Cumberland LodgeSocial Policy: Comparative and International Perspectives

Friday, 6th – Sunday, 8th February 2009

Would you like to retreat to a luxurious English country house in

Windsor Great Park?

Would you like to join academics and fellow students in a series of seminar presentations about research in the Department of Social Policy?

If the answer is yes, complete and return the attached booking form to Sarah Roberts in Room A267.

Would you like to debate a range of current policy issues including health, education, social care and development?

A non-refundable deposit of £20 is required on or before Friday, 5 December 2008

Only £60 including transport

& full board

Some bursaries are available subject to personal circumstances

please enquire

Social PolicyComparative and International Perspectives

CUMBERLAND LODGE, 6-8 FEBRUARY 2009

Dear Social Policy Student

Thank you for your interest in the Department of Social Policy’s annual weekend research seminar. Each year, staff and students in the Department take advantage of this excellent opportunity to socialise and discuss social policy themes and issues in the relaxed, informal atmosphere of Cumberland Lodge, situated in the Windsor Great Park.

This year’s focus is Social Policy: Comparative and International Perspectives and there will be a number of lecture sessions conducted by academic members of staff on the wide range of issues that this area of study encompasses (see attached programme for details).

Please find enclosed the following information about this year’s event:

Provisional ProgrammeBooking Form Cumberland Lodge: A Brief HistoryCumberland Lodge: Notes for StudentsCumberland Lodge: Some Dos and Don’tsCumberland Lodge: Travel Directions

If you would like to attend, please return the enclosed booking form with a £20 deposit without delay! There are only a limited number of places for this extremely popular event. The deadline for submitting your form/deposit is Friday 5 December and the remaining balance must be paid before Friday 16 January or your place may be offered to a student on the waiting list.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Best wishes

Sarah Robertss.roberts@lse.ac.uk020 7955 6169Room A267

Social Policy: Comparative and International PerspectivesCumberland Lodge, Friday, 6th – Sunday, 8th February 2009

FRIDAY 6 FEBRUARY

16:00 Coach departs from the Aldwych, LSE

(by the Natwest bank)

18:00 Approximate time of arrival and check-in

18:30 Welcome reception

19:15 Dinner

20:00 Welcome by a member of staff from the

Lodge

20:15 SESSION 1: Professor Anne West

‘High stakes testing policies in schools in

England and the US: Incentives and

consequences’

20.45 Discussion groups

21:15 Bar open

SATURDAY 7 FEBRUARY

8:15 Breakfast

9:30 SESSION 2: Professor Alistair McGuire

‘Health care expenditure: common international

themes’

10:15 Tea/Coffee break

11:00 SESSION 3: Professor Julian Le Grand

‘The Giants of Excess: Individual Behaviour and

Public health ’

11:45 SESSION 4: Dr David Lewis

‘Listening to people's experiences of health and

education reforms in Bangladesh: findings from

Swedish Sida's “reality check” study’

13:00 Lunch

14:00 Free afternoon

18:30 Informal drinks reception

19:15 Dinner

20:00 SESSION 5: Professor David Piachaud

‘The end of empire? British influence on social

policy in the colonial and the post-colonial

world.’

21:00 Bar open

SUNDAY 8 FEBRUARY

9:00 Breakfast

10:00 Departure of those attending the

service at Royal Chapel

11:00 Matins Service

12:15 SESSION 6: Professor Jane Lewis

‘Is it possible to design effective policies to

enable mothers and fathers to combine

paid and unpaid work?’

13:00 Lunch

14:00 Coach departs returning to LSE

DRAFT PROGRAMME

Social Policy: Comparative and International PerspectivesCumberland Lodge, Friday, 6th – Sunday, 8th February 2009

BOOKING FORM

NAME:

DEGREE PROGRAMME:

LSE EMAIL ADDRESS:

MOBILE NUMBER:

I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A ROOM WITH:

SPECIAL DIETARY REQUIREMENTS (e.g. vegetarian):

I HAVE PAID A NON-REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT OF £20

Cash or cheque is acceptable. Cheques should be made payable to “Department of Social Policy, LSE”

I WILL PAY THE OUTSTANDING BALANCE OF £40 BEFORE FRIDAY, 16 JANUARY 2009

(or I will loose my place to a student on the waiting list)

SIGNATURE: DATE:

PLEASE PRINT, COMPLETE AND RETURN THIS FORM WITH YOUR £20 DEPOSIT TO:

SARAH ROBERTS IN ROOM A267 ON OR BEFORE FRIDAY 5 DECEMBER 2008

NON-REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT EXEMPTIONS

ILLNESS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE REQUIRED

SUBSTITUTION PLEASE NOTE THAT REFUNDS WILL NOT BE AUTHORISED UNTIL YOUR REPLACEMENT HAS PAID IN FULL

Cumberland Lodge – A Brief History

Cumberland Lodge is a former Royal residence in The Great Park at Windsor. In 1947 King George VI granted the Lodge to St Catharine's, a then newly established educational charitable trust, as a place where students could come for short periods to get to know each other and their teachers in a relaxed environment. They would also have the opportunity to discuss important social and ethical issues and to think about the value of their academic work in relation to society. Cumberland Lodge, (formerly the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Foundation of St Catharine's), a registered charity, now provides a substantial subsidy to enable students to stay at the Lodge.

A main purpose of the Foundation has always been to provide a place to serve the needs of students and to encourage an interchange of thought between British and overseas students, in particular with those from the Commonwealth. Each year the Lodge is used by over 3,500 students and their teachers, predominantly from the colleges of the University of London, but also from other universities and institutions of higher education, including the Inns of Court. When the Lodge is not needed by students, it hosts a variety of professional and other groups who come together to discuss matters of common concern in this informal and relaxed environment.

Each year the Foundation organises Cumberland Lodge Conferences which enable a group of invited guests to meet to discuss in depth an important contemporary issue. Two or more conferences each year are designed particularly for postgraduate students, and attract delegates from a mixture of academic disciplines. Some themes, particularly the modern Commonwealth and social aspects of Policing, repeat every year, in a mix of Arts, social policy and international affair topics. Dates and conference details are regularly updated on our website – www.cumberlandlodge.ac.uk.

Cumberland Lodge is a Christian educational charity which was the product of the imagination and insight of Amy Buller. Drawing on her experiences in Germany between the two world wars, she believed that the rise of Nazism had been significantly aided by the great German universities not teaching students to use their critical judgement on the world around them and not providing an environment where the great issues of the day could be openly discussed. Amy Buller thus conceived the idea of a residential centre where students could come with their teachers and, in a relaxed atmosphere, consider important ethical and social issues outside the normal confines of their degree courses. She gained the active support of the King and Queen and, when Cumberland Lodge became vacant on the death of Lord FitzAlan in 1947, they granted it to St Katharine's Foundation - as it was first known. To recognise the prime role played by their Majesties in establishing the Trust, its name was changed in 1968 to the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Foundation of St Catharine's. Members of the Royal Family continue to take an interest in the Foundation. The Queen became our patron in 2003, following the death of the Queen Mother. The Foundation was incorporated as a company limited by guarantee in 2005.

The Foundation is housed within Cumberland Lodge, which was originally built in the middle of the seventeenth century by John Byfield, a captain in Cromwell's army. Taken over by Charles 11, for much of its subsequent history it was the official residence of the Ranger of The Great Park - a Crown appointment always held by someone close to the Sovereign. Among those who have lived at the Lodge are the first Ranger Baptist May, Sarah Churchill Duchess of Marlborough and William Augustus Duke of Cumberland. In 1872, the Lodge became the home of Queen Victoria's daughter, Princess Helena, and her husband Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein. After Prince Christian's death in 1923, it was granted to Lord FitzAlan of Derwent, the last Viceroy of Ireland. In 1936 Cumberland Lodge was used for key meetings between the King's Private Secretary and Prime Minster Stanley Baldwin which eventually led to the abdication of King Edward VIII. Since the Foundation began in 1947 many notable people have worked at the Lodge or contributed to its programmes.

Notes for Students Visiting the LodgeAccommodation

There are two main buildings - the Lodge and the Mews. The dining rooms, lounges, chapel, library and administrative offices are in the Lodge, while the two conference rooms plus four seminar rooms are on the ground floor of the Mews. Bedrooms have en-suite bathrooms and are mostly located on the higher floors of both buildings. They are allocated by the Domestic Bursar, in discussion with the visiting group as far as possible. Where more than one user group is staying at the Lodge, we will do our best to allocate the bedrooms fairly between them, but our allocation is final.

Students generally share a twin bedded room. Towels and soap are provided. There are facilities for ironing. Except on Sundays, rooms should be vacated by 9.00 am on the day of departure (bags can be left in the entrance hall).

Facilities

Meal Times - breakfast at 8.15 am (9.00 am on Sundays), lunch at 1.00 pm and dinner at 7.15 pm.

The bar opens before dinner and again after dinner and evening conference sessions until midnight at the latest. The bar is also used to serve coffee in mid-morning and after lunch and dinner, as well as afternoon tea. Credit cards can be used in the bar for purchases greater than £10 in value.

Coin operated telephones are located inside the main and side doors of the Lodge and at the top of the staircase in the Mews. Messages for guests will be at the reception desk.

Internet access is provided free through PCs in the Mews and the basement of the Lodge, and both buildings have wireless access. Wireless cards are available for loan in return for a small deposit if guests’ own laptops are not equipped for wireless. It is the responsibility of guests to ensure that they have current anti-virus software installed on their laptops, and CL will not be financially liable for any damage or lost data.

Recreational facilities at the Lodge include a small gymnasium, tennis, croquet, snooker, pool and table tennis. The basement has a room for a party and disco - bring your own tapes and CDs. There is an electronic organ in the chapel and grand pianos in the drawing room and tapestry hall. The television set is in the sitting room.

Walks in the Great Park - Guests are strongly recommended to take the opportunity for a walk in the Great Park and therefore to bring footwear suitable for walking off-road on the various tracks and paths. There are printed walks available at reception.

Royal Chapel - On Sundays those staying at the Lodge have the opportunity to attend services at the Royal Chapel in the grounds of Royal Lodge. Over-casual clothing is not appropriate for Chapel. As part of a security review by the Police, official photographic ID is absolutely essential for access to Royal Chapel.Address - Cumberland Lodge, The Great Park, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 2HPTelephone - Egham (01784) 432316 Fax - Egham (01784) 497799 Website - www.cumberlandlodge.ac.uk

Some Lodge Dos and Don’ts

Please DO bring enough cash for the visit as the nearest cash machine is in Egham, over 3 miles away.

Please DO read the fire notice in your bedroom and locate the nearest extinguisher and fire exit.

Please DO return cups and glasses to the bar.

Please DO NOT bring alcohol purchased elsewhere into the Lodge. If you do so, it will be taken from you and returned to you when you leave the Lodge.

Please DO NOT smoke in bedrooms (which have smoke detectors) - smoking is only permitted in the Bar and the Basement. If we discover that you have been smoking in a bedroom, your group will be charged £30 for cleaning.

Please DO NOT make a noise late at night, other than in the Basement. Do not disturb others by being noisy in bedrooms or corridors or when moving between the Lodge and the Mews. Please consider our neighbours and resident staff.

Please DO NOT enter 'private areas' near the Lodge or anywhere in the Great Park. Much of the Park is working farmland and forest, and there are extensive areas reserved for shooting.

Please DO NOT leave valuables in the bedrooms. If you are worried about your property, ask the Duty Manager to lock it in one of our safes. CL will not accept liability unless you do so.

Please DO NOT, other than when escaping from fire, attempt to get onto the roof in either building. To do this is dangerous and reckless, and will result in your institution being banned from the Lodge, without exception.

Finally, and regrettably, we have found it necessary to introduce a £100 charge if a bedroom has been soiled in any way. We do not simply have an unpleasant cleaning job to do; we lose revenue from the room, sometimes for several days. This charge will be made to your group, but the room and the occupant(s) will be identified. Similarly, physical damage anywhere in the buildings will be charged to the visiting institution. If the Lodge is being shared by more than one group, and we are unable to establish responsibility, we will charge each group pro-rata to the numbers attending.

Out of courtesy to fellow students, to the staff of the Lodge and to those who will come after you depart, please observe these few basic rules.

Travel Directions to Cumberland Lodge

BY ROAD West, M40 AND M4: Leave the M40 at junction 4 signposted A404 Marlow and Maidenhead and continue along the A404 until it joins the M4, when you follow the London signs. Leave the M4 at Junction 6 signposted Windsor. Follow, first of all, signs for Windsor and then signs for A332 Ascot. Do not turn into Windsor Town Centre, but go to the large roundabout with traffic lights at the end of the dual-carriageway from the motorway. Take the second exit along Goslar Way and then straight on at the next two roundabouts. At the third, large, roundabout take the third exit, still following Ascot signs. Look out for the large ‘Welcome to Windsor Great Park’ and 50 mph speed limits. About one mile beyond take the turn to the left to a set of white double gates just before pedestrian traffic lights. They open automatically when you pause in front of them. After about half a mile take the second turning on the left, by two ponds, where there is a small signpost showing the way to Cumberland Lodge. Take care to slow down for the three ramps as you pass between the village and the sports field. Continue over the crossroads, down a hill and up again. A road joins on the right near the top of the hill and then immediately after Chaplain's Lodge there are three roads on the right. Take the third one, the second of two parallel ones, to Cumberland Lodge.

BY ROAD South, M3 AND A30: Leave the M3 at Junction 3 signposted A322 Bracknell. After the traffic lights follow signs for A30 London which is the second of two turnings on the left. Join the A30 and travel for 5 miles through Sunningdale. At the cross-roads with traffic lights and Royal Holloway College on your diagonal right, turn left signposted A328 Englefield Green into St Jude's Road. In this road, full of speed restricting ramps, go straight on at the two mini roundabouts. At the end of the village green, just before the speed de-restriction sign, turn left into Bishopsgate Road. At the end of this road is Bishop's Gate which is the entrance to the Great Park. Drive up close to the gates which will open automatically. At the cross-roads just beyond the gates, turn left. After half a mile there is a sign to Cumberland Lodge. Turn half right into the road which leads directly to the Lodge.

BY RAIL: There are fast trains from London Waterloo to Egham (not Windsor). The journey time is approximately 35 minutes. From Reading and the west there is a direct service Reading - Egham - Waterloo. Egham station is 3 miles from Cumberland Lodge.

BY AIR: Heathrow Airport is about 20 minutes by car. It is best to book a taxi from the list below. From Gatwick there is the choice of the train into London and then via Waterloo to Egham or the airport link coach to Heathrow and from there by taxi. To travel by bus to Cumberland Lodge, take a bus from the Beeline Bus Station opposite terminal 2, which will take you to Windsor High Street. From here you can take a taxi.

TAXIS: There is a taxi rank outside Egham Station. Otherwise telephone All Point Cars (01784) 432468 or Arrow Cars (01784) 436533 or A2B (01784) 432222 or Egham Taxis (01784) 433933 or Gemini Cars (01784) 471111. The approximate cost of a taxi to Cumberland Lodge is £7 from Egham station, £25 from Heathrow airport and £60 from Gatwick airport. It is often best to book a taxi in advance to await your arrival at Egham Station or at an airport.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL POLICY PROVIDES RETURN TRAVEL FROM LSE TO CUMBERLAND LODGE BY COACH. IF YOU WISH TO MAKE OTHER ARRANGEMENTS PLEASE CAN YOU INFORM SARAH ROBERTS.

BY ROAD M25: Leave the M25 at junction 13 signposted A30 Staines. This is a very complicated junction! Follow signs for Windsor A308 and you will eventually find yourself beside the River Thames, having passed the Runnymede Hotel. Drive for more than one mile and then turn left at a mini roundabout signposted A328 Englefield Green into Priest Hill. At the brow of the hill turn right into Castle Hill Road signposted Great Park and then right again at the T-junction into Bishopsgate Road. This road leads directly to Bishop's Gate and the entrance into the Great Park. Drive up close to the gates and they should open automatically. At the cross-roads beyond the gates, turn left. After half a mile there is a sign to Cumberland Lodge. Turn half right into the road which leads directly to the Lodge.