LSE in Print
Monday 22 June
This year's graduates go all out to find jobs to recoup £30,000 loans
The Independent (Main), 22/06/2015, p.8, Richard Garner
Those who studied at Imperial College London had the largest level of debt at £39,300 on average, followed by University College London (£36,500) and the London School of Economics (£36,400) - all possibly as a result of studying in the capital.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/higher/class-of-2015-graduates-desperately-seek-jobs-to-recoup-30000-loans-10335172.html
Exegesis of pope's call for action on climate change
The Guardian (Main), 22/06/2015, p.28, Unattributed
Pope Francis’s encyclical “on care for our common home” introduces two terms buried by modern economics: “need” and “greed”. Letter by Prof Ian Gough, LSE
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jun/21/exegesis-of-pope-francis-encyclical-call-for-action-on-climate-change
One in three undergraduates takes finals with job waiting
Financial Times (Main), 22/06/2015, p.2, Helen Warrell
Students doing casual jobs during university holidays has dropped to its lowest ever level. Final-year students from the London School of Economics were the most successful in securing job offers, with 67 per cent of those questioned having achieved a graduate role, followed by those at Imperial College
Sunday 21 June
British inflation
The Observer (Main), 21/06/2015, p.41, Unattributed
Forbes a U.S. academic and member of the BoE's rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee - said this effect would soon drop out of year-on-year comparisons, while the deflationary effect of the rise of sterling might last longer. In a lecture at the London School of Economics, she said: "Inflation should bounce back fairly quickly from today's low levels, although the drag from sterling's appreciation will take longer to fade than the year
It's an experience that builds character
The Independent On Sunday (Business Courses), 21/06/2015, p.6, Unattributed
Nicole Fruth, 24, Masters in management student on the CEMS Global Alliance in Management Education. "Coming from Arizona in the US, studying at the London School of Economics (LSE) and then in Chile at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez in Santiago was a culture shock, but I have always been a curious person…
Saturday 20 June
Swede inside No 10 holds key to European plan
The Times (Ireland) (Main), 20/06/2015, p.27, Sam Coates
Mats Persson is an EU migrant on whom David Cameron’s future depends…After achieving the highest grades, he moved to London to study for a masters in international relations at the London School of Economics in 2005. He has lived in London, more or less, ever since, joining Open Europe in 2007 and becoming director in 2010. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/politics/article4475053.ece
What happened to free speech in our great universities?
Daily Express (Scotland)* (Main), 20/06/2015, p.14, James Delingpole
As well as clamping down on any form of boisterous behaviour (like the rugby club at the London School of Economics forcibly disbanded because it handed out leaflets warning members to avoid "mingers" - ugly girls - and "homosexual debauchery") universities now even go so far as
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Monday 22 June
Graduates set a record for finding jobs
FT.com (Web), 22/06/2015, Unattributed
number of students doing casual jobs - such as bar work, serving in restaurants and temping - during university holidays has dropped to its lowest ever level. Final-year students from the London School of Economics were the most successful in securing job offers, with 67 per cent of those questioned having achieved a graduate role, followed by those at Imperial College
http://www.ft.com/home/uk £
How to Cope with Criticism
BBC (Web), 22/06/2015, Elizabeth Garone
You’re going to feel hurt, and you may even want to sulk a little, and that is okay, according to Dr Uta Bindl, associate professor of management at the London School of Economics. “Especially if you feel passionate about your job and proud to have achieved the career you are in, bad performance reviews may come as a major blow to your ego.” But be careful not to share too much of your feelings at work
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20150618-how-to-cope-with-criticism
Sunday 21 June 2015
Isaac Herzog warns of ‘simmering’ tension in Israeli society
Jewish News, 21/06/2015
On Friday afternoon Mr Herzog, fresh from having lost March’s election to Benjamin Netanyahu, spoke to an audience of academics and students at LSE and appeared to some observers to be setting out his stall as a credible leader to talk to the Palestinians in any future peace talks.
http://www.jewishnews.co.uk/isaac-herzog-warns-of-simmering-tension-in-israeli-society/
Anti-Israel Activists Harass Israeli TV Presenter in London, Interrupt Live Broadcast
The Algemeiner, 21/06/2015, Unattributed
As Michaeli updated viewers on a speech from Israeli opposition leader Isaac Herzog at the London School of Economics (LSE) on Friday, two protesters stood up close alongside her holding up large Palestinian flags and aggressively chanting “free free Palestine” and “from the river to the sea Palestine will be free.”
http://www.algemeiner.com/2015/06/21/anti-israel-activists-harass-israeli-tv-presenter-in-london-interrupt-live-broadcast-video/
How Greece’s economic crisis could affect the Middle East
Al Arabiya News, 21/06/2015, Paul Crompton
Vassilis Monastiriotis, an economist at the London School of Economics, told Al Arabiya News that there was an added risk of further destabilization of the region – including neighbouring Turkey - which could have some “wider regional implications.”
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/business/economy/2015/06/21/How-an-unresolved-Greek-economic-crisis-could-affect-the-Middle-East.html
Meet the eternal intern: Overworked and underpaid, the plight of many a modern graduate
Mail Online UK (Web), 21/06/2015, Tanya De Grunwald
when you’re desperate for experience, you’ll do anything.’ 'They promised training that never came' Jennifer Izaakson, 28, from King’s Cross, London, has a degree in economic sociology from the London School of Economics. She interned for an NHS Foundation Trust for five months (January to May 2014). ‘It is impossible to do an unpaid internship unless
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-3126198/Overworked-underpaid-plight-eternal-intern.html
Microcredito, sconfiggere la povertà con pochi soldi è un mito (translate)
Linkiesta (Web), 22 June 2015, Dario Ronzoni
Sono parole di Jason Hickel, antropologo della London School of Economics. Riassumono quello che, negli ultimi sei anni, è stato un vero e proprio cambiamento di rotta nei confronti del microcredito. «L’idea prometteva un’elegante soluzione win-win al problema della povertà del mondo: la sradicava, senza andare a toccare le strutture politiche e di potere, senza che costasse nulla e soprattutto, facendo guadagnare chi dava i prestiti». Troppo bello per essere vero.
http://www.linkiesta.it/microcredito-non-riduce-poverta