LSE in print
Intervention shows this is not an internal war
The Daily Telegraph, 06/05/2013, p.13, Fawaz Gerges
“Israel's intervention also shows how the conflict has mutated from a political uprising to an internal armed struggle, and now to a regional war by proxy fiercely fought in Syria.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10039056/Israel-
attacks-show-Syrias-conflict-becoming-a-regional-proxy-war.html|
Will it soon be pay-back time?
The Guardian, 07/05/2013, p.30, Anna Fazackerley
Some vice-chancellors see changing the student finance arrangements as a fairly painless way of absorbing cuts. Backing them up is Nicholas Barr, professor of public economics at the London School of Economics and one of the leading experts on student loans. This, he argues, is a no-brainer.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2013/may/06/student-loans-repayment-level-lowered|
Legal aid reform
The Times, 07/05/2013, p.25, Unattributed
Professor Tim Newburn and Emeritus Professor Michael Zander, QC, LSE sign a letter criticising proposed legal aid reforms.
Simplify planning laws and Garden Cities could solve our housing crisis
City AM, 07/05/2013, p.20, Keith Boyfield
As professor Paul Cheshire of the London School of Economics points out, "since the planning system...controls the supply of space for all use types, it effectively sets the price of space…”
http://www.cityam.com/article/simplify-planning-laws-and-garden-cities-could-
solve-our-housing-crisis|
Industrial policy is a better toolkit for recovery
Financial Times, 06/05/2013, p.8, Unattributed
As part of the toolkit for recovery we need a discussion about how to do industrial policy well, without the discussion being hijacked by the neoliberal presumption that the private sector is more efficient and innovative than the public sector, as though there must be a trade-off. Letter from Robert H. Wade, Professor of Political Economy, London School of Economics, UK
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fc9b3cd0-b34f-11e2-b5a5-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2Sac8k9N3|
What a hoot! How one man has changed British politics
The Observer, 05/05/2013, p.30, Toby Helm; Daniel Boffey
Tony Travers, of the London School of Economics, said: "I am normally cautious but I do think the tectonic plates are shifting. There is definitely a change going on. The share of the vote of the main two parties has been declining since the 1950s. But it is now even lower than it was at the height of the scandal over MPs expenses in 2009. You can half imagine David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg having to have a meeting to think what to do as Ukip is hurting them all."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/may/04/nigel-farage-changes-british
-politics|
Lib Dems' heavy losses show true cost of being in coalition
The Times, 04/05/2013, p.7, Jill Sherman
Yesterday the Lib Dems took 14 per cent of the national share of the vote, against UKIP's 23 per cent. Tony Travers, a local government expert at the London School of Economics, said: "This is numbing evidence of the damage being done by being in the coalition now that the protest vote has gone to UKIP.
Bad luck, your rich neighbour really is happier than you
The Sunday Times, 05/05/2013, p.4, Josh Glancy
Economists, most notably Lord Layard, a professor at the London School of Economics and David Cameron's happiness guru, have developed Easterlin's work to argue that money does make people happier but there is a relatively low "saturation point".
U.K. university rankings put Cambridge at the top
International Herald Tribune, 06/05/2013, p.7, Unattributed
Coming in third place after the ''Oxbridge'' institutions was the London School of Economics and Political Science, which came in second last year. Imperial College London and Durham University rounded out the top five.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/06/world/europe/06iht-educbriefs06.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0|
Mary Joynson
The Guardian, 06/05/2013, p.23, Terry Philpot
She attended the London School of Economics (1943-45) and gained the certificate in social sciences, and then spent next four years as a welfare officer with Norfolk education department.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/may/02/mary-joynson|
Other lives
The Guardian, 06/05/2013, p.23, Rachel Malik
never home, though he came to love Lahore, and he left for the UK eight years later, taking a boat from Karachi to Southampton. Naeem went to study at the London School of Economics, but he had no plans to settle in the city. When he and my English mother, Marion, got engaged in the early 1960s, her family thought
Jean Floud
The Sunday Times, 05/05/2013, p.8, Unattributed
The daughter of a shoe mender, Floud did not complete her own grammar school studies but eventually attended the London School of Economics. In 1971 she was elected principal of Newnham, where she remained until her retirement in 1983, turning down an offer of a life peerage.
A love affair that even death could not end
Daily Mail, 04/05/2013, p.30, Frances Hardy
Josephine died aged 69, on June 2, 2011. Maurice and Josephine met after he graduated from the London School of Economics; she was four years his senior. They worked together at the Haymarket Press in London, where for a while she was his boss.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2319272/A-love-affair-death-end-In-
moving-interview-advertising-genius-Maurice-Saatchi-explains-breakfasts-wifes
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Left-wing luxury Fabians' £27m house
The Sunday Times, 05/05/2013, p.2, Unattributed
The Webbs resided in this 9,000 sq ft mansion, spread across six floors in South Kensington. They also co-founded the London School of Economics and New Statesman magazine. The house, which has six bedrooms and a roof terrace with views over Hyde Park, is on sale for £27m.
Ferguson says sorry for 'gay' economist slur
The Sunday Times, 05/05/2013, p.5, James Gillespie; Josh Glancy
Niall Ferguson, who reportedly earns £5m a year, has been professor of history at Harvard since 2004. He has also taught at Oxford and the London School of Economics. Ferguson, 49, graduated from Magdalen College, Oxford in 1985.
Are structured products worth the risk for a small investor?
Financial Times, 04/05/2013, p.8, Elaine Moore
Martin Wheatley, chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority, is reported to have told an audience at the London School of Economics that the regulator could use "nudges" to prevent complex investments reaching the wrong retail customers.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/da923670-abfc-11e2-a063-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2Sac8k9N3|
LSE online
Few options for Syria's Assad to strike back after Israeli raids
Reuters UK (Web), 06/05/2013, Dominic Evans
Assad to respond, "not only to save face but also to maintain credibility at home and in the region," said Fawaz Gerges, director of the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics. "That's where Assad's predicament is - what do you do, given the limited options?" he said. A GOLAN FRONT? Two years into the uprising against his rule - which
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/05/06/uk-syria-crisis-options-idUKBRE9450L520130506|
Syria conflict 'has taken a very dangerous turn'
ITV.com (Web), 06/05/2013, Unattributed
Fawaz Gerges, Director of the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics, has told ITV Daybreak that "it would take a spark to ignite the conflict in Syria." He added: "The conflict in Syria has mutated and taken
http://www.itv.com/news/update/2013-05-06/syria-conflict-has-taken-a-very-
dangerous-turn/|
Analyst: Syrian hostilities bring Middle East catastrophe closer
CNN - May 6 at 15:24 BST
s note: Fawaz A. Gerges a professor of international relations at the London School of Economics where he directs the Middle East Centre. (CNN) -- What Syria asserts is Israel's launch of two air strikes on Damascus last week presents a marked...
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/06/opinion/opinion-gerges-syria/index.html|
In search of the African middle class
guardian.co.uk (Web), 03/05/2013, Unattributed
It seems indeed that trying to recognise the American "service class" or the European petite bourgeoisie in today's African societies only goes so far. This prompted Thandika Mkandawire, professor of African development at the London School of Economics, to label the bank's version of a middle class a "stretch concept".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/03/africa-middle-class-search|
Science Weekly podcast: the genetics of gender and sexuality
guardian.co.uk (Web), 06/05/2013, Camila Ruz Jason Phipps
This week Camila Ruz meets Dr Helena Cronin, co-director of the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science at the London School of Economics , to discuss "sexuality after genetics" – the topic of a debate she will participate in as part of this year's How The Lights Get In Festival in Hay-On-Wye.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/audio/2013/may/06/science-weekly-podcast-genetics-gender-sexuality|
What is the best way of innovating for social change?
Financial Times - Ray Fisman and Bruce Usher - May 6 at 3:08 BST
Nick Bloom, has been collaborating with researchers at Harvard and the London School of Economics to examine – albeit through observation rather than direct intervention – whether management also improves the functioning of schools and hospitals...
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/04a5ceba-b30d-11e2-b5a5-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fbusiness-education%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct#axzz2SamTu4VU|
Syria struggle not an internal war anymore
Gulf News - May 6 at 19:36 BST
London, 2013 Fawaz Gerges is a professor of international relations at the London School of Economics, where he directs the Middle East Centre.
http://gulfnews.com/opinions/columnists/syria-struggle-not-an-internal-war-
anymore-1.1179986|
Few options for Syria's Assad to strike back after Israeli raids
Baltimore Sun - Dominic Evans - May 6 at 18:02 BST
" said Fawaz Gerges, director of the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics."That's where Assad's predicament is - what do you do, given the limited options?" he said.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/sns-rt-us-syria-crisis-optionsbre9450l9-20130506,0,4735531.story?track=rss|
¿Hasta qué punto podría llegar la guerra en Siria? (translate)
CNN México - May 7 at 0:24 BST
uno al otro”, según Fawaz Gerges, profesor de relaciones internacionales en la London School of Economics, en un artículo de opinión para CNN. Los analistas dicen que como parte del gobierno libanés, el grupo (Hezbolá) arriesgaría mucho si respondiera...
http://mexico.cnn.com/mundo/2013/05/06/el-conflicto-sirio-ante-el-temor-de-
convertirse-en-una-guerra-regional|
Poll success of anti-EU party shakes Britain's Conservatives
China Post - May 6 at 13:49 BST
other parties as well,” Tony Travers, director of British government at the London School of Economics, said of UKIP.The Lib Dems, the junior partner in Cameron's coalition, are also under pressure. They won so few votes in South Shields they lost...
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/commentary/reuters/2013/05/06/377902/Poll-
success.htm|
6 Mayıs 2013 Basın Özeti
BBC Turkish - May 6 at 6:55 BST
sonra koltuğunda oturup oturmayacağının, ABD?nin ne yapıp yapmayacağına bağlı olduğunu ifade ediyor. London School of Economics?te Orta Doğu Merkezi?ni yöneten Prof. Fawas Gerges, Daily Telegraph gazetesindeki analizinde, Suriye?deki siyasi başkaldırın...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/turkce/basinozeti/2013/05/130506_basin_ozeti.shtml|
The will of the people shall not be denied
Bangkok Post - May 6 at 22:56 BST
"a clueless idiot".Songkran Grachangnetara is an entrepreneur. He graduated from The London School of Economics and Columbia University
http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/348716/the-will-of-the-people-
shall-not-be-denied|
Anti-EU UKIP Gains Seats in English Local Elections
Bloomberg - Thomas Penny - May 3 at 15:15 BST
Labour, according to Tony Travers, a specialist in local elections at the London School of Economics. The BBC projected the national share of the vote from yesterday’s results at 29 percent for Labour, 35 percent of the Conservatives, 23 percent...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-02/u-k-labour-keeps-david-miliband
-seat-as-ukip-surges-past-tories.html|
Anti-EU party shakes PM's Conservatives in local vote
Yahoo! UK and Ireland - May 3 at 15:05 BST
parties as well," Tony Travers, director of British government at the London School of Economics, said of UKIP.The Lib Dems, the junior partner in Cameron's coalition, are also under pressure. They won so few votes in South Shields they lost...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-02/u-k-labour-keeps-david-miliband-
seat-as-ukip-surges-past-tories.html|
U.K. Independence Party surges in elections
Washington Post - May 3 at 18:37 BST
the entire political establishment, said Tony Travers, a political analyst at the London School of Economics. What we dont know is whether they will disappear like snow in hot weather by the next elections or whether they become an important force...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/uk-independence-party-surges-in-elections/2013/05/03/7afddfc2-b406-11e2-9fb1-62de9581c946_story.html?wprss=rss_europe|
Local elections boost British anti-EU far-right party
GlobalPost - May 4 at 0:31 BST
through UKIP," Tony Travers, director of the government department at the London School of Economics and Political Science told The Associated Press. UKIP said in its 2010 manifesto, "We aspire to ensure that any future immigration does not exceed...
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/europe/united-kingdom/
130503/local-elections-boost-british-anti-eu-far-right-p|
El UKIP, populista y anti-UE, se erige en la tercera fuerza política británica
ABC.es - BORJA BERGARECHE - May 4 at 1:41 BST
logrado, veinte años después de su creación en un despacho de la London School of Economics, penetrar por fin en el coto restringido tradicionalmente a conservadores, laboristas y liberales y transformar la política británica en un juego a cuatro...
http://kioskoymas.abc.es/noticias/internacional/20130504/abcp-ukip-populista-anti-erige-20130504.html|
La ultraderecha logra un fuerte avance en las elecciones locales parciales de Inglaterra
RTVE.es - RTVE.es - May 3 at 20:37 BST
grandes partidos.El UKIP fue fundado en 1993 en el centro universitario London School of Economics por miembros de la llamada Liga Antifederalista, constituida en 1991 para presentar candidatos opuestos al Tratado de Maastricht en las elecciones...
http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/telediario/ultraderecha-logra-fuerte-avance-elecciones-locales-parciales-inglaterra/1801049/|
“Con otros cinco años así, el euro no sobrevivirá” (translate)
El País - Walter Oppenheimer - May 5 at 1:28 BST
formado en Oxford, Craig Calhoun (Watseka, Illinois, 1952) dirige desde septiembre la London School of Economics (LSE), y esta semana desembarca en Madrid de la mano de la Fundación Ramón Areces y al frente de un nutrido grupo de profesores de la...
http://economia.elpais.com/economia/2013/05/03/actualidad/1367593325_
500332.html|
"Alemania impone sus recetas con una plantilla moral" (translate)
El País - J. GÓMEZ - May 4 at 23:49 BST
en París y la otra en Múnich. También es profesor en la London School of Economics. Sus saltos entre las tres capitales le ofrecen una buena perspectiva sobre la Unión. Nació en 1944, justo un año antes de la capitulación de la Alemania...
http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2013/05/04/actualidad/1367689289
_599630.html|
Brant etter å komme ut
Aftenposten - May 4 at 8:31 BST
Morten Uglum Hun hadde ingen bakgrunn i Forsvaret. Hun utdannet seg ved London School of Economics. Likevel hadde hun et brennende ønske om å komme ut i internasjonal tjeneste, i uniform. Marit Rye Ramberg (36) kom seg inn i Forsvaret via pressetjeneste...
http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2013/05/04/actualidad/1367689289
_599630.html|
Euroscettici inglesi al 25% (translate)
Il Sole 24 Ore - May 4 at 8:25 BST
guidato da Nigel Farage è stato fondato il 3 settembre 1993 alla London School of Economics da membri della Anti-federalist League, che a sua volta era stata fondata nel novembre 1991 da Alan Sked con l'obiettivo di sostenere candidati contrari al...
http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2013-05-04/euroscettici-inglesi-081703.
shtml?uuid=AbBGlvsH|
Natur - Sollen Mammuts und Dodos wiederkehren? (translate)
DerStandard.at - May 6 at 0:24 BST
ist: Sollen wir das tun?"Für die Soziologin Carrie Friese von der London School of Economics wird diese moralische Frage nicht ausreichend gestellt. Bei der Begeisterung für die technischen Möglichkeiten drohe außer Acht gelassen zu werden, was...
http://derstandard.at/1363709072999/Sollen-Mammuts-und-Dodos-wiederkehren|
Forskere slakter beregningene som forsvarer milliarder til OL (translate)
NRK - May 5 at 14:58 BST
syv-åtte milliarder kroner bare å gjennomføre, sier Thjømøe. Dr. Georgios Kavetsos ved London School of Economics har spesialisert seg på forskning rettet mot den opplevde lykkefølelsen ved å arrangere store idrettsarrangementer, og hvilke...
http://derstandard.at/1363709072999/Sollen-Mammuts-und-Dodos-wiederkehren|
Surkov Says Kremlin Defeated the Opposition
Moscow Times - May 5 at 14:18 BST
economy.The presentation to a group of mostly Russian students at the London School of Economics offered a rare insight into the thinking of the former Kremlin gray cardinal credited with authoring the concept of "sovereign democracy" for Russia...
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/surkov-says-kremlin-defeated-the-opposition/479527.html|
De Grauwe: 'Zet alle besparingsmaatregelen voorlopig stop'
De Standaard Online - May 3 at 14:09 BST
Volgens professor Paul De Grauwe ( LSE) wordt het dringend tijd dat de Europese Commissie erkent dat het besparingsbeleid gefaald heeft. In een exclusief dubbelinterview met Marco Buti, de rechterhand van eurocommissaris Olli Rehn, dat morgen in De...
Miriam endorses Angara, Hontiveros
Philippine Star
Santiago said Angara is “amazing” for having studied at the University of the Philippines, Harvard University and the London School of Economics. “(He has) an astonishing career... he is young and idealistic, also full of sex appeal,” she said.
http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2013/05/06/938827/miriam-endorses-angara-hontiveros|
Wahlen in Malaysia: Revolution im Reich der Sultane (translate)
Spiegel Online - Karl-Ludwig Günsche, Bangkok - May 5 at 6:24 BST
Prozent, und der IWF jubelte, das Land habe die Erwartungen übertroffen. Laut " London School of Economics" wird Malaysia in sieben Jahren sogar in den Kreis der sogenannten entwickelten Nationen aufrücken. Oppositionschef Anwar hofft auf die Generation...
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/wahlen-in-malaysia-a-897895.html#ref=rss|
Immigration shows no impact on U.K. violence
Japan Times - May 3 at 17:34 BST
violent crime on British streets, according to the analysis. Experts from the London School of Economics (LSE) set out to examine if the common assertion that immigrants cause crime was corroborated by statistics after noting a “paucity of credible...
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/04/world/immigration-shows-no-
impact-on-u-k-violence/|
The Rolling Stones kick off North American tour
ABS-CBN News - May 4 at 2:49 BST
first band in his teens. He won a place at the prestigious London School of Economics but admitted he didn't take it seriously. At London's Ealing Blues Club, Jagger met Brian Jones who was recruiting for a band he called the...
In der Mitte wird es eng
Die Tageszeitung - May 3 at 9:54 BST
ihren Wohnraum zu teilen oder womöglich gar umzuziehen? Philipp Rode, Stadtforscher von der London School of Economics, hofft diesbezüglich auf neue architektonische Konzepte, die Häuser flexibel aufzuteilen, zum Beispiel durch mobile Wände. Denkbar...
http://www.taz.de/Stadtentwicklung-auf-dem-Kirchentag/!115645/|
Documentary on Taiwan democracy premieres in Taipei
Taipei Times Online - May 3 at 19:08 BST
had been a roommate of Broadway when he was studying at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2008 and 2009.He said the frequent conversations they had on Taiwanese politics eventually blossomed into an idea for a documentary...
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/05/04/2003561430|
Oxford pips Cambridge on rich graduates scale - The Statesman
The Statesman – 3 May 2013
The average age of ultra wealthy individuals from both Oxford and Cambridge is 59.Wealth-X researched the wealthiest alumni from 20 British universities and found that the London School of Economics (LSE), Imperial College London and London Business ...
LSE on TV/radio
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Fawaz Gerges discusses the conflict in Syria and Israel’s intervention.
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Any Answers?
Roger Graef discusses proposals to alter conditions for prisoners.
BBC Radio 4 (4 May)
Today
Toby Dodge comments on the security situation in Iraq.
BBC Radio 4 (4 May)
Today
Mention of Alan Sked, Professor at LSE and founder of UKIP.
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Sunday
Fawaz Gerges comments on rising attacks in Pakistan.
BBC Wales (5 May)
Tony Travers comments on independent candidates in Anglesey.
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Mention of LSE in relation to Saif Gaddafi.
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Repeat of the Hardtalk interview with Chris Patten and discussion of the Panorama programme on North Korea.
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Tony Travers comments on the local election results.
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You and Yours
Mention of LSE research on children’s use of the internet.