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23 June 2010 |
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• LSE100 wins Green Gown Award 2010
LSE100: understanding the causes of things, a compulsory course for all
undergraduate students that was launched by the School in January 2010,
has won a prestigious Green Gown Award.
The Green Gown Awards recognise the exceptional sustainability
initiatives being undertaken by universities, colleges and the learning and
skills sector across the UK. Now in their sixth year, the 2010 awards were
in 12 categories.
‘LSE100 The LSE Course: understanding the causes of things’, was
pronounced the winner in the Courses category. LSE was commended by the
judges for its ‘exciting and bold whole institution approach. Reflecting a
clear commitment and willingness to lead, LSE has created for its students
an invaluable trans-disciplinary space.’
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• Get your LSENews on Twitter
LSE's Press and Information Office is now on Twitter, under the title 'LSENews'. Follow LSENews for the latest on LSE research, news from around the School
and to find out what our academics have been saying in the press.
Those wishing to share their news should continue to send information to
the Press Office at
pressoffice@lse.ac.uk. You can follow LSEnews via
http://twitter.com/LSENews
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• LSE Connect now online
The latest edition of LSE Connect, the School's alumni magazine,
is now available online. Articles featured in the Summer 2010 edition
include:
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Tony Travers assessing the challenges facing the new UK parliament and
LSE’s role in guiding debate.
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Stuart Corbridge gives four good reasons why England won’t win in 2010.
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Kristen Rundle tells the story of her grandfather, a child migrant, and
asks what lessons we can learn.
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Alumnus and community organiser Stephen Smith describes his work with
‘undocumented’ immigrants.
The magazine was also recently awarded runner up in the External Newspaper
or Magazine category at the 2010 Chartered Institute of Public Relations
Excellence Awards. Judges described the magazine as 'a thought-provoking and
entertaining read, even for non-alumni' and were impressed by its clean,
professional design, use of photography, high journalistic standards and the
excellent variety and quality of features.
To read articles from the latest issue, see
www2.lse.ac.uk/LSEMagazine/latestIssue.aspx.
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• The Textbook Exchange
Janak Shah, a second year undergraduate student at LSE, has created a
website where students can buy and sell textbooks without having to deal
with any middlemen. The website,
The Textbook Exchange, is completely free and simple to use and has been
designed with LSE students in mind.
Janak is aiming to make the website the go to place for students needing
material, where a wide selection of books are available. This means there is
a large audience for sellers and bigger savings for the buyers. Selling
textbooks on the site also means that students are able to set their own
prices, rather than having to accept lower offers from stores.
So as your exams come to an end, why not sell your old textbooks at
http://textbookexchange.co.uk/
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• Conflict as a productive element of democracy
A year after the death of the sociologist Ralf Dahrendorf, Stiftung
Mercator, LSE and the University of Konstanz are to pay tribute to his
legacy to academia and society by hosting a
commemorative event entitled 'The Future of Liberal Democracy' on Friday
25 June in Essen.
Following a welcome address by Lady Christiane Dahrendorf, Wolf Lepenies,
George Soros and Theo Sommer will discuss topical economic, scientific and
political issues in the spirit of Ralf Dahrendorf.
Howard Davies, Director of LSE, said: 'Lord Dahrendorf was not only an
eminent sociologist but a respected director of LSE for ten years, who
remained close to the School after he left in 1984. Indeed he wrote a
history of the School, published in 1995. His contribution to LSE, not only
as its director but as a governor in later years, was unrivalled and I am
pleased that the School is involved in this event to honour his memory.'
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 Notices
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• Passport to success
Passport to success is a programme of workshops and services taking
place this June and July designed by the Careers Service to help you
take the next steps towards your career destination.
If you've never used the LSE Careers Service before, are not sure what to
do over summer, or are about to graduate, the programme is specially
designed to suit you. Investigate career options, learn how to market
yourself on paper or at interview, get ready for assessment centres and meet
employers with jobs to offer.
- 20 minute careers advice appointments
- New programme of seminars and intensive careers workshops
- 600+ positions on My Careers Service right now, exclusive to LSE
- Mock interviews - individual practice prior to your real interview
- Competition - 50 goody bags up for grabs
For more information, visit
www.lse.ac.uk/passporttosuccess
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• Old
Building construction works
Construction works have commenced in the main entrance of the Old Building
and will continue until Friday 17 September.
At least one of the main entrance doors on Houghton Street will remain
open during the hours of 8.30am to 6.30pm each weekday, as a means of access
to stairs and lifts to other floors. In the evenings and at weekends, the
main entrance doors will be closed and entry will be via the Student
Services door on Clare Market. Security and information will be available at
the counter within Student Services from Monday 14 June onwards.
In addition, this entrance will be available for disabled people. The
disabled toilet behind the waiting area will be taken out of action and the
nearest available one is opposite the Disability and Well Being Office at
the rear of the Old Building - A40.
The main staircase to all levels will remain open during weekdays between
8.30am and 6.30pm together with at least one lift.
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• LSE Photo Prize postcards available
The three prize winning photos selected by the judges of the 2010 LSE
Photo Prize Exhibition are now available from LSE Arts as a limited edition
set of postcards.
The sets of postcards are free to LSE staff and students, but
availability is very limited. To order your set of postcards, email
arts@lse.ac.uk or phone 020 7955 6043.
For more information on the Photo Prize Exhibition which took place in
the Atrium Gallery earlier this year, see
LSE Photo Prize Exhibition.
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• Opening
arrangements for Catering Services - from 14 June
LSE GARRICK
8am-6pm Mon-Fri
4th FLOOR RESTAURANT
9am-3pm Mon-Fri
PLAZA CAFÉ
10am-6pm Mon-Fri
CAFE 54
8.30am-4.30pm Mon-Fri
STAFF DINING ROOM and CAFÉ BAR (members only)
Café Bar 10am-4.30pm Mon-Fri
Dining Room 12.30pm-2.15pm Mon-Fri
GEORGE IV
12 noon-11pm Mon-Fri
4th FLOOR CAFÉ BAR
CLOSED
NAB MEZZANINE
CLOSED
Vending machines can be found in the Library Foyer, Student Salon, and
the 4th Floor Restaurant.
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• Smoking on campus
Staff and students are kindly reminded that smoking is not permitted in
any building on campus, this includes external fire escape staircases and
entrances to buildings. Smoking is allowed on the roof terraces of the Old
Building, East Building and St Clements.
Smokers are asked to be considerate and not to smoke near windows when
they are on the public highways around campus, as this is causing a nuisance
to building occupants who need to have their windows open during the warm
weather.
For advice on quitting smoking, visit
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 What's
on
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• Too
Big to Fail: the aftermath and what next?
On: Wednesday 30 June at 6.30-7.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Andrew Ross Sorkin,
award-winning chief mergers and acquisitions reporter for The New
York Times
Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize 2010, Too Big to Fail
has become the definitive account of the financial crisis.
Through unprecedented access to the key players, Andrew Ross Sorkin
meticulously re-created frantic phone calls, foul-mouthed rows and
white-knuckle panic, as Wall Street fought to save itself. A year on, he
will look at the aftermath of the financial crisis and what will happen
next.
Andrew Ross Sorkin will be signing copies of his book after the lecture.
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• Other upcoming events include....
Living in the End Times
On: Thursday 1 July at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Slavoj Zizek
The Secret State: preparing for the worst 1945-2009
On: Wednesday 7 July at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speaker: Professor Peter Hennessy
Global Justice
On: Thursday 8 July at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Professor Amartya Sen
This event is free and open to all however a ticket is required. One ticket
per person can be requested from 10am on Thursday 1 July.
Why Greece Should Default
On: Wednesday 14 July at 6.30pm in the New Theatre, East Building
Speaker: Alan Beattie
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• Podcasts of public lectures and events
Competition and Regulation: micro-economic support for macro-economic
recovery
Monday 14 June, 3.30pm, New Theatre, East Building
Speaker: Joaquín Almunia
Click here to listen
Art and the Limits of the Political
Monday 14 June, 6.30pm, Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
Speaker: Dr Jonathan Lahey Dronsfield
Click here to listen
Is Democracy Possible in Fragile States?
Tuesday 15 June, 6.30pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Speakers: Professor Teddy Brett, Professor Paul Collier, and
Professor James Robinson
Click here to listen
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view
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A senior member of the School highlights an important issue for
students. • Professor Janet Hartley, pro-director for teaching and
learning
I chair the Teaching, Learning and Innovation Sub-Committee, which was
set up by the Teaching Task Force to disseminate good practice and
innovation in teaching. We have been focusing on 'feedback and assessment'
this year. We recognise that it's an area of concern for all students, at
Masters and at undergraduate level. We asked for 'feedback on feedback' from
you and got some very helpful information from Staff:Student Liaison
Committees and from focus groups organised by the Students’ Union. We then
sent a team - including a professor, a lecturer, a teaching fellow and a SU
officer - to a two-day 'Feedback academy' in the Lent term to get some ideas
about how we could do this better.
The result of all this work was a paper by the Committee, which was
approved by the Academic Board on 9 June and will be implemented over the
next academic year.
We accept that feedback has to be given in different ways depending on
the subject area. So we have asked teaching committees in all departments to
look at a whole set of recommendations for improving feedback on formative
work (essays and exercises) and decide which are most appropriate for
them. But we have also established that School policy will be to give
feedback on summative assessment (that is, on written work which counts for
part of the examination grade), and on dissertations at a very early stage.
We are also going to trial collective feedback to students on some
first-year undergraduate examinations next year.
To make all this work, you will have to play your part as well - in
responding to the feedback you are given, and in discussing what is gong to
work best for you through departmental Staff:Student Liaison committees.
Thank you for all your help in contributing to this important policy
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 60
Second Interview
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• with..... Julie Allen
I work in the International Student Immigration Service based in the Student Services Centre and have been at LSE for one year.
I lived in Spain and Japan before coming to London ten years ago.
Any students wishing to get information about our services, can find most things on our website, lse.ac.uk/isis, which we update regularly.
What advice would you give to
new students coming to LSE?
If you want to get to know
English people, don’t wait for
people to talk to you. If you start
talking, you will be amazed how much
they really want to talk to you. I’m
from Scotland and I found this
worked for me when I first came to
London. I even talk to people on the
tube sometimes.
Where in the world have you
always wanted to go but never quite
made it.... yet?
I’d like to go to the Grand
Canyon. I saw the Taj Mahal at dawn
a few years ago and it was so much
more beautiful than all the
thousands of images I had seen of it
before. I’ve heard that seeing the
Grand Canyon is a bit like that.
What are you most afraid of?
Drivers who don’t understand what
it’s like to be a cyclist in London.
What was your best subject at
school?
English. But in my final year at
School, I spent most of my time
studying maths and physics. It’s how
the Scottish education system works.
I needed science subjects to get in
to Glasgow University to study
English and history. At one point, I
was in the same English and maths
classes as Professor Martin Anthony,
who teaches in the Maths Department
here at LSE, because we went to the
same High School. I can safely say
that he found Maths easier than I
did.
If you were marooned on a
desert island, which LSE
department/student society would you
take with you?
I went to a talk in Michaelmas
term with the Forum for European
Philosophy in the European Institute
about the meaning of life. Simon
Glendinning talked about a life
where philosophical questioning is
the essence of everything we do -
without end. So I think I’d like to
take that department because there
would always be something to talk
about.
What is the worst job you have
ever had?
I worked as a dishwasher in a
busy restaurant and it was
exhausting, but I also had a really
good laugh with the chefs. They used
to save bits of special food for me
and cooked my dinner every shift -
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