LSE in print
The passing of the crown
Financial Times, 03/12/2012, p.22, Laurent Ortmans
very strong across all five rankings, it lost the top spot due to its participation in the EMBA ranking in a joint programme. As one-third of the Trium programme, with LSE and NYU Stern, HEC Paris was allocated only a third of the programme score. In Portugal effect, HEC's 4.33 programmes lost out to IE's five programmes. Competition at the
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/5f31d182-3859-11e2-bd7d-00144feabdc0.html|
upfront
Financial Times, 03/12/2012, p.6, Unattributed
practice as it opens its International Business Confucius Institute. The Institute is just one of three in Europe that have a focus on business - the other two are at LSE in London and in Copenhagen. Like other Confucius centres, the focus will be on the language and culture, says Peter Buckley, professor of international business at Leeds. "We'll have
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/db58ce10-385d-11e2-bd7d-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2DyXrF3By
Financial Times European Business Schools 2012
Financial Times, 03/12/2012, p.24, Unattributed
http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/european-business-school-rankings-2012|
Austerity will cripple services, Birmingham chief says
Financial Times, 03/12/2012, p.4, John Murray Brown
Sir Albert has spoken of possible bankruptcy, although Tony Travers of the London School of Economics says: "I would be amazed if any authority went bankrupt. This is really an issue about the orderly management of decline."
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/53714b84-3aed-11e2-bb32-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_uk_economy%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct|
Fate, my remarkable Russian cousin - and how we lost 43 of our family in the Holocaust
Daily Mail, 03/12/2012, p.28, David Miliband
girls were deemed to be safer from the Nazis. In Britain, my Dad learned English and studied for his matriculation at Acton Technical College in West London, got into the London School of Economics and joined the Royal Navy.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2242052/Fate-remarkable-Russian-cousin--lost-43-family-Holocaust-David-Miliband-tells-extraordinary-story-family.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490|
CAN THIS MAN SAVE BRITAIN'S ECONOMY?
The Sunday Telegraph, 02/12/2012, p.6, Richard Blackden
coming to the UK? David Beers was poached in February from Standard & Poor’s to become Mark Carney’s special adviser. Mr Beers, who has a Master’s degree from the London School of Economics, spent 21 years at S&P.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/9716175/Can-Mark-Carney-save-Britains-economy.html|
Harbour master
The Sunday Express, 02/12/2012, p.80, Unattributed
Orjan grew up in what seemed to him an enchanted land and, ever since, the Bahamas have shaped his future. After graduating from the London School of Economics, he started developing his idea of building sustainable communities in places as far afield as Alaska and the south of France.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/362046/Harbour-master|
Books & talks
The Independent, 01/12/2012, p.38, Unattributed
Chair of the Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs, argues for better ways of comparing the harms of drugs and alcohol using more sophisticated methodology. (020 7955 6043; lse.ac.uk).
Shattered records drive calls for urgency
Financial Times, 01/12/2012, p.8, Pilita Clark
change in the climate in the past 12 months. "It really is a mismatch," says Bob Ward of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics. "The Arctic sea ice suggests things are happening more quickly than scientists expected, yet we are behaving as if things are happening slower than expected." Erwin
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LSE Online
From the Archive ? William Beveridge (1879-1963)
New Statesman (Web), 01/12/2012, Kingsley Martin
temperamental defects from achieving the happiness and perhaps some of the success which would otherwise have been his. The story can be quickly told. He was director of the London School of Economics and I a young, opinionated and very conceited member of his staff. I wrote a satirical little book about the General Strike which included criticisms of
http://www.newstatesman.com/2012/11/archive-%E2%80%94-william-beveridge-1879-1963|
Video debate: after Leveson, what next for the media?
Channel 4 News (Web), 30/11/2012, Unattributed
video, you can watch the Hangout on our YouTube channel by clicking here or on our Google+ page here. Chaired by Krishnan Guru-Murthy, the panel also includes: Charlie Beckett and Damian Tambini, London School of Economics Neil Wallis, ex News of The World Lara Fielden, Reuters Institute Martin Moore, Media Standards Trust and founder of Hacked Off Hugh Tomlinson QC, Matrix Chambers [sourcelink] http://www.channel4.com/news/watch-live-after-leveson-what-next-for-the-media|
Letters: Don't make child poverty worse
The Independent
Dr Kitty Stewart, London School of Economics Eva Lloyd, Reader in Early Childhood, University of East London Adrian Sinfield, Emeritus professor of social policy, The University of Edinburgh. Mary Taylor, Chief Executive, Scottish Federation of Housing ...
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/letters/letters-dont-make-child-poverty-worse-8374345.html|
Beware the recession politics
Hindu Business Line - Vidya Ram - Dec 2 at 15:32 GMT
no longer welcome in France would certainly suggest that. Ian Begg, professor at the European Institute at the London School of Economics, argues that the popular French expression ?delocalisation? referring...
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/columns/beware-the-recession-politics/article4156630.ece|
De klein-Nederlandse gedachte
De Standaard Online - Dec 3 at 1:48 GMT
van in vogelvlucht 90 kilometer af te leggen. Het is dus veel eenvoudiger om te pendelen naar de London School of Economics dan naar de universiteit van Tilburg. Vlaanderen en Nederland worden heus niet alleen...
http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=DMF20121202_00388981|
Waiting for Nationalists? Don't Hold Your Breath
AllAfrica.com - Dec 3 at 6:09 GMT
as early as 1924 - a whopping 40 years before Kenya's independence.Kenyatta, a graduate of the London School of Economics, was an outspoken advocate of Kenya's self-rule and independence from Britain, a...
http://allafrica.com/stories/201212030272.html|
El príncipe Carlos pierde a su ‘gurú’
El País - Walter Oppenheimer - Dec 2 at 1:15 GMT
1962 hijo de un oficial del ejército, educado en colegio privado y graduado en Relaciones Internacionales por la London School of Economics, Patrick Paddy Harverson se dedicó de entrada al periodismo financiero...
http://elpais.com/elpais/2012/11/30/gente/1354301485_125407.html|
UK needs to raise its game to compete
University World News - Dec 2 at 12:02 GMT
relaxed about what might be called the ‘Wimbledonisation’ of Oxbridge: fully opening up to foreign students (as the London School of Economics, for instance, has done) thereby recouping higher fee income, and...
http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20121128231728796|
Turkey should stop refusing help
Zaman - JOOST LAGENDIJK - Dec 1 at 22:26 GMT
to help the Syrian refugees. The letter was signed by Lord Anthony Giddens, former director of the prestigious London School of Economics; Dr. Hany El Banna, board member of the Center for Interfaith Action...
http://www.todayszaman.com/columnist-299888-turkey-should-stop-refusing-help.html|
Alexander Tomský: Prokletí společenské rovnosti pohlaví
Aktuálnì.cz - Dec 1 at 8:40 GMT
reCAPTCHA na našem blogu. Pamatuj si mne Sidebar Alexander Tomský Politolog a nakladatel. Po studiích mezinárodních vztahů na London School of Economics a tomistické filosofie na London Institute of...
http://blog.aktualne.centrum.cz/blogy/alexander-tomsky.php?itemid=18317|
An Affair to Forget: Today, Rebranding Becomes Him (Petraeus, Et Al)
Forbes.com - Nov 30 at 19:44 GMT
victim than "mistress"), a woman who tried a New York fashion career and got a degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science but still doesnât have much to show for her adult years except...
http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml|
Kuwait tensions spike on eve of polls
Khaleej Times - Nov 30 at 19:27 GMT
side appears prepared to back down,” said Kristian Coates-Ulrichsen, a research fellow who follows Gulf affairs at the London School of Economics. “Kuwait may be entering the most dangerous and volatile period...
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2012/December/middleeast_December4.xml§ion=middleeast&col|=
Bob Ward: Why is the UK Government's Financial Support for Fossil Fuel Companies Being Overlooked?
Huffington Post UK - Bob Ward - Nov 30 at 18:17 GMT
Ward is policy and communications director at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at London School of Economics and Political Science.
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2012/December/middleeast_December4.xml§ion=middleeast&col|=
Syria rebels challenge Assad in skies
CNN - Nov 30 at 17:53 GMT
is no longer under government control.Fawaz Gerges, Professor of Middle Eastern politics and international relations at the London School of Economics, tells CNN: "I think the opposition is chipping away...
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/29/world/meast/syria-missiles/index.html?eref=edition|
Suu Kyi Requests Burma Mine Crackdown Investigation
Voice of America - VOA News - Nov 30 at 15:43 GMT
Audio menu Live streams Africa Live Global Live Music MixLatest Newscast News / AsiaSuu Kyi Requests Burma Mine Crackdown InvestigationPrintEmailCommentBurmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi visits Buddhist monks, wounded in a recent police...
http://www.voanews.com/content/aung-san-suu-kyi-requests-burma-mine-crackdown-investigation/1555857.html|
Boycott threat embroils Kuwait election in intrigu ...
Himalayan Times - Nov 30 at 13:11 GMT
appears prepared to back down," said Kristian Coates-Ulrichsen, a research fellow who follows Gulf affairs at the London School of Economics. "Kuwait may be entering the most dangerous and volatile period...
http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Boycott+threat+embroils+Kuwait+election+in+intrigue&NewsID=356098|
LSE on TV/radio
BBC World Service Radio (1 Dec)
Craig Calhoun appears on an RSA forum with Margaret Atwood discussing the balance between the individual and society.
Also on:
BBC Wales, BBC Lincolnshire
BBC Radio 4 (29 Nov)
Damian Tambini comments on media regulation.
BBC Radio 5 Live (29 Nov)
John Collins of LSE IDEAS comments on kidnapping in Mexico.
BBC World (1 Dec)
Masters of Money
Feature about Hayek, which documents his time at LSE.
BBC Radio 5 Live (1 Dec)
John Hills comments on the history of the Beveridge Report
CBS (29 Nov)
Elementary
Passing mention of the London School of Economics.