LSE in print
Newsnight may be axed as BBC battles to deal with scandal
The Times, 12/11/2012, p.6, Ben Webster
shortlist for director-general before Mr Entwistle was appointed. He has worked in consulting at London Economics and was an adviser to Gordon Brown, and is a governor of The London School of Economics & Political Science and a trustee of the Teaching Awards Trust Peter Fincham, 56, ITV's director of television, has overseen a creative renaissance since joining the…
Mental health to be given same priority as physical ailments
The Guardian, 12/11/2012, p.15, Randeep Ramesh
equally". As a first step, patients will be able to ask to be seen by a doctor as quickly as those with physical ailments, under the 18-week waiting-time target. The London School of Economics reported in June that the depressed waited more than six months, while median waiting times for physical treatment were less than three weeks. The mandate will…
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/nov/12/nhs-shakeup-disparity-mental-health|
Τι πρέπει να σημαίνει η ψήφος εμπιστοσύνης
Kathimerini, Athens, 11/11/2012
Op-ed by Professor Kevin Featherstone, in which he writes that the parliamentary vote won by the Greek government ought to enable it to be bolder with its reforms: ‘What the vote of Confidence Should Mean’.
http://news.kathimerini.gr/4dcgi/_w_articles_columns_2_11/11/2012_501364|
If my sister advised Greece, things would be very different
The Sunday Times, 11/11/2012, p.8, Clio Williams
who is six years my senior, and when I was 13 both he and Vicky left home to study. He went to university in the States and Vicky attended the London School of Economics. In the late '60s, it was rare for young Greeks to study abroad — especially girls. But I suppose my parents understood that it was a….
FESTIVAL A closer look at economics
The Observer, 11/11/2012, p.4, Heather Stewart
the world what went so badly wrong - and why most of them failed so dismally to foresee the meltdown. Even the Queen famously mused on a visit to the London School of Economics, "Why did nobody notice it?" If Her Majesty happens to be in Bristol later this month, she could join a lively crowd of economists and their…
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/nov/11/festival-economics-debate-ideas-bristol|
So is it possible to do the right thing and still make an honest profit out of it?
The Independent, 10/11/2012, p.55, Anthony Hilton's
may not be an issue for them if you believe a later speaker, Paul Woolley, who was once a successful fund manager and is now a self-funding academic at the London School of Economics where he studies what it is that makes markets and the financial system dysfunctional. In what was almost a throwaway line he said that the financial…
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/anthony-hilton-so-is-it-
possible-to-do-the-right-thing-and-still-make-an-honest-profit-out-of-it-8301498.html|
Is monogamy dead?
The Guardian, 10/11/2012, p.1, Stuart Jeffries
De Botton argues, deserve medals. That said, De Botton also counsels that extra-marital affairs may be necessary. It's a thought shared by other anatomisers of that modern malaise, monogamy. Former London School of Economics sociologist Catherine Hakim argues the following in her new book, The New Rules: Internet Dating, Playfairs and Erotic Power: "The fact that we eat most meals…
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/nov/10/sex-is-monogamy-dead|
China's world
Financial Times, 10/11/2012, p.8, Gideon Rachman
In Restless Empire, Odd Arne Westad, professor of international history at the London School of Economics, makes the case for rooting any understanding of Chinese foreign policy in a history of the nation's relationship with the rest of the world. During the…
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/279b8b5e-2815-11e2-afd2-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2BziC36RX|
MONEY MATTERS: Financial guru Martin Lewis
Daily Mail, 10/11/2012, p.46, Unattributed
background, and reveal how he became TV's financial wizard Credentials Born in 1972, in Withington in Manchester, Martin grew up in nearby Cheshire. He studied government and law at the London School of Economics, then worked in financial PR in the City. Funny money As an escape from books and number-crunching, he dabbled in stand-up comedy, and later used comedy…
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Who's next for the top job at the BBC?
Evening Standard, 12/11/2012
Mr Richards, who has also worked in consulting at London Economics Ltd and for former prime minister Gordon Brown, is a governor of The London School of Economics & Political Science, and a trustee of The Teaching Awards Trust. Danny Cohen ...
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/whos-next-for-the-top-job-at-the-bbc-8305980
.html|
BBC a lone voice down the decades
Abu Dhabi National - Nov 12 at 6:48 GMT
and achieving it has required a deft performance on a tightrope. According to Fatima El Issawi, of the London School of Economics, and her colleague, Gerd Baumann, writing in the Middle East Journal of Culture...
http://www.thenational.ae/news/world/europe/bbc-a-lone-voice-down-the-decades?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=News&utm_campaign=feed|
Malaysia's Vijay Eswaran Sells Prosperity To The Masses
Forbes.com - Nov 12 at 4:06 GMT
civil servant, he moved often around Malaysia until going abroad for university. Armed with a degree from the London School of Economics, an M.B.A. from the University of Southern Illinois and a few years...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/donaldfrazier/2012/10/24/selling-a-better-life/|
People Power: a dream, fig leaf or reality?
BBC News, 11/11/2012
American journalist and Chair in History and International Affairs at the London School of Economics, Anne Applebaum, argues in Iron Curtain that the Communist parties in Eastern Europe created legions of unwitting political dissenters by attempting to ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0104k1c|
Two Huge Sex Scandals May Have Changed The BBC Forever
Business Insider - Adam Taylor - Nov 11 at 20:09 GMT
and accountability at the BBC," former BBC journalist Charlie Beckett wrote in a blog post for the London School of Economics. "And tonight’s resignation shows that they have at last begun to recognize that...
http://www.businessinsider.com/why-george-entwistle-had-to-resign-2012-11|
Technology can empower women
South China Morning Post - Nov 11 at 20:23 GMT
be helped by policies that encourage and support them. Sri Ranjini Mei Hua is a graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a former researcher with the Institute of Southeast Asian
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1080038/technology-can-empower-women|
Gaining skills of better management
Oman Tribune - Nov 11 at 8:36 GMT
at Harvard Business School. John Van Reenen is the director of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics and Political Science.)New York Times Syndicate
http://www.omantribune.com/index.php?page=news&id=131368&heading=
Business|
Next! After Entwistle, the names in line for BBC top job
The Independent (Web), 11/11/2012, Unattributed
director-general role before Mr Entwistle was appointed. Mr Richards, who has also worked in consulting at London Economics Ltd and for former prime minister Gordon Brown, is a governor of The London School of Economics & Political Science, and a trustee of The Teaching Awards Trust. Danny Cohen, controller of BBC1, finds his name in the frame for a big promotion. He is
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/next-after-entwistle-the-names
-in-line-for-bbc-top-job-8304747.html|
BBC director general quits, says TV report was wrong
FOXNews.com - Nov 11 at 4:02 GMT
who are insiders and there's no clear chain of command," said Charlie Beckett, director of the London School of Economics think tank Polis. "It has such a strong, closed-system culture that it needs an injection...
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/11/10/bbc-director-general-quits-after-saying
-tv-report-was-wrong/|
[An] uphill struggle to make our streets safer for cyclists
Herald Scotland - Nov 11 at 3:33 GMT
LAST month, the London School of Economics published research suggesting that half of all Britons had been inspired by Team GB's cycling success to get into the saddle themselves.A few weeks on...
http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/herald-view/an-uphill-struggle-to-
make-our-streets-safer-for-cyclists.19382029|
BBC chief George Entwistle quits over child sex abuse report
India Today - Nov 11 at 3:13 GMT
who are insiders and there's no clear chain of command," said Charlie Beckett, director of the London School of Economics think tank Polis. "It has such a strong, closed-system culture that it needs an injection...
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bbc-chief-george-entwistle-quits-over-child-sex
-abuse-report/1/228678.html|
The London that was and will never be …
The Express Tribune - Nov 11 at 0:03 GMT
before they banned YouTube in Pakistan, which brought back memories of the London of the 1950s and the London School of Economics (LSE) where I spent my most impressionable years. These days, you will be lucky...
http://tribune.com.pk/story/463792/the-london-that-was-and-will-never-be-/|
La ONU dice que Sandy se produjo por el calentamiento (translate)
La Nacion - Laura Rocha - Nov 10 at 21:40 GMT
calibre así puede ser desastroso para la vida en la Tierra?, ha señalado Lord Stern, profesor de la London School of Economics experto en el calentamiento global.Con las mas elementales leyes de la Fisica...
http://blogs.lanacion.com.ar/ecologico/sin-categoria/la-onu-dice-que-sandy-se
-produjo-por-el-calenamiento/|
«En un país de crispaciones como España, la Monarquía es una valiosa jefatura neutral» (translate)
ABC.es - Nov 10 at 20:07 GMT
de su casa al norte de Londres, el director del centro Cañada Blanch de estudios españoles de la London School of Economics se declara republicano «intelectualmente», pero defensor de la Monarquía en Gran..
http://www.abc.es/20121110/cultura-libros/abci-paul-preston-entrevista-201211102033.html|
The fear of freedom
Melbourne Age - Nov 10 at 13:29 GMT
not been so disciplined and guarded.If Saif Gaddafi exposed himself to Western agents of influence at the London School of Economics, then former party chief Bo Xilai's son, Bo Guagua, opened himself to...
http://www.theage.com.au/world/the-fear-of-freedom-20121110-294yp.html|
Beware of Western hostile forces
Brisbane Times - Nov 10 at 13:19 GMT
not been so disciplined and guarded.If Saif Gaddafi exposed himself to Western agents of influence at the London School of Economics, then Bo Xilai's son, Bo Guagua, opened himself to the excesses of the...
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/beware-of-western-hostile-forces-2012
1110-294u0.html|
Stress in the City: Große Stadt, kranke Seele (translate)
N-TV.de - Nov 10 at 13:10 GMT
Lärm und Luftverschmutzung - sind es, die Menschen in die Depression treiben? Ricky Burdett ist Urbanismusforscher an der London School of Economics (LSE). In interdisziplinären Teams aus Soziologen, Architekten...
http://www.n-tv.de/wissen/Grosse-Stadt-kranke-Seele-article7657816.html|
What Rising TV Ownership Reveals About Africa's Future
BusinessWeek - Charles Kenny - Nov 10 at 13:01 GMT
Africa.Even those statistics may underplay dramatic improvements in economic well-being across the continent. Alwyn Young of the London School of Economics looks at evidence on consumption from household...
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-11-09/what-rising-tv-ownership
-reveals-about-africas-future#r=recommended|
Portuguese protest ahead of Merkel's visit
Deutsche Welle - Nov 10 at 9:25 GMT
political mistakes that have affected our country," said Joao Camargo, an activist who studied economics at the London School of Economics. "Of course, debt is a big problem for Portugal and many European...
http://www.dw.de/portuguese-protest-ahead-of-merkels-visit/a-16369387|
Britain Pushing Harder for International Resolution in Syria
Voice of America - Selah Hennessy - Nov 10 at 5:37 GMT
support coming from abroad to terrorists to destabilize Syria. This is our war."Alia Brahimi, from the London School of Economics, said if Britain does want to help resolve the crisis in Syria, it should...
http://www.voanews.com/content/britain_pushing_harder_for_international_
resolution_in_syria/1543170.html|
The Children Devour the Revolution - By John Garnaut
Foreign Policy - JOHN GARNAUT - Nov 10 at 1:46 GMT
guarded as their elite peers. If Saif Qaddafi exposed himself to what Liu calls Western spies at the London School of Economics, then Bo's son, Bo Guagua did so while studying at Oxford and Harvard, where...
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/11/09/the_children_devour_the_revolution|
“El Rey Juan Carlos ya no es el bombero de la democracia española” (translate)
El País - Walter Oppenheimer - Nov 10 at 1:33 GMT
Rey Rechazó la posibilidad de entrevistar al monarca para no perder su independencia como autor Empotrado en la London School of Economics, el Centro Cañada Blanch es un pedazo de España en el corazón de Londres...
http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2012/11/09/actualidad/1352488684_954949.html|
Battle of the bundles
Calcutta Telegraph - Nov 9 at 22:22 GMT
class and Society to reject a knighthood. Like the Indian revolutionaries Hobsbawm met at Oxford, Cambridge and the London School of Economics, he enjoyed the best of all worlds. His Indian friends epitomized...
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1121110/jsp/opinion/story_16177893.jsp|
Lecturers should take their role as teachers seriously
Mail & Guardian Online - Nov 9 at 20:09 GMT
final article in Ismail Lagardien's series on the crisis in South African higher education. Trained at the London School of Economics, Lagardien holds a DPhil from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and...
http://mg.co.za/article/2012-11-09-lecturers-should-take-their-role-as-teachers-seriously/|
UK needs £330bn infrastructure spend to secure energy future
Business Green, 08/11/2012
The figure cited in a new report released today by The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) marks a step up from the £110bn the government estimates must be spent by 2020 to upgrade the energy system – and even eclipses the £200bn ...
http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2223407/uk-needs-gbp330bn-
infrastructure-spend-to-secure-energy-future|
LSE on TV/radio
BBC Radio Scotland (12 November 2012)
Good Morning Scotland
Charlie Beckett was interviewed about MPs criticising the BBC over George Entwistle’s salary.
BBC World Service (11 November 2012)
LSE is referenced in a piece about the Libyan uprising.
BBC Radio 4 (11 November 2012)
People Power
Professor Anne Applebaum was a guest on the programme.
BBC World Service Radio (10 November 2012)
More or Less
Professor Eric Neumayer discussed fatality rates during a natural disaster.
BBC World Service Radio (10 November 2012)
Charlie Beckett was interviewed about the BBC director general quitting.
BBC World (10 November 2012)
Mishal Husain Meets...
It is referenced that Monisha Kaltenborn is a graduate of LSE.
BBC World Service Radio (10 November 2012)
Professor Kent Deng took part in a discussion about the economy of China.
BBC Leeds (10 November 2012)
Tony Travers was interviewed about voting turnout.
BBC World (10 November 2012)
Horizons
Professor Ricky Burdett was interviewed about megacities.
BBC 1 Wales (8 November 2012)
Reference to First Minister Carwyn Jones’ lecture which took place at LSE.
BBC Radio 4 (9 November 2012)
Today
LSE-Libya is mentioned in piece about concerns over university donations.