other options and have asked the
Project Team to identify any spaces in the new building which would be
capable of being used for this function.
Julian Robinson, Director of Estates
If you would like to submit a question,
please email Nicole Gallivan at
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 Society
profile
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• Albanian Society
Awarded 'Best Overall Society' for 2007-08, the LSESU Albanian Society is
a campus based society established in 2005 to promote a better understanding
of Albanian culture, tradition, history and current affairs.
Famous alum?
Alfred Kovaci - Albanian society President from 2007-09 - not only
transformed the Albanian Society so that it won the ‘Best Overall
Society’ prize in LSE, he also demonstrated his wish to transform the
LSE Student Union as a whole too, when in 2009 he made an election run for
the highest position in the LSE Students’ Union, that of the Secretary
General of the Union.
Achievements?
Apart from the huge parties with live music and useful networking
receptions, the society organised high profile public lectures with the
president of Kosovo, Dr Sejdiu; speaker of Albanian Parliament, Mrs Jozefina
Topalli; foreign minister of Albania, Lulzim Basha; Kosovo’s minister of
economy and finance, Dr Shala; former PM of Albania, Ilir Meta; ambassadors
to London, Mazi and Hamiti - respectively of Albania and Kosovo; business
leaders and academics; while establishing close collaborations with
prestigious establishments such as the LSE European Institute and the LSE
Social Policy Department to name just a few. And of course, the ultimate achievement
for the society came when it was crowned as the ‘Best Overall
Society’ at LSE in 2008.
Society president?
Anisa Berdellima
su.soc.albanian@lse.ac.uk
Why should people join this society?
To get involved and enjoy great events, and to learn more about the last
secret beauties of Europe.
Website?
For more information visit
www.lsealbanians.org/ and
http://groupspaces.com/lsealbanians/item/21385 |
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 60
Second Interview
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• with..... Alan Revel
Alan is Events Manager at LSE and
has worked at the School since 2000.
Alan has recently starred in a
'Stories from LSE' film which
provides a taster of the exciting
events programme that he and his
team organise and which has brought
luminaries such as Nelson Mandela,
Chancellor Angela Merkel, Alan
Greenspan, George Soros and
President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia
to LSE. To watch the film, click
here.
Where is your favourite place
on the LSE campus and why?
The eighth floor of the NAB, it
has great views of London.
What are you most afraid of?
Heights
With which famous person would
you most like to have dinner and why?
Don Bradman, because I love
cricket.
What is your most treasured
possession?
A DVD of England winning the
Ashes in 2005, perhaps that will be
replaced by the new DVD of them
winning them this year.
What are the best and worst
presents you have ever received?
A personalised calendar, which
had pictures of my family and
friends on their birthdays. It was
really nice, and meant that for one
year I actually remembered to send
birthday/anniversary cards.
The worst present was a jar of
marmite, which I got this last year,
and which I hate.
What would you do if you were
LSE director for a day?
Visit the LSE alumni in
Mauritius. |
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