Free snacks and chair massages with Ali from LSE Students’ Union will also be available.
The Student Wellbeing Service 1 in 4 of us experience a mental health problem in any given year. It is very common but can be difficult to talk about. The Student Wellbeing Service is dedicated to supporting your wellbeing and offers a wide range of services including one-on-one counselling, workshops, guidance for disabled students, and peer support.
All Student Wellbeing services are free, confidential and based on self-referral. For more information, including details of upcoming group sessions, visit the Student Wellbeing Service website.
If you are in your first year at LSE, the Communications Division wants to hear from you. Your valuable input will help us continue to improve how we communicate with students.
Find out what events are coming up at LSE LIFE, including 'Adapt to study and life in the UK' and 'Read actively and engage critically with authors’ arguments and evidence'.
Anishka Gheewala-Lohiya Anishka, PhD student in the Anthropology Department, is encouraging all students to submit their work to this year's Research Festival, to be in with a chance of winning £250.
As a master’s student you’re here at LSE for a short time and it’s easy, especially in Michaelmas term, for it all to pass by in an intense blur. However, now is the ideal time to pause for a moment and think about what you want to get out of your time here.
A bit of planning and careful thinking will ensure you maximise all the opportunities open to you, and you’ll be able to look back on your time here and feel confident that you got what you wanted from LSE.
Do you want to showcase your research to the public and be in with a chance of winning £250? LSE’s Research Festival is an opportunity for students to showcase their work at a public exhibition and win a prize.
Get involved now and submit the findings of your research project presented as a photograph, poster or headlined abstract by Friday 14 October. The winners of each category will receive £250.
The Academic Partnerships Office is delighted to offer PhD student exchange bursaries for students who wish to spend between two to three months conducting research at one of the following partner institutions overseas:
University of Cape Town (one bursary)
National University of Singapore (two bursaries)
Peking University (one bursary)
Successful applicants will receive up to £2,500 towards travel expenses, accommodation and subsistence. The deadline for applications is 12 noon on Monday 24 October.
Did you know that you’re at one of the top universities in the country for sustainability?
There are lots of opportunities to get involved in sustainability at LSE, whether it’s gaining valuable experience as an environmental auditor or project assistant with the Green Impact programme, joining our rooftop gardeners growing vegetables on top of the Old Building, or applying for up to £20,000 from our Sustainability Projects Fund to launch your own sustainability ideas.
The easiest way to keep up to date with all the best environmental opportunities and sustainability news is to join our Green Flash newsletter. It includes information about all our events, talks, volunteering opportunities and competitions to win free Ben & Jerry’s ice cream so subscribe now and don’t miss out.
It's all change at the Mezzanine this term
Mezzanine Café, New Academic Building, 12-2pm LSE Catering is delighted to announce the new Mezzanine pop up food bar. With an exciting and daily changing menu, including gourmet pizza, pittas, hot dogs and pancakes, why not drop in and taste your way around our diverse and delicious menu.
National Book Tokens: win a four year supply of books
Know someone in desperate need of some new books? Nominate them (or yourself) to win a £1,000 National Book Token - enough to cover every book they'll ever need. Plus, you'll also get an extra £50 for your troubles.
To enter, simply fill in the form here. The competition will close on Thursday 20 October.
We hope that you are settling into life at LSE and found Welcome Week enjoyable and useful.
The Student Services Centre is about to start its review of Welcome Week 2016 and would welcome your views. Please complete the online Welcome Week survey - there is the chance to win a £100, £50 or £25 Amazon voucher. If you arrived after Welcome Week or just want to catch up, then visit the Late Arrivals webpage.
Course choice is open until Monday 10 October, if you need help or support using the course choice systems, we’re running drop in sessions between 3-4pm Monday to Friday until course choice closes.
If you have recently opened a student bank account then we’d love to know your experience so that we can better advise new students - visit Rate your Bank to complete a five minute survey. If you have not yet opened an account, please click on ‘find out more’ below for some helpful hints and tips.
If you’re living in private accommodation then you may be eligible for exemption or discount on your council tax. For more information, visit Council Tax and Students.
On Wednesday 12 October from 1-2pm in the Shaw Library, Director-General of UNESCO and UN Secretary General candidate Irina Bokova (pictured) will explore the challenges of an increasingly turbulent world, and the role of the United Nations and international organisations in sustaining a rules-based international order and strengthening effective global governance - Strengthening Global Governance for the 21st Century.
Tuesday 11 October, 7-8pm, Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House Speaker: Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, President of the Republic of Croatia
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović was elected President of the Republic of Croatia on 11 January 2015. She is a former Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration and Head of the State Delegation for Negotiations on the Accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union, from which positions she led Croatia on its path to Euro-Atlantic integration.
Wednesday 12 October, 6-7.30pm, Cañada Blanch Room, Cowdray House
Dr Iva Tomic, Research Associate at the Institute of Economics, Zagreb, will deliver the next lecture in the LSEE - Research on South Eastern Europe Visiting Speaker Programme.
Wednesday 12 October, 6-7.30pm, Old Theatre, Old Building
Tjaco van den Hout (pictured), former Secretary General of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, talks about the implications of the recent ruling on the Philippines v. China case in relation to claims in the South China Sea from the perspective of international law and regional geopolitics.
Are you interested in how philanthropy, social entrepreneurship and other forms of private action can solve societies’ problems around the world?
Improving the world, making it more just and more sustainable is fundamental to most of us, irrespective of the career path we take. Knowing how to make a positive impact is difficult. Tough questions of measurement, impact, of the relationship between private and public actors, of market and state failure, rigour and experimentation proliferate and the sheer scale of the problems often seem overwhelming.
The Marshall Institute invites you to an evening lecture series that will explore these questions and provide you with a critical understanding of philanthropy and social entrepreneurship.
Web Design for Beginners is a new series of practical workshops providing you with the skills and knowledge to understand how the web works and master the basics of HTML, CSS and Javascript.
Open to all, the free series will be available throughout the year (starting from Monday 10 October) with workshops focusing on five key topics:
How the Web Works – from major technologies to communication protocols
To find out more and to sign up for the new course, please visit the IT Training webpages.
The Web Design for Beginners programme is sponsored by LSE LIFE and developed as part of their specialist curriculum. As the School's new centre for academic, personal and professional development, LSE LIFE provides you with a range of workshops, talks, drop-in sessions and access to learning experts to help you succeed in your studies and prepare for your future career.
The next meeting for the LSE Python User Group (LSE PUG) will feature the High Performance Computing (HPC) team giving a demonstration of how to use Python coding with Fabian, the LSE HPC service.
Taking place on Wednesday 12 October between 6-8pm (location tbc), the session will focus on illustrating a number of ways you can use Fabian to increase the performance and throughput of your Python scripts and other computational work, in particular when working with large datasets or complex simulations. Members of the HPC team will also be available after the main talk, to discuss your particular problems or offer advice on how to get started on Fabian.
LSE Perspectives is looking for new photo entries for its monthly online photo exhibitions. We welcome entries from staff or students and it’s a great way to promote your work or simply share your experiences.
The October gallery is now online. If you are interested in submitting photos for November’s edition, follow the instructions found here. Email arts@lse.ac.uk if you have any questions or queries.
Waiting: Zebras Crossing - Photo by Maddalena Procopio, PhD student, Department of International Relations
What place makes you feel #partofLSE?
On Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, we’re showcasing a selection of students and staff sharing their favourite places on and around campus in celebration of all the wonderful places at LSE and across London.
As proud supporters of Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s #LondonIsOpen campaign, the initiative is an opportunity for you to tell the LSE community what spaces make you feel part of LSE, and remind the world that our capital is open to everyone.
Follow along every day for new stories, and share selfies of you in your favourite places with us on social media.
Star of the Week
Star of the Week
This academic year, we will be running a new section in Student News to celebrate all the LSE 'stars' out there.
Do you know a fellow student who goes out of their way to help to others? Would you like to thank someone you've worked with recently? Does your friend give up their time to volunteer or raise money for charity, or is there a society that you think should be recognised for their success?
If so, we want to hear all about it, so please get in touch with us at communications.internal@lse.ac.uk and tell us about your LSE stars!
Get in touch!
If you have some news, an achievement, or an aspect of LSE life that you would like to share, we would love to hear from you - get in touch at communications.internal@lse.ac.uk or on ext 7582.
The next edition of Student News is on Wednesday 12 October. Articles for this should be emailed to us by Monday 10 October.
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