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12 June 2013 |
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LSE comes top in London in Guardian university rankings
The latest university rankings from the Guardian have rated LSE as
the best university in London for the third year in a row.
The Guardian University Guide 2014, which focuses predominantly on
student experience and teaching, has ranked LSE as the third best UK
university overall, behind Oxford and Cambridge. LSE has been in the top
five of the Guardian’s league tables for the past three years.
The Guide rates LSE particularly highly for graduate career prospects,
staff-to-student ratio and spending per student. In terms of subjects, the Guide
rates the School as the best place in the UK to study philosophy.
Professor Craig Calhoun, Director of LSE, said: "The Guardian’s
University Guide league tables are more focused on teaching and the student
experience than others, so our continued high ranking is particularly
pleasing. As indicated in the Guide, LSE continues to invest significant
resources to improve our facilities and the overall student experience,
while our graduates continue to have outstanding job prospects and starting
salaries. Of course, there is more to a university than what can be captured
in a league table, but it is nice to have the hard work of our staff and
students recognised."
The full tables and information are available at
The
Guardian University Guide 2014.
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A fifth First for LSE in 2013 People & Planet Green League
LSE has this week been awarded a First in this year’s People & Planet
Green League, which ranks all UK universities on their environmental and
ethical performance.
This is the fifth year running that LSE has been awarded a First. The
School came 22nd in this year’s league – a rise of 20 places from its 2012
ranking of 42nd.
LSE Director Professor Craig Calhoun said: “This is terrific news. It is
always pleasing to rank well in league tables and our rise to 22nd most
environmentally and ethically friendly university in the UK is a great
accomplishment. As always, however, there is still much to do and we will
not rest on our laurels. LSE still faces challenges in continuing to reduce
its carbon use, but as our improved ranking shows, if the school community
continues to work together we can achieve positive results.”
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LSE Library announces Women's Walks, an interactive historical
journey through London's streets The Library at LSE has partnered with
Arts Council England to create Women’s Walks, an exciting new mobile
phone app that enables users to engage with archive materials from women’s
history.
Women’s Walks combines smartphone technology with the fascinating
and diverse archive material from The Women’s Library @ LSE, transforming
the collection into an engaging and interactive historical journey. The app
will work by tracking the user’s position as they walk through the streets
of London, identifying images, documents and audio clips relevant to each
location, and downloading them to the user’s smart phone. Women’s Walks will
be publicly available in early 2014.
Liz Chapman, Director of Library Services, said: "Women’s Walks
provides an exciting new way to access the historical collection at The
Women’s Library @ LSE, combining the latest smart phone technology with
women’s rich history and heritage. The project marks another stage of LSE
Library’s plans to share The Women’s Library @ LSE collection as widely as
possible, and we look forward to continuing to engage with new audiences in
the future."
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LSE students launch global political risk website
Four LSE postgraduate students have created
Global Risk Insights, a website
dedicated to shedding light on topics in global political risk.
Emil Graesholm, Evan Abrams, Basim Al-Ahmadi, and Sammy Halabi set up the
website due to a shared passion for exploring topics in political risk at
the intersection of politics and economics.
Sammy, who is studying for a Master’s in International Political Economy
at LSE, said: “The winners of tomorrow will be those who are able to foresee
opportunity and risk in an increasingly dynamic and challenging global
environment. Thus, our philosophy is that the nexus between these two worlds
has never been more important, and we try to give clarity by being rigorous
and analytical.”
The website’s readership has expanded significantly over the last month,
and gets regular visitors from all over the world. The site also features
diverse content from LSE postgraduates and contributors from other graduate
programmes around the world. If you would like to contribute to the website
as an analyst contact the team at
admin@globalriskinsights.com
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LSE students visit Totnes Transition Town At the end of March,
27 master's students from the Department of Geography and Environment took
part in a field trip to Totnes, Devon to visit and learn about the
Transitions Town Movement.
The students were awarded £3,500 from the LSE Annual Fund to help with
the costs of the three day trip, and have produced an online report about
their experience, which can be
found here.
Karina Watkins, who took part in the trip, said: "We found the experience
educational, interesting and fun. We all learned a great deal about
Transition Towns, alternative perspectives and about each other, and would
like to thank the LSE Annual Fund for giving us the opportunity to go on
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 Notices
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Undergraduate keen to do original research?
A few final places have become available for LSE GROUPS, a free
interdisciplinary research project opportunity for undergraduates taking
place in the last two weeks of Summer Term (24 June to 5 July).
Find out more, including application details, at
LSE GROUPS. But hurry … applications close Friday 14 June.
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Neurodiversity and Lecture Recording survey The Centre for
Learning Technology (CLT) is researching how neurodiverse students use
lecture recordings in their studies and a
survey is
now online. There’s a chance to enter a draw to win a £50 Amazon voucher
when you complete it.
CLT would also like your opinions and experiences on questions like:
- What are the challenges you’ve faced making notes or recordings?
- What are your experiences with lecture recordings on Moodle? Do you
find them useful? And
- What do you think would make life easier for your studies at the
school (lecture recording wise, of course)?
Please comment via the
CLT blog.
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An update on the IMT Student Survey 2013
In this year's annual Information Management and Technology (IMT) student
survey we focused on two main aspects, on the learning possibilities of 'BYOD'
(Bring Your Own Device), and on the use of social media in a learning and
teaching setting .
IMT received over a thousand completed surveys and wants to thank all of
you who participated. Winners of the four £50 Amazon vouchers have been
selected and notified: congratulations to you!
As we received so many entries, evaluation will take a little time, but
as soon as we have written a summary report we notify via the
news feed on the
IMT
website.
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MSc Dissertation Week, 1 to 5 July
LSE MSc Dissertation Week will be held Monday 1 to Friday 5 July so don’t
miss out on a week of free events designed to help you plan, write and make
the most of your dissertation.
Topics to be covered include: thinking of doing a PhD?, academic
integrity, structuring your dissertation, the psychological challenges of
dissertation writing, creative techniques to support your thinking and
writing, how to make an original argument, managing your research project,
and writing retreat.
For information on all sessions and booking options see
MSc Dissertation Week.
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Honorary Fellowship nominations Nominations for an Honorary
Fellowship of the School are invited. Please note that following a recent
review by the Nominations Committee, the criteria have been revised.
The LSE Court may elect as an Honorary Fellow any individual who has made
an outstanding contribution to the School, over the course of a number of
years, beyond that which might reasonably be expected.
Honorary Fellowship nominees are expected to have a direct link with LSE
either as a member of the School, or as someone who has made an outstanding
contribution to the School.
The deadline for nominations to be considered in the academic year
2013-14 is Friday 12 July. Full details and a nomination form can be
found here.
If you have any queries, contact Joan Poole at
j.a.poole@lse.ac.uk or on ext 7825.
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LSE Catering summer term opening times
LSE Garrick
8am–6pm, Mon-Fri
4th Floor Restaurant
11am-3pm, Mon-Fri
CLOSED: 17, 18 and 19 July for Presentation Ceremonies
CLOSED: 19 August to 27 September inclusive
Plaza
Café
10am–6pm, Mon-Fri
Cafe 54
8.30am–4.30pm, Mon-Fri
The Bean Counter
10am–3.30pm, Mon-Fri
Staff Dining Room and
Café
Bar (members only)
Café Bar: 10am–4.30pm, Mon-Fri
Dining Room: 12.30pm-2.15pm, Mon-Fri
CLOSED: 29 July to 30 August inclusive
George IV
12 noon–11pm, Mon-Fri
4th Floor
Café Bar
CLOSED
Re-opens 30 September
NAB Mezzanine
CLOSED
Re-opens 7 October.
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A series of events from LSE Careers
As well as being open for
appointments
all summer, LSE Careers has plenty of events coming up, whatever stage
of the career process you are at:
Not sure what direction you want your career to take?
Don't worry! We have events to help you explore
what motivates
you,
discover what graduates with your degree have gone on to do, and
investigate options with
further study
or
entrepreneurship.
Want a head-start on applications for next year?
Make sure your CV and interview skills are up to scratch with seminars about
CV writing,
interview
techniques,
case study interviews and
more.
Looking for a summer internship or a graduate job to start this
summer?
It's not too late! Come to our seminars for top tips on
finding a job
for immediate start, finding
alternatives to
doing an internship, or how to
make the most
of your free time over summer or after graduation. We also have the
LSE Careers
Fair in June where you can meet employers with graduate job and
internship vacancies available now.
Already got a job?
Congratulations! We are holding a series of events to help you
make a great
first impression and to
develop
important workplace skills.
You can view all our upcoming events on
LSE
CareerHub. Events open for booking one week in advance at 9.30am.
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LSE Perspectives June's LSE Perspectives gallery is now online.
You can view the gallery
online here.
The gallery features 12 striking images submitted by LSE staff and
students. Each image reflects a unique perspective on a particular scene.
We are always looking for submissions for future galleries. 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 information on how to submit your photographs, visit
LSE Perspectives submissions. Missed May’s gallery? Previous galleries
can be
found here.
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Two bedroom house to rent in Surrey
A middle-terraced two bedroom house, located in a quiet residential
area in Surrey, is available to rent.
The house has a bright living room and kitchen with dining area on the
ground floor, and two large bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs. There is also
street parking, a garage and a garden, and a large
Sainsbury's five minutes from the house.
The house is located just 30 minutes by train from London's Waterloo
Station.
The property is available now. For more information, email
z.zhang6@lse.ac.uk or call 07807
342190.
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 What's
on
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Other forthcoming LSE events include....
When the Money Runs Out: The End of Western Affluence
Date: Wednesday 19 June at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Stephen King (pictured)
Against the Consensus: reflections on the great recession
Date: Monday 24 June at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Justin Lin
An Uncertain Glory: the economic and social condition of modern India
Date: Wednesday 26 June at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Amartya Sen
Tickets available from Tuesday 18 June
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LSESU Visual Arts Society Exhibition - final week
The LSESU Visual Arts Society’s annual year-end exhibition of student
work is in its last week.
Be sure to take a break from exams and stop by the Atrium Gallery, Old
Building to see the artistic talents of LSE’s students.
For more information,
click here.
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Investing in Sustainability: trends, challenges and opportunities
On: Monday 24 June from 1-2pm in room STC 4.21, St Clement's
Building
Speaker: Andrew Howard (pictured), former managing director and
head of GS Sustain Research at Goldman Sachs.
At this event organised by the
LSE
Sustainable Development Network, Andrew Howard will discuss the finance
industry's approach to sustainability, the growth in investor focus, and the
challenges investors face in measuring, understanding and capitalising on
sustainability factors whilst providing unique insight into the limitations
of a model reliant on capital markets in moving to a more sustainable
society.
This is not just a talk for those who want to become investment bankers
or have a strong grasp of financial concepts. Whether you are passionate
about preserving rain forests or stemming climate change, working with and
harnessing the power of the world's investors is almost inevitably going to
be necessary at some point.
This is your chance to understand the landscape and get an appreciation
for how investors can make a positive difference if properly incentivised,
and the challenges they face in doing so.
This event is free and open to all.
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Podcasts of public lectures and events
The Future of Capitalism
Speaker: Professor John Kay
Recorded: Tuesday 04 June 2013, approx. 90 minutes
France's place in Europe - One year into the Socialist Presidency
Speaker: Jean-François Copé
Recorded: Wednesday 05 June 2013, approx. 91 minutes
Representing Europeans: a pragmatic approach
Speaker: Professor Richard Rose
Recorded: Thursday 06 June 2013, approx. 81 minutes
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 60
second interview
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with..... Dr Michael Mason
I'm a senior lecturer in the
Department of Geography and
Environment and an associate both of
the Grantham Research Institute and
the Middle East Centre.
I joined the School in 2001. My
department has almost doubled in
size since then and now we have our
own mini baby boom.
Which has been the most
interesting LSE public lecture you
have attended?
I've seen so many good public
lectures it's difficult to pick one
out. However, this term I really
enjoyed a joint lecture by Laila
El-Haddad and Maggie Schmitt on 'The
Gaza Kitchen' - an entertaining and
insightful blend of ethnography,
politics and humanity. I bought the
book and the recipes are simple
enough even for me.
If you could be seconded to
another department/office at LSE,
for three months only, which one
would you like it to be?
Estates: I don't think colleagues
in Estates always get the credit due
for maintaining and improving a
compact campus in the face of such
heavy use.
During my time there I'd extend
the rooftop beekeeping programme
and integrate it into our
environmental teaching.
Where in the world have you
always wanted to go but never quite
made it .... yet?
The Isle of Jura, Scotland. I've
long wanted to stay in the remote
island cottage where George Orwell
wrote 1984.
Which is your favourite season
in the UK?
Spring, when the parks and
gardens come back to life.
Springtime in London is (usually)
wonderful.
If you could have one super
power, what would it be?
The power to vaporise all
weapons, then I'd retire and bake
bread.
What is your guilty pleasure?
Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen
Nightmares USA, though I
wouldn't recommend his evaluation
style for feedback to students. |
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