LSE in print
European venture funds contest US supremacy
Financial Times, 21/01/2013, p.22, Bede Mccarthy
“However, the data show that European entrepreneurs who have failed already are just as likely to receive funding for their second venture as firsttimers. The research, conducted at the London School of Economics, covers 35,000 companies that received VC investments between 1980 and 2011, but it does not measure profits or the location of listings. “
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/390abbe0-6306-11e2-8497-00144feab49a.html|
Pre-school lessons for the bankers
Financial Times, 21/01/2013, p.24, Pauline Skypala
In a foreword to the book, Charles Goodhart, a professor at the London School of Economics, says central banks do not control the money supply. Instead, it is mainly a function of the demand by borrowers to take out bank loans.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/29fe03a0-5f41-11e2-be51-00144feab49a.html#axzz2Ib26UWhe|
Darling EU, it's over, but we can be friends
The Sunday Times, 20/01/2013, p.20, Dominic Lawson
that this now reflexively regurgitated figure of 3m jobs "appears to originate from an influential piece of academic research carried out in 2000 [by] Professor Iain Begg, now of the London School of Economics". But according to Channel 4's fact-checker-in-chief: "While Professor Begg stands by his research, he takes great exception to headlines that suggest that millions of Britons would be thrown on the dole if Britain left the single market.
The world is still warming
The Mail on Sunday, 20/01/2013, p.101, Unattributed
and that, unchecked, emissions could lead to further warming that will pose serious risks to populations across the globe. Bob Ward, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science
Notable & Quotable
The Wall Street Journal (Europe), 21/01/2013, p.15, Unattributed
John Gray, professor emeritus at the London School of Economics, writing in the Times Literary Supplement, Jan. 2: One of the features that distinguished Bolshevism from Tsarism was the insistence of Lenin and his followers on
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142412788732348250457822929068
1975514.html|
Going out ...
The Times, 21/01/2013, p.24, Unattributed
a New Authoritarianism Dr Toby Dodge examines US and Iraqi efforts to reconstruct the state's military and civilian capacity. Tonight, 6.30pm, at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Why is Mr Cameron so in thrall to this blunderer?
Daily Mail, 21/01/2013, p.20, Andrew Pierce
Profile of Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary. “He won a scholarship to Oxford, studying History and Economics, and joined the civil service after gaining a Masters in Economics at the LSE. It was at the Treasury in the early 1990s that he met a youthful adviser to Norman Lamont named David Cameron. They have been close ever since.”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2265586/Why-Mr-Cameron-thrall-blunderer.html?ito=feeds-newsxml|
Citizen Lebedev: dad's right hook won't knock out papers
The Sunday Times, 20/01/2013, p.6, Simon Duke
The life of Evgeny Lebedev VITAL STATISTICS Born: May 5, 1980 Marital status: unmarried Schools: St Barnabas and St Philips in Kensington, Holland Park School. Other schools in Russia University: London School of Economics First job: running his own fashion label Salary: 'Very small,' he says Homes: Hampton Court and Umbria.
London college steps up to university level
International Herald Tribune, 21/01/2013, p.12, D.d. Guttenplan
Profile of Regent’s College. “Her friend, Lisa Marie Nyvoll, who is also from Alesund, is in her third year studying international business and French. She said she had also considered the London School of Economics and Cass Business School. ''I knew I wanted to be in London,'' Ms. Nyvoll said.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/21/world/europe/21iht-educlede21.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|
DEGREES IN MISOGYNY
Daily Mail, 19/01/2013, p.34, Paul Bracchi; John Stevens
Nevertheless, Confessions Of A Uni Student has been flooded with postings from virtually every university in Britain: Edinburgh, Loughborough, the London School of Economics, Brunel, Bristol, Brighton, Nottingham and Manchester, to name but a few. The vast majority of these 'confessions', which reveal details about everything from oral sex to
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2264863/University-Exteter-CCTV-
shocker-Disturbing-insight-culture-sexual-bullying-voyeurism-universities.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490|
LSE online
Migrants pay to be smuggled out
BBC (Web), 21/01/2013, Unattributed
committing organised immigration crime and preying on some of these vulnerable people." There are no firm figures on the number of illegal migrants living in Britain, although in 2009 a London School of Economics study reported that there were at least 600,000. The so-called "ghosts" are a mixture of failed asylum seekers who have not returned home and economic migrants
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21014676#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa|
This week's top stories [18 January 2013]
The Independent (Web), 18/01/2013, Unattributed
of London and promoted him to a job in New York. Bob Ward, the policy and communications director at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, at the London School of Economics, said: "Under James, News International [the UK arm of News Corp] had a very clear commitment to be a carbon neutral company.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/has-rupert-murdoch-turned
-into-a-climate-change-sceptic-8448688.html|
Tour de France accused of snubbing Bradford for 2014 Yorkshire stages
guardian.co.uk (Web), 18/01/2013, Unattributed
de France stage was a Yorkshireman: Brian Robinson from Huddersfield in 1958. Photograph: Christopher Thomond Cycling contributes some £2.9bn to the UK economy through active tourism. A study by the London School of Economics found that "money needs to be raised, invested and channelled into cycling in order to keep up with the pace of development".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/the-northerner/2013/jan/18/tour-de-france-
yorkshire-2014-bradford|
Opinion: China's me-first foreign policy
Los Angeles Times - Jan 20 at 12:05 GMT
China's rise can also be to their own advantage.Odd Arne Westad teaches international history at the London School of Economics and Political Science and is the author of, most recently, "Restless Empire:
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-westad-china-not-
taking-over-20130120,0,3509988.story|
Did Croatia get lucky on EU membership?
CNN - Jan 18 at 12:14 GMT
EU after Slovenia in 2004.James Ker-Lindsay, a senior research fellow in South East European politics at the London School of Economics, says to some extent Croatia "got lucky" and its imminent membership...
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/10/business/croatia-eu-accession/index.html?eref=edition|
Las grandes empresas británicas temen un alejamiento de Europa
Diario El País - Jan 18 at 11:24 GMT
y hacer salir al Reino Unido de la UE», señaló Iain Begg, profesor del Instituto Europeo de la London School of Economics (LSE). «El mayor riesgo para el Reino Unido es asistir a un agotamiento de la inversión...
http://www.elpais.com.uy/suplemento/empresario/las-grandes-empresas
-britanicas-temen-un-alejamiento-de-europa/elempre_689085_130118.html|
London College Steps Up to University Level
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Jan 20 at 23:20 GMT
Alesund, is in her third year studying international business and French. She said she had also considered the London School of Economics and Cass Business School."I knew I wanted to be in London," Ms. Nyvoll...
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/world/london-college-steps-up-to
-university-level-671268/|
Academic outraged at request for hukou in UK visa application
South China Morning Post - Jan 19 at 19:51 GMT
the Sunday Morning Post. He applied for the visa on Thursday after receiving a speaking invitation from the London School of Economics at a forum later this year. Yu, who arrived at the centre, as is his...
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1131884/academic-outraged-
request-hukou-uk-visa-application|
Best of 2012: Stephen Pinker's delusions of peace
ABC Online - John Gray - Jan 20 at 0:35 GMT
of Britain's most prescient and controversial public intellectuals. He is Emeritus Professor of European Thought at the London School of Economics, and the author of many books, including Straw Dogs: Thoughts...
http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2013/01/20/3672846.htm|
A quienes habitarán el futuro
El País - Pablo Salvador Coderch - Jan 19 at 23:24 GMT
bastantes votos a una tercera que considera menos probable.Rafael Hortalà-Vallvé, un matemático catalán que trabaja en la London School of Economics, también ha propuesto un sistema de voto cualitativo, según...
http://elpais.com/elpais/2013/01/17/opinion/1358422676_709290.html|
Lessons Sonny Angara learned from his old man
Philippine Daily Inquirer - Jan 19 at 17:01 GMT
ancestor,” he said. High-priced education Angara’s educational background is exceptional: He’s a graduate of both the London School of Economics and Harvard University, where he finished a master’s degree...
Παιδί του Ρήγα Φεραίου
Ta Nea Online - Jan 19 at 10:33 GMT
του, δεν υπήρξε ιδιαίτερα σπουδαίος μαθητής, αλλά μετείχε στη θεατρική ομάδα του σχολείου και ήταν κινητικός. Ακολούθησε η London School of Economics, δύο μεταπτυχιακά και μία θέση στον ΟΟΣΑ στο Παρίσι. Οι...
Fight the cuts and stop worrying about your careers, trade union leader tells Labour politicians
West End Extra - Jan 19 at 8:36 GMT
opposition to government-ordered cuts to public spending. Len McCluskey, chair of UNITE union, told an audience at the London School of Economics in Holborn that it would be “fantastic” if Labour councils...
http://www.westendextra.com/news/2013/jan/fight-cuts-and-stop-worrying-
about-your-careers-trade-union-leader-tells-labour-politi|
CV fibbers better watch out
Irish Independent - Jan 19 at 5:53 GMT
power.Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern's list of educational achievements on the Fianna Fail website once listed the London School of Economics.That listing disappeared after the Irish Independent reported...
¿Dónde está nuestro Pierre Trudeau?
El País - Juan Claudio de Ramon - Jan 18 at 23:32 GMT
puerta de su dormitorio las palabras "ciudadano del mundo"—, al que siguieron estudios en La Sorbona y la London School of Economics, hizo que las escamas se le cayeran de los ojos y lamentara el gregarismo...
http://elpais.com/elpais/2012/12/26/opinion/1356519959_979444.html|
Eugenio Guzmán y Pablo Ihnen se incorporan al Consejo Asesor de Libertad y Desarrollo
Terra Chile - Jan 18 at 21:22 GMT
Guzmán es Licenciado en Sociología de la Universidad de Chile y Master of Science Sociology (Economía) en The London School of Economics and Political Science y actualmente se desempeña como decano de la Facultad...
http://noticias.terra.cl/nacional/politica/eugenio-guzman-y-pablo-ihnen-se-
incorporan-al-consejo-asesor-de-libertad-y-desarrollo,e5eb1a7db0e4c310VgnCLD2000000dc6eb0aRCRD.html|
How about a few new laws for Thailand?
Bangkok Post - Jan 18 at 21:15 GMT
willingly and would be happy to pay double that! Songkran Grachangnetara is an entrepreneur. He graduated from The London School of Economics and Columbia University. He can be reached at Twitter: @SongkranTalk
http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/331560/how-about-a-few-new-
laws-for-thailand|
Syria Violence May Worsen Post-Assad
VOA News - Al Pessin - Jan 18 at 17:51 GMT
in Syria is more than imaginable: It's possible," said. Middle East expert Alia Brahimi of the London School of Economics. "What is looking more likely is that if the regime were to collapse, you would...
http://www.voanews.com/content/syria-assad-fighting/1586600.html|
90 lat po Malinowskim: Życie seksualne antropologów
Gazeta.pl - Jan 18 at 16:32 GMT
lat, kiedy po raz pierwszy przypłynął na Kiriwinę w 1915 r. Obywatel Austro-Węgier, Polak z Krakowa, antropolog z London School of Economics, po wybuchu I wojny światowej dla władz australijskich stał się...
http://podroze.gazeta.pl/podroze/1,114158,13158045,90_lat_po_Malinowskim
__zycie_seksualne_antropologow.html#BoxLSTxt|
Obama 2.0: a failed peacemaker and an unsure hawk
Voice of Russia - Dmitry Babich - Jan 18 at 9:20 GMT
arrogant and provincial Mr. Bush? Mark Sleboda, a political analyst working for the Moscow State University and the London School of Economics sees Obama as a black hand for a dirty job. DownloadMark Sleboda:...
http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_01_18/Obama-2-0-a-failed-peacemaker-and-an
-unsure-hawk/|
New research exposes scale of government's social care crisis for disabled people
Finchannel.com - Jan 18 at 13:48 GMT
Care Crisis’, is published by Scope, Mencap, The National Autistic Society, Sense and Leonard Cheshire Disability. As the London School of Economics and Political Science reported, it brings together a number...
http://finchannel.com/Main_News/B_Schools/122287_New_research_
exposes_scale_of_government%27s_social_care_crisis_for_disabled_people/|
«Στενεύουν τα περιθώρια» για τον Γ. Παπακωνσταντίνου
Ethnos - Jan 18 at 13:38 GMT
σήμερα στην Ισπανία και την Ελλάδα».Το δημοσίευμα παραθέτει άποψη του Άμπρεχτ Ριτσλ, γερμανού καθηγητή Οικονομικής Ιστορίας στο London School of Economics, που εκτιμά ότι «οι δυνατότητες είσπραξης του χρέους...
http://www.ethnos.gr/article.asp?catid=22770&subid=2&pubid=63768783|
Atene indaga un ex-ministroper il giallo della lista Lagarde
La Repubblica - Jan 18 at 10:56 GMT
compreso i socialisti del Pasok, nelle cui file militava l'ex enfant prodige della politica nazionale, formato alla London School of Economics e autore del primo piano di salvataggio del paese. Nella stessa...
http://www.repubblica.it/economia/2013/01/18/news/atene_indaga_un_ex-ministro_per_il_giallo_della_lista_lagarde-50792957/|
«Νόμιμο το φακελάκι»
Gazzetta.gr Νews Feed - Jan 18 at 10:42 GMT
πανεπιστημιακών. Για κατάργηση του δημοσιοϋπαλληλικού καθεστώτος στο ΕΣΤ, μίλησε στην ίδια εκδήλωση ο καθηγητής Πολιτικής Υγείας του London School of Economics και στέλεχος της κυβέρνησης Παπανδρέου, κ...
http://www.gazzetta.gr/gnomes/article/362799-nomimo-fakelaki|
Τα... φάρμακα για τις ασθένειες του ΕΣΥ
Ta Nea Online - Jan 18 at 10:13 GMT
φοιτητών στην Ιατρική. Το ζήτημα της υπερπληθώρας γιατρών έθιξε και ο καθηγητής πολιτικής της Υγείας του ανεπιστημίου London School of Economics (LSE) Ηλίας Μόσιαλος. Οπως είπε χαρακτηριστικά, η χώρα μας...
http://www.tanea.gr/ellada/article/?aid=4782759|
Studio: per combattere il global warming meglio leggi 'locali'
Il Mondo - Jan 18 at 8:14 GMT
leggi ambientali a livello globale sono salite negli ultimi dieci anni dalle 10 di media Sam Fankhauser, della London School of Economics, tra gli autori della ricerca, parlando all'Economist sottolinea...
http://www.ilmondo.it/esteri/2013-01-18/studio-combattere-global-warming
-meglio-leggi-locali_180202.shtml|
LSE on TV/radio
BBC News 24 (19 Jan)
News
Gita Subrahmanyam comments on the Algerian hostage crisis.
Also on:
BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Newcastle, BBC Tees, BBC Manchester
BBC 2 (18 Jan)
Newsnight
Alia Brahimi comments on the Algerian hostage crisis.
BBC World (18 Jan)
BBC Focus on Africa
Fawaz Gerges comments on the Algerian hostage crisis.
BBC Lancashire (20 Jan)
Tony Travers comments on cuts to local authorities.
BBC World Service (19 Jan)
The Forum
Entrepreneur Sherry Coutu mentions studying at LSE.
BBC Radio Scotland (18 Jan)
Passing mention of LSE as a hub of music in London in the 1960s.