LSE in print
'Asbos' to silence 25 hate clerics
The Sunday Times, 22/12/2013, p.1, David Leppard; Richard Kerbaj
for banning women from asking questions during a segregated Islamic event and asking them to put their queries down in writing. Last year Haddad was banned from speaking at the London School of Economics after the university's Jewish society requested that his event be cancelled because of his allegedly hostile view towards Jews.
Boris better hurry if he's to get the top job
The Sunday Telegraph, 22/12/2013, p.20, Ian Martin
London airport to the east of the city was sidelined by a government review, written by Sir Howard Davies, formerly of the disastrous Financial Services Authority, the CBI and the London School of Economics in its Libyan period. Delivered by anyone else, an unequivocal statement that he will not stand for Parliament would settle matters. But this is Boris.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/london-mayor-election/mayor-of-london/10530773/Boris-Johnson-had-better-hurry-if-hes-to-get-the-top-job.html|
T-SHIRT BAN UNI SORRY
The Sun, 21/12/2013, p.26, Unattributed
TWO students forced to cover T-shirts depicting the Prophet Mohammed and Jesus Christ have won an apology. Christian Moos and Abhishek Phandis were told by London School of Economics officials the image may constitute harassment of religious groups.
How come celebs aren't stopped and searched?
The Independent On Sunday, 22/12/2013, p.44, Christina Russell
to the attention of the police. So the police never know about their cocaine use. Prosecution for possession offences can arise from stop and search. The charity Release and the London School of Economics earlier this year published a report which "shows that drug policing is dominating stop and search, that much of this activity is focused on low-level drug
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/nigella-lawson-case-how-come-celebs-arent-stopped-and-searched-9020098.html|
LSE sorry in Prophet T-shirt row
Evening Standard, 20/12/2013, p.23, Unattributed
THE head of the London School of Economics has apologised to two students who were forced at a freshers' fair to cover up T-shirts depicting cartoons of Jesus and the Prophet Mohammed. Professor Craig
Why I emoticons all over my column :-)
The Times, 21/12/2013, p.23, Daniel Finkelstein
Anyway I have decided to scatter emoticons throughout my weekly Opinion column. I am being serious :-) The hardest word I want quickly to mention something you might have missed. The London School of Economics has decided to say sorry. You may or may not remember the fuss back in October. At the LSE Fresher's Fair two students on the Atheist
Bah humbug! Scrimping's made me bigger than Beyoncé
The Sunday Times, 22/12/2013, p.3, Oliver Thring
Lewis was born in Manchester in 1972 to a relatively affluent Jewish family. He went to the independent King's School in Chester and later to the London School of Economics. After graduating he briefly worked in the City before training as a broadcast journalist.
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/newsreview/article1354969.ece| (£)
Students win apology in Mohamed T-shirt row
The Independent, 21/12/2013, p.12, Unattributed
The London School of Economics has apologised to two students who were threatened with expulsion from a freshers' fair for wearing T-shirts depicting a cartoon of the Prophet Mohamed and Jesus.
http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/students-win-lse-apology-over-ban-on-tshirts-depicting-prophet-mohamed-and-jesus-christ-9018476.html|
Apology to students forced to hide T-shirts
The Guardian, 21/12/2013, p.15
The London School of Economics has apologised to two students forced to cover up T-shirts featuring a cartoon of Jesus and the prophet Muhammad. Christian Moos and Abhishek Phadnis were representing
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/dec/20/lse-university-apology-students-atheism-tshirt-religion-jesus-muhammad|
Spaceship diplomacy: Asian nations flex muscles as they look to the stars
The Guardian, 21/12/2013, p.18, Ian Sample
China goes up there and starts mining, will the US want to go back, or will it still see it as 'been there, done that'?" said Jill Stuart, at the London School of Economics. Moltz said: "Countries with lunar aims would be well-served to begin talking about consensual guidelines for settling the moon and engaging in mining and other commercial
Mohammed T-shirt students win apology from university
The Daily Telegraph, 21/12/2013, p.4, Unattributed
to two students who were forced to cover up T-shirts depicting a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed and Jesus Christ. Christian Moos and Abhishek Phadnis wore the garments at the London School of Economics freshers' fair, as representatives of the Atheist, Secularist and Humanist Society at the students' union. They were told that displaying a depiction of Mohammed, prohibited under
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10529752/University-apologises-to-students-in-Mohammed-and-Jesus-T-shirt-row.html|
Britain needs to reclaim its Victorian vision
Financial Times, 21/12/2013, p.9, Dieter Helm
Commission is another attempt to pass these difficult issues to technocrats in the hope this will solve the politics. It is a path widely advocated. Labour's Armitt review and the London School of Economics Growth Commission reached the same conclusion this year. It is no surprise: the technocratic elite has recommended that such choices be left to experts such as
Diversity classes at 72 for Tory who said gollies are not racist
Daily Mail, 21/12/2013, p.28, Daily Mail Reporter
the decision by an employment tribunal that chef Mark McAleese was guilty of harassment when he mentioned the term within earshot of a black co-worker in the kitchens of the London School of Economics. 'A waste of money'
LSE online
LSE sorry over student T-shirt ban
BBC (Web), 20/12/2013, Unattributed
forced to cover T-shirts depicting Jesus and the Prophet Muhammad have won an apology. The students were wearing the T-shirts to promote the Atheist, Secularist and Humanist Society at the London School of Economics (LSE) freshers' fair. The pair launched a formal complaint and the LSE has admitted it had "got the judgement wrong".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-25463263|
China's Jade Rabbit rover makes crucial tracks in space and on Earth
guardian.co.uk (Web), 20/12/2013, Ian Sample
China goes up there and starts mining, will the US want to go back, or will it still see it as been there, done that?" said Jill Stuart, at the London School of Economics. Moltz said now is the time to start talking about guidelines: "Countries with lunar aims would be well-served to begin talking about consensual guidelines for settling the
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/dec/20/china-jade-rabbit-rover-space-politics|
Yellen takes big step toward taking reins at U.S. Fed
Reuters UK (Web), 20/12/2013, Thomas Ferraro
"She certainly will not need to be oriented to what's going on over there, and so I expect a very smooth transition." A highly acclaimed economist, Yellen has taught at the London School of Economics, Harvard and the University of California, Berkeley, and has written on a diverse range of topics from single mothers and youth gangs to wage inflation.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/12/20/usa-fed-yellen-idUKL2N0JZ0S320131220|
Economic Outlook: How London grabbed biggest slice of the cake
The Sunday Times Online, 22/12/2013, p.1, Unattributed
a million between 1971 and 1981, with good reason. It was dirty, strike-prone and crime-ridden, its Victorian infrastructure crumbling. The Swinging Sixties had gone. The comeback was, however, swift. The London School of Economics' Growth Commission found there was a step-change in Britain's economic performance around 1980 - GDP per capita suddenly began growing more rapidly than in the rest
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/business/article1355183.ece| (£)
Colin Murray obituary
guardian.co.uk (Web), 22/12/2013, Unattributed
an extended family and these early trips to Africa laid the foundations of important friendships. Over the following decades, Colin juggled regular fieldwork there with institutional posts, including at the London School of Economics and the universities of Liverpool, Cape Town and Manchester. His explorations of migrant labour and forced resettlements across South Africa were pursued beneath the radar of
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/dec/22/colin-murray-obituary|
Uganda Part II: Manifesto of The Freedom And Unity Front
Black Star News, 23/12/2013
Front launched its manifesto before a group of invited Ugandans at The London School of Economics. Over the next four days The Black Star News will publish the entire document, in four-part series...
http://www.blackstarnews.com/global-politics/africa/uganda-part-ii-manifesto-of-the-freedom-and-unity-front.html|
Generating the best ideas for urban development
The Jakarta Post, 23/12/2013
Richard Burdett, Director of LSE Cities and the Urban Age programmer, London School of Economics and Political Science, shared the UK capital’s experience. “London is a large, wide...
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/12/23/generating-best-ideas-urban-development.html|
1963 is still a historical minefield
Cyprus Mail, 22/12/2013
The Cyprus conflict as a doctoral student in political geography at the London School of Economics. This research was published as ‘Political Geography and the Cyprus Conflict, 1963-1971.’ Women...
http://cyprus-mail.com/2013/12/22/1963-is-still-a-historical-minefield/|
Bevani’s Report – A Trojan Horse?
Sri Lanka Sunday Leader, 22/12/2013
Beyani is an academic from London School of Economics; independent expert. His studies mainly focus on human rights, internally displaced people (IDPs), refugee...
http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2013/12/22/beyanis-report-a-trojan-horse/|
Making some sense out of nonsense
Pakistan Today, 21/12/2013
Mazari and Khwaja Saad Rafique. The former is a graduate of the London School of Economics, who went on to do her PhD from Columbia University. The latter’s political credentials are even more...
http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/12/21/comment/making-some-sense-out-of-nonsense/|
Commentary: Type A workers trump do-gooders
Salt Lake Tribune, 21/12/2013
your country." But what if JFK was wrong? New research by London School of Economics professor Oriana Bandiera, Harvard Business School associate professor Nava Ashraf, and Harvard doctoral...
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/57292255-82/community-bandiera-career-gooders.html.csp|
Yellen takes big step toward taking Fed reins
Lebanon Daily Star, 21/12/2013
A highly acclaimed economist, Yellen has taught at the London School of Economics, Harvard and the University of California, Berkeley, and has written on a diverse range...
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Business/International/2013/Dec-21/241874-yellen-takes-big-step-toward-taking-fed-reins.ashx#axzz2pKxQc770|
Yellen takes big step toward taking reins at U.S. Fed
Chicago Tribune, 20/12/2013
A highly acclaimed economist, Yellen has taught at the London School of Economics, Harvard and the University of California, Berkeley, and has written on a diverse range...
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-12-20/news/sns-rt-us-usa-fed-yellen-20131210_1_janet-yellen-u-s-senate-100-member-senate|
Yellen takes big step toward taking reins at U.S. Fed
Reuters India, 20/12/2013
A highly acclaimed economist, Yellen has taught at the London School of Economics, Harvard and the University of California, Berkeley, and has written on a diverse range...
http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/12/20/usa-fed-yellen-idINDEE9BJ0E220131220|
University in U.K. apologizes for asking students to cover up shirts with Mohammed, Jesus
Globe and Mail, 20/12/2013
union were wearing the shirts at a London School of Economics fair in October when they were told that...
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/lse-apologizes-for-asking-students-to-cover-up-shirts-with-mohammed-jesus/article16069519/|
Social media 'cannot represent society as a whole'
The Nation - Thailand, 20/12/2013
new digital era]," Mary Kaldor, professor of global governance at the London School of Economics, said. "We should be asking: How do we rethink democracy in the digital age?"There's a profound...
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Social-media-cannot-represent-society-as-a-whole-30222627.html|
Students win apology in T-shirt row
Daily Gazette, 20/12/2013
Christian Moos and Abhishek Phadnis were wearing the garments at the London School of Economics (LSE) freshers' fair, as representatives of the students' union Atheist, Secularist and...
http://www.gazettenews.co.uk/uk_national_news/10891823.Students_win_apology_in_T_shirt_row/?ref=rss|
LSE on TV/Radio
News
BBC Wales, 23/12/2013
David Graeber commenting on his new book, Debt: The First 5000 Years
Radio 5 Live
BBC, 22/12/2013
Discussion re LSE RAG Week in 1980
News
BBC Wales, 22/12/2013
Dimitri Zenghelis discussing carbon emissions
News
LBC UK Regional Radio, 21/12/2013
Discussion re LSE court case involving ‘golliwog’ reference