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11 January 2012 |
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LSE granted planning permission for Bankside
House redevelopment In December 2011, LSE was granted planning
permission by the London Borough of Southwark for an extension and partial
refurbishment of the Bankside House hall of residence.
Julian Robinson, director of Estates at LSE, said: 'We are pleased that
Southwark's planning committee has unanimously approved our application to
add an extra two storeys to our Bankside House hall of residence. LSE has
been investing in Bankside for 16 years and this extension will enable us to
offer more rooms to students at well below the market level.'
The proposal at Bankside House includes a roof top extension, to provide
an additional 104 student rooms, and the refurbishment of the ground and
lower ground areas. The roof top remodelling involves the partial demolition
of the building's top three floors (which includes the existing roof plant)
and the provision of three new floors of student accommodation. The lower
ground floor will be extensively refurbished to improve student amenity areas,
with the creation of study rooms, music, TV and games rooms, a large common
room and improved laundry facilities.
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Child protection expert is honoured with CBE Professor Eileen
Munro (pictured) has received a CBE in the New Year’s honours list for her
services to children and families.
Professor Munro, of LSE’s Department of Social Policy, is an
internationally-renowned expert in the fields of child protection and social
work practice.
In 2010 she was commissioned by the government to conduct a review of
official child protection policy and practice and most of the
recommendations in her report, published in July 2011, are now being
implemented. The report outlined how an entirely new approach, focusing on
the whole system of child protection rather than on its individual
components, could help prevent serious injuries and deaths for at risk
youngsters.
Professor Munro said: ‘It was unexpected but very flattering to receive
this honour. If my work is seen as helping both children and those people
who strive to protect them then of course I am pleased to accept the
recognition. I would also like to thank all the academic colleagues who have
helped me develop my research at LSE.’
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Skilled migrants have little direct impact on UK housing market
Skilled workers coming from outside the EU to work in the UK put minimal
pressure on the housing market, according to a new report by LSE London.
According to the report, commissioned by the Migration Advisory
Committee, their impact on house prices is likely to be less than one per
cent over the next five years.
On arriving in the UK, nearly 80 per cent of economic migrants from
outside the EU initially live in the private rented sector or with friends
and family, and only 20 per cent become owner-occupiers. This tenure mix
changes only slowly, with owner-occupation rising to 45 per cent after five
years.
These skilled migrants are mostly concentrated in London, Reading
(because of its high concentration of IT firms), Ipswich (because of R&D
companies) and Aberdeen (because of the oil industry). Their immediate
impact is on the rental market in these areas, but the research also found
that they are often competing for housing with other migrants rather than UK
tenants.
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Re-Orientation Houghton Street Fair Forgotten everything over
the holiday? Come along to the Re-Orientation
Houghton Street
Fair on Tuesday 17 January from 11am-2pm and get back in the swing of
things.
The Fair will provide an opportunity to speak with members of various
services and departments from across the campus including Careers, the
Library, IT Services and Residential Life, amongst others. Some teams may
even be handing out free items or samples.
In addition, graduate students should attend to pick up their copy of the
Re-Orientation student notebook, while stocks last (first year
undergraduates will receive a copy of their free notebook during their first
LSE100 lecture). The notebooks are extremely popular so arrive early to
avoid disappointment.
For a complete list of participating services and more information, visit
lse.ac.uk/reorientation.
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The Volunteer Centre @ LSE Careers The Volunteer Centre @
LSE Careers was delighted to have a cameraman, sent by The Mayor’s Office,
at a recent volunteering event held at Pembroke House. The resulting
short film gives a fantastic insight into how worthwhile and fun
volunteering can be.
The Centre has a range of volunteering opportunities for LSE students so
if you’re interested in getting involved visit
the website or email
volunteer@lse.ac.uk.
Don't miss the ‘International Volunteering and Development Fair’ taking
place at SOAS on Monday 23 January. If you’re interested in attending, book
your place NOW via 'My Careers Service'. A first come, first served policy
will operate.
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February is Development Month As in past years during Lent
term, LSE Careers will run
LSE International Development Month, a series of seminars, panels, skill
sessions and other events that will be of interest to those wanting to work
in the NGO, international volunteering and development sectors.
These talks and events (normally scheduled at lunchtime) focus on
the work of development-oriented think tanks, government aid agencies and,
especially, NGOs - because typically that is where most graduate students
find their first job in the field.
The programme opens on Thursday 19 January with a talk on finding
overseas volunteering opportunities (NAB 2.04, 1-2pm) and is followed on the
afternoon of Monday 23 January by the International Volunteering Fair which
takes place at SOAS (Brunei Gallery).
Some of the organisations that will be on campus during Development
Month are VSO, Women for Women, Save the Children, Helpage, ODI, Restless
Development, the Aga Khan Foundation, GIZ, KfW, USAID and the DfID.
Visit the
Careers Service website for the Development Month programme and for
details of the events.
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Training for students Courses scheduled for next week include:
- Presentation Skills and Confidence
- Fire Safety Awareness
- Managing your Time
- Excel 2010: data analysis
- Software Surgery
For a full listing of what is available and further details, including
booking information, see
www.lse.ac.uk/training.
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LSE Student Mentoring Scheme now recruiting Are you interested
in helping the new intake of students settle in? The LSE Student Mentoring
Scheme is now recruiting new mentors for 2012-13.
The Scheme, which aims to support all new first year undergraduate and
General Course students by assigning them a student mentor when they first
arrive at the School, is a great way to gain valuable voluntary work
experience while enhancing the experience of LSE students from around the
world.
All new mentors receive skills-based training to build on their
communication and interpersonal skills and receive a Certificate of
Participation at the end of the year.
As a mentor, you will act as a human signpost and facilitator to help the
mentees in your mentoring group to get to know one another. Mentors are not
counsellors or advisers, and so you will not be expected to have the answers
to every question that comes up. Instead, you will receive training to help
you to direct new students to the relevant LSE service.
Students who are interested in the Scheme should visit
lse.ac.uk/studentMentoring to learn more and to complete the online
application form. For any further questions, email
studentmentoring@lse.ac.uk.
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Tell us what you think - Student News feedback survey
2012
The Press Office has put together a short survey for you to let us know
how you feel about Student News. It will be an
important way for us to find out how we can improve the newsletter for you.
The survey is open to all students and should take no more than five
minutes to complete. To take part, visit
www.survey.bris.ac.uk/lsewebsite/student_news_2012.
The survey is open until Friday 16 March. We really appreciate you taking
the time to give us your feedback.
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The Software Surgery The Software Surgery is a new drop-in
service where both students and staff can get training on specific 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, Wordpress, 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 and you can jump the queue when you
arrive. A member of the 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 during term time, in the
Library Training Room (R08) on the lower ground floor of the Library.
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IT Service Status Updates: keeping you informed Unfortunately
our services go down from time to time. Sometimes unexpected issues arise or
we need to carry out essential maintenance to keep
our services running smoothly. This can result in disruptions to
services such as email and Moodle. We are aware of the importance of keeping
you informed during these times.
For this reason we have changed the IT Service Status page to a new,
improved and resilient service. The new service is not reliant on the LSE
network so that in the event of a network outage at LSE, you can always
access status updates wherever you have an internet connection. This could
be at home using your own computer or on the move with your mobile device.
The new service also lets you:
We would advise you to follow our updates using at least one of these
methods in preference to contacting your
IT Support Team (staff) or the
IT Help Desk (students). This will allow our staff to focus their
efforts on rectifying any problems.
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Academic Proofreading - Lent term deadline? Essays,
dissertations, PhD theses - a quote will be supplied on application and
documents will be returned swiftly by email, with track changes and comment
bubbles with suggestions.
For more information or to submit a document, email
info@katehillier.co.uk or visit
www.katehillier.co.uk.
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New Year at Waterstone's Economists' Bookshop
Waterstone's Economists' Bookshop, which is located on the LSE campus,
is running the following New Year offers:
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10 per cent student discount starting on Monday 9 January for two weeks
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Spend and Save Card - one stamp for every £10 spent and a £10 gift card
for every ten stamps, running until 30 April 2012 (not available with 10
per cent student discount)
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Waterstone's Loyalty Card - gives points which are equivalent to 3 per
cent of spending to be offset against future purchases. Save money in
the Lent term with points accumulated in the Michaelmas term.
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January Clearance Sale - the biggest one we've had for many years with
many items at half price or less until the end of the month. Some real
bargains in all subject areas.
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Textbook Buyback Scheme - 30 per cent cash or 40 per cent store credit
on recommended texts (terms and conditions apply).
For more information, email
enquiries@economists.waterstones.co.uk.
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LSE Perspectives The first LSE Perspectives gallery of 2012 is
now online. 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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New Treatment Clinic now open A new Treatment Clinic, which
welcomes LSE students and staff, has opened on the first floor of Tower Two.
The clinic offers professional treatments including acupuncture,
osteopathy and sports massage from practitioners with over 20 years of
experience between them. Their combined expertise is effective in the
treatment of pain relief, including musculoskeletal pain, repetitive strain
injury, tension headaches, posture advice, sports injuries, anxiety,
insomnia, migraine, among many other ailments.
Appointments are available Monday - Friday from 8.30am - 6.30pm and can
be booked online at
www.lsetreatmentclinic.co.uk. All consultations are strictly
confidential and sessions will last between 30 and 60 minutes depending upon
the treatment.
The practitioners are:
- Hanya Chlala
Acupuncture available in a dual bed setting on Wednesdays and Fridays
- Laura Dent
Sports massage available on Mondays
- Tim Hanwell
Osteopathy available on Tuesdays and Thursdays
Tim also provides monthly talks on sitting posture via LSE’s Health and
Safety Department. Please email Ann O’Brien at
ann.o'brien@lse.ac.uk for more
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 What's
on
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LSE Space for Thought Literary
Festival 2012 programme announced ‘Relating Cultures’
Wednesday 29 February - Saturday 3 March
A series of events designed to explore the interaction between the
academic cultures of the arts and social sciences, as well as global
cultures, and the art of communication and language.
Speakers include AS Byatt, Professor Roger Scruton, Claire Tomalin,
Jonathan Powell, Elif Shafak, John Lanchester, Jeanette Winterson, Michael
Rosen and many more. All events free and open to all.
For more information, visit
LSE Space for Thought Literary Festival 2012.
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The EU in the Global Economy: challenges for growth On:
Wednesday 18 January at 5pm. The venue will be confirmed to
ticketholders.
Speaker: Mario Monti (pictured), prime minister of Italy, as well as
minister of economy and finance.
This event is free and open to all but a ticket is required. One ticket
per person can be requested on Thursday 12 January.
For more information,
click here.
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Other upcoming events include....
Total Policing: the future of policing in London
On: Monday 16 January at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Bernard Hogan-Howe, commissioner of the Metropolitan Police
Service.
Israel: the strategy of the iron wall revisited
On: Tuesday 17 January at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Avi Shlaim, professor of international relations
at the University of Oxford.
Paper Promises: money, debt and the new world order
On: Thursday 19 January at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Philip Coggan, Buttonwood columnist of The Economist.
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Humanism in Britain: an anthropological study On: Wednesday
18 January from 6.30-7.30pm in room OLD.3.28, Old Building.
Speaker: Dr Matthew Engelke (pictured), senior lecturer in the
Department of Anthropology and the Centre for the Study of Human Rights at
LSE.
This talk will highlight the preliminary findings from an anthropological
study of the British Humanist Association (BHA), conducted in 2011.
The research involved participant observation at BHA offices for nine
months, over 60 interviews, training to become a funeral officiant,
observation of humanist ceremonies, and participation in various
conferences, pub quizzes, workshops, events in Parliament, prison visits,
local group meetings, and garden parties.
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Bottom-up Politics: an agency-centred approach to globalisation
On: Monday 23 January from 6.30-8pm in the New Theatre, East Building
Speakers: Professor Helmut Anheier,
professor of sociology at the Hertie School of Governance, Berlin,
Professor Christine Chinkin,
professor of international law at LSE, Professor Mary Kaldor,
professor of global governance and director of the Civil Society and
Human Security Research Unit at LSE, and
Professor Saskia Sassen, Robert
S Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia University and a visiting
professor at LSE.
Respondent: Dr Marlies Glasius,
visiting fellow at LSE's Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit.
The panel will discuss the political implications of giving power to
ordinary people in an era when the nation-state has lost its primacy as a
political actor. The event launches the book
Bottom-up Politics: an agency-centred approach to globalisation.
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a
first come, first served basis.
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The LSE Student Community Festival Taking place on Sunday 4
March, the LSE Student Community Festival is a one day student-run festival
bringing together students, staff and alumni to celebrate the diversity of
the School.
The Festival will incorporate a range of activities over the course of
the day. The main event will be a run/walk around Lincoln's Inn Fields to
raise money for LSE student support, including scholarships, hardship funds,
and the LSE African Initiative. Students choosing to participate will be
paired up with alumni with similar interests - a great opportunity to meet
new people and hear about life after LSE.
For more information or to get involved, visit
Facebook or
email
runningwhileotherswalk@gmail.com.
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Podcasts of public lectures and events
Global Political Challenges: women advancing democracy
Speaker: Dr Madeleine Korbel Albright
Recorded: Friday 2 December 2011
Click here to listen
The US and the Arab Revolutions
Speaker: Professor William Quandt
Recorded: Thursday 8 December 2011
Click here to listen
China Model 2
Speakers: Dr Kent Deng, Professor Jude Howell, and
Professor Athar Hussain
Recorded: Thursday 8 December 2011
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 60
second interview
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with..... Antoinette-Rita
My name is Antoinette-Rita and I am a twenty-one year old final year law student at LSE. I am also a poet, singer-song-writer, author and public speaker.
Before coming to LSE, I was awarded a New Futures Fund scholarship based on my exam results and my background. I was a carer to my mum, who is a wheelchair-user and single parent, from the age of seven until I started university but I have been able to balance my education with my duties at home. I have illustrated that my circumstances have not hindered my ambitions, thus I am an example to those who have been in my position.
For example, I received a Young Poet award in Florida in 2004 via the International Society of Poets, I came third in an Institute of Economic Affairs competition in 2008, and I won the Academic Excellence Award 2011 from the National African-Caribbean Student Society Awards. In October 2011, I also won the Spirit of London Award for Achievement through the Arts courtesy of SOLA and the Damilola Taylor Trust at the Royal Albert Hall, and I have written two books: Purple & Blue - Inspirational Poems and The Blue Ocean.
Please tell us more about your
two books of poetry.
My first book, Purple & Blue -
Inspirational Poems was
published in 2008 and my second book
is The Blue Ocean - Peace,
Power, Prosperity (volume one).
Both books are collections of poems.
I have written over 700 poems and
over 200 songs. And the portfolio
keeps on growing.
On 17 October 2011, I held a book
launch of my second publication,
The Blue Ocean at The
International Hotel in Canary Wharf
where His Excellency, former
president of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo, attended as chief launcher
and also His Excellency, Dr Dalhatu
Tafida, Nigerian High Commissioner
attended as special guest of honour.
Prime minister David Cameron
also expressed a fondness for my
books in writing and in person when
I met him at 10 Downing Street in
September 2011 for a reception.
Pictures of my book launch can be
accessed from my website
www.harmony-creation.com. If
people want to buy a copy of any of
my books, they can do so by emailing
me at
antoinette-rita@harmony-creation.com.
Purple & Blue is £5 and
The Blue Ocean is £7.
The book launch was a wonderful
evening and a successful event. The
presence of His Excellency Chief
Olusegun Obasanjo was truly the
icing on the cake. I am planning to
prepare another book launch
which many other dignitaries will
attend.
What would you do if you were
LSE director for a day?
I would visit every department,
class and lecture, and surprise
staff and students with a bottle of
champagne!
Who was your hero when you
were growing up?
My hero is my mum and she will
continue to be my hero. Despite her
disability (and I don’t see her as
disabled), she has been my rock, a
source of joy and encouragement and
a diamond. She doesn’t see herself
as disabled and she has been able to
touch many people because of her
life. Even at the book launch,
everyone congratulated her for
bringing me up by herself. I love
her so much.
If you were offered the trip
of a lifetime, where would you go
and why?
I would go to Mauritius because
of the beaches. I need some sun.
Which has been the most
interesting LSE public lecture you
have attended?
The public lecture on commercial
law; it really opened my eyes to the
life of a commercial lawyer. I am a
law student and I want to be a
barrister when I leave LSE and
practise in both England and Wales
and Nigeria.
In three sentences, one per
person, state what you would like
the following people to have said
about you: (a) a friend (b) a
teacher (c) a relative.
Friend: Antoinette-Rita is
intelligent and hard-working; a
great listener.
Teacher: Antoinette-Rita is
determined, focused and knows what
she wants.
Relative: Antoinette-Rita is caring;
looked after her mum.
What is your favourite TV
programme?
I have a few favourite TV
programmes: Eastenders (been
watching this since I was four, I
hold my hands up to this), CSI:
Miami, CSI: New York, The Vampire
Diaries, Gossip Girl, and Desperate
Housewives. |
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