LSE in print
Get fit by walking and collect 'ground miles' as you go
The Daily Telegraph, 19/11/2012, p.26, Anjana Ahuja
"Both groups liked the feedback, particularly on how many calories they'd used." Dr Adam Oliver, a specialist on incentives in health policy at the London School of Economics, thinks that feature is particularly exciting. "Once you stop paying or rewarding people, the effect dissipates," he says. "But a website might just motivate them…
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/dietandfitness/9684399/Get-fit-by-walking-and
-collect-ground-miles-as-you-go.html|
Executive courses turn to niche areas
International Herald Tribune, 19/11/2012, p.14, Miki Tanikawa
like international relations, public affairs, law and even journalism— have also begun developing executive education courses, particularly in niche areas that are not covered by traditional business schools. The London School of Economics and Political Science; the Graduate Institute, Geneva; the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard; the Fletcher School at Tufts University; and the Lee Kwan Yew School.
Queen brings a fairy-tale prince to life
The Sunday Telegraph, 18/11/2012, p.31, Harriet Alexander
some of Europe's most rigorous academic institutions - gaining a degree in archaeology from Cambridge, studying politics at Aarhus University in Denmark, followed by the Sorbonne in Paris and the London School of Economics. But it is to the arts that she devotes much of her time. In addition to attending almost every ballet performed in Copenhagen - sometimes seeing
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/denmark/9685099/Danish
-Queen-brings-a-fairytale-prince-to-life.html|
Does chocolate make you clever?
BBC (Web), 18/11/2012, Unattributed
be the reason that they have so many Nobel Prize laureates." We conducted our own, entirely unscientific, survey to ascertain just how much chocolate Nobel laureates ate. Christopher Pissarides, from the London School of Economics, reckons his chocolate consumption laid the foundations for his Nobel Prize for Economics in 2010. "Throughout my life, ever since I was a young boy…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20356613|
Edna Eguchi Read
The Times, 17/11/2012, p.101, Unattributed
Takayuki Eguchi, an Anglophile, had arrived in London in 1914 and enrolled as a student at the London School of Economics. He led a playboy lifestyle and mixed with the well-to-do of London society. He fell in love with Winifred after a friend had given him…
Books & talks
The Independent, 17/11/2012, p.39, Unattributed
Examining the contradictions of the wartime leader at this debate are Douglas Hurd, Piers Brendon and Professors John Charmley and David Edgerton. (020 7955 6043; lse.ac.uk) Wed 6.30pm.
Sane voices in a world gone mad
Financial Times, 17/11/2012, p.26, Harry Eyres
The other day I attended a small event that I found strangely moving. About 40 people were gathered in a seminar room at the London School of Economics to hear William Chislett, the FT's former man in Mexico who now lives in Madrid, talk about two fine but not terribly well-known Spanish writers,
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/fee1feac-06f7-11e2-92b5-00144feabdc0.html|
A TALE OF TWO POP STARS - 50 YEARS APART
Daily Express, 17/11/2012, p.40, Anna Pukas
was known as Mike - the more working-class Mick would come later. Young Mike was no dunce. He passed seven O-levels and three A-levels to win a place at the London School of Economics to study business. He continued with the course even after he took up playing music with his flatmates Keith Richards and Brian Jones and seriously considered
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/358769/A-tale-of-two-pop-stars-50-years-apart|
LSE online
Cairns urges tax 'accountability'
BBC (Web), 18/11/2012, Unattributed
absolutely accountable for every penny. If you're spending your own money you're far more careful and cautious of how you use it." In a speech earlier this month to the London School of Economics, First Minister Carwyn Jones said there were some practical issues regarding devolving income tax and he would want the commission to demonstrate it could work.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-20384929|
Merkel's day of reckoning as taxpayer haircut on Greece looms
Telegraph.co.uk
Professor Paul de Grauwe from the London School of Economics said the deepening crisis is "entirely self-made" and "very dangerous" as passions fly. Angela Merkel had to slip into Portugal last week almost secretly to outwit demonstrators and avoid a ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/9686251/
Merkels-day-of-reckoning-as-taxpayer-haircut-on-Greece-looms.html|
Merkel's day of reckoning as taxpayer haircut on Greece looms
Yahoo! UK and Ireland (Web), 18/11/2012, Unattributed
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/merkels-day-reckoning-taxpayer-haircut-145021543.html|
Won't George Osborne learn the lesson? Wealth taxes simply don't work
Telegraph (Web), 16/11/2012, Fraser Nelson
too, should the tax system. Denis Healey once believed this, too. A wealth tax was in the 1974 Labour manifesto and only now, thanks to declassified documents found by the London School of Economics, do we know what happened. At first, the Treasury told the new Labour chancellor that there was no reason why a wealth tax should not be
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9570872/Wont-George-Osborne-learn-the-lesson-Wealth-taxes-simply-dont-work.html|
Reforms in Myanmar: hype and realities
The Nation
... the apparent pitfalls of Myanmar's reforms ignoring the cries of the wretched in a new Myanmar. Maung Zarni (www.maungzarni.com) is a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics and founding director of the Free Burma Coalition (1995-2004).
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/Reforms-in-Myanmar-hype-and-realities-30194567.html|
Concern over police service 'chaos'
MSN UK (Web), 16/11/2012, Unattributed
urgency. The first duty of any government is the safety of the public. The demoralising actions of this Government seem to starkly conflict with this." The survey, carried out by the London School of Economics, found that more than half of the officers who responded were considering their future in the service. Police forces across the country are facing budget cuts of
http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/concern-over-police-service-chaos-1|
Concern over police service 'chaos'
Daily Express (Web), 16/11/2012, Unattributed
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/358621/Concern-over-police-service-chaos|-
Concern over police service 'chaos'
TalkTalk (Web), 16/11/2012, Unattributed
http://www.talktalk.co.uk/news/uk/article/concern-over-police-service-chaos/68583/|
CONCERN OVER POLICE SERVICE 'CHAOS'
Daily Star (Web), 16/11/2012, Unattributed
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/latestnews/view/282855/Concern-over-police-service
-chaos-/|
Daily Mail 'dossier' isn't all dross
guardian.co.uk (Web), 16/11/2012, Michael White
Middleton helped set up the MST and he's embarrassed by the BiJ's failure – it's located at City University whose journalism school is close to these kind of networks. The London School of Economics, the BBC, the Met police can all boast Common Purpose "alumni" – the 35,000 people who have done its courses. I must say I knew little or
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/nov/16/daily-mail-dossier|
Concern over police service 'chaos'
Yahoo! UK and Ireland (Web), 16/11/2012, Unattributed
urgency. The first duty of any government is the safety of the public. The demoralising actions of this Government seem to starkly conflict with this." The survey, carried out by the London School of Economics, found that more than half of the officers who responded were considering their future in the service. Police forces across the country are facing budget cuts of
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/concern-over-police-chaos-131209842.html|
It's not only Greeks who've lost their marbles
Telegraph (Web), 16/11/2012, Unattributed
policy, a fragmented fiscal policy and a habit of admitting unsuitable applicants. Where are they now? My research leads to a paper written in 2002 under the auspices of the London School of Economics, headed: "Why Britain should join the euro." In it, the authors insist that fluctuating currencies are a barrier to "efficient levels of production". Membership of the euro,
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/jeffrandall/8600133/Its-not-only-
Greeks-whove-lost-their-marbles.html|
From Himalayan foothills to LSE
Himalayan Times
This is how Rani Kakshapati, Founder Principal/Director of Shuvatara School, recalls one of her students Prakritee Yonzon, the first Nepali to obtain LLM from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). She has passed with merit from ...
http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=From+Himalayan+foothills+to+LSE+&NewsID=354620|
Jimmy Savile scandal affects New York Times new boss
Voice of Russia - Nov 17 at 18:23 GMT
playing people further down the chain of editorial hierarchy. Yekaterina Kudashkina Charlie Beckett, a media expert with the London School of Economics, speaks on the recent scandal that has shaken Britain...
http://english.ruvr.ru/2012_11_17/Jimmy-Savile-scandal-affects-New-York-Times
-new-boss/|
GCC’s union related to persistent economic drivers
Gulf News - Nov 17 at 13:57 GMT
economies collectively operate.Scholars have doubtless done that on numerous occasions. At the Middle East Centre of the London School of Economics, Dr Duha Al Kuwari, also assistant professor at Qatar University...
http://gulfnews.com/business/economy/gcc-s-union-related-to-persistent-economic-drivers-1.1106060?utm_content=1.1106060&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=Feeds&utm_campaign
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Bapu called her 'Poojya'
Times of India - Nov 17 at 2:55 GMT
font size AIncrease font size URL copied to clipboard ApnaCircle My Saved articles READ MORE Leena Mangaldas|Sydney Webb| london school of economics|Dina Patel RELATED AHMEDABAD: She was the only...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Bapu-called-her-Poojya/articleshow/17250654.cms|
Day’s Updates From the Lede Blog
New York Times - Nov 17 at 1:51 GMT
Video of the incident posted later on CNN’s Web site showed Mohammed Rabah Suliman, a student at London School of Economics who blogs for the Electronic Intifada from Gaza, continuing to speak calmly as the...
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/16/latest-updates-on-the-gaza-conflict
/?hp|
Economic order in for change
Hindustan Times - Nov 16 at 19:22 GMT
Innovation, technology and regulation of capital flows will define the way the global economy is administered in the coming years in an increasingly integrated world, which is still nursing multiple wounds of credit crisis that hit the financial sector...
http://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/WorldEconomy/Economic-order
-in-for-change/Article1-960236.aspx|
Schizophrenia costs society 11.8 billion pounds a year, says LSE PSSRU report
Finchannel.com - Nov 16 at 12:02 GMT
though 23% of conditions dealt with by the NHS are mental rather than physical.mental healthAs the London School of Economics and Political Science is a School announced, it also expresses concerns that...
http://finchannel.com/Main_News/B_Schools/119602_Schizophrenia_costs_
society_11.8_billion_pounds_a_year%2C_says_LSE_PSSRU_report/|
Workinmums.co.uk - Top Employer Awards 2012
HR Director - Peter Banks - Nov 16 at 11:32 GMT
showed commitment from senior management level down. The Top Employers Award for Best for Dads went to the London School of Economics and Political Science. The judges felt the winner really believed in the...
http://www.thehrdirector.com/business-news/hr_in_business/workinmums.co.
uk-top-employer-awards-2012/|
London conference showcases new Syrian opposition
CBC - Daniel Schwartz - Nov 16 at 10:30 GMT
help the opposition put its act together," Fawaz Gerges, who heads the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics and Poltical Science (LSE), told CBC News.Pivotal time aheadA Free Syrian Army...
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/11/15/f-syria-coalition.html|
Bitwa o wzrost przegrana: strefę euro nawiedziła recesja (translate)
Forsal.pl - Nov 16 at 9:17 GMT
i niechęci Północy, by coś z tym zrobić – skomentował w rozmowie z BBC Paul De Grauwe z London School of Economics. – Przez 20 lat nie widziałem tak wielkiego podziału, nawet wrogości między państwami. Tak...
http://forsal.pl/artykuly/662430,strefa_euro_znalazla_sie_w_technicznej_
receji.html|
Eurozone slides into recession for second time in three years
Irish Independent - Thomas Molloy - Nov 16 at 7:05 GMT
getting into a double-dip recession which is entirely self-made," said Paul De Grauwe, an economist with the London School of Economics. "It is a result of excessive austerity in southern countries and an...
http://www.independent.ie/business/european/eurozone-slides-into-recession
-for-second-time-in-three-years-3295337.html|
Shannon Gulliver, Samuel Caspersen
New York Times
He received a bachelor's degree in American history and political science from Brown, a diploma in world politics from the London School of Economics and a law degree from Harvard. He is a son of Barbara Morris Caspersen of Hobe Sound and the late ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/18/fashion/weddings/shannon-gulliver-samuel-caspersen-weddings.html|
Arianna Sacks, Gabriel Rosenberg
New York Times
He graduated from Harvard, and received a master's degree in applicable mathematics from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a law degree from Yale. His father is the executive vice chairman for anesthesiology at the NYU Langone ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/18/fashion/weddings/arianna-sacks-gabriel-rosenberg-weddings.html?_r=0|
SA trade envoys are due in London
San Antonio Express
Castro also will present a keynote lecture Monday at the London School of Economics on “U.S. Leadership in the 21st Century.” The mayor said he'll discuss how communities will thrive in this new era by investing in themselves to lead the way. Traveling ...
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/S-A-trade-envoys-are
-due-in-London-4047289.php|
LSE on TV/radio
BBC Radio 4 (16 Nov)
The World at One
Fawaz Gerges comments on the conflict in Gaza and Israel.
Also on:
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BBC Radio Scotland; BBC Radio 5 Live; BBC One, Breakfast; CNN
Sky News (17 Nov)
Press Preview
Charlie Beckett comments on the weekend’s press
BBC Radio 5 Live (16 Nov)
Albrecht Ritschl discusses forced labour in East Germany in the 1980s which was used to make IKEA products.
BBC Radio Scotland (18 Nov)
Good Morning Scotland
Mention of Welsh First Minister’s speech at LSE.
Also on:
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BBC Radio Wales (18 Nov)
Breakfast