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Welcome to the latest news update from the School of Public Policy |
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SPP Alumni Symposium
Becoming Leaders in the Public Policy Arena
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There's still time to register! On Saturday 20 May at the LSE Marshall Building we will be enjoying an afternoon of panels, professional development sessions, and interactive discussions. Leaders in public policy will be discussing their career journeys and how they transitioned to senior positions in the public policy sector - it's due to be a great day of upskilling and reconnecting with the SPP family.
Some sessions will be hybrid, so even if you're unable to be here in person please do consider joining remotely.
We're looking forward to seeing you there, and we hope you can make it! Registration is now open online.
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Summer in the City Drinks
Thursday 8th June, 18.30 – 20.30PM BST
6th Floor Terrace, Centre Building, LSE Campus
You are invited to join us for our annual Summer in the City event - a drinks reception where alumni, academics and students can celebrate the end of the academic year. Come along for an evening of catching up with old friends, sharing a drink, and (we hope) enjoying the lovely summer weather!
Register for this event online.
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Are you interested in volunteering with the SPP? No matter how much time you can spare, we’d love to hear from you - your support makes a huge difference to our community. |
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SPP Ask An Alum
We are recruiting for participants to join our SPP Ask An Alum mentorship programme for the 2023-24 academic year. The programme is set up to help students gain valuable insight into the professional world: students and alumni will be matched according to shared professional interests, and we ask alumni to commit to at least three virtual or in-person meetings over the course of the year to share professional insights and answer student questions. |
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We'd love to have you involved - a guide to the programme can be found here, and if you'd like to participate please get in touch at spp.alumni@lse.ac.uk.
"Ask an Alum is an excellent initiative to strengthen the relationship between LSE students and alumni. This will help LSE professionals to address current market demands within both public or private sectors. LSE students can also bring the best of SPP to the market through innovation, best practices and LSE network. I'm glad to be part of this initiative and encourage my colleagues to support the future LSE generations" - Sebastian Gallego, current student mentor (MPA, 2017)
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SPP Alumni Review
There's still time to share your feedback! If you want to have a say in the shaping of the SPP alumni programme, the Alumni Review Survey is still open. This is your chance to have your voice heard - we'll be taking all feedback on board as we look at how to develop and enhance the programme further, so please share your thoughts with us. |
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Amanda Abrom named WISE Emerging Leader
Congratulations to Amanda Abrom (MPA, 2021), who was recently named a WISE Emerging Leader 2023 for her work as Manager of the Global Schools Programme at the Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Under Amanda's leadership, Global Schools has scaled three-fold and directly reached over 275,000 students, teachers and community members, and is excited to be joining the WISE programme. |
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The WISE Emerging Leaders programme is an initiative of the World Innovation Summit for Education and the Qatar Foundation - this is a nine-month fellowship programme for the next generation of leaders in education. You can find out more about the fellowship programme online. |
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New role for Marcel Fukayama
We're excited to share that Marcel Fukayama (EMPA, 2017) has recently been appointed to the Council for Sustainable Social Economic Development for the Presidency of Brazil. On Thursday 4th May Marcel gave a talk to the President, First Lady, Vice President and Ministers of State: in which he spoke on the need to redefine sustainability and how public policies can promote a greener economy. |
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Marcel says: '
Being appointed to this role is an honor, responsibility and an opportunity to serve my country by gathering all my experience and vision to advise the highest executive leadership on public policies to foster an inclusive, equitable and regenerative economic system.'
You can find out more about Marcel's talk here. Congratulations on this appointment, Marcel! |
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Meet Enrique José Garcia
Meet Enrique José Garcia (EMPA, 2020), our latest Alumni in Action! Enrique joined our Executive Masters programme due to a desire to participate in the reconstruction of his home country of Venezuela. Having seen first-hand the effects of the migration crisis on the Colombian-Venezuelan border, Enrique co-founded DignifAI - a social enterprise which provides work opportunities to Venezuelan migrants and Colombian IDPs.
You can read Enrique's story here.
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Do you know an alumnus whose story should be shared with the SPP community? It could be a friend, a colleague, someone whose work you admire from afar - it could even be yourself! Drop us a line to recommend the next alumni profile.
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Alumni Benefits in the Spotlight
Continue your lifelong learning journey with LSE and stay connected with the School’s cutting-edge research. From exclusive discounts on further study to our alumni book club, we’ve got a range of opportunities to support your personal and professional development!
Find out more via the LSE Alumni hub.
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New Peruvian Scholarships for Public Service |
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We are delighted to announce the creation of the Peruvian Scholarships for Public Service. These new scholarships will train future generations of public policy professionals who are ordinarily resident in Peru. By supporting those who would otherwise lack the financial means to study at LSE, these new scholarships will address skills gaps to promote the country’s continued economic development.
These new scholarships reflect the purpose of the SPP and the mission of LSE, which was founded in 1895 ‘to understand the causes of things, for the betterment of society’. A launch event for the scholarships took place at the Universidad Tecnológica del Perú (UTP) on Tuesday 18th April, in which we explored the SPP's vision for the betterment of society.
Welcoming this gift, Professor Andrés Velasco commented,
"On behalf of LSE, I am delighted to receive this generous gift which will enable the transformational benefit of an LSE education to reach a wider group of talented individuals in Peru. We already have strong philanthropic and educational partnerships in the region, and I am proud to add this new scheme to our work. I look forward to welcoming the exceptional scholars that this scheme will fund".
You can find out more about the funding available online.
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Vanessa Rubio-Marquez Speaking Appointments |
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The Green Transfer Problem |
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Professor Vanessa Rubio-Marquez
enjoyed several speaking appointments this term: including a lecture on
'Polarisation, Populism and Politisation' for the Iberoamerican University of Mexico, and speaking at the recent
'Venezuela Dialogue' that recently took place in Brussels. |
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In his most recent article for
Project Syndicate, Professor Andrés Velasco writes about how the $100 billion promised by rich year countries to finance developing countries' green transition in 2009 has yet to materialise.
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You can read more publications from the SPP community on our News page. |
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SPP Public Events and Podcasts |
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Ravenous: How to get ourselves and our planet into shape
Tuesday 16 May, 6.30 to 8.00pm BST
Join us for the launch at LSE of Ravenous: How to get ourselves and our planet into shape with authors Henry Dimbleby and Jemima Lewis. In Ravenous, we are taken behind the scenes to reveal the mechanisms that act together to shape the modern diet - and therefore the world.
Speakers: Henry Dimbleby, co-founder and former CEO of LEON restaurants; Jemima Lewis, weekly columnist for the
Telegraph.
Find out more online.
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Geopolitics of Energy in the 21st Century
Monday 22 May, 6.30 to 8.00pm BST
Russia’s war on Ukraine has heavily impacted the world’s energy markets. As Europe attempts to cut its dependencies on Russian fossil fuels, what are the continent’s realistic alternatives to procure its energy needs? And while Russia pivots towards Africa and Asia to nurture new partnerships and seeking customers for its energy resources, what will be the implications of this shifting world order?
Speaker: Helen Thompson, Professor of Political Economy, Cambridge University.
Find out more online.
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LSE Festival | Rethinking Retirement: public policies to support life changes
Monday 12 June, 1.00 to 2.00pm BST
Are you ready to retire? What will your last job be? When do you want to step back? Prior to retiring people rarely consider these questions, and there is little of a public policy framework to help them do so. We discuss what research, teaching and ethnography can tell us about public policy around aging and the transition from work to retirement.
Speakers: Vince Cable, Professor in Practice, LSE School of Public Policy; David Sinclair, Chief Executive, International Longevity Centre; Susa Scholefield, Former Director General, Ministry of Defence UK.
Find out more online
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Thank You for Supporting the SPP |
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Support from alumni and friends enables us to form a strong and ambitious education community, and is very much appreciated by everyone at the SPP. Whether that be donating financially or through donating your time by volunteering with student support, you are helping us keep the SPP a truly fantastic place to learn.
A particular thanks to everyone who donates financially, either to the SPP or to the wider LSE. Your support helps us do wonderful things for our student community, and we are thrilled to offer an outstanding policy education experience to those who come to our School - everyone at the SPP really appreciates your kindness.
If you are interested in supporting us or would like to find out more, contact us at spp.alumni@lse.ac.uk or visit our website.
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Stay connected! Keep in touch via our Facebook and LinkedIn Alumni groups, or follow us on Twitter and Instagram.
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