LSE in print
UK stands alone in Europe's third tier
Financial Times, 21/05/2013, p.14, Unattributed
Letter from Simon Hix, Professor and Head of Department of Government, London School of Economics. “In arguing that the UK could be the potential leader of the non-euro European Union states, Philip Dodds (Letters, May 20) misunderstands the direction of travel for most of these other states.”
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/26f15d50-befb-11e2-87ff-00144feab7de.html#axzz2Tu
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LSE online
Devolution in London can help solve the city's problems
guardian.co.uk (Web), 20/05/2013
The commission, chaired by Tony Travers of the London School of Economics, sets out an agenda for change which could mean that London's democratically elected politicians would not only set the priorities for the government of the city, but also have control of the money to take action when and where it was most effective.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/local-government-network/2013/may/20/london-finance-commission-report|
What's all this about the EU's 'democratic deficit'?
Comment is free | guardian.co.uk - Peter Millar - May 20 at 13:23 BST
In a paper for the thinktank Policy Network, the LSE professor Damian Chalmers has proposed that EU directives should only tested by national parliaments, and that it should be possible to disallow directives when they will cause...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/20/eu-democratic-deficit|
The ECB can't substitute for periphery financial reform
The Economist (Web), 20/05/2013, Unattributed
McMahon, a macroeconomist at the University of Warwick commented here. Gilles Moec, co-head of European economic research at Deutsche Bank, added thoughts here. Luis Garicano, professor of economics at the London School of Economics, contributed here. Christopher Bowdler, a fellow in economics at Oriel College, University of Oxford, commented here. And William Porter, head of European credit strategy at Credit
http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2013/05/european-central-bank-5|
Collins was a civil warrior not a terrorist, says professor
Irish Independent
Conor Gearty, Professor of Human Rights Law at the London School of Economics (LSE) and a grandnephew of Collins' girlfriend Kitty Kiernan, says that the leader was a civil warrior and a freedom fighter.
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/collins-was-a-civil-warrior-not-a-terrorist-says-professor-29281923.html|
Trini techie makes Business Insider top 30
Trinidad Guardian - May 21 at 2:14 BST
somewhat unusual path, however, as Ishmael was a humanities student at the London School of Economics. After undergrad, she joined a graduate training programme at the Financial Times.
http://www.guardian.co.tt/lifestyle/2013-05-20/trini-techie-makes-business-insider
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May 21: Prayer prerogatives
Jerusalem Post - May 21
Divestment and Sanctions Movement,” based on research for a PhD at the London School of Economics. The presentation concerned itself with a history of the BDS movement…
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Letters/Article.aspx?id=313766&R=R102|
NUS awards to be armed with Speer
London Student - Jen Izaakson - May 20
Radical Trotskyist, outdoorsman and masters student at the London School of Economics, Ross Speer, has been nominated for the Endsleigh sponsored NUS ‘Student of the Year’ award. Endsleigh is an insurance company with outstanding profit margins that...
http://www.london-student.net/newspaper/news/nus-awards-to-be-armed-with-
speer/|
"Der Tag wird richtig hart"
Spiegel Online - Carsten Volkery - May 20
WM 2006", sagt sie.Die "Bierschenke", ein Bierkeller in der Nähe der London School of Economics, macht für den Finaltag sogar zwei zusätzliche Lokale auf. Inhaber Oliver Heller hat den "King...
http://www.spiegel.de/reise/europa/britische-polizei-ruft-deutsche-fans-auf-
zuhause-zu-bleiben-a-900794.html|
La ministra alemana del milagro del pleno empleo aterriza en Madrid
El Mundo - Rosalía Sánchez - May 21
de Economía, en las Universidades de Göttingen y Münster y en la London School of Economics, y de Medicina, que acabó con una tesina sobre "la proteína C-reactiva como un parámetro de diagnóstico...
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2013/05/21/espana/1369112112.html|
Debt without drowning
Warsaw Business Journal - May 20
Paul De Grauwe is head of the European Institute at the London School of Economics.
http://www.wbj.pl/article-62765-debt-without-drowning.html?type=wbj|
Epilepsy Foundation Elects New Board Of Directors And Chairman
Yahoo! News - May 20
A. in Economics from Yale University and graduated with distinction from the London School of Economics with a M.Sc. in Economic History."I am honored and thrilled to serve as Chairman of the...
http://news.yahoo.com/epilepsy-foundation-elects-board-directors-chairman-123500871.html|
Architects sought for new LSE building
Building Design
Architects are invited to submit expressions of interest to design the New Global Centre for the Social Sciences for the London School of Economics. The building is planned for the university's Aldwych campus and will include spaces for creative
Rhian Edwards: Why I wanted to become a poet
WalesOnline
I studied law at the London School of Economics, which systematically eroded my joy of reading. After doing a masters it, I then became a tax consultant. On the day of one of my tax exams, I just couldn't bring myself to go into the examination hall ...
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/rhian-edwards-wanted-become--3876876|
Epilepsy Foundation Elects New Board Of Directors And Chairman
Sacramento Bee
He received his B.A. in Economics from Yale University and graduated with distinction from the London School of Economics with a M.Sc. in Economic History. "I am honored and thrilled to serve as Chairman of the newly-merged Epilepsy Foundation and ...
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/05/20/5433493/epilepsy-foundation-elects-new.html|
La oposición siria pone en la mira a Hezbollah
CNN México - May 20
pelea a favor del presidente Bachar al Asad. Fawaz Gerges, de la London School of Economics, dijo a CNN a principios de mayo que lo que ocurre en Siria es una guerra indirecta que tiene a la...
http://mexico.cnn.com/mundo/2013/05/20/los-rebeldes-sirios-atacan-a-la-milicia-
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CNN International Europe (21 May)
Connect the World
Fawaz Gerges comments on the situation in Syria.