LSE is a community of some 7,000 plus students and around 2,000 staff. How do we all keep in touch and find out what is happening in various departments, research centres, halls of residences, and offices across the campus and beyond?

The following are some ways people do keep in contact and share knowledge with colleagues and students. As IT systems develop, best practice ideas will undoubtedly change too. Please contribute your suggestions for any ways we can improve internal communications to pressoffice@lse.ac.uk

Overview

The starting point for internal communications is clear.

LSE's Information Strategy actively encourages LSE aims to share information between its students, staff and other partners in the most clear and effective way possible for the person receiving the information .

This is the cornerstone principle for the following policies and guidelines. It is also implicit, of course, that these policies operate within the framework of the Data Protection Act, and existing School IT, Freedom of Speech, and Email Etiquette policies. For more information on these see www.lse.ac.uk/admin/regulations/

Everyone has information they wish to share but the first step is to keep in mind how the person you want to reach would ideally want to receive your message.

The Web

Surf through the homepage to find out about the School, its History, the Director, the School's Strategic Plan, courses and academics, or use the Search buttons to find out about particular subjects. There is also the main Index to help you. You can also find staff email addresses and telephone numbers online www.lse.ac.uk/directory/staff/name.htm

Public Folders

These are internal files set up for group working and discussion. Click on Public Folders in the Outlook email system, and from here you can access administrative forms and information, and also academic teaching notes and discussions. Some public folders are used by staff for small restricted groups so you may not be able to access all of them but most are open to students and staff.

P: Drive

This is a resource for School administration staff, and is a way of accessing School policy documents and keeping in touch with committee and governance information.

Your IT Cluster support team can help install the P: Drive on your computer.

Briefing

This is an electronic newsletter produced by the Press and Information Office and emailed every other Thursday during term-time to around 1,250 LSE staff. Briefing covers School academic and administration news, committee news, personnel information, and an updated events calendar. It can also include small black and white pictures. Archive issues are kept in Public Folders at Admin/Press and Information Office/Briefing 2000, and the newsletter is available on the web. To view previous copies, click here.

To contribute, email your text to briefing-online@lse.ac.uk or the editor Nicole Gallivan at n.gallivan@lse.ac.uk or call her on 020 7955 7582.

Log In box

The login box is the small grey box which appears when you first switch on your PC and log on to the network.

Messages here are administered by the Press and Information Office, and consist of short, headline notices about urgent or significant events which affect the majority of students or staff, which could not be as effectively publicized elsewhere.

The login box is a useful way of being able to inform people quickly about headline news but, with limited space available, there are certain criteria for messages to ensure the box retains its urgent and significant quality. Messages should be:

of significant importance to the School and its academic community
urgent - in that there is no other more effective method of issuing this information, or there is a time deadline involved
concise
from a named person or department so people know who to refer back to

Messages are usually kept in the box for a maximum of five days. If you need to use the login box, then email e.avery@lse.ac.uk with your message. For more information on this, and other ways of using internal communications around the School, please see the LSE Style Guide, sent to all departments and divisions.

News and Views

This is the staff/student newsletter which comes out weekly during term-time, and is available free across the School and halls of residence. The text is also available online at www.lse.ac.uk/press/newsandviews

Email the editor Toni Sym on t.sym@lse.ac.uk or call her on T: 020 7955 7417 if you would like to contribute an article or pictures.

Events leaflet

This is produced at the beginning of each term and lists the main public lectures, seminars and cultural events happening around campus. Events information is also online at www.lse.ac.uk/events or contact 020 7955 6043 to be put on the Events leaflet mailing list.

KEEP IN TOUCH - CONTRIBUTE - MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD

22 September 2000

^ Back to top