THE LSE puts £2m in teaching to grant parity with research The London School of Economics is to reduce class sizes and increase contact time between staff and students as part of a drive to give its teaching equal status to research. The school will plough an extra £2 million a year into teaching, appointing 25 new lecturers and offering more explicit recognition and reward for staff who can demonstrate excellent teaching. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode =402881
The week in books Review of Hungry City: how food shapes our lives, by Carolyn Steel, who lectures in architecture at LSE, LMU and Cambridge. (not yet online – p45)
Published this week Mental Maps in the Era of Two World Wars, co-edited by Steven Casey, senior lecturer in international history at LSE. Gun Crime, co-edited by Dick Hobbs, professor of sociology at LSE. (not yet online p57-57)
Guardian All aboard the nuclear power superjet. Just don't ask about the landing strip Climate change and the oil crisis are being used to project atomic energy as a green panacea. In fact it is a reckless gamble, says Ulrich Beck, professor of sociology at LSE, http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/17/nuclearpower.climatechange
Assam Tribune Decongesting cities: more efforts needed Over the next 40 years, India will experience one of the most dramatic settlement transitions in history as its urban population grows from 300 million to over 700 million. Population is set to triple in the next two decades. according to a report Integrated City Making, of the London School of Economics and Political Science. http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=jul1708/edit3
The News Speakers highlight threats in conflict zones Speakers at a seminar on conflict reporting held here Wednesday highlighted the threats faced by media persons while covering conflicts taking place in Pakistan, Afghanistan and the region. The seminar was organised by Intermedia, an Islamabad-based organisation. The seminar was held to enable a group of Pakistani journalists to talk about their experiences on conflict reporting based on training at the London School of Economics, London and following a recent study trip to Sri Lanka. http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=124663
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PRWeb Universities: Learn how to Deliver Real-Time IT Services to Remote Users Campus Technology will host a live webcast on Thursday 17 July to help IT leaders at colleges and universities deploy virtual IT services that support campus users at any time, in any internet-connected location - at home, on the road, and overseas. Amber Miro, assistant director of IT Services at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), will showcase how her support team implemented low cost, virtual user support services which she believes resulted in increased response time and staff and student satisfaction. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/7/prweb1113894.htm
