LSE in print
We know our place in modern Britain, and it's no longer where it used to be
The Times, 04/04/2013, p.7, Jack Malvern
The Great British Class Survey, masterminded by Professor Mike Savage of the London School of Economics and Professor Fiona Devine of the University of Manchester, was primarily conducted on the BBC’s website, although the study took in other sources to ensure that it represented all of Britain.
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Working class is a thing of past in the age of the new elite
The Times, 03/04/2013, p.1, Unattributed
ELITE OR PRECARIAT: WHICH ONE OF 'SEVEN SOCIAL CLASSES' ARE YOU?
The Independent, 04/04/2013, p.21, Liam O'brien; Andy Watt
The markers have changed - but Nancy Mitford could still divide us up
The Independent, 04/04/2013, p.18, John Walsh
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/social-class-the-markers-have
-changed--but-nancy-mitford-could-still-divide-us-up-8558411.html?origin=internalSearch|
Class has become a growth industry
i (The paper for today), 04/04/2013, p.16, John Walsh
Now we are seven: Britain's new class structure
The Guardian, 04/04/2013, p.9, Sam Jones
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/apr/03/great-british-class-survey-seven|
A maths lesson for politicians: seven into three doesn't go
The Guardian, 04/04/2013, p.33, Martin Kettle
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/03/seven-into-three-doesnt
-go-maths-of-failure?INTCMP=SRCH|
The class divide: why we now need seven categories to know our place
The Daily Telegraph, 04/04/2013, p.6, John Bingham
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9969547/The-class-divide-why-we-now
-need-seven-categories-to-know-our-place.html|
From Elite to Precariat the new jargon-filled British class system
Daily Mail, 04/04/2013, p.21, Steve Doughty
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2303333/Great-British-Class-Survey-
reveals-UK-7-social-classes-Are-precariat-new-affluent-worker-elite.html|
CLASS OF 2013
The Daily Mirror, 04/04/2013, p.19, Louie Smith
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/britain-now-divided-seven-classes-1806186|
7 classes in society
The Sun, 04/04/2013, p.4, Unattributed
Now we are 7 classes apart
Metro, 04/04/2013, p.29, Etan Smallman
http://metro.co.uk/2013/04/03/seven-social-classes-in-uk-not-three-says-major-economic-cultural-and-social-study-3580676/|
Class act for today's Britain
Daily Star, 04/04/2013, p.9, Keyan Milanian
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/307204/Class-act-for-today-s-Britain/|
Britain and its seven new social classes... so where do you fit in?
Daily Express, 04/04/2013, p.7, Sarah O'grady
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/389166/Britain-and-its-seven-new-social-
classes-so-where-do-you-fit-in?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+daily
-express-uk-news+%28Daily+Express+%3A%3A+UK+Feed%29|
Letters: Make-work-pay economics and poor-law politics
The Guardian, 04/04/2013, p.35, Unattributed
The paradox of the coalition government's claim that it will make work pay is that for a substantial section of the labour force it is locking in place a system which ensures that work may never pay…
Letter by Professor Hartley Dean, LSE.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/apr/03/make-work-pay-poor-law|
Family, not area, is key to a child's education
Daily Mail, 04/04/2013, p.7, Andrew Levy
Dr Felix Weinhardt, who conducted the research, said: ‘We have always tried to help the most disadvantaged children to get better life chances and one of the ways we thought we could do this is through housing policy. ‘But research now increasingly tells us that bad neighbourhood environments have no causal influence on these children’s school performances at all.’ The postdoctoral fellow in the London School of Economics’ Centre for Economic Performance added: ‘These two groups of students really get very bad grades - very similar to students who live in high-density social housing neighbourhoods and never moved.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2303716/Family-area-key-childs-education-Children-parents-spent-extra-year-education-better-grades.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490|
Feature: Are universities as open as they should be?
Times Higher Education, 04/04/2013, p.35
Writing in the THE last year, Simeon Underwood, academic registrar at the London School of Economics, bemoaned the ‘vast’ quantity of information that institutions must collect for bodies such as Hesa.
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/features/feature-are-universities-as-open-as-they-should-be/2002888.article|
West’s universities reconsider China-funded Confucius Institutes
Times Higher Education, 04/04/2013, p.19
Critics have unsuccessfully opposed the opening of Confucius Institutes at the universities of Melbourne, Chicago and Stockholm, and successfully at the University of Pennsylvania. But many top-ranked institutions have agreed to host the programme, among them Stanford University and the London School of Economics.
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/wests-universities-reconsider-china-funded-confucius-institutes/2/2002870.article|
LSE online
Classing Britain: why defining social status is so difficult
guardian.co.uk (Web), 03/04/2013, Mona Chalabi Ami Sedghi
Professor Mike Savage from the London School of Economics (LSE), one of the authors of the survey, was reluctant to rely on this in the research claiming that "our economy and our lifestyles have changed profoundly since these categories were invented so this may no longer hold true." However, the online calculator does use professional titles when asking 'which of these people do you know socially?' This in turn, has several problems of its own.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2013/apr/03/class-britain-defining-social-status|
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We're all middle class now - apart from the 'precariat'
Channel 4 News (Web), 03/04/2013, Unattributed
http://www.channel4.com/news/middle-class-social-class-working-class-what
-class-are-you|
British class system alive and growing, survey finds
Reuters UK (Web), 03/04/2013, Unattributed
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/04/03/uk-britain-class-idUKBRE9320R52013
0403?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews|
'Working class' a dwindling breed
Evening Standard (Web), 04/04/2013, Unattributed
http://www.standard.co.uk/panewsfeeds/working-class-a-dwindling-breed-8557691.html|
Class survey is a 'story of polarisation'
Telegraph (Web), 04/04/2013, Unattributed
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9970311/Great-British-Class-Survey-
is-a-story-of-polarisation-says-report-co-author.html|
Why BBC Lefties hate being `middle-class?
Telegraph (Web), 03/04/2013, Cristina Odone
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/cristinaodone/100210285/why-bbc-lefties-hate
-being-middle-class/|
British class system alive and growing, survey says
GMA News Online - Apr 4 at 5:53 BST
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/302350/pinoyabroad/worldfeatures/british-class-system-alive-and-growing-survey-says|
Multiplying the Old Divisions of Class in Britain
New York Times - SARAH LYALL - Apr 4 at 1:55 BST
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/04/world/europe/multiplying-the-old-divisions-of
-class-in-britain.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=1|
The British class system? Needs a makeover, dinnit
Globe and Mail - PAUL WALDIE - Apr 4 at 1:48 BST
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/the-british-class-system-needs-a-makeover-dinnit/article10757776/?cmpid=rss1|
New model gives UK class system a shake-up
ABC Online - Apr 3 at 23:23 BST
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-04/new-model-gives-uk-class-system-a-
shake-up/4608688?section=australianetworknews|
New ‘class system’ emerges in UK
Asian Age - Apr 3 at 20:45 BST
http://www.asianage.com/newsmakers/new-class-system-emerges-uk-498|
Recent study sheds light on the UK's Byzantine class system
GlobalPost - Apr 3 at 18:24 BST
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/europe/united-kingdom/1304
03/UK-class-system-BBC-new-study|
Over de Britse sociale klassen 2.0 (translate)
Radio 1 Belgium - Apr 3 at 17:57 BST
http://www.radio1.be/programmas/nieuwe-feiten/over-de-britse-sociale-klassen
-20|
UK has ?seven social classes?
TheInformationDaily.com - Apr 3 at 16:20 BST
http://www.theinformationdaily.com/2013/04/03/uk-has-a-seven-class-system|
Britain has a whole new class system: Study
MSN.co.in - Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:19:33 GMT - Apr 3 at 16:19 BST
http://news.in.msn.com/international/article.aspx?cp-documentid=252649452|
Class war: new social groupings provoke outrage on social media
The Week UK - Apr 3 at 15:43 BST
http://www.theweek.co.uk/uk-news/52300/class-war-new-social-groupings-
provoke-outrage-social-media|
What class are you? Study divides Britons into seven social groups
Gulf News - Apr 3 at 13:33 BST
http://gulfnews.com/news/world/what-class-are-you-study-divides-britons-into
-seven-social-groups-1.1166269|
Britain Now Split Into Seven Social Classes - Which Are you?
Huffington Post UK - Apr 3 at 10:44 BST
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/04/03/uk-split-into-seven-socia_n_300
4528.html?utm_hp_ref=uk|
'Working class' a dwindling breed
Herts & Essex Observer - Apr 3 at 9:40 BST
http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/News/National-News/Working-class-a-dwindling-breed-2-6295350.xnf|
People in the UK now fit into seven social classes, a major survey conducted by the BBC suggests.
Manchester Wired - Apr 3 at 8:42 BST
http://www.manchesterwired.co.uk/news.php/1476349-UK-now-has-seven-social-classes|
¿Alta, media y trabajadora? Las clases sociales no son 3, sino 7 (translate)
El Confidencial - Apr 3 at 18:41 BST
http://www.elconfidencial.com/alma-corazon-vida/2013/04/03/alta-media-y-
trabajadora-no-las-clases-sociales-ya-no-son-tres-sino-siete-118112/|
Zwischen "Elite" und Prekariat soll es fünf weitere Klassen geben (translate)
Heise Online - Florian Rötzer - Apr 3 at 23:43 BST
http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/38/38873/1.html|
Wlk Brytania: badanie. Społeczeństwo dzieli się obecnie na siedem klas (translate)
ONET.pl - Apr 3 at 15:39 BST
http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/swiat/wlk-brytania-badanie-spoleczenstwo-dzieli-sie-obec,1,5459125,wiadomosc.html|
Siedem klas społeczeństwa brytyjskiego (translate)
Rzeczpospolita - Apr 3 at 15:25 BST
http://www.rp.pl/artykul/30,996224.html|
De las «elites» al «precariado», las siete clases sociales de la nueva Gran Bretaña (translate)
ABC.es - borja bergarecheborjabergareche - Apr 3 at 14:17 BST
http://www.abc.es/sociedad/20130403/abci-siete-clases-201304031119.html|
Gb, aumentano le classi sociali e arriva il proletariato precario (translate)
Il Giornale - domenico.ferrara - Apr 3 at 12:33 BST
http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/esteri/gb-aumentano-classi-sociali-e-arriva-
proletariato-precario-902547.html|
Gb: Londra 'rivede' classi sociali, entrano i 'proletari precari' (translate)
AGI.it - Apr 3 at 12:52 BST
http://www.agi.it/estero/notizie/201304031322-est-rt10147-gb_londra_rivede_classi_sociali_entrano_i_proletari_precari|
Naeem Malik obituary
guardian.co.uk (Web), 03/04/2013, Unattributed
Naeem went to study at the London School of Economics, but he had no plans to settle in the city.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2013/apr/03/naeem-malik-obituary|
Jean Floud obituary
guardian.co.uk (Web), 03/04/2013, Robert Skidelsky
Jean Esther Floud, sociologist, born 3 November 1915; died 28 March 2013 Higher education Sociology University of Cambridge London School of Economics and Political Science Grammar schools University of Oxford
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2013/apr/03/jean-floud|
Alex Tsipras - between radicalism and realism
Open Democracy (Web), 03/04/2013, Unattributed
I went to listen to him at the London School of Economics, better known for its neoliberal instincts these days (Friedrich Hayek taught there for a long time and Anthony Giddens, a former director, developed his ‘Third way’ Blairite vision there), than as a left wing institution (Sydney Webb, a socialist economist founded it in 1895).
http://www.opendemocracy.net/philippe-marli%C3%A8re/alexis-tsipras-between-radicalism-and-realism|
UK aid bankrolling PPP election fight through BISP
The News International - Apr 4 at 6:58 BST
Mrs Bhutto’s widower, President Asif Ali Zardari, and his party. Ehtisham Ahmad, a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics, said the Department for International Development was pouring money into...
http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-2-169337-UK-aid-bankrolling-PPP-
election-fight-through-BISP|
Cyprus crisis could undermine relations with key partners and allies
Financial Mirror - Apr 4 at 5:19 BST
James Ker-Lindsay is Eurobank Senior Research Fellow in the Politics of South East Europe at the European Institute, London School of Economics. He has written extensively on Cyprus.
http://www.financialmirror.com/blog-details.php?nid=1033|
Outside his father’s shadow: Sonny Angara
Philippine Online Chronicles - maotechie@gmail.com - Apr 4 at 4:17 BST
school studies at the Xavier School, where he graduated honorable mention. He then left to study at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where took up BS Economics (International Relations...
http://www.thepoc.net/thepoc-features/politi-ko/politiko-features/18165-outside-his-fathers-shadow-sonny-angara.html|
Nelson Mandela Obituary Mistakenly Aired In South Africa: Madiba Is Not Dead
International Business Times - Apr 4 at 1:46 BST
think otherwise. The station mistakenly broadcast an obituary for the ailing Mandela on Tuesday night. Library of the London School of Economics and Political Science Nelson Mandela in 2000.
http://www.ibtimes.com/nelson-mandela-obituary-mistakenly-aired-south-africa
-madiba-not-dead-1170305|
Frank Turner returns to New Zealand
Waikato Times - Jule Scherer - Apr 4 at 1:06 BST
Turner went to Eton College and once shared a French class with Prince William before studding at the London School of Economics; not quite the standard background of a singer/songwriter who used to rip into...
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/entertainment/8508961/Frank-Turner-returns-to-New-Zealand|
UK aid helping Zardari’s party to woo voters
The Gulf Today - Apr 3 at 23:09 BST
has claimed in evidence to a parliamentary inquiry, reports the Telegraph. Ehtisham Ahmad, a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics, said Britain’s Department for International Development (DFID...
http://gulftoday.ae/portal/427d505a-0c26-41d3-84b6-deddae96af7f.aspx|
Cyprus Turks Share Pain as Banking Crisis Revives Talk of Unity
Bloomberg - Tom Stoukas - Apr 3 at 22:29 BST
going to be good for the Turkish Cypriots, politically or economically,” said James Ker-Lindsay, a lecturer at the London School of Economics and author of “The Cyprus Problem.” “They have forged links with...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-03/cyprus-turks-share-pain-as-banking-crisis-revives-talk-of-unity.html|
Climate Change Worse Than Expected, Argues Lord Stern
Scientific American - Apr 3 at 16:22 BST
era, said Lord Nicholas Stern, a professor of economics and chairman of the Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics.Stern called for new and better climate models and better economic...
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=climate-change-worse-than
-expected-argues-lord-stern|
Kids exposed to violent porn
New Zealand Herald - Apr 3 at 15:02 BST
According to the report unveiled by teachers last week, children are regularly amongst them. An investigation by the London School of Economics found that 90 per cent of youngsters between eight and 16 have...
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/internet/news/article.cfm?c_id=137&objectid=10875104|
MIT Economist Daron Acemoglu Gets Award at Turkish University
The Armenian Observer - jessica - Apr 3 at 11:27 BST
and his MS degree in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics and then his Ph.D in 1992 from the London School of Economics. He is currently the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts...
http://www.thearmenianobserver.com/?p=1778|
Give Congress a raise (translate)
The News.com.mx - Apr 3 at 9:37 BST
recent Washington Times story shows. Like senators and representatives, staffers are paid well to leave, and as a London School of Economics study found, they receive an additional pay bump so long as their...
http://www.thenews.com.mx/index.php/opinion-articulos/8051-give-congress-a
-raise|
Zhou Wenzhong
CHINAdaily - Apr 3 at 9:18 BST
graduate.1970-1973 Staff member at the Beijing Diplomatic Service Bureau of China;1973-1975 Student at Bath University and London School of Economics of the United Kingdom;1975-1978 Staff member at the...
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/boao2013/2012-03/30/content_163742
86.htm|
Britterna delas in i sju klasser (translate)
DN.se - Apr 4 at 7:00 BST
medel- och överklass är föråldrat, enligt en undersökning som den brittiska nyhetskanalen BBC genomfört tillsammans med forskare vid London School of Economics och universitetet i Manchester.Bara 39 procent...
http://www.dn.se/ekonomi/britterna-delas-in-i-sju-klasser|
África: continente com crescimento e pobreza em alta (translate)
Monitor Mercantil - Apr 3 at 20:30 BST
se liberte da influência dos países imperialistas ex e neocolonialistas. Thandika Mkadauire, professor de Desenvolvimento da África na London School of Economics e ex-diretor do Instituto de Pesquisas para...
http://www.monitormercantil.com.br/index.php?pagina=Noticias&Noticia=130727|
Custos da emissão de dívida britânica podem subir com novo imposto europeu - Estudo (translate)
Expresso Online - Apr 3 at 12:25 BST
dívida do Reino Unido, segundo um relatório hoje divulgado. O documento, pedido pela City of London Corporation à London School of Economics, refere que, com esta medida, os investidores vão exigir uma margem...
http://expresso.sapo.pt/custos-da-emissao-de-divida-britanica-podem-subir-com
-novo-imposto-europeu-estudo=f797840|