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Success for LSE students at British Conference for Undergraduate
Research events
Two recent graduates from the Department of
Government, George Edwards and Lukas Slothuus, will be representing LSE at
the British Consortium for Undergraduate Research’s annual Posters in
Parliament Exhibition next month, with posters based on their undergraduate
dissertations - ‘Bicameralism and the supranational autonomy of the European
Parliament’ (George Edwards) and ‘Extreme right aesthetics: How the Danish
People’s Party politicises cultural objects’ (Lukas Slothuus) – for the
GV390 Government Dissertation Option course run by Michael Bruter.
Meanwhile, the winning research projects from last year’s
LSE GROUPS have been selected for presentation at the British
Conference for Undergraduate Research’s Nottingham conference in April.
Vincent Harrold and Muriel Levy will be presenting their group’s paper
‘Evaluating the effectiveness of The Big Issue in combating social
exclusion among homeless people in London’ and Rachel Gregory and Jiahui
Ren ‘The impact of social networks: moving on from homelessness’.
Congratulations to all the students involved and to the teachers who
created the opportunities and encouraged them.
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The Library brings full access to FT.com to LSE students
Following consultation with students, the Library has purchased a full
subscription to the Financial Times online giving all LSE students
and staff unlimited access to FT.com's award-winning news, comment and
analysis from journalists around the world. The subscription will run until
January 2015, when it will be reviewed.
Use your LSE email to register for the subscription
here.
The Library’s Academic Support Librarians are also offering training and
advice to help students make the most of this new resource, and the many
others already available.
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Sirius Programme - an LSE graduate's runaway success
Tim Brown, a recent graduate of the MSc
International Management programme, has just launched his start-up
business, Three Over Seven, which produces wool runners - wool training
shoes which are designed to be worn without socks, whilst keeping your
feet daisy fresh.
Following his graduation, Tim won a place on the
UK Trade and Investment's
Sirius Programme
which provided him with a year-long place in a UK business accelerator
programme (Tim is in
The Bakery
programme),
mentoring, Graduate Entrepreneur Visa endorsement and £12,000 funding
per team member. The start-ups are owned by the graduates, with no
equity taken in return for funding. See how Tim's doing and how you can
support him
here.
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Industrial action at LSE
The UCU, Unison and Unite trades unions have advised the School that
they will be taking strike action tomorrow for the full day. This is
in relation to their dispute over pay, which is a national dispute affecting
universities. The School will be open as usual on this date, and we will aim
to keep to the existing teaching timetable. If there are changes to
scheduled lectures or tutorials, the staff responsible should let you know.
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Industrial action - tube strikes
The RMT and TSSA unions have called two 48-hour strikes. The first
strike is taking place at the moment (as you've probably noticed) - if they
continue as planned, services will be affected until the
morning of Friday 7 February. A further strike is planned from about 9.30pm on Tuesday 11 February until the
morning of Friday 14 February.
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LSE Travel Survey 2014
LSE is required by HESA, the Higher Education Statistics Agency, to
report publicly on student and staff travel statistics, as are all other
UK universities.
Please complete the LSE Travel Survey 2014, which only takes 3
minutes on average, by Friday 28 February. Please
click here
to take the survey. Survey entrants can win a Kindle in our free prize-draw.
If you have any enquiries, please contact
j.emmett@lse.ac.uk.
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Time to Talk
Thursday 6 February is
national
Time to Talk Day. Time to
Change want to get more people talking about mental health than ever
before. They are aiming to spark one million conversations. LSE is
signed up to the Time to Change pledge to increase awareness about mental
health illness and break down some of the stigmas. Sometimes it's the little
things we do that make a big difference to someone who's experiencing a
mental health problem - like having a chat over a cuppa, sending a text or
inviting someone out. So, on Time to Talk Day we’re encouraging people to do
just that.
Residential Services invites you for a cup of tea and a biscuit as part
of this initiative, running from 10am to 1pm on 3rd floor of Saw Swee Hock Student Centre
tomorrow. For more details and to book your
slot contact residential.life@lse.ac.uk
You can also join the LSE conversation about
mental health on Twitter on 6 February from 2-4pm by tweeting
@LSEDiversity using the hashtag #TimetoTalk. You can tweet @LSEDiversity
in advance – remember every little helps!
If you’re experiencing an issue, you can contact the free and confidential
Student Counselling Service.
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LSE GROUPS 2014
If you're an undergraduate keen to do original social science research LSE GROUPS 2014
is a fantastic opportunity to participate in
a mixed year, interdisciplinary research project at the end of summer term.
Briefing meetings for those interested in applying will be held this week
and next. There’s no need to book; you can just turn up:
- on Friday 7 February at 1-2pm in KSW 4.03
- on Tuesday 11 February at 1-2pm in KSW 1.03
Find out more and watch a film of last year's LSE GROUPS
students
here.
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Lent Entrepreneurship funding deadline approaching
If you have a bright idea, or an already established business or social
enterprise project, don’t forget to enter the LSE Entrepreneurship funding competition
by 5pm on
Friday 7 February by
filling in this short form
for a chance to win up to £10,000 towards your project.
The initial round of the competition is open until 5pm on Friday 7
February. If you're successful in the initial application, you'll
need to submit a detailed business proposal and costings to be assessed by a
specialist judging panel. Successful applicants will then be asked to pitch
their idea to the panel on Friday 7 March.
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Become a Student Mentor
Applications to become a Student Mentor close this Sunday 9 February.
In 2014-15, Mentors will act as human signposts to help new students
not living in halls of residence to get settled at LSE. There's a
limited number of places on the scheme and we expect to receive more
applications than we have places so please consider your application
carefully and make sure you could attend the training session on the
afternoon of Wednesday 5 March. More
If you have any questions about the scheme, email Lydia Halls at
studentmentoring@lse.ac.uk.
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LSE Research Festival 2014 Exhibition - deadline extended
MRes, MPhil and PhD students: can you convey your research visually? The
deadline for submissions to the LSE Research Festival’s 2014 exhibition has
been extended to midnight on Friday 21 February. Entrants are asked
to convey their research through a poster, photograph or short film.
Selected entries will be publicly exhibited in May, and a prize will be
awarded in each category.
Don’t miss this opportunity to have your work exhibited and viewed by
senior academics and the general public. Last year, over 600 people visited
the exhibition, and many of those involved remarked on how beneficial the
experience was to their research project and their own development.
For more information, to view last year’s entries, and to submit your work,
take a look at the website here.
You can also follow the Festival on Twitter @LSEResearchFest
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Vice-Chair of the LSE Court and Council
The School is seeking a Vice-Chair of its Court and Council. Kate
Jenkins has served in this role with distinction since 2009 and will be
stepping down as Vice-Chair in July 2014.
Full details of the post are
here. Suggestions of those who might be suitable or expressions of interest
should be sent in confidence to Joan Poole, Governance, Legal & Planning
Division, at j.a.poole@lse.ac.uk by
Thursday 20
February.
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Summer Graduation Ceremonies bookings now open
Students eligible to attend the July 2014 Graduation Ceremonies have now been
invited and should book places by Friday 28 February. More
details can be found
here. Email
Ceremonies@lse.ac.uk with any
queries.
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Student accommodation survey
This year's student accommodation survey is now
open with great prizes on offer. Just let Residential Services know what you
think of your halls for a chance to win from a selection of prizes which
includes an iPad, cocktails for two in the Shard or a free room clean.
There's also a prize for the hall with the highest participation percentage,
so make sure your neighbours take the survey! If your hall wins you could
choose from a list of treats which includes a home brew demonstration, a Krispy Kreme doughnut tower or even a visit from a mixologist at your end of
year party.
The survey doesn't take long to complete and helps Residential Services make
sure they're doing the best for students. Complete the survey
here.
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Model Arab League
The Model Arab League is a simulation conference where delegates represent
various countries of the Arab world and debate relevant issues. It's open to
anyone with a keen interest in politics - no previous experience is
required.
This year's two day conference is hosted by the University of Manchester's
Arab Society.
LSE will represent two countries with two delegates for each. Two weeks
before the conference, delegates will be given
topics to prepare. More than ten other UK universities will be taking part.
If you'd like to represent LSE as one of the School's four delegates
complete the short application form by Friday 7 February
here.
If you have any questions, get in
touch with Sarah Khawandi on
s.khawandi@lse.ac.uk or Aya Fathy on
a.f.fathy@lse.ac.uk.
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LSE Arts - February edition of Perspectives
The February edition of LSE Arts online photo gallery is now available -
peruse the pictures
here. If you're interested in submitting a photo for next month’s
edition, please email
lseperspectives@lse.ac.uk.
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Bagri Fellowship 2014-15
Applications for this year's Bagri Fellowship are invited from full-time PhD
students at LSE working on research related to the economy and society of
India. Students must now be writing their thesis and be registered with an
LSE Department for
the academic year 2014-15.
Applications should include a cover letter, CV and research proposal
addressed to the ‘Selection Committee’ and be emailed to
arc@lse.ac.uk,
mentioning Bagri Fellowship in the subject line by Monday 12 May.
A maximum of £5,000 will be awarded for each Bagri Fellowship.
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Mindfulness and Meditation Sessions for PhD Students
PhD students are invited to join meditation and mindfulness classes with
Duncan Steen – unwind, de-stress and meditate in a safe, supportive and calm
environment. Classes are an hour long and will run on Tuesday lunchtimes,
starting on Tuesday 11 February. Book
here.
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Hogan Lovells competition - £1,000 travel vouchers
Hogan Lovells is offering the chance to win £1,000 of travel vouchers. Visit
their website or
Facebook page,
and you’ll find six short videos on the theme 'the best of all worlds' in
international locations including London. Answer a question on each, and you
could win the vouchers.
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Training and development opportunities for students
Courses scheduled for next week include:
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IMT’s Sherlock Challenge: complex calculations
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Literature Searching and Finding Journal Articles
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Using EndNote Online to Manage Your References
Undergraduates can track skills they develop by taking part in activities
beyond academic studies using
PDAM.
These are just some of the events running next week. To receive a monthly
summary of all training courses, subscribe to the email list by
clicking here and pressing Send.
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Need help with your PhD formatting?
Are you about to write up your PhD thesis, or do you want to develop the
tricks to help you ahead of time? Then you may enjoy a trip to the PhD
thesis surgery. The sooner you come, the sooner you can start to benefit
from our help. Book
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Tickets now available for LSE’s
Sixth Literary Festival, Monday 24 February – Saturday 1 March
With the theme 'Reflections', the sixth LSE Space for Thought Literary
Festival will
explore the distinctive qualities of the social sciences' and the arts'
approaches to understanding the world around us, including considerations of
the First World War centenary. There is a programme of talks, readings, panel
discussions and film screenings, as well as creative writing workshops and
children’s events for the week long Festival, and speakers include AS Byatt, Melvyn Bragg, Tracy Chevalier,
Sebastian Faulks, Professor Margaret Macmillan and Michael Rosen. All events
are free and open to all and tickets can now be booked online.
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'Economics, the Enemy?' - on Tuesday 11 February at 6.30pm in
the Hong Kong Theatre in Clement House with Dr Philip Roscoe
Could economics be responsible for the greatest problems we face? This
lecture explores the making of the economic world and asks: does economics
change what it means to be a person?
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'Risk Sharing and Cooperative Finance' - on Wednesday 12 February
at 6.30pm in the New Theatre in the East Building with Farmida Bi
Organised in conjunction with the Harvard Islamic Finance Project, Farmida
Bi talks on Islamic finance in the Western world.
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'Ethics and the Media: after the Leveson inquiry' - on Thursday 13 February
at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre in the New Academic Building with Professor George Brock, Baroness O'Neill
and Gavin Millar
After Leveson, this debate asks: can ethics help us think about whether
we have the media needed for a healthy democracy and social fabric? How
should we think about the good and harm journalism can do?
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A lecture by Zoran Milanović, Prime Minister of Croatia - on Monday 24 February
at 5-6pm
Ticket will be released on Thursday 13 February
Zoran Milanović has been the Prime Minister of Croatia since 2011. Before
this, he served as chairman of the Social Democratic Party parliamentary
group in the Croatian parliament, and as a member of the Committee for the
Constitution, Rules of Procedure and Political System.
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'Israel: the Arab Spring, domestic politics and the future of the
Arab-Israeli peace process' - on Monday 10 February at 6.30-8pm
in the New Theatre in the East Building with Dr Ahron Bregman, King’s College London
The Arab Spring put on hold the possibility of reaching
peace between Israel and Syria, leaving the Israeli-Palestinian
peace track the only game in town.
This event is free and open to all on a first come first served basis.
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Careers in China 2014 - on Monday 10 February at 6-8pm
LSE Careers is hosting a China forum specifically for Chinese nationals
interested in returning to China to find work. The forum will have employers with graduate opportunities in China who will share
their experiences of getting roles in multinationals in China. They will
advise students wanting to work in the
country and discuss what they perceive to be the benefits of a UK education
to an employer in China. The forum is a chance to speak to
both recruiters and business figures who have used their western education
in eastern careers.
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Media Forum - on Tuesday 11 February at 6-9pm
This panel event will bring together professionals from across the media to give an insight into their experiences, the opportunities available
and to offer their perspective on how to enter the field and develop a
successful career. It's an excellent opportunity to hear from speakers
working in diverse media organisations including the Prison Radio
Association, Transparent TV, Deloitte’s Media Practice and Die Welt.
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Does the Greek labour market work? Crisis and adjustment across the
Greek regions - on Tuesday 11 February at 6-7.30pm in the
Cañada Blanch Room, COW 1.11, 1st floor, Cowdray House
The remarkable rise in unemployment in Greece as a whole has overshadowed
the substantial regional differences in unemployment and the labour market.
Dr
Vassilis Monastriotis (pictured) and Professor Kevin Featherstone
examine the geography of these dynamics.
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All Hellenic Observatory Seminars are open to all and no tickets are required.
Entry is on a first come, first served basis
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The United Kingdom and the European Parliament Elections: Voting For,
Against or About the European Union? - on Wednesday 12 February at
6.30-8pm in the Hong Kong Theatre
The LSE European Institute invites you to its first Contesting Europe public
debate with
Professor Vernon Bogdanor, CBE FBA, Research Professor at the Institute of
Contemporary British History, Kings College London;
Professor Damian Chalmers, Professor in European Union Law, LSE;
Professor Simon Hix, Professor of European and Comparative Politics, LSE;
Mats Persson, Director of Open Europe and Anand Menon, Professor of European Politics & Foreign Affairs,
Kings College London.
This debate is free, open to all and no tickets are required. If you're on
Twitter, look out for the hashtag: #LSEcontesting
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'The Politics of the Urban Everyday in the Arab Revolutions' - on
Wednesday 12 February at 5.15-7.15pm in
32L.G.17, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields with Professor Salwa Ismail, SOAS
Professor Salwa Ismail will discuss
dimensions of contention and oppositional action anchored in urban
space, addressing questions such as: How, in the context of the Arab
Revolutions, did the urban-based mass protests link with existing
patterns of urban political action?
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This is a registration only event. Please register using the online
booking system
here.
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LSESU Politics & Forum Edinburgh weekend, 21-24 March
A fantastic
opportunity for those interested in
British politics, this weekend is being run by LSE's Politics and Forum
Society in conjunction with Edinburgh
University in one of the UK’s most beautiful cities. Events will be held
each night and will include a debate on the Scottish Independence
Referendum with leading Scottish Ministers as well as the launch of the LSESU Forum Journal 2014. Tickets are available for just £45, including
travel and three nights’ accommodation, with a further special discount
for authors published in the journal. To register your interest and
purchase your tickets, please email
lsesuforum@gmail.com.
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 60
second interview
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with.....Chandran Kukathas
I hold the Chair in Political Theory in the Department of Government and give the lectures in GV100: Introduction to Political Theory. I am quite possibly the most famous Malaysian-born Australian libertarian political philosopher of Sri Lankan Tamil descent working in North London today.
I came to LSE in 2007 after spending four years in Salt Lake City at the University of Utah. I have moved around all my life. I was a toddler in Melbourne when my father spent four years there as a student. I grew up in Malaysia until I started High School in Canberra, where I took BA in History and Political Science at the Australian National University. After a five year absence in Oxford and then Washington as a doctoral and postdoctoral student, I returned to Australia but left again in 2003. A rootless cosmopolitan, I am a staunch advocate of open borders.
My best friend at school was from Portugal and he turned me into a keen football player; only a complete lack of ability prevented me from pursuing a career as a professional sportsman. Now I keep fit by sitting in front of the TV and running to the fridge during commercial breaks. I watch football, cricket, movies and re-runs of 'The Big Bang Theory'. I also write stories, but have never tried to publish any of them, though I occasionally inflict them on friends and family or people who displease me.
If you could teach a new subject at LSE, what would it be and why?
Anarchism. I may still do it. As I get older I find myself more sympathetic to the writers in the various anarchist traditions, from anarcho-capitalist (as well as anti-capitalist) libertarians, to Tolstoyan pacifists, to Marxians of different stripes. Especially at a place like LSE, it would be good to have greater exposure to ideas that are critical of the state.
If you could book any guest speaker for an LSE public event, who would you choose?
Kazuo Ishiguro. I have always admired his writing style, and The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go are two of my favourite modern novels.
Where in the world have you always wanted to go but never quite made it …… yet?
I would like to travel through India. I have made only two very short trips there for a few days at a time, and it was not nearly enough. I would like to make a culinary tour of the subcontinent.
What was the first news story you remember catching your attention?
The death of Bobby Kennedy. I was about 11 years old in Kuala Lumpur and it was big news. I had no idea exactly who he was, but I remember talking about it at school.
Are you left or right handed?
Right handed. The left hand is pretty useless and I keep it purely for symmetry.
Is there anything you cannot do and would like to learn?
Sing. I am assured that there is no chance of this happening and would describe my voice as scaryoke.
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