LSE in print
Number Crunching
Times Higher Education, 20/09/2012, p.36, Simeon Underwood
Feature by Simeon Underwood, Academic Registrar at LSE, on the increasing burden of data requirements imposed on universities.
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=421157&c=2|
Forget private fees, live near state school
The Daily Telegraph, 20/09/2012, p.10, Graeme Paton
Parents could save around £26,000 by avoiding independent schools in favour of state primaries ranked among the top 10 per cent, researchers from the London School of Economics claim.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9553778/Parents-can-save
-cash-by-moving-next-to-top-state-schools.html|
Two clicks to avoid eurozone bailout
Financial Times, 20/09/2012, p.12, Unattributed
Letters: Julian Le Grand, LSE, UK : "According to George Soros and Rod Price, the alternatives for Germany are either to "lead or leave" or "submit or leave" the euro.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d1251850-01a2-11e2-8aaa-00144feabdc0.html|
Has the Euro Crisis Turned a Corner?
The Wall Street Journal (Europe), 20/09/2012, p.17, Charles Goodhart; Sony Kapoor
Markets have been euphoric about the recent good news in the euro zone: the European Central Bank's promise of potentially unlimited bond purchases, the announcement of a banking union, Germany's green light for the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), a pro-European result in the Dutch election, and a softer EU stance on Greece. Article by Charles Goodhart, professor emeritus of banking and finance at the London School of Economics, and Sony Kapoor. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443995604578001953200290
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LSE online
Kurdistan oil deals risk Baghdad showdown
Financial Times (Web), 19/09/2012, Unattributed
"With the big majors going north and getting much better terms, Exxon has to be punished " said Toby Dodge, an Iraq expert at LSE.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/91d60f1c-024a-11e2-b41f-00144feabdc0.html#axzz26zbjoFxm|
Arctic's sea ice melts to record low
Financial Times (Web), 19/09/2012, Unattributed
Bob Ward of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change at the LSE, talks about arctic sea ice melts.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ab6fd1e2-0286-11e2-8cf8-00144feabdc0.html#axzz26zbjoFxm|
Déclaration de M. Laurent Fabius, ministre des affaires étrangères, sur les défis et priorités de la politique étrangère de la France, à Paris le 6 septembre 2012. (translate)
ViePublique.fr - FABIUS Laurent - Sep 20 at 5:24 BST
notre sensibilité. On ne regarde pas le monde de la même manière depuis Sciences-Po, depuis Harvard, depuis la London School of Economics ou l'Université de Berlin. Je pense notamment à l'attention portée...
http://discours.vie-publique.fr/notices/123001641.html|
[英国媒体曝留学录取率最低专业黑名单] (translate)
QQ.com - Sep 20 at 4:12 BST
这份报告呼吁研究密集型大学立即行动，改进“有关学科选择与录取的透明度。”这包括在大学网站公布非优先考虑的学科，并说明哪些学科对某些课程不适合。目前只有剑桥大学和伦敦政经学院（ London School of Economics）公布了明确的“非优先”A-levels学科，供学生们做学科选择时参考。伦敦政经学院招生负责人凯瑟琳繁炊?挛拢 Catherine Baldwin）告诉研究人员说：“各学校在处理学生上大学的事宜时确实有很大的困难，每
http://edu.qq.com/a/20100913/000052.htm|
On Pakistan and Iran relations
The Express Tribune - Asad Rahim - Sep 20 at 4:01 BST
The writer is a law graduate from the London School of Economics and tweets @AsadRahim It cannot be easy being Bashar al-Assad. Syria’s president has lost his brother-in-law, and some would say, his sanity...
http://tribune.com.pk/story/439354/on-pakistan-and-iran-relations/|
The politicisation of council tax
Local Government Chronicle - Sep 20 at 3:48 BST
of housing finance would do well to look elsewhere for a solution. Article by Tony Travers, director, Greater London Group, London School of Economics
http://www.lgcplus.com/opinion/the-politicisation-of-council-tax/5048460.article?referrer=RSS|
Investigating choice and competition in the UK NHS
Ethos journal - nicholas_timmins@dummyemail.com (Nicholas Timmins - Sep 20 at 2:44 BST
risks, over time, losing business. Work by Carol Propper of Imperial College, London, and Zack Cooper of the London School of Economics, among others, suggests that hospitals facing a degree of competition...
http://www.ethosjournal.com/topics/health/item/392-choice-and-competition|
Politic Show: Lui Crin Antonescu i se clatina si scaunul de la Senat; Suspendarea lui Traian Basescu, imposibila; Dovada ca Udrea a inchis ochii in dosarul Greenfield; Dan Sova si-a scos diploma de la Paris din CV (translate)
Hot News - Mircea Barzoi - Sep 20 at 1:01 BST
ministrul Sova mentioneaza acum un nou master la Londra. Noul master care apare in CV-ul lui Sova este " London School of Economics - M.S.c. in Politics and Government in the E.U.", unde spune ca este "masterand...
http://revistapresei.hotnews.ro/stiri-revista_presei_politic-13257055-politic-show-lui-crin-antonescu-clatina-scaunul-senat-suspendarea-lui-traian-basescu-imposibila-dovada-udrea-inchis-ochii-dosarul-greenfield-dan-sova-scos-diploma-paris-din.htm|
China's Lost Soul
Qatar Tribune - Sep 20 at 1:00 BST
to revert to the minimal communist ethic of serving the people. The author teaches comparative politics at the London School of Economics.
http://www.qatar-tribune.com/data/20120920/content.asp?section=Opinion1_1|
Ministrul Liviu Pop ii ia apararea lui Dan Sova: Are dreptul sa scrie ce vrea in CV. si eu am sters anumite lucruri (translate)
Newz.ro - Sep 20 at 0:15 BST
Dan Sova se lauda in CV-ul sau ca are un Master in Drept Fiscal, obtinut in 2007 la London School of Economics and Political Science.CV-ul sau a fost modificat si acum indica postura de 'masterand part-time...
http://www.newz.ro/stire/142053/ministrul-liviu-pop-ii-ia-apararea-lui-dan-sova-are-dreptul-sa-scrie-ce-vrea-in-cv-si-eu-am-sters-anumite-lucruri.html|
Kachin News Group: Kachin in US to boycott Suu Kyi congressional ceremony
Burmanet - editor, BurmaNet - Sep 20 at 0:03 BST
San Suu Kyi has avoided directly criticizing the army’s actions in Kachin state. At speech at the London School of Economics (LSE) in June of this year Burma’s famed opposition leader responded to a question...
http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/09/19/kachin-news-group-kachin-in-us-to-
boycott-suu-kyi-congressional-ceremony/|
19/09/2012 Fonte record de la banquise cet été dans l'océan Arctique (translate)
Capital.fr - Sep 19 at 23:05 BST
de ce que prévoyaient les scientifiques il y a quelques années", s'est inquiété Bob Ward, de la London School of Economics and Political Science. "Il faut que nos décideurs politiques se réveillent et prennent...
http://www.capital.fr/a-la-une/actualites/fonte-record-de-la-banquise-cet-ete-dans-l-ocean-arctique-757468|
Arctic ice cover shrinks to half the 1979-2000 average
WA Today - Sep 19 at 22:06 BST
of melting, far beyond what scientists thought would happen a few years ago," Bob Ward of the London School of Economics and Political Science said in a statement. "Policy-makers need to wake up to the scale...
http://www.watoday.com.au/environment/climate-change/arctic-ice-cover-shrinks
-to-half-the-19792000-average-20120920-267n8.html|
UPDATE: Washington State University Professor Allegedly Raped Teen
KHQ Right Now - Kelsey Watts - Sep 19 at 21:35 BST
a British citizen, and earned his bachelors from the University of Birmingham in 1983, his masters from the London School of Economics in 1984, and his Ph.D. from New York University in 1992.
http://www.khq.com/story/19585709/washingtin-state-university-professor-allegedly-raped-teen|
KXLY-TV
KXLY - Sep 19 at 21:22 BST
A British national, Appleton earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Birmingham, his masters degree from the London School of Economics and his Ph.D from New York University in 1992. He is also...
http://www.kxly.com/news/spokane-news/WSU-professor-accused-of-raping-
teenage-girl/-/101214/16663114/-/gqdcax/-/index.html|
Making the most of bigger cities
BRW - Sep 19 at 21:04 BST
of the next 25 years, renowned international urbanist Ricky Burdett says. A professor of urban studies at the London School of Economics, he was chief adviser of architecture and urbanism for the London...
http://www.brw.com.au/p/sections/property/making_the_most_of_bigger_cities_
mllsxLJjabAlIOih6qZcpI|
News / Dan Şova şi-a mai şters o diplomă din CV (translate)
ImpactNews - Sep 19 at 20:24 BST
ce zilele trecute Dan Şova a fost nevoit să dea explicaţii cu referire la un master făcut la London School of Economics, acum politicianul este acuzat că mai are o neconcordanţă în CV, scrie evz.ro.Realizatorul...
http://www.impactnews.ro/News/Dan-%5Eova-_i-a-mai-_ters-o-diplom%03-din-CV-81583|
Arctic sea ice melts to lowest level on record
AlertNet - Sep 19 at 20:22 BST
of melting, far beyond what scientists thought would happen a few years ago," Bob Ward of the London School of Economics and Political Science said in a statement. "Policy-makers need to wake up to the scale...
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/arctic-sea-ice-melts-to-lowest-level-on-record|
WSU professor accused of raping teenage girl
KOMO News - News - Sep 19 at 19:52 BST
A British national, Appleton earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Birmingham, his masters degree from the London School of Economics and his Ph.D from New York University in 1992.He is also...
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/WSU-professor-Andrew-Appleton-accused-of-raping-teenage-girl-170367696.html|
Las universidades británicas, modelo de excelencia (translate)
El Economista.es - Sep 19 at 18:34 BST
Por ello, bajo el indicador de mayor número de alumnos internacionales, 6 de las más internacionalizada son británicas: London School of Economics, University College London, SOAS, St Andrews, Imperial College...
http://ecoaula.eleconomista.es/noticias/noticias/4259757/09/12/Las-universidades-britanicas-modelo-de-excelencia.html|
Strong stuff as sector gets to grips with questions of mortality
Northern Housing - Sep 19 at 17:51 BST
views were Professor Anne Power, professor of social policy, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) at the London School of Economics (LSE); Claire Fox, director of the Institute for Ideas; Julie Fawcett...
http://www.housingexcellence.co.uk/news/strong-stuff-sector-gets-grips-questions-mortality|
Richest American Hedge Fund Managers
Forbes.com - Sep 19 at 17:51 BST
foundations. Born in Budapest, Soros survived the Nazi occupation of Hungary and went on to study at the London School of Economics before launching storied hedge fund firm Quantum Fund Management in 1969...
http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml|
Kwasi Kwarteng MP: Why the Government must end national pay bargaining
ConservativeHome's Platform - Conservative Home - Sep 19 at 17:06 BST
Kwasi Kwarteng is the MP for SpelthorneThis morning, The Times (£) published a letter from 25 economists. These academics argued that we should stop the current practice of setting uniform national pay rates in the public sector. Instead, we should allow...
http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2012/09/kwasi-kwarteng-mp.html|
'Portraits of Power' captures world leaders in close-up
St. Petersburg Times - Lennie Bennett - Sep 19 at 16:48 BST
Platon has become a sought-after speaker, appearing at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Yale University, the London School of Economics, the National Portrait Gallery in London and the International...
http://www.tampabay.com/features/visualarts/article1252333.ece|
Datorită lui Șova, m-am ales și eu cu un Master! (translate)
Răscumpărarea memoriei - Vasilică Croitor - Sep 19 at 15:54 BST
este implicat într-un scandal déjà vu în guvernul lui Ponta. În CV-ul domniei sale apărea un Master la London School of Economics. După ce presa a arătat că el s-a înscris la acele cursuri, dar nu le-a absolvit...
Leistungsgerechtigkeit: Steuern rauf für Reiche! (translate)
Die Zeit - Sep 19 at 15:05 BST
– und das trotz Wirtschaftskrise. Henning Meyer ist Senior Visiting Fellow an der London School of Economics und Mitglied der Grundwertekommission der SPD. Dieser Anstieg...
http://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2012-09/steuer-erhoehung-reiche-kommentar|
The Rushdie controversy resurfaces amid film protest
Deutsche Welle - Sep 19 at 14:59 BST
an echo of Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses,' said Emrys Schoemaker, a communication analyst and researcher at the London School of Economics. He said that in the past, the interaction between people with divergent...
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16250412,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf|
Fmi, Montanino direttore esecutivo per l’Italia (translate)
E-Duesse - Sep 19 at 14:24 BST
ha ottenuto un dottorato alla Facoltà di Statistica dell’Università La Sapienza di Roma e un master alla London School of Economics. Oltre al ruolo al ministero dell’Economia, Montanino è attualmente consigliere...
http://businesspeople.it//People/People-moving/Fmi-Montanino-direttore-esecutivo
-per-l-Italia_38437|
History repeating: Why cloud computing could revisit the mistakes of the 1980s PC boom
Tech Republic - Sep 19 at 14:11 BST
before and it didn’t pan out well, warns Dr Will Venters, lecturer in information systems at the London School of Economics. The same rhetoric about giving business power over IT was used to sell PCs to...
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/cio-insights/history-repeating-why-cloud-
computing-could-revisit-the-mistakes-of-the-1980s-pc-boom/39749395|
Euro naberá smer Latinská Amerika (komentár dňa) (translate)
Finweb.sk - Sep 19 at 11:49 BST
taká typická pre Latinskú Ameriku. Každým "krokom vpred" však kríza v eurozóne postupuje týmto smerom.Peter Boone z London School of Economics a Simon Johnson z M.I.T. Sloan School of Management(Zdroj: Economix...
http://finweb.hnonline.sk/c1-57543730-euro-nabera-smer-latinska-amerika-span
-class-koment-komentar-dna-span|
Economists Call For UK Local Public-Sector Pay Bargaining
Nasdaq - Sep 19 at 11:22 BST
"In an open letter published in The Times newspaper the group of 25 economists, including from the London School of Economics and University of Cambridge, said national pay rates meant public-sector wages...
http://www.nasdaq.com/article/economists-call-for-uk-local-public-sector-pay-bargaining-20120919-00127|
Şova ŞI-A SCOS diploma de la PARIS din CV (translate)
Romania Libera - ADRIANA TOMA - Sep 19 at 11:20 BST
ministrul Şova menţionează acum un nou master la Londra. Noul master care apare în CV-ul lui Şova este " London School of Economics - M.S.c. in Politics and Government in the E.U.", unde spune că este "masterand...
http://www.romanialibera.ro/actualitate/politica/sova-si-a-scos-diploma-de-la-
paris-din-cv-277739.html|
Nigeria: Sanusi's Central Bank of the Few
AllAfrica.com - Sep 19 at 10:51 BST
any text books on economics or commerce.You won't hear it said at Harvard Business School or London School of Economics but you'll know it if you are a Nigerian. These are indeed lessons they don't teach...
http://allafrica.com/stories/201209190539.html|
Libro di Monica Lewinsky in arrivo, l'ex stagista batte cass (translate)
Yahoo! Italia - Sep 19 at 10:26 BST
New York Post. La Lewinsky, che il prossimo luglio compirà 40 anni, ha intanto conseguito un master alla London School of Economics in psicologia sociale, con una tesi intitolata “Alla ricerca del giurato...
http://it.notizie.yahoo.com/libro-monica-lewinsky.html|
Maverick’s loose-cannon traits make hiring managers nervous
Globe and Mail - Sep 19 at 10:22 BST
as extroversion, creativity and openness, the results can be quite positive,” writes organizational psychologist Elliroma Gardiner, of the London School of Economics and Political Science, and her co-author...
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/small-business/sb-managing/human-resources/mavericks-loose-cannon-traits-make-hiring-
managers-nervous/article4551681/|
Dan Șova își face curățenie în CV: a dispărut și diploma de la Baroul din Paris (translate)
Evenimentul Zilei - Sep 19 at 10:18 BST
După ce London School of Economics a arătat că nu i-a emis lui Dan Șova nicio diplomă de master, alte studii din CV îi dau bătăi de cap ministrului. Sursa: EVZ Andrei Bădin...
http://www.evz.ro/detalii/stiri/Dan-ova-i-cur-CV-ul-a-disprut-i-diploma-de-la-Paris-1001502.html|
Women's Library protests continue
Bookseller - Joshua Farrington - Sep 19 at 10:10 BST
this month, which attempted to persuade the institution not to sell the library to the only bidder, the London School of Economics.Campaigners say the archive of women's history should remain in its purpose-built...
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/womens-library-protests-continue.html|
Streit über das Urheberrecht: Viel Meinung, wenig Wissen (translate)
Spiegel Online - Hilmar Schmundt - Sep 19 at 10:02 BST
ersten, flüchtigen Blick erhaschen auf die in Deutschland schlummernden Daten. Er studierte an der FU Berlin und der London School of Economics, heute leitet er im britischen Bournemouth das . Im Juli 2007...
http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/urheberrecht-und-filesharing-viel-
meinung-wenig-wissen-a-856537.html#ref=rss|
National pay bargaining 'bad for Britain', academics claim
Public Finance Magazine - Sep 19 at 9:21 BST
Newbery, emeritus professor of economics, Cambridge University 2. Tim Besley, Kuwait professor of economics and political science, London School of Economics 3. Oriana Bandiera, professor...
http://www.publicfinance.co.uk/news/2012/09/national-pay-bargaining-bad-for-
britain-academics-claim/|
Suu Kyi’s silence
DVB - PANGMU SHAYI - Sep 19 at 9:18 BST
did come, it was one that sent shock waves throughout the Kachin world. During panel discussions at the London School of Economics on 19 June 19 2012, when pressed on why she had not spoken out against atrocities...
http://www.dvb.no/analysis/suu-kyi%E2%80%99s-silence/23825|
Moscovici Londres : cas d'école des contradictions de la gauche au pouvoir (translate)
Seniorplanet.fr - Sep 19 at 8:46 BST
que Pierre Moscovici, son ministre de l’Economie, vient de lui emboîter le pas. Déclinant avant-hier, à la London School of Economics (LSE) de Londres, le programme économique du gouvernement devant un auditoire...
http://www.planet.fr/a-la-une-moscovici-londres-cas-d-ecole-des-contradictions-de-gauche-au-pouvoir.246368.1912.html|
¿Gabinetazo? (translate)
El Economista México - cfarias - Sep 19 at 7:00 BST
extranjero- Jarque Uribe posee un currículum irrebatible. Actuario, egresado de la Universidad Anáhuac, obtuvo una maestría en la London School of Economics and Political Science, un doctorado en la Universidad...
http://eleconomista.com.mx/columnas/columna-especial-politica/2012/09/19/gabinetazo|
LSE on TV/radio
BBC 2 (19 Sept)
Newsnight
Luis Garicano comments on the potential end to the Euro-zone crisis.