Wednesday 13 November 2013

LSE in print

AN investment in your future
The Guardian, 12/11/2013, p.2, Liz Lightfoot
As Jenny Owen, director of careers at the London School of Economics (LSE), points out, diversification can be the key to capitalising on your postgraduate education. "An English graduate who goes on to do a master's degree in English is unlikely to have
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/nov/12/media-masters-creative-
courses-postgraduate
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WOMAN ALONE
The Independent, 12/11/2013, p.40,
Women authorities on the region, meanwhile, were divided when asked about the significance of her appointment. Dr Fatima El Issawi, a research fellow at the London School of Economics (LSE) and analyst of media in the region, said only that: “It serves their image to name a woman for this position given their negative image related to women’s rights and the restrictions they are imposing in Gaza.”
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/a-move-in-the-right-direction-after-years-of-restricting-womens-rights-hamas-hires-isra-almodallal-as-its-first-female-spokesperson-8935065.html|

PAVAROYTTI
The Sun, 13/11/2013, p.4, Antony Kastrinakis
interview with Inter Milan Chairman Massimo Moratti. “Three of my children went on to do degrees in philosophy and history. Roy's influence was significant. "My son Giovanni did his Masters in philosophy at the London School of Economics. My other son Angelomario and daughter Maria also read philosophy.

Lord Heseltine: 'The North and the Midlands made Britain great: they ...
Daily Express, 13/11/2013
However, Professor Henry Overman, from the London School of Economics, who sat on the HS2 analytical challenge panel, said: "Sometimes ...
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/442620/Lord-Heseltine-The-North-and-the-
Midlands-made-Britain-great-they-now-deserve-HS2
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FARAGE IS NOT FACING ALL [...]
The Independent, 12/11/2013, p.36, Unattributed
Letter from Damian Chalmers Professor of EU Law London School of Economics and Political Science. “It is not clear how open a debate Ukip wants. The House of Lords noted mistakes in the Ukip evidence provided for their 2012 Report. There are a number of significant omissions in this piece. I will note just three.”
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/letters/letters-farage-is-not-facing-all-the-facts-8933409.html|

Defendants caged, and critics speak out
International New York Times, 12/11/2013, p.1, David M. Herszenhorn
photos to my first-year law students — it's a global audience we are talking about these days with YouTube and the Web,'' said Linda Mulcahy, a law professor at the London School of Economics. ''As soon as you put somebody in a cage, you begin to make the process part of the punishment.'' The European Court of Human Rights has

Euro tests Continent's resolve for more unity
International New York Times, 12/11/2013, p.1, Danny Hakim
''The time has come for a frank discussion of what we want to do.'' with the European construction in the future,'' he said at a speech at the London School of Economics. ''What went wrong was not the fact that the project was perfect, it was that it was not carried out to its full realization.'' ''People want
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/12/business/international/skeptics-see-euro-as-working-against-european-unity.html?pagewanted=2&ref=europeanunion|

How family helps Tendulkar hold world at bay
The Daily Telegraph, 12/11/2013, p.14, Ian Chadband
We couldn't be more proud," says Birmingham-born Annabel, who came to India 47 years ago after meeting Anand while both studied at the London School of Economics. "I think Anjali has kept everything behind the scenes going smoothly," says Annabel. "She's a private person and doesn't share an awful lot with anybody
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/india/10442544/How-family
-helps-Indian-great-Sachin-Tendulkar-hold-the-world-at-bay.html
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Labour activist who fought for the creation of a Scottish Parliament and championed the European Community
The Independent, 12/11/2013, p.52, Unattributed
husband Robert, whom she had met as a 17-year-old at St Andrews University summer school and who later became a senior official of the ETU, she gained entry to the LSE. There she specialised in trade union studies; it was a turbulent time in student politics, some of the Houghton Street students wanting to emulate Daniel Cohn-Bendit at Nanterre.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/helen-eadie-labour-activist-who-
fought-for-the-creation-of-a-scottish-parliament-and-championed-the-european-community-8933488.html
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Lawyer and academic who revolutionised sentencing in courts
The Guardian, 12/11/2013, p.35, Keith Ewing
Obituary of David Thomas. David attended the Liverpool Institute and won an exhibition in 1957 to Queens' College, Cambridge, where he read English before switching to law. David's academic career began at the London School of Economics, a convenient location to enable him to conduct his research in the court of appeal nearby.
http://www.theguardian.com/law/2013/nov/05/david-thomas|

LSE online

Lord Heseltine backs HS2 to 'rebalance' the UK and spread London's 'well-being'
Evening Standard (Web), 12/11/2013, Robin De Peyer
Professor Henry Overman, of the London School of Economics, and a member of an independent panel assessing HS2’s economic benefits, said the project was “not particularly good value for money”. But a recent KPMG report said
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/lord-heseltine-backs-hs2-to-rebalance
-the-uk-and-spread-londons-wellbeing-8935020.html
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Heseltine: HS2 can 'rebalance' UK
BBC – 12/11/13
analysis produced by "guys with slide rules". Professor Henry Overman, of the London School of Economics, said HS2 was "not particularly good value for money". HS2 would link Birmingham and...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24907735|

Climate Change Linked to Typhoon Haiyan
VOA News - Henry Ridgwell - Nov 12 at 22:55 GMT
Ward is from the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change at the London School of Economics. Theres certainly strong circumstantial evidence because we know that the strength of tropical...
http://www.voanews.com/content/climate-change-linked-to-typhoon-haiyan/1788993.html|

Are Democracies Better at Dealing With Disasters?
Slate Magazine (blog)-14 hours agoShare
By Joshua Keating ... But the country is an electoral democracy with an increasingly open political process and recent progress has been made ...
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_world_/2013/11/12/philippines_typhoon_are
_democracies_better_at_dealing_with_disasters.html
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Comment: Are democracies better at dealing with disasters?
World News Australia - Joshua Keating Source Slate - Nov 13 at 1:04 GMT
undertake measures to avert famines and other catastrophes.'' In a 2002 paper, London School of Economics economists Timothy Besley and Robin Burgess built on this argument in a study of how...
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/11/13/comment-are-democracies-better-dealing-disasters|

Are democracies better at dealing with disasters?
Journal Express - Joshua Keating - Nov 12 at 21:10 GMT 
undertake measures to avert famines and other catastrophes.'' In a 2002 paper, London School of Economics economists Timothy Besley and Robin Burgess built on this argument in a study of how...

Are democracies better at dealing with disasters?
Oskaloosa Herald Online - Joshua Keating - Nov 12 at 20:50 GMT 
undertake measures to avert famines and other catastrophes.'' In a 2002 paper, London School of Economics economists Timothy Besley and Robin Burgess built on this argument in a study of how...

Are democracies better at dealing with disasters?
Moultrie Observer - Joshua Keating - Nov 12 at 20:20 GMT 
undertake measures to avert famines and other catastrophes.'' In a 2002 paper, London School of Economics economists Timothy Besley and Robin Burgess built on this argument in a study of how...

Are democracies better at dealing with disasters?
Cumberland Times-News - Joshua Keating - Nov 12 at 20:21 GMT 
undertake measures to avert famines and other catastrophes.'' In a 2002 paper, London School of Economics economists Timothy Besley and Robin Burgess built on this argument in a study of how...

Have Bitcoin To Burn? Next Stop Could Be The Farm
NPR - Thomas Andrew Gustafson - Nov 12 at 16:22 GMT
Buena site are converting it into Argentinean pesos. Garrick Hileman with the London School of Economics, agrees that bitcoin makes sense for farmers reliant on credit card transactions for...
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/11/08/243970494/have-bitcoin-to-burn-next
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Have Bitcoin To Burn? Next Stop Could Be The Farm
KPBS - Thomas Andrew Gustafson / NPR - Nov 12 at 19:52 GMT
Garrick Hileman with the London School of Economics, agrees that bitcoin makes sense for farmers reliant on credit card transactions for...
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2013/nov/12/have-bitcoin-to-burn-next-stop-could-be-the-farm/|

Have Bitcoin To Burn? Next Stop Could Be The Farm
WUKY - Thomas Andrew Gustafson - Nov 12 at 16:20 GMT 
Garrick Hileman with the London School of Economics, agrees that bitcoin makes sense for farmers reliant on credit card transactions for...

LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS -Mobile phones the new 'social robots' for five billion users
TMC Net - Nov 12 at 10:22 GMT
be our spouse, partner, family or best friend. Now, according to the London School of Economics and Political Science, it is our mobile phone. In the space of 14 years, since the internet was...
http://www.nfvzone.com/news/2013/11/12/7534519.htm|

EU's Almunia urges successful online players not to abuse their ...
Total Telecom- 12/11/13
... not an abuse in itself either; but abusing these positions is," he said in a Public Lecture on competition in the online world at the London School of Economics.
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=484292|

IoD names new Chief Economist and Head of Policy
Business Link - Ljuba Rankovic - Nov 13 at 4:35 GMT
of British Insurers. He has been a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics Institute of Management. Simon Walker, Director General of the IoD, says: “Graeme has become a familiar...
http://www.blmforum.net/en/blm/Appointments/4223/IoD-names-new-Chief-
Economist-and-Head-of-Policy.htm
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Lord Heseltine backs HS2 project
Rugby Advertiser - Nov 12 at 21:45 GMT
this country in the first place". But Professor Henry Overman, from the London School of Economics, who sat on the HS2 analytical challenge panel, told Today the scheme was "not particularly...
http://www.rugbyadvertiser.co.uk/news/regional/lord-heseltine-backs-hs2-project
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Nokia: Where it all went wrong, by the man who made it the world's biggest mobile company
ZDNet - Olli Sulopuisto - Nov 12 at 9:19 GMT
heights. Of his initial choice to go into business after studying at London School of Economics, he writes that had his life taken a different path, "I'd surely be a professor of economics, possibly...
http://www.zdnet.com/nokia-where-it-all-went-wrong-by-the-man-who-made-it-the-worlds-biggest-mobile-company-7000023046/|

As 100 universidades que mais formam milionários
MSN Brasil - InfoMoney, InfoMoney - Nov 12 at 20:06 GMT
Unido aparece em seguida, com Oxford (6ª), University of Cambridge (9ª) e London School of Economics (27ª). Nenhuma universidade brasileira aparece entre as 100 primeiras. Para chegar ao ranking...
http://dinheiro.br.msn.com/comportamento/as-100-universidades-que-mais-
formam-milion%C3%A1rios?page=0
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LSE appoints head of press and information
PR Week UK - Jonathan Tilley - Nov 12 at 16:27 GMT
Connor has been promoted to head of press and information at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He has been working in the LSE press office since January 2010 and had...

Lord Heseltine: HS2 can ‘rebalance’ the North-South divide in the UK
Blue & Green Tomorrow - Ilaria Bertini - Nov 12 at 15:53 GMT
argument was challenged by Henry Overman, professor of economic geography at the London School of Economics, who said that the HS2 remains “not particularly good value for money” or that it is...
http://blueandgreentomorrow.com/2013/11/12/lord-heseltine-hs2-can-rebalance
-the-north-south-divide-in-the-uk/
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Top Political UK Universities: Best Institutions For Politics, Debating And Campaigning
Huffington Post UK - Lucy.Sherriff@huffingtonpost.com - Nov 12 at 15:48 GMT
of Oriental and African Studies, University of London soas.ac.uk 2 London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London www.lse.ac.uk/home.aspx 3
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/11/12/top-political-uk-universities-voted-by-students_n_4259214.html?utm_hp_ref=uk-universities-education&ir=UK+Universities+%26+Education|

Ex-Bundespräsident: Der Grenzfall. Christian Wulff vor Gericht
Die Welt - Nov 12 at 12:32 GMT
ein junger Mann aus gutem Hause, Schulabschluss in Salem, Studienabschluss an der London School of Economics, ein einnehmender Small-Talker und Ich-lad-euch-alle-ein-Netzwerker. Auch zur Vorabpremiere...
http://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article121731314/Der-Grenzfall-Christian
-Wulff-vor-Gericht.html
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Wie kann Europa Vorreiter im Kampf gegen den Klimawandel bleiben? / Internationales Dahrendorf Symposium 2013 am 14. und 15.11. will der europäischen Klimaschutzdebatte neue Impulse geben
FinanzNachrichten.de - Nov 12 at 10:24 GMT
on Climate Change" und getragen von der Hertie School of Governance, der London School of Economics and Political Science sowie der Stiftung Mercator arbeiteten fünf internationale und interdisziplinä...
http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2013-11/28579126-wie-kann-europa-vorreiter-im-kampf-gegen-den-klimawandel-bleiben-internationales-dahrendorf-symposium-2013-am-14-und-15-11-will-der-europaeischen-007.htm|

Wie kann Europa Vorreiter im Kampf gegen den Klimawandel bleiben? / Internationales Dahrendorf Symposium 2013 am 14. und 15.11. will der europäischen Klimaschutzdebatte neue Impulse geben
Finanzen.ch - finanzen.ch bei Google Plus - Nov 12 at 10:23 GMT
http://www.finanzen.ch/nachrichten/aktien/Wie-kann-Europa-Vorreiter-im-Kampf-
gegen-den-Klimawandel-bleiben---Internationales-Dahrendorf-Symposium-2013
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Wie kann Europa Vorreiter im Kampf gegen den Klimawandel bleiben? / Internationales Dahrendorf Symposium 2013 am 14. und 15.11. will der europäischen Klimaschutzdebatte neue Impulse geben
Finanzen.net - finanzen.net bei Google Plus - Nov 12 at 10:26 GMT
on Climate Change" und getragen von der Hertie School of Governance, der London School of Economics and Political Science sowie der Stiftung Mercator arbeiteten fünf internationale und interdisziplinä...
http://www.finanzen.net/nachricht/aktien/Wie-kann-Europa-Vorreiter-im-Kampf-
gegen-den-Klimawandel-bleiben-Internationales-Dahrendorf-Symposium-2013
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LSE on TV/Radio

Eggheads
BBC Two, 12/11/2013
Passing mention of Mick Jagger attending LSE.

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