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In Conversation with Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen at the LSE

Reuben Sagar | Posted 28.05.2013 | UK Tech
Reuben Sagar

These two men are clearly visionaries who are far more knowledgeable about where our new digital world will take us than any other person on the planet.

'Reckless And Ethically Reprehensible'

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 15.04.2013 | UK

The London School of Economics has expressed fury at BBC journalists who went undercover on a student trip to North Korea, claiming the corporation re...

Is Exercise a 12 Minute Miracle?

Sarah Anne Marsh | Posted 12.06.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Sarah Anne Marsh

Research shows that achieving the recommended 150 minutes of exercise a week by moving 12 minutes more a day could prevent lifestyle diseases

Supporting Survivors of Genocide and Other Mass Atrocities: EU Responsibilities

Noam Schimmel | Posted 07.05.2013 | UK Politics
Noam Schimmel

As the 19th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide approaches in April, this report by the Task Force on the EU Prevention of Mass Atrocities has been issued at a critical time. Survivors of the Rwandan genocide who were failed enormously by the EU are demanding and deserve redress as an urgent matter of justice which has gone unaddressed for far too long.

Why Music is Important: The Economic Answer

Tony Woodcock | Posted 26.11.2012 | Home
Tony Woodcock

The London School of Economics is no slouch when it comes to understanding the real world in all its fiscal glory (or calamity). Several of its researchers have been working with three of the top music schools in London - the Royal Academy, the Royal College, and the Guildhall in producing an economic impact report on the three schools.

1 In 4 Don't Receive Treatment For Mental Health Problems

PA | Posted 18.06.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Three-quarters of people suffering from mental illness are not getting treatment, experts said. A damning report concludes that the NHS is failing ...

A Very Poor Report

John Carr | Posted 19.07.2012 | UK Tech
John Carr

All of the UK's mobile phone networks run a system of filtering to keep web-based adult content away from children who access the internet via a mobile phone handset. The policy was first introduced voluntarily back in January 2004. It is still in place as a voluntary measure.

The Shame of the G20

Raheem Kassam | Posted 15.05.2012 | UK Politics
Raheem Kassam

Argentina's continued position around the G20 table is bringing the whole institution into disrepute.

The Pigeon Commute: My Time at the LSE

Sammy Sultan | Posted 15.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Sammy Sultan

My walk to Bond Street station forces me to cut across Oxford Street - an experience far more polluted than the Inca Trail, in every sense. Even in the early hours this street is brimming with ruthless people, who will knock the idle tourist to the ground if they linger.

Social Reformer's Diaries Reveal 2012 Is Not So Different From 1931

PA | Posted 13.04.2012 | Home

Attacks on bankers, reflections on a demoralised Labour Party and preparations for the monarch's Diamond Jubilee are just some of the reflections of a...

The Tragedy of State Education Outside London

Tim Leunig | Posted 08.04.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Tim Leunig

At an IPPR North conference last December I criticised education in Leeds, noting that a child from a poor family typically does much better in London...

Bill Gates Applauds UK's Generosity

PA | Posted 25.01.2012 | UK

Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates has praised the UK for its "fantastic" commitment to fighting extreme poverty across the world. The computer pione...

Nazi Drinking Games and the Insatiable Thirst for Taboo Breaking

Tom J Wilson | Posted 19.03.2012 | UK Politics
Tom J Wilson

It sounds surreal to say it but Nazi themed drinking games seem to have been getting a lot of press coverage of late. First there was the news of how ...

UK Riots: Hatred Of Police Drove Thousands To Violence, Guardian/LSE Report Claims

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 03.02.2012 | UK

Anger with the police was a key cause of the riots which hit England in August, a study has said. Widespread frustration with policing methods, and...

LSE Admits 'Mistake' In Accepting £300,000 From Colonel Gaddafi

PA | Posted 30.11.2011 | UK Universities & Education

The head of the London School of Economics says a report criticising its acceptance of a £1.5 million donation from Libya showed "failings in our gov...

Clegg Promises To 'Shake The Whitehall Tree'

Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 13.11.2011 | UK Politics

Nick Clegg has delivered a stinging attack on Whitehall inefficiency this morning in a speech on the economy at the LSE. After 15 months in governm...

Climate Change 'Sceptics' Exploit Weaknesses in Journal Review Processes

Bob Ward | Posted 05.11.2011 | UK
Bob Ward

Self-proclaimed climate change 'sceptics' place great weight on those very occasional journal papers that they claim justify the rejection of mainstream research about the causes and consequences of global warming.