LSE in print
Leader: Unknown half-life of fees fallout
Times Higher Education, 18/10/2012, Unattributed
be bolstered by the news that the number of higher education students taking places at further education colleges has fallen by at least 10 per cent. As one fresher at the London School of Economics puts it: "I know loads of people who decided not to go because of the fees - they could do a lot for the world, but
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European mobility plans 'not radical enough'
Times Higher Education, 18/10/2012, Unattributed
to increase the number of British students heading to continental Europe to study are too modest, a House of Lords debate has heard. Lord Giddens of Southgate, former director of the London School of Economics, said he was disappointed by the "modest approach" adopted by a Lords committee examining how student and staff mobility could be increased. The Lords EU subcommittee, headed
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'What can you do? We are just the puppets'
Times Higher Education, 18/10/2012, Unattributed
weren't going to go to top 20 universities, so they didn't go because of the cost. They were put off by the headlines." Myuran Kuhan, studying maths and economics at the London School of Economics, says many of his friends accepted the debt with reluctance. "There is nothing we can do," he adds. "Even though we did protest, or if we protested
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Share of the public piggybank
Times Higher Education, 18/10/2012, Unattributed
that institutions already vary greatly in the proportion of income they secure directly from public sources. Of the top 10 UK institutions according to the THE World University Rankings 2012-13, the London School of Economics ran on the lowest proportion of public money in 2010-11 - just 16.1 per cent of its annual £234 million income. The University of Bristol relied the
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Campus round-up
Times Higher Education, 18/10/2012, Unattributed
wording of the law is not going to make much difference," said Professor Silverman. "It is very difficult to outline the difference between reasonable and disproportionate force in these cases." London School of Economics A university is to double the number of its doctoral scholarships. The London School of Economics will provide 59 fully funded PhD awards for entrants from
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Bikes push cars aside
Evening Standard, 17/10/2012, p.7, David Spittles
brought more riders on to the roads seeking greater fittness and an alternative to commuting by car or train. A report by competitive cycling's governing body British Cycling, with the London School of Economics, shows that cycling is worth £2.9 billion to the national economy, as cyclists spend an average £230 each on their bikes. The Cycle to Work scheme
Gloves are off in the austerity debate
Evening Standard, 17/10/2012, p.41, Unattributed
TODAY programme presenter Evan Davis chaired a feisty austerity debate at the Houses of Parliament, organised by Lord Layard of the London School of Economics, with experts clashing over whether the Government is cutting "too far and too fast". In the red corner was Nobel prize winner and New York Times
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LSE online
'Freshers Week is revolting: that's why we should keep it'
guardian.co.uk (Web), 17/10/2012, Unattributed
most of whom had chosen to study in North America, that I truly had experienced "the London life". • Alia Malouf (not her real name) is a law student at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She moved to London after living in the Gulf for 18 years. [sourcelink]
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Increase in youth unemployment in the capital
ITV.com (Web), 17/10/2012, Unattributed
job. This follows news that unemployment in the capital has risen. A report released by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, which was conducted by researchers at York and Warwick Universities and the London School of Economics, has revealed that: According to a report by the TUC report: Today's datum from the Office of National Statistics reveals that there were 3.891 million people in
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-in-the-capital/|
Iraqi central bank chief suspended
Financial Times (Web), 17/10/2012, Unattributed
institutions . "Maliki for a long time has wanted access to [dollar] reserves that Sinan was holding back to stabilise the [Iraqi] dinar," said Toby Dodge, an Iraq specialist at the London School of Economics. "The authoritarian centralisation of power in Baghdad continues at a pace." Iraq's cabinet suspended Mr Shibibi and appointed Abdul-Basit Turki, head of the Board of Supreme Audit,
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Ex-Fed chief Volcker calls for bank leverage ratio
Reuters UK (Web), 17/10/2012, Unattributed
insurance policies to millions of customers by all big banks. The Libor scandal was "an example of the problem in culture in banks", Volcker said after the session. Volcker, educated at the London School of Economics in the early 1950s as well as Princeton and Harvard Universities, said the culture of banking had "changed radically". That was related to too much emphasis
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Ex-Fed chief Volcker calls for bank leverage ratio
Yahoo! UK and Ireland (Web), 17/10/2012, Unattributed
insurance policies to millions of customers by all big banks. The Libor scandal was "an example of the problem in culture in banks", Volcker said after the session. Volcker, educated at the London School of Economics in the early 1950s as well as Princeton and Harvard Universities, said the culture of banking had "changed radically". That was related to too much emphasis
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135002783--finance.html|
66 people chase every retail job
ITN (Web), 17/10/2012, Unattributed
supply of jobs in different areas. Vacancies were closed to candidates within days, and in some cases, hours, said the report. The study, by researchers at York and Warwick Universities and the London School of Economics, found that only one in four of the vacancies studied offered full-time, day-time work. Employers expressed a preference for local candidates with easy journeys to work even
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Workshy Britain? 66 people chase EVERY retail job
Evening Standard (Web), 17/10/2012, Unattributed
supply of jobs in different areas. Vacancies were closed to candidates within days, and in some cases, hours, said the report. The study, by researchers at York and Warwick Universities and the London School of Economics, found that only one in four of the vacancies studied offered full-time, day-time work. Employers expressed a preference for local candidates with easy journeys to work even
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/workshy-britain-66-people-chase-every-retail
-job-8214240.html|
London could seek own tax devolution
Financial Times (Web), 17/10/2012, Unattributed
government any more than I would have had getting something similar out of the Labour government." The commission, which is chaired by Tony Travers, a London governance expert at the London School of Economics and Politics, is due to publish a draft interim report in December and a final report in Spring 2013.
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Hilary Mantel no stranger to Man Booker Prize
Evening Standard (Web), 17/10/2012, Unattributed
for the first two instalments in her historical trilogy, been longlisted three times and was a judge herself in 1990. The 60-year-old was born in Derbyshire and studied law at the London School of Economics and Sheffield University before working as a social worker. She has said her decision to become a writer was inspired by the end of her parents' marriage
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LSE on TV/radio
BBC Radio Scotland (17 October 2012)
Newsdrive
Interview with Dr Leslie Haddon regarding the new report by the EU Kids Online project at LSE.
BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire (17 October 2012)
Breakfast
Reference to a new report by LSE into youth unemployment.
BBC Kent (17 October 2012)
News
It is mentioned that Mick Jagger attended LSE.
LBC (17 October 2012)
News
The host mentions that he has a degree from LSE.
BBC Radio 4 (16 October)
News
Dr Jo Eric Murkens discussed how Scotland would have to sign up to both the euro and the Schengen agreement if it became an inpedendent state.