This week the Finance Division launched the LSE Finance Hub - a new online portal for students, sponsors and commercial clients to access LSE financial services in one place.
New LSE partnership with UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women LSE’s Centre for Women, Peace and Security has announced a formal partnership with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, Dr Dubravka Šimonovic (pictured), to help support delivery of her mandate.
Is intergenerational living the secret to good mental health in old age? Intergenerational cohabitation (parents and adult children living in the same household) may have contributed to curbing high rates of depressive symptoms among older people during the Great Recession, according to new research.
Professor Couldry’s article explores the risks to freedom, autonomy and democracy posed by living in a society which increasingly relies on connecting individuals through internet platforms.
The article is part of a wider project on The Price of Connection that Professor Couldry is undertaking for The Enhancing Life Project, funded by the University of Chicago.
The Disability and Wellbeing Service (DWS) welcomed new and returning students to the School at its Welcome Reception last week. Attended by LSE Director Professor Julia Black, members of the School Management Committee, and Student Union representatives, the event was an opportunity for students to meet each other and discover the network of support available to them during their time at the School.
Masters student Shiromi Bedessee, who attended the event said: "Being a new student to LSE I was surprised at how much they could fit into such a tiny campus. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed quickly (and I’m a born Londoner!) and so the incredible view on floor 8 NAB, coupled with the warmness from the Disability and Wellbeing Service was such a reminder I picked the right school!"
Message from Andrew Young, Chief Operating Officer
The UniForum Benchmarking Programme is well underway and we have now completed the staff data collection and supplier data collection.
Thank you to all who have been involved as Primary Contacts, Responders, Function Reviewers and the many of you who have supported your colleagues in these roles.
On 24 October we will be launching the Service Effectiveness Survey. This survey will give all staff at LSE the opportunity to comment on the delivery of our support activities. As we are all aware, our support services are conducted across LSE so this survey is not a satisfaction survey for the Professional Services Divisions, but a way to assess whether we are delivering our support in the most effective way. An email will be sent to staff with details of how you can participate in the survey on 24 October.
From all of this data collection and surveying, we will be able to understand where our administrative and support activities are conducted and to consider the resource we use in these activities compared with other Russell Group universities. The data will be used to inform our future investments in support services and the distribution of activity between and within the services and academic units.
44 Lincoln's Inn Fields - The Paul Marshall Building
Since the selection of Grafton Architects in April 2016, the School’s plans for redeveloping 44 Lincoln’s Inn Fields are gathering momentum with design development ongoing with staff, students and neighbours.
Are you researching, teaching or able to provide expert comment on Brexit? In order to help better connect those knowledgeable about any and all Brexit-related issues with those who need to access their academic expertise, the LSE Experts directory has been updated and ‘Brexit’ can now be added to the list of experience keywords.
If you would like to add Brexit to your list of expert keywords, please do take a moment to update your LSE Experts page through the ‘Create or update your online profile’ link here or email experts@lse.ac.uk.
If you do not have an Experts page but would like one, more information on how to request this can be found here. Please note that Experts pages are only open to LSE academic staff.
Pay with your LSE ID card
Faster, convenient and cheaper - pay with your LSE ID card and get five per cent extra free.
LSE Catering is delighted to announce the re-introduction of our popular loyalty reward scheme. Use your LSE ID card, which incorporates sQuid, instead of cash to make convenient and secure contactless payments at all LSE Catering outlets and earn a five per cent loyalty reward. Using your card for payments will also make you eligible for future special offers and promotions.
Simply register your card at squidcard.com/support/LSE, load it with funds and start using it to enjoy the benefits.
You can also win £10 loyalty in our monthly prize draw* - spend £30 or more on your card to be entered (*prize draws will run into December 2016).
The festival is exploring how resistance has been interpreted and understood within academic research, the arts, grassroots activism campaigns, student debate and mainstream politics. Events include soapbox debates, lectures, film screenings, workshops, theatre, a lighting event, a gig night and more.
After a summer dominated by a bruising leadership contest, what is the future for the Labour party in Brexit Britain? On Tuesday 4 October the Ralph Miliband Programme host a debate with Guardian writer Andy Beckett, Professor of Politics at the University of Kent Matthew Goodwin, and Director of the Centre for Labour and Social Studies Faiza Shaheen (pictured). #LSELabour
Tuesday 4 October, 6.30-8pm, Old Theatre, Old Building
Financial Times columnist Gideon Rachman discusses his new book Easternisation: War and Peace in the Asian Century with Jonathan Fenby, author of Will China Dominate the 21st Century?, and LSE IDEAS' Yu Jie and Michael Cox. Join the debate on how far the growing wealth of Asian nations is moving the international balance of power away from the West.
RISe, the Research Division’s Research Development Programme, is now open for bookings.
Learn key information about funding opportunities and clarify understanding around REF and KEI. Interact with experts face to face, improve your working practice and become inspired by your peers and success stories.
The Michaelmas Term events are on our website. Lent and Summer Terms will be added later in the year, but you can view the full calendar for 2016-17.
KEI Toolkit: introduction to public engagement
Thursday 20 October, 10am-2pm
LSE is hosting a half-day training and information event that will bring together external experts on Public Engagement and internal ‘best practice projects’ to help academics understand who their ‘public’ are or could be, and how to get started with a successful Public Engagement project.
The event will also provide an opportunity to connect, collaborate and share experiences with other academics and professional support staff from LSE, other UK HEIs and members of the European ACCOMPLISSH project. Confirmed speakers are Paul Manners (NCCPE), Dr Steve Cross (Bright Club and Science Showoff) and Suzanne Bardgett (Imperial War Museums). The afternoon includes four breakout sessions with lessons from successful LSE Public Engagement projects with Elina Rebikova (Migration Matters), Anne Power (Housing Plus), Amanda Gore (Timeless) and Don Slater (Configuring Light).
The event is being organised by the LSE Research Division and Communications Division. To book a place, click here, and for a more detailed programme contact Peter Meister-Broekema, Grant Applications Manager. Places are limited.
Part of LSE
Pop-up Cocktail Bar
LSE Catering will be holding a Pop-up Cocktail Bar on the 8th floor of the New Academic Building on Friday 30 September. The event is open to all and runs from 5-8pm.
The event has been incredibly popular over the last few years with cocktails and background music combined with amazing views over London, proving to be a big hit. It's a great opportunity for a team social, drinks with friends or a chance to meet new people from around LSE.
Introducing Spectrum
Spectrum is LSE’s LGBT+ staff network, representing staff from lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and other minority sexual orientation and gender identities. To get involved and find out more about what we do, check out our website for meeting dates and events or email us and ask to join our mailing list.
Our annual Michaelmas term Welcome Reception will take place on Thursday 20 October and we’d love to see you there. All staff are welcome, please register your place.
Taichi practice touches body, mind and spirit. It can improve your general body condition, balance and co-ordination, helps reduce stress and increases body and mind relaxation. As a form of exercise, it is gentle and energetic at the same time.
Learning Taichi can be a lifelong process: you can feel the benefits even as a beginner but there are always new areas to explore and improve upon. It originated as a martial art but its practice now is often more focused on health.
Classes at LSE take place on Tuesdays from 12-1pm, Wednesdays from 6-7.15m, and Thursdays from 8-9am. For information and booking, contact Inés at i.alonso-garcia@lse.ac.uk.
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
Claire Warne
Congratulations to Claire Warne, Divisional Administrator for the Residential and Catering Services Division, who has been nominated for this week's Star of the Week:
"Claire really is an absolute star but doesn’t give herself enough credit. Without her, the office would probably fall apart as she seems to know everything there is to know (or at least exactly who the right person to speak to is). A group of us has also recently been involved in a big project and she made sure we were praised/thanked, but forgot to give herself adequate recognition."
The Welcome Week team
Well done to the whole team involved in planning and organising LSE's Welcome Week last week. What a fantastic week it was!
Starting out in a new city or country can be overwhelming, and you should be recognised for all the hard work you put in to make sure new students feel part of LSE’s community.
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 Staff News is on Thursday 6 October. Articles for this should be emailed to us by Tuesday 4 October.
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