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16 September 2015 |
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Welcome to LSE and welcome back
Hello to all students, new and returning!
This special edition of Student News aims to give you an oversight
of all the exciting things taking place at next week's Welcome Week as well
as some other useful information.
After this week, Student News will return to normal, so do make
sure you keep in touch - the newsletter
is
emailed on Wednesdays, on a weekly basis during Michaelmas and Lent term
and fortnightly during Summer term.
If you have some news, an achievement, or an aspect of LSE life that you
would like to share, drop us an email at
communications.internal@lse.ac.uk.
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The countdown to Welcome Week has begun
Welcome Week is designed to introduce you to LSE and provide incoming
students with a flying start to the new academic year.
Be sure to visit
lse.ac.uk/yourFirstWeeks for everything you need to know, including
your
Welcome Week Guide and details of all of the events organised,
as well as comprehensive
"how-to" guides on setting up your IT account, obtaining a student
Oyster card, getting proof that you are a student, opening a bank
account, and much more.
Don’t forget to attend your compulsory events including
registration, your
LSE Welcome Presentation and many departmental events.
You can also find out more about what it means to be a student at LSE on
the Students@LSE blog.
It includes posts from current LSE students about all aspects of life at
LSE. Or if you're interested in becoming a blogger,
click here for more information or email
ard.studentblogs@lse.ac.uk.
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Explore the Student Services Open House
Be sure to check out the Student Services Open House on Thursday 17
September and again from Monday 21-Wednesday 23 September at
11am-2pm. It will enable you to find out more about the services
available to you at LSE and how to make the most of them.
You could also win one of ten £25 Amazon vouchers as you explore -
simply ask a staff member at each of the services you visit to stamp
page 13 in your Welcome Week Guide. Once you have got a complete
set of stamps, tear the page out, fill in your details and give it to a
member of staff at the Student Services Centre. Winners will be selected
at random. Good luck.
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Campus tours and help points
Don’t worry if you are feeling a little lost when you arrive. Stop by
the
New Arrivals Help Point on the John Watkins Plaza (outside the LSE
Library) and chat with current students who can answer any questions
that you may have. There will also be roaming student helpers who can
point you in the right direction - they can be easily identified by
their Welcome Week t-shirts.
Student-led
campus tours take place throughout Welcome Week, helping you to get
to know the campus from a student perspective. Tours leave every twenty
minutes from the Help Point outside St Clement's building, every day
from 10am-3.30pm. No booking required, just turn up!
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Welcome from the LSE Students' Union
The
LSE Students' Union
(LSESU) is a charity run by students, for students.
They know that starting at LSE can be a daunting prospect, so why not
join their official LSE
Facebook groups where you can meet other students, ask questions
about the School or LSESU, and get advice.
Don't forget to visit the
LSESU Welcome Fair in the Saw Swee Hock Student Centre on Thursday 24
and Friday 25 September - the Welcome Fair is your chance to meet
LSESU clubs and societies, learn about the wide range of activities LSESU
has to offer, sign up for membership and bag some great freebies.
LSESU student volunteers in gold
t-shirts will be on campus throughout Welcome Week. Ask them about the best
places to go in London and near to LSE, follow them on a guided tour of the
capital, and join them for loads more fun events and activities during your
first week.
For more information, contact the team on 020 7955 7158, email them at
su.info@lse.ac.uk or visit
lsesu.com.
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LSE ranked second in the world for social sciences in latest university
league table
LSE has been ranked second in the world for social sciences for the third
year in a row, according to the latest global university league table.
The QS World University Rankings for 2015-16 also sees the School jumping
36 places from 71st to 35th in the overall ratings and retaining its number
one position in the UK for social sciences ahead of Oxford and Cambridge.
In the latest overall rankings, employers rate LSE as the fifth best
university worldwide. It is ranked eighth for the size of its international
student body. When it comes to specific subjects, QS ranks LSE as the best
place in the UK to study economics and media and communications.
The 2015 rankings place LSE in the top eight of nine subject areas in
social science and second in the world for geography behind Oxford.
LSE Director Professor Craig Calhoun said he was delighted with LSE’s
latest QS ranking: "This is an outstanding result for the School, its staff
and our students. It reflects both LSE's longstanding global leadership in
social science and its continued creativity. I'm pleased to see employers
recognising the value of an LSE education. And we will keep working to
channel our intellectual distinction into an ever-more dynamic and
satisfying student experience."
More
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LSE’s Socially Responsible Investment Review The
Socially Responsible Investment Review (SRIR) has been established by
Council to oversee the review of the School’s current Socially Responsible
Investment Policy. This followed the recommendation of the School’s Ethics
Policy Committee that a review should be conducted.
The review will explore:
a. divestment options from fossil fuel and the impact that different
levels of divestment would have on the finances of the School and its
ability to fulfil its objectives;
b. To review whether other Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
factors should be incorporated into the School’s Socially Responsible
Investment Policy.
To support the review a Socially Responsible Investment Review Group has
been established. To reflect the wide ranging implications of any decisions
on the matter the group is formed of representatives from across the School
community, including academics, the Students' Union, School committees and
administrative divisions.
The review would welcome any submissions on the Socially Responsible
Investment Policy, which can be provided by email through
ethics@lse.ac.uk. The deadline for
written submissions is Monday 5 October. In addition a Town Hall
meeting will also be held on Monday 5 October from
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 Notices
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LSE Campus As you will notice as you walk around campus, LSE is
undertaking ambitious redevelopment of the centre buildings on Houghton
Street and Clare Market. The programme will create state-of-the-art,
flexible and highly sustainable academic and teaching buildings and a brand
new public square. To keep up-to-date with the development, visit the
CBR web page.
This redevelopment means that a number of buildings and the old,
dysfunctional facilities have been closed. To replace the closed facilities
you will find lots of new purpose- built study and teaching spaces have
opened up over the summer. These include three seminar rooms in Parish Hall,
two seminar rooms and three PC study rooms on the second and fourth floors
of Tower 2 and over 200 study spaces on the fourth floor of the Lionel
Robbins Building. For a full list of new teaching and study spaces see the
2015 Facilities Guide.
The redevelopment is being planned and managed by the LSE Estates
Division. The team wants to hear from students, so please email any
questions or concerns to
Estates.Centrebuildings@lse.ac.uk. In response to previous feedback, the
rear entrance of the Old Building will be open later into the evening and an
LSE security guard will be at the Sardinia Street zebra crossing when
construction traffic increases.
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What makes you feel #partofLSE? On LSE’s
Facebook page and
Instagram feed
we’re showcasing a selection of LSE students and staff and asking them about
what makes them feel part of the LSE community.
Follow along every day for stories and anecdotes, and submit your own
experiences in the comments.
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Help improve internal communications at LSE
Communications is looking for students to
participate in focus groups to feed into the development of internal
communications.
We want to hear first-hand how you feel engaged with School news and how
able you are to join conversations across LSE.
The sessions will last for one hour and participants will be given a £10
Waterstones voucher for attending.
If you're interested, please email
communications.internal@lse.ac.uk.
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Share your LSE experience by becoming a student blogger Do you
love writing? Become a
student blogger and share your experience as an LSE student while honing
your blogging skills.
We’re looking for all sorts of students - from first year undergraduates,
to final year PhD students; from those who’ve lived in London all their life
to new arrivals in the city.
Bloggers write about all sorts of different things to do with being a
student at LSE and living in London. Bloggers will be given training in
guidelines and content and 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 for more information and to get involved.
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Student roles in LSE Advancement
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. To apply, visit
lse.ac.uk/studentcallers.
We ask callers to commit to two shifts a week and four Saturdays/Sundays
a term. The closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 27
September.
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Free software, IT training and certification for students Make
your degree studies as efficient as possible by getting your computer,
software and IT skills up to optimum level.
1. Use MS Office for free via LSE’s
Remote Desktop
2. Get free Sophos
anti-virus software
3. Get a
discount on computers, operating systems and software
4. Sort out problems with laptops and other mobile devices at the
Laptop Surgery
5. Enrol in free MS Office training "practicals",
designed to provide you with the skills employers value most.
6. Get yourself
certified as an internationally recognised Microsoft Office Specialist
Master
7. Teach yourself
core,
standard and
specialist software skills
If you have an IT question, check out our
online guides and FAQs or attend our drop-in Software Surgeries, run
every Thursday from 1-2pm in LRB.R08. Alternatively, PhD students are
invited to enrol for a
one-to-one IT training session. Email
IT.Training@lse.ac.uk to
book a consultation with a training specialist.
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
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 LSE
in pictures
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This week's picture features an aerial shot of the LSE campus.
For more images like this, visit the
Photography Unit.
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 What's
on
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LSE Events Programme September - December 2015 now online
Highlights including
Shami Chakrabarti,
Winnie Byanyima,
Sir David Chipperfield,
Dr Ben Bernanke,
Margot Wallström and
Professor David Harvey. You can
browse the programme or search for specific events via
lse.ac.uk/events.
The majority of events are free and open to all with no ticket required and
entry is on a first come first served basis. We recommend arriving at least
20 minutes before the start of the event to maximise your chances of getting
a seat.
For those events which are ticketed, remember that an allocation of tickets
is set aside for LSE staff and students, available for collection on a first
come first served basis from the LSE SU shop on the morning of the ticket
release date. Make a note in your diary of
upcoming
ticket releases.
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Celebrating 120 years of LSE - visit the LSE Foundations exhibition
Perfect in size for a visit in your lunch hour
Foundations: LSE and the
Science of Society celebrates the achievements of LSE staff and students
and investigates the innovative founding principles of the School.
2015 is LSE’s 120th anniversary. Join in the celebrations at
lse.ac.uk/lse120
#LSE120 |
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 60
second interview
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with..... Professor Robin Mansell
I was appointed Professor of New
Media and the Internet at the
LSE in 2001 and have been in the
Department of Media and
Communications since 2003.
My training is in several
disciplines and so I am always
attracted by interdisciplinary
fields of research and teaching
including science and technology
policy and media and
communication studies. I’m told
my main characteristics are a
seemingly insatiable desire to
ask questions of all kinds and
my (some might say dogged)
persistence in looking for
answers.
Now that I’ve been appointed as
Deputy Director and Provost, I
expect to make use of these
characteristics in a big way.
Tell us more about your new
role as Deputy Director and
Provost?
I have a central leadership role
in the School’s academic affairs
including oversight of
recruitment, review and
retention policies and
practices, and particularly
ensuring that equality and
diversity is central to all
areas of our faculty culture. I
work in close collaboration with
the Director and Pro-Directors,
and with Heads and Deputy Heads
of Departments. I chair a lot of
committees, including the APRC.
I started on 1 September and I
am looking forward to
contributing to the School in
multiple ways to address
pressing issues, especially
relating to teaching and the
student experience.
What advice would you give to
new students coming to LSE?
To seek actively for what you
want to learn as well as minding
what you need to do to succeed
in your courses.
If you could teach a new
subject at LSE, what would it be
and why?
I would like to combine the
subjects of regulation,
innovation, and information and
communication technologies in a
course that seriously engages
with both the micro and macro
features of change - a tall
order, especially if the course
were to be taught in an
interdisciplinary setting.
Where is your favourite place
on the LSE campus and why?
I love the whole campus despite
its idiosyncrasies because it is
right in the centre of London
and because, since I did an MSc
degree here many years ago,
every time I come to work I’m
reminded of how I felt the first
time I came to the School - a
mix of exhilaration and
trepidation.
What is your favourite part of
London?
Anywhere south of the Thames.
Until two years ago I lived in
East Sussex and commuted to
work. Now I live in Rotherhithe
which I’m exploring on foot and
on my bicycle – this area is
easily my favourite.
If you had a time machine,
where and to what era would you
go?
I’d go to the future and see if
they have better solutions to
the many problems we continually
face and for the excitement of
seeing how things turn out.
What is your most treasured
possession?
I don’t treasure possessions
perhaps because I’ve been on the
move a great deal in my life, I
treasure my relations with
people.
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