LSE100 News 2020

News from the LSE100 Team in 2020

 

9 Jun 2020

Sustainable LSE announced their awards for the 2020 Green Impact scheme today and LSE100's project "LSE Fun 100" won two awards! The team took home awards for Best Project and for Leading the Way! Thanks to everyone for their dedication to the LSE Fun 100 and a special thanks to Dr Emily Cousens and Dr Rian Mulcahy for their hard work in designing and setting up the project!

29 May 2020

Congratulations to our LSE100 winners of the Eden Centre 19-20 Class Teacher Award! We had four winners this year: Dr Marina Franchi, Dr Joanne Kalogeras, Dr Jessica Simpson and Dr Ivan Deschenaux. Thanks for your excellent contributions to LSE100 this year and your exceptional support of students! You can check out all the award winners here.

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18 May 2020

Today marks the start of our LSE100 Professional Development Series! Over the upcoming week we’ll host sessions on academic and non-academic careers, resilience and writing research grants for our teaching and professional services staff. More information on these sessions can be found on our teams page for teaching staff!

12 May 2020

Congratulations to LSE100 teacher Marina Franchi for her contribution to the Eden Centre Anniversary blog on how the LSE community is coping under lockdown. You can check out Marina's work at the Eden Centre blog here

1 April 2020

Our LSE100 Green Impact Initiative ends today! Over the past five weeks, our staff have earned over 8,000 points for taking action to create meaningful sustainable change in their lives! We developed and shared vegan recipes, switched to sustainable energy companies, and wrote to MPs asking them to focus on sustainable priorities. Congratulations to all our staff!

17 March 2020

Our LSE100 office team kicks off working from home!

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8 March 2020

This weekend, LSE100 hosted a session at the 2020 LSE Festival on sustainability and AI. If you missed the session, you can listen in here: LSE Festival Podcast 

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17 Feb 2020

We’re kicking off our LSE100 Green Impact Initiative today with our staff and teachers! Over the next five weeks staff will work to develop sustainable habits such as cycling to work, bringing packed lunches and using less single-use plastic. Good luck everyone!

6 Feb 2020

Today, LSE100 celebrated our 10th anniversary with current and former staff and friends of the course. Details on the event can be found on the event page.

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4 Feb 2020

Congratulations to LSE100 teacher Dr Rosie Coffey on landing a new book deal! Look out for her work on the cultural and political significance of British newspaper coverage of decolonisation soon!

31 Jan 2020

Big congratulations to LSE100 teacher Dr Emily Cousens on passing her viva at Oxford Brookes University! Emily’s thesis Feminism and the Politics of Vulnerability: Re-assessing contributions from the feminist ‘Second Wave’ interrogates and historicises the notable absence of sexual violence as a theme in recent literature. Congratulations Dr. Cousens!

27 Jan 2020

Welcome back to Lent Term! We’re excited to kick-off our module on Artificial Intelligence with our new first year students!

1 Jan 2020

Happy New Year! Wishing everyone a great 2020!

 

20200307 Technology and Sustainability

"Can Technology Deliver a Sustainable Future?" panel discussion at the 2020 LSE Festival. Listen to the podcast here.