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Professor George Gaskell
Last week LSE Director and President Professor Craig Calhoun hosted a
reception to mark Professor George Gaskell’s end of tenure as
Pro-Director for Resources and Planning at LSE. Colleagues toasted
Professor Gaskell’s seven years of service on the sixth floor of the Saw
Swee Hock Centre, a project in which Professor Gaskell was greatly
involved. Professor Gaskell expressed his thanks to colleagues for their
hard work and support over the years, and claimed it had never felt like
a day of work. He remains at LSE as Director of LSE100 as well as a
Special Advisor to the LSE Director.
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Professor John Van Reenen jointly awarded the 2014 EIB Prize for
Excellence in Economic and Social Research
Professor John Van Reenen, Department of Economics and Centre for
Economic Performance, received the European Investment Bank Institute’s
2014 ‘Outstanding Contribution Award’ at a ceremony in Berlin on
Thursday 25 September. The accolade, jointly awarded to Professor
Nicholas Bloom of Stanford University, recognises academics whose
research is related to innovation, market structure and competitiveness.
In a lecture to mark his award, Professor Van Reenen examined the challenges
Europe is facing and said: “Major improvements are possible and desirable if
opportunities are seized through structural reforms. However, these
structural reforms must be accompanied by accommodating monetary and fiscal
policies.”
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Liberian Minister appeals for help on Ebola during visit to
LSE
A Liberian minister visiting LSE last week issued a direct appeal to the
international community to help the country deal with the outbreak of Ebola
as he revealed that the number of people affected by the disease had broken
the 3,000 barrier.
Axel Addy, Liberia’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, warned that the
numbers succumbing to the epidemic could ‘explode beyond control’.
"We have a crisis on our hands", he said in a briefing at the
International Growth Centre’s annual Growth Week conference at LSE. "My
briefing this morning is that there are about 3,000 cases. We are in a race
against time. Our entire health sector has been crippled by this new
invasion."
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LSE Language Centre – Two Walks from West to East
Last month, LSE Language Centre held a conference here on campus looking
at ‘The Future of the Multilingual City’. The conference was the culmination
of a two year research project called LUCIDE (Languages in Urban Communities
Integration and Diversity for Europe) that looked at the impact of
multilingualism in the city and its implications for education, the economy,
civil society and urban planning.
As part of the conference Tom Keeley, an artist and urbanist, created an
interactive map with two walks across London, inspired by the research
understand in the LUCIDE project. The result is Two Walks from West to
East – take a look and explore your city
here.
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Constitutional Carnival film
On Monday 26 June, LSE’s new Saw Swee Hock Student Centre hosted
Constitution UK’s Constitutional Carnival. Featuring special guests
including Peter Tatchell, Martin Lewis, and Baroness Joyce Quinn,
amongst others, this special one-off event brought together members of
the School and of the general public in order to create LSE’s very own
constitutional moment in the run-up to the project’s second stage:
hacking a written constitution for the United Kingdom. A film of the
event has now been published
here.
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 Notices
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Orientation 2014
Check out
Your First Weeks for essential information about Orientation events,
as well as comprehensive ‘How to’ guides on setting up your IT account,
getting proof that you are a student, and more.
There are still many optional events taking place this week. See
Orientation events to learn more, and to book your place for events
that require a ticket.
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#AsktheDirector is back
Do you have a question for the LSE Director? Professor Craig Calhoun (@craigjcalhoun)
will be live on Twitter to answer your tweets from 3-4pm on Wednesday 22
October.
Feel free to ask him a question in advance, or during the ‘live hour’,
using the hashtag #AsktheDirector.
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Saw Swee Hock Student Centre Official Opening
Friday 24 October will be a day of festivities celebrating the
official opening of the Saw Swee Hock Student Centre – LSE’s newest building
currently shortlisted for the prestigious RIBA Stirling Prize!
The festivities will kick off around noon and will continue throughout the
day until late evening. Please join us for this day of celebration,
activities, workshops, celebrity guests, music, comedy, freebies, food and
much more. More information can be found
here.
The official opening ceremony will take place from 5-6.30pm and will be
hosted by LSE Director and President Professor Craig Calhoun. Guests will be
treated to a spectacular visual presentation at this drinks reception to
celebrate this award winning piece of architecture and central hub for
student life at LSE. All LSE staff and students are invited to register for
a place at the opening ceremony. Registration will open
here from Monday 6 October. If demand for places is higher than we can
accommodate, places will be allocated via a random ballot.
If you have any queries please email
conferences@lse.ac.uk.
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LSE Annual Fund
Each year our team of dedicated student callers pick up the phone to speak
to alumni and friends of LSE from across the globe. They update them on the
latest School developments, talk to them about their experiences of being at
LSE and ask them to make a donation towards the vital work of the
LSE Annual
Fund.
We are currently recruiting student fundraisers for the team and offer a
starting salary of £11.02 p/h. Apply
here.
We ask you to commit to two shifts a week and the closing date for
applications is midnight on Sunday 5 October.
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Gender, Politics, and Civil Society - new course at the Gender
Institute
With the arrival of the Women’s Library at LSE, the Gender Institute is
offering an innovative new course, available to all 2nd and 3rd year
undergraduates, that draws on this remarkable collection. The Women’s
Library holds an abundance of material, both written and visual,
recording the social, political and economic changes in women’s lives
and relations between women and men in the past 200 years. Gender,
Politics and the State will use this material as a resource through
which students can learn both to use archive material and to employ that
material not only to illustrate, but also to examine critically,
assumptions about the past.
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For more information, contact Hazel Johnstone on
h.johnstone@lse.ac.uk
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Internship survey
The London Assembly wants to hear from graduates who are doing an internship
or who’ve done one recently. Start the
survey to
share your experience or visit
www.london.gov.uk.
The Committee is investigating how young people and businesses can
benefit from better quality internships se the data from the survey to make
recommendations to the Mayor in an effort to improve the quality of
internships in London.
All entrants go into the draw to win £100. Entries close Friday 3
October.
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LSE Student Bloggers needed!
Do you love writing and blogging? We’re looking for all sorts of students
for the LSE Student Blog – so whether you’re a new fresher, just arriving in
London and finding your feet or a seasoned 3rd year who knows all the best
things to do and places to visit, we need you!
Bloggers are free to write about their social and academic life while at
LSE and in London. In the past this has ranged from choosing courses, making
the most of career opportunities to going to musicals and finding the best
pubs.
Bloggers will be given training in guidelines and content as well as
training in how to use Wordpress. Every month we give out a prize for the
best blogger as well as a prize at the end of the year.
Please contact
ard.studentblogs@lse.ac.uk if you would like to get involved.
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Volunteering Fair - on Tuesday 7 October, 5:30-8:30pm
Are you interested in gaining work experience, making friends and giving
back to the community? The LSE Volunteering Fair is a great opportunity to
meet a wide range of charities offering UK based and international
volunteering opportunities. Come along to find out how you can develop
skills for your future career whilst also helping out a good cause.
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Consultancy Fair - on Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 October,
5:30-9pm
If you are interested in working in consultancy, come along to the LSE
Careers Consultancy Fair. Across two evenings, you can meet a diverse range
of consultancies and find out about their recruitment processes.
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LSE Chill – calling performers!
An extra special LSE Chill will take place on Friday 24 October
from 2-4pm to celebrate the Saw Swee Hock opening ceremony.
We are looking for acts to perform. If you are interested in performing
at future LSE Chill sessions please contact
arts@lse.ac.uk with your name and details of your act.
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Training and development opportunities for students
Courses scheduled for next week include:
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
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LSE Rejoice - keeping God in full view
Roll your chair back and step away from your desk. Why? A new ‘outlook’
is starting at LSE with LSE Rejoice. Will you make the time to join us?
Someone might just become aware of God’s work in the world – just
because of you.
You are invited to a Praise and Worship session with LSE Rejoice on
Friday 10 October at 12-1pm in the LSE Faith Centre on the second
floor of Saw Swee Hock Student Centre. There will be a session at the
time and location every Friday. For further information contact the
co-ordinator, Daniel Beckley on
d.beckley@lse.ac.uk
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More for less - special offers for LSE students
LSE students can now get a special discount for Alexander Technique
lessons taking place at the Bloomsbury Centre, just a five minute walk
from LSE.
If you spend a lot of time sitting or standing, reading or using a
computer then how you use yourself in these and many other daily
activities can have a profound effect on how well you function.
Lessons can relieve back pain, RSI, help improve posture, lessen
depression and anxiety and make you sound better. Improvements in these
areas lead to a better general appearance and enhance your confidence
generally.
Lessons cost £40 per individual for LSE students (normal lesson fee £45)
or you can take part in a four week Tuesday evening course taking place
in October and November, costing £70 for LSE students (normal price
£80). For more information, contact Alun Thomas on 07817 091385 or email
alun.thomas@hotmail.co.uk.
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'The Paradox of China's Peaceful Rise' - on Tuesday 7 October
at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building with
Professor Barry Buzan (pictured) and Professor Arne Westad
Despite the widespread view that China does not have a coherent grand
strategy, China has already articulated one that is based on the
home-grown idea of ‘peaceful rise/development’. The key issue is whether
the logic of this grand strategy, and the contradictions within it, are
fully understood, and whether China has sufficient depth and coherence
in its policy-making processes to implement such a strategy.
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'Inequality and the one per cent: what goes wrong when the rich
become too rich' - on Tuesday 7 October at 6.30pm in the Old
Theatre, Old Building with Professor Danny Dorling
It is widely accepted that high rates of inequality are damaging to
society, though some sceptics remain unconvinced. The most damaging form
of economic inequality now appears to occur when the very richest one
per cent take more and more, even if the other 99 per cent are becoming
more equal. So what exactly is it about inequality that causes most
harm?
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'Improving basic services for the bottom forty per cent: lessons from
Ethiopia' - on Wednesday 8 October at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed
Theatre, New Academic Building with Dr Qaiser Khan (pictured), Marta
Foresti, Peter Hawkins, Dr Andy Norton
Dr Qaiser Khan will be joined by a panel to discuss Improving Basic
Services for the Bottom Forty Percent: Lessons from Ethiopia, which
examines Ethiopia's model in delivering basic services and why it
appears to be succeeding.
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'The History Manifesto' - on Wednesday 8 October at 6.30pm in
the Old Theatre, Old Building with Professor David Armitage, Dr Jo Guldi
(pictured), Professor Simon Szreter
How should historians speak truth to power - and why does it matter? Why
is five hundred years better than five months or five years as a
planning horizon? And why is history - especially long-term history - so
essential to understanding the multiple pasts which gave rise to our
conflicted present? The History Manifesto is a ‘call to arms’ to
historians and everyone interested in the role of history in
contemporary society.
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'Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy in the Twenty First
Century' - on Thursday 9 October at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old
Building with Professor Ross Garnaut
Professor Garnaut will consider where the global economy is headed across a
diverse range of nation-states (using Australia, China, Indonesia and Papua
New Guinea as exemplars). The challenges that fertility rates and climate
change pose for the global economy will also be considered.
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'The Establishment and How They Get Away With It' - on
Monday 13 October with Owen Jones
Tickets will be released on Monday 6 October
Owen Jones, one of the most prominent political voices today, sets out on a
journey into the heart of our Establishment, from the lobbies of Westminster
to the newsrooms, boardrooms and trading rooms of Fleet Street and the City.
Exposing the revolving doors that link these worlds, and the vested
interests that bind them together, Jones shows how, in claiming to work on
our behalf, the people at the top are doing precisely the opposite. In fact,
they represent the biggest threat to our democracy today - and it is time
they were challenged.
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'Cultures of Democracy in Serbia and Bulgaria - How ideas shape
politics' - on
Tuesday 7 October at 6pm in Cañada Blanch Room, Cowdray House (COW1.11)
with Dr James Dawson and Dr James Ker-Lindsay
Dr James Dawson has worked at UCL School of Public Policy since 2013 and
currently serves as acting Director of MSc Democracy and Comparative
Politics. Before beginning work on the book presented in this lecture, James
published survey and ethnographic research exploring political identities in
an ethnically-mixed town in southern Bulgaria.
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'The Thirteenth Labour of Hercules: Inside the Greek crisis' - on
Wednesday 15 October at 6.30pm in the Wolfson Theatre, New Academic
Building with Yannis Palaiologos
Yannis Palaiologos will present his new book The Thirteenth
Labour of Hercules: Inside the Greek crisis.
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'The
Impact of European Employment Strategy in Greece and Portugal' - on
Monday 20 October at 6pm in
Cañada Blanch Room, Cowdray House (COW1.11) with Sotirios
Zartaloudis
Sotirios Zartaloudis will present his new book The Impact of European
Employment Strategy in Greece and Portugal.
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 60
second interview
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with.....Calum Sherwood
Hi, I’m Calum, and have worked at
LSESU for about two years. I’m
originally from Gateshead in the
north east of England. I’m probably
the proudest Geordie you will meet,
and can always be found evangelising
about the superiority of us
northerners. If you spot someone in
the queue for Wright’s Bar lecturing
all around him in a Geordie accent,
it’s probably me. Unfortunately my
argument usually becomes unstuck
when people find out I’ve lived down
south for the past five years,
studying at Bristol University
before moving to London. I suppose
the south isn’t too bad!
I'm a massive consumer of pop
culture, particularly from the
1990s, ranging from the cerebral
(‘Twin Peaks’) to the trashy (the
back catalogue of TLC). I’m also a
total political geek; I’m probably
one of the only people to have an
opinion on every member of the
Shadow Cabinet – most people think a
shrug would suffice. I’m a big fan
of Fleet River Bakery.
What are your responsibilities
as LSESU’s Education Policy
Coordinator?
As the Education Policy Coordinator,
I’m responsible for supporting the
SU’s elected Education Officer in
achieving their objectives. This
involves conducting research,
writing reports and producing
briefings on all things education.
I’m particularly interested in
issues around access to education,
having come from a widening
participation background myself.
I’ve also given myself the extra
responsibility of keeping my
colleagues up to date with the
latest news on Cheryl Cole,
Newcastle’s unofficial patron saint.
Her recent nuptials were probably as
big a deal back home as Princess
Di’s wedding was at the time, just
to put things in perspective.
What advice would you have
given to this year’s class of
graduating students?
My main piece of advice is that
despite the tough job market, you
can make anything happen if you’re
willing to work hard at it. After
graduating, I was determined to move
to London, and although it would
have been much more convenient and
more economical to move back home, I
knew it was something I needed to
do. I haven’t looked back since. The
friendships you make at university
last a lifetime – make sure you make
the effort to stay in touch; you
never know when someone may be able
to help you out and when you might
be able to repay the favour. I
wouldn’t be living here if it
weren’t for friends letting me crash
on their sofa before interviews or
giving me job leads. That kind of
friendship is something you can’t
really repay.
If you could bring one famous
person back to life, who would it be
and why?
This is a difficult one. If I could
cheat, I’d want to bring by two big
influences on my life. The first
would be Sylvia Plath, who is my
favourite writer. I remember reading
The Bell Jar on holiday in
the Lake District as a young
teenager and it completely changing
how I looked at the world. The
beauty of her writing and the
strength of will she had really
inspired me. The second would be Amy
Winehouse, who I not only believe is
probably the greatest musician of
our generation, I also genuinely
think she is my spirit animal.
Do you have, or have you ever
had, any pets?
I don’t have any pets, but I did
once sponsor a dog. It was called
Bob and lived in shelter in
Darlington. I’d occasionally receive
letters from Bob, signed with a paw
print, where he would update me on
life in the kennel and generally
what happens in dog world. I do
however remember receiving a string
of letters which insinuated that Bob
was getting older, and less able to
send letters. Eventually the letters
stopped. I couldn’t work out if my
parents had decided to terminate the
sponsorship, or Bob had, sadly,
passed away. For a child, this was
quite a traumatic experience!
What is the first news story
you remember catching your
attention?
My family aren’t particularly
political, but I can remember
Labour’s election in 1997 quite
vividly because we had a street
party. I was about seven years old
and I didn’t really understand what
it was all about, but it felt quite
important, and I remember my
Granddad telling me that he never
thought he would see a Labour
government again. I think this
moment sparked my interest in
politics from a young age, because I
saw how much it does matter to
ordinary people.
What is your guilty pleasure?
While other people go for a run on a
lunchtime, I very guiltily read the
Daily Mail’s TV & Showbiz section. I
tried to boycott the Daily Mail
website just like everyone else, but
that TV & Showbiz section kept
pulling me back. It is a very very
guilty pleasure.
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