LSE in print
Students who become interns stand out in the graduate jobs market
The Daily Telegraph, 13/06/2013, p.8, Graeme Paton
In total, students in Britain will make an average of 7.1 job applications by the end of their course, compared with 5.7 a few years ago, it emerged. At one university – the London School of Economics – students had made more than 11 job applications each. The disclosure – in a study by High Fliers Research – underlines the importance of standing out in the jobs market. It comes weeks after research by the London School of Economics found that students with a good degree – a 2:1 or better – earned at least £2,000 a year more than classmates who narrowly gained a 2:2.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10115439/Student-interns-
three-times-more-likely-to-get-top-jobs.html|
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES 'RIGGED' BY CITY TRADERS
The Daily Mirror, 13/06/2013, p.2, Graham Hiscott
In a statement the ¬Financial Conduct Authority said: “The FCA is aware of these allegations and has been speaking to the ¬relevant parties. “We cannot comment further at this time.” Tim Kirchmaier of the London School of Economics said the exchange rate benchmark is vital. He explained: “The price mechanism is the anchor of our entire economic system. “Any rigging of the price leads to the misallocation of capital and is extremely costly to society.”
http://www.mirror.co.uk/money/city-news/probe-claims-city-traders-rigging-1949289|
Manchester leads science field
Financial Times, 13/06/2013, p.4, Andrew Bounds
Eric Schmidt, Google chairman, is among those who has observed the UK is “where inventions are born, but not bred for long-term success”. Geoffrey Owen, of the LSE, said such criticism was not always justified, citing innovation by companies such as GlaxoSmithKline and Rolls-Royce.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a8293bf0-d386-11e2-95d4-00144feab7de.html#axzz2W4vFn066|
Sir James Bottomley
The Times, 13/06/2013, p.51, James Bottomley
His father Sir (William) Cecil came from Greenfield, then in the West Riding, to be a Wrangler at Cambridge before joining the Colonial Office and retiring as Senior Agent for the Colonies. His mother, Alice, from Whitby, North Yorkshire, studied and lectured at the London School of Economics before serving in Naval Intelligence during the Great War.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/obituaries/article3789516.ece|
Forget the Old Etonian chumocracy: The Tories are at their least aristocratic ever
City AM, 13/06/2013, p.24, Michael Mosbacher
Yet his background is, apart from his schooling, remarkably similar to that of Letwin. Both sets of parents were north London Jewish intellectuals, both fathers were academics at the London School of Economics, and both Bill and Shirley Letwins’ and Ralph and Marion Milibands’ homes were meeting places for literary and political figures.
http://www.cityam.com/article/forget-old-etonian-chumocracy-tories-are-their-least-aristocratic-ever|
Forget the Old Etonian chumocracy: The Tories are at their least aristocratic ever
City AM, 13/06/2013, p.24, Michael Mosbacher
Yet his background is, apart from his schooling, remarkably similar to that of Letwin. Both sets of parents were north London Jewish intellectuals, both fathers were academics at the London School of Economics, and both Bill and Shirley Letwins’ and Ralph and Marion Milibands’ homes were meeting places for literary and political figures.
http://www.cityam.com/article/forget-old-etonian-chumocracy-tories-are-their-least-aristocratic-ever|
Ce n’est plus la guerre: a global academy vs summarising Proust
Times Higher Education, 13/06/2013, p.29, Howard Davies and Maria Zhivitskaya
Perhaps a third are francophone; the rest are a liquorice-allsorts mixture from all parts of the planet. Their corridor and coffee-bar language is English, even though they are typically learning French on the side. Sciences Po is a London School of Economics en Seine these days.
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/comment/opinion/frances-fioraso-law-is-an-admission-of-things-present/2004708.article|
LSE online
Work experience helps graduates
The Times Online, 13/06/2013, p.1, Unattributed
Students at the London School of Economics had the highest expectations for starting salaries, averaging £28,700, but with 43 per cent expecting to earn above £30,000, followed by undergraduates at Oxford (£26,500), Imperial College London (£26,400), Warwick (£26,300) and Cambridge (£26,200).
Mooc brings free financial literacy classes to the uninitiated
FT.com (Web), 12/06/2013, Unattributed
Developed following the financial crisis, the Academic Financial Trading Platform will showcase teaching about market strategy and economic theory from some of the world’s top finance professors, from the Tepper school at CMU, Chicago Booth, the London School of Economics and the Rotman school at the University of Toronto.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6be38fca-d1dc-11e2-9336-00144feab7de.html#axzz2W4zYKNCh|
Silencing of broadcaster ERT shocks Greece
BBC (Web), 12/06/2013, Unattributed
Elias Mossialos, a professor of health policy at the London School of Economics, was the minister of state who in 2011 presented the Pasok-led government's plan to reorganise Greece's public service broadcasters. He also says the current government had already "had one year to reform ERT and did nothing". "ERT should be made fully independent, its staff evaluated by a third-party organisation, and the restructuring must be supervised by a bipartisan committee - not by the same minister who appointed a constituent of his to ERT or gave a TV programme to an ND politician's daughter."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22879269|
Dear Mr Carney... Memos to the new Bank of England governor - Juncture
ippr (Web), 13/06/2013, Unattributed
This will require you and the chancellor to work together, not to try to shuffle responsibility on to each other. You could both start by taking the advice of others, such as Adam Posen, who has called for aggressive action to boost both private and public investment; Angus Armstrong, here at the NIESR, who has put forward radical proposals for reform of the UK mortgage market; and the London School of Economics’ Growth Commission, which has pointed to years of inadequate investment in skills, infrastructure and innovation.
http://www.ippr.org/juncture/171/10892/dear-mr-carney-memos-to-the-new-bank-of-england-governor|
Hezbollah tips Syria power balance
Reuters UK (Web), 12/06/2013, Samia Nakhoul
Sunday's killing of the protester in Beirut added to the list of grievances against Hezbollah among Lebanese, who once revered it as a resistance force above domestic politics. "What we're seeing is very dangerous: Armed clashes, the weakening of the state, the killing of a protester. It's low intensity warfare," said Fawaz Gerges, Professor of Middle Eastern Politics at the London School of Economics.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/06/11/us-syria-hezbollah-conflict-analysis-idUKBRE95A0XS20130611|
Can the German Ruling Impact the ECB?
CNBC - Jun 12 at 10:02 BST
Henning Meyer, senior visiting fellow at the London School of Economics, tells CNBC that the OMT was a vital measure of the ECB and questioning whether it is legitimate has really big repercussions.
http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&video=3000175139|
Student Work Experience 'Esse...
Real Radio Scotland - Jun 13 at 5:40 BST
had the highest chances of securing a job. Those studying at the London School of Economics, Cambridge, Imperial College London, Oxford, King's College London, Bath, Durham, Warwick, St Andrews...
http://www.realradio-scotland.co.uk/news-headlines/student-work-experience-esse/0cead|
Lock of Mick Jagger's hair kept by family of former girlfriend for 50 years set to be sold at auction
Camden New Journal - Jun 13 at 1:21 BST
a Covent Garden secretary he famously dated while a student at the London School of Economics. Their romance marked a period when Jagger lived with fellow Stone Keith Richards in Mapesbury...
http://www.camdennewjournal.com/news/2013/jun/lock-mick-jaggers-hair-kept-
family-former-girlfriend-50-years-set-be-sold-auction|
President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts
White House.gov Press Office Feed - The White House - Jun 12 at 22:53 BST
the Cardiff University and an M.S. and M.Phil from the London School of Economics. President Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to key Administration posts: Avril D. Haines, Appointee for Deputy Director of the Central...
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/06/12/president-obama-
announces-more-key-administration-posts|
Tax Man Targets Lionel Messi, His Father, Says They Owe Spain $5.3 Million in Back Taxes
NESN.com - Associated Press - Jun 12 at 22:19 BST
willing to move,” Szymanski said. He cited a 2009 study by the London School of Economics and the University of California, Berkeley which found that top tax rates have a significant influence when a footballer chooses the country in which to play...
http://nesn.com/2013/06/tax-man-targets-lionel-messi-his-father-says-they-owe-
spain-5-3-million-in-back-taxes/|
'Now What?': Greeks Confront Shutting Of Public Broadcaster
NPR - Joanna Kakissis - Jun 12 at 22:03 BST
says Ilias Mossialos, a former government minister who now teaches at the London School of Economics."Since the organization is not independent ... party politics intervenes in hiring processes...
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/06/12/191070338/Now-What-Greeks-Confront-Shutting-Of-Public-Broadcaster|
New MOOC Company Brings Market Research to the Masses
BusinessWeek - Jun 12 at 19:47 BST
Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business, and professors from the London School of Economics, the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Business, and the University of Chicago...
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-06-12/new-mooc-company-brings-
market-research-to-the-masses#r=blg-s|
Prosecutor brings $5M tax-fraud case against soccer star Messi
Oakland Tribune - Jun 12 at 19:26 BST
to move," Szymanski said. Szymanski cited a 2009 study by the London School of Economics and the University of California, Berkeley that found top tax rates influence where soccer players end...
http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_23444022/prosecutor-brings-5m
-tax-fraud-case-against-soccer|
Barcelona's Lionel Messi accused of tax fraud
3 News - Jun 12 at 19:22 BST
to move," Szymanski said.He cited a 2009 study by the London School of Economics and the University of California, Berkeley which found that top tax rates have a significant influence when...
http://www.3news.co.nz/Barcelonas-Lionel-Messi-accused-of-tax-fraud/tabid/415/articleID/301255/Default.aspx|
Most talked about TV shows revealed in Virgin Media Hotlist
Broadband Choices - Jun 12 at 19:11 BST
the box, Virgin Media created analgorithm, verified by experts at the London School of Economics(LSE), which measures social chatter as well as live TV, catch-up,on-demand and recorded viewing...
http://www.broadbandchoices.co.uk/news/2013/06/virgin-media-tv-120613|
El agente de Stalin con licencia para matar en la República (translate)
El Confidencial - Jun 13 at 5:06 BST
armas con el rigor propio de un doctor en historia por la London School of Economics and Political Science, gracias a una tesis dirigida por Paul Preston. "Es una combinación poco frecuente que...
http://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/2013/06/13/el-agente-de-stalin-con-licencia
-para-matar-en-la-republica-122946/|
Si viaja al exterior, conozca qué hacer con el precio del dólar (translate)
LaRepublica.com.co - Ernesto Rodríguez Uribe - Jun 13 at 2:13 BST
Para María del Pilar López Uribe, estudiante de PHD de economía en London School of Economics, el hecho de que la moneda estadounidense tenga una tendencia al alza, debería repercutir inmediatamente...
http://larepublica.com.co/finanzas/si-viaja-al-exterior-conozca-qu%C3%A9-hacer-
con-el-precio-del-d%C3%B3lar_40477|
Europa: una torre de Babel inclinada (translate)
El País - Nathan Gardels - Jun 12 at 23:44 BST
con límites.En la reunión de París, alumnos de Sciences Po, la London School of Economics y la Hertie School of Governance de Berlín propusieron un relato para su generación "postcrisis" basado...
http://elpais.com/elpais/2013/06/04/opinion/1370346680_625144.html|
Erdogan will Istanbuler über Gezi-Park abstimmen lassen (translate)
Die Harke - Jun 12 at 21:26 BST
genommen.» Analyse der Proteste, German Marshall Fund dazu Crisis Group dazu London School of Economics Erdogans Fehler, German Marschall Fund Verhältnis EU-Türkei, eu-inside Taksim ist nicht
https://www.dieharke.de/Meldungen/Brennpunkte/272537/Erdogan_will_Istanbuler
_ueber_Gezi-Park_abstimmen_lassen/|
En s'engageant en Syrie, le Hezbollah polarise le Liban (translate)
Nouvel Observateur - Jun 12 at 15:46 BST
qui est en cours", analyse Fawaz Gerges, spécialiste du Moyen-Orient la London School of Economics (LSE).En s'engageant militairement derrière Assad en Syrie, le Hezbollah, qui juge que ce...
http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/monde/20130612.REU6157/en-s-engageant-en-
syrie-le-hezbollah-polarise-le-liban.html|
Umgang mit fragilen Staaten unter Experten umstritten (translate)
Deutscher Bundestag - Jun 12 at 15:43 BST
Gelder. "Koexistenz rivalisierender Autoritäten und Institutionen" Auch Dr. Gabi Hesselbein von der London School of Economics konsta¬tierte in ihrer schriftlichen Stellungnahme "massiv wider¬sprü...
http://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2013/44596372_kw24_pa_
entwicklung/|
Porträt: Präsident Abdullah Gül - Stimme der Vernunft (translate)
Sol.de - Carsten Hoffmann - Jun 12 at 14:38 BST
leiden sollte. Analyse der Proteste, German Marshall Funddazu Crisis Groupdazu London School of EconomicsErdogans Fehler, German Marschall Fund Verhältnis EUTürkei, euinside Taksim ist
http://www.sol.de/news/welt/tagesthema/Innenpolitik-Demonstrationen-KORR-
Ausland-Tuerkei-Portraet-Praesident-Abdullah-Guel-Stimme-der-Vernunft;art7325,4092373|
LSE on TV/radio
LBC 97.3FM (12/06/2013)
Iain Dale
Professor Tony Travers discussed Boris Johnson’s ‘Vision for London’ and London’s transport infrastructure.