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2 December 2015 |
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LSE student wins medal for bravery during UN
peacekeeping mission in South Sudan An LSE postgraduate student has
been awarded the New Zealand Gallantry Star for two acts of extraordinary
bravery while serving as an army major in a United Nations peacekeeping
mission in South Sudan.
Geoff Faraday, 39, retired from the army last year and is now studying
for a Masters in International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies.
Last year, while serving as a Major in the Royal New Zealand Armoured
Corps at a UN base in South Sudan, he intervened to protect Internally
Displaced People sheltering at the base who were coming under attack from a
mob armed with rifles and machetes protesting at the UN presence.
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LSE statement on socially responsible investment review
LSE Council has approved a series of recommendations to strengthen the
School’s socially responsible investment policy.
The School has pledged to continue to ensure that no direct investments
are made in fossil fuels and that it will seek to reduce investment placed
indirectly through investment funds in companies whose business is
significantly focused on thermal coal or tar sands. It will also avoid
investment in companies engaged in tobacco manufacture and indiscriminate
armaments.
The School will also explore opportunities to collaborate with other
universities to encourage fund managers to develop new socially responsible
investment products.
This announcement represents a positive commitment from LSE to support
the transition to the low-carbon economy. We are proud of our rigorous and
innovative academic contributions on climate change and the environment, and
also of our own high environmental standards on campus, and it is right that
our updated investment policy better reflects this work.
The full updated policy is available to
read here. For more information about the School's ethics code, see
Ethics Code, and visit
Sustainability at LSE for more about the School's sustainability
policies.
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LSE to teach all undergraduates about the war on drugs From
December 2015, all second-year undergraduate students at LSE will begin to
study the war on drugs, through the School’s innovative LSE100 course. LSE
is the first university in the world to require all of its undergraduates to
study this topic.
LSE100 is the School’s flagship interdisciplinary course for
undergraduate students. It is designed to introduce students to the
fundamental elements of thinking like a social scientist, by exploring some
of the great intellectual debates of our time from the perspectives of
different disciplines.
Co-founder of LSE100 and LSE IDEAS Director, Professor Michael Cox said:
“In 2016, the UN General Assembly will hold its first Special Session on
Drugs in almost two decades and meet to address the failures of global drug
policies to date. We are always engaging and challenging the status quo on
global issues and this is exactly the kind of high impact policy analysis
and training that LSE has earned a global reputation for.”
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Celebrating 10 years of Urban Age
To celebrate 10 years of the Urban Age programme, a worldwide
investigation into the future of cities organised by
LSE Cities and
Deutsche Bank’s
Alfred Herrhausen Society, Guardian Cities have published
pieces by Norman Foster, Saskia Sassen, Richard Sennett, Alejandro
Aravena, Deyan Sudjic and Ricky Burdett here on
their
website.
The Urban Age Global Debates are also taking place at the LSE to
celebrate 10 years of the programme, with the final event on
Narratives of Inclusion: can cities help us live together? with
Richard Sennett and Suketu Mehta taking place on Thursday 3 December at
LSE. For more information follow #Urban Age10 or visit
the website.
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 Notices
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Want to improve your knowledge of world faiths? Following its
highly successful pilot and endorsement by the Prince of Wales last year,
the LSE Faith Centre is re-running its
Faith & Leadership certificate in Lent term 2016. It’s an
extracurricular programme with no preparatory reading or examination that
will deepen your understanding of different religions, develop your
leadership skills and enhance your CV.
The course is free of charge but commitment to the sessions is
imperative. The course will run on seven Monday evenings from 18 January to
7 March plus a residential component from 12pm on Saturday 20 February to
4pm on Sunday 21 February. It will include:
- Short, creative introductions to the main world faith traditions
from expert scholars and community leaders.
- Consideration of the changing dynamics of religion in the world
today and evolving models of secularism and religious pluralism.
- Training in leadership, decision-making, mediation and
reconciliation by people experienced in the field.
- Sessions with leaders in the different sectors studied at LSE (e.g.
business, politics, law) from a range of different faith backgrounds.
To apply, please email
faithcentre@lse.ac.uk for an application form. The deadline for
applications is Sunday 6 December. A film about LSE Faith and
Leadership can be
viewed here.
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IMT Maintenance Sunday On Sunday 20 December from
8am-8pm, LSE IT services will be intermittently unavailable throughout the
day. IMT will be carrying out essential maintenance during this time,
performing key upgrades to the network.
IT services will experience intermittent outages throughout the day.
Please be aware that while services may be available for brief periods, they
are at risk of losing connectivity to the LSE network for the duration of
the maintenance period.
Affected services include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Campus WiFi
- Campus PCs, printers and telephones
- H: space and any shared network drives
- Moodle and LSE For You
The completion of this work will improve the performance, reliability and
resilience of the LSE network. For all scheduled 'Maintenance Sunday' dates
for the coming academic year, please see our
blog post.
If you have any questions regarding the downtime or experience any
disruption outside of these times, please contact the IT Help Desk on
it.helpdesk@lse.ac.uk or 020 7955
6728.
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Student Counselling Service Groups and Workshops
Raise Your Self-Esteem
On:
Thursday 3 December from 11am-1pm
This 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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Green News coming soon
Did you know that LSE saved 665,206 sheets of paper last academic
year (that’s about 67 trees), by introducing a ‘login-to-print’ system
in the Library and elsewhere.
Find out more in the next edition of Green News, coming to your
inboxes next week.
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Financial news, summarised
BriefX,
a student social venture run by
two LSE final year students,
produces an economic and business summary every Tuesday and Friday,
delivered straight to your email inbox.
The project aims to make commercial and macroeconomic events more
accessible to students at LSE.
For more information and to sign up, visit
briefx.co.
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Aperitivo
On Friday 4 December, 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
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 LSE
in pictures
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This week's picture features the newly opened
LSE PhD
Academy on the fourth floor of the Lionel Robbins Building.
For more images like this, visit the
Photography Unit
or check out the School's
Instagram page.
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 What's
on
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Migration - Challenge of Our Generation On: Thursday 3
December from 6-7.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Speaker: Peter Sutherland,
UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International
Migration.
How we respond to the current refugee and migration challenge will shape
how we are viewed when the history of our time is written. How we manage to
integrate the migrants will determine our economic future.
Peter Sutherland has asked for a global approach to dealing with the
challenge. Come and hear him develop his views and proposals for solutions.
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Other forthcoming LSE events....
Will Machines Rule the World?
On: Monday 7 December at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic
Building
Speakers: Dr Kate Devlin (pictured), Dr Mateja Jamnik, Professor Huw Price,
and Dr Mark Sprevak
In Wartime: stories from Ukraine
On: Monday 7 December at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Tim Judah
Anthropology and Neoliberal Capitalism: implications for theory and
ethnography
On: Wednesday 9 December at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Sherry Ortner (pictured)
Tackling Extreme Poverty through Programmes Targeting the World's Ultra-Poor
On: Wednesday 9 December at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic
Building
Speakers: Sir Fazle Abed, Professor Oriana Bandiera, Professor Robin
Burgess, Dr Mushtaque Chowhudry, and Professor Esther Duflo
In the Front Line of Climate Change
On: Thursday 10 December at 2pm. The venue will be confirmed to ticket
holders
Speaker: Anote Tong (pictured)
Fighting the Behemoth: law, politics and human rights in times of debt and
austerity
On: Thursday 10 December at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic
Building
Speaker: Zoe Konstantopoulou
The Power of Ideas: a discussion with David Harvey
On: Thursday 10 December at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speakers: Professor David Harvey, Professor Michael Storper, and Professor
Jane Wills
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Of Austerity, Human Rights and International Institutions
On: Tuesday 8 December from 6-7.30pm in the
Cañada Blanch Room, Cowdray House
Speaker: Dr Margot Salomon, Associate Professor in LSE's Law
Department and Centre for the Study of Human Rights, and Director of
Laboratory for Advanced Research on the Global Economy.
Dr Salomon will discuss her role as advisor to Special Committee of the
Hellenic Parliament on the Audit of the Greek Debt, the issues at the
forefront of its establishment by the Speaker of the Greek Parliament in
early 2015, and her recent research on the legal obligations of the various
international creditors to respect the social rights of the people of
Greece.
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Each Age Gets the Great Powers It Needs: 20,000 years of
international relations On: Tuesday 8 December from 6.30-8pm in the
Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Ian Morris,
Philippe Roman Chair in History and International Affairs at LSE IDEAS
for 2015-16.
Twenty thousand years ago, ‘international relations’ meant interactions between
tiny foraging bands; now it means a global system. What drove the growth of
the international system and why has the geographical balance within it was
the amount of energy humans extracted from the environment.
Professor Ian Morris traces this story, asking why the world’s greatest
powers were concentrated in western Eurasia until about AD 500, why they
shifted to East Asia until AD 1750, why they returned to the shores of the
North Atlantic, and where they will go next.
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LSE Christmas Carol Service
On: Wednesday 9 December at 5.30pm in the Shaw Library, Old Building.
End the term on a festive note with traditional carols and readings.
Featuring the LSE Choir.
Free and open to all students and staff, with mulled wine and mince pies
included.
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Podcasts of public lectures and events
Europe's Perfect Storm: racism, anti-Semitism, terrorism and resurgent
nationalism
Speaker: Professor Michel Wieviorka
Recorded: Monday 23 November, approx. 86 minutes
The Creative Economy: invention of a global orthodoxy
Speakers: Professor Angela McRobbie, Professor Jonothan Neelands, and
Professor Philip Schlesinger
Recorded: Wednesday 25 November, approx. 89 minutes
Unstable Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood: a range of threats to European
security
Speaker: Edgars Rinkevics
Recorded: Thursday 26 November, approx. 57 minutes
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 60
second interview
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with..... Viki Chinn
Having said I would never move to London, then coming for six months and staying for 11 years, I’ve resigned myself to being a 'Liverpudlian on Loan' sent to spread a bit of Scouse humour and northern friendliness.
I firmly believe The Apprentice should be mandatory viewing for all job hunters, am ridiculously excited about next year’s return of Twin Peaks, and think selfies are an absolute abomination.
Tell us about your role in LSE Careers.
I’ve been a Careers Consultant within LSE Careers for over seven and a half years (so assume I’ve beaten the itch) working with students across the School offering advice, guidance and support on all job-search related issues.
Additionally I specialise in Disability and Employment so work closely with disabled students to support them throughout the recruitment process whilst also working with graduate recruiters to create truly diverse and accessible work environments.
If you were in charge of throwing a fancy dress party for the whole of LSE, what theme would you choose and why?
The Rocky Horror Picture Show. I honestly cannot think of anything that would amuse me more! It’s my party and if I pulled it off, I would consider it one of my finest moments and a highlight of my career.
If you could book any guest speaker for an LSE public event, who would you choose?
HRH Prince Philip. I’d brief him to talk on ‘Embracing Cultural Diversity in the 21st century’. If he was otherwise engaged, I suppose I could always give Jeremy Clarkson a shout.
If you could change places with someone past or present, for a day, who would it be and why?
The recent winner of £35,000,000 on EuroMillions. I would spend the day working hard transferring money in a non- traceable way so, whilst I may not have enjoyed that one day much, I could spend the rest of my life enjoying the swap*
*Disclaimer: I am not advocating theft or dishonesty and if a body swap ever happens, I promise I won’t do it.
If we opened your fridge right now, what would we find inside?
Half a supermarket and a mini off-licence.
Is there anything you cannot do and would like to learn?
Answering questions appropriately has always been a bit of a challenge....!
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