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15 June 2011 |
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• Suggestions welcome in the search for a new Director
All members of the School are invited to make suggestions about
individuals to be considered for the post of Director of the School.
The Directorship Selection Committee (DSC) has responsibility for
managing the process of selection, assisted by executive search agency
Perrett Laver.
Members of the DSC will be happy to be approached with suggestions. The
membership is shown below:
- Peter Sutherland, the Chair of the Court of Governors, ex officio
- Anne Lapping, Vice Chair of the Court of Governors, ex officio
- Lord Grabiner of Aldwych, independent Governor, nominated by the
Court
- Johannes Huth, independent Governor, nominated by the Court
- Professor George Gaskell, Pro Director, nominated by the Academic
Board
- Professor Paul Kelly, academic Governor, nominated by the Academic
Board
- Professor Chrisanthi Avgerou, member of the Academic Board,
nominated by the Academic Board
- Professor Leonardo Felli, member of the Academic Board, nominated by
the Academic Board
- General Secretary of the LSE Students’ Union
The criteria for Directorship selection can be found
here.
Suggestions may also be sent directly to the following dedicated email
address at Perrett Laver,
LSE@perrettlaver.com or if preferred to the LSE email
pcpd.dir.recruitment@lse.ac.uk.
It would be most helpful to receive any suggestions by 20 July 2011.
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• Cyprus
gives LSE professor the stamp of approval
New stamps to honour Nobel Prize winner and LSE professor,
Christopher Pissarides, have been issued by the Cyprus Postal Service.
The stamp, which went into circulation last week (Wednesday 8 June), costs
€1,71 and can be used for letters sent locally but also the rest of Europe
and other countries.
Professor Pissarides won the Nobel Prize for Economics last autumn and has been
hailed as a national hero in Cyprus, both for his work and for promoting
Cyprus abroad. He is the first Cypriot to have been awarded a Nobel Prize.
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• LSE students win European prize for lifestyle magazine
A group of LSE students has won the 2011 European Charlemagne Youth
Prize for their online lifestyle magazine, Europe & Me. Five of
the nine editorial board members currently study at LSE.
Based on the motto ‘make Europe personal’, Europe & Me aims to
support the emergence of a young European public and contribute to a new
perception of the European community. Founded in 2007, the magazine
approaches Europe from a transnational perspective, with authors and
readers in over 20 different countries.
The Charlemagne Youth Prize is organised by the European Parliament and
the Foundation of the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen and is
awarded for projects that foster a shared sense of European identity and
integration among young people. The award comes with a prize of €5,000
and was presented by European Parliament president Jerzy Buzek. It is
the first time that a British project has won the prize, beating
projects from 27 other countries to come out on top.
Mathew Shearman, a masters student at LSE and a member of the magazine's
editorial board, said: ‘Winning such a prestigious award is a great
motivation for us. We all put a lot of effort into Europe & Me
voluntarily and it’s wonderful that the hundreds of authors, editors and
partners involved have been recognised by it. I really hope to see the
Charlemagne Prize acting as a new catalyst for expanding the project
even further.'
To read the magazine, visit
www.europeandme.eu.
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• LSE100 teacher shortlisted in national essay competition
Maria do Mar Pereira (pictured), a teaching fellow with LSE100 and Gender
Institute alumna, has been shortlisted by the Feminist and Women's Studies
Association (FWSA) in its annual essay competition. The competition awards
essay work which is innovative, interdisciplinary and grounded in feminist
theory and practice.
‘I was absolutely delighted to receive the news that I had been
shortlisted for this award. The FWSA has over the years played a leading and
profoundly inspiring role in promoting research and education in women's and
gender studies in the UK, and so it is an enormous pleasure and an even
greater honour to have my work recognised in this way by the association’,
said Maria do Mar.
‘It feels even more special because it comes on my very last year of
being a student at the Gender Institute. I am very relieved to have now
finished my PhD thesis, but the experience of studying in the GI was a
life-changing one, and so it is great to be able to have this award as a
souvenir of all the incredible experiences I had here and the amazing people
I met along the way. I want to thank them all for their support.'
Jeanne Firth, another Gender Institute alumna (MSc gender, development
and globalisation 2010), also had an essay shortlisted. For more
information, see
FWSA Essay Competition Results.
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• LSE
retains First class honours for People & Planet Green League
LSE has been awarded a First for its commitment to systemic environmental
management and its environmental performance in the 2011 People & Planet
Green League.
This is the third year that the School has achieved a First in the Green
League, which has ranked LSE as 22nd out of the 142 institutions in
this year's table.
The Green League is People & Planet's award winning environmental ranking
of the UK's universities. Universities are ranked according to 13
environmental policy and performance-related criteria, in areas such as
carbon reduction, waste recycling, energy efficiency, transport emissions
and staff and student engagement.
LSE Director Judith Rees said: 'It is pleasing that the hard work of our
enthusiastic and committed staff and students has been recognised but we
must not rest on our laurels. Carbon emissions for the sector are still
rising and there are still significant challenges to overcome if LSE is to
successfully meet government targets.'
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• LSE
research on hospital competition is referenced in prime minister’s
speech on the NHS
On Tuesday 7 June, in a key speech on NHS policy, the prime minister
referenced research carried out by a team of academics from LSE. This
research is also being heavily cited across Whitehall as policy-makers
debate the future of controversial health care reforms being proposed by the
current government.
Does Hospital Competition Save Lives? Evidence from the English NHS
Patient Choice Reforms was authored by Dr Zack Cooper (Centre for
Economic Performance), Dr Stephen Gibbons (Department of Geography and
Environment), Dr Simon Jones and Professor Alistair McGuire (both LSE
Health), and was published in January 2010.
In his speech, David Cameron outlined the plans for NHS
reform. He said: 'Put simply: competition is one way we can make things work
better for patients. This isn’t ideological theory. A study published by the
London School of Economics found hospitals in areas with more choice had
lower death rates. And there’s now real evidence that England is delivering
more for its money than any of the devolved nations, in part because of the
competitive reforms initiated by Tony Blair and Alan Milburn..'
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 Notices
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• Important visa information for students with dependants
In July 2011, the rules for Tier 4 dependants are going to change.
From July (the UK Border Agency has not told us the exact date), only
students studying on Masters degree level courses longer than 12 months will
be able to bring their spouse/partner/child to the UK as their dependant.
If you are currently studying at LSE on an undergraduate course or a
Masters course that is less than twelve months and you would like your
dependants to join you in London, they can still apply before the rules
change.
If you plan to apply for Post Study Work, your dependants will only be
able to apply with you if they are already in the UK as your dependants.
For more information, see the
International Student Immigration Service.
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• Graduating this summer and looking for a job?
Attend the LSE Jobs Fair this Thursday (16 June) to meet
organisations specifically targeting LSE students.
Learn about full-time, internship and volunteering opportunities across a
range of sectors, including market research, international development,
consulting, education, technology, financial services, and more.
Organisations attending include Cambridge Associates, Matrix Knowledge,
Millward Brown, Gallup, One Acre Fund, and Deloitte.
For more information and to book, visit
My Careers Service.
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• Changes to quick access PCs in CMK.C120 and Library ground
floor
As a direct result of student feedback, a change has been made to the way
quick access PCs are configured.
In addition to the usual auto logout after 15 minutes, students will now
be unable to log on to the same PC for one hour. This will prevent repeated
logging off and on again to the same PC and allow those who require quick
access to logon to these PCs. If other adjacent quick access PCs are free
then you can move to one of them and log in again if necessary.
There are 10 quick access PCs in CMK.C120 and 29 on the ground floor
of the Library.
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• How well did you sleep last night?
Sleep is as important to our health as eating, drinking and breathing. Poor sleep can increase the risks of having poor health. A recent report
produced by the Mental Health Foundation found that poor sleep can
significantly increase the risk of depression, anxiety and other mental
health problems.
Dr Dan Robotham, senior researcher with the Mental Health Foundation and
author of the recent report Sleep Matters, will be giving a
lunchtime talk on the impact of sleep on mental health and how to
achieve better quality sleep.
The talk is open to all students and staff and will take place on
Thursday 23 June from 12-1pm in the Wolfson Theatre, New Academic
Building. To book your place, visit the
Training and
Development Portal, and email
health.and.safety@lse.ac.uk
for more information.
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• Language Summer School
New for Summer 2011 is the Language Centre's range of taster courses for
French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, and
Spanish.
The Language Summer School has two sessions:
Most courses consist of 12 hours of classes and three (two hour) classes per
week for two consecutive weeks. These courses will give people who have no
knowledge of a language an introduction and some survival level skills.
For more information and prices, visit
Language Summer School.
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• Wireless Internet at LSE: important update for all users
IT Services has made improvements to the wireless internet service and
this may mean that you need to change the way you connect to it using your
laptop, mobile device or phone.
If you use this service it is important that you configure your device by
Thursday 30 June. It is easy to do by following the step-by-step
online guide.
More information about the upgrade can also be found at
ITSNews@LSE.
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• Asia Research Centre PhD fellowships
The Asia Research Centre invites applications from LSE PhD students for
the following two fellowships:
Both fellowships provide a research grant of £5,000 for full-time PhD
students currently in their thesis writing stage.
Applications are invited from students working on economics and
governance issues related to south Asia. The closing date for applications
is Friday 15 July.
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• Training for students at LSE
Courses scheduled for next week include:
- Language Tasters: Arabic, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin,
Portuguese and Russian
- IT training office hours
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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• LSE Perspectives
The LSE Perspectives June 2011 gallery is now live. You can view this
month's selection of photos
here.
The gallery features 12 striking images submitted by members of the LSE
community. Each image reflects a unique perspective on a particular scene.
LSE Perspectives is an online gallery featuring photographs taken by LSE
staff and students. If you have taken any artistic images on your travels,
from your home town or even just here in London why not submit them for LSE
perspectives so that they can be shared with the LSE community.
For more information and to submit your images visit
LSE Perspectives Submissions. Every month the Arts team selects 12
images and publishes them online. Previous galleries can be found
here.
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• London
Cycle Challenge 2011
LSE is entering a team into the London Cycle Challenge 2011 and needs
your help to win some prizes.
The LSEasyriders team is asking all students and staff to sign up and
log how many miles they cycle for a month. You can count all journeys made
by bicycle, including recreational cycling at the weekend and evenings, not
just commuting.
If you want to join in, all you need to do is go to
https://cyclechallenge.tfl.gov.uk/, click 'Join In' and enter your
details. Once your account has been fully registered, click the 'Join a
Team' link on your account page, search for 'LSEasyriders' and join.
You can start logging miles from 9am on Saturday 18 June through to
Friday 15 July. Points will be awarded to the team for every mile cycled,
and the team with the most points in each category wins.
Even if you don’t normally cycle or can only cycle short distances, give
it a go as more points can be earned for the first 24 miles.
It is very important that you join the LSEasyriders team or your miles
won’t count. If you’re having problems joining the team or for more
information, contact Peter Spring at
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 What's
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• New events announced....
Injunctions Are A Necessary Evil: privacy, free speech and a feral press
On: Tuesday 28 June at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Max Mosley (pictured), former president of Formula One,
David Price QC, founder of London media law firm David Price Solicitors
and Advocatesis, and Hugh Tomlinson QC of Matrix Chambers.
This event is free and open to all, but a ticket is required. One ticket
per person can be requested on Tuesday 21 June.
I'm Feeling Lucky: the confessions of Google employee number 59
On: Wednesday 20 July at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speaker: Douglas Edwards, Google's first director of consumer
marketing and brand management from 1999 to 2005.
Monetary Policy and Banking Fragility
On: Wednesday 27 July at 6.30pm. Venue will be confirmed to
ticketholders.
Speaker: Professor David Miles, member of the Monetary Policy
Committee at the Bank of England and visiting professor at Imperial College.
This event is free and open to all, but a ticket is required. One ticket
per person can be requested on Tuesday 19 July.
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• Other events include....
The Filter Bubble: what the internet is hiding from you
On: Monday 20 June at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Eli Pariser, president of MoveOn.org.
Too Many People in Britain? Immigration and the Housing Problem
On: Tuesday 21 June at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Professor Stephen Nickell, warden of Nuffield College,
Oxford and a member of the Budget Responsibility Committee at the Office for
Budget Responsibility.
Global Imbalances and Social Challenges
On: Wednesday 22 June at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Jean-Michel Severino, general inspector of finances, French
Ministry of Finance, and Martin Wolf, associate editor and chief
economics commentator at the Financial Times.
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• Community
Assets and the Big Society - who carries the cost?
Tuesday 28 June, 8.30am-12pm, Michio Morishima Conference Room,
5th Floor, Lionel Robbins Building
Many ideas about the ‘Big Society’ originate from the 19th Century when
co-operatives, friendly societies and mutual aid were the survival
strategies of the poor, underpinning families and communities in the face of
harsh social conditions.
In the current policy debates about how to compensate for essential cuts
in public spending to reduce the current deficit, the ‘Big Society’ is
supposed to help create stronger communities that can do more to help
themselves without first turning to the state for help. In the ‘Big
Society’, communities know how to organise local events and services, they
are involved in running local schools, they raise funds for local causes and
help with children, families and young people in need of friendly, caring
contact and support.
This workshop will examine what mobilises communities to achieve social
goals, looking at the critical roles of entrepreneurs, volunteering,
co-operation and government.
Students get a special rate of £15. For more information or to book your
place, click
here.
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• Graduation
Ball 2011
Tuesday 28 June, 7.30pm-1am
Time is running out to book your tickets to the LSESU Graduation Ball,
class of 2011.
This event is open to all graduating students, friends are also welcome.
This year’s ball is James Bond themed so grab your best dinner suits and
evening gowns and come on down the Grand Connaught Rooms in Holborn for a
night not to be missed.
The night will feature:
- Roulette and blackjack casino tables with free chips
- Automatic entry to win an overnight trip to Spain for four
- A professional photographer to capture some lasting LSE memories
- A great DJ spinning a varied set of dance music all night
- A gourmet three course meal, including wine (vegetarian option
available)
Book your tickets and select your seats online now to avoid
disappointment. The full ball experience including dinner is £68, tickets to
the after party are £20. For more information and to get your tickets, visit
www.lsesu.com/ents/event/544/.
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• Podcasts of public lectures and events
Living in the Endless City
Speakers: Dr Joan Clos, Dr Gareth Jones, Professor
Caglar Keyder, Professor Saskia Sassen, and Professor
Richard Sennett
Recorded: Monday 6 June, approx 110 minutes
Click here to listen
Preventing Financial Meltdowns
Speaker: Tim Harford
Recorded: Tuesday 7 June, approx 86 minutes
Click here to listen
A Fair Trial for the Human Rights Act
Speaker: Sadiq Khan MP
Recorded: Thursday 9 June, approx 77 minutes
Click here to listen |
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 60
Second Interview
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• with..... Syerramia Willoughby, editor of Africa at LSE
I wrote my first story at the age
of seven in Freetown, Sierra Leone
where I grew up. My passion for
writing led me to journalism and I
worked for the BBC for nine and a
half years as a sports producer until
I joined LSE. I covered the 2004
Olympic Games and several World
Athletics Championships. Athletics
remains one of my passions and I’m
looking forward to this year’s
Championship in Daegu, South Korea.
I also write poetry.
What, principally, do you hope
to achieve with the new Africa
Portal and what kind of input from
those who use it do you expect?
Africa at LSE will be the
definitive place to find out
everything African-related going on
at LSE (and I can assure you there’s
an awful lot). I also hope the blog
will aid the development of an
already thriving African network
here at LSE. I’m hoping that
academics and students with research
interests in Africa will be very
proactive in writing pieces for the
blog. I’ll be looking for photo
diaries from the field, research
summaries, and comment on stories in
the news.
What change would you most
like to see in the world in 50/100
years' time?
More respect for our planet, our
bodies and our Creator.
Where is the most interesting
place you have visited?
Qatar - because it was so
completely different from anywhere
I’ve been - different culture, way
of dressing and architecture. At
least, until I got into the shopping
mall, then I could have been in any
city in Western Europe or North
America.
What three items would you
rush to save from a fire?
My mobile (ha, very unoriginal),
my notepad (so I can write), and a
pen.
Is there anything you cannot
do and would like to learn?
Play the piano or the drums.
With which famous person would
you like to have dinner and why?
Dead or alive? Dead - poet
Langston Hughes, one of the
architects of the Harlem Renaissance
in the 1920s.
Alive - the brilliant BBC Radio 5
Live film critic, Mark Kermode
(required podcast listening every
week) - I suspect I’d spend the
whole evening laughing and not
eating. If you haven’t listened to
him, you should. He’s on 5 Live
every Friday from 2-4.
Wittertainment indeed! Syerramia
can be contacted at
africa@lse.ac.uk. |
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