Excellence in Education Award winner Professor Irini Moustaki tells us about what she likes most about teaching at LSE, the inspiration she gets from students, and gives some advice to research students who have just started to teach.
Do you want to be in command of broadcast media interviews? The LSE Media Relations Office is organising Introductory and Advanced media training workshops for academics on Wednesday 30 November.
The LSE Library has successfully achieved accreditation to the Customer Service Excellence Award for the second year running, passing with flying colours.
Dr Claire Gordon Find out why Dr Gordon, Head of LSE's Teaching and Learning Centre, would like the LSE Library and LSE Catering with her if she were marooned on a desert island.
Chris Yates, Director of LSE Advancement, will be leaving the School at the end of the calendar year after accepting a new position as Chief Advancement and Economic Development Officer for the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.
Under Chris’s leadership, Advancement has helped the School to enjoy successive record years in philanthropic income, which included the largest gift ever received, the largest gift ever made by an alumnus, and the Annual Fund breaking the £1 million barrier for the first time in its history.
Chief Operating Officer Andrew Young commented: "I am sorry to see Chris leave and wish him every success in his new role. The School will seek to appoint an interim Director of Advancement, who will oversee the work of the Advancement team until the Spring 2017 Academic Planning and Resources Committee review takes place. At that point we anticipate a global search for a new permanent Director of Advancement."
How do you encourage one of the world’s biggest CO2-emitting industries to reduce its carbon footprint? Just tell its employees they’re being watched.
Worldwide, airlines produced 781 million tons of carbon dioxide in 2015 as they transported more than three billion passengers and 35 per cent of the world’s trade. To put it into perspective, if the industry were a country, it would be the world’s seventh largest emitter. That’s a lot of greenhouse gas in anyone’s language.
But thanks to LSE PhD candidate Greer Gosnell, a field experiment with Virgin Atlantic pilots has helped to cut the airline’s carbon footprint by up to 2200 metric tons of carbon dioxide.
Nominations for this year's Values in Practice Awards (VIP) for Professional Services Staff will open on Monday 24 October.
This is your opportunity to commend your professional services colleagues who have shown outstanding commitment and made a significant contribution to the School over the past year.
You may be aware of vibrations which can be felt on some parts of the campus. These are being caused by the removal of the basements of Clare Market and St Clement's buildings on the Centre Buildings site and are passing through the ground into adjacent buildings.
Please be assured that this is nothing to be concerned about. We are working well within tolerance set by the project engineering team and Westminster City Council, who receive regular reports from the monitoring stations. Monitors are positioned throughout the site to record vibration levels and are being reviewed throughout the works by the contractor working on the site. We expect that the vibrations will continue for another 4-5 weeks.
Further details about how the vibrations are monitored can be found in the following newsletter.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused by these works. If you experience or witness any issues in relation to the above, please contact Jas Sidhu on j.sidhu@lse.ac.uk or 020 7955 7778 and she will forward your concern to the relevant person within the Capital Development Team.
LSE is passionate about people development and would like to contribute to a lifelong learning culture amongst its staff.
Learn for You is a personal and career development scheme through which staff in both full and part-time roles in salary bands 1-5 are entitled to a learning allowance of up to a maximum of £200 every year to spend on the learning of their choice.
The scheme also supports the spiritual, physical and emotional wellbeing of staff which can have an impact on quality of life and personal achievements.
The LSE Diversity Calendar includes the dates of events of global, cultural, religious and historical significance and features diverse members of the School community, both past and present.
Please feel free to download the 2016-17 calendar as a Word (.docx) or PDF file.
The Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Taskforce, together with Organisational Learning, hosted the Stonewall LGBT Role Models and Allies programmes in early September.
If you are interested in either of these programmes, and did not participate in September, we would really appreciate it if you could complete this short survey.
Call out for our Carers Network
Can you help? HR are in the process of revamping the School’s staff network dedicated to working carers at LSE.
Carers at the School have told us that a staff network to support them would be helpful. We would like more carers or those who are very close to a carer (such as a partner, relative, friend or line manager), to provide information on what ideas of support they would like LSE to provide.
Initially we will be working on exploring how we can improve support offered for carers within our staff community, as well as considering the group’s terms of reference, creating the networks main objectives, and considering how we want our network to look and feel, together.
If you are a carer, have been a carer in the past, or are close to someone who is, and you are interested in contributing to the process, we would love to hear from you by contacting Eleni Michael from the HR Policy team.
Global Corporate Challenge: the 'end of challenge' awards ceremony
The Global Corporate Challenge (GCC) 'end of challenge' awards ceremony will take place on Thursday 27 October from 11am in the basement of the Saw Swee Hock Student Centre.
The event will celebrate the successes of all participants and there will be a number of award presentations, plus GCC will provide information on how LSE performed overall.
LSE has teamed up with TfL and Cycle Training UK to host a cycle safety seminar, covering everything you need to know about commuter cycling in the capital.
Whether you're new to cycling or a regular pedaller, come along on Friday 28 October from 1-2pm in the Thai Theatre (NAB.LG.03) to learn how to make your cycle safer and ask the experts for advice and tips on your commute.
NEW EVENT announced with Colombian President, LSE alumnus and recent recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize Juan Manuel Santos Calderón (pictured) on Wednesday 2 November speaking on The Legacy of Peace.
This event is open to LSE staff and students only, with tickets available from Tuesday 25 October. For more information, visit the LSE website.
Highlights of the upcoming week’s event programme include the Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures over three nights by Stanford Economics Professor Raj Chetty asking How Can We Improve Economic Opportunities for Low-Income Children?; a film screening of When Elephants Fight, a documentary on how multinational corporations and corrupt politicians in Democratic Republic of the Congo threaten human rights; a talk by Caroline Freund, former Chief Economist for the Middle East and North Africa at the World Bank; a discussion on Women in Politics including Fawcett Society CEO Sam Smethers (pictured); and a lecture by Professor Lord Stern 10 years on from the Stern Review.
Come to the LSE Research Festival
You’re invited to the Research Festival on Thursday 3 November in the New Academic Building.
The call for submissions has closed and it is time to find out who the winners are! The exhibition is open for visitors to drop in from 2pm so come and support your colleagues, students and exhibitors from across LSE in a day of #lseresearch celebration. Could someone from your department be a winner? Find out at a drinks reception and prize-giving from 7pm.
Following September’s publication of online access guides to all the School’s buildings, and route maps around campus, we will be hosting a launch event with DisabledGo next month.
This will take place in LSE LIFE from 10am-5pm on Wednesday 2 November.
Contact Joy Whyte for further information about the day.
Professor Christine Chinkin to deliver prestigious Lauterpacht Lectures
Professor Christine Chinkin (pictured), Director of the Centre for Women, Peace and Security, will deliver the 2016 Lauterpacht Lectures, on the theme of ‘International Law and Women, Peace and Security’.
The lectures will be delivered over three evenings, from Tuesday 25 to Thursday 27 October, and conclude with an open discussion on Friday 28 October. The Sir Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lecture is an annual three-part lecture series given in Cambridge to commemorate the unique contribution to the development of international law of Sir Hersch Lauterpach.
Women and the Workplace: Separating Myths from Reality
Dr Shani Orgad (pictured) of the Department of Media and Communications will be presenting her research on media representations of working and stay-at-home mothers at a panel discussion ‘Women and the Workplace: Separating Myths from Reality’, hosted by Bloomberg on Friday 4 November.
Developing Your Web Presence Wednesday 26 October from 12-1.30pm This session for staff and PhD students covers how to shape your web profile and promote your research via different online arenas.
Giving Effective Presentations: How (Not) to Use PowerPoint Friday 28 October from 12-1.30pm After completing this course, you will be able to: 1.Specify the characteristics of an effective presentation 2.Design presentations in order to communicate your ideas to a specific audience 3.Choose and use software to effectively support your presentation
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On Tuesday 27 September, Professor Sonia Livingstone presented evidence to the first meeting of EC Commissioner Oettinger’s new Alliance to Better Protect Minors Online, in Brussels, building on the work she led by the EU Kids Online network. The Alliance, comprising CEOs of leading ICT and media companies and representatives from civil society, will report on progress on Safer Internet Day in early 2017.
On Wednesday 28 September, Professor Livingstone addressed the Ad hoc Committee for the Rights of the Child (CAHENF) at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg on developing guidance for its 47 member states regarding the rights of the child in the digital environment. In discussing the priorities for action, illustrated with good practice case studies and framed by an analysis of the legal standards in Europe related to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, she built on her earlier presentation to the Conference on the Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child (2016-2021) in Sofia, April 2016.
As part of Black History Month, the Widening Participation Team ran their ninth annual Black Achievement Conference on Saturday 15 October. The conference was attended by over 170 young people aged 14-18 from state schools and colleges, and approximately 50 parents/carers and teachers.
Hosted by presenter and entertainer Kat B, the conference included a key note speech from award-winning Entrepreneur and The Apprentice finalist Bianca Miller. Participants also had the chance to engage in various workshops to inspire and support their decisions about future education choices, with parallel sessions for adult attendees.
If you have been intrigued by any artwork across campus and would like to know more, email LSE Arts with the following:
Name
Undergraduate/Postgraduate/Staff
Department
Where the piece is located
Why the piece interested you
Beatrice Webb in the Webb portrait
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
Rachael Elliott
This week, the Steering Group of LSE Power have nominated Rachael Elliott as their Star of the Week:
"Rachael has been a fantastic advocate for LSE Power, and as Co-Chair, has brought her professionalism to the network, had a huge impact on its communications, led on the organisation of Power’s successful inaugural 2016 conference, and worked hard to consolidate the network’s reputation in the School. She has been a pleasure to work with, considerate and considered, and been a great Co-Chair. The Steering Group and Communications Group will miss her as she steps down from LSE Power."
Congratulations Rachael!
Get in touch!
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The next edition of Staff News is on Thursday 27 October. Articles for this should be emailed to us by Tuesday 25 October.
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Highlights of the upcoming week’s event programme include the Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures over three nights by Stanford Economics Professor Raj Chetty asking 
