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Top universities claim places among the best in the world
The Times, 08/05/2013, p.9, Greg Hurst
QS international subject rankings are released. Oxford had 15 ranked among the ten best, Imperial had ten, the London School of Economics seven and University College London three. Edinburgh and Manchester both had two. King's College London, Lancaster, Durham and the Institute of Education, University of London, each
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Student loans in Britain are basically taxes and universities want to raise them
New Statesman (Web), 07/05/2013,
Anna Fazackerley writes: “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.newstatesman.com/economics/2013/05/student-loans-britain-are
-basically-taxes-and-universities-want-raise-them|
Column: Russia's reckoning
Reuters UK (Web), 07/05/2013, John Lloyd
it "did not have a program" to wean the country off oil and gas dependency. The powerful Deputy Prime Minister Vladislav Surkov, in London last week, told an audience at the London School of Economics that "so far Russia hasn't made any money on something new, on something that's been invented. No one's become a millionaire on an idea.”
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/05/07/us-lloyd-russia-idUKBRE9460WC201
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Society daily
guardian.co.uk (Web), 07/05/2013, Clare Horton
A fascinating post on the LSE blog by Ingrid van Biezen, who argues that the decline in party membership across Europe means political parties .
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/may/07/society-daily-email|
Far-Right Parties Surge in Britain and France
Businessweek – May 7 2013
Indeed, populist movements in Europe tend to fizzle out pretty quickly, says Patrick Dunleavy, a professor of political science at the London School of Economics. “Populists take very complex problems, they blame them on an alleged elite…”
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-05-07/far-right-parties-surge-in
-britain-and-france|
EU Employment Chief Attacks Austerity
Wall Street Journal – May 7 2013
His comments, in a speech at the London School of Economics, come days after the Commission allowed Spain and France more time to cut their annual borrowing levels, giving them more leeway to support economic growth. Record levels of unemployment ...
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20130507-707838.html?mod=googlenews
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More than a thousand petition to save renowned HKU library
South China Morning Post - May 7 2013
bought for faculty courses. Renowned Norwegian historian Arne Westad, co-director of the London School of Economics' IDEAS research centre, said in his petition submission that the HKU library was one of the world's great libraries, not least for...
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1232420/more-thousand-petition
-save-renowned-hku-library|
Syria struggle not an internal war anymore
Kashmir Observer - May 8 2013
London, 2013 Fawaz Gerges is a professor of international relations at the London School of Economics, where he directs the Middle East Centre.
http://kashmirobserver.net/news/opinion/syria-struggle-not-internal-war-anymore|
‘Western Kurdistan could be a model for a free and democratic Syria’, PYD co-president tells London audience
The Kurdistan Tribune - May 8 2013
well-attended seminar entitled The Kurds and the conflict in Syria at the London School of Economics last Friday.[1] The LSE Middle East Centre hosted the seminar, which was chaired the Centre’s manager, Robert Lowe. Providing an overview of the...
http://kurdistantribune.com/2013/western-kurdistan-could-be-model-for-free-
democratic-syria-pyd-copresident-tells-london-audience/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=western-kurdistan-could-
be-model-for-free-democratic-syria-pyd-copresident-tells-london-audience|
Report: Syria to permit Palestinians to attack from
Jerusalem Post - May 7 at 14:23 BST
Damascus," Fawaz Gerges, director of the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics..."The (rebel) Nusra Front and other groups are preparing themselves for the ultimate war against Israel...so this would create a strategic predicament...
http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Report-Syria-to-permit-Palestinians-to-attack-
from-Golan-312365|
Not many options for Syria’s Assad
Times of Malta - May 7 2013
region,” said Fawaz Gerges, director of the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130507/world/Not-many-options-
for-Syria-s-Assad.468686|
Failed cities?
openDemocracy - Manoela Miklos - May 7 2013
to the definition provided by the Crisis States Research Centre of the London School of Economics, are countries that can no longer reproduce the conditions of their own existence and, therefore, and as such are under threat of imminent collapse...
http://www.opendemocracy.net/opensecurity/manoela-miklos/failed-cities|
Senior exec suspended as war of words erupts over Skolkovo
The Moscow News - May 7 at 13:20 BST
op-ed published by the Izvestia daily, questioning Surkov’s speech at the London School of Economics on May 1. In his speech, Surkov had defended Skolkovo, a project that he helped develop along with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. “How long would...
http://themoscownews.com/politics/20130507/191496363/Senior-exec-
suspended-as-war-of-words-erupts-over-Skolkovo-.html|
Skolkovo vice president suspended over graft case
Russia Today - May 7 at 11:27 BST
Surkov backed the Skolkovo project and executives in his lecture at the London School of Economics. Surkov said that this project was one of the cleanest in Russia. He noted that the fund’s director Viktor Vekselberg was among Russia’s richest people...
http://rt.com/politics/vice-president-sacked-graft-932/|
Entenda os desafios de Azevêdo à frente da OMC
BBC Brasil - May 7 2013
restaurar a prioridade do multilateralismo", diz Julius Sen, especialista em OMC na London School of Economics. "Os acordos bilaterais têm uma lógica oposta à da OMC. O acordo comercial entre a União Europeia e os EUA enterrará de vez a Rodada...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/portuguese/noticias/2013/05/130502_azevedo_omc_
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Viacom elige a Manuel Gil para dirigir su división española
El Economista.es - May 7 at 12:55 BST
Financieros (Cunef) en Madrid y estudió Marketing y Corporate Finance en la London School of Economics.Comenta las noticias de elEconomista.es como usuario genérico o utiliza tus cuentas de Facebook o Google Friend Connect para garantizar la identidad...
http://ecoteuve.eleconomista.es/ecoteuve/television/noticias/4804840/05/13/
Viacom-elige-a-Manuel-Gil-para-dirigir-su-division-espanola.html|
Guardian: Ο πόλεμος απέτυχε, ώρα για πολιτικ (translate)
To Vima - May 7 at 13:26 BST
άρθρο του στην εφημερίδα Guardian ο Φαουάζ Γκέρτζες, καθηγητής Διεθνών Σχέσεων στο London School of Economics. Η επίλυση της κατάστασης στη Συρία έχει γίνει πιο περίπλοκη, πιο επικίνδυνη και πιο δύσκολη, εξηγεί ο αρθρογράφος, διότι η συριακή αντιπαράθεσ...
http://www.tovima.gr/world/article/?aid=511340|
Αναζήτηση νέου μοντέλου οικονομικής ανάπτυξης για την Κύπρο (translate)
Kathimerini.com.cy - May 7 2013
στο ΚΥΠΕ ο Βασίλης Μοναστηριώτης, ανώτερος λέκτορας Πολιτικής Οικονομίας Νοτιοανατολικής Ευρώπης στο London School of Economics. Όπως εξήγησε ο Έλληνας οικονομολόγος, υπάρχει η δυνατότητα παραγωγής εμπορικά κατοχυρωμένων και άλλων προϊόντων που...
http://gazdasagiradio.hu/cikk/90641/|
Σε αναζήτηση του νέου οικονομικού μοντέλου της Κύπρου (translate)
Sigma Live - May 7 at 14:37 BST
Ε ο Βασίλης Μοναστηριώτης, ανώτερος λέκτορας ολιτικής Οικονομίας Νοτιοανατολικής Ευρώπης στο London School of Economics.Όπως εξήγησε ο Έλληνας οικονομολόγος, υπάρχει η δυνατότητα παραγωγής εμπορικά κατοχυρωμένων και άλλων προϊόντων που μπορούν...
http://www.sigmalive.com/inbusiness/news/financials/43846|
Martes, 7 de mayo de 2013 (translate)
Terra USA - May 7 at 8:32 BST
un discurso sobre las políticas de empleo en la UE en la London School of Economics. Bruselas. UE EMPLEO La Comisión de Empleo del Parlamento Europeo vota un informe sobre asistencia financiera a los más vulnerables de la Unión Europea para reemplazar...
http://www.sigmalive.com/inbusiness/news/financials/43846|
Η εσωτερική υποτίμηση και η προστασία της τραπεζικής ελίτ (translate)
TVXS.gr - May 7 at 8:23 BST
το ίδρυµα Open Europe στο Λονδίνο και η δεύτερη από το πανεπιστήµιο London School of Economics και το ίδρυµα CERP, η Ελλάδα µέχρι στιγµής έχει πετύχει µόλις το µισό της εσωτερικής υποτίµησης που επιθυµεί η Τρόικα και προβλέπεται στο Μνηµόνιο...
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Dr Kent Deng comments on the economic effect of the Dalai Lama’s visit to the UK last year.