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• LSE academic seeks collaborators to assist with new book on
human rights, to be serialised on the web
Conor Gearty, professor of human rights law at LSE, launches a unique new
writing project at a public debate this evening (Wednesday 6 October).
Unlike traditional launches, however, the book, The Rights’ Future,
is not yet written. Instead its production will be an interactive
experience, unfolding weekly as a series of online essays which will be
shaped not only by the author’s views but by those of his audience.
At the start of each week, Conor Gearty will publish a chapter of the
book online in the form of a 2,000 word essay. Students and the general
public will then have the opportunity to comment and respond to the piece,
with Professor Gearty summarising the responses, and how they have impacted
on his thinking, in a reworked essay by the end of the week. The process
will begin again the following Monday with the next instalment of the book.
The completed book will be presented at LSE's third Literary Festival in
February 2011.
So if you have something to say about topics such as: ‘If human rights
are not despised by the powerful they are not human rights’; ‘Double
standards are valuable as long as they don’t last too long’; ’A world court
of human rights is vital - but only if it seems powerless’ and ‘Do trees
have rights?’, join the debate
here.
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• New Students' Centre wins planning permission from Westminster
LSE's first new building for more than 40 years drew a step closer with
the grant of planning permission by Westminster City Council.
The New Students' Centre will be built on the current St Philips site on
LSE's campus. The School's ambition is to procure an exemplary piece of
architecture which is innovative, sustainable and inspirational, and which
will be at the forefront of 'Contemporary Westminster'. The striking modern
design by Irish architects O'Donnell & Tuomey is on course to be completed
by Easter 2013.
Julian Robinson, director of estates at LSE, said: 'The members of the
City Planning and Development Committee at Westminster have demonstrated
that they value quality architecture, have a clear vision for the
development of their city and understand the role of LSE within this.'
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• Introducing eShop - LSE’s online store
If you need to make an online payment to the School, why not use eShop, a
new system for making online payments launched by the Finance Division
earlier this year?
LSE has accepted online payments for many years - and was in fact one of
the first institutions to accept tuition fees online back in 2000 - but in
recent years, demand has grown substantially. eShop is a specialist system
that enables Finance to react quickly to requests from within the School to
take other payments online. As a self-service system, available 24 hours a
day, eShop aims to improve customer service, to streamline administrative
processes and, potentially, boost income to the School.
eShop has two separate modules, one for administering conferences/events
and one for selling products (goods, services and miscellaneous items).
Since going live in March, it has processed approx 5,900 transactions
totalling £900,000, with usage growing rapidly.
If you are interested in using eShop or would like a demonstration,
please contact Keith Adams at k.adams@lse.ac.uk
or Ali Dezyanian at a.dezyanian@lse.ac.uk,
and of course they would be delighted to receive feedback from existing
users. For more, see http://eshop.lse.ac.uk.
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• LSE Perspectives - call for entries
The LSE Perspectives October 2010 gallery is now online. You can view
this month's selection of photos
here.
LSE Perspectives is an online gallery featuring photos taken by LSE
students and staff. If you have taken any artistic images on your travels,
from your home town or even here in London, why not submit them for LSE
perspectives so that they can be shared with the rest of the School.
Every month, the Arts team selects 12 images and publishes them online.
For more information and to submit your images, visit the
LSE Perspectives web page. Previous galleries can be found
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 Notices
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• Information
about timetables
With the start of term, many of you will be finalising your timetables
and it may be helpful to know how to get the most up to date information.
The first thing to do is check the timetables web page
here. During the first three weeks of term it is quite normal for
there to be revisions and updates to timetables so it is important to keep
checking the site regularly. Even if you do not have a personal timetable
yet, you can check the times of all lectures on the site.
You may also find it helpful to refer to the general information on
timetabling available on the
website.
The timetables office also uses the notice boards outside the classrooms
to inform of any changes to teaching.
If you have checked all the latest information but still have a clash or
an urgent question about your timetable, contact the timetables team at
timetables@lse.ac.uk.
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• Wanted: imaginative proposals for students’ salon facelift
The student social space in King’s Chambers (K57) is underused and
unloved. Carrying on the LSE's tradition of inviting the brightest minds to
design some of its spaces, the Estates Division is holding a competition
open to all LSE students to re-imagine their salon.
Submit your design for how you would like to see this space develop and
you could win a bike. Proposals should be fun, low cost, sustainable and may
include new uses for the space to enhance your everyday experience at
LSE.
The competition closes on Sunday 31 October. For more information on how
to enter, visit the
competition web page.
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• Talk on preventing repetitive strain injury
Thursday 7 October, 12.15-1pm, Graham Wallas Room, 5th Floor, Old
Building
Long periods at your computer risks conditions such as Repetitive Strain
Injury (RSI). Katherine Metters, physiotherapist and ergonomist from
Posturite, will talk about how to prevent RSI, aimed particularly at
those who use laptops, notebooks and similar.
Attendance is on a first come, first served basis. Come early to avoid
disappointment.
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• LSE Mobile: new release available
The latest release of LSE Mobile is now in the iTunes App Store.
In response to student feedback, the latest version has a brand new
interface with key services such as PC availability featured on the
homepage. Library services are also now available. Students and staff can
now look up which books they have on loan, as well as their book requests,
information about reserved books that are now available, and details of any
fines owing. Upgrade LSE Mobile in the iTunes Store.
If you don’t have an iPhone or iPod Touch, you can still get LSE Mobile
on any phone that can access the internet. Just go to
https://lse.ombiel.co.uk in your
mobile browser.
More information about LSE Mobile can be found at
www.lse.ac.uk/itservices/lsemobile
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• My Careers Service - jobs of the week
Transport for London (TFL), graduate opportunities - for a
range of graduate jobs in engineering, IT, finance, transportation
planning, and project management.
Open Society Foundations, international advocacy director internship
- gain experience in international development, international relations, and
social policy NGO work. Apply by October 15.
London Research International, renewable power editor/writer - if
you have an interest in journalism or energy policy and research, this
economic consulting firm is seeking an editor for upcoming reports. Apply
this week.
For full details of these posts and over 700 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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• LSE wireless - updated and simplified
IT Services now offers two methods of connecting to wireless internet:
- lsesecurewifi: offers a more secure connection with direct
login via PC configuration (recommended)
- lsebasicwifi: allows you to connect to the internet via an
LSE login page
For more information, visit
lse.ac.uk/itservices/wireless
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• Student training at LSE
Courses on offer next week include:
- Finding items on your reading list
- Studying and surviving at LSE
- Legal research online
- PhD: doing creative and original research (getting started)
For a full listing of what is available and further details, including
booking information, please see
www.lse.ac.uk/training.
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• National Theatre ticket offer for Blood and Gifts
Afghanistan. 1981. As the Soviet army approaches the Pakistan border, CIA
agent Jim Warnock has an impossible decision to make…
The National Theatre is offering LSE students the chance to purchase
tickets to Blood and Gifts, a new play by JT Rogers, for just £10. For more
on the production, see
www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/59862/productions/blood-and-gifts.html
The offer is valid for performances until Monday 1 November. Call 020
7452 3000 and quote ‘LSE Student Offer’ or book online at
www.nationaltheatre.org.uk.
Enter promotional code 3124 then select date and seats.
This offer is subject to availability and cannot be used in conjunction
with any other offer or discount. It is not available on tickets already
purchased and proof of eligibility may be required. |
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 What's
on
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• The Ralf Dahrendorf Lecture - Greatness and Limits of the
West: reflections on an uncompleted project
Speaker: Professor Emeritus Heinrich August Winkler
On: Thursday 7 October at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
This lecture marks the intellectual legacy of Ralf Dahrendorf, director
of LSE from 1974 to 1984, and one of Europe's most eminent sociologists and
public servants of the post-War period. Lord Dahrendorf passed away in June
2009.
Heinrich August Winkler is an internationally acclaimed scholar and one
of the most distinguished historians of modern Germany. He held the chair in
modern history at the Humboldt University in Berlin from 1991 to 2007,
having been a professor at the University of Freiburg since 1972.
This lecture will be chaired by Howard Davies. Tickets are still
available, to request a ticket visit the
event web page.
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• Upcoming LSE events include....
A Master Class in Entrepreneurship
On: Monday 11 October at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Gurbaksh Chahal
A Call for Judgment: sensible finance for a dynamic economy
On: Tuesday 12 October at 5.15pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Professor Amar Bhide, Schmidheiny Professor at the Fletcher
School
Expiring or Expanding? International Economic Organisations and the
Restructuring of World Power
On: Wednesday 13 October at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Professor Ngaire Woods, professor of international political
economy and director of the Global Economic Governance Programme, University
College, Oxford.
The Quest for Meaning
On: Monday 18 October at 6.30pm. The venue will be confirmed on the
ticket release date
Speaker: Professor Tariq Ramadan, professor of contemporary Islamic
studies at Oxford University
A ticket is required for this event. One ticket per person can be requested
from 10am on Monday 11 October.
The Political Economy of the Cold War
On: Monday 18 October at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Niall Ferguson is the Philippe Roman Chair in
History and International Affairs at LSE for the 2010-11 academic year
A ticket is required for this event. One ticket per person can be requested
from 10am on Monday 11 October.
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• LSE Arts - Michaelmas term lunchtime concerts
LSE Arts has a variety of events this term to keep you entertained. Make
sure you keep up to date with what’s on at
www.lse.ac.uk/arts.
Musical life at LSE continues to flourish and this term offers a series
of outstanding lunchtime concerts on Thursdays in the Shaw Library. The
quality of the music at these events is extremely high and we are proud to
be able to offer them free.
The first concert this term is tomorrow - Thursday 7 October, 1.05pm in
the Shaw Library, 6th Floor of the Old Building. This concert showcases
three brilliant chamber musicians, fine soloists in their own right, coming
together to play one of the greatest works in the chamber music repertoire.
Gould, Higham, Beatson Piano Trio consists of Thomas Gould (violin)
(pictured), Philip Higham (cello) and Alasdair Beatson (piano).
The lunchtime concerts are free and open to all. Entry is on a first
come, first served basis, the concerts do fill up quickly, so arrive early
to avoid disappointment. For information on this concert and to see the
schedule for Michaelmas term, visit
www.lse.ac.uk/collections/artsAndMusic/musicMT2010.htm
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Podcasts of public lectures and events
Staying Power: six enduring principles for managing strategy and
innovation in an uncertain world
Speaker: Professor Michael A Cusumano
Recorded: Monday 27 September, approx 62 minutes
Click here to listen
The Financial Crisis: who is to blame?
Speakers: Howard Davies and Robert Peston
Recorded: Tuesday 28 September, approx 82 minutes
Click here to listen
'It's My Body and I'll Do What I Like With It' - Bodies As Possessions and
Objects
Speaker: Professor Anne Phillips
Recorded: Wednesday 29 September, approx 76 minutes
Click here to listen |
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 Society
profile
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• LSESU Actuarial Society
We aim to organise exciting and stimulating events to promote the work
that actuaries do, enabling students to gain greater understanding about the
actuarial science discipline and about the recent developments in the
actuarial field such as insurance, pensions and investment.
We also provide networking opportunities with professional actuaries to
raise the level of awareness of actuarial science on campus.
Number of members?
Last year, we had 213 members.
Society president?
Yasushi Tokunaga
y.tokunaga@lse.ac.uk
Why should people join the society?
The Actuarial Society is the only society that provides a first-hand
insight into this highly-respectable profession. Being an actuary is one of the
best jobs in the world but one of the lesser known careers to many people.
By joining us, you will discover a great career alternative for you.
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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..... Professor Luc Bovens
I was born in Leuven, Belgium - a town with 50 per cent more rainfall than London, and a country in which politics centre on whether the mayors in a few small villages south of Brussels take their oaths in Flemish or French. I lived in the US for half my life - Minnesota and Colorado.
I'm currently head of the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method. My interests in philosophy and the social sciences are much too broad for my own good. My latest work is on the Vatican’s policy on condoms for HIV discordant couples, on some puzzles around analysing two-by-two contingency tables, and on burden-sharing in EU refugee policy.
What I like best in this world is a wicked comedy act, a clever philosophical puzzle and a strong cup of coffee - I'm not quite sure in what order.
Forget about daily complaints
and little frustrations, what do you
actually love about LSE and what
would make it an even better and
more unique institution?
I love the challenge of teaching
philosophy to a class with a
majority of non-native English
speakers, while the central heating
system is rattling, the jackhammers
on Portugal Street are going full
blast, and Sikh Dhol drummers are
celebrating Vaisakhi. It makes one
feel alive! Seriously, it is in this
fertile space where stimulation
touches on frustration that ideas
hatch best and I would not want to
give it up for anything. How to make
it better? How about investing in
some palm trees on the plaza and a
huge screen with a projection of the
sun - remember that installation art
piece by Olafur Eliasson in the Tate
Modern a few years ago?
What would you do with the
money if you won a substantial
amount on the Lottery?
I would first have to buy a
ticket. But if I did win, I think
that I would use it as a down
payment for a studio flat in London
- that’s not asking for too much is
it?
What book are you currently
reading and which have you enjoyed
most?
I finished Elif Shafak’s
The Forty Rules of Love. It’s a
beautiful novel that introduces the
reader to Sufism without having to
learn classic Persian or struggle
through volumes of Rumi quatrains in
antiquated translation. The best
book ever? Give me a classic and a
contemporary pick. How about
Ecclesiastes for being an
antidote to smugness and Márquez’s
Love in the Time of Cholera
for the best opening line ever
written: ‘It was inevitable: the
scent of bitter almonds always
reminded him of the fate of
unrequited love’?
If you could change one thing
about yourself, what would it be?
Now we’re getting personal,
aren’t we? I have been noticing
clear signs of the onset of old-age
attention deficit disorder recently.
Fish-oil tablets are not doing the
job. So yes, I’d ask the djinn in
the bottle for a dose of mental
focus.
What difference, if any, would
a female director of LSE make?
With Martin Luther King, I dream
that, one day, people will be judged
by the content of their character
and not by the colour of their skin,
nor, let me add, by their gender,
sexual orientation or what have you.
The difference a female director can
make to the School will be strictly
proportional to the content of her
character.
Where in the world have you
always wanted to go but never quite
made it..... yet?
I hate travelling. Too much
hassle and it makes me jittery. But
I wouldn’t mind biking the Hebrides
from top to bottom around summer
solstice. I am not sure - can it be
done? |
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