108 DON’T PANIC
YOUR PROPERTY Property lost and found can be a problem. Over 5,000 items are lost and found every year at LSE. There is a Property Office in Room A050 which is open at rather erratic intervals throughout the week, although a timetable is placed on the door to A050– outside these hours speak to Reception staff. Laptop computers are the HOTTEST items at the top of every thief’s list of property to take. Do not leave a laptop unattended – even for a moment – it will go! Even locked rooms at LSE are not safe places to leave a laptop. Look after it or lose it. Laptop locks are available at the Students’ Union shop. Bicycles are always parked on and around the campus. Over 100,000 bicycles are reported stolen every year in the UK and these parked bikes attract thieves like a magnet. Thieves will especially target bikes which look expensive. If you use a bike, be careful where you park. Do not leave your bike unattended for hours. Make sure that it is secured
overnight will be removed by security
it – talk to each other and watch out for
with a substantial lock and preferably
staff. When you have found your locker,
each other in a sensible way.
two locks wherever it is parked, particu-
secure it with a strong lock of at least six
larly if left in racks around the campus.
millimetres thickness.
INSURANCE
We would advise using a sold secure
The campus is very open, especially
It is a good idea to insure your belong-
gold rated lock, see www.lcc.org.uk or
during the working day. In common with
ings against theft and damage. If you
www.soldsecure.com
all other large cities, ‘walk in’ type theft
are in halls of residence some of your
is a feature of the environment. ‘Walk
belongings are insured, read your policy
Lockers are widely used inside the
in’ thieves are trespassers who walk into
to find out which ones. Endsleigh are the
School. Do not put valuable items into
any buildings from the street looking for
only insurance provider recommended
lockers, particularly wallets, purses and
chances to steal.
by the National Union of Students, and
laptops. Please do not use the lockers in
have a number of products and services
or near the changing facilities as perma-
‘Walk in’ thieves thrive in a relaxed envi-
nent storage lockers – anything left there
ronment. Don’t let them get away with
geared towards the needs of students.