Wednesday 21 March 2012

LSE in print

Transport and policing will also be key in this close fight
Evening Standard, 20/03/2012, p.8, Tony Travers
Tony Travers, Director of the Greater London Group at the London School of Economics, discusses the mayoral election.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/mayor/voters-cant-decide-between-boris-and
-ken-on-economy-7578824.html
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Times Law 100
Times, 16/03/2012
Professor Conor Gearty, Director of the Centre for the Study of Human Rights at LSE, is listed in the Times' Law 100.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/law/article3351086.ece|

LSE online

Johnson draws away from Livingstone in London race
Financial Times (Web), 20/03/2012, Unattributed
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8d11c2ba-72a2-11e1-9c23-00144feab49a.html|

Peter Loizos obituary
guardian.co.uk (Web), 20/03/2012, Unattributed
The distinguished anthropologist and documentary film-maker Peter Loizos has died aged 74. He was was appointed to a lectureship in anthropology at the London School of Economics, where he spent his entire career.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/mar/20/peter-loizos|

Sobre la desaparición de la asignatura Metodologìa de las Ciencias Sociales en la UB (translate)
Bolpress - Mar 21 at 5:45 GMT Popper funda en 1946 el Departamento de Lógica, filosofía y metodología de la ciencia en la prestigiosa LSE ( London School of Economics) y desde entonces esos estudios han acompañado a la teoría económica...
http://www.bolpress.com/art.php?Cod=2011112105|

Former Hong Leong senior executive Roger Tan dies
TheStar.com.my - Mar 21 at 1:41 GMT group, he joined ECM Libra as deputy executive chairman. Tan obtained his Bachelor of Law degree from the London School of Economics and qualified as a barrister-at-law from Gray's Inn, Britain. He was in...
http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/3/21/business/10955001&sec=business|

Usmani tipped to be UP chief secy
Indian Express - Maulshree Seth - Mar 21 at 1:18 GMT Usmani, 56, completed his MBA from IIM Ahmedabad in 1976 and MSc in social policy and planning from London School of Economics in 1991. He served as Joint Secretary to Prime Ministers H D Deve Gowda, I K Gujral...
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/usmani-tipped-to-be-up-chief-secy/926423/|

Author of ‘Moneyball’ & ‘The Blind Side’ making appearance at UCSB
Presidio Sports - PRESS RELEASE - Mar 21 at 0:20 GMT Lewis graduated from Princeton University with a degree in art history and earned a master’s at the London School of Economics. Prior to his career as an author, he worked with Salomon Brothers on Wall Street...
http://presidiosports.com/2012/03/author-of-moneyball-the-blind-side-making-appearance-at-ucsb/|

Friedrich von Hayek: deseable y necesario legislar para que las industrias no impongan a la sociedad el costo que significa la contaminación ambiental” (translate)
El Ciudadano Chile - Mar 21 at 0:18 GMT mismo socialista. El asunto me angustió tanto que comencé a dirigir memoranda internos a mis colegas en la London School of Economics para tratar de convencerlos de su equivocación. Esto produjo entre nosotros...
http://www.elciudadano.cl/2012/01/27/47543/friedrich-von-hayek-es-deseable-y-necesario-legislar-para-que-las-industrias-no-impongan-a-la-sociedad-el-costo
-que-significa-la-contaminacion-ambiental/
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The Powerful Role Of Women In Peace Building
Ezine Articles - Martina Nicolls - Mar 20 at 23:56 GMT as threats, physical restraint, search, and arrest.Richard Sennett, professor of sociology at New York University and the London School of Economics, in his book "Together: The Rituals, Pleasures and Politics...

Χουλιγκανογράφοι (translate)
Pulse - Mar 20 at 23:46 GMT Δεν ειναι ''σκηνές ροκ'', κυρία Σία του London School of Economics. Είναι ''σκηνές κλασσικής'' φρίκης, σκηνές τραμπουκισμου - τους ...

Justiça inicia pesquisas sobre hábitos de consumo na internet por crianças e adolescentes (translate)
Site Paraca - paraca - Mar 20 at 23:43 GMT pelo Centro de Estudos sobre as Tecnologias da Informação e da Comunicação (Cetic.br) em parceria com a London School of Economics, reunirão informações sobre consumo na internet por essa parcela da população...

Britter i hård strid om sjukvårdsreform (translate)
SvD - Jon Pelling Reporter Nyheter - Mar 20 at 21:40 GMT händer. Om de slutar tro på honom så har de konservativa stora problem”, säger Patrick Dunleavy, statsvetarprofessor på London School of Economics (LSE). Enligt honom riskerar regeringens kontroversiella planer...

Israel Bans Too-Thin Models
New York Magazine - Mar 20 at 21:00 GMT so the regulations will hardly have a widespread impact. The law comes just a few weeks after the London School of Economics that concluded that governments should censor images of overly skinny models since...
http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2012/03/israel-passes-law-banning-underweight-models.html|

Millonarias ventas de iPad hacen a Apple más valiosa que Polonia (translate)
Hola Yucatán - administrador - Mar 20 at 20:57 GMT y PIB son medidas diferentes para valorizar a una compañía y país respectivamente, Paul Grauwe, profesor de la Universidad London School of Economics, asegura que si es posible comparar ambos datos,“Tendríamos...
http://holayucatan.com.mx/index.php/2012/03/20/millonarias-ventas-de-ipad-hacen
-a-apple-mas-valiosa-que-polonia/
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Cherie Blair to settle feud in Hiranandani family
Times of India - Mar 20 at 20:00 GMT own identity as a leading QC in Britain. A barrister since 1976 and a law graduate from the London School of Economics, she specialises in public law, discrimination, European Community law, employment law...

CAMBIO EN BIRMANIA (translate)
LER Veracruz - LER Veracruz - Mar 20 at 19:57 GMT Findlay, señaló que uno de ellos, Hla Myint, de 91 años y que fue profesor titular en la London School of Economics, era el creador de la estrategia de desarrollo más exitosa que se haya diseñado, la de una...

Study dispels myth that immigrants have bad effect on standards of primary schools in UK
AllVoices - Mar 20 at 18:43 GMT the standards of British primary schools. This has been proved by findings of a latest research undertaken by London School of Economics. The research shows that immigrants who are non-native English speakers...
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/11753370-study-dispels-myth-that-immigrants-have-bad-effect-on-standards-of-primary-schools-in-uk|

Israel Bans Use Of Ultra-Skinny Models (Video) - PostChronicle.com
Post Chronicle - Tashi Singh - Mar 20 at 18:36 GMT percent of all girls between 14 and 18 have severe eating disorders, say reports. Researchers in Britain's London School of Economics conducted the first-ever economic analysis of anorexia, studying almost...
http://www.postchronicle.com/news/strange/article_212403812.shtml|

UK Shares Drop on Global Economy Concerns
Morningstar UK - Mar 20 at 18:14 GMT Having climbed to within 39 points of the psychologically-significant 6,000-point mark, the UK's leading index fell hard on Tuesday under the weight of economic concerns. The FTSE 100 index closed down 70 points, dropping 1.2% to 5,891, while the FTSE 250...
http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/news/articles/105228/UK-Shares-Drop-on-Global-Economy-Concerns.aspx|

Justiça vai pesquisar o que as crianças acessam na internet (translate)
Murilo Gatti - Murilo Gatti - Mar 20 at 17:49 GMT pelo Centro de Estudos sobre as Tecnologias da Informação e da Comunicação (Cetic.br) em parceria com a London School of Economics, reunirão informações sobre consumo na internet por essa parcela da população...
http://www.odiario.com/blogs/murilogatti/2012/03/20/justica-vai-pesquisar-o-que-as-criancas-acessam-na-internet/|

Filmmakers focus on local democracy
Taipei Times Online - Mar 20 at 17:48 GMT film festivals. Boydell was an acquaintance of Broadway in London, while Broadway and Lang were roommates at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Boydell said. Boydell said the idea...
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2012/03/21/2003528330|

¿Apple vale más que Polonia? (translate)
Sopitas.com - gabriel - Mar 20 at 17:47 GMT una empresa es complicado, pues se trata de dos cosas diferentes, para Paul Grauwe, profesor de la Universidad London School of Economics , comparar ambas cifras sí es posible.
“Tendríamos que hacer un...
http://www.sopitas.com/site/151024-apple-vale-mas-que-polonia/|

India will be a superpower
Hindu Business Line - MOHAN MURTI - Mar 20 at 16:23 GMT attending the annual ??, organised by Cologne University, more than a few references were made to the much-widely-touted London School of Economics (LSE) report, ?India is not a superpower, and will not become...
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/columns/mohan-murti/article3016925.ece|

London mayoral election live blog day one – cycling
News: News blog | guardian.co.uk - Paul Owen - Mar 20 at 11:31 GMT Paddick and Jenny Jones, the Green candidate, barely got a look-in in the poll. Tony Travers of the London School of Economics told the BBC:
Brian Paddick is a perfectly respectable candidate - but he is being...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2012/mar/20/london-mayoral-election-2012-boris|

Willmott Dixon wins 10.6 million LSE contract
FM World - Mar 20 at 11:15 GMT Willmott Dixon has won a £10.6 million project to fit-out a new eight-storey building for the London School of Economics (LSE). The 11,500 square metre (124,000 square foot) project follows LSE’s acquisition...
http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/willmott-dixon-wins-106-million-lse-contract/|

Viadrina-Studenten zum Intensivkurs in London (translate)
Maerkische Oderzeitung - Anna Pröschild - Mar 20 at 10:09 GMT ein umfangreiches Programm für den Stadtbesuch ausgearbeitet. Angefangen vom klassischen Museeums-Besuch bis hin zu Vorlesungen der Partner-Universität in London " School of Economics and Political Science"...
http://www.moz.de/heimat/lokalredaktionen/frankfurt-oder/frankfurt-oder-artikel/dg/0/1/1013958/|

U.S. Education Reform and National Security
Council On Foreign Relations - Joel I. Klein, Condoleezza Rice and Julia Levy - Mar 20 at 8:56 GMT Leigh earned a BSFS from Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service and an MSc from the London School of Economics. Margaret Spellings is the president and CEO of Margaret Spellings and Company...
http://www.cfr.org/united-states/us-education-reform-national-security/p27618?cid
=rss-taskforcereports-u.s._education_reform_and_nati-031212
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Jobs, growth and the economy are the most important issues for Londoners in the upcoming mayoral election, a new poll suggests.
London Wired - Mar 20 at 8:24 GMT their personal strengths and weaknesses - but when it comes to policies, the public is split or undecided." London School of Economics local government expert Tony Travers said: "This poll shows the electorate...
http://www.londonwired.co.uk/news.php/1417452-London-mayoral-election-poll-Economy-is-main-issue|

Pillar of Stroud community collapses and dies
Stroud People - Mar 20 at 8:18 GMT pupil of the former Boy's Upfield School and then Marling Grammar, Mr Smith studied law at the London School of Economics. Articled to former solicitors' firms in Gloucester, he set up his own practice in...
http://www.stroudpeople.co.uk/Pillar-Stroud-community-collapses-dies/story-
15567144-detail/story.html
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Alumni group to honor Akerson
Detroit Free Press - Mar 20 at 7:59 GMT 1970, served aboard the destroyer USS Dupont and went on to earn a master's degree from the London School of Economics.
http://www.freep.com/article/20120320/BUSINESS06/203200373/Alumni-group-to-honor-Akerson|

L’Europa parla delle donne (translate)
ilJournal.it - alessandra modica - Mar 20 at 7:34 GMT Non tutti però sono d’accordo sul fatto che la situazione sia da cambiare. Catherine Hakim, sociologa della London School of economics, per esempio, sostiene che le differenze di genere dal punto di vista...
http://www.iljournal.it/2012/leuropa-parla-delle-donne/324219|

LSE on TV/radio

BBC Radio 5 Live (20 March)
5 Live Drive
Former health secretary Frank Dobson mentions LSE research on health reforms.

BBC One (20 March)
BBC London News
Tony Travers comments on polling data for the London mayoral election.

Also on:

  • BBC One
    Breakfast
  • BBC Radio London 94.9FM
    Breakfast

BBC Radio 4 (20 March)
The World at One
John Van Reenen discusses predictions for the 2012 Budget.

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