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22 September 2010 |
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• Welcome to LSE - Orientation 2010
Orientation 2010 starts next week and ensures that all incoming and
continuing students get off to a flying start.
Once again, the School Orientation and individual departmental
orientations will introduce students to the School’s structure and
academic life.
There are many events planned around campus during the course of the
week. Visit www.lsesu.com to learn
what’s on, including details of the Director’s talk on Wednesday 6
October. Don’t forget to visit the Freshers' Fair on Tuesday 28 and
Wednesday 29 September in
Clement House between 9am-5pm.
There are also two ‘How to open a bank account’ days to help any
students who have questions. These will take place in the Quad, East
Building on Thursday 30 September and Friday 1 October from 10am-5pm.
Those already on campus may have noticed the
New Arrivals Help Points set up outside Waterstone’s bookstore in
Clare Market, the main entrance to the Old Building and the Library.
Staffed by LSE students and staff members, they offer
a friendly human sign-post for anyone with questions about where to go
and how to get there. Guided campus tours are also available and will
depart from Waterstone's bookstore between 11am and 4pm from Wednesday
22 September to Friday 1 October.
The Advice and Reception Team would also like to highlight the recently
expanded
New Arrivals website, which includes a detailed new arrivals
checklist, and links to useful information for settling in quickly.
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• Hello from the LSESU
LSE’s Students’ Union welcomes you all to this academic year. As a
completely new sabbatical team, we have lots of events, actions and
campaigns that you can all get your teeth into.
Kicking-off the year, we’re launching our main campaign ‘Freeze the Fees’
in response to the incoming Browne Review into Higher Education funding.
This year’s going to be a big one for the future of universities and the
fight begins now. We’re calling for a total freeze on all LSE students'
fees for the next three years - and totally oppose some of the speculated
dramatic fee increases the government are suggesting.
The National Union of Students is also organising a National
Demonstration on Wednesday 10 November against the planned cuts to higher
education. Join us in taking a stand - sign up to the campaign online at
www.lsesu.com/campaigns/freezeonfees/.
Our new website was launched over the summer and is more enticing,
engaging and interactive then ever, giving you ultimate control over what
goes on it and what you get out of it. Societies and sports clubs now have
the facility to upload information, blogs, events, pictures - the
possibilities are endless. Have a look at
www.lsesu.com.
Lastly, we would like to remind you that, as your Students’ Union
Sabbatical Team, we have a strong ‘open door’ policy. We encourage anyone to
come and visit us anytime in the Kingsley Rooms, in the Quad.
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• It’s cards in and cash out at LSE as sQuid allows electronic
payment
Students and staff will soon have a simple way to buy food and drink
without using cash, following the introduction of the new LSE card, which
incorporates sQuid technology.
An ePayment system, sQuid stores credit electronically on the LSE card,
which can be tapped on an automatic reader at the School’s cafés and
restaurants to pay at the till.
Once it has been registered, the LSE sQuid card can be topped up by bank
transfer or debit/credit card to allow faster payment, which should cut down
queues for customers and reduce the burden of cash-handling and banking for
catering staff.
Customers will also be able to see a statement of their spending online,
helping them to monitor their expenditure closely.
Students starting this term are already being issued with the
new LSE card which includes the sQuid technology. Existing students and most
staff will get the chance to upgrade their card during the coming months.
LSE catering outlets, including the Garrick, Plaza café, 4th Floor
Restaurant, Senior Dining Room and Café 54, will accept sQuid payments from
the beginning of the scheme (as well as traditional cash payments). It is
hoped that premises run by LSE Students’ Union will soon decide to follow
suit with sQuid. Other local businesses are also being encouraged to adopt
it.
For more details, please visit
www.squidcard.com/LSE and
sQuid on your card.
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• LSE100: The LSE Course
LSE100 is a new course designed to introduce all first year
undergraduates to the different ways of thinking like a social scientist.
Through six short modules over two terms, you'll study different
approaches to current debates such as 'How should we manage climate
change?', 'Who caused the financial crisis?', 'Does culture matter?' and
'Who should own ideas?'. The course is designed and delivered by some of
LSE's leading lecturers.
The small group classes will explore these topics in detail, and develop
your methodological, communication and information skills. Lectures and
classes start in January 2011.
You can read more about the course on the
LSE100
website and in LSE100: a guide for first year undergraduates
which will be given out in your departmental meetings during Orientation
week.
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• The results are in - LSE in university league tables
The latest Times Higher Education (THE) World University
Rankings, published on 16 September, shows major changes in position for
almost all British universities. LSE maintains its position as the 11th
UK university in the global table, but as a consequence of the general
downward pressure its ranking has fallen from equal 67th to 86th. Only
three British universities now feature in the top 10 and only five in
the top 50.
This year's table uses a new data provider, Thomson Reuters, and a new
methodology. Part of THE's aim in making these changes was to correct a
perceived past bias in favour of UK institutions caused by the use of a
relatively small and UK-heavy sample of academic peer opinion. THE and
Thomson Reuters also described the changes earlier this year as designed
in part to reflect better the strengths of small and specialist
institutions such as LSE. LSE cannot hide its disappointment that the
changes have not had the desired effect.
At the beginning of September, both QS and the Sunday Times
published their league tables. The QS World University Rankings 2010
ranked LSE as one of the best universities in the world for social
sciences and management. LSE ranked fourth in these, its specialist
areas - up from fifth in 2009. Overall LSE was positioned 80th in the
full table. High rankings for research excellence, academic opinion and
graduate employment, and improved ratings for student satisfaction,
helped propel LSE to fifth place in the Sunday Times league table
of UK universities.
For more information, visit the
LSE in university league tables web page.
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• LSE
students have their say in the 2010 National Student Survey
The results are in from this year’s National Student Survey (NSS) and
show LSE improving in every category for student satisfaction. The NSS is an
annual survey of final year undergraduate students across the UK and has the
support of both the National Union of Students and LSE Students’ Union.
For ‘overall satisfaction’ the School increased by 4 per cent this year,
from 76 per cent to 80 per cent, which keeps us just below the national
average. However, we were one of the Higher Education Institutes with the
highest increase in satisfaction ratings, rising by around 40 places in the
overall tables.
The School has particularly improved in the areas of ‘teaching
satisfaction (76 per cent to 81 per cent) and ‘academic support’ (66 per
cent to 71 per cent), although we are still below many of our main
competitors in those areas. We scored very highly on ‘learning resources’
and ‘management’. We did most poorly on ‘feedback and assessment’ (63 per
cent).
Janet Hartley, pro-director for teaching and learning, said: ‘These
increases are a positive sign that the Teaching Task Force, which was set up
in 2007, is having an effect. We all recognise, however, that there is still
some way to go and that we can improve further. I would like to thank my
academic colleagues who have taken the recommendations of the task force so
seriously and all the students who gave up their time to complete the
survey.’
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• Snapshots
- George Bernard Shaw’s photographs revealed
Sixty years after the death of playwright, critic and LSE founder George
Bernard Shaw, thousands of photographs from a previously largely unseen
collection are shedding new light on his life and times.
Snapshots: a showcase of photographs by George Bernard Shaw is an
online exhibition which includes portraits of Shaw, his friends and
colleagues in the literary, theatrical and political worlds, images from his
extensive travels and productions of his plays. A further section reveals
his interest in trying out old and new photographic techniques.
To view the exhibition, visit the
Library
website.
Snapshots is the first time these images have been seen outside the archives. Throughout the coming year, the Man and Cameraman project will
be publishing more images on the online archives catalogue. For more
information about the project, visit
www.lse.ac.uk/library/shawphotos.
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• LSE student runs to help children in Western Kenya
Claudia Mollidor, a PhD student in the Institute of Social Psychology at
LSE, will be running the Berlin Marathon on Sunday 26 September to raise
money for WVP Kenya, a charity supporting children and youth affected by
poverty and disease in Western Kenya.
The charity, set up by a former LSE student, works in partnership with
local community based groups to organise a number of health and
life-opportunity enhancing activities for children and young carers in the
area.
Claudia explained ‘Every penny that I raise will remind me how some
people have to walk 26 miles every day just to get some semi-fresh water in
order to survive. I should be able to run the same distance in the knowledge
that everything I have raised will be going to a good cause. My fundraising
target is set at £1,250 so I really appreciate all of your support and thank
you for any donations.’
To donate, please visit Claudia’s fundraising page at
www.virginmoneygiving.com/claudiamollidor |
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 Notices
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• Important
fire information
As a result of the re-development of the St Philips site for the New Student
Centre, the emergency and fire assembly points for the following buildings
have changed:
If the fire alarm sounds in your building you must evacuate immediately
and go to the designated fire assembly point for your building. Please check
the Health and
Safety website for information on the new locations of the
fire assembly points.
If you have any queries please email
Health.And.Safety@lse.ac.uk
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• IT@LSE 2010 - an overview of IT services for students
For a more comprehensive understanding of what’s on offer and how we can
support your studies at the School, visit our
new students page.
PCs and printers
There are over 1,000 PCs and printers for students to use on campus and in
residences. There are always computers available 24 hours a day.
Real-time PC
availability
Look out for PC availability information on the plasma screens, on LSE
Mobile or on the webpage.
IT support
Get assistance with network and email account issues and general IT
enquiries at the IT Help Desk.
24 hour IT helpline
Call 020 7955 6728 for support all day, every day.
Virtual IT Assistance (VITA)
Online chat with the IT Help Desk.
Laptop Surgery
Get free assistance with your personally-owned laptops and mobile devices.
Laptop loans
in the Library
Borrow an i-roam laptop to use in the Library.
Free anti-virus
For all LSE students.
Software sales
Buy selected software at discounted rates from the IT Help Desk.
IT training
Free training and an LSE certification scheme for students who attend a
suite of related courses.
Online guides and FAQs
Over 200 guides, from how to archive email to using specialist software.
LSE Mobile
The campus app for students at LSE. View your timetable, campus maps and
more on your mobile.
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• Student Counselling Service
The LSE Student Counselling Service will be running a series of events
during the first few weeks of term. These include presentations on being a
student at LSE, good writing psychology, as well as workshops for MSc and
international students.
Further details are available in the
workshop programme and on the
Student Counselling Service website. Events are free and open to all
current students, and there is no need to book in advance.
The Student Counselling Service will also run groups this term on
stress management and
self-esteem. These small groups last for three weeks, starting in
November, and places must be booked in advance.
We are also running longer term therapy groups for MSc, undergraduate and
PhD students. For a list of all the short term and longer term groups,
please click
here.
For more information, call 0207 852 3627, visit us in G507 or email
student.counselling@lse.ac.uk.
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• LSE Language Centre - here to help
The Language Centre has lots to offer new and continuing students.
If English is not your first language and/or you have never studied in an
English speaking environment before, the
English for academic purposes support programme is here to help.
For those of you who feel you do not need help with your English, there
is the
study skills support programme, run in conjunction with the Careers
Service and the Teaching and Learning Centre. For all of these programmes,
details on how to register can be found
here.
You can also take a
French, German, Russian or Spanish course as a fully assessed part of
your undergraduate degree.
English literature and society;
comparative literature and society; and
contemporary literature and global society options are also available.
If you are a postgraduate student or undergraduate who cannot (or chooses
not to) take a language as part of your degree, we also have a programme of
extra curricular courses. Our
certificate course programme offers Arabic, French, German, Italian,
Japanese, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. Most languages are
offered at different levels and some with more intensive options.
For more information and to see what else is on offer, visit the
Language Centre website
or visit the reception on the seventh floor of the Clare Market Building,
open Monday-Thursday 9.15am-6.30pm and Friday 9.15am-4.30pm.
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• The training and development portal
LSE offers a range of academic, personal and professional development
courses for students through Michaelmas and Lent terms, with new courses
being added weekly.
For a full listing of what is available and further details, including
booking information, visit
www.lse.ac.uk/training.
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• My Careers Service - jobs
of the week
GHK Consulting, work placement positions with environmental economics
and policy team: Apply to GHK’s Regions, Economic and Development team
to gain valuable experience in public policy consulting in the environmental
sector.
Apply by Thursday 30 September.
World Economic Forum (WEF), community manager - Women Leaders and
Gender Parity Programme (Switzerland): Gain experience with
international organisations and development as part of the WEF’s Global
Leadership Fellows Programme.
Apply by Sunday 31 October.
British Land Company, strategy development: Work part time on
strategic and financing issues with one of the UK’s most prominent property
development companies on identification and development of new market
opportunities, large acquisitions and divestments.
Apply by Sunday 31 October.
For full details of these posts and over 450 more visit 'My Careers
Service' at www.lse.ac.uk/careers
and click ‘search for opportunities’.
Come and visit the Careers Service in our new location on floor three, Tower
Three.
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• Go places with LSE Careers
It’s never too early to start thinking about your career; and LSE Careers
has a lot it can offer you, including:
- One-to-one careers advice, CV and cover letter advice, appointments
and practice interviews
- Careers events including seminars, forums, fairs, employer
presentations and employer led skills sessions
- Hundreds of jobs and opportunities via 'My Careers Service' (log on
now and become familiar with your account)
- Careers information at lse.ac.uk/careers and in the Information Room
(Tower Three, Floor Three), which includes free takeaway brochures
- Volunteer centre, which includes volunteer events, drop ins and
opportunities, see lse.ac.uk/volunteercentre
- Exclusive LSE internships via our parliamentary and graduate
internships schemes
- Strong relationships with top graduate recruiters
Upcoming LSE Careers events include:
- Introduction to the UK jobs market careers seminar
Friday 1 October
- How to write a winning CV careers seminar
Monday 4 October
- City forum
Thursday 7 October
- Consultancy fair
Thursday 7 October
- Volunteering: how, where and why? careers seminar
Tuesday 12 October
- Interview technique careers seminar
Thursday 14 October
- Advertising, marketing and PR fair
Thursday 21 October
To book your place, find out more information, or to view more LSE
Careers events, visit 'My Careers Service' and the events page at
lse.ac.uk/careers.
Become our friend on
Facebook
and follow us on Twitter.
Further information can be found at
lse.ac.uk/careers or visit us in Tower Three, floor three or at our LSE
Careers stand in Houghton Street until 29 September.
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• LSE Volunteer Centre
The LSE Volunteer Centre has over 100 volunteering opportunities
available to chose from. Visit
http://careers.lse.ac.uk to find a role to suit your interests and time
available, or register for our Volunteering Fair which is on Tuesday 5
October.
Registration for this year's fair will open at 10am on Tuesday 28 September. A lot of charities will
be attending, advertising their volunteering roles, so sign up fast to get
your place.
Volunteering Opportunity Spotlight: be a volunteer at the 2012
Olympics Games
Applications have opened to volunteer at the 2012 Olympic Games. If you
are interested, apply
here.
More information about other Olympic volunteering opportunities will be
coming to the
LSE Volunteer Centre website
very soon.
If you have any questions email Jen Lowthrop, the volunteer coordinator,
at volunteer@lse.ac.uk.
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• The
2010 upgrade
IT Services will begin upgrading all LSE computers to Office 2010 and
Windows 7 from October.
All public room computers will have Windows 7 and Office 2010 installed
for the start of the 2010 Michaelmas term. Teaching staff can ask their
support team to upgrade their PC before the start of term and each
department will also be contacted by their support teams to arrange a
suitable date to upgrade all staff PCs.
Find out more at
www.lse.ac.uk/itservices/2010Upgrade
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• The
Single Equality Scheme online survey - have your say
LSE is preparing its first Single Equality Scheme (SES), which will involve
setting out how the School intends to tackle discrimination and harassment
and promote equality for its staff, students and service users. It will also
explain how the School will meet its statutory duties to promote equality
across all areas.
An online survey has been devised to give staff and students an opportunity
to share their views and contribute to the consultation process. The survey
will be available until the end of October and all contributors will be
entered into a prize draw with the opportunity to win £25 worth of Amazon
vouchers. The survey can be accessed at
www.survey.bris.ac.uk/lsewebsite/ses_survey
If you would like to find out more about the Single Equality Scheme
and/or the online survey, contact LSE’s diversity advisor, Carolyn
Solomon-Pryce at c.solomon-pryce@lse.ac.uk
for more information.
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• Run for Doctors of the World
London based international humanitarian aid charity
Doctors of the World UK
is calling for runners to join their 10K Greenwich Run team.
The race takes place on Saturday 13 November and aims to raise funds to
provide medical care to vulnerable people through projects around the world.
Participants pay an £18 registration fee and then pledge to raise a
minimum of £150 in sponsorship funds. For a registration pack, email
tpastena@doctorsoftheworld.org.uk or phone 020 7515 7534.
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 What's
on
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• Michaelmas term events programme
There are over 100 public events planned this autumn, including debates,
lectures, concerts and discussions, all free and open to all. Speakers
include Amartya Sen, Niall Ferguson, European commissioner Janusz
Lewandowski, Simon Schama and James Caan.
Howard Davies, LSE Director commented: 'I encourage you to attend LSE’s
public events - it's your chance to hear lectures by prestigious speakers
from across the world.'
Details of all public events can be found at
www.lse.ac.uk/events, where you
can also sign up to the e-newsletter which alerts you to newly announced
events. You can follow LSE public lectures and events on
Twitter and on
Facebook.
• Upcoming LSE events include....
Please note that students and staff must now collect
their event tickets from the SU shop in the New Academic Building, rather
than the SU reception, East building.
The Financial Crisis: who is to blame?
On: Tuesday 28 September at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old
Building
Speakers: Howard Davies, LSE Director, and Robert Peston,
BBC business editor.
'It's My Body and I'll Do What I Like With it' - Bodies as Possessions and
Objects
On: Wednesday 29 September at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Anne Phillips, professor of gender theory at LSE.
Lloyd George - the Great Outsider
On: Thursday 30 September at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Lord Hattersley, writer and historian.
Hong Kong’s Changing Financial Landscape
On: Monday 4 October at 5.15pm in Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic
Building
Speaker: John Tsang Chun Wah, financial secretary of the Hong Kong
special administrative region.
This event is free and open to all however a ticket is required. One
ticket per person can be requested from 10am on Monday 27 September.
Seizing the Opportunity of the Cloud: the next wave of business growth
On: Tuesday 5 October at 8.30am in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer of Microsoft
Corporation
This event is free and open to all however a ticket is required. One
ticket per person can be requested from 10am on Thursday 30 September.
Brown at 10
On: Thursday 7 October at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speaker: Professor Anthony Seldon, biographer of John Major and Tony
Blair and Britain's leading writer on contemporary premiership and No.10
Downing Street
This event is free and open to all however a ticket is required. One
ticket per person can be requested from 10am on Wednesday 29 September.
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• Podcasts of public lectures and events
The Case of the Pope: Vatican accountability for human rights abuse
Speaker: Geoffrey Robertson
Recorded: Wednesday 8 September, approx 76 minutes
Click here to listen
Employment, Labour Markets, and Development
Speaker: Dr Heiner Flassbeck
Recorded: Monday 13 September, approx 88 minutes
Click here to listen
The future of IT in India
Speaker: S D Shibulal
Recorded: Tuesday 14 September, approx approx 63 minutes
Click here to listen |
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 Society
profile
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• LSESU Bridge Society
Our society is designed for learning and improving bridge, all the while
building trust with others, learning how to be a good team player and
developing other competition strategies. We have lessons for beginners and
also team matches for more advanced players.
Claim to fame?
Coolest society website
Number of members?
80+
Society president?
Ronald Ling
lsebridge@googlemail.com
Biggest event or achievement?
Hong Kong Intercity Bridge Championship 2010.
Big event coming up that you would like to highlight?
A whole list of bridge matches: London Business House League, Leslie
Dodds Cup/Gainsborough Plate Knockout, London Newcomers League, Junior Teams
of Four Championship, University Sims Pair, Portland Bowl (University
Knockout Cup), Inter-university Bridge Festival.
Why should people join the society?
Firstly we encourage the playing of bridge, since we consider it one of
the most rewarding card games out there. We also do all we can to help
beginners with high potential to participate in bridge team matches.
Website?
www.lsebridge.com
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If you would like to submit a profile for your society, please email
Nicole Gallivan at
n.gallivan@lse.ac.uk |
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 60
Second Interview
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• with..... Howard Davies, Director of LSE
What would you do if you were
an LSE student for a day?
Nothing special, just what
everyone else does. Get up about
noon, gossip in the Library for a
few hours, skip lectures, stand
outside the George IV with pints of
Bombardier in hand until 11, eat a vindaloo then go home to bed. Bliss.
What advice would you give to
new students who are joining the
School this year?
Take a few risks.
What was the craziest thing
you did when you were a student?
During my year at university in
Newfoundland I stood for the
presidency of the Students’ Union
under an assumed name, with a
platform of bringing Newfoundland
back into the British Empire and
putting soft paper in all campus
toilets. I very nearly won.
If you were marooned on a
desert island, which LSE
department/student society would you
take with you and why?
The Development Society. They
might have useful ideas and at LSE,
development seems mainly a girl
thing.
Where is your favourite place
on the LSE campus?
The place I chain my bike. It
reminds me of home.
What role(s) did you have in
your school play(s)?
I went straight from playing
women (it was a boys’ school) to -
when my voice broke - old men. My
most convincing portrayal was of a
whore, in Archibald MacLeish’s 'JB'
in Manchester Cathedral.
With which famous person would
you like to have dinner and why?
Roberto Mancini. I have views on
Manchester City’s midfield which I
need to communicate to him in
person.
If you could instantly change
one thing about LSE, what would it
be?
The name. LSE is misleading. It
should be something like 'The London
School of Various Interesting and
Useful Subjects, and Law and
Economics'.
What, or who, makes you laugh?
The Onion. |
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