LSE in Print
Spartan helotry
Times Higher Education, 03/01/2013, p.32
“If it is hard enough to imagine English vice-chancellors standing together to oppose government reforms, it is harder still to imagine Imperial College London or the London School of Economics wanting even to recall the history of their students' protests against the Vietnam War or Rhodesia.”
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=422220&c=1|
LSE Online
Merkel's rival Peer Steinbruck offers the alternative Germany needs | Henning Meyer
guardian.co.uk (Web), 02/01/2013, Henning Meyer
“The Merkel government has apparently also not understood the nature of the macro-economic interconnectedness within the eurozone. Leading experts such as Paul De Grauwe of the London School of Economics and even IMF director Christine Lagarde have pointed out that a symmetric adjustment process in the eurozone (ie both deficit and surplus countries changing direction), is needed to achieve a sustainable readjustment.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/02/peer-steinbruck-merkel-rival-germany|
New Year, New Italy?
Foreign Affairs - New Year, New Italy? | Foreign Affairs - Jan 2
JONATHAN HOPKIN is Professor of Comparative Politics at the London School of Economics. Monti’s appointment fits an established Italian pattern:...
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/138732/jonathan-hopkin/new-year-new-italy|
What do we mean by Islamism?
Open Democracy (Web), 02/01/2013, Denis MacShane
“For some young British Muslims at colleges and universities, this was a moment when they crossed the line to become HT activists. Nawaz tells of a conference at the LSE where a student, Omar Sheikh, listened to Islamist preachers. He was so convinced that he went to Pakistan and there took part in the kidnapping of the American Jewish journalist Daniel Pearl.”
http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/denis-macshane/what-do-we-mean-by-islamism|
Eric Garcetti invokes Latino-Jewish ancestry in mayor's race
Los Angeles Times - Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times - Jan 3 at 0:57 GMT
…He studied the Eritrean Revolution as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University and the London School of Economics, a stint that led to travels around the world."Having studied international...
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-garcetti-mayor-20130102,0,3870098.story?track=rss|
In full flow
Hong Kong Standard - Jan 3 at 0:47 GMT
Tower Bridge station is a range of prestigious education facilities, such as City University, London Business School and London School of Economics. With two upcoming major office blocks, The Shard and The...
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=16&art_id=129707&sid=38602997&con_>|
Despite a bad rap, British youth can no longer afford to act out
Macleans.ca - macleans.ca - Jan 2 at 20:33 GMT
why does the misperception of disaffected youth still hold? Rosina St. James, a 22-year-old student at the London School of Economics and Chair of the British Youth Council, an organization that advocates...
http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/02/despite-a-bad-rap-british-youth-can-no-longer-afford-to-act-out/|
Iceman running hot
The Hindu - Vijay Lokapally - Jan 2 at 14:35 GMT
up my career to be with him and give him moral support," adds Namita, who went to London School of Economics. Recently, Keshavan defended his Asian title at Nagano in Japan. "I beat a strong Japanese field...
http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/iceman-running-hot/article4265676.ece|
India Losing Iron Ore Market as Courts Shut Mines: Commodities
Washington Post - Rajesh Kumar SinghJan 01, 2013 10:46 pm ET - Jan 2 at 4:16 GMT
decade to win back market share as there is tremendous uncertainty about supplies from India,” said Timblo, a London School of Economics graduate and a former national badminton player. “Our loss has been...
http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-MELIJA0UQVI901-1GN09BDJ1U01PHT4S1MDCQ1UK2|
LSE on TV/radio
BBC 2 (2 Jan)
University Challenge
Mention of LSE losing to New College Oxford in a previous round.