LSE in print
Should I send her to school or off to play Pooh Sticks?
The Daily Telegraph, 13/09/2013, p.31, Judith Woods
Signatories include Prof Sir Al Aynsley-Green, the former Children's Commissioner for England; Lord Layard, director of the Well-Being Programme at the London School of Economics; and Catherine Prisk, director of Play England, who agree that children should start a formal education later than they do now. Were they to delay school
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/primaryeducation/10306011/School-for-
four-year-olds-Should-I-send-my-daughter-to-school-or-off-to-play-Pooh-Sticks.html|
LSE online
Public attitudes: What?s the use?
The Economist (Web), 13/09/2013, Unattributed
time, more than play computer games, and 34m are hunters or anglers who also, in their own way, enjoy wildlife. George MacKerron and Susana Mourato from University College London and the London School of Economics recently looked at the relationship between happiness and nature. They found that people are happier in all outdoor environments (except in fog or rain) than they
http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21585093-reasons-preserving-biodiversity-are-becoming-more-widely-understood-whats-use?fsrc=rss|spr|
Trouble in Metroland
The Economist (Web), 12/09/2013, Unattributed
The trend may eventually turn the capital’s social structure inside out. This is a startling change, says Tony Travers of the London School of Economics. For almost a century-beginning roughly with the arrival of big American manufacturers such as Hoover and Ford in the 1930s-jobs spread across south-east England like spilt
http://www.economist.com/node/21584004?zid=295&ah=0bca374e65f2354d553956ea65f756e0|
How football is helping unlock dementia patients' memories
guardian.co.uk (Web), 12/09/2013, Unattributed
Dr Michael Clark from the Personal Social Services Research Unit at LSE evaluated a pilot project the Sporting Memories Network ran across care homes in Leeds. His report noted a positive impact not only on the wellbeing of residents
http://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2013/sep/10/football-unlock-
dementia-patients-memories|
Are London campuses a good or bad thing for UK universities?
guardian.co.uk (Web), 12/09/2013, Unattributed
long been characterised by demand exceeding supply, anything that forces institutions to raise their game can only be a good thing. Gill Wyness is a researcher in education policy at LSE and the thinkthank CentreForum – follow it on Twitter @CentreForum This content is brought to you by Guardian Professional . Looking for your next university role? Browse Guardian jobs
http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/blog/2013/sep/12/university-london-campuses-international-students|
Britain's great climate change divide: Winters in the North are becoming warmer - while in the South it's summers that are getting hotter
Mail Online UK (Web), 12/09/2013, Emma Innes
than four times the global average since 1950. The new paper by researchers at the University of Warwick and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science, revealed that the hottest five per cent of days in summer have warmed fastest in a band from southern England and northern France
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2418469/UK-weather-South-really
-IS-hotter-North-summer-least.html|
Experts: Children Should Start School At Seven
Sky News - Sep 12 at 10:24 BST
letter include Lord Layard, the director of the Well-Being Programme at the London School of Economics, Dr David Whitebread, senior lecturer in psychology of education at Cambridge University...
http://news.sky.com/story/1140501/children-start-school-too-young-experts|
Children should not start school until age six or seven, experts warn
The Independent (Web), 12/09/2013, Unattributed
supported by well trained, well paid and highly educated staff, for children to be children." Other signatories of the letter include Lord Layard, director of the Well-Being Programme at the London School of Economics, Dr David Whitebread, senior lecturer in psychology of education at Cambridge University, and Catherine Prisk, director of Play England. The Telegraph said the letter was circulated
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/children-should-
not-start-school-until-age-six-or-seven-experts-warn-8811004.html|
Start school at six or seven, says expert panel branded 'misguided' by Gove
Evening Standard (Web), 12/09/2013, Unattributed
supported by well trained, well paid and highly educated staff, for children to be children." Other signatories of the letter include Lord Layard, director of the Well-Being Programme at the London School of Economics, Dr David Whitebread, senior lecturer in psychology of education at Cambridge University, and Catherine Prisk, director of Play England
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/education/start-school-at-six-or-seven-says-
expert-panel-branded-misguided-by-gove-8811044.html|
Early schooling damaging children's wellbeing, say experts
SocietyGuardian - news, comment and analysis on the public and voluntary sectors | theguardian.com - Shiv Malik - Sep 12 at 15:56 BST
senior figures including Lord Layard, director of the wellbeing programme at the London School of Economics, and Sir Al Aynsley-Green, the former children's commissioner for England, the letter in the Telegraph says current research "does not support...
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/sep/12/early-years-schooling-
damaging-wellbeing|
Start schooling later than age five: experts
New Age Bangladesh - Sep 12 at 21:44 BST
Commissioner for England, Lord Layard, director of the Well-Being Programme at the London School of Economics, Dr David Whitebread
http://newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2013-09-13&nid=65080#.UjK_HiJwbGg|
Let kids play, says group
New Zealand Herald - Sep 12 at 19:23 BST
Commissioner for England, Lord Layard, director of the Well-Being Programme at the London School of Economics, Dr David Whitebread, senior lecturer in psychology of education at Cambridge University...
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11124009|
'Too much, too soon'
Times Live South Africa - Graeme Paton - Sep 13 at 5:28 BST
Commissioner for England, Lord Layard, director of the Well-Being Programme at the London School of Economics, Dr David Whitebread, senior lecturer in psychology of education at Cambridge University...
http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2013/09/13/too-much-too-soon|
Early schooling damaging childrens wellbeing say experts
Argentina Star - Sep 12 at 11:31 BST
the wellbeing programme at the London School of Economics, and Sir Al Aynsley-Green
http://www.argentinastar.com/index.php/sid/217018573/scat/hfu8sjsy4hjfjdha|
Diversity: groups take consensus-orientated approach to business
FT.com (Web), 12/09/2013, Unattributed
now from here to China." Mauritian business people are well and internationally educated, often in England. Three successive interviews I had one morning were with people who had been at the London School of Economics in the late 1970s. With the government wanting to increase the number of professionally-skilled expats on the island - currently about 4,000 - more international schools
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/97a0a88e-fdf9-11e2-8785-00144feabdc0,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F97a0a88e-fdf9-11e2-8785-00144feabdc0.html%3Fsite
edition%3Duk&siteedition=uk&_i_referer=#axzz2ekrGPyJZ|
Renowned economist Danny Quah to discuss ‘Investing in the ASAEN dream’ at Rathbones speaker breakfast on 26 September
Isle News - James Qualtrough - Sep 12 at 17:18 BST
Rathbones Investment Management International (Rathbones) is pleased to present the latest in their series of speaker breakfast events – ‘Investing in the ASEAN dream.’ Pre-eminent economist Danny...
http://jersey.isle-news.com/archives/renowned-economist-danny-quah-to-discuss-investing-in-the-asaen-dream-at-rathbones-speaker-breakfast-on-26-september/19229/|
Putin's newfound clout hinges on Syria's Assad
Stars and Stripes - Henry Meyer Bloomberg News Tweet Published: September - Sep 12 at 19:02 BST
concessions," Spyros Economides, a senior lecturer in international relations at the London School of Economics, said by phone. "It will mean a lot in the Middle East and internationally for...
http://www.stripes.com/news/europe/putin-s-newfound-clout-hinges-on-syria-s
-assad-1.240878|
National Defense University's iCollege Expands its Missions
Federal News Radio 1500 AM - Sep 13 at 4:55 BST
relationships, and partnerships. He has worked with such diverse groups as the London School of Economics, Royal Defence College, Armed Forces Communication and Electronics Association
http://www.federalnewsradio.com/145/3450117/National-Defense-Universitys-
iCollege-Expands-its-Missions|
U.S. Senates No. 2 Republican would oppose Summers for Fed chief
The Sydney News - Sep 13 at 1:36 BST
economic event at the London School of Economics ( LSE) in
http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/217034468/scat/c08dd24cec417021|
U.S. Senate's No. 2 Republican would oppose Summers for Fed chief
Hartford Courant - Sep 13 at 0:04 BST
H. "Larry" Summers speaks during a financial and economic event at the London School of Economics ( LSE) in London (POOL New Reuters, / March 25, 2013) X Rachelle Younglai Reuters WASHINGTON...
http://www.courant.com/news/politics/sns-rt-us-usa-congress-fed-20130912,0,7243554.story|
BIS appoints Claudio Borio head of monetary and economic department
The Asian Banker - Sep 13 at 1:05 BST
2006. From 2000 to 2005, he was Professor of Finance at the London School of Economics. Mr Shin comes with an outstanding publication record and his academic research and policy interests are...
http://www.theasianbanker.com/press-releases/bis-appoints-claudio-borio-head-
of-monetary-and-economic-department|
Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II Completes $472.2 Million Acquisition of 44-Facility UK Senior Housing Portfolio
Virtual Strategy Magazine - Sep 12 at 21:24 BST
UK national average of 32 percent, according to statistics provided by the London School of Economics' Personal Social Services Research Unit. "With the completion of this acquisition, Griffin-Ameri...
http://www.virtual-strategy.com/2013/09/12/griffin-american-healthcare-reit-ii-completes-4722-million-acquisition-44-facility-uk-sen|
Material gain won’t fix unhappy planet: Goar
Toronto Star Online - Carol Goar - Sep 12 at 21:01 BST
John Helliwell of the University of British Columbia, Richard Layard of the London School of Economics and Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University, is surprisingly detailed and practical. Anyone...
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2013/09/12/material_gain_wont_fix
_unhappy_planet_goar.html|
Deveaux takes over at Securities Commission
Nassau Guardian - Jasper Haeward - Sep 12 at 20:53 BST
Iowa State University, a Master of Science degree in Economics from the London School of Economics and a diploma in Development Studies from Cambridge University. Bastian Galanis congratulated...
http://www.thenassauguardian.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=41761:deveaux-takes-over-at-securities-commission&catid=40:business&Itemid=2|
OBITUARY: Death of Geoffrey Goodman - Radical, free-thinking journalist who kept faith with the aims of Labour
Camden New Journal - ERIC GORDON - Sep 12 at 12:21 BST
a door-to-door salesman. He passed through elementary and grammar schools to the London School of Economics where he was obviously influenced by the intellectual giant Harold Laski. He served...
http://www.camdennewjournal.com/news/2013/sep/obituary-death-geoffrey-
goodman-radical-free-thinking-journalist-who-kept-faith-aims-l|
Elmos: Neuer Finanzvorstand bestellt (translate)
Initiative Mittelstand - Huber Verlag fuer Neue Medien GmbH - Sep 12 at 15:30 BST
Hochtechnologie, tätig. Er studierte Wirtschaftswissenschaften an der Universität St. Gallen sowie der London School of Economics und promovierte am Lehrstuhl für Controlling der Universität...
http://www.imittelstand.de/themen/presse.html?boxid=624879|
“Mapocho pedaleable” ganador del Concurso de Desarrollo Urbano de CAF (translate)
Dinero Panamá.com - Redacción Dinero Panam - Sep 12 at 23:38 BST
arquitecto Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Maestría City Design and Social Science London School of Economics and Political Science, Profesor Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile...
http://dineropanama.com/2013/09/12/mapocho-pedaleable-ganador-del-concurso
-de-desarrollo-urbano-de-caf/|
Wetterdaten seit 1950 Klimawandel erhitzt Deutschlands Sommertage (translate)
Spiegel Online - SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg, Germany - Sep 12 at 15:20 BST
die Untersuchung wertete das Team unter Leitung von David Stainforth von der London School of Economics Wetteraufzeichnungen der vergangenen 60 Jahre aus. Die Forscher ordneten die Ergebnisse...
http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/klimawandel-in-europa-heisse-
sommertage-milde-winternaechte-a-921794.html|
Elmos Semiconductor AG: Neuer Finanzvorstand bestellt (translate)
Financial Times Deutschland - Sep 12 at 14:13 BST
Hochtechnologie, tätig. Er studierte Wirtschaftswissenschaften an der Universität St. Gallen sowie der London School of Economics und promovierte am Lehrstuhl für Controlling der Universität...
http://investor.ftd.de/financialtimes/action/index.jsp?newsID=770189|
Chile Day concluyó en Londres marcado por caso Cascadas y debate sobre los derechos de los accionistas minoritarios (translate)
El Diario Financiero - Sep 12 at 11:04 BST
Day se cerró con una charla del ministro Larraín en la reconocida London School of Economics.
http://www.df.cl/chile-day-concluyo-en-londres-marcado-por-caso-cascadas-y-
debate-sobre-los-derechos-de-los-accionistas-minoritarios/prontus_df/2013-09-11/204634.html|