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What a heatwave in Australia tells us about climate change and the extreme weather of the future
i (The paper for today), 09/01/2013, p.10, Bob Ward
Don't be surprised by the unprecedented weather we're seeing across the globe. Climate scientists have been warning us about the effects of a warming world for years.
Article by Bob Ward, policy and communications director at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE.
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/what-a-heatwave-in-australia
-tells-us-about-climate-change-and-the-extreme-weather-of-the-future-8443334.html?origin=internalSearch|
Global warming has stalled since 1998, Met Office admits
Daily Mail, 09/01/2013, p.2, Nick Mcdermott
He was backed by Bob Ward of the London School of Economics, who said it would be wrong to interpret that warming had stopped. However, he also condemned the Met Office for releasing data without an explanation of its full meaning.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2259012/Global-warming-Met-Office-releases-revised-global-temperature-predictions-showing-planet-NOT-rapidly-
heating-up.html|
Keep interest rates low and say you are going to do it, Bank told
The Times, 09/01/2013, p.35, Kathryn Hopkins
Mr Wadhwani, Bronwyn Curtis, a senior adviser at HSBC, Charles Goodhart, of the London School of Economics, Sir John Gieve, a former deputy governor of the Bank, Sir Steve Robson, the former second perman-ent secretary to the Treasury, and Geoffrey Dicks, chief economist for Novus Capital Markets, also voted for no change to both rates and QE.
IDS Wins benefits cap battle
Daily Mail, 09/01/2013, p.6, James Chapman
But it later emerged that in 2011, he had told the Labour conference: ‘Many people on the doorstep at the last election felt that too often we were for shirkers not workers.’ And last year, he told the London School of Economics: ‘We are the Labour Party. The party that said that idleness is an evil. The party of workers, not shirkers.’
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2258909/Duncan-Smith-wins-benefits-
cap-battle-Rises-limited-1-MPs-vote-tackle-massive-welfare-bill.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490|
Legal, illegal – nicht egal
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 06/01/2013
Article referenced research by LSE professor Eric Neumayer which found that legalised prostitution increases human trafficking.
LSE online
Meteorology needs bold leadership to build public trust in climate research
guardian.co.uk (Web), 08/01/2013, Bob Ward
The Royal Meteorological Society must step forward to demonstrate the leadership that the profession so badly needs.
Bob Ward is policy and communications director at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2013/jan/08/meteorology-bold-
leadership-trust|
Peter Avis obituary
guardian.co.uk (Web), 08/01/2013, Unattributed
Born in London, he was educated at Surbiton grammar and the London School of Economics, and at the Sorbonne in Paris. As a young man Peter joined the Communist party and became a reporter and subeditor on its newspaper the Daily Worker (later the Morning Star), eventually appointed diplomatic correspondent.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/jan/08/peter-avis-obituary|
Ms Nahn confirmed as Argentine ambassador in the US; takes office in February
Merco Press - Jan 9 at 6:43 GMT
ambassador has an Economics degree from the University of Buenos Aires; a Master in Economic Development from the London School of Economics and currently is also involved in teaching and research at the Latinamerican...
http://en.mercopress.com/2013/01/09/ms-nahon-confirmed-as-argentine-
ambassador-in-the-us-takes-office-in-february|
EE.UU. le otorgó el placet como embajadora a Cecilia Nahón (translate)
Inforegion.com.ar - Jan 9 at 3:14 GMT
Nahón es licenciada en Economía de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, Master en Estudios del Desarrollo de la London School of Economics e ingresó al Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores en 2010 como Subsecretaria...
http://www.inforegion.com.ar/noticia/20962/ee-uu-le-otorgo-el-placet-como-
embajadora-a-cecilia-nahon|
Parental leave: Mums vs Dads
People Management Online - Jan 8 at 21:08 GMT
The company says the service, which staff can use up to 15 times a year, is cost-neutral. The London School of Economics is running a 90-minute course, called Balancing Work and Being a Dad, to empower men...
http://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/pm/articles/2013/01/parental-leave-mums-vs-dads.htm|
Washington aprobó la designación de Nahón como embajadora en EE.UU. (translate)
El Cronista Comercial - Jan 8 at 21:00 GMT
Nahón es Licenciada en Economía de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, Master en Estudios del Desarrollo de la London School of Economics, y ya presentó su tesis de Doctorado en la Facultad Latinoamericana de...
http://www.cronista.com/economiapolitica/Washington-aprobo-la-designacion-de-Nahon-como-embajadora-en-EE.UU.--20130108-0114.html|
'Bring NRI academics to teach in India'
Deccan Herald - Jan 8 at 19:19 GMT
of the country. Speaking at the on-going Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, Lord Bhiku V Parekh, who has taught at London School of Economics and served as member of the commission for racial equality besides being...
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/303920/bring-nri-academics-teach-india.html|
Nancy Graham Holm: Muslim Feminists Visit Copenhagen
Huffington Post - Nancy Graham Holm - Jan 8 at 12:53 GMT
an that supports or justifies forced marriage," says Tehmina Kazi, who has a law degree from the London School of Economics and is director of British Muslims for Secular Democracy. This was news to many...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nancy-graham-holm/muslim-feminists-visit-co_b_2267331.html?utm_hp_ref=religion|
Tricks to keep people off the tracks
New Indian Express - Jan 8 at 7:21 GMT
experimenting on certain things with some advice from Biju Dominic, a cognitive neural science expert who teaches in London School of Economics and has done considerable research in minimising the deaths...
http://newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/article1412427.ece|
Di Constanzo a la Condusef y Carlos Ramírez a la Consar (translate)
Revista Fortuna México - Jan 8 at 7:10 GMT
una Maestría en Política Económica por la Universidad de Columbia, y una Maestría en Políticas Públicas por la London School of Economics, de Londres. Cuenta con una amplia trayectoria en el servicio público...
http://revistafortuna.com.mx/contenido/2013/01/07/di-constanzo-a-la-condusef-y
-carlos-ramirez-a-la-consar/|
Inequality leads to economic slump: Nobel laureate
Deccan Herald - Jan 8 at 21:16 GMT
the last few decades to register good economic growth rate. Robert Wade, professor of political economics at the London School of Economics, called for policy measures to prevent concentration of wealth at
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/303972/inequality-leads-economic-slump-nobel.html|
International evaluators: Pension system solid
YLE (8 January 2013)
The evaluation was commissioned by the Finnish Centre for Pensions and carried out by Professor Nicholas Barr of the London School of Economics and Professor Keith Ambachtsheer, Director of the Rotman International Centre for Pension Management at the University of Toronto.
http://yle.fi/uutiset/international_evaluators_pension_system_solid/6440969|
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LSE on TV/radio
Yle TV1 News in English (8 Janaury 2013)
Professor Nicholas Barr was interviewed about his evaluation of the pension system in Finland.
http://areena.yle.fi/tv/1760149|
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BBC Radio 4 (8 January 2013)
Professor John Hills commented on the government’s plans regarding benefits and tax credits.
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BBC Radio 5 Live (8 January 2013)