LSE in print
Heseltine's report is a return to an unsuccessful past
Financial Times, 01/11/2012, p.13, Henry Overman
for a return to policies, many of them not particularly successful, that were developed in different times, to tackle different challenges. The writer is professor of economic geography at the London School of Economics Given the botched history of the government's 'growth strategy', perhaps it was grateful for any new ideas
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5caed090-229c-11e2-b606-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2AxQ9Hrrw|
When it comes to Housden, we have a problem
The Daily Telegraph, 01/11/2012, p.29, Sue Cameron
people of Leeds or Manchester? Unlikely though it may seem, therefore, what is happening in Scotland could trigger a revolution in the government of England. Professor Tony Travers of the London School of Economics, who is chairing a commission set up by Mayor Boris Johnson into the possibility of London having more control over its own taxation and spending, says
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9645906/When-it-comes-to-Sir-Peter
-Housden-we-have-a-problem.html|
More farce than threat
Times Higher Education, 01/11/2012, Unattributed
soon as it was examined by lawyers. That examination and our reinstatement owed more to the dull-but-effective Edinburgh firm of Balfour and Manson than to any radical professor from the London School of Economics. Jackie McKie, the student apparently raising a bottle (of wine, not whisky - we couldn't afford spirits) to the Queen, was actually 100 yards away from her
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=421678&c=1|
More help for depression, less help for despots: OIA
Times Higher Education, 01/11/2012, Unattributed
said. He also urged universities to clarify "permissible assistance" rules - an issue raised by the Woolf report, which investigated allegations that Saif al-Islam Gaddafihad plagiarised his PhD thesis for the London School of Economics. "It shows what happens when a university does not deal with issues of postgraduate supervision," he said. The former Libyan dictator's son applied to the LSE through
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=421638&c=1|
Campus round-up
Times Higher Education, 01/11/2012, Unattributed
London School of Economics - A new broom sweeps in more - A recently appointed university chief has announced plans to invest £15 million in hiring more staff over the next five years. Craig Calhoun, who took over as director of the London School of Economics in September, has said that he wants to appoint 20 additional academics who are or will soon be "world leaders" in their fields. "Our only precondition is excellence; other than that, we are open to scholars from any of the disciplinary and interdisciplinary fields currently studied at LSE," said Professor Calhoun, who has also set up a strategic review of the institution and its direction over the next decade.
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode
=421622|
THE Scholarly Web
Times Higher Education, 01/11/2012, Unattributed
Writing for the London School of Economics' Impact of Social Sciences blog, Professor Thomson explores the importance of taking an intelligent approach to the naming and presentation of one's book to ensure maximum impact. She begins with a confessional.
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode
=421647|
LSE online
Cantillon
Irish Times - France's Google demand puts Irish tax rate back - Nov 1 at 4:21 GMT
British Academy in London yesterday. "More time should be given for structural reforms to work," argued the London School of Economics professor.The problem is that the needed reforms may take about four...
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2012/1101/1224325979036.html|
Pourquoi Londres attire-t-elle les créateurs étrangers? (translate)
L'Express - Nov 1 at 2:53 GMT
de refuge pour des populations fuyant les persécutions politiques et religieuses", explique Tony Travers, sociologue, professeur à la London School of Economics, et auteur d'une étude sur "L'impact de l'immigration...
http://www.lexpress.fr/styles/createurs/pourquoi-londres-attire-t-elle-les-createurs-etrangers_1143326.html|
Campaigners report Tony Blair's office over use of unpaid interns
guardian.co.uk (Web), 31/10/2012, Shiv Malik
three months and is designed to give young people valuable experience in a high profile and fast moving work environment," they said adding, "our interns are volunteers." A spokesperson for the London School of Economics, who previously advertised unpaid internships for Blair's profit making businesses, said they no longer do so. "LSE is fully compliant with its legal obligations in relation to
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/oct/31/tony-blair-office-unpaid-interns|
Cameron faces a new swipe from the Right
Mail Online UK (Web), 31/10/2012, Andrew Pierce
was headed for many years Sir Howard Davies. It was the body's failure to police the banks that was a major factor in the financial crisis. Davies then ran the London School of Economics, but resigned over the revelation it had accepted £300,000 from a foundation run by Colonel Gaddafi's son. What hold has this Establishment crony got on No
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2200774/Cameron-faces-new-swipe-Right.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490|
Liberale Lehrstunde
Der Tagesspiegel, 31/10/2012
Das Verhältnis zwischen der Europäischen Union und dem Vereinigten Königreich könnte derzeit kaum angespannter sein. Immer lauter fordern Briten ein Referendum über ihre Mitgliedschaft in der EU. Bundeswirtschaftsminister Philipp Rösler versuchte am Dienstag in London den britischen Unabhängigkeitsbestrebungen entgegenzuwirken, indem er seine Sicht zur Lösung der europäischen Krise darlegte. Vor den geplanten offiziellen politischen Gesprächen stand ein Auftritt an der London School of Economics auf dem ministerialen Terminkalender.
http://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/ortstermin-liberale-lehrstunde/7324442.html|
Bahrain Outlaws Public Gatherings
Voice of America - Phillip Walter Wellman - Oct 31 at 18:59 GMT
presence in Bahrain has, so far, been effective in preventing another mass uprising like one last year.But London School of Economics analyst Kristian Coates Ulrichsen says the opposition’s deep discontent...
http://www.voanews.com/content/bahrein_outlaws_public_gatherings/1536819.html|
Butterfly effect in medicine
The Week - Oct 31 at 14:39 GMT
mistakes in the future. According to Sir Karl Raimund Popper, (1902-1994), an Austro-British philosopher and professor at the London School of Economics, the history of science, like the history of all human...
http://week.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMONline.dll/portal/ep/theWeekContent.
do?tabId=13&contentId=12720995&programId=10350701&categoryId=-167741&
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Manuel Arellano dice que no es partidario de rescatar a los bancos de forma generalizada (translate)
Terra.es - Oct 31 at 14:33 GMT
a los bancos de una manera generalizada sin cualificaciones". Arellano, máster en Econometría y Economía Matemática por la London School of Economics ha explicado que "si un banco está en condiciones de...
http://noticias.terra.es/2012/economia/1031/actualidad/manuel-arellano-dice-que-
no-es-partidario-de-rescatar-a-los-bancos-de-forma-generalizada-.aspx|
More roads will just lead us nowhere
WA Today - Oct 31 at 14:25 GMT
transport.On this, vox pop accords with every visiting urbanist this year (and there have been a few). London School of Economics Professor Ricky Burdett, New York City chief urban designer Alex Washburn...
http://www.watoday.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/more-roads-will-just-lead-us-nowhere-20121031-28k3k.html|
Krise: Mehr Solidarität in der europäischen Tragödie (translate)
Die Welt - Oct 31 at 14:05 GMT
geboren. Er überlebte den Holocaust und floh nach dem Krieg nach England. Dort studierte er an der renommierten London School of Economics. Später ging er nach New York. Soros ist einer der Pioniere der Hedgefonds-Industrie...
http://www.watoday.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/more-roads-will-just-lead-us-nowhere-20121031-28k3k.html|
Pissarides Says Troika Should Soften Insistence on Austerity
Washington Post - Jennifer RyanOct 31, 2012 7:44 am ET - Oct 31 at 11:50 GMT
union to work members are going to need a flexible labor market, said Pissarides, a professor at the London School of Economics. The problem is that the needed reforms may take about four or five years to...
http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-MCQ3JE6JIJVN01-4ABP1HP62VUVPBT85C7GLI08AJ|
Countdown zur US-Wahl: Noch 6 Tage : Mehr Europa wagen! (translate)
Tagesspiegel - Oct 31 at 11:33 GMT
mehr... Der Bundestagsabgeordnete Wolfgang Neskovic hat noch gar nicht... mehr... Der deutsche FPD-Chef war am Dienstag in der London School of Economics zu Gast - und versuchte... mehr... Unser/e...
http://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/uswahl/countdown-zur-us-wahl-noch-6-tage
-mehr-europa-wagen/7327386.html|
Troika sollte weniger auf Sparmaßnahmen beharren - Pissarides (translate)
Die Welt - Oct 31 at 11:25 GMT
sollte mehr Zeit gegeben werden, damit die strukturellen Reformen greifen können”, sagte er. Pissarides ist Professor an der London School of Economics. Damit die Europäische Währungsunion funktionieren...
http://www.welt.de/newsticker/bloomberg/article110456046/Troika-sollte-weniger-
auf-Sparmassnahmen-beharren-Pissarides.html|
In Sudan blast, signs of Iran-Israel rivalry
Gulf News - Oct 31 at 9:12 GMT
at weakening the Iranian arms smuggling network.Fawaz A. Gerges, who heads the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics, says the strike has its symbolic aspect as well, allowing Israel to ?flex...
http://gulfnews.com/news/region/iran/in-sudan-blast-signs-of-iran-israel-rivalry-1.1096182|
Expand childcare and Living Wage to help..
Salford Online - Oct 31 at 9:08 GMT
they were in 2000. The study was authored by a wide range of organisations including the TUC, the London School of Economics and the Institute for Fiscal Studies. It recommends unsurprisingly, that economic...
http://www.salfordonline.com/editorschoice.php?func=viewdetails&vdetails=39194|
As Violence Continues, Rohingya Find Few Defenders in Myanmar
New York Times - MARK MCDONALD - Oct 31 at 5:08 GMT
that the rule of law must prevail. But the Burmese activist Maung Zarni, a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics, said Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi’s belief that the violence was purely sectarian showed...
http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/31/as-violence-continues-rohingya
-find-few-defenders-in-myanmar/?ref=asia|
Through the eyes of a child – Libya participates in London 2012 MENA film festival
Libya Herald, 31/10/2012
Twenty-nine films representing work from Libya, Qatar, Egypt, UAE, Algeria, Morocco, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq and Syria, are being shown in a range of venues including the London School of Economics; the School of Oriental and African Studies; think-tank ...
http://www.libyaherald.com/2012/10/31/through-the-eyes-of-a-child-libya-
participates-in-london-2012-mena-film-festival/|
Pissarides Says Troika Should Soften Austerity Push
Bloomberg, 31/10/2012
For the currency union to work members are going to need a flexible labor market, said Pissarides, a professor at the London School of Economics. The problem is that the needed reforms may take about four or five years to have an impact on the economy, ...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-31/pissarides-says-troika-should-soften-austerity-push.html|
LSE on TV/radio
LBC (30 October 2012)
LSE is mentioned by a caller when discussing economic growth.