LSE in print
British universities move up world rankings table
The Times 10/09/2013, p.22, Greg Hurst
QS rankings: Oxford and Cambridge were rated as the world's best for graduate Job prospects, based on a large survey of employers in which the London School of Economics also scored highly, featuring in the top five.
Do we need a new party to reflect the working people of Britain? As Labour prepares for a bruising clash with the unions, many are asking if a leftwing Ukip could become a reality
The Guardian, 10/09/2013, p.6, John Harris
starting a party of the "centre-left", committed not just to EU withdrawal and the repeal of the bedroom tax. New Deal is the brainchild of Alan Sked , the former LSE professor who now thinks Ukip has become unconscionably rightwing. At the weekend, he told the Sunday Times he would stand against Ed Miliband in his Doncaster seat
Britons cling to working-class roots despite more having white-collar Job
The Times 10/09/2013, p.17, Rosemary Bennett
a third describe themselves as such, the same as in 1983, when almost half of the population (47 per cent) had a middle-class Job. Michael Savage, a sociologist at the London School of Economics and the co-author of the research, said that it was a peculiarly British trait to deny class advancement. "Britain is unusual in this regard…”
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/article3864784.ece|
The capital takes the strain in times of austerity for the City?
Financial Times, 10/09/2013, p.2, James Pickford
Tony Travers, a local government expert at the London School of Economics, says: "Transport has not been subject to anything like the pressures imposed on local government." We must return to the postwar model of council housing.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/06a1c8fe-13e8-11e3-9289-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2eTIHC48s|
Foreign players in the property game
Financial Times, 10/09/2013, p.6, Hannah Kuchler
Investing in housing, this will help. All it will do is it will never get off the ground." For Henry Overman, a professor of economic geography at the London School of Economics, there is a simple explanation for London's house prices: you just need to "do the maths". All it will do is it will never get off
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a222aba8-18f8-11e3-bdb6-00144feab7de.html#axzz2eTIHC48s|
LSE online
Harvard pushes Cambridge into third place in world university rankings
guardian.co.uk (Web), 10/09/2013, Claire Shaw Richard Adams
QS rankings According to the table, graduates from Oxford and Cambridge were rated as the most employable in the world, with London School of Economics also included in the top five. While UK universities retain a strong reputation among employers, the rankings suggest they are struggling to keep up with the US
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/sep/10/harvard-cambridge-world-university-rankings|
Transitions People in Academe
Chronicle of Higher Education - Sep 10 at 2:37 BST
was a professor of political economy at Brown University, has joined the London School of Economics and Political Science as a professor of economic geography. More than a dozen professors from...
http://chronicle.com/article/Transitions-People-in-Academe/141499/|
Abolish the BBC Trust before it does more damage
Financial Times - Howard Davies - Sep 9 at 16:37 BST
former deputy governor of the Bank of England and former director of London School of Economics. He is now a professor of practice at Sciences Po in Paris
http://blogs.ft.com/the-a-list/2013/09/09/abolish-the-bbc-trust-before-it-does-
more-damage/?Authorised=false#axzz2eTPIxNdI|
Oman among happiest countries in the world
Times of Oman - Sep 10 at 5:53 BST
Source: World Happiness Report 2013 Muscat: Oman ranks among the top 25 list of the "happy countries" in the world. The Sultanate has been ranked 23rd among 156 nations and second in the Gulf...
http://www.timesofoman.com/News/Article-22315.aspx|
Report calls on policy makers to make happiness a key measure and target of development
E Science News - Sep 9 at 16:18 BST
Advanced Research); Lord Richard Layard, Director of the Well-Being Programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science's Centre for Economic Performance; and Professor Jeffrey...
http://esciencenews.com/articles/2013/09/09/report.calls.policy.makers.make
.happiness.a.key.measure.and.target.development|
Canada ranks 6th in global happiness survey Sep 9, 2013 2:51 AM ET Canada has some of the happiest people on the planet because of long life expectancy, high average income and robust social ties, according
CBC Ottawa - Sep 9 at 13:55 BST
of development and health policy at Columbia University in New York, and London School of Economics professor emeritus Richard Layard, suggests more countries use citizen happiness as a measure...
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2013/09/08/happiness-canada-2013.html|
The Happiest Country In The World Is...1.3k
Huffington Post UK - Sara Gates - Sep 10 at 3:54 BST
the University of British Columbia and Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, the London School of Economics's Richard Layard and Jeffrey D. Sachs, director of Columbia University's Earth...
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/syria/2013/syria-130909-voa03.htm|
Syria could complicate Obama's decision on next Fed chairman
Reuters: Business News - Sep 10 at 3:07 BST
H. ''Larry'' Summers speaks during a financial and economic event at the London School of Economics ( LSE) in London March 25, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Jason Alden/POOLBy Alister BullWASHINGTON | Mon Sep 9, 2013 9:13pm EDTWASHINGTON (Reuters) -
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/10/us-usa-syria-crisis-fed-idUSBRE98901O20130910?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews|
Telecoms Use Astroturf Lobby Against Net Neutrality
Media | Media - Ariel Edwards-Levy - Sep 10 at 2:57 BST
College and a master’s degree in international political economy from the London School of Economics. He previously reported on national security and foreign policy for ThinkProgress and Inter Press Service. Eli is coauthor of the Center for American...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/09/net-neutrality_astroturf_n_3894400
.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A
+HP%2Fmedia+%28Media+on+The+Huffington+Post%29|
Britain Fears Being Sidelined As US, France Debate Syria Strikes
GlobalSecurity.org - Sep 10 at 2:33 BST
is finished. Chris Brown is a professor of international relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science."We care more about the special relationship than they do because we're the junior partner. And we're now even more junior...
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/syria/2013/syria-130909-voa03.htm|
Report calls on policy makers to make happiness a key measure and target of development
3 WRCB-TV - Sep 9 at 7:47 BST
Advanced Research); Lord Richard Layard, Director of the Well-Being Programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science's Centre for Economic Performance; and Professor Jeffrey...
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/23374668/report-calls-on-policy-makers-to-make-happiness-a-key-measure-and-target-of-development|
Mendaki awards for 21 top Muslim grads
Asiaone - Joanna SeowThe Straits TimesTuesday, Sep - Sep 10 at 1:46 BST
University of Manchester and a master's in financial mathematics at the London School of Economics while on a Singapore Airlines-Mendaki scholarship. He was one of the 21 Muslim graduates with...
http://news.asiaone.com/news/edvantage/mendaki-awards-21-top-muslim-grads|
Sex and survival: Empower girls using family planning
Uganda Daily Monitor - Sep 9 at 23:38 BST
we work in five countries. In Uganda, for instance, researchers from the London School of Economics, University College London and the World Bank looked at a programme called Empowerment and...
http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/Commentary/Sex+and+survival++Empower+girls
+using+family+planning/-/689364/1985738/-/mvny0yz/-/index.html|
Commentary: Fed contender Summers sets up confirmation fight of the century
Current-Argus - Simon Johnson - Sep 9 at 20:38 BST
U.S. Treasury speaks during a financial and economic event at the London School of Economics ( LSE) on March 25, 2013 in London, England. (Jason Alden - WPA Pool/) Throughout the Federal Reserve's 100-year history, the Senate has generally deferred.. http://www.currentargus.com/carlsbad-opinion/ci_24052112/commentary-fed-contender-summers-sets-up-confirmation-fight|
Influential Economist Peter Orszag to Lecture at Adelphi University
Long Island Exchange - Christopher Boyle - Sep 9 at 20:26 BST
and obtained an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in economics from the London School of Economics, which he attended as a Marshall Scholar and Phi Beta Kappa member. For more information on upcoming lectures and events at Adelphi, please contact the Cultural Events...
http://www.longislandexchange.com/press/2013/09/09/influential-american-
economist-peter-orszag-to-lecture-at-adelphi-university/|
UN Ranks Denmark The Happiest Country in the World
Live Trading News - Paul Ebeling - Sep 9 at 20:18 BST
the University of British Columbia and Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, the London School of Economics’s Richard Layard and Jeffrey D. Sachs, director of Columbia University’s Earth Institute. The team drew upon Gallup World Poll data from...
http://www.livetradingnews.com/un-ranks-denmark-happiest-country-world-81
87.htm|
Week in government tech: NAO shines a light on DPW's Universal Credit programme; UK's best local government website named
Microsoft UK Government Blog - Jesse Stanchak - Sep 9 at 18:28 BST
engaging your audience and get your new channel off the ground.The London School of Economics and Political Science, Ofcom, the non-profit Tinder Foundation and other groups are working together to study the causes of "digital exclusion" -- as 16...
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ukgovernment/archive/2013/09/09/week-in-government-
tech-nao-shines-a-light-on-dpw-s-universal-credit-programme-uk-s-best-local-government-website-named.aspx|
Geoffrey Goodman: 'A giant among journalists, one of the greatest ever Mirrormen'
Press Gazette - Dominic Ponsford - Sep 9 at 11:01 BST
July 1922, Goodman won a place at Grammar School and then the London School of Economics after his family moved to London to find work. He lied about his age to join the RAF and flew bombers...
http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/content/geoffrey-goodman-giant-among-journalists
-one-greatest-ever-mirrormen|
Farewell to Ronald H. Coase
Legal Industry News - Editor - Sep 9 at 7:10 BST
at the age of 102. Born in London and educated at the London School of Economics, Coase first achieved widespread recognition in 1937 with the publication of his article, The Nature of the Firm, which introduced the concept of transaction costs and...
http://legalindustrynews.com/13978/farewell-to-ronald-h-coase/|
BIS Fills Two Top Posts
Mr Shin is currently the Hughes-Rogers Professor of Economics at Princeton University where he has been working since January 2006. From 2000 to 2005, he was Professor of Finance at the London School of Economics. Mr Shin comes with an outstanding ...
http://stream.wsj.com/story/economy-stream/SS-2-17745/SS-2-320767/|
La Fed est-elle responsable des déboires des émergents? (translate)
Le Figaro - Sep 9 at 12:05 BST
fait frissonner les émergents. Dans son discours de Mars 2013 à la London School of Economics, Ben Bernanke rappelait qu’un «retour à une croissance solide des économies développées est en définitive...
http://bourse.lefigaro.fr/devises-matieres-premieres/actu-conseils/la-fed-est-elle-responsable-des-deboires-des-emergents-492790|
Las mujeres inteligentes son las que más deciden no tener hijos, según estudio
El Comercio Ecuador - Sep 10 at 3:18 BST
conservadores pudieran pensar. Al menos, así lo demostró el estudio de la London School of Economics, que concluyó que a mayor inteligencia femenina, menor es el deseo maternal. Y, que disminuye...
http://www.elcomercio.com/sociedad/Mujeres-maternidad-inteligencia-polemica-Estudio-hijos_0_989901306.html|
Chile sube 15 puestos en Informe Mundial sobre Felicidad (translate)
China.org.cn - Sep 10 at 0:22 BST http://spanish.china.org.cn/international/txt/2013-09/10/content_29977217.htm
la University of British Columbia de Canadá, la Columbia University y la London School of Economics.Este informe analiza con más detalle los datos globales sobre felicidad; examina tendenciasen...
http://spanish.china.org.cn/international/txt/2013-09/10/content_29977217.htm|
Да се надсмиваш над политиците е все по-лесно (translate)
Segabg - Sep 9 at 20:03 BST
за тривиалност. Едно време сатирикът шокираше хората, казва преподавателят по медии в London School of Economics Чарли Бекет. Днес той няма тази власт, независимо колко злобен реши да стане -
http://www.segabg.com/article.php?id=664999|
Las reformas que vienen / Lino Perea Flores (translate)
Metropolitano en Línea - Metro Corrección - Sep 9 at 20:00 BST
Se acaba de aprobar la reforma educativa, anteriormente se aprobó la reforma en telecomunicaciones y meses antes la laboral, que aunadas a las pretendidas reformas política, hacendaria y energética, habrán de definir un espectro, que supondrá un...
http://metropolitanoenlinea.com/?p=241586|
Ministro Larraín encabezará mañana Chile Day en Londres (translate)
Estrategia - Sep 9 at 19:57 BST
of Lords. En la tarde, el ministro Larraín dictará una charla en London School of Economics.Tras el Chile Day, el ministro Larraín continuará en actividades por Europa. El jueves 12 se trasladará...
http://www.estrategia.cl/detalle_noticia.php?cod=85356|
Internet distrugge il lavoro» (translate)
Rassegna.it - redazione@Rassegna.it - Sep 9 at 19:06 BST
un ritardo ormai storico, secondo il recente studio di Marco Simoni, della London School of Economics. La diffusione di Internet non è ancora al passo col resto d’Europa e rappresenta solo il...
http://www.rassegna.it/articoli/2013/09/09/104144/internet-distrugge-il-lavoro|
Culminan estudiantes del ITESM programa de excelencia (translate)
El Heraldo de Chihuahua - El Heraldo de Chihuahua - Sep 9 at 8:12 BST
sus diferentes pasos en su exitosa carrera en la industria financiera.En London School of Economics los estudiantes pudieron tener una sesión en una de las escuelas más prestigiosas a nivel...
http://www.oem.com.mx/elheraldodechihuahua/notas/n3116708.htm|
Nem csak dolgozni jár a magyar Angliába (translate)
Index.hu - Sep 9 at 7:38 BST
magyar közösség tanul Oxfordban, Cambridge-ben, a King's College-ban és az LSE-n ( London School of Economics and Political Science) is.
http://index.hu/kulfold/2013/09/09/nemcsak_dolgozni_jar_a_magyar_angliaba|
LSE on TV/Radio
BBC Radio
BBC Radio Humberside, 09/09/2013
Alan Sked discusses UKIP
Also on : Radio Lincolnshire
BBC Parliament
BBC Parliament, 09/09/2013
Margot James discusses LSE during Education questions.