LSE in print
The joys of being bilingual
The Independent, 08/11/2012, p.5, Russ Thorne
an important part of the university experience." Depending on the university, courses may simply reward students with improved skills, while others offer some kind of formal recognition. At Warwick or LSE, for example, students follow Lifelong Language Learning or Modern Foreign Language Certificate Course programmes respectively, with graduates receiving certificates for completing a set number of hours of study. The
http://www.independent.co.uk/student/postgraduate/the-joys-of-being-bilingual-8297708.html|
James Porter
The Times, 09/11/2012, p.65, Unattributed
skill and prowess on the sports fields. He went to school in Salford, Lancashire, and the best boys went to London or Manchester University. Porter won a scholarship to the LSE to study sociology under Morris Ginsberg. Porter's first career move was into teaching; his first post was at a secondary school in Stepney, East London— at that time
LSE online
London's 1000 most influential people 2012: Crusaders, Education
Evening Standard (Web), 08/11/2012, Unattributed
Craig Calhoun London School of Economics director The LSE’s first American director marks a fresh start for the university after it was criticised for links with Libya’s former rulers, the Gaddafi family.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/the1000/londons-1000-most-influential-people-
2012-crusaders-education-8294291.html|
US Election 2012: Statistician Nate Silver correctly predicts all 50 states
Mail Online UK (Web), 08/11/2012, Adam Shergold
included a look at his blog. Silver, born in Lansing, Michigan, graduated from the University of Chicago with a degree in economics after spending his third year of study at the London School of Economics. He briefly worked as a Chicago-based consultant for KPMG, though later described it as 'a job I didn't like'. In his spare time, he developed a program
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2229790/US-Election-2012-Statistician-Nate-Silver-correctly-predicts-50-states.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490|
New app for The Lord Mayor's Show
ITV.com (Web), 08/11/2012, Unattributed
Research Center for Artificial Intelligence GmbH and by ETH Zurich’s Wearable Computing Lab of Professor Gerhard Tröster. The exercises have been organised by Professor Eve Mitleton-Kelly, Director, Complexity Research Group, London School of Economics & Political Science, and Member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Complex Systems. The idea was to build a system which would allow the
http://www.itv.com/news/london/2012-11-08/new-app-for-the-lord-mayors-show/|
Academics call for donor scrutiny
BBC (Web), 08/11/2012, Unattributed
just by staff but by students, governance and alumni and they consider the ethical implications of gifts. "It is taken very seriously." Difficult decisions Last year, the head of the London School of Economics, Sir Howard Davies, resigned from his post over the acceptance of donations from the government of the then Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi. A Today programme report
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-20253420|
The living wage: Wage flaws
The Economist (Web), 08/11/2012, Unattributed
In October it rose to £6.19. The wage floor seems not to have cost jobs. A 2010 paper by researchers at the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics found the long-run effect was either negligible or positive (ie, jobs increased). That finding is echoed in studies of minimum wages in America. Such results might seem
http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21565994-sense-and-nonsense-about-minimum-wages-wage-flaws?fsrc=rss|btn|
Art and War: Pat Barker Talks About 'Toby's Room'
New York Times (blog)
You have a degree in history from the London School of Economics. When did you know you would write fiction deeply rooted in history, and did you ever consider writing more academic nonfiction history? A. I wanted to be a novelist from a very early age ...
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/08/art-and-war-pat-barker-talks-about-
tobys-room/|
EU referendum could 'imperil UK', Carwyn Jones warns
BBC News- 08/11/2012
But in a lecture at the London School of Economics, Mr Jones will warn about the prospect of English voters opting to leave the EU while other parts of the UK vote to stay in. "That would put us under enormous strain, and could only serve the interests
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-20241311|
Wildrose and 'progressive' Conservatives divided over nominee for Calgary ...
National Post- 08/11/2012
She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Saskatchewan and also says she studied at the London School of Economics. In the '90s, she worked for the Edmonton Journal and then the Calgary Herald, where she came to head the editorial
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/11/08/wildrose-and-progressive-conservatives-divided-over-nominee-for-calgary-federal-riding/|
UK government defines new way to measure 'fuel poverty'
Ynetnews- 08/11/2012
The organization said that London began reviewing its definition of "fuel poverty" following an independent review by the London School of Economics, which concluded that "Fuel poverty is a serious national problem and only likely to get worse." The ...
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4286918,00.html|
In full: First Minister's lecture to the LSE on the future of the Union
WalesOnline- 08/11/2012
Throughout its existence the London School of Economics has engaged with the important issues of the day, and the decision to organise this lecture series, on this topic, is firmly within that admirable tradition. I understand that Alex Salmond and ...
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/welsh-politics/welsh-politics-news/2012/11/
08/in-full-first-minister-s-lecture-to-the-lse-on-the-future-of-the-union-91466-321
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Staying in touch with Ambedkar
gulfnews.com – 08/11/2012
Overcoming numerous social and financial obstacles, Ambedkar educated himself, going on to study at the Columbia University and the London School of Economics. But as “Bhimayana” relates, Ambedkar learnt that despite studying in the world's best ...
http://gulfnews.com/about-gulf-news/al-nisr-portfolio/weekend-review/staying-in
-touch-with-ambedkar-1.1101163|
LSE on TV/radio
CNN (8 Nov)
Quest Means Business
Kent Deng comments on the changes to the Chinese leadership.
BBC Radio Essex (8 Nov)
Breakfast
Coverage of LSE report on the need for investment in the energy sector.
Also on:
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BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester
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BBC Northampton
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BBC Radio Scotland
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BBC Kent
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BBC Humberside
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Real Radio North East