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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.
The NHS can better utilise the vast potential of patient complaint data, according to a new study by LSE.
In their research paper, published in BMJ: Quality & Safety, Dr Alex Gillespie and Dr Tom Reader of the Department of Social Psychology argue that adopting a consistent system to assess the nature and severity of complaints across the NHS will both improve service levels and enable benchmarking across hospitals and trusts. They have developed the Healthcare Complaints Analysis Tool, the first reliable method of coding and systemising healthcare complaints.
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.
Members of the Academic Registrar’s Division (ARD) are sorry to share the sad news that their former colleague Sam Paxton passed away in December.
Sam served the School as its Widening Participation Manager. Colleagues who worked with Sam will remember her infectious humour, warmth and energy - and her passion for widening access to Higher Education. She will be very sadly missed.
Declaration of Interests 2015-16
Last week all staff and governors were sent details of this year’s annual Declaration of Interests exercise. Over 1,000 staff have already completed their form, thank you.
This is an important mandatory exercise which all staff are required to complete.
If you are yet to do so, please complete your form. You should still fill in your form if you have no interests to declare. If this is the case it will take less than five minutes to respond.
Reminders will be sent with details on how to complete the form including your personalised link. In addition, updates on response rates will be sent to Heads of Departments.
The Hellenic Observatory welcomes applications for Visiting Fellows, Visiting Senior Fellows, and Visiting Professors by academics or policy practitioners who may want to spend a period of between 6-12 months at LSE to conduct independent research on a topic relevant to the work of the Hellenic Observatory.
Revolutionising decision-making in complex multi-stakeholder contexts LSE research by Gilberto Montibeller, Lawrence Phillips, and Barbara Fasolo in the Department of Management produced the Decision Conferencing approach, which helps governments and organisations make better decisions in highly complex and demanding contexts.
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.
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
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.
All staff interested in research funding or already with an award are invited to attend the following events:
Achieving Impact Online: tracking and increasing online engagement and its results Tuesday 19 January from 12-1.30pm Learn about useful, quick and easy tools now available to help researchers both track and increase instances of online engagement with their research in social media sites, newspapers, government policy documents and other sources.
Research Funding at LSE Wednesday 20 January from 12.30-2pm An introduction to LSE’s grant submission procedures and how to comply with the School’s financial regulations.
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