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Prime minister and London mayor announce £50 million for Tech City at LSE
conference The prime minister David Cameron and mayor of London Boris
Johnson have announced a £50 million government investment in East London’s
Tech City at the LSE-backed Urban Age Electric City conference.
It was the 11th annual Urban Age conference, organised by LSE Cities
and the Alfred Herrhausen Society, the International Forum of Deutsche Bank,
with support from the mayor of London.
Introduced by LSE Director Professor Craig Calhoun, the prime minister
recognised the economic importance of hi-tech industries and particularly
the growing technology sector in East London, often referred to as the
Silicon Roundabout. He said the £50 million investment will help transform
the Old Street roundabout into 'Europe’s largest indoor civic space',
dedicated to entrepreneurs and start-up companies. The development will
include a 400 seat auditorium, classrooms, and workshops with the latest 3D
printing technology.
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LSE student named 'Best Arab journalist in the West’ Nabila
Ramdani (pictured), a PhD candidate in LSE’s Department of International
History, won the 2012 'Best Arab journalist in the West' award at
The
Arabs Group Achievements Awards on Saturday 1 December.
The Arabs Group is the largest organisation for Arabs in the UK. The aim
of the event is to award people of Arabic origin who have excelled in their
field or career in the West, contributed to their community or achieved
something in the country they live in.
Nabila said: 'This is a huge honour, especially as so many people around
the Arab world voted for me. Staff and students at LSE have assisted me in
my journalism and I can't thank them enough too.'
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LSE to feature on University Challenge Christmas Special
Three LSE graduates will join Lord
Meghnad Desai (pictured), professor emeritus of economics, on LSE's team
for the University Challenge Christmas Special.
Loyd Grossman (MSc history 1977), Tim Lott (BSc government 1986), Jackie
Ballard (BSc econ 1974), and Lord Desai will take on New College, Oxford in
the first round of this year's seasonal competition.
The programme will be broadcast on BBC Two on Wednesday 19 December at
7.30pm. For more information, visit
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 Notices
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Password changes for undergraduates and taught postgraduates
In the coming term, IT Services is aiming to ensure that all undergraduate and
taught postgraduate students have passwords that match a minimum level of
complexity and also expire yearly.
These standards are already in place for staff and research
postgraduates.
There are two key reasons of good IT practice for doing this: to make
passwords more complex and therefore less likely to be hacked, and
so that if someone does have access to your account without you
knowing it, that access will end when the passwords change.
The new policy will be introduced on Wednesday 23 January.
However, you can change your password before this date, which would mean
that you wouldn’t have to worry about it for a further year.
IT Services has put together a web page with all the information you
should need about changing your password -
lse.ac.uk/studentpasswords. You can also talk to them at
IT.Helpdesk@lse.ac.uk or phone
020 7955 6728.
Further reminders will be sent out before the policy is introduced.
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Exhibit your research in visual form The LSE Research Festival
is seeking submissions in four categories - posters, films, photographs and
apps – for its exhibition on 1 March 2013.
Open to research students, research staff and academic staff across the
School, it’s a chance to have your work exhibited during LSE’s Space for
Thought Literary Festival and to win prizes.
Submissions close on 18 January 2013. Find out more and submit
online at
LSE Research Festival.
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LSE Careers holiday open hours
LSE Careers will be closed on Thursday 13 December from 1pm and from
Friday 21 December to Wednesday 2 January.
We will be open normal hours, Monday to Friday, 10am-5pm, for the rest of
the holiday for appointments (bookable on CareerHub) or you can drop into
the Resources Area.
So if you’re staying in London and have applications or interviews coming
up, or just want to get ahead on careers research or CV writing, do come in
and see us.
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LSE Perspectives: call for submissions LSE Perspectives
features photographs taken by LSE students and staff, with 12 new images
published every month, and LSE Arts is currently looking for submissions for
next month’s gallery.
If you have taken any artistic images on your travels, in 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. Previous galleries can be
found here.
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Get published in the
first LSESU Think Tank Society Journal The LSESU
Think Tank Society is calling for submissions for its first ever LSESU
Think Tank Society Journal.
The journal will be published in print and online at the end of the Lent
term and the deadline for submissions is 14 February 2013.
The message is 'Think Different' - the society wants to hear from
students who have a passion for, and are engaged in, the contemporary
global politics debate. The journal aims to provide a platform for
students to voice policy analysis and recommendations. Regardless of the
topic, the society asks that your article has four main parts:
- The issue
- The analysis
- The recommendations
- References
Email your submissions or any questions regarding the journal to Natasha
Basu at n.basu@lse.ac.uk.
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TEDxLSE student speaker competition TEDxLSE is running a
competition to fill two student speaker places at the TEDxLSE conference on
9 March 2013.
You do not have to have speaking experience to get involved - a team will
work with you to develop your skills and presentation. If you are interested
in participating, send a 100 word bio on why you would like to speak at TEDx
and a one page summary of what you would like to talk about, to
sid@tedxlse.com by Monday 17
December.
You will be contacted for a round of interviews in January if your
application is successful. Only two students will be chosen for the main
conference. If you are not successful, you may still have the opportunity to
present your work at the pre-event forum, TEDxLSE postgraduate.
If you have a question regarding the competition, email
sid@tedxlse.com. For more information,
visit www.tedxlse.com.
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LSESU
Oikos Society photo competition
Do you enjoy taking photos? Do you think your photos can educate
others on important, worldwide issues? If so, submit your photos to the
LSESU Oikos Society photo competition.
The society will be accepting photos until mid-February on the theme
'Sustainable Urbanisation'. You can interpret the theme however you want
- it wants to know what sustainable urbanisation means to you.
For more information, visit
Facebook. If
you have any questions, email
su.soc.oikos@lse.ac.uk.
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The dead are coming to LSE....
Ruthless is a 20 minute short film being created by the LSESU
LooSE TV network, depicting a satirical zombie apocalypse raging across
campus.
The project is a collaboration between LSESU creative societies, with an
original script, an all original musical score, and a cast and crew made
up of LSE students.
The main roles have already been cast, but there are still ways that you
can get involved:
1) Being an extra
2) Being a runner or set dresser during filming
3) Helping write the soundtrack
4) Helping in the art department
5) Watching the finished product.
For more information, visit
www.facebook.com/ruthlessfilm, follow Ruthless on Twitter (@ruthlessfilm),
or email the producer at
d.chakra-thomson@lse.ac.uk or the director at
j.a.pearson@lse.ac.uk.
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Lent term public events programme announced
LSE's public events programme for the Lent term has been announced.
Speakers next term include Swedish finance minister Anders Borg; Chrystia
Freeland, editor of Thomson Reuters Digital; Lucy Scott-Moncrieff, president
of the Law Society; and academic, award-winning writer and broadcaster Dr
Ben Goldacre.
Details of all lectures, debates, discussions, concerts and exhibitions
are available at
lse.ac.uk/events. A PDF of the
events leaflet is available for
download here.
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Forthcoming LSE events include....
The Economic Future of British Cities: what should urban policy do?
On: Thursday 17 January from 6.30-8pm in the Hong Kong Theatre,
Clement House
Speaker: Professor Henry G Overman,
professor of economic geography at LSE and director of the Spatial
Economics Research Centre.
Respondents: Alexandra Jones,
chief executive of the Centre for Cities, and Adam Marshall,
director of policy and
external affairs at the British Chambers of Commerce.
In Conversation with Lucy Scott-Moncrieff
On: Tuesday 22 January from 6.30-8pm in the New Theatre, East
Building
Speaker: Lucy Scott-Moncrieff,
president of the Law Society and managing partner of Scott-Moncrieff and
Associates LLP.
Democracy and Emotion
On: Tuesday 29 January from 6.30-8pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Professor James Jasper (pictured),
professor of sociology at The Graduate Centre, City University of New
York.
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Department of Philosophy’s Winter Party On: Thursday 13
December in the Underground Bar from 6.30pm
The Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method is hosting its
annual Winter Party to celebrate the end of
essays, problem questions, lectures and the beginning of the holidays.
There will be snacks, drinks and good music throughout the evening. Plus
the renowned department band,
Critique of Pure Rhythm, will be playing live.
All are welcome to attend. For more information,
click
here.
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New Exhibition - 70th Anniversary of the Beveridge Report
On until Friday 18 January in the Atrium Gallery, Old Building
The report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Social Insurance and
Allied Services (Cmd 6404), commonly known as the Beveridge Report, was
published in December 1942.
To mark the 70th anniversary, an exhibition of documents relating to the
report including photographs, radio scripts, speech notes, newspaper
articles and what Beveridge himself described as the 'first draft of the
report,' will be on display.
Beveridge was director of LSE from 1919-37. His papers are held in the
Archives Division of the Library.
This exhibition is open to all with no ticket required. Visitors are
welcome during weekdays (Monday - Friday) between 10am and 8pm
(excluding when the School is closed at Christmas or unless otherwise
stated on the web listing).
For more information,
click here, email arts@lse.ac.uk
or phone on 020 7107 5342.
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 60
second interview
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with.....
Dan Martin
I'm originally from Manchester
and currently in my second year of a
Social Policy BSc at LSE. I'm a bit
older than most people in their
second year because I spent a year
working as car mechanic before
coming here.
Lots of students have no idea
what social policy is and that's a
real shame. The School pioneered the
subject, the department is 100 years
old this year, and all of us
directly encounter social policy
issues throughout our lives.
One of the things that
disappointed me when I came to LSE
was the perpetual presence of
investment banks and consulting
firms on campus. I realised in my
first year that many students
actually have no interest in banking
or consulting and have no idea of
the other options available to them.
I'm trying to give students insights
into broader career options with my
new society, the LSESU Artichoke
Society.
When was the LSESU Artichoke
Society formed and what are your
aims?
We became an official society a
few weeks ago, but I've been working
on the idea for a while. We're
called the LSESU Artichoke Society
because of our link to the Artichoke
Fund at Yale University. The fund
was created to permanently endow a
staff position dedicated to
providing students with support in
seeking truly fulfilling, socially
beneficial careers and avoiding the
trap of choosing a career path
simply because it is the one made
most readily available to them.
Socially beneficial careers are
those that are not purely for
private advantage, they're about
doing something for the good of the
community and society as well. We
have the same aim, although we hope
to achieve our goals through
different means.
Tell us about some of the
events the society has planned for
the future.
We have three confirmed speakers
for this year. The first is a
graduate of Oxford and Harvard, was
a special adviser to the last
government, directed the 2003
Progressive Governance Conference
(hosted by Tony Blair and attended
by 12 heads of state as well as Bill
Clinton), is a parliamentary
candidate and currently runs a
not-for-profit organisation which
provides tutors to the most
challenging schools in the North
West.
We are also planning to produce a
handbook in partnership with the
Artichoke Fund, with the working
title How to Turn Your Passion
into a Socially Beneficial Career,
to be distributed among members and
at careers events.
You are a student
representative, what does this
entail?
I was elected to the Court of
Governors in this term's elections.
The Court meets three times a year
to discuss key School policy issues
as well as some constitutional
matters. Five students sit on the
Court every year.
What was your favourite
subject at school?
I found most subjects at high
school fairly boring and couldn't
wait to leave education when I was
18. One of my favourite classes was
GCSE geography because all my mates
were in the same class and we did
very little work.
What is the best advice you
have ever been given?
Good advice is hard to come by.
On a very practical level, 'Make
sure you do some work', from my old
boss before I came to university.
What was the last film you saw
at the cinema?
The new James Bond film. I'm not
a big James Bond fan but it's a
decent film. |
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