LSE in print
Knights Bachelor
Financial Times, 15/06/2013, p.4, Unattributed
List of Knights Bachelor honours. “John Robert Hills, professor of social policy, London School of Economics. Professor Christopher Pissarides, school professor of economics and political science, London School of Economics both awarded Knighthoods.”
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/47243be4-d50b-11e2-9302-00144feab7de.html#axzz2WSHsOzTi|
Universities failing on equality of access
The Guardian, 17/06/2013, p.7, Patrick Wintour; Richard Adams
Cambridge, as well as the London School of Economics and Imperial College. Of those who got in, both the proportion of entrants who were state-educated and the proportion from less advantaged social groups were lower
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2013/jun/16/universities-failing-equality-state-school-admissions|
WAD A WASTE
The Sun, 16/06/2013, p.7, David Wooding
public spending splurges with our War On Waste campaign. Experts fear the waste will get worse under plans to let councils police their own spending. Prof Tony Travers, of the London School of Economics, said: "We will see cases of inappropriate behaviour."
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/4970770/Wad-a-waste.html|
Anti-Semitism and myths of the world wars
The Times, 17/06/2013, p.27, Unattributed
Kaiser believed that Jews should be gassed. So, while it is wrong to read German history backwards, it is also wrong to sanitise it. Letter from Alan Sked, Professor of International History, LSE.
Neil Woodford Fund manager committed to long-term shareholding
Financial Times, 15/06/2013, p.4, David Oakley
There is not much he does not know about the company or its management. It is this long-¬term commitment to share-holding that John Kay, the London School of Economics professor and Financial Times columnist, praised in his 40,000-word year-long review of UK equity markets.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/85806640-d4ea-11e2-9302-00144feab7de.html#axzz2WSHsOzTi|
Dorothy Thompson Energy chief managing shift to sustainable fuel
Financial Times, 15/06/2013, p.4, Guy Chazan
With a BSc and MSc in economics from the London School of Economics, Ms Thompson initially worked in banking. Her first experience of the power industry came while she was working for CDC, the UK government's development finance institution.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a51802da-d4ed-11e2-9302-00144feab7de.html#axzz2WSHsOzTi|
Building blocks
Financial Times, 15/06/2013, p.2, Annie Maccoby Berglof
Profile of Helene Rey. A PhD from the London School of Economics led to an eventual professorship at Princeton, where her ideas caught the attention of colleagues and department chairman Ben Bernanke, now chairman of the US Federal Bank.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c28e6128-cf62-11e2-be7b-00144feab7de.html#axzz2WSHsOzTi|
World Diary
Financial Times, 17/06/2013, p.30, Unattributed
The London School of Economics holds a panel discussion on "The future of Asian financial markets in a changing world".
Books & talks
The Independent, 15/06/2013, p.31, Unattributed
(biggreenweek.com) to 23 Jun Stephen D King LSE, LONDON WC2 It's HSBC's group chief economist, rather than the horror novelist, but his thesis is still a frightener. In When the Money Runs Out:
I'd applaud the end of this grating musical rule
The Times, 15/06/2013, p.21, Daniel Finkelstein
has been to Syria to support Bashar Assad, having previously supported Muammar Gaddafi in Libya. I await the announcement that the BNP leader has been awarded a PHD from the LSE.
Jagger heirloom could be a snip at £2,000
The Times, 17/06/2013, p.3, Simon De Bruxelles
was Chrissie Shrimpton, a Covent Garden secretary whose sister Jean became one of the fashion icons of the 1960s. Jagger began dating Chrissie while he was a student at the London School of Economics and on the brink of stardom. When they met, Jagger was sharing a squalid flat in Kilburn with his fellow Rolling Stone Keith Richards.
LSE online
Knighthoods go to Bristol and UCL V-Cs
Times Higher Education, 15/06/2013
Judith Rees, former interim director of the London School of Economics, currently director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and Environment, is made a dame for services to higher education…John Hills, professor of social policy at the LSE; Christopher Pissarides, school professor of economics and political science at the LSE.
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/knighthoods-go-to-bristol-and-ucl-v-cs/2004824.article|
Queen's birthday honours list 2013: GCB, DBE and CBE
guardian.co.uk (Web), 15/06/2013, Unattributed
Professor Judith Anne Rees, CBE . Formerly director of LSE and Political Science, and director of Grantham
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/15/queens-birthday-honours-cbe|
Knighthood for John Lewis chairman
BBC (Web), 15/06/2013, Unattributed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22909191|
Queen's birthday honours list 2013: Knights
guardian.co.uk (Web), 15/06/2013, Unattributed
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/15/queens-birthday-honours-knights|
The Week in Westminster June 17th - June 21st
Politics.co.uk (Web), 15/06/2013, Unattributed
…at 4.30pm evidence will be heard from Professor Michael Cox, London School of Economics, Xenia Dormandy, Senior Fellow, Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) and Professor Anatol Lieven, Kings College London Location.
http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/2013/06/15/the-week-in-westminster-june-17th
-june-21st|
Pedicures, golf lessons and overseas trips: The #440m bill for council fatcat credit cards funded by taxpayers
Mail Online UK (Web), 16/06/2013, Sam Webb
real independent audit. 'I think we will lose confidence that we're getting value for money for what we put in as council taxpayers.' Local government expert Professor Tony Travers, from the London School of Economics, warned the loss of the independent scrutiny body could lead to council waste. He said: 'We will see cases of misappropriation of money, and inappropriate behaviour.' The investigation
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2342578/Pedicures-golf-lessons-overseas
-trips-The-440m-council-fatcat-credit-cards-funded-taxpayers.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490|
Rolling Stones duo's hair for sale as fans shell out hundreds for stars' locks
Mail Online UK (Web), 15/06/2013, Mail On Sunday Reporter
his mane in the early 1960s and kept by relatives of one of his first girlfriends, Chrissie Shrimpton, 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 Road, Kilburn, and then Holly Hill, Hampstead. Shrimpton, sister of model
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2342391/Rolling-Stones-duos-hair-sale-fans-shell-hundreds-stars-locks.html|
British students talk about a revolution: From the archive, 15 June 1968
guardian.co.uk (Web), 15/06/2013, Unattributed
Revolutionary Socialist Student Federation is launched at conference held at the London School of Economics Students from British colleges and universities yesterday founded the Revolutionary Socialist Student Federation. About 500 of them packed a lecture theatre on the first of the
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2013/jun/15/student-politics-lse-revolution
-1968|
Managing director, Re-Define
The Economist
The euro crisis has transformed political and economic relationships within the European Union. A club of ostensibly equal countries has been divided into groups of creditors and debtors. As the largest creditor country, Germany has gained ...
http://www.economist.com/debate/debates/overview/254|
London to host conference on boycott campaigns
Jerusalem Post - Jun 17 at 3:12 BST
Jewish community that questioned the participation of Dr. John Chalcraft of the London School of Economics. Chalcraft is a major supporter of the BDS movement. He has described Israel as a...
http://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-News/London-to-host-conference-on-boycott-campaigns-316781|
Contributing in her own small way
New Indian Express - Jun 16 at 19:41 BST
to the society,” says Divya, who aspires to study MBA in the London School of Economics. Her recent assignment with Yuva was a campaign urging people to turn their engines off during traffic...
http://newindianexpress.com/education/edex/Contributing-in-her-own-small-way/2013/06/17/article1632664.ece|
Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
Daily Kos - rss@dailykos.com (Mark Sumner) - Jun 16 at 12:31 BST
Oxford, a professor of Economics at the University of Warwick and the London School of Economics, chief economist and special counsellor ... by Laurence Lewis 214 comments 165 Recs The next biggest scandal ever, until the next oneYes, Mitch McConnell...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/16/1216539/-Abbreviated-Pundit-Round-up|
Regulators dismiss currency rigging here
Korea Herald - Jun 14 at 12:56 BST
cases as the rates are sometimes made public irrespective of trading volume.” London School of Economics visiting fellow Tom Kirchmaier was quoted by Bloomberg Businessweek as saying, “Any...
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20130614000651|
Les opposants à la fermeture de la télévision publique grecque marquent des points
Le Monde - Jun 14 at 10:43 BST
porte-parole du gouvernement de Georges Papandréou, Elias Mossialos. Ce professeur de la London School of Economics, qui n'est pas membre du Pasok, s'en étonne: "Ce projet est défendu par ceux...
http://www.lemonde.fr/europe/article/2013/06/14/les-opposants-a-la-fermeture-de
-la-television-publique-grecque-marquent-des-points_3430277_3214.html|
Ηλίας Μόσιαλος: «Αντιδημοκρατικό το κλείσιμο της ΕΡΤ με μονομερή απόφαση»
To Vima - Jun 16 at 13:31 BST
ΕΡΤ ο καθηγητής του London School of Economics κ. Ηλίας Μόσιαλος
http://www.tovima.gr/politics/article/?aid=518102|
Για τις υπηρεσίες του στο αντικείμενο των οικονομικών
Kathimerini.com.cy - Jun 15 at 10:34 BST
Κ/ ΚΥΠΕ Ο επικεφαλής του Συμβ. Εθνικής Οικονομίας και καθηγητής στο London School of Economics and Political Science τιμήθημε με τον τίτλο του Εργένη Ιππότη Ο τίτλος...
http://www.kathimerini.com.cy/index.php?pageaction=kat&modid=1&artid=137242|
Kaip rasti daugiau laisvo laiko?
Lithuanian Radio and TV - Jun 16 at 8:46 BST
darbuotojui lieka tik 2 valandos ir 45 minutės laisvo laiko per parą. London School of Economics (LSE) profesorė Judy Wajcman, parašiusi studiją apie laiko skurdą, pastebi, kad technologijos...
http://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/mokslas_ir_it/1/19772/kaip_rasti_daugiau_laisvo_laiko|_
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