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LSE graduate shortlisted in 2015 Financial Times MBA Challenge
A former LSE student has been shortlisted to compete in the final of this
year’s Financial Times MBA Challenge as part of team ‘iVaccinate My Child’.
While obtaining her Master's degree in International Migration and Public
Policy, Justyna Sienkiewicz (pictured), together with colleagues from the
University of Chicago and the University of the Witwatersrand, created a
business plan to help care givers in Uganda gain access to vaccines for their
children.
The team has been invited to the awards reception on 11 November in
London. For more information and to read an interview with the team,
click here.
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I will look after my wellbeing by….
On Tuesday 20 October, the Student Wellbeing Service ran a Wellbeing
Stall focussing on how to look after wellbeing.
Over 200 people wrote down their ideas, which included "smiling at
everyone", "remembering that success is personal and not to be measured
in relation to other people’s", "taking at least one afternoon off per
week from school and work", "going to bed early" and "planning bad jokes
to tell my future kids"! Visitors were also offered free ten minute
chair massages.
The stall also promoted the "Time to Change" campaign that aims to
reduce stigma and discrimination in mental health, and publicised the
support available at LSE including the Student Counselling Service, the
Disability and Wellbeing Service, and the Peer Support Service. For more
information, visit
lse.ac.uk/studentwellbeing.
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Celebrating 120 years of LSE Did you know? Early students at
LSE went on to jobs in social work, teaching, research and business - but
some had slightly more unusual career paths. Who worked in silent film
production? Who became a minister of foreign affairs in Poland? And who led
a revolution in Panama? Read more on the
LSE History blog.
Have you visited LSE Library’s latest exhibition? Find out more and sign
up to attend a lunchtime talk at
Foundations: LSE and the Science of Society.
2015 is LSE’s 120th anniversary. Join in the celebrations at
lse.ac.uk/lse120
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Become a Green Impact Project Assistant
Highly-motivated students are needed to work with Green Impact Staff
Teams from November-March for a few hours a week to help them to achieve
their Green Impact criteria and complete their projects.
You'll be provided with training from the LSE Sustainability team, plus
it's a chance to see the inner workings of the university and gain
experience that will look great on your CV.
Applications close on Friday 30 October.
Click here for the role description and application form.
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Help shape LSE’s new website
If you’d like to get involved in helping us shape the future of LSE’s
new website, we’d love to hear from you and will give you a £30 Amazon
voucher in return for your time.
We are currently prototyping the study section of lse.ac.uk and we need
two current graduates, and one research student, to give
us their thoughts on how they think the new section is working.
In a 1:1 session with our UX consultants, you’ll review a working
prototype, use new navigation, and give your views on how easy (or
hard!) it is to find the information that’s really important to you.
We’ve completed plenty of research and testing to get us to this point,
but before we get into the build stage, it’s important that our existing
students have the final say.
If you can spare an hour on Wednesday 11 or Thursday 12
November and would like a £30
Amazon voucher to boot, then please get in to touch with us by end of day
on Thursday 5 November at
Webreview@lse.ac.uk.
We’ll then get back to you to ask a few questions before making our
final choice of suitable candidates. Places are very limited.
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LSE Library Data Week - 2-6 November Data Week is a
mixture of supplier and Library-led sessions on
LSE data resources. We have representatives running training sessions
from:
The Library will also run general introductions to
social science, government and
financial market resources, and on
Writing a Data Management Plan for the ESRC training sessions.
Look out for posts on the LSE
Library blog highlighting a selection of data resources available to LSE
staff and students.
Book through the
Training and Development Portal.
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Research Ethics Training
Details of upcoming research ethics workshops, and other ethics training
and fortnightly drop-in sessions, can be
found here.
For any research ethics queries, contact Lyn Grove at
research.ethics@lse.ac.uk.
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Student Counselling Service Groups and Workshops -
Good Writing Psychology
On: Friday 30 October from 3.30-4.30pm in
KSW.G.01, 20 Kingsway
This presentation looks at ways of thinking about the task of writing,
with advice and tips to help manage blocks and unhelpful fears. It will
include a range of management techniques for dealing with common writing
difficulties, such as procrastination and perfectionism.
For more information on upcoming groups and workshops,
click here. If you have any other queries, email
student.counselling@lse.ac.uk
or ring 0207 852 3627.
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LSE's Software Surgery is now open Do you need personalised
help with:
- Endnote, E-journals, or online data sources?
- A particular issue using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or
Outlook?
- Statistical analysis packages SPSS and STATA?
All are welcome to attend the weekly Software Surgery in R08
(lower ground floor of the Library). Sessions run every Wednesday from 1-2pm
during teaching terms. The service operates on a drop-in first-come, first-served basis.
Alternatively, if you have an IT question, check out our
online guides and FAQs. 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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Now Available -
Matlab for Personal and Campus Devices IMT is pleased to announce we
have an unlimited user licence for the Matlab software application.
Matlab is a high-performance language for technical computing and data
analysis which integrates visualisation and programming in an easy-to-use
interactive environment.
We can now offer all staff and students free unlimited access to the
software from their laptops/personally owned devices and on campus-based
computers, the Remote Desktop and the LSE Abacus service. Additionally we
have also extended the toolboxes available for free with our licence to
include the most requested, by LSE staff/students, add-on programmes.
To find out more, including how to request installation on your LSE
laptop or personal device, see the
LSE IT News blog.
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LSE Day Nursery celebrates its 40th anniversary
The
LSE Day Nursery opened in 1975. Now 40 years later, it still provides
care for babies from three months to five years.
To mark this milestone, children and staff will be taking part in special
activities during the week of 16-20 November:
40th Year Anniversary buffet lunch and birthday cake
Tuesday 17 November from 12.30-3pm
To attend, RSVP to nursery@lse.ac.uk.
Previous LSE Nursery children and parents welcome.
LSE Nursery Open Day and Stall
Friday 20 November
Come to our stall
in front of the Saw Swee Hock Student Centre for more information
and a piece of birthday cake, or visit us and get to know your LSE Day
Nursery - to book a visit call 0207 107 5966 or email
nursery@lse.ac.uk.
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Aperitivo
On Friday 6 November from 5-8pm, the top floor of the New Academic
Building will be hosting its monthly Aperitivo. They’ll be serving a range
of prosecco, champagne, classic cocktails and fine wines with an
accompanying selection of delicious Italian bites.
The top floor of the NAB offers spectacular views and is a great
opportunity to get together for a team social or to unwind at the end of the
week. There will be a credit card machine on site for those of you who don’t
carry cash.
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Act of Remembrance
Come and remember all who have lost their lives in war and particularly
alumni of LSE. Join us on Wednesday 11 November at 10.50am in the
Shaw Library, Old Building.
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Join the world’s largest student-led movement for sustainable
development and global health The LSE university chapter of the
international NGO Global Brigades is looking for students motivated to
empower rural communities through implementing development projects in
Panama and Honduras next summer.
This year, LSESU Global Brigades invites students to join a brigade in
the areas of Human Rights, Microfinance, Water, Business-Environmental. To find
out what each of the programs entails, visit
globalbrigades.org/experience.
A student brigade is a year-long journey that involves collective
fundraising activities as well as an education curriculum. Prior to
implementing the project overseas, you could be learning about challenges
and possible solutions to clean and stable water supply, the Panamanian
legal system, or discussing the effectiveness of micro-lending and saving.
Follow this link to the application form.
The deadline for joining a brigade is Monday 2 November. For more
information, visit the
Facebook page or
email us.
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RUN. VOTE. CHANGE.
Saw Swee Hock Student Centre 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 your new Postgraduate
Students’ Officer among other positions.
Check out the full list of
candidates and decide who gets your vote.
Vote online now until 7pm tomorrow (29 October) at
lsesu.com/vote.
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Skip fit lessons Security
officer and former boxer Daniel Beckley is running skip fit lessons for all
students and staff.
The next lessons will take place from 1-2pm at the Badminton Court, Old
Building, on Tuesday 3 November, Tuesday 10 November,
Tuesday 24 November, Tuesday 1 December, Tuesday 15 December,
and Tuesday 22 December. Just
turn up on any of these dates with your own skipping rope. All lessons are
free.
For more information, email Daniel at
d.beckley@lse.ac.uk.
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Acupuncture awareness
National Stress Awareness Day is on 4 November 2015. Symptoms
associated with stress include anxiety, nausea, insomnia, headaches
and stomach pains, all of which acupuncture can help with.
The LSE Treatment Clinic offers discounted rates for students and staff
for acupuncture sessions. For more information and to book, visit
lsetreatmentclinic.co.uk.
If you have any concerns about acupuncture, ring 07789 322821.
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in pictures
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What are you reading this week?
@rishikayadav is
taking in the Ottoman Empire in the LSE Library.
For more images like this, visit the
Photography Unit
or check out the School's
Instagram page.
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Newly announced events for November
The Syrian Jihad: Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State and the evolution of an
insurgency
On: Wednesday 18 November from 2-3pm
Speaker: Charles Lister
A lecture by Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for Competition
On: Friday 20 November from 12noon-1pm
Unstable Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood: a range of threats to European
security
On: Thursday 26 November from 1-2pm
Speaker: Edgars Rinkevics
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Tackling Sexism and Homophobia in Rugby On: Tuesday 10
November from 6.30-8pm in the The Venue, Saw Swee Hock Student Centre
Speakers: Pedro Dias Ferreira (pictured);
current club captain of the Kings Cross Steelers,
Nigel Owens; Welsh international rugby union referee, Claire Purdy;
former England international rugby player,
Kate Rowan;
sports journalist, and
Heather Taylor;
NGB Account Manager for Sport England.
A pioneering discussion of discrimination in rugby, from the grass-roots
right through to the international level. Drawing upon the experiences and
endeavours of some of those at the forefront of progress, the debate
explores the challenges rugby faces when trying to stamp out prejudice based
on sexuality and gender.
A ticket is required for this event. One ticket per person can be
requested from Monday 2 November.
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Other upcoming ticket lines
The Shifts and the Shocks: what we’ve learned - and still have to learn -
from the financial crisis
On: Monday 9 November
Speaker: Martin Wolf (pictured)
Ticket release date: Thursday 29 October
Phishing for Phools: the economics of manipulation and deception
On: Wednesday 11 November
Speaker: Professor Robert J Shiller
Ticket release date: Wednesday 4 November
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LSE Chill
Join LSE Arts at the next Chill on Friday 30 October from 6pm
in Café 54.
We have a great line-up of LSE students and staff performing, including
Misha Chapman, Sans Serif and the SoulWax Poets, and the Seventh Floor
String Band.
The event is free and open to all - make sure you get there early to
make most of the limited free food and drinks!
If you’re interested in performing at a future LSE Chill,
visit the website to see available dates and email
arts@lse.ac.uk.
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Will the 21st century be Asian? On: Monday 2 November from
6.30-8pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speakers: Professor Danny Quah; Director of the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia
Centre, Professor Michael Cox; Director of LSE IDEAS, and Dr Leslie
Vinjamuri; Co-Director of the Centre for the International Politics of
Confict, Rights and Justice at SOAS.
If the 19th century was Europe's and the 20th century became America's,
is there any reason why the 21st century should not be Asia's?
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Social Class in the 21st Century
On: Monday 2 November at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speakers: Professor Mike Savage with Dr Niall Cunningham, Professor
Fiona Devine, Dr Sam Friedman, Dr Daniel Laurison, Dr Lisa McKenzie, Dr
Andrew Miles, Dr Helene Snee, and Dr Paul Wakeling.
A fresh take on social class from the experts behind the BBC's 'Great
British Class Survey'. Social class has re-emerged as a topic of enormous
scholarly and public attention. In this new book,
Social Class in the 21st Century, Mike Savage and the team of
sociologists responsible for the Great British Class Survey report their
definitive findings and propose a new way of thinking about social class in
Britain today. Books will be on sale after the lecture.
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Russian Foreign Policy as an Exercise in Nation-Building On:
Tuesday 3 November from 6.30-8pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Dr Dmitri Trenin,
Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center and a Senior Associate of the
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Leading Moscow-based analyst Dmitri Trenin opens up the black-box of
Russian foreign policy and sheds light in particular on the role of the
internal factors driving Russia’s behaviour in international politics.
This public lecture is organised on the occasion of the publication of
Russia’s Foreign Policy: Ideas, Domestic Politics and External Relations,
a collective volume co-edited by LSE academics Dr David Cadier and Professor
Margot Light, to which Dr Trenin contributed a chapter.
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Lunchtime Concert On: Thursday 5 November at 1.05pm in the
Shaw Library, 6th floor, Old Building.
Sirkis, one of the world’s premier drummers, makes a welcome return to LSE
with his newly formed highly acclaimed Sirkis/Bialas International
Quartet.
The Quartet, comprising of, Asaf Sirkis (drums/compositions); Sylwia
Bialas (vocals/compositions); Frank Harrison (piano/keyboards) and Kevin
Glasgow (bass/chromatic) will perform electro-acoustic jazz numbers
including Come To Me, Ismael, Vortex, Orbs, A
Hymn.
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Suffragette: the making of the film On: Thursday 5 November
from 4-5pm in room 4.02, Clement House
Speakers: Sarah Gavron; Director, Faye Ward; Producer, and historical
advisor Elizabeth Crawford.
The Women’s Library is one of LSE Library’s most important special
collections, documenting the history and foundation of the women’s suffrage
movement.
Do not miss this unique opportunity for LSE staff and students to
discover more about the making of the film Suffragette. We are
delighted to welcome Sarah, Faye and Elizabeth to discuss their experiences
making the film and the historical period in which it is set. They will be
introduced by Nicola Wright, Director of Library Services.
To book your place,
click here. Numbers are limited so please bring your proof of booking
with you to the event. If you have any queries, email
library.enquries@lse.ac.uk.
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Social Media and Social Change: analysing debates over valuation
On: Thursday 5 November at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speaker: Professor Walter W Powell, Professor of Education, Sociology,
Organizational Behavior, Management Science and Engineering, and Public
Policy, Stanford University.
Civil society is challenged to demonstrate its impact. Network and
linguistic analyses of webpages reveal intense struggles among
governments, businesses, and nonprofits to define effectiveness.
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Houghton Model Parliament 2015 On: Saturday 7 November
Interested in policy debates and UK politics? Join the
LSESU UN Society and Politics and Forum
for the Houghton Model Parliament.
The Parliament will be discussing and debating the following issues:
- Immigration
- Unconditional cash transfers
- Nuclear disarmament
By role-playing members of Parliament, participants will gain a
first-hand perspective of issues that are not just relevant to the UK, but
for other countries across the globe as well.
To sign up,
register here by Saturday 31 October. There is a participation
fee of £2 which can be paid by visiting
lsesu.com/events/7494/3762.
To event is open to all. If you have any questions, email
p.s.haller@lse.ac.uk.
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Conference in Electoral Psychology On: 12-13 November at LSE
The ECREP initiative is proud to organise a first major conference in
electoral psychology.
The conference will include three panels on advances in electoral
psychology, advances in electoral ergonomics, and methodological
breakthroughs, as well as some plenary sessions. It is intended to showcase
both the state of the art in electoral psychology worldwide, and some of the
first comprehensive results of the work conducted by the ECREP initiative
themselves.
Attendance is free but registration is required. If you are interested in
attending or for more information, contact Professor Michael Bruter at
m.bruter@lse.ac.uk,
Dr Sarah Harrison at
s.l.harrison@lse.ac.uk, or visit
ecrep.org.
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Urban Age 10 Global Debates On: 19, 23, 25, 26 November and
3 December in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
LSE Cities and
Deutsche Bank’s Alfred Herrhausen Society, in association with
Guardian Cities, is holding
a series of public Global Debates to celebrate ten years of the
Urban Age programme. The debates
will discuss five core themes that have been the focus of research and
debate at the Urban Age since 2005.
Speakers include leading environmental and urban experts, mayors and
policy-makers, architects, writers, sociologists and urban thinkers who will
offer a global perspective on the social and spatial dynamics of 21st
century urbanisation.
The Urban Age Global Debates are free and open to all, however a ticket
is required. Details of how to apply for tickets can be
found here.
All five events will be live-streamed and presentations, podcast and video
recordings will be available on the
LSE Cities
website. For updates, follow
@LSECities.
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LSE Rejoice - keeping God in full view You’re invited to
lunchtime Praise and Worship - uplifting sessions every Friday at 12pm in
the LSE Faith Centre, second floor of Saw Swee Hock Student Centre.
LSE Rejoice promotes practical steps in spiritual health; not a bungee
leap of faith, or giant strides, but 'simple, practical steps, one after
another' whilst promoting and sharing in the unconditional love and
teachings of Christ.
The network is open to staff, students and alumni. For more information,
email rejoice@lse.ac.uk.
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Podcasts of public lectures and events
The Modern Mercenary: private armies and what they mean for world order
Speaker: Sean McFate
Recorded: Monday 19 October, approx. 86 minutes
Between Debt and the Devil: money, credit and fixing global finance
Speaker: Lord Turner
Recorded: Wednesday 21 October, approx. 80 minutes
Too Many Children Left Behind: the US achievement gap in comparative
perspective
Speaker: Professor Jane Waldfogel
Recorded: Wednesday 21 October, approx. 80 minutes
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 60
second interview
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with..... Jon Foster
I’m Jon Foster, and I was elected
to be the LSESU Education
Officer in March 2015. I
graduated in BSc Government and
History this year, and
originally come from a small,
leafy town in Cheshire just
south of Manchester. I’m a TV,
theatre and film geek who also
has the misfortune of being a
long suffering England Rugby
fan.
Tell us about your role as
LSESU’s Education Officer.
My role is to represent students
on educational matters and work
with the School to improve
students experience with regards
to teaching and learning,
assessment and feedback, and
academic support, amongst a
whole host of other things.
Which has been the most
interesting LSE public lecture
you have attended?
In my second year I queued for
returns tickets for Julian
Castro (then Mayor of San
Antonio, now US Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development)
about eight weeks after he spoke
at the Democratic National
Convention. He talked about
localism, climate change and the
need to empower communities - he
was incredibly impressive. It
was like watching a video of
Obama circa 2004.
Tell us a random fact about
yourself.
In addition to being LSESU
Education Officer, I am chair of
the British Youth Council - a
national charity which empowers
young people, lobby's on their
behalf and aims to give them a
voice in society.
If you had a time machine,
where and to what era would you
go?
As a massive Doctor Who fan
and a history student this is
probably the worst question you
could have asked! Ancient Greece
would be a close second (and I
know that’s what my predecessor
Tom said last year) but I’d
probably have to go for New York
in the 1920’s, purely for the
Gatsby-esque jazz age glamour.
In a film of your life, who
would you like to play you?
I’d like to say someone like
Michael Sheen who is an
incredible actor, and is just
phenomenal at ‘capturing’ people
- especially in films like
The Queen or Frost/Nixon,
however it would require an
intense physical transformation
on his part. Nick Frost (of
Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the
Dead) is probably a closer
fit.
What would you eat for your
last supper?
Bruschetta with Chicken and
Aparagus Risotto. Can’t beat it.
"We are aiming to hold one of
the biggest, most engaging
discussions with students in
LSE's history" - Find out how
Jon Foster is engaging students
in conversations about education
at LSE on this week’s
LSE Teaching blog.
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