Endless Endeavours: from the 1866 Women’s Suffrage Petition to the Fawcett Society
The Library’s summer exhibition draws on its unique collections to mark the 150th anniversary of a petition to Parliament which was signed by 1,499 women calling for women’s suffrage. The exhibition celebrates the achievements of those early suffragists and the organisation which became the Fawcett Society. Although this petition was unsuccessful, the Fawcett Society regards this moment as its foundation.
The exhibition is open to all until 27 August. There will be short gallery talks by Library staff from May to July and public lectures on themes relating to the exhibition.
Gordon Brown, United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, will give his first major public speech of the European Referendum campaign at LSE on Wednesday 11 May.
LSE has maintained its position as the top university in London and third in the UK, according to the latest university rankings.
The Complete University Guide 2017 - the first university rankings of the year - rates 127 UK universities on a number of measures, including research quality, graduate prospects and student satisfaction. It is the fourth consecutive year the rankings have placed LSE in third overall, just behind Oxford and Cambridge.
In addition to the overall ranking, the School has been rated as the top institution in the country to study social policy. In total 10 LSE disciplines are ranked in the Complete University Guide’s subject top 10.
Congratulations to Hayat Mohamed, International History student, who has won the Future Civil Service Leader of the Year Award at the national TARGETjobs Undergraduate of the Year Awards event last Friday.
A new LSE book offers an authoritative, evidence-based analysis of the impact government policies have had on inequality and on delivery of services such as health, education, adult social care, housing and employment since the 2008 recession.
New research from LSE shows a rise of more than 10 percentage points in the proportion of female candidates for some of May’s elections, but gains in elected representatives are likely to be more modest.
The Latin America and Caribbean Centre (LACC), a Research Centre of the Institute of Global Affairs, and the Grantham Research Institute have established a Visiting Fellow Programme with Nacional Financiera (NAFIN), a development bank of the Mexican government.
The LACC will host one senior member of NAFIN for three months each year, starting September 2016, for three years, to work on issues of green finance (international climate funds, green bonds, securitisation), clean technology (renewable energy and energy efficiency policy), and financial inclusion (including SME’s, gender equality).
For further information on the Latin America and Caribbean Centre please contact Gareth Jones.
The Student Wellbeing Service hosted an event to celebrate and appreciate the achievements and hard work of the 18 LSE Peer Supporters during the 2015-16 academic year.
The Peer Support Scheme is in its fourth year, with peer supporters attached to nine LSE Halls of residences, as well as supporting students on campus. Peer Supporters worked through the year to support large numbers of LSE students, including many living in private accommodation.
LSE academic gives evidence to Procedure Committee inquiry
On 20 April 2016 Dr Joachim Wehner, Associate Professor in Public Policy, gave evidence to a Procedure Committee inquiry into the reform of the process by which the UK Parliament approves public spending.
On 8 April 2016 Professor Christine Chinkin (pictured), Director of the Centre for Women, Peace and Security, was part of a three-person Human Rights Advisory Panel which released a damning account of the United Nations' part in housing hundreds of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian families who had been displaced by the Kosovo conflict in squalid camps on toxic wasteland.
To date, Professor Chinkin and the Panel have considered 248 cases including 235 victims spanning a period of over seven years.
Making an LSE oral history ‘Oral history is the history of people and their memories and feelings.’ Go behind the scenes on 2015’s LSE oral history with Clara Cook.
Educate, Agitate, Organise South Asia @ LSE’s Sonali Campion explores the life of LSE alumnus and social reformer Dr BR Ambedkar on the 125th anniversary of his birth.
The refreshed LSE website is taking shape - take a look at the new templates for the academic department landing pages.
How we manage content is vital to ensure we engage our audiences effectively and provide them with what they need. We’ve redefined the roles for editing and contributing across the School.
Nominations are invited for the award of a Queen’s Honour (which include MBE, OBE, CBE etc). Do you know someone who has given outstanding service to the School (either as a member of staff or in a voluntary capacity) who in your opinion has:
made a real impact on the School/our students
gained the respect of their peers
changed things for the better at the School
demonstrated innovation or
brought distinction to British life and enhanced its reputation through their work at the School?
A full explanation is given here but please bear in mind that awards channelled through the School should be for services to higher education, with particular reference to the School. The deadline for receipt of suggestions is Thursday 12 May.
Joan Poole would be happy to answer any queries, on email at j.a.poole@lse.ac.uk and ext 7825.
Funding for Knowledge Exchange and Impact
If you are looking for a small amount of funding for knowledge exchange activity, the School has up to ten awards to make from the remaining funds of the Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF).
Funding can cover all types of knowledge exchange activity (staff costs are not eligible) and awards are up to a maximum of £10k. Projects can start any time and all spending must be complete by 31 July 2016, when HEIF5 comes to an end.
Please contact Elizabeth Tran, KEI Grant Application Manager, in Research Division for more information.
The Language Centre has an enhanced programme of short but sweet Arabic, French, German, Italian, Korean, Mandarin, Russian, Portuguese and Spanish courses available this Summer.
Courses run at various times throughout June - August and range from absolute beginner taster courses to more intensive options.
In autumn 2014, as part of its Born Global project, the British Academy commissioned LSE to follow a group of Institution-wide Language Programme students.
Through a survey and one-to-one interviews, it set out to understand their motivations, behaviours and progression. You can read the summary of the key findings here.
US Centre hosts voter registration drive for US citizens
The US Centre at LSE is hosting a voter registration drive for all American citizens in the LSE community.
With 6.3 million Americans living overseas, 220,000 of whom are based in the UK, Americans abroad are an important voting bloc. Absentee ballots have been key in deciding three major senate races in the past election. It is important that expatriates are aware of their right to vote absentee and are informed on how they can do so.
Find more information on our website, including information on why absentee voting is important and our guide on how to request a Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) from the Federal Voting Assistance Program online.
Senior Common Room Annual Dinner - tickets now available
Any member of staff may attend the Senior Common Room Annual Dinner on Thursday 19 May.
The guest of honour and speaker this year is LSE Governor Lord Victor Adebowale.
Booking information can be found on the SCR website. For more information on how to join the SCR, click here.
Skip fit lessons
Security officer and former boxer Daniel Beckley is running skip fit lessons for all staff and students.
The next lessons will take place from 1-2pm at the Badminton Court, Old Building, on Tuesday 10 May, Tuesday 17 May, Tuesday 31 May, Tuesday 7 June, Tuesday 21 June, and Tuesday 28 June. Just turn up on any of these dates with your own skipping rope. All lessons are free.
HR partners have been working closely with many areas of the School to support them with the analysis and communication of their local results as well as the action planning to address the key messages coming out of the survey. Amongst other things, your HR Partner is able to help interrogate the data so as to enable a better understanding of it, hold presentations to communicate the results to your staff, run focus groups to gauge reactions and ideas for improvements and support you in implementing actions as a result of those.
Meanwhile, the HR Policy Team continues to work in support of the Staff Survey Steering Group in addressing the results at a School level. Further information on this can be found on our website.
Volunteering for All (V4All) has been updated…
...re-vamped and streamlined from ‘V4All’ to ‘Staff Volunteering Leave’.
Recognising the positive effect volunteering can have on wellbeing, the new web page has been updated and moved to its new home on the Staff Wellbeing website. On this page, you will find links to the information about the leave provision, how to apply, external organisations that can help you find a volunteering opportunity, an online form and links to the School’s fantastic ‘Volunteer Centre’. Click here for more information.
Pensions
Catch up with the latest update from your pension scheme and download a new 2016 member guide:
As a result of development opportunities and resignations, we have seen a few changes in HR in the past few months. Click here for more information.
And finally…
The new e-Recruitment system for professional services vacancies is now live! If you missed the update in last week’s Staff News, to find out how to access and use the system please click here.
The inaugural LSE Southeast Asia Forum (SEAF), organised by the LSE Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre (LSE SEAC) will take place on Friday 13 May.
The forum is a unique opportunity to engage with Southeast Asia's most critical issues, network with renowned experts on the region and encourage student participation in high-level debates.
How does the space of a city influence democracy? Berna Turam, Associate Professor of Sociology and International Affairs at Northeastern University, explores how urban sites create new and creative politics, particularly in Turkey, where they challenge the binary view of Islamist-secularist conflict in both exceptional moments like the Gezi protests and everyday living.
Thursday 5 May This workshop provides an introduction to LSE’s new HPC service, Fabian. Aimed at PhD students and academics, the workshop will cover the HPC environment (hardware and software), installing applications and how to set up, run and manage scheduled workloads.
Compiling a REF Submission: How to keep track of your 'REF-able' outputs Thursday 19 May, 12-1pm The School is already planning for the next REF and starting to capture information on which staff and research outputs may be considered. This session will help Academic and Research Staff plan and monitor their own outputs with minimal effort and duplication. Professional Services Staff will learn what information they are required to collect to start compiling and monitoring their unit’s REF submission.
Achieving pathways to impact in the private sector Thursday 26 May,12-2pm This workshop will help you to draft your own ‘Pathways to Impact’ statement applying it to your research project. Explore key drivers for private sector - academic collaboration and discuss ways in which your research can influence and be used by private sector organisations.
The Research Division has released their training programme for Summer Term. To view the full programme, click here.
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 Staff News is on Thursday 5 May. Articles for this should be emailed to us by Tuesday 3 May. Staff News is emailed every Thursday during term time and fortnightly during the holidays.
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