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Dr Lipsey's guest lecture now available to watch online
This year's Peston Lecture, given by Dr Richard Lipsey in the College's new Arts 2 building, is now available to watch online at http://ess.q-review.qmul.ac.uk:8080/ess/echo/presentation/c2b327b2-ae02-4fc8-8864-eaad647a44b6
The topic of the lecture is 'Policy Implications of Alternative Economic Paradigms: Some Surprises from Endogenous Technological Changes'.
Queen Mary now part of the Russell Group
The School is pleased to announce that Queen Mary will be part of the Russell Group from August 2012. The Russell Group is a group of 20, soon to be 24, research-intensive universities in the UK, committed to maintaining the best research, an outstanding teaching and learning experience, and unrivalled links with business and the public sector.
Professor Simon Gaskell, Principal of Queen Mary, said: “We are delighted to accept the invitation to join the Group."
Research Papers from SEF
Randi Hjalmarsson - "Jury Discrimination in Criminal Trials", is forthcoming in Quarterly Journal of Economics. (co-authored with Patrick Bayer and Shamena Anwar)
News from Head of School, George Kapetanios
Once again we find ourselves at the end of yet another successful year for the School of Economics and Finance. All parts of the School have some pretty exciting developments to celebrate.
Adviser of the Year award
The Adviser of the Year award is a yearly award whose main aims are to acknowledge the important role played by advisers in supporting and enhancing the students' experience, and to support the sharing and spreading of examples of good practice.
Students views were collected through an online questionnaire circulated towards the end of the last academic year. After a detailed and thorough analysis of the the survey's results, the "Adviser of the Year" award has been awarded "ex aequo" to Stepana Lazarova and Rachel Male.
Teaching Prizes
The School of Economics and Finance recently awarded its prizes for excellence in teaching during the 2010/2011 academic year.
The Lecturer prize went to Radoslawa Nikolowa; whilst prizes for Teaching Assistants were awarded to Vessela Daskalova, Christina Scherrer and Mauricio Une.
Congratulations to all of the prize winners!
Academic vacancies
Senior Lecturer in Economics and Finance
Lecturers in Economics and Finance
Letter of welcome from George Kapetanios, Head of School
Dear All,
I would like to wish to all of you a great new academic year. This year is starting with excellent prospects for our school on all fronts despite the tough environment in higher education.
Marg Buckley Retirement
Marg Buckley - IT Manager Marg Buckley is sadly leaving us at the end of September following 25 years of loyal service to the College, within both the School of Economics and Finance and the School of Geography.
We invited Marg's friends and colleagues from over the years to share their views .
Hemant Deshmukh
Marco Manacorda keynote speaker for the Latin American and the Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA)
His talk was entitled: "Social Assistance and Labor Market Outcomes Lessons from the evaluation of the Uruguayan PANES".
