LSE in print
Students: we can't get no satisfaction
The Guardian, 09/07/2013, p.32, Rebecca Ratcliffe
Its focus on the course as a whole hardly helps students pick the best lecturers." The use of the National Student Survey is also under attack by current students. London School of Economics (LSE) students' union was among those calling on the NUS to organise a national boycott of the survey at the organisation's annual conference this April.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2013/jul/08/students-fees-consumer-power|
Betty Joseph
The Guardian, 09/07/2013, p.38, Michael Feldman; John Steiner
went to grammar school in Wolverhampton until the age of 16, when the family moved back to Birmingham. She trained in social work at Birmingham University and later at the London School of Economics, where she qualified in the early 1940s. At this time, back in the Midlands, she became interested in psychoanalysis. She decided that if she was going
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2013/jun/23/betty-joseph|
LSE online
A crisis of the past for Ed Miliband
Financial Times - July 8, John McDermott
case for the benefits of government. A huge research project by the London School of Economics concluded that many of Labour’s social policies were effective, if expensive. Mr Miliband, who gives...
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/027a2686-e7a6-11e2-9aad-00144feabdc0.html|
Happiness: the 10 secrets of male happiness
MSN UK (Web), 08/07/2013, Unattributed
fact, it raises moods by an average of 14%. That’s a lot, and we know this because of Mappiness, an app developed by an academic, George MacKerron, in conjunction with the London School of Economics. Mappiness pings users - of which there are more than 50,000 - at random times to ask them what they’re doing and how they’re feeling. From
http://him.uk.msn.com/health-and-fitness/happiness-the-10-secrets-of-male-happiness|
Use of antidepressants in Europe soars: study
Times of South Africa – July 8
Researchers from London School of Economics and Political Science collected data from 29 European countries over 30 years, finding "strong evidence" that the drugs are key to helping treat depression, they said.
http://www.timeslive.co.za/lifestyle/2013/07/08/use-of-antidepressants-in-europe
-soars-study|
Rise In Anti-Depressant Use Across Europe Coincides With Drop In Suicide Rates
Medical News Today- July 8
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/262971.php|
Banker gibt Job auf - will reisen, und dann Doktor-Titel machen
Die Welt - Jul 9 at 5:22 BST
seinem Handy wurden zunächst nicht beantwortet.Elliott hatte Wirtschaftsgeschichte an der bekannten London School of Economics and Political Science studiert. Hinzu kam ein Studium der Geschichte
http://www.welt.de/newsticker/bloomberg/article117852521/Banker-gibt-Job-auf-will-reisen-und-dann-Doktor-Titel-machen.html|
Mursis Sturz reisst Islamisten mit
Berner Zeitung - Jul 8 at 22:38 BST
anderen Ländern», sagt Fawas Gerges, Analyst für die Arabische Welt an der London School of Economics. «Ich spreche nicht nur über den Machtverlust, sondern über das jetzt widerlegte Argument...
http://www.bernerzeitung.ch/ausland/naher-osten-und-afrika/Mursis-Sturz-reisst-Islamisten-mit/story/13591883|
Amid the turmoil, what's next for Egypt?
USA Today - Jul 8 at 19:52 BST
" said Fawaz Gerges, director of the Middle East Center at the London School of Economics. "There's a great deal of uncertainty, and I think it's going to take a while for the dust to settle...
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/07/08/egypt-cairo-morsi/2499133/|
Dr Raj Persaud: Is Andy Murray's Personality Part of the Game?
Huffington Post UK - Dr Raj Persaud - Jul 8 at 13:42 BST
authors at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Paris School of Economics, London School of Economics, and Northwestern University, United States, examined twelve annual US Tennis Open tournament...
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/dr-raj-persaud/andy-murray-psychology_b_3559480.html?utm_hp_ref=uk?ncid=GEP|
Visiting Professor speaks of NZ's growing inequality
Voxy – 9 July 2013
Professor Wade from the London School of Economics began his lecture series on 'Inequality and the West: Capitalism at a Tipping Point' in New Zealand last night in Auckland. It was followed by the official Auckland book launch of 'Inequality: A New ...
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/visiting-professor-speaks-nzs-growing-inequality/5/160794|
Dozens killed in Cairo clash
New Zealand Herald - Jul 8 at 18:45 BST
He is a widely respected Western-educated lawyer with a degree from the London School of Economics. Mohammed ElBaradei, 71, former director of the UN nuclear watchdog agency: Originally pegged...
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10895641|
Soldiers seized by Morsi's followers
The Australian - 08/07/2013
Bahaa-Eldin's strong economic credentials - he has a PhD from the London School of Economics - earned him a spot on the short-list for prime minister.Additional reporting: Wall Street Journal
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/soldiers-seized-by-morsis-followers
-as-dozens-killed-in-clashes/story-e6frg6so-1226676180400|
Where are our alumni today? Part Two
Haaretz - 08/07/2013
studying for their doctorate and master’s degrees at Cambridge, Oxford, the London School of Economics, the University of London, Harvard, Columbia, Cornell, George Washington, Georgetown, MIT...
http://www.haaretz.com/news/sports/maccabiah-2013/where-are-our-alumni-
today-part-two-1.534518|
The survivalist in the Kremlin
Korea Times - 08/07/2013
This commentary is adapted from a speech at the London School of Economics on June 10, 2013. For more stories, visit Project Syndicate (www.project-syndicate.org).
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2013/07/197_138856.html|
President's Scholar charged with false entries in SAF documents to have case re-tried
Straits Times - Ian Poh 8/07/2013
also a President's Scholar. Tan holds an Economics degree from the London School of Economics. It is understood the SAF scholar, who enlisted for military service in 2004 and had a clean disciplinar...
http://da.feedsportal.com/c/32792/f/640958/s/2e59fc78/l/0L0Sstraitstimes0N0C
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Egypt: Military's Overthrow Of Mohammed Morsi Shakes Islamists In The Region
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed - The Huffington Post News Editors – 08/07/2013
`children' or branches," said Middle East analyst Fawaz Gerges of the London School of Economics. "I am not talking about the loss of power, but the setback to the moral argument that the Islamists somehow stand above the fray, are more competent...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/07/egypt-islamists_n_3558853.html|
Lawyer Bahaa - Eldin , Nobel laureate ElBaradei eyed for top positions
The Japan Times 08/07/2013
Comparatively young for an Egyptian politician at 48, he is a widely respected Western-educated lawyer with a degree from the London School of Economics who set up the government's financial regulatory body overseeing capital markets after heading the ...
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/08/world/lawyer-bahaa-eldin-nobel-
laureate-elbaradei-eyed-for-top-positions/|
LSE on TV/Radio
BBC World Service (5 July)
Newshour
Katerina Dalacoura discusses Egypt and the future of political Islam.
BBC Radio 4 (8 July)
Analysis
John Hills discusses raising taxes to fund public service.
BBC One (8 July)
Pointless
PhD student at LSE takes part in the BBC One quiz.