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17 February 2010 |
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• China survey - a message from the Director
LSE Director Howard Davies is inviting all students to take part in a
short survey on China and its role in the world.
He said: ‘The survey will be an important part of preparations for the
5th LSE Asia Forum, which will be held in Beijing on 26 March 2010. I should
be most grateful if you could take a few minutes to complete it.
Themed China and the World: the challenges of change, the Forum
will bring together leading LSE academics, policymakers and business leaders
to debate key challenges facing China and the world. There will be four
panels, covering the future role of financial markets in creating affluence,
the development of health care systems, climate change and economic growth
and China’s rise as a diplomatic power.
The survey relates to issues covered by the four panels. We plan to use
the results with Chinese and other Asian media, as part of our publicity for
the School and its work as expressed at the Forum. It is an anonymous
survey.‘
The survey can be found
here.
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• Governors: a day in the life of a student
An exciting new opportunity has been created by Sarwar Zaman, who is
one of your student governors at the LSE Court of Governors. The Court
of Governors is a key body at the School which influences the direction
of the School’s policy. The governors at LSE are all distinguished
individuals in their respective fields; from law and politics to finance
and the arts.
This new flagship governors' programme is called 'Governors: a day in the
life of a student' and enables governors to shadow students on campus for
half a day.
This means the governor will be going with you to your classes and/or
lectures. The aim is to provide governors with the
opportunity to connect and interact with students in
order to see and understand, at first hand, the issues they face.
If you are interested in the scheme, please complete the short form found
here by Wednesday 24 February as governors will be assigned on a
rolling basis.
For more information or if you have any queries, email
sarwarlsegovernor@googlemail.com
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• Just 50 cents
On 7 March, a group of students from the LSE/London School of Hygiene
and Tropical Medicine MSc in Health Policy, Planning and Financing will be
running the Paris Semi Marathon to raise money for the Global Network for
Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD).
In order to raise awareness for their campaign, the students decided to
make a music video to send out their message. Consuelo David, one of the
students involved in the campaign, said: ‘A song and music video seemed like
a great way to do this as it allowed us to showcase the School, the
class, and the cause, but most importantly show how dedicated we are both
individually and as a group.’
The students chose the song Gangsta’s Paradise by Coolio, re-writing the
lyrics to describe why their chosen charity deserves your help and
attention. ‘My class is amazing. Not only are the members smart and motivated, but
they are enthusiastic and have a great sense of humour,’ added Consuelo.
To watch the team’s music video Parasite's Paradise, visit
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGb_UMx1mps. To sponsor them, click
here. 100 per cent of donations will go to NTD control and
elimination efforts in Haiti.
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• Make the most of your summer - intern with Teach for India
Interested in helping to eliminate educational inequality in India?
Teach for India is a nationwide organisation offering LSE students the
chance to spend one month in either Mumbai or Pune, working with the
organisation to help children in India gain better access to a good
education.
Interns will have the opportunity to work with teams in areas such as
recruitment, marketing, community projects, training, and development
and alumni support. All Teach for India ask is that you are able to
commit at least one month on a full-time basis.
If you are interested or would like more information, email
careers@teachforindia.org
or LSE’s campus ambassador Caroline Heath at
c.l.heath@lse.ac.uk
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• Economists Online launched
Economists Online is a free subject portal allowing users to access a
vast wealth of resources including working papers, journal articles,
books, book chapters and datasets, on economics and related subjects.
It was officially launched on 28 January by LSE professor Nicholas Barr.
Professor Barr described the service as 'a wonderful treasure trove of
easy-to-find resources, all the more because so many can be downloaded
directly.'
Economists Online is run by the Nereus consortium and was co-funded by
the European Commission. It can be accessed at
economistsonline.org
Staff at LSE's Library were heavily involved in the development of
Economists Online, which uses information about LSE researchers and their
research from LSE Research Online. If you have any questions or comments
about the portal, contact Dave Puplett at
d.puplett@lse.ac.uk
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• Man & Cameraman project launched
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was not only a prolific playwrite and
social-political commentator but an avid photographer, taking and collecting
over 16,000 images, which are now held in the LSE Archives, from around c1860s until his death in 1950. In collaboration with The National Trust, his
collection will be catalogued and around half of them digitised.
The photographs include formal and informal portraits of Shaw, with many
images of Shaw’s friends and colleagues, for example, Beatrice and Sidney
Webb, Edward Elgar and Augustus John. There are photographs relating to
Shaw’s travels and productions such as the filming of Caesar and Cleopatra
with Vivien Leigh. The collection also shows how photography was developing
as an art form.
Launched in January 2010, the project will run for 18 months. |
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 Notices
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• New resources from the Student
Counselling Service
Career resilience
Wednesday 24 February, 12-1pm, H103
Job-seeking can be hard work, even in a strong economic climate, but the
current circumstances are making it harder than ever to stay positive
and promote yourself strongly to employers. This one hour seminar given
by a careers adviser and a student counsellor will help you manage the stress of the job
application process. Booking is via 'My Careers Service' on the
LSE Careers website and opens on 17 February.
Procrastination workshop
Wednesday 24 February, 2-3pm, E304 - revised date
This will look at the difficulties with procrastination, examining the
negative thoughts and behaviours that inhibit students from being able to
work. The workshop will examine a range of techniques and practical tips to
help you deal with this. No need to book in advance, just turn up on time.
More
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• The Power of Yes
LSE students can now get top price tickets to
see David Hare's latest production The Power of Yes for just £10.
In the wake of the financial crisis, the National Theatre commissioned
David Hare to write an urgent and immediate work - a compelling account of
how, as the banks went bust, capitalism was replaced by a socialism that
bailed out the rich alone, featuring a cast of 'characters' including LSE
Director Howard Davies and LSE alum George Soros.
Book your tickets online using the promotion code 2507 or call 020 7452
3000 and quote 'power student offer.' The promotion is valid on £35 tickets
for February performances only and is subject to availability.
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 What's
on
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• New LSE event....
The Future Development of International Criminal Justice: an
interdisciplinary approach
On: Friday 5 March at 11-12noon
Speaker: Sang-Hyun Song
Tickets released at 10am on Thursday 25 February
Other upcoming events include....
This Sporting Planet: global sport and global capitalism
On: Thursday 18 February at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre,
Clement House
Speaker: Professor David Goldblatt
Barack Obama and the Muslim World
On: Tuesday 23 February at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Gilles Kepel
Civil Society, Aid and Security
On: Wednesday 24 February at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speakers: Professor Sally Healy, Dr Jeremy Lind, David Page,
and David Peppiat
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• Podcasts of public lectures and events
Freefall
Monday 8 February, 6.30pm, Peacock Theatre
Speaker: Professor Joseph Stiglitz
Click here to listen
Sustainable Housing: how can we save 80 per cent of our energy use in
existing homes?
Tuesday 9 February, 6.30pm, New Theatre, East Building
Speaker: Professor Anne Power
Click here to listen
A Broken Middle East: a wasted decade of war on terror
Wednesday 10 February, 6.30pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Speaker: Professor Fawaz A Gerges
Click here to listen
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• It's not all black and white... it's grey
Thursday 18 February, 5-6pm, room H101
The
LSESU Advertising, Marketing and PR Society have invited top
global communications agency GREY to speak at LSE.
The event will be a unique insight into how an advert gets from the
drawing board onto the TV screens of millions of people across the
country, drawing examples from their past creative campaigns such as Keira Knightley’s Stop Domestic Violence, Watch your own heart
attack for British Heart Foundation and Toshiba’s Project Space
Chair.
It will also provide an insider’s guide on how to break into the world
of advertising and brand marketing. For more information, visit
http://ampsociety.wordpress.com/
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• The legend behind Shanghai Tang: LSESU HKPASS in conversation
with Sir David Tang KBE
Monday 22 February, 6-8pm, room D402
Sir David is a Hong Kong-born entrepreneur who is best known for founding
the international clothing chain of Shanghai Tang. He is equally well-known
among celebrities all over the world, from politicians to film stars to
members of the British Royal Family.
Many describe Sir David as a relaxed, laid-back individual who is always
fun to be with. As such, this conversation will be kept informal so as to
facilitate an exchange of views on a wide range of issues from British/Hong
Kong politics to entrepreneurship in general.
The session will be conducted in English and refreshments will be
served. For more information, visit
www.lsehkpass.com
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• Oedipus - an LSESU Drama Society production
Monday 22 and Friday 26 February, 7.30pm, Old Theatre, Old Building
The LSESU Drama Society presents Oedipus, bringing Sophocles' epic into
the 21st Century.
Oedipus is the fabled King of Thebes who came to the throne when his
father was murdered and then married his mother. But a curse plagues the
city and its people - and they look to Oedipus to lift that curse and set
the city free once more. Oedipus, perplexed by the curse, sends for help
from the blind prophet, Teiresias. He learns from the prophet that the curse
can only be lifted once the true identity of his father's murderer is known.
Thus follows a relentless search in which Oedipus interrogates suspect after
suspect to the edge of insanity, only to find that the one he is looking for
has been known to him all along.
Tickets are on sale this week on Houghton Street, 11am-3pm
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• Against evidence-based policy
making: does science stifle debate?
Tuesday 23 February, 7pm, NAB214, New Academic Building
Claire Fox, director of the Institute of Ideas (IoI) will deliver
this lecture as part of the LSESU Hayek Society's Lent term lecture
series.
Claire initiated the IoI while co-publisher of the controversial and
ground-breaking current affairs journal LM magazine (formerly Living
Marxism). Claire was named London's No. 3 activist in Time Out's 2006
'London Movers and Shakers' and she features in the Telegraph's list
of 'Britain's most influential people on the Left'.
For more information, email
su.soc.hayek@lse.ac.uk or visit
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=299664343191&ref=mf
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• Problems with democratic peace
building in Kosovo
Tuesday 23 February, 1-2pm, room M101
Speaker: Edward Balke
Edward Balke is a teaching fellow at LSE's Development Studies Institute
(DESTIN) and a PhD candidate on post-war democratic peace building in
Kosovo. Edward’s research combines an analysis of the international politics
of peace building and the economic and psychological micro-foundations of
local politics.
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• Who's the boss? Kosovo two years
after independence
Wednesday 24 February, 1-2pm, room S421
Speaker: Engjellushe Morina
Two years after declaring independence and 66 country-recognitions,
Kosovo's muddled system of governance and authority is a real problem. Apart
from Kosovo's government, there are UNMIK, the International Civilian
Office, the EULEX mission, Serbian parallel institutions, led by Belgrade,
in areas with majority Serbian population, all competing for power and
influence in Kosovo. Two simple, yet difficult questions arise: who is the
real boss in Kosovo and when will Kosovo be able to be part of the process
in fulfilling its aspiration to join the EU?
Engjellushe Morina is the executive director of Kosovar Stability
Initiative based in Prishtina, Kosovo.
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• The European Republic: utopia or
logical necessity?
Thursday 25 February, 1-2pm, room NAB114
Speaker: Professor Stefan Collignon
European integration is in a crisis of purpose and legitimacy. The
present intergovernmental mode of governance is no longer producing
efficient policy results. It is argued that this problem can be overcome by
establishing a political union with full democracy. This argument is derived
from a republican concept of European public goods and the incentive
structure necessary to govern and administer them. Deliberative democracy
can provide the consensual foundation for such a solution.
Stefan Collignon is professor of political economy at Sant'Anna School of
Advanced Studies, Pisa and chairman of the Scientific Committee Centro
Europa Richerche, Rome.
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• Music@LSE - Ji-Yeoun You (piano)
Thursday 25 February, 1.05pm, Shaw Library, Old Building
A first prize winner in several international competitions, Ji-Yeoun gives
concerts round Europe and teaches music at Berlin University of the
Arts.
This event is 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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• CPNSS 20th anniversary celebrations
The Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science (CPNSS) is
celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, they are
holding several celebratory events:
- Show Case Seminar
Friday 12 March, 2pm, Room T206, Lakatos Building
The event will include contributions from new projects as well as the
more long-standing projects within the Centre, and will be followed by a
drinks reception at 5.30pm.
In the Summer term, the Centre will also host three public lectures under
the general theme of Philosophy in Psychology:
- Evolutionary Psychology
Monday 24 May, 3.30pm, Wolfson Theatre, NAB
Speaker: Robin Dunbar, Oxford
- Cognitive Science and the Mereological Fallacy
Monday 7 June, 3.30pm, Wolfson Theatre, NAB
Speaker: Peter Hacker, Oxford
- Problems in the Logic of Personality Studies
Monday 21 June, 3.30pm, Wolfson Theatre, NAB
Speaker: James Lamiell, Georgetown
These lectures will be followed by a reception.
Please note that space is limited, so if you would like to attend some or
all of the events, please RSVP as soon as possible to
philcent@lse.ac.uk
For more information including details of the full programme of events,
or to join the CPNSS mailing list, contact Laura O’Keefe, centre manager on
ext 6172, email philcent@lse.ac.uk
or visit
www.lse.ac.uk/cpnss/20thanniversary |
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 Society
profile
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• LSESU Advertising, Marketing and PR Society (AMP)
We’re the only society at LSE dedicated to students interested in a
career within the marketing, advertising and public relations industries. We
organise campus events, business games and fun socials so students can
network and discover the exciting internship and job opportunities that the
creative industries have to offer.
Claim to fame?
Most cans of Pringles given away on Houghton Street for Freshers - 1000
to be exact. Courtesy of our kind sponsors P&G, of course.
Approx number of members?
350
Society president?
Reuben Gan
su.soc.AMP@lse.ac.uk
Famous alum?
Former committee members now work in Burberry, Hermes, BBC, L’Oreal,
Proctor & Gamble, JWT and Weber Shandwick.
Biggest event or achievement?
Inviting Martin Sorrell, CEO of WPP Group to speak at LSE.
Big event coming up that you would like to highlight?
We’ve invited top global communications agency GREY to speak at LSE.
It’ll be a unique insight into how an advert gets from the drawing board
onto the TV screens of millions of people across the country, drawing
examples from their past creative campaigns such as Keira Knightley’s
Stop Domestic Violence, Watch your own heart attack for British
Heart Foundation and Toshiba’s Project Space Chair. For students,
it’s also an insider’s guide on how to break into the world of advertising
and brand marketing.
The event is taking place on Thursday 18 February at 5-6pm in room H101.
Why should people join the society?
Marketing is full of bright graduates who can think analytically yet
creatively at the same time. It’s fast-paced, challenging and rewards people
who are passionate about teamwork and delivering results. More importantly,
work is always varied and exciting - never a boring a moment when people are
energetic and bouncing ideas off each other all the time.
If you’re uncertain about what you want to do for a career, you may benefit
from finding out what AMP is all about by joining our society.
Website?
http://ampsociety.wordpress.com
Facebook group - AMP! Advertising, Marketing and PR Careers @ LSE |
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 60
Second Interview
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• with..... Emeritus Professor of Government Rodney Barker
Rodney joined LSE in 1971 after
previously teaching at University
College Swansea, doing a PhD at LSE,
and a history degree at Cambridge.
Previously, he worked as a
centre lathe operator in a small
engineering factory in the Midlands.
He has also been an opera critic for
Tribune.
If you met the UK Prime
Minister and could only ask him one
question, what would it be?
A really bold and radical policy
for banks, global heating, arms
control, and the middle east might
not win you the next election, but
it might, and if it didn’t, you
would at least go down with a bang
rather than a whimper. Why not go
for it?
What would we be most
surprised to learn about you?
If I told you that, it would no
longer be a surprise.
What is your favourite place
on the LSE campus?
The balcony of the refectory,
with the view of the plaza.
What did you want to be when
you grew up?
What I’m doing now.
Can you dance?
Very badly.
What advice would you give to
new students coming to LSE?
Take intellectual advantage of
the world’s premier social science
university, but also take whatever
advantage suits your tastes and
capacities of one of the most
exciting cities in the world. |
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