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11 November 2015 |
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New grant from Rockefeller Foundation to boost the International Growth
Centre's work to strengthen Sierra Leone's national health system
post-Ebola outbreak
A new US $900,000 grant from The Rockefeller Foundation will support the
International Growth Centre’s (IGC) partnership with the Government of
Sierra Leone to build a more resilient national health system in the wake of
the Ebola crisis.
The grant will enhance the IGC’s ongoing collaboration with the
government in revising their national strategic plan for a community health
workforce, a cadre of health workers who are trained to provide basic health
and medical care in local communities.
The IGC intends to support the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and
Sanitation through direct consultations with researchers, technical experts,
and policymakers with experience in community health systems. Through the
grant, the IGC also intends to assess the community health worker
programme’s impact.
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Peter Sutherland appointed Professor in Practice at LSE LSE has
appointed Peter Sutherland, the UN Special Representative of the
Secretary-General for International Migration, as a Professor in Practice in
the School’s Institute of Global Affairs (IGA).
Mr Sutherland is returning to LSE after serving as Chair of the School’s
Court and Council from 2008 until early 2015.
He will be the policy lead of the Institute’s Global Migration
Initiative, a new multidisciplinary programme which will pool research and
knowledge to provide evidence-based recommendations on the current migration
crisis across Europe and globally. Mr Sutherland will also help guide future
activities at LSE on other major international challenges, particularly in
the EU and Middle East.
Commenting on the appointment, Professor Erik Berglof, Director of the
IGA, said: "I am delighted to welcome Peter to the IGA, and back to LSE. As
the architect of the World Trade Organisation and now Special Representative
of the Secretary General of the UN on international migration- in which role
he is the father of the Global Forum on Migration and Development- he brings
to our Institute unparalleled knowledge, wisdom and skills to find
innovative solutions to the world’s largest challenges. Peter will be a
major asset to IGA and LSE and we are honoured to have him with us."
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Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw to join the Gender Institute The
Gender Institute is delighted to announce that Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw
will be visiting the department during Summer term.
Professor Crenshaw is Professor of Law at UCLA and Columbia Law School,
and a leading authority in the area of Civil Rights, Black feminist legal
theory, and race, racism and the law.
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LSE report will help insurance sector manage climate change risks
LSE has released the findings of a five-year research project
tracking the impact of climate change on the insurance sector.
The multi-million pound project, undertaken by the ESRC Centre for
Climate Change Economics and Policy, has involved more than 30 academics,
government and industry bodies, all working together to analyse the
financial risks and opportunities posed by climate change.
Links to more than 50 academic publications resulting from the research
project are now publicly available in a summary document for the first time,
titled “Evaluating
the Economics of Climate Risks and Opportunities in the Insurance Sector”.
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LSE Diplomacy Commission warns of crisis of confidence for Britain's
foreign policy
The UK has become increasingly insular, with a succession of
governments shying away from significant foreign policy engagements. As
a result, British foreign policy lacks a clear purpose and suffers from
an incoherent approach to the distribution of resources.
This is one of the conclusions of the
LSE Diplomacy Commission report,
published on Monday 9 November. The Commission was convened by LSE IDEAS,
LSE's Foreign Policy think-tank, to understand Britain's place in the world
and included amongst its members Dr Tarak Barkawi, Pauline Neville-Jones,
and Stephen King.
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New LSE Housing Academy for social landlords launched The
National Communities Resource Centre and LSE have launched the new Housing
Plus Academy.
The Academy will help housing associations remain viable social
businesses by supporting the communities where they work in a period of
austerity. It will be hands-on and action-oriented locally while driving
home policy messages among decision-makers.
It will also develop knowledge exchange and offer peer learning,
accredited participative training and think tanks to explore areas needing
action and support to social landlords, particularly helping their front
line staff and tenants to respond to welfare reform, financial pressures,
energy costs, job access, community and social needs.
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Government regulation and industry practices stalling drug development,
finds new report
The majority of new medicines entering the market offer few clinical
advantages over existing alternatives according to a new analysis article
published in the British Medical Journal.
Authors of the study, Huseyin Naci and Elias Mossialos of LSE and
Alexander Carter, Imperial College London, conclude that both government and
industry practices are responsible for the innovation deficit in the
pharmaceutical sector.
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LSE Summer School: the student perspective
In this new
film, students from across the globe share their experience of
spending a summer in London with
LSE Summer School.
Applications for the expanded nine week programme in 2016 will open on
Tuesday 12 January.
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Week 6 podcasts with Helen Green available now on the Teaching and
Learning Centre website
New for 2015-16 and designed to help you refresh and consolidate some
core skills at the mid-term point, these podcasts were uploaded every
day during week 6 of Michaelmas term, and cover a range of introductory
academic skills.
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LSE alumni appointed to the Government of Canada
Three LSE alumni have been appointed cabinet ministers in the
Government of Canada.
Catherine McKenna (MSc International Relations 1996) is Minister of
Environment and Climate Change, Jean-Yves Duclos (MSc Economics 1989, PhD
1992 Economics) is Minister of Families, Children and Social Development,
and William Morneau (MSc International Relations 1987) is Minister of
Finance.
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Celebrating 120 years of LSE - coming up in November and December
Did you know? LSE has a
war memorial in the Old Building. Constructed in the 50s, it replaced
the original 1923 memorial. Read the stories behind the names in our history
blog posts on LSE’s memorials for the
First World War and Second World War.
Coming up in November, join Professor Michael Cox on Thursday 19 November
for a Ralph Miliband Programme public lecture, “Red
flag over Houghton Street? The Radical Tradition at LSE - Myth, Reality and
Fact”. Don’t forget to book a place on a
Foundations exhibition lunchtime talk: the next one will be in the
Library on Tuesday 24 November. 2015 is Urban Age’s 10th anniversary and the
LSE history blog will catch up with Urban Age on Wednesday 18 November to
mark the start of a series of Urban Age
10 Global Debates.
2015 is LSE’s 120th anniversary. Join in the celebrations at
lse.ac.uk/lse120
#LSE120 |
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How to use others’ ideas in your arguments (without plagiarising!)
This course is designed to help students learn how to correctly and
honestly attribute extracts from others' work to build their own
arguments and research.
For dates and to book a place,
click here.
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MSc workshops
For the discussion of all questions and concerns with staff and other
MSc students. Every Thursday during term-time, beginning again on 12
November.
For details on the next session,
check the website.
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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
Stress Management
On: 16, 23, and 30 November from 11am-1pm
This workshop will look at a range of practical techniques to reduce stress
and better manage the pressures of being a student. It will include a
description of an easy to use Mindfulness exercise, which can help with
relaxation and reduce the amount of time spent worrying about work.
Raise Your Self-Esteem
On:
19 and 26 November and 3 December from 11am-1pm
The workshop will examine ways to increase positive self-esteem,
identifying thoughts, feelings and behaviours linked with your experiences.
We will also discuss practical exercises and checklists to help you increase
your self-esteem.
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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What does Climate Change mean to you? See what creativity LSE
has to offer at the exhibition of entries from the #LSEClimate Creative
competition.
Check out the
exhibition event page for more details on the prizes, and amazing spoken
words artists who will be giving exclusive performances.
You can still submit your entries until Friday 13 November. For more
information,
click here.
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Students needed for focus group - Will egg freezing revolutionise
society? The LSE and Wellcome Trust are co-funding a new social
research project looking at the opportunities and implications of egg
freezing - socially, legally and ethically.
We are running two workshops and are looking for students to join us on
either Monday 23 or Monday 30 November from 6.30-8pm to discuss and
respond to these issues. Sessions will be in room 32L.B.09 and will include
free drinks.
Interested? Want to know more or book a place? Email
r.hussain1@lse.ac.uk.
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LSE Chill - are you a budding musician? Are you interested in
performing at
LSE Chill, a relaxed performance night organised by LSE Arts?
We welcome poets, comedians and musicians to take part plus there will be
free limited drinks and nibbles - it's a great place to start your weekend.
The next LSE Chill is on Friday 27 November from 6-8pm in Café 54,
NAB. Email arts@lse.ac.uk if you would
like to participate.
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Sign up to Green Flash Keep up to date with all the latest
weird and wonderful sustainability news, events, and opportunities from LSE
and beyond.
Sign up for the fortnightly
Green Flash newsletter now.
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Write for the
Researching Sociology @ LSE blog
The
Researching Sociology @ LSE blog is going from strength to strength
with a range of articles, book reviews and personal stories from a wide
range of contributors.
This month we're looking for blog pieces titled ‘My First Month at Uni/studying
Sociology/at LSE ’ to follow on from the very successful summer blogs series
‘Why Sociology’. The first blog in this new series has already been posted
and we welcome more, especially from first year undergraduates who have just
started.
To contribute or for more information, email Ronda Daniel at
r.e.daniel@lse.ac.uk.
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 LSE
in pictures
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Just economics and politics? Think again. While LSE does not teach art
or music there is a vibrant cultural side to the School including the
weekly Thursday lunchtime concerts
in the Shaw Library. Join us for a break from work and study.
For more images like this, visit the
Photography Unit
or check out the School's
Instagram page.
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Lunchtime concerts at LSE
Musical life at LSE continues to flourish with a series of outstanding
lunchtime concerts on Thursdays, showcasing an impressively
international spectrum of musicians.
The concerts are free and open to all and start promptly at 1.05pm in
the Shaw Library, sixth floor of the Old Building. Forthcoming concerts
include:
For more information, see
Music@LSE.
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Forthcoming LSE events include....
GDP: a brief but affectionate history
On: Monday 16 November from 6.30pm in the Wolfson Theatre, New Academic
Building
Speaker: Professor Diane Coyle (pictured)
Debt and austerity: post-crisis lessons from Ireland
On: Tuesday 17 November from 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Patrick Honohan (pictured)
The Syrian Jihad: Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State and the evolution of an
insurgency
On: Wednesday 18 November from 2pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Speaker: Charles Lister
"Enough!" Will Youth Protests Drive Political Change in Africa?
On: Wednesday 18 November from 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Professor Alcinda Honwana
Migration: an English history
On: Wednesday 18 November from 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speaker: Professor Robert Tombs (pictured)
Red Flag over Houghton Street? The Radical Tradition at LSE - Myth,
Reality and Fact
On: Thursday 19 November from 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Speaker: Professor Michael Cox
A lecture by Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for Competition
On: Friday 20 November from 12pm in the Shaw Library, 6th floor, Old
Building
Speaker: Margrethe Vestager
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New Forms of Cultural Capital
On: Monday 16 November from 5.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speakers: Professor Philippe Coulangeon (pictured),
Director of Research at SNRS, Sciences Po and Visiting Professor in the
Department of Sociology at LSE, Dr Sam Friedman,
Assistant Professor in Sociology at LSE, Dr Laurie Hanquinet,
Lecturer in Sociology at University of York, and Dr Andy Miles,
Reader in Sociology at the University of Manchester.
A panel of leading international experts discuss whether traditional
forms of 'highbrow' cultural capital associated with the dominance of
the classical and historical canon are being eclipsed by newer and more
fluid kinds of cultural tastes, associated with contemporary music and
art, sport, and engaging with the social media and computer games.
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Order without Law? Gangs and Other Forms of Alternative Social Order in
and Beyond the Prison
On: Monday 16 November from 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speakers: Dr Insa Koch (pictured),
Assistant Professor in Law and Anthropology at LSE Law, Dr Lisa
McKenzie,
Fellow in the Department of Sociology at LSE, and Dr David
Skarbek,
Senior Lecturer in Political Economy at King’s College London.
There has been much debate in recent years about the role of gangs in
both disrupting and providing social order. In this event, scholars from
three disciplines draw on their research to debate the significance of gangs
and other mechanisms of informal social ordering, the conditions under which
they arise, and their relationship to formal sources of social ordering such
as law.
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Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: the politics of the UN Security
Council's approach to the protection of civilians
On: Thursday 19 November from 6.30-8pm in the Old Theatre, Old
Building
Speaker: Professor Anne Marie Goetz,
Clinical Professor at the Center for Global Affairs, New York
University.
Sexual violence has been deployed strategically in a wide range of
conflicts, and though long recognised as an unlawful tactic of warfare, it
has only relatively recently attracted the political focus and operational
responses accorded to other violations of civilian rights. This lecture will
provide a history of the policy processes leading to the Security Council
resolutions recognising conflict related sexual violence as a tactic of
warfare and outlining political, security, judicial and humanitarian
responses.
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The Business of Human Rights: measuring transparency in the ICT
sector On: Thursday 19 November from 6.30-8pm in the Thai Theatre,
New Academic Building
On 3 November, the Ranking Digital Rights project launched its first
annual Corporate Accountability Index. A first for the ICT sector,
the index ranks the world’s largest internet and telecommunications
companies on their disclosed policies and commitments affecting users’
freedom of expression and privacy.
Project Director Rebecca MacKinnon will present on 'Ranking Digital
Rights (RDR): how do companies respect freedom of expression and privacy?'
reviewing RDR findings on sixteen companies, exploring the interplay between
corporate decision making and protection of user rights, and addressing
challenges of designing a universal ranking system.
After her presentation, Rebecca will be joined by representatives from
civil society and industry commenting upon how to effectively shape ICT
companies’ human rights practices in a global context.
This event is free and open to all. For more information and to register,
click here.
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#LSEGreenWeek is almost here On: Thursday 19 November from
6pm in room CLM.7.02, Clement House
In the run up to the COP21 international climate summit we’re thinking
about stuff: where does all our stuff come from? Why do we have so much
stuff? And what happens to it when we don’t want it anymore?
We’re screening the Story of Stuff short film series and hosting
discussions to think about our relationship with stuff and how we can live
without it.
Check out the
Facebook Event page for more information.
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Podcasts of public lectures and events
Social Class in the 21st Century
Speakers: Dr Niall Cunningham, Professor Fiona Devine, Dr Sam Friedman,
Dr Daniel Laurison, Dr Lisa McKenzie, Professor Mike Savage, Dr Helene
Snee, and Dr Paul Wakeling
Recorded: Monday 2 November, approx. 77 minutes
Will the 21st Century be Asian?
Speakers: Professor Michael Cox, Professor Danny Quah, and Dr Leslie
Vinjamuri
Recorded: Monday 2 November, approx. 86 minutes
Russian Foreign Policy as an Exercise in Nation-Building
Speaker: Dr Dmitri Trenin
Recorded: Tuesday 3 November, approx. 87 minutes
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 60
second interview
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with.....
Annabelle Wilmott
I'm studying an MSc in
International Development and
Humanitarian Emergencies at LSE.
I am a dual national of the US and
UK, as my parents are from London,
but I was born and raised in the
United States. When I was young, I
always dreamed of exploring the
world, and once I became a “legal
adult,” I left the US, and haven’t
lived there since.
From 2010-14, I studied in
Madrid, Spain. After I graduated in
2014, I did a Fulbright scholarship
in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, teaching
English at an Indonesian Secondary
School. Now that I am living in
London, I hope to stay for a while.
I have fallen in love with this
city. Where else can you speak
English, Spanish, and Indonesian on
the same day?
Tell us about the LSESU
Amnesty International Society and
your role within it?
I'm a
Campaigns Officer
in the LSESU Amnesty
International Society. I am in charge of
organising Refugee Week, which is
taking place this week (9-13
November).
Do you have any events coming
up?
This week we will be having an
Amnesty booth throughout the week.
Get involved in our book drive, bake
sale, petition signing, social media
campaign, and much more. We will
also have henna and will be taking
Polaroid pictures. We will be
outside the Saw Swee Hock Student
Centre everyday from 11am-4pm.
On Thursday, starting at 6pm, we
will also be screening the movie
God Grew Tired of Us. This is a
2006 documentary film about three of
the 'Lost Boys of Sudan', a group of
some 25,000 young men who have fled
the wars in Sudan since the 1980s,
and their experiences as they move
to the United States. Join us for
pizza, soda and a great movie
evening. It will be held in
PAR.1.02.
Finally, on Friday, we will be
meeting at 6pm at The Three Tuns to
socialise and talk about our
campaign.
If you could book any guest
speaker for an LSE public event, who
would you choose?
Malala Yousafzai
Which is your favourite LSE
sculpture and why?
Where are these sculptures? I
obviously haven’t been paying
attention to my surroundings.
If you could change places
with someone past or present, for a
day, who would it be and why?
I would trade places with my
professor, Stuart Gordon. Why?
Because he’s awesome.
What has been the most
memorable day in your life so far?
The last weeks of my time in
Indonesia were the best times of my
life. I was living in Yogyakarta and
had a big group of friends, both
Indonesian and non-Indonesian alike.
On my last weekend, 20 of us decided
to camp on the beach together. We
packed up our backpacks, got on our
motorcycles, and drove to the beach.
While in Yogyakarta, I became
good friends with an Indonesian
reggae band, and I had memorised all
of the words to their songs. I
remember listening to my Indonesian
soundtrack while riding on the
motorcycle, singing all of their
songs out loud. While we were
driving, the music corresponded
perfectly to the landscape. I felt
so happy and so sad at the same
time. Happy for all the moments and
friends I had made there, and sad
because of the transience of
everything. Even then, I knew I
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