LSE in print
(Almost) all donations gratefully received
Times Higher Education, 27/06/2013, p.37 (Cover Story), Chris Higgins
Why should Saif Gaddafi have been discriminated against as a student at the London School of Economics just because of his father’s activities, as long as his offer of a place and assessment were clearly independent of funding from the Libyan government?...Yet in reality it was not so much the source of money that was the problem but the fact that the LSE did not at the time have appropriate protocols to define who should make decisions and ensure academics integrity in a way that could be defended, as the Woolf inquiry into the LSE’s links with Libya and the lessons to be learned subsequently pointed out.
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/features/feature-almost-all-donations-
gratefully-received/2005057.fullarticle|
Cash and Questions: Controversial Donations That Put Reputations at Risk
Times Higher Education, 27/06/2013, p.39, Unattributed
For universities, recipients of some of the biggest donations in the UK, the most high-profile case in recent years culminated in the resignation of Sir Howard Davies as director of the London School of Economics in March 2011 as the institution was rocked by the fallout from its decision to accept a £1.5 million gift from the Gaddafi International Charity and Development Foundation. The 2009 donation, the school’s extensive links with the regime and the circumstances surrounding the MSc and PhD awarded to Saif Gaddafi, son of the autocrat who ruled Libya at the time, attracted widespread media coverage in 2011, coinciding with the uprising in Libya.
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/features/feature-almost-all-donations-
gratefully-received/2005057.fullarticle|
London mayor welcomes 'a very good settlement'
Financial Times, 27/06/2013, p.4, James Pickford
Tony Travers, local government expert at the London School of Economics, said it was “not a bad day” for the capital, whose “inexorable population growth” made it hard for ministers to avoid increasing capital investment. “There’s no alternative for the government but to build more schools, railways and roads in London.”
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c27d6bd6-de7e-11e2-9b47-00144feab7de.html#axzz2XOow974O|
A TWO-YEAR FREEZE ON COUNCIL TAX
Daily Mail, 27/06/2013, p.11, Unattributed
Local government expert Tony Travers, of the London School of Economics, said local authorities were facing the biggest cuts since the Second World War.
LSE online
Rolling Stones find satisfaction in BMG deal
The Times Online, 27/06/2013, Nic Fildes
In a statement Mick Jagger and Keith Richards said: “We look forward to a fresh and fruitful long-term business relationship with all the team at BMG.” Jagger, a graduate of the London School of Economics, is known as one of the shrewdest operators in the music industry. The deal is a major coup for BMG. The company was set up in 2008 and has grown to become the fourth largest music publishing business in the world.
Big thinking on infrastructure?
BBC (Web), 27/06/2013, Unattributed
The planning uncertainty caused by short-sighted government policy has been cited by a London School of Economics study as the main impediment to infrastructure investment. Just consider the vexed issue of London airport capacity as a case in point. The National Infrastructure Plan therefore provides a helpful step towards reducing that uncertainty by looking five years beyond the next election to 2020.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23055419|
Bob Ward: Time for the US Congress to Back President Obama on Climate Change
Huffington Post UK - Bob Ward - Jun 26 at 14:53 BST
at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at London School of Economics and Political Science.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/bob-ward/climate-change-barack-obama_b_3501589.html?utm_hp_ref=uk-politics?ncid=GEP|
'Thatcher Was Mild Compared To This'
Huffington Post UK - Tom Moseley - Jun 26 at 14:19 BST
minimum statutory responsibilities, he said.Local government expert Tony Travers, of the London School of Economics, agreed. He told : "Nothing quite like this has happened at any point since...
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/06/26/spending-review-councils-facing-
deepest-cuts_n_3501689.html?ref=topbar|
World’s Best Universities for 2013, QS Ranking
Dubai Chronicle - Jun 27 at 5:53 BST
graduates Oxford and Harvard. Highly appreciated are also graduates from LSE ( the London School of Economics), University of Tokyo, as well as those from the University of California, Davis...
http://www.dubaichronicle.com/2013/06/27/worlds-best-universities-for-2013-qs-ranking/|
There are opportunities in the spending round
Local Government Chronicle - Jun 27 at 0:06 BST
the localisation of all public spending.Tony Travers, director, Greater London Group, London School of Economics
http://www.lgcplus.com/opinion/tony-travers/there-are-opportunities-in-the-
spending-round/5060294.article?referrer=RSS|
Syria’s Forgotten People Seize Opportunity on Assad Decay
Bloomberg - Caroline Alexander - Jun 26 at 22:44 BST
new,” said Robert Lowe, head of the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics. “They are in a very vulnerable position, and they are not ideal conditions for state building. It’s a...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-26/syria-s-forgotten-people-seize-
opportunity-on-assad-decay.html|
EU Membership Fails to Spark Enthusiasm in Croatia
VOA News - Henry Ridgwell - Jun 26 at 20:11 BST
how will life change for the ordinary Croatian? James Ker-Lindsay from the London School of Economics and Political Science explains. A lot of the day-to-day elements of life, if you like, have...
http://www.voanews.com/content/EU-membership-fails-to-spark-enthusiasm-in-croatia/1689736.html|
UN: 'Legal Highs' Swamp Global Drug Market
Voice of America - webdesk@voanews.com (Selah Hennessy) - Jun 26 at 18:34 BST
is Project Coordinator for the IDEAS International Drug Policy Project at the London School of Economics.He says drugs statistics as listed in Wednesday’s UN report should be treated with caution.“There is a broader cultural shift happening," ,"...
http://www.voanews.com/content/designer-drugs-present-unforeseen-challenges/1689463.html|
OBBO: Why describing African countries as ‘failed states’ always gets their goat
Daily Nation - Jun 26 at 18:04 BST
ever run into was at a conference on “crisis states” at the London School of Economics. There were a few chaps who were quite unhappy about how “post-conflict societies”, most of them in the...
http://www.nation.co.ke/blogs/-/445642/1895616/-/view/asBlogPost/-/3k1k75z/-/index.html|
`It's a moot point whether $US300m Antares Texas deal is a bonanza or a fair price'
The Australian - Jun 26 at 16:51 BST
$US isn't headed for the Smithsonian just yet -- but the London School of Economics PhD is not for turning. "As absurd as it may seem I am steadfast that what we are seeing with the $US is a...
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/opinion/antares-energy-flags-sale-of-its-texan-oil-assets-for-us300m/story-e6frg9lo-1226670436370|
Where has the green growth gone?
Korea Joongang Daily - Jun 26 at 16:07 BST
the local market and global community. Alex Bowen, a research fellow at London School of Economics’ Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, called Korea’s decision...
http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2973696|
Hari Kondabolu's incendiary humor
Chicago Reader - Molly Adams - Jun 26 at 10:10 BST
of all, dude has a master's in human rights from the London School of Economics. A former immigrant rights organizer, he has bits about Superman being undocumented, and a Twitter feed filled...
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/molly-adams-on-hari-kondabolu-at-lincoln-hall/Content?oid=10130984|
Al filósofo Joaquín Jareño, que ha sido galardonado con el Premio Miguel de Unamuno (translate)
El Confidencial Digital - Jun 27 at 3:33 BST
de Murcia y Master of Science por la London School of Economics, Joaquín Jareño, ha sido el ganador de la XIV edición del...
http://www.elconfidencialdigital.com/opinion/la_guinda_y_la_guindilla/la_guinda
/084938/al-filosofo-joaquin-jareno-que-ha-sido-galardonado-con-el-premio-miguel
-de-unamuno|
“Calidad de vida es familia, salud y educación” (translate)
El País - Pol Pareja - Jun 27 at 1:51 BST
también es calidad de vida".De padre inglés —hispanista profesor de la London School of Economics— y madre española nacida en Granada, Gooch difícilmente podría haberse dedicado a algo que...
http://sociedad.elpais.com/sociedad/2013/06/26/actualidad/1372267286_
315598.html|
Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira nombra a Antonio Baena nuevo director de la oficina de Londres (translate)
El Derecho - Jun 26 at 10:14 BST
Oficina de Londres. Antonio Baena ha realizado estudios de postgrado Harvard, la London School of Economics y el Colegio de Brujas. Trabajó en Londres y Nueva York antes de incorporarse a Cuatrecasa...
http://www.elderecho.com/actualidad/profesionales/Cuatrecasas_incorpora_a_
Antonio_Baena-Antonio_Baena_director_de_la_oficina_de_Londres_0_557250035.html|
Lewinskys eiendeler på auksjon (translate)
NRK - Jun 26 at 10:10 BST
På midten av 2000-tallet flyttet hun til London hvor hun studerte ved London school of economics.
http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/verden/1.11101001|
Eksperter: Ecuador driver gæk med USA (translate)
Politiken.dk - rss - Jun 26 at 9:32 BST
føler Correa, at han kan give igen af samme skuffe Fransisco Panizzi, London School of Economics »Det kan virke som et lidt … bizart valg, når man ser på Ecuadors egen situation på området for ytringsfrihed«, siger kommunikationsdirektør Robert Sharp...
http://politiken.dk/udland/ECE2006924/eksperter-ecuador-driver-gaek-med-usa/|
Протестите - 12-ти ден (хронология) (translate)
Dnevnik.bg - Jun 26 at 9:10 BST
в който са вложени много откраднати и руски пари. Да започнем от London School of Economics. Разбирам, че времената се менят и съветската диплома от исторически факултет не е най-добрата атестация...
http://www.dnevnik.bg/bulgaria/2013/06/25/2089848_protestite_-_12-ti_den_hronologiia/|
LSE on TV/radio
BBC 1 London (26/06/2013)
BBC London News
Professor Tony Travers discussed the impact of the Government Spending Review on frontline services in London.
Also on:
BBC London 94.9FM (27/06/2013)
The Breakfast Show
BBC Radio 5 Live (26/06/2013)
Phil Williams
Professor Tony Travers took part in a panel discussion on the national impact of the spending review.
BBC Suffolk (27/06/2013)
Breakfast
Professor Tony Travers commented on the Spending Review.
Also on:
BBC Berkshire (27/06/2013)
Breakfast
BBC Surrey (27/06/2013)
Breakfast
BBC Radio 3 (26/06/2013)
Free Thinking Festival
Dr Simon Glendinning and Dr Lea Ypi took part in a debate on the role of philosophy in public life.