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Official opening of the Saw Swee Hock Student Centre
On Friday evening, LSE’s first new
building on campus for 40 years, the Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, was
officially opened by Professor Saw Swee Hock. The reception was attended
by around 300 people, a mixture of LSE staff, students and alumni,
donors to the project and representatives from the architects and
contractors involved in the build who were treated to a spectacular 3D
mapping experience.
Events throughout the whole day
celebrated the official opening of the new student centre. There was a
variety of activities ranging from a discussion between former
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and Professor Bruno Latour, a
special university challenge which saw LSE academics Danny Quah and
Charlie Beckett on opposing sides, as well as a special episode of the
Gearty Grillings which saw the tables turned on Conor as he was grilled
by LSESU General Secretary Nona Buckley-Irvine.
Take a look at the Grilling here.
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New Gearty Grilling online
A new Gearty Grilling video, part of the series of short video debates
between Conor Gearty, director of the IPA and professor of human rights law,
and leading researchers at LSE, is now online.
This week, Lilie Chouliaraki, Professor of Media and Communications,
discusses the moral implications of the use of celebrities by humanitarian
organisations.
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Does having children make us any happier?
The birth of a first and a second child briefly increases the level of
their parents’ happiness, but a third does not, according to new research
from LSE and Western University, Canada.
According to the research, published in the journal Demography,
parents’ happiness increases in the year before and after the birth of a
first child, it then quickly decreases and returns to their ‘pre-child’
level of happiness.
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Parents less likely to monitor their children's internet use if
accessed via smartphones
The latest report from EU Kids Online at LSE has found that
parents are less likely to closely supervise their child's internet use
if they are accessing the internet using a smartphone or tablet. This is
despite the fact that children experience an increased online risk when
accessing the internet through a smartphone or tablet device.
The report, produced in association with Net Children Go Mobile, finds that
this relaxation of parental monitoring if children are on handheld devices
is due to the fact that both parents and children are more likely to view
the use of smartphones and tablets as ‘private’. This means that parents are
less likely to pry into their children’s smartphone use, and children are
more likely to resent it when they do.
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Sign-up for Entrepreneurship
Matters
Student sign-up for
Entrepreneurship Matters, LSE Entrepreneurship’s new course, is
open.
The course will provide you with a wide range of perspectives on
entrepreneurship, fostering your capabilities for entrepreneurial thinking
and action. Each of its seven sessions will be led by a globally recognised
speaker from different entrepreneurial areas of expertise, including
founders and CEOs of global companies, experts in the area of social
entrepreneurship and a chief economist.
It is open to third year undergraduate and postgraduate students from any
department, who can commit to attending all sessions. They will take place
on selected Tuesdays from 6.30pm, and will include a talk from the guest
speaker, followed by a Q&A and networking. More details of the schedule and
the speakers can be found
here. Email
entrepreneurship@lse.ac.uk for more details or to reserve a place.
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RUN. VOTE. CHANGE.
Houghton Street is buzzing, there are a million posters everywhere and
lots of students in fancy dress… Yes, that’s right, it’s LSESU elections time
again! Candidates are now campaigning to be elected as Postgraduate
Students’ Officer and Postgraduate Research Students’ Officer among other
positions, and for the first time ever a BME Students’ Officer will also be
elected. Read the candidates’ manifestos online at
www.lsesu.com/elections, come
along to Candidates’ Question Time (details on
www.lsesu.com/whatson) and then
vote from 10am today until 7pm tomorrow at
www.lsesu.com/vote (log in with your
School username and password).
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LSE Research Festival Exhibition 2015:
call for submissions
Researchers across the School can now submit works for next year’s
Research Festival Exhibition. We are seeking posters, photographs and short
films that convey research in compelling ways and open up dialogue with
visitors to the exhibition.
More information, details about workshops that will facilitate production
of exhibits, and entry forms at
LSE Research Festival.
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Calling Green Entrepreneurs
The
Mayor’s Low Carbon Entrepreneur competition 2015 is now open for
entries! The competition is looking for student ideas to help reduce
London's carbon emissions and energy usage.
There’s a £20,000 prize fund to develop the winning ideas and paid
internships with the competition sponsors, Siemens, open to students who
apply. Applications close mid-February next year so start getting those
green creative juices flowing.
Last year two LSE students were runners-up in the prestigious 2014 Low
Carbon Entrepreneur competition for their
Solarbox idea,
which gives disused London phone boxes a new life converting them into
solar-powered charging stations.
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LSE History blog
In the latest post on the LSE History blog, Professor Martin Bauer
writes about the emergence of the Department of Social Psychology at LSE
against the backdrop of the global turbulence and technological
innovation of the 1960s. This post is part of the Department of Social
Psychology’s the
50th anniversary celebrations.
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New LSE Circles Choir
Release endorphins, activate cognitive functions, reduce stress levels
and improve memory, all with a good sing! The Disability and Wellbeing
Service and the LSE Circles Network have formed a new choir, the LSE
Circles Choir, and everyone of every ability is welcome to join.
Join the choir at their meetings every Wednesday at 4-5.30pm in the
LSE Faith Centre, Saw Swee Hock Student Centre. For more
information, email Sheila at
s.blankfield@lse.ac.uk.
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Introducing IMT’s Tech Talks: information technology seminars and
knowledge exchange
IMT is pleased to present Tech Talks: a series of seminars covering a
range of specialist subjects for those working in or with information
technologies.
The first talk is 'Application Integration: The Merits of Messaging' on
Wednesday 5 November at 4.30pm in 32LIF.LG03. Application integration is
one of the major challenges facing Enterprises today. Find out how Chris
Fryer from Learning Technology and Innovation and Caroline Hague from
Development used messaging technologies to integrate Moodle with LSE For
You, and find out more about the challenges and merits of messaging compared
with other ways of integrating applications. Please note that attendees
should have some technical knowledge – this seminar is not suitable for a
general, non-technical audience.
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Interested in charity work this summer but sceptical of 'voluntourism'
style projects? Take a look at Education Partnerships Africa
Education Partnerships Africa (EPAfrica) is recruiting committed and
enthusiastic students to work in partnership with rural East African
secondary schools in summer 2015. EPAfrica volunteers are not teachers or
builders; instead they are talented individuals who immerse themselves in
one school's community and try to improve the quality of education offered
by designing and delivering tailor-made investment projects. The primary
focus is on delivering sustainable solutions through investment in resources
such as textbooks and lab equipment, while Project Workers also explore
opportunities in health, careers, gender equality and wider school
development.
Volunteering with EPAfrica is a chance to experience a different culture
and make great friends as well as providing a strong foundation for a wide
variety of future careers.
EPAfrica works in Mbarara in Uganda, and Kisii and Kakamega in Western
Kenya. The 2015 project will run for 10 weeks, from late June until early
September. Find out more at the information evenings tonight at 5.45pm or
on Thursday 6 November at 5.15pm, in Room
305, 26 Bedford Way at UCL.
Deadline for applications is midnight on Wednesday 12 November -
you can apply here.
More information is available on EPAfrica's
website or
Facebook page, or email
one of the London Presidents,
hamish.pike@epafrica.org.uk or
jo.austen@epafrica.org.uk.
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'Feel Good Food' Day today The
Fourth Floor Restaurant's 'feel good food' day will be filled with food that
is not only good for you and good for the planet, but delicious too. The
‘Feel Good Food’ world cuisine menu on offer today has reduced meat options
and more vegetarian choices.
As well as raising awareness and promoting the sustainable aspects of the
food served, the team will show how limiting meat in our diet and using
healthier ingredients, seasonal vegetables, fish from sustainable stocks and
higher animal welfare produce can benefit your health, the environment and
animal welfare. So come along today for some delicious food and enjoy the
‘feel good’ experience.
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LSE Careers Law Fair
If you’re interested in a career in law, come to the LSE Careers Law Fair
next week (Tuesday 4 and Thursday 6 November at 5.30-8pm) to meet
firms and training providers and find out about vacation schemes, training
contracts and legal qualifications.
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International Organisations Day
Join LSE Careers on Saturday 8 November at 8.30am–6pm for
International Organisations Day, including presentations and Q&A sessions
about working internationally, as well as the opportunity to meet with
company representatives.
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What do you think of the LSE Facilities Guide?
LSE Estates Division want to know what you think of their Facilities
Guide. Is it useful? Is the format clear and helpful? Is there anything that
could be done better?
Tell them what you think in their short survey
here. It
has just five questions and your answers will help shape future editions of
the guide.
The guides are produced particularly to help new students at
the start of each academic year, but copies can be obtained
from
estates.admin@lse.ac.uk or
viewed online at the Facilities Guide
webpages.
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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
here and pressing send. More
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Managing Excel tables across page breaks in Word documents
Page breaks can make even the most beautifully formatted table look sloppy.
Here is how to fix two of the most common problems.
To force a table to start on the next page if it won’t fit on the
current page:
- Select the table.
- From the Home tab, open the Paragraph dialog box by
clicking on the tiny grey arrow in the bottom right corner of the
Paragraph icon group.
- On the Line and Page Breaks tab, click Keep with Next.
To prevent a row from splitting across a page break:
- Select the row.
- On the Home tab, open the Paragraph dialog box as
outlined above.
- On the Line and Page Breaks tab, click Page Break Before.
- Click OK to close the dialog box.
If you have an IT question, check out our
online guides and FAQs or attend our weekly
Software Surgeries. A huge range of additional computer training
resources is available via the
IT Training website. Subscribe to the
IT Training mailing list to stay informed of upcoming courses and
workshops.
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 What's
on
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'Food Policy: ethics for your kitchen and beyond' - on Tuesday
4 November at 6.45pm in the New Theatre, East Building with Professor
Luc Bovens, Elena Rivilla Lutterkort (pictured), Duncan Williamson
Food production and consumption are changing. What are the ethics and
policy issues on your dinner plate today?
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'Shared Responsibility: the importance of international partnerships
to homeland security' - on Wednesday 5 November at 5.15pm in the
New Theatre, East Building with Alejandro Mayorkas
The Deputy Secretary of US Department of Homeland Security, Alejandro N
Mayorkas, will discuss the close partnership between the United Kingdom
and the United States on a variety of Homeland Security issues,
including counter-terrorism, aviation security, cyber security, travel and
trade, and countering violent extremism.
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Lunchtime Concert with
cellist Florian Rohn-Arnicans and pianist Arta Arnicane - on
Thursday 6 November at 1.05pm in the Shaw Library, sixth floor, Old
Building
The pieces played will include Beethoven's Piano Sonata in F Major
Op 10 No.2.
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'Planetary Economics: macroeconomic and international implications'
- on Thursday 6 November at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre,
Clement House with Professor Michael Grubb
Professor Grubb assesses lessons from 20 years of debate on
technology, economic dimensions of global energy and environmental
problems from corresponding policy efforts.
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'On Fantasy Island: British politics, English judges and the European
Convention on Human Rights' - on Thursday 6 November at 6.30pm in
the Old Theatre, Old Building with Professor Conor Gearty
Conor Gearty unpicks the myths, illusions and downright lies that infect
political engagement with human rights in Britain - and discussion of
the Human Rights Act in particular.
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'A Post-Genomic Surprise: the molecular re-inscription of race in
science, law and medicine' - on Thursday 6 November at 6.30pm in
the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building with Professor Troy
Duster
Professor Duster will analyse the resurgence of the idea that racial
taxonomies deployed to explain complex social behaviours and outcomes
have a biological and
genetic basis.
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'European challenges and the French economic strategy' - on
Friday 7 November at 5pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building with Emmanuel
Macron
On 26 August 2014, Emmanuel Macron was appointed Minister for the
Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs in the government headed up by
Manuel Valls. His mandate is to ensure France’s economic recovery.
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'The Need to Censor Our Dreams' - on Tuesday 11 November with
Professor Slavoj Zizek
Tickets will be released on Monday 3 November
Critique of ideology should not begin with the critique of reality, but
with the critique of our dreams. As Herbert Marcuse put it back in the
1960s, freedom (from ideological constraints, from the predominant mode
of dreaming) is the condition of liberation. If we only change reality
in order to realise our dreams, and do not change these dreams
themselves, we sooner or later regress to old reality.
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Elevation Networks: Money Saving Workshop - on Wednesday 29
October at 5.30pm in Room 1.07, NAB
During this Money Saving Workshop, advice will be given on how to manage
money whilst at University, and how to become a peer mentor for others.
The session aims to educate students around issues on financial
awareness and capability, debt, and budget management.
Elevation Networks is an award-winning youth employment charity that
seeks to develop the leadership potential of young people to increase
their employability. The charity currently has over 10,000 members, and
has worked with organisations including Deloitte, IBM, BBC, London 2012, HSBC, Deloitte, Youth Justice Board, and other organisations to provide
employment opportunities and training for young people.
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Halloween dance workshop and social with LSESU Dance Club - on
Thursday 30 October at 7.15-10pm on the sixth floor of the Saw Swee Hock
Student Centre
Get in the spooky spirit with LSESU Dance Club and their Halloween dance
workshop and social! The evening is open to all LSE students of every
dancing ability. The evening will start with a workshop held by Anthony
King, a Michael Jackson dance expert who performs in the Michael Jackson
Tribute Show. He will teach everyone the routine to the famous 'Thriller'
dance.
The workshop will be followed by a Halloween social where each
participant wearing even subtle Halloween-themed accessories will
receive two free drinks with their ticket. Tickets are £8 for Dance Club
members and £12 for non-members. Get your tickets
here.
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'The Affordable Care Act in the US: How did it happen and where is it
taking the health care system?' - on Thursday 30 October at
6.30pm in CLM 3.02 with Professor Lawrence D Brown
The Affordable Care Act, signed into law in the US in 2010, is considered
the largest reform to the American health care system since Medicare began
insuring the elderly in 1965. Prof Lawrence Brown will trace the evolution
of this health reform and what it means for the future of health care in the
US and around the world.
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Social Psychology Open Lectures: 'Social Presentations' - on
Tuesday 4 November at 2.15-3.45pm in the Old Theatre with Professor
Sandra Jovchelovitch
What is social knowledge and how do we come to know and make sense of
the social world? Do we inherit knowledge and traditions from previous
generations or do we think for ourselves? Is social knowledge always
about finding a consensus or is difference of opinion the basis of
social knowledge? This event is free and open to all.
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'God Save the Community: Greece's entry into the EEC' - on
Wednesday 5 November at 6.30pm in room 9.04, Tower 2 with Dr Eirini
Karamouzi and Dr Piers Ludlow
The financial and economic crises that gripped Greece in 2010 set in
motion a domino effect that upset the stability of the Euro. It opened the
floodgates to a seemingly endless stream of accusations and recriminations
over the economic, financial and political origins of the Greek crisis, with
European political elites and the press alike questioning even Greece’s
entry to the EEC.
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'The EU, Russia and Ukraine: Lessons learned' - on Thursday 6
November at 6.30pm in the Wolfson Theatre, NAB with Dr Tomila Lankina,
Professor Karen E Smith, Professor Vladislav Zubok and Dr Gwendolyn Sasse
LSE experts will be debating what the EU got right and what it got wrong in
the political crisis that followed Ukraine’s refusal to sign the Association
Agreement in November 2013.
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Exhibition: 'Afghanistan: The transition' - from 26 October - 28
November, Monday - Friday, at 10am-8pm in the Atrium Gallery
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), in collaboration with documentary
photographers Andrea Bruce and Mikhail Galustov, present a series of highly
evocative photographs capturing personal stories from MSF’s Afghanistan
projects to highlight the serious ongoing problems of accessing basic health
care in Afghanistan.
This exhibition is open to all, no ticket required. For more information
see the
website, or email arts@lse.ac.uk.
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 60
second interview
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with.....Sara Feast
I joined LSE a few months ago as the Communications and Events Officer at LSE Entrepreneurship, which is a brand new unit exploring the impact of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial thinking. We only launched in October and our first course, Entrepreneurship Matters, doesn’t start until the end of November. Student sign-up for Entrepreneurship Matters, LSE Entrepreneurship’s new course, is open - take a look here.
What is the best part of your job at LSE?
LSE Entrepreneurship is a start-up of sorts, and so every time we work out a problem, develop an idea for an event or write a press release, it’s building something new. I’ve always worked at very established places - like big companies or national newspapers - so that feeling’s a new experience, and an immensely satisfying one.
If you could book any guest speaker for an LSE public event, who would you choose?
The speaker line-up is always amazing, but as someone with an arts and humanities background, I always especially look forward to the Literary Festival. I heard a rumour that one of my old medieval history tutors may be booked for next year – I won’t say who but that would be exciting.
If you had a time machine, where and to what era would you go?
With my entrepreneurial hat on, I’d nip back ten years and invest in something like Facebook. Though I think the first rule of time travel is that you shouldn’t change anything, so that’s probably a terrible idea.
Instead I’d stay in London, but go back 400 years to see what the city was like before the Great Fire. A lot has changed, but I think a surprising amount would still be recognisable. I volunteer at Sutton House, a Tudor property in Hackney, so I’d pay that a visit too. Back then Hackney was a small, rural village a half day’s journey from London – that’s unimaginable now!
What, or who, makes you laugh?
Different things on different days, depending on my mood, the weather and if I’m hungry. Small dogs can almost always raise a smile.
What is your most treasured possession?
My most treasured one will remain a secret in case anyone tries to steal it, but a significant one is a $5 Bellagio chip from a trip to Las Vegas. I lost all my money, won it back and then lost it again – I’d never gambled before, and the chip’s a reminder of why I won’t again.
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