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13 October 2010 |
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• Nobel Prize for Economics awarded to Christopher Pissarides
LSE professor Christopher Pissarides was awarded the Nobel Prize for
Economic Sciences on Monday (11 October).
He won the 2010 prize jointly for his work on the economics of
unemployment, especially job flows and the effects of being out of work. He
shares the prize with Peter Diamond from Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and Dale Mortensen from Northwestern University.
Professor Pissarides is professor of economics at LSE and holder of the
Norman Sosnow Chair in Economics. He is also a fellow of the Centre for
Economic Performance at LSE and of the Centre for Economic Policy Research.
He was awarded his PhD at LSE in 1973 and has been on the faculty
for 38 years.
Professor Pissarides said he was initially speechless on winning the
award and would need to time to absorb the news.
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• It's Time To Change - LSE lecturer fronts campaign to end
mental health discrimination
Dr Erik Baurdoux, a lecturer in statistics at LSE, has become the face
of a new campaign to end discrimination experienced by people with
mental health problems.
Erik, who manages depression to lead a full life, took part in the
campaign, Time to Change, which involved seven people with mental illnesses
taking part in a social experiment by posting ads on dating and flat-share
websites. At first the ads appeared without mention of their mental health
problem, but after some weeks these were taken down and replaced with the
exact same profile but this time with a line disclosing they had a mental
illness.
When the results of the two stages were compared, the experiment showed
an overall drop of 50 per cent in interest in dating and a 68 per cent drop
in interest in living with the participants when their mental illness was
revealed.
Erik, who stars in an online film about his experiences in the social
experiment, was shocked by his results. Between the two stages, interest in
him fell by 81 per cent for dating websites and 76 per cent for flat-share
websites.
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• LSE to buy Land Registry building
Land Registry has confirmed that following an open and fair competition
it has agreed to sell, subject to contract, its Head Office building to
LSE.
Extensive marketing of the property on Lincoln's Inn Fields in London
attracted significant interest from a large number of potential purchasers.
Julian Robinson, director of Estates at LSE, said: 'This is a serious landmark
building for a serious university. The purchase of the Land Registry will
enable LSE to further its objective of creating a world class estate
commensurate with its academic reputation.'
The building will be used for academic, research and teaching purposes.
LSE will take vacant possession in May 2011. |
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 Notices
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• Student printing service
Over the last few days, we have had a number of problems with the student
printing service. Most of these are now resolved but we will continue to
monitor the service.
However, we are concerned that certain documents, most notably some PDFs,
are printing extremely slowly. Our investigations point to this being a
result of the PDF being poorly created prior to publishing. This has a
significant impact on the student printing service with so many students
printing e-course packs and other material for their courses. Although we
are unable to 'fix' the problem as such, we would ask students to help us
tackle it in the following way:
If you have experienced a slow-printing PDF, please would you contact the
IT Help Desk with a copy of (or link to) the file and details of where it
has come from, for example Moodle Course LSE 100 or JSTOR? Email:
it.helpdesk@lse.ac.uk. We will
look at the document and, where it has been poorly created, we will refund
your printing account and attempt to contact the authors or publishers. We
will ask them to recreate and republish the document so that they are
optimised for printing.
We understand how important the printing service is to students and we
are doing everything possible to support it. IT Services conducts
three-times-a-day printer checks in the Library and twice-daily checks of
printers elsewhere on campus. We aim for, and deliver, over 90 per cent
uptime on our campus printers, but if you come across a faulty PC or have
any kind of printing problems, please report it to the IT Help Desk and we
will take prompt action to resolve the issue.
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• 2010 quick guide to support services
At orientation this year, all new students were given a guide which
included a tear off section on services available to students across the
School.
The 2010 Quick Guide to Support Services summarises the services
available to LSE students, provides the contact details of useful
support and service providers, and maps out where students can access
specialist services available on campus.
The guide can be found in the orientation pack which is available at the
Student Services Centre, or it can be accessed through the
Student Services Centre website.
If you have any specific queries, please email Caroline Johansen in the
Student Services Centre, at
c.johansen@lse.ac.uk.
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• Participate in an economic experiment and get paid
Dr Salvatore Di Falco, LSE, and his colleagues from the University of
Cape Town are conducting a study on the economics of climate change and are
looking for LSE students to participate in a multi-country experiment.
Participants from the following countries/regions are needed: United
States, European Union, China, India and South Africa. Students taking part
will be contacted via email where they will then be asked to log into a
website in order to start the experiment. Students will be paid for their
participation.
The team are looking for 50 participants from LSE. If you are interested
in participating or would like more information, email Dr Di Falco at
s.difalco@lse.ac.uk or Kerri Brick
at kerri.brick@uct.ac.za.
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• Join the Video-Tutor team
An international team of students from LSE, McMaster University, WHU
Germany and Jacobs University, have founded a new online teaching and
learning platform for high school students around the world, and want you
get involved.
The website, Video-Tutor, will include online courses and tutoring
videos, which explain the content of school subjects in short and easy to
understand format.
Two of the subjects to be included on the website are mathematics and
economics. Therefore the team are looking for LSE students studying these
subjects, from undergraduate up to PhD level, to get involved by producing
online tutoring videos about their subject.
If you would like to join the team or would like anymore information,
email Marc Brunssen at
m.brunssen@lse.ac.uk or visit
www.edu.arkadios.de/.
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• My Careers Service - jobs of the week
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Macmillan Publishers, editorial assistant - Join Palgrave
Macmillan’s team with this entry-level role focusing on all aspects of
publishing. Apply by 20 October.
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TVF Media, post-production internship - Interested in media and
production? Gain technical skills and sector experience with this
internship in Islington. Apply by 30 October.
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Human Rights Watch, coordinator (development operations) - Gain
experience in fundraising and development with a major international
development organisation. Apply by 12 November.
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Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, summer internship -
The perfect internship for those interested in real estate,
international development, policy, or public markets (based in London).
Deadline for applications is 28 February 2011.
For full details of these posts, and over 900 more, visit 'My Careers
Service' at www.lse.ac.uk/careers
and click ‘search for opportunities’.
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• Student Training at LSE
Courses scheduled for next week include:
- Legal research online
- Finding journal articles
- Going beyond Google
- LSE essay writing
- Good writing psychology
- Legal Research: case law
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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 What's
on
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• LSE IT Services public lecture series
Interested in staying safe online? Want to know what the risks are in
browsing the internet and what the common Facebook pitfalls are?
LSE IT Services have organised a series of lectures to help promote
information security issues, with speakers including
Rt Hon David Blunkett (pictured).
With the increasing use of computers and information technology in
our everyday lives, the number of threats that people face on the
Internet everyday has also increased. This series aims to show what some
of those threats are, how you can protect yourselves and what other
people are doing to protect us.
These events are free and open to all with no ticket required.
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• Upcoming LSE events include....
A Dialogue with Hernando De Soto
On: Friday 15 October at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Hernando de Soto, president of the ILD.
Europe in the New Energy World Order
On: Tuesday 19 October at 6pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Lykke Friis, Danish minister for climate and energy and
minister for gender equality.
The New Machiavelli: how to wield power in the modern world
On: Tuesday 19 October at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speaker: Jonathan Powell, Tony Blair's chief of staff from 1994-2007.
I Was Not an Untouchable Then
On: Wednesday 20 October at 5pm in the Shaw Library, Old Building
Speakers: S Anand, award-winning publisher and journalist, and
Meena Kandasamy, poet, writer, activist and translator.
Jilted Generation: how Britain bankrupted its youth
On: Wednesday 20 October at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speakers: Ed Howker, associate editor of The Spectator, and
Shiv Malik, a freelance journalist.
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• Podcasts of public lectures and events
Seizing the Opportunity of the Cloud: the next wave of business growth
Speaker: Steve Ballmer
Recorded: Tuesday 5 October, approx 61 minutes
Click here to listen
23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism
Speaker: Professor Ha-Joon Chang
Recorded: Tuesday 5 October, approx 84 minutes
Click here to listen
Brown at 10
Speaker: Professor Anthony Seldon
Recorded: Thursday 7 October, approx 73 minutes
Click here to listen |
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 Society
profile
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• Timeless!
Timeless! is LSE’s annual showcase celebrating the diversity of cultures
represented by our student body and incorporating the dance, drama and
musical talents of LSE students.
With over 150 students participating every year in everything from
composing music to acting and dancing, Timeless! has, at its heart, an
enchanting storyline to keep over 1,500 viewers enthralled.
And Timeless! not only provides an awe-inspiring night of entertainment
where the participants get the chance to exhibit their skills and months of
hard work. It also allows students to give something back to those around
us. In previous years, we’ve raised over £10,000 for charities and we want
to raise the bar even higher this year.
Claim to fame?
Timeless! is the largest student-run show at any university in the
country.
Society president?
Siddharth Viswanath
07772 623373
s.viswanath1@lse.ac.uk
Biggest event or achievement?
Producing Timeless! shows for the last three years from scratch -
everything from writing the script, composing and mixing the music,
choreographing the dances and of course, performing everything on the night.
Big event coming up that you would like to highlight?
Timeless! 2011 (February 2011).
Why should people join the society?
Want an opportunity to show off your theatrical talents? Then Timeless! is
the show for you. This is the one production where you’ll find a multitude
of cultures represented through dance, drama and music. Participate in an
unforgettable evening celebrating the cultural and artistic traditions of
students from across the globe, whilst helping to raise money for a good
cause. Discover your hidden talents, make new friends, and have an amazing
time along the way.
Website? Facebook group - TIMELESS! 2010/11. |
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 60
Second Interview
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• with.....
Frank Ofori
My name is Frank Ofori and I
originate from Ghana. I work with
ISS Facility Services, where I am a
supervisor. I love my job, sport and
I read a lot.
What is the best part of your
job at LSE?
Being a supervisor.
What three items would you
take to a desert island with you?
Food, tools (for farming) and a
book.
What are your hobbies?
Reading, sport and socialising.
If you could be any Superhero,
who would you be and why?
Hercules - because he uses his
supernatural abilities to assist
humanity.
Where is your favourite place
on the LSE campus?
New Academic Building.
If you were stuck in a lift
with someone, who would you want it
to be?
A lift operator or expert. |
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