LSE in print
British-Indian partnerships formed on Cameron's visit
New York Times, 25/02/2013
to a British government statement, new agreements include a training program by the British Council, which is forecast to produce 1.5 million teachers in India by 2017; scholarships by the London School of Economics for postgraduate Indian students; and a partnership between Cambridge and the Indian government to establish a Center for Chemical Biology and Therapeutics.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/25/world/europe/25iht-educbriefs25.html|
Consequences of a continent's miscalculations
Financial Times, 25/02/2013, p.10, Andrew Jack
extent and implications of the variations are little studied, and the data are widely used. The point is not simply theoretical. Some innovative recalculations from social surveys last year by London School of Economics professor Alwyn Young at the suggest living standards in sub-Saharan Africa have risen at 3-4 per cent a year in the past two decades, or three
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/0168741a-7c4d-11e2-91d2-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2LtfUIIva|
Yes, I've folded up my masculine mystique, honey
The Sunday Times, 24/02/2013, p.7, Stephanie Coontz
may seem sexy in the movies, men who subscribe to it at home have less successful relationships than those who have moved beyond it. Wendy Sigle-Rushton, a researcher at the London School of Economics, examined 3,500 married couples in Britain and found that the higher a husband's participation in housework and childcare, the lower the incidence of divorce. Research in
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BANKER PAY UP 14%.. WORKERS WAGES UP 3.7%
The Daily Mirror, 23/02/2013, p.2, Tom Mctague
BANKERS' pay has rocketed 14% during the recession compared to 3.7% for the rest of us, a damning report showed yesterday. The London School of Economics study revealed the growing gap between the fat cats who sparked the financial crisis and the workers now having to pay for their mistakes. It said:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/bankers-pay-up-14-workers-1725899|
TORIES LOSE UK'S CREDIT 'GOLD CARD'
The Daily Mirror, 23/02/2013, p.10, Graham Hiscott
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'Not replaceable' bankers' salaries rise 14 per cent
Evening Standard, 22/02/2013, p.2, Ross Lydall
between 2008 and 2011 finance workers saw their pay rise by 14.2 per cent — compared with 3.7 per cent for all employees in the capital. Research published by the London School of Economics found that in 2010 the average cash salary of London's top 1,408 bankers was £568,000 — which included a £285,000 bonus.
Share and share a 'like'
Metro, 25/02/2013, p.12, Unattributed
reflect the fact that mobile devices fulfil a more in-the-moment kind of communication function, allowing people to share experiences as they happen,' said Dr Alain Samson, a psychologist at the London School of Economics. He said this differed to sharing on online social media, where items are sent to a plethora of followers, making it less personal than a one-to-one
http://metro.co.uk/2013/02/25/facebook-twitter-or-email-what-do-we-share
-online-and-why-3508887/|
The DARK SIDE of social media
The Sun, 24/02/2013, p.20, Julie Moult; Gayle Schoales
media at its darkest and most destructive. "Young people today spend so much of their lives on social media and the internet," says Sonia Livingstone, professor of social psychology at LSE. "It means they have unprecedented access to porn - extreme material that is often aggressive against women - and so have a heightened awareness of sexual extremes. This can
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Stanley Cohen Distinguished criminologist
The Independent, 25/02/2013, p.44, Unattributed
at the University of Witwatersrand, he came, with his wife, Ruth, to London to work as a psychiatric social worker. In 1963 he joined the Department of Sociology at the London School of Economics to pursue doctoral research into social responses to vandalism. His Ph.D thesis was to be the basis for his book Folk Devils and Moral Panics (1972),
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/stanley-cohen-distinguished-criminologist-8508645.html|
Surprise order of Bath has landed us with a right royal chancer
Times Higher Education, 22/02/2013
Joanna Lewis asks whether appointing 'a decent enough upper-class numpty' as chancellor is the best her alma mater can do
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&story
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ECOTASTROPHE!
The Mail on Sunday, 24/02/2013, p.32, David Rose
the 90 per cent recommended by Deben, so they would have to be wound down as 2030 approaches. 'You would have to transition gas out,' said Prof Fankhauser of the London School of Economics. 'New plants will run less often.' To put it plainly, instead of producing electricity 24 hours a day, the plant would be reduced to producing part-time
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2283558/How-MPs-pay-subsidised-
eco-firms-set-insane-new-carbon-targets-send-heating-bills-sky-rocketing.html|
AAA loss is a sign of failure
The Independent On Sunday, 24/02/2013, p.43, Unattributed
As for capital investment, the London School of Economics Growth Commission recently published a "manifesto for growth", which emphasised the long-termism of higher educational standards and more research and development, but which also called for "investment in transport, telecommunications, energy and housing". Its authors pointed out that "UK investment is heavily skewed towards property and buildings rather than equipment, innovation and new technologies".
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/editorial-aaa-loss-is-a-sign
-of-failure-8508230.html|
Whistleblowers should be rewarded, not ruined
The Daily Telegraph, 23/02/2013, p.16, Ian Cowie
in trying to weed out weak whistle blowing claims, in many cases this leads to lengthy and costly litigation for employers." Against all that, Ros Altmann, a governor of the London School of Economics, commented: "It is vital that those who try to expose scandals which harm members of the public are protected by the law against ruinous claims against
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/ianmcowie/100022981/nhs-and-ppi
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Ros Altmann steps down as head of Saga
City AM (Web), 25/02/2013, Unattributed
the Appeal Court of misleading the pensioners. Altmann was also a consultant to the Treasury on the Myners Review on institutional investment. She is also a non-executive director at the London School of Economics. Receive daily updates with our mid-morning newsletter Email address [sourcelink]
http://www.cityam.com/article/ros-altmann-steps-down-head-saga|
Lord Heseltine left speechless after his wife phones him during the BBCs Question Time programme.
Telegraph (Web), 23/02/2013, Unattributed
by the BBC show's official Twitter feed. It posted a link to a story quoting the Daily Telegraph from the Hay Festival Cartagena, in which Professor Paul Dolan, from the London School of Economics, saying that enjoying human company is more worthwhile than checking your phone. the Daily Telegraph from the Hay Festival Cartagena Twitter: BBC Question Time - Want
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9887262/Question-Time-Lord-
Heseltine-embarrassed-after-wife-rings-during-live-BBC-show.html|
Books & talks
The Independent, 23/02/2013, p.31, Unattributed
Peter Hennessy, Alan Judd, Lisa Appignanesi, Anne Applebaum, Ken Livingstone, Jerry Brotton, John Gray, Jenny Uglow, Will Hutton, Polly Toynbee, Martin Rowson, DJ Taylor and Pat Barker. (020 7955 6043; lse.ac.uk) Tue to 2 Mar Bath Literature Festival VARIOUS VENUES More than 150 talks, debates and readings make up this festival, sponsored by The Independent. Highlights include JK Rowling, Hilary
The collapse of the banks. The rise of al-Qaeda. The fall of communism. One man predicted them all.
The Sunday Telegraph, 24/02/2013, p.14, John Preston
might have been most people's reaction when asked if they'd heard of John Gray. He had a highly successful academic career - latterly as Professor of European Thought at the London School of Economics - and had written a great number of books. He'd also carved out a niche as an uncannily accurate soothsayer, having predicted the fall of communism,
EVENTS
The Guardian, 23/02/2013, p.21, Unattributed
John Gray on his new book, The Silence of Animals. 7pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2. Admission is free but advance booking essential. www.lse.ac.uk Send listings information at least 10 days in advance to books@guardian.co.uk with the date of the event in the subject field, or post it to Review, The Guardian, Kings
'Le French-¬bashing' by a tyre titan misses the mark
Financial Times, 23/02/2013, p.11, Howard Davies
Mr Taylor has shown that the French right have no monopoly on back-tofront arguments. The writer is a professor at Sciences Po in Paris and a former director of the London School of Economics France's primary problem is not the productivity of those in work. It is that restrictive labour laws penalise hiring
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LSE online
LSE Middle East conference abruptly cancelled
BBC News – 23/02/2013
A top London university has abruptly pulled out of a conference scheduled to be held on Sunday in the United Arab Emirates. The London School of Economics (LSE) cited concerns about restrictions that "threatened academic freedom". The conference was ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21547110|
UK's LSE cancels Arab Spring forum in UAE, citing local curbs
Reuters UK (Web), 23/02/2013
that has ousted autocratic Arab rulers elsewhere, but analysts and diplomats say the U.S. ally is anxious to prevent instability spreading to its turf. In a statement emailed to Reuters, the London School of Economics (LSE) said it cancelled its gathering scheduled for Feb. 24 "in response to restrictions imposed on the intellectual content of the event that threatened academic freedom." The
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/02/23/uae-university-conference-idUKL6N0BN0QF20130223|
LSE scraps UAE event after 'restrictions'
FT.com (Web), 24/02/2013
and saw one of its academics barred from the country in what critics say is the latest intensification of attacks by the UAE and other Gulf governments on free speech. The London School of Economics said it cancelled an event in Sharjah on the Arab spring's aftermath because of "restrictions on academic freedom", in a case that highlights the sometimes uncomfortable
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bbdbaa30-7e99-11e2-9080-00144feabdc0.html|
London school snubs Arab Spring conference after UAE blocks scholar
Washington Post – 24/02/2013
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The London School of Economics has pulled out of an academic conference on the Arab Spring after one of its scholars says he was denied entry into the United Arab Emirates. The dispute comes as the UAE shows ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/london-school-snubs-arab
-spring-conference-after-uae-blocks-scholar/2013/02/23/20158180-7d9e-11e2
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UK's LSE cancels Arab Spring forum in UAE
Jerusalem Post - Feb 23, 2013
http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=304243|
London school snubs Arab Spring conference after UAE blocks scholar
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/London+school+snubs+Arab+Spring
+conference+after+blocks/8006766/story.html|
Scholar Detained, Meeting Aborted
Inside Higher Ed- 25/02/2013
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/02/25/conference-called-after-scholar-detained-dubai|
UAE blocks academic from Arab Spring meet
The Hindu - Feb 23 at 10:32 GMT
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/uae-blocks-academic-from-arab-
spring-meet/article4446256.ece|
LSE cancels UAE forum, citing curbs
Trade Arabia - Feb 24 at 6:11 GMT
http://www.tradearabia.com/news/MEDIA_231169.html|
London School of Economics cancels Middle East Conference
Digital Journal - Feb 24 at 23:40 GMT
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/344237|
Do Bankers Bonuses Need An Overhaul?
CNBC - Feb 22 at 17:02 GMT
John Van Reenen, director of Centre for Economic Performance at LSE, tells CNBC why he is in favor of rewards in the financial sector being based on long term success, rather than encouraging short term risk.
The Rise of the Endless City
Architect Magazine - Feb 23 at 9:26 GMT
Showing an image of sprawled-out Mexico City, Ricky Burdett, Professor of Urban Studies, London School of Economics, told the crowd at the Innovative Metropolis conference hosted by the Brookings Institution...
Getting to the heart of the matter
Herald Scotland - magnus gardham - Feb 23 at 10:26 GMT
PROFESSOR John Kay, the eminent economist, spoke eloquently for more than an hour at Glasgow University on the economics of Scottish independence and at the end came to an unexpected but surely wise conclusion.It's not really about economics at all....
http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/columnists/getting-to-the-heart-of-the-matter.20303982|
Cameron visit did not tackle key higher education issues - Students
University World News - Feb 23 at 12:33 GMT
British services. But he included the vice-chancellors of the universities of Cambridge, Cardiff, Exeter, Southampton, Warwick and the London School of Economics in his entourage, along with David Willets...
http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=201302201645114|
The language of influence
University World News - Feb 23 at 12:33 GMT
more to encourage and nudge. * Anne Corbett is a visiting fellow at the European Institute of the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her latest publication is “Lisbon and Education”, in The...
http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=2013021916493417|
SCMS opens B-school in London
Times of India
John Ryan, a former fellow of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), will be heading the school which will attract an international student body," said GPC Nayar, chairman of SCMS Group. "Fifty per cent of the classes will be ...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/SCMS-opens-B-school-in-London/articleshow/18664853.cms|
Mobile apps reshape urban taxi landscape
AllVoices - Feb 24 at 6:19 GMT
one of the last bastions of inefficiency," said Bregman, who launched the idea after studying at the London School of Economics.Hailo says it has grown to more than $120 million in annualized sales, and...
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14106455-mobile-apps-reshape-
urban-taxi-landscape|
Govt gets gyan on traffic
DNA India - Feb 24 at 5:08 GMT
Lord Nicholas Stern, Chair, Grantham Research Institute, London School of Economics, shared tips with government officials on how to manage traffic efficiently in the city. He recounted how different the situation...
http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_govt-gets-gyan-on-traffic_1803785|
All set to steam up the haute scene
Asian Age - Feb 23 at 20:32 GMT
palette would be cold colours like blues, greys and greens,” she says. Dhruv Kapur, a graduate from the London School of Economics and Political Science, is all excited about his first outing in the fashion...
http://www.asianage.com/life-and-style/all-set-steam-haute-scene-072|
Gurus live it up
The Australian - iain shedden - Feb 22 at 22:59 GMT
The prince, a merchant banker, was introduced to Mick Jagger in 1968, at a time when the former London School of Economics student was trying to figure out why his band was ridiculously famous yet had no money...
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/gurus-live-it-up/story-fn9n8gph-1226583654690|
The ECHR in Ireland and Britain
Irish Times - New chairman at Arthur Cox - Feb 25 at 4:48 GMT
The Irish Society for European Law (Isel) is tonight hosting a seminar, Comparing Experiences: The ECHR in Ireland and the United Kingdom, at 6.30pm in the Ormond Building, 31-36 Ormond Quay Upper, Dublin 7.The speakers are Prof Conor Gearty ( professor...
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2013/0225/1224330475537.html|
Govt must change script to stop NCR’s violent shows
Hindustan Times - Feb 24 at 18:56 GMT
2011 England riots have been the subject of media and academic debate. A detailed study conducted by the London School of Economics called Reading the Riots concluded that at the heart of what rioters talked...
http://www.hindustantimes.com/editorial-views-on/columnsothers/Govt-must
-change-script-to-stop-NCR-s-violent-shows/Article1-1016856.aspx|
Endless are Britain's colonial crimes
Times of Oman - Feb 23 at 15:08 GMT
States on morality, its attitude towards its hideous crimes and horrific legacies changed virtually dramatically. Noam Schimmel of London School of Economics has drawn a perfect picture of the British attitude...
http://www.timesofoman.com/Columns/Article-882.aspx|
El capitalismo del ego engendra monstruos (translate)
El País - Ulrich Beck - Feb 24 at 23:33 GMT
es posible más libertad, más seguridad social y más democracia.Ulrich Beck es sociólogo y profesor de la London School of Economics y de la Universidad de Harvard. Su último libro publicado en España es
http://elpais.com/elpais/2013/02/24/opinion/1361725119_089805.html|
Olli Rehn: veredicto, culpable
El País - Luis Doncel - Feb 24 at 1:37 GMT
estrellaban contra la realidad. Es este el "dogmatismo" que reprochan a Bruselas profesores como Luis Garicano, de la London School of Economics, que contrapone el ejemplo del FMI, más proclive a rectificar...
http://economia.elpais.com/economia/2013/02/23/actualidad/1361648299
_169664.html|
El Consell busca en Londres inversiones para la Comunitat Valenciana (translate)
ABC.es - Comunidad Valenciana) MACROECONOMIA - Feb 24 at 10:56 GMT
una oferta conjunta y complementaria de apoyos".El martes 26 de febrero el conseller Buch impartirá en la London School of Economics and Political Science la conferencia "la Reinvención de una Región: la...
http://www.abc.es/agencias/noticia.asp?noticia=1360447|
Nobelprijswinnaar Paul Krugman looft Belgische professor (translate)
De Standaard Online - Feb 22 at 16:47 GMT
die de situatie juist slechter maakten.Paul De Grauwe is het hoofd van het Europees Instituut aan de London School of Economics and Political Sciences, professor emeritus aan de KU Leuven en zetelde ook...
http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=DMF20130222_00479805|
Harrers Analysen - Bahrain, eine offene Wunde für die arabischen Golfstaaten (translate)
DerStandard.at - Gudrun Harrer - Feb 24 at 12:49 GMT
Bahrain ist eine offene Wunde für die arabischen sunnitischen Golfstaaten Die angesehene London School of Economics (LSE) hat eine Konferenz in den Vereinigten Arabischen Emiraten, in Sharja, abgesagt, die...
http://derstandard.at/1361240930875/Bahrain-eine-offene-Wunde-fuer-die
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LSE on TV/radio
BBC Radio Sheffield (22 Feb)
Tony Travers comments on local government savings and cuts.
BBC Radio 4 (23 Feb)
Saturday Live
Mention of LSE report on the rising salaries of bankers.
BBC World Service (23 Feb)
Promotion of event on aging due to take place at LSE, due to be broadcast on BBC Radio.