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5 October 2011 |
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Update on the New Students’ Centre Over the summer a
substantial amount of work has been completed on the New Students’ Centre (NSC)
project - the two St Philips buildings have now been demolished to basement
level and the majority of the old building slab and foundations removed.
During the demolition, a number of building defects were uncovered in the
party walls of Sardinia House and the Peacock Theatre, resulting in
additional work and delays to the project.
The remedial works to the Peacock Theatre will create noise in the
building which is disruptive. Alternative working and construction methods
have been assessed and discounted as they impacted too much on the staff and
student experience. The contractor is therefore working around theatre
bookings and only carrying out works to the party wall when there is no
teaching taking place.
This has prolonged the duration of the remedial works and will inevitably
extend the project duration. LSE Estates do however believe that this is the
most beneficial solution for the School.
Works elsewhere on the site can at times be heard in the Peacock Theatre.
The level of this noise is minimal and should not affect the use of the
theatre for teaching or other activities.
For more information, visit Twitter@OsborneLSENSC or see
New Students' Centre. |
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 Notices
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Are you immunised against meningitis, measles, mumps and rubella?
With all the excitement of the new term, you may not have considered the
need to get immunised.
Meningitis, mumps and measles can be serious infectious diseases, that
can spread in close communities like universities and halls of residence.
The Health Protection Agency has stated that in the last six months there
has been a significant increase in the number of measles cases in the UK.
The increase in the number of cases across Europe has been even greater.
It is straightforward to get vaccinated against these diseases and it’s
free. Just check with your doctor or the St Philips Medical Centre in Tower
Three. If you have not yet registered with a doctor, don’t wait until you
are ill, register now.
For more information, visit
Wellbeing, health and safety. The
Health Protection Agency’s advice for students can be
found here.
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Training for students at LSE Courses scheduled for next week
include:
- Finding items on your reading list
- Literature searching and finding journal articles
- Studying and surviving at LSE
- Excel 2010: formulas and common functions
- Excel 2010: presenting and printing data
- Excel 2010: charts
- Word 2010: essential tips and techniques
- PowerPoint 2010: polished presentations in 10 steps
- Outlook 2010: outlook for business
- PhD: thinking creatively and mind mapping your original research
For a full listing of what is available and further details, including
booking information, see
www.lse.ac.uk/training.
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Software surgeries The Software Surgery is a new drop-in
service where both students and staff can get training on a range of
software and web applications. We cover:
- Statistical software: SPSS and Stata
- Qualitative analysis: Alceste, Atlas.ti, and Nvivo
- Microsoft Office: Access, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint, Word
- Learning technologies: Moodle, lecture capture, electronic voting
systems etc
- Library technologies: Endnote, e-journals and online data sources
Drop in on the day, or book in advance via the
Training and Development System to get priority attention. A member of
our training team will be on hand to help you learn what you need to solve
your particular problem.
The surgeries take place on Tuesdays, 1-2pm in the Library training room
(R08), on the lower ground floor of the Library.
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Have your say in which three charities LSESU RAG will raise money for
this year
For the first time ever, LSESU RAG have introduced an online voting
system through which all students can vote for which three charities the
society will raise money for throughout the year.
Nine charities have been
shortlisted for students to choose from, so take a few minutes to read
each profile and then vote for your three favourites at
www.lsesu.com/vote.
Don't forget that even if a charity you feel strongly about isn't chosen
as one of the three, you can still fundraise for them. For more information,
email su.rag@lse.ac.uk.
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LSE Perspectives The LSE Perspectives October 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
students and staff. If you have taken any artistic images on your travels,
from your home town or even just here in London why not submit them to 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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Audience members wanted for new BBC3 series New BBC3 series
Up For Hire Live is giving individuals an opportunity to find the right
employer, get their foot in the door and hopefully kick-start their career.
The show will be hosted by Richard Bacon and Radio One reporter Tina
Daheley and is a great chance to get some inside information from
professionals, entrepreneurs and celebrities.
The show will be recorded over four nights - Monday 17, Tuesday 18,
Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 October - so if you would like to go along to
one of the nights, email
dan.smith@loveproductions.co.uk. Please note, you are only needed to
attend on one night, not all four.
The show will be filmed live at BBC Television Centre, Wood Lane, London,
W12 7RJ. Doors open at 8.15pm but you are advised to be there from 7.30pm as
allocation is on a first come, first served basis. For more information,
visit www.bbc.co.uk/upforhire.
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Calling all future traders Business and financial news
broadcaster CNBC has launched
a competition called the Million
Dollar Portfolio Challenge - a fantasy trading contest where players
have the chance to win a grand prize of US$1,000,000,000 or a Maserati
GranCabrio and holiday packages.
All you need to do to play is register at
http://milliondollar.cnbc.com to
get started. Once you’ve registered, you can start trading with US$1m
virtual dollars for your chance to win the fantastic prizes. Have a go -
there’s no risk, but plenty of reward.
You can register anytime until Saturday 12 November. The
competition ends on Friday 25 November.
Visit
http://milliondollar.cnbc.com for more information about the competition
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 What's
on
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Tickets still available - A More Secure World: from neighbourhood to
globe On: Tuesday 11 October at 6.30-8pm in the Old Theatre,
Old Building
Speaker: William J Bratton (pictured)
From Tottenham to global terrorism, developing policies and implementing
schemes that work across the range of fighting neighbourhood violence to
combating international terrorism share common themes. Bill Bratton, CBE,
will discuss his ideas about policing with purpose and collaborating to
create a more secure future.
William J Bratton is the chairman of Kroll, the world's leading risk
consulting company. He is known as one of America's premier police chiefs,
the only person to have led the two largest police forces in the United
States, the New York City Police Department and the Los Angeles Police
Department, and was named by Security Magazine as one of 2010's most
influential people in the security industry.
This event is free and open to all but a ticket is required. One ticket
per person can now be requested
here.
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Upcoming events include....
Why is Macroeconomics Such a Mess?
On: Monday 10 October at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building.
Speaker: Professor Lord Eatwell, president of Queens' College,
University of Cambridge, and a member of the House of Lords.
627 Million Chinese Brought Out of Poverty: where did it all go wrong?
On: Tuesday 11 October at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building.
Speaker: Professor Danny Quah, professor of economics at LSE and
senior fellow at LSE IDEAS.
What Should We Do About Google?
On: Wednesday 12 October at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House.
Speaker: Professor Martin Cave, BP Centennial Professor at LSE.
The Mountain Within: leadership lessons from Kilimanjaro
On: Thursday 13 October at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House.
Speaker: Herta von Stiegel (pictured), founder of Ariya Capital.
NEW EVENT -
The Future of Economic Convergence
On: Saturday 29 October from 2-3.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building.
Speaker: Professor Dani Rodrik, Rafiq Hariri Professor of
International Political Economy at John F Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard University.
This event is free and open to all but a ticket is required. One ticket per
person can be requested on Monday 24 October.
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Different Face of Serbia - new exhibition On: Tuesday 4 -
Friday 14 October in the Atrium Gallery, Old Building
This double-header exhibition is part of the 'Different Face of Serbia'
programme, presented at LSE by the Serbian LSE Alumni Society.
The exhibition displays an independent non-governmental image of Serbia,
through scientific and cultural output by LSE alumni and other world class
authors of 21st century Serbia.
The main part of this exhibition consists of still photos by the eminent
British photographer of Serbian origin, Brian Rasic (1954), who made a
career in the music industry. The second part of the exhibition consists of
archive materials and sources used in making the documentary film
Cinema Komunisto, written and directed by LSE alumni Mila Turajlic
(1979).
The exhibition is free and open to all with no ticket required. Visitors
are welcome from Monday to Friday between 10am and 8pm (excluding bank holidays
or unless otherwise stated).
Other events complementing this exhibition include:
For more information on the exhibition, visit
www.lse.ac.uk/arts.
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SIPRI Yearbook Seminar on Corruption in the Arms Trade On:
Wednesday 19 October at 6.30-8pm in the Alumni Theatre, New Academic
Building
Speakers: Dr Bates Gill (pictured), director of the Stockholm International
Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Andrew Feinstein, former South
African politician, and Dr Deborah Allen, corporate social
responsibility manager for BAE Systems.
Studies suggest that corruption in the arms trade makes up roughly 40 per
cent of all corruption worldwide. Enormous amounts of money help facilitate
and steer arms deals. For example, during the selection process leading up
to South Africa's purchase of Hawk trainer aircraft from BAE Systems, £115
million was paid to key decision makers. How are such payments possible? And
why is there such a lack of oversight and accountability?
Join the discussion with arms trade corruption expert Andrew Feinstein,
author of the SIPRI Yearbook 2011 lead chapter on corruption and the
arms trade, and representatives of the arms industry and SIPRI. Copies of
the SIPRI Yearbook 2011 (including online access) will be available
to buy at a discount price at the event.
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a
first come, first served basis. For more information, email
e.j.may@lse.ac.uk.
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Podcasts of public lectures and events
Cities and Economic Development
Speakers: Sergio Cabral, N K Singh and Professor Tony
Venables
Recorded: Wednesday 21 September, approx 100 minutes
Click here to listen
Entrepreneurs, Innovation and Growth
Speaker: Luke Johnson
Recorded: Monday 3 October, approx 64 minutes
Click here to listen
Changing Fortunes: income mobility and poverty dynamics in Britain
Speakers: Professor Simon Burgess, Professor John Hills and
Professor Stephen Jenkins
Recorded: Monday 3 October, approx 82 minutes
Click here to listen |
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 60
Second Interview
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with.....
Benjamin Williamson
I'm an MSc political science,
political economy student in the
Department of Government. I'm 26
years old, six foot three inches
tall, and 100 per cent vegan.
Being veggie in London is easy, if
you know where to look. I
refounded the LSESU Vegetarian
Society in 2011 because I wanted
to help LSE students adjust to a
plant-based lifestyle in the
capital. I also wanted to meet
people who share my ideals of
healthy, ethical and sustainable
living.
We understand that the
Vegetarian Society will be
holding an event on 13 October.
Please tell us more about what
you have organised.
We've organised a film screening
of
PLANEAT, a documentary telling
the story of three men's life-long
search for a diet, which is good for
our health, good for the environment
and good for the future of the
planet. It's a great introduction to
the vegetarian diet, from a
scientific perspective, so suitable
for an LSE audience.
When was the Society founded
and what are your objectives?
The Vegetarian Society was formed
in October 2008 but won best new
society of the year in 2011 having
been absent for a while. Its
objectives are to:
- campaign for vegetarian and
vegan related issues on campus
- provide a platform for
vegetarians and vegans to meet
each other through social and
cookery events and a support
system for any individuals at
LSE wanting to turn vegetarian
or vegan
- raise awareness about
health/dietary issues faced by
vegetarians and vegans and
events in London relevant to
vegetarians and vegans.
How many members do you
currently have and approximately
what percentage of the UK population
is vegetarian? Is this number on the
increase?
We currently have about 80
members on our Facebook group but we
are hoping this number will double
after the Freshers' Fair. Our
members come from all over the world
and join the Society for different
reasons: religion/spirituality,
health, social justice and global
hunger, environmentalism and because
a veggie diet is cheaper.
We surveyed 372 LSE students last
year and found that roughly 16 per
cent were vegetarian and 3 per cent
were vegan. That's consistent with
findings in the USA, which puts the
proportion of vegetarians in
American colleges higher than that
of Catholics. Animal rights is the
next big social justice movement and
vegetarianism is a growth industry.
It is a part of the destiny of the
human race, in its gradual
improvement, to refrain from eating
animals, as surely as the savage
tribes have given up eating each
other.
Where is your favourite place
to dine out and which dish do you
enjoy there?
The range of vegetarian food in
the 4th Floor Restaurant is quite
good and reasonably priced. We have
worked with LSE Catering throughout
the summer and they have committed
to increasing their vegetarian
offering as part of our Meat Free
Mondays campaign. Apart from that,
there's a great selection of world
foods in Soho.
What three items would you
take to a desert island with you?
A satellite phone, a bottle of
scotch, and a good novel.
What would we be most
surprised to learn about you?
I don't actually like animals
(but I think killing and eating them
is unnecessary and therefore wrong). |
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