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Two recent LSE graduates have been selected from thousands of applicants to study for a year in China as part of a prestigious new master’s programme.
Shan Quan Chande (BSc Management 2015) and Christian Fohrby (MSc Government 2015) were announced as Schwarzman Scholars, and will be part of the 111-strong inaugural class who will study for a master’s degree at Schwarzman College on the Tsinghua University campus in Beijing.
LSE’s new United States Centre is set to be a pioneer for research and analysis of North American policy and politics, argues Peter Trubowitz in an exclusive interview with the Times Higher Education.
In a new study published by the Centre for Economic Performance, based at LSE, Dr Guy Michaels and colleagues examine why so many people are hit by floods year after year.
In particular, the research examines whether urban populations respond to large floods by moving to safer areas.
An LSE expert on the Chinese economy has said she has guarded optimism about the country’s finances over the next three to five years, but argued further reforms were needed to aid its growth.
The comments were made on 6 January, by LSE economist Dr Keyu Jin, as part of the 2016 LSE China Lecture Series, Present Challenges for the Chinese Economy.
UK undergraduate students: an opportunity to share your LSE experience
If you studied at a school or college in the UK, we would like to give you the opportunity to return to your former school/college to talk to prospective students about your experience of studying at LSE and in London.
You will be paid for your time.
If you are interested in participating in such a visit and sharing your experiences of studying at LSE with potential future LSE students, please contact Benjamin Sharpe at b.sharpe@lse.ac.uk with full details of your former school/college and we will make all the arrangements on your behalf.
LSE Photo Prize 2016 – where is your submission?
It's time to get snapping! LSE Photo Prize competition is now open and we can’t wait to see your entries.
Capture photos under the theme ‘Utopias'. First prize will win a Lomography camera and lens package, with Amazon vouchers going to two runner-ups.
In response to customer feedback, the route through the Old Building was extended with effect from Monday 11 January.
In addition to the Old Building rear corridor route to Portugal Street, the Atrium doors into the Student Services Centre and the rear glass doors on Clare Market will all remain open from 8am-9pm Monday-Friday.
To travel between Houghton Street and Clare Market/Portugal Street outside of these times, you will need to go via Aldwych/Kingsway.
More microwaves!
In response to more feedback, an additional microwave has been installed in the Student Salon and a suitable location is being sought for a third microwave.
Follow us on Twitter @LSEestates to find out once the location has been decided.
Centre Buildings Redevelopment: latest news
For all the latest news and images concerning the Centre Buildings Redevelopment, click here.
If you have any queries about the project, come along to the monthly drop in sessions which take place on the last Wednesday of each month between 1-3pm in The Anchorage.
Did you know? Both Medieval and Saxon artefacts were discovered during preliminary investigations beneath the basement slab of St Clements. A team of Archaeologists will be on site later this year to carry out further research.
Six architect firms have been shortlisted following an international design competition for LSE’s new Paul Marshall Building to be built at 44 Lincoln’s Inn Fields.
Purchased by LSE in 2013 from Cancer Research UK, the new building will house a number of academic departments and research centres, the Marshall Institute alongside teaching and sports facilities.
The programme for LSE’s 8th Literary Festival is now online.
A series of free events taking place from Monday 22 - Saturday 27 February exploring the power of dreams and the imagination and the importance of idealism, dissidence, escapism and nostalgia, as well as the benefits of looking at the world in different ways with speakers including David Aaronovitch, AC Grayling, Robert Harris, Tom Holland, Margaret Macmillan, Anna Pavord and Zoe Williams.
Tickets available to book online from Tuesday 2 February.
Highlights from LSE's public events
Non-Western Mathematics Date: Monday 18 January from 6.30pm in the Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building Speaker: Professor Robin Wilson (pictured)
Emotions: do they control us? Date: Monday 18 January from 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building Speakers: Professor Lisa Bortolotti, Professor Giovanna Colombetti, and Dr Benedetto De Martino
Thursday 14 January from 6.30-8pm in the Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
This Paulsen Project lecture by Professor Marie-Pierre Rey, Professor of Russian and Soviet History at the University of Paris Pantheon Sorbonne, explores the reign of Tsar Alexander I.
Professor Rey will examine the Tsar's personality and how his diplomatic actions, including relations with Napoleon, shaped the idea of Europe.
Monday 18 January from 6-7.30pm in the Cañada Blanch Room, Cowdray House
In this seminar Apostolos G. Papadopoulos, Professor of Human Geography at Harokopio University of Athens, will uncover the perplexity of migration/refugee issues that seem to trouble Europe, while at the same time touch upon the antinomies of EU migration and refugee policies.
The next research ethics workshop (MY530) will be held on Wednesday 20 January. For more information and details of other research ethics training, click here. For any research ethics queries, contact Lyn Grove at research.ethics@lse.ac.uk.
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The next edition of Student News is on Wednesday 20 January. Articles for this should be emailed to us by Monday 18 January. Student News is emailed on Wednesdays, on a weekly basis during Michaelmas and Lent term and fortnightly during Summer term.
