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Big questions for young minds - LSE launches new economics lecture
for young people online A new online lecture which tackles big
questions about the economy for a younger audience has been launched by LSE.
In 'The LSE Big Questions lecture: East beats West? Is the East taking
over the world?', Professor Danny Quah addresses the issue of the rising
economic power of China and other Asian countries and asks whether we should
be fearful of this.
Using audience-participation games, demonstrations, films and interviews,
Danny explains what the economy is, why it matters, how global trade is
changing the world and how we will need to adapt to this.
In June, 150 secondary school children from nine London schools took
part in the pilot lecture, which was designed to introduce the social sciences to young
people aged 11 to 14 (Key Stage 3) in an interactive, informative
and fun way.
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LSE and Guardian study finds
anger with police fuelled summer riots A social research inquiry by
LSE and the Guardian found that widespread anger at people's
treatment at the hands of police was a significant factor behind the summer
riots in every major city where disorder took place.
The ‘Reading the Riots’ study, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
and the Open Society Foundations, is the only research into the riots
involving interviews with hundreds of people who participated in the
disorder.
In its first phase, the study used confidential interviews with a total
of 270 people who were directly involved in the riots in London, Birmingham,
Manchester, Salford, Liverpool and Nottingham. Of the people interviewed, 85
per cent said policing was an important or very important factor in why the
riots happened.
Professor Tim Newburn, head of LSE's Department of Social Policy, who
led the research team, said: 'This is a path-breaking study of the August
riots in England. It reveals the anger and frustration felt by those who
were involved in the disorder, in part a product of the unfair and
discourteous treatment they feel they suffer at the hands of the police, but
also reflecting the disillusionment many feel at the social and economic
changes which leave them increasingly disconnected from mainstream society.'
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Christmas message from the Student Services Centre
Congratulations from the staff at the Student Services Centre (SSC) on
the completion of Michaelmas term. We hope you will have a safe and fun
vacation.
As the holiday season approaches, you are encouraged to review the
Christmas in London Guide on the SSC website. It offers reminders
for those who will be travelling home or abroad during the break,
contact numbers in case of an emergency, and the holiday opening hours
for services at LSE.
If you are planning to stay in London for all or some of the holiday
period, the
Christmas in London Guide also offers a number of suggestions
regarding the variety of things going on around the city in December and
January. Be sure to check out the
International
Students House Christmas programme which is available to all full
time students. Some popular London events can get booked up quickly, so
plan early and reserve your place as soon as possible.
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 Notices
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Discounted accommodation over Christmas
and New Year LSE students and staff are entitled to a 10 per cent
discount on LSE's vacation accommodation.
Over the Christmas period, rooms at Carr-Saunders, Passfield and Rosebery
Halls will be available. These halls are ideally located in central London
and are a great option for your friends and family when they come to visit
over the festive season.
Rooms start from just £25.50 per night including breakfast. For more
information and to book online, visit
www.lsevacations.co.uk/LSE.
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Call for contributors
Engenderings, the LSE
Gender Institute blog, is looking for student and staff contributors to
write posts about any aspect of gender in cultural, social and political
life. Launched in October, Engenderings receives more than 2,000
visits and 5,000 page views per week and the readership is growing every day.
Engenderings brings together academics, students and practitioners
from various institutions and departments in order to share ideas about
gender as it operates in local and global culture and society. At the core
of Engenderings is the idea that gender is everywhere, shaping not
only human bodies, sexualities and identities, but also the way we relate to
the world and to each other. The blog does not subscribe to any political
position; rather, it aims to provide a multidisciplinary space for thought,
comment or critique from a gender perspective.
The blog team is looking for posts of 500 to 1,500 words or multimedia
postings (videos and images) with accompanying commentary. For more
information about the blog and the submission process, visit
blogs.lse.ac.uk/gender/about/
or email
gender.institute.blog@lse.ac.uk.
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Philosoverse 2012: looking for submissions
Philosoverse is a student publication, supported by the LSE Department
of Philosophy, which blends the disciplines of poetry and philosophy.
The second edition will be published in March 2012 to coincide with the
LSE Literary Festival. The theme of this edition will be the relevance of
geographical perspectives on the history of ideas.
The editors are looking for submissions of four-line poems which explore
the origin of a philosophical idea from a certain geographical perspective.
Free form poetry is also being accepted. The deadline for submissions is
Saturday 7 January.
For more information or if you have any questions, email
philosoverse@gmail.com or visit
Facebook.
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LSE Perspectives The LSE Perspectives December 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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Would you like the chance to meet your perfect partner? BBC 3
and Fever Media are looking for single students to take part in a dating
experiment.
Using the science of compatibility testing, relationship experts will be
creating 500 compatible couples who will meet for the first time at an
exciting TV dating event.
If you're looking for Mr Right but always end up with Mr Wrong, or your
search for Miss Perfect has hit a dead end, get in touch to grab a place on
the show.
To be in with a chance of meeting your ideal date, email
yearoflove@fevermedia.co.uk or call 020 7428 5759. For more information,
visit
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Year-of-Making-Love/131651490272513. |
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 What's
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The 2012 Lent term Events leaflet will be posted online before
the end of the year. However, for a sneak preview visit
Public Events
over the holidays. To receive the latest information on LSE events,
join the
LSE events email subscription service or stay in touch via
Twitter or
Facebook.
Upcoming events include....
China Model 2
On: Thursday 8 December at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speaker: Dr Kent Deng, reader in LSE's Department of Economic
History, Professor Jude Howell, professor in LSE's Department of
International Development, and Professor Athar Hussain, director of
the Asia Research Centre at LSE.
Creating International Law: gender as a new paradigm
On: Thursday 8 December at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Catharine MacKinnon (pictured), Elizabeth A Long Professor of
Law at the University of Michigan.
The Strongman: Vladimir Putin and the struggle for Russia
On: Tuesday 10 January at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speaker: Angus Roxburgh, former BBC correspondent. |
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 60
second interview
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with..... Andrea Gibbons
I grew up in Tucson, Arizona but
spent most of my working life in
the city of glory and anguish
that is Los Angeles. For three
years I worked with Latin
American refugees on asylum and
immigration issues. I then got a
master's in urban planning and
spent many more years fighting
displacement and environmental
injustice, revelling in popular
education, uncovering slum
housing empires, and helping to
create the Figueroa Corridor
Community Land Trust.
After some recovery time selling
underwear in Glasgow, I'm now an
editor for PM Press and the
progressive journal CITY,
while continuing to do political
work with drpop.org and Lambeth
Save Our Services, and doing a
PhD in geography at LSE.
We understand that you have
been involved in the production of a
book which has recently been
published. Please tell us more.
Send My Love and a Molotov
Cocktail is, as the subtitle
promises, a genre-bending anthology
of stories about crime, love and
rebellion. We started pulling it
together during the first Greek
uprising and finished up during
London’s own riots, so it’s nothing
if not timely. I’m one of the
contributors you’ve probably never
heard of, but we also have stories
from the likes of Michael Moorcock,
Kim Stanley Robinson, Sarah Paretsky
and Cory Doctorow among others. I’m
actually a bit jealous if you’re
discovering them for the first time.
It’s part of the noir imprint I
edit, called Switchblade, and we
have stories from the LA ghetto to
Berlin, Mexico City to mines within
the moon.
You’ll definitely want it with
you if you’re occupying something
this winter, even if it’s just your
flat.
In your opinion, what is the
most irritating and also the most
endearing thing about LSE?
Those funny connecting bridges
that allow you get almost entirely
around campus without going outside.
Almost. But not quite. New Academic
Building, you are dead to me.
What is the first news story
you remember catching your
attention?
The more I think about it the
less it feels as though news
actually existed in the Arizona
desert, but I remember my teachers
going on a bit about the fall of the
Berlin Wall.
Do you have a temptation which
you wish you could resist?
Derrida. Or maybe the phrase,
'just one more drink, the Brixton
Bar and Grill is still open!'
Where is the most interesting
place you have visited?
I’ve gone in search of brilliant
old pubs and seedy dive bars,
graveyards and ghost towns,
industrial decay, and lost rivers
and ruins and mountain-tops, and
those corner shops where the old
lady has worked for 50 years and
can tell you a thing or two....
wherever I go there is bound to be
something of fascination and the
thought of ranking them is
mind-boggling.
Do you have a tattoo and, if
not, what would you get if you had
to have one?
I don’t have one yet, but given
the new fee rises I’m thinking about
looking for sponsorship. |
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