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In the News (Fri 25 Dec 09)

  
  LSE apologises for student rampage | Students | EducationGuardian.co.uk
Howard Davies, director of the LSE, has warned the culprits will be dealt with "appropriately" - CCTV footage is being examined to identify those involved - and the LSE students' union has promised to cover the cost of repairs at King's.
A statement from the LSE students' union strongly condemned the actions of a "splinter group" and said it had offered apologies and promised to pay for the costs of repairs to property.
"The Athletics' Union Barrel is intended to be a light hearted end of term event and we are enormously disappointed that this was not the case this year," said the union.
education.guardian.co.uk /students/news/story/0,12891,1658281,00.html   (573 words)

  
 Undergraduate Student Handbook
Therefore, students who choose in the second year to take as the outside option (Paper 8) one of the papers that is also listed on the third year selection lists cannot, in their third year, ask for the Paper 8 paper to be treated as if they had already taken a third year paper.
Students wishing to transfer from an undergraduate degree programme run by the Economics department to another undergraduate degree programme offered by another department at LSE may do so, as long as they meet any conditions set by the department to which they wish to transfer.
In preparing for examinations, students are reminded that the objectives of examinations are to test and challenge their knowledge and understanding, not simply to repeat class material.
econ.lse.ac.uk /handbooks/ughandbook   (2784 words)

  
 LSE Learning and Teaching Strategy
The purpose of the LSE Learning and Teaching Strategy is to maintain and improve the quality and efficiency of learning, teaching and assessment at the LSE, by encouraging departments and individual teachers to exercise and extend their professional competence and by strengthening the central administrative resource and support systems.
LSE is one of the leading international centres for teaching and research in the social sciences.
LSE staff, like the students, are drawn from an increasingly wide range of countries, enabling students to learn from some of the best minds in the social sciences world-wide - active researchers at the forefront of their field.
teaching.lse.ac.uk /ltstrategyprt.html   (2360 words)

  
 London School of Economics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
LSE alumni and former staff include thirteen Nobel Prize winners in Economics, Peace and Literature, around thirty-three heads of state or heads of government, including eight current heads of state or government, thirty current British Members of Parliament, and twenty-nine current peers of the House of Lords.
In 1900, LSE was recognised as a Faculty of Economics in the newly constituted University of London, and in 1901 the Faculty degrees were announced as the Bachelor of Science (Econ.) and Doctor of Science (Econ.).
The LSE was never intended to be purely academic, but to use the higher study of economics and political science to educate and train people for careers in administration and business.
www.fbsalliance.com /eng/html/42.html   (920 words)

  
 PuLSE FM - About Us   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
PuLSE is the official radio station of the Students’ Union of the London School of Economics – we are the ‘pulsating heart’ of the LSE.
PuLSE is part of the Media Group of the LSE SU, which is comprised of PuLSEfm, The Beaver newspaper and a journal, The Script.
Any student at the LSE may stand for a committee position, but only the Production Group, as defined in our Constitution, may vote.
www.pulsefm.co.uk /aboutus.html   (187 words)

  
 Monika Lewinsky gets degree from LSE : HindustanTimes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The media and the students who were to start studies last year had got excited the moment it became known that she was to study at LSE.
An Indian post-graduate student had told HT that they all got excited when they were informed by the Quad student union's entertainment manager that he invited her and she had accepted to come to the welcome party and had emailed saying "she's excited about the new term".
The then secretary of the LSE students' union, Rishi Madlani, 23, had sternly rebuked when asked about her, saying he was holding a serious position.
www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1876071,00050003.htm   (995 words)

  
 Institute for Study Abroad, Butler University : IFSA-Butler Programs : England : London School of Economics and ...
LSE is the only British university that specializes in the study of the social sciences, and it regularly receives the highest awards for the quality of its research and teaching.
LSE is a member college of the University of London, which means students have access to UL Union facilities.
LSE is committed to offering study abroad students as authentic and integrated a British university experience as possible.
www.ifsa-butler.org /programs/england/lse/index.html   (255 words)

  
 LSE Students' Union Information
The London School of Economics Students' Union (LSESU) is the representative and campaigning body for students at LSE to the London School of Economics and to other bodies, covering areas such as quality of education, hall of residence provision, fees, equalities and accessibility for students with disabilities and other related areas.
The LSESU voted in March 2005 to stay affiliated to the National Union of Students (NUS) and is also part of the University of London Union (ULU) and the National Postgraduate Committee (NPC).
Students, usually at the end of their period of study, but sometimes in between years, take a 'year out' and are paid to help run the LSESU.
www.bookrags.com /LSE_Students'_Union   (816 words)

  
 Institute for Study Abroad, Butler University : IFSA-Butler Programs : Summer Programs : London School of Economics and ...
Students have full access to LSE’s services, all located in a compact area in the heart of central London, including libraries, computing facilities, and students’ union.
LSE is a member college of the University of London, which means you have access to UL Union facilities, including its restaurants, market, concert hall, music room, entertainment complex, gym, heated pool, sports courts, and meeting rooms.
Students live in LSE or University of London housing in single rooms, although some twin rooms may be available.
www.ifsa-butler.org /programs/summer/lse   (236 words)

  
 London Student - Cleaning up their act   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Bolton commented: “It had a student, academic, cleaner, chairman of the mosque, all the different groups in support of the campaign, one after the other saying this is the reason why they should introduce the Living Wage, and I think that really did win over some of the lay committee members in particular.
Students there are setting up a Citizens for Social Justice Society to strengthen demands for higher pay for contract cleaners, who receive minimum wage and are often denied sick pay by cleaning firms Ocean and Integrated.
LSE Students’ Union have written to LSE Director Sir Howard Davies to discuss becoming a Living Wage campus, but are yet to receive any formal response.
www.london-student.net /content/view/335/29   (483 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
As a student living in the heart of London and a member of the LSE’s Students’ Union, you will also be able to take advantage of the numerous student discount designed to make life a little cheaper that you expect.
Students whose first language is not English may be required to provide evidence of proficiency in the English language.
The tuition fee for all students on the General Course in 2004-05 is £12,765 for the full year, a sum that is usually paid in three equal instalments (£4,255) at the start of each term.
www.mentor.ac /university_details.php?uID=61   (763 words)

  
 Columbia News ::: SIPA, London School of Economics Team Up to Create Dual Degree Program
The School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) have established a master of public administration dual degree program that combines a rigorous academic education with practical experience in solving real-world problems.
LSE areas of concentration include welfare state policies, the European Union and management of organizations.
Students finishing their second year of the dual degree program at LSE complete a 15,000-word dissertation, which focuses on a specific area of public policy application.
www.columbia.edu /cu/news/02/10/lse_sipa.html   (459 words)

  
 LSESU Green Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The LSESU Green Party are highly involved with many regular LSE Students' Union events and a number of members successfully run for election to LSE Students' Union bodies and LSE committees in termly elections.
All LSE Students' Union societies are required to have a Chair, Treasurer and Secretary.
In Spring 2006 Peter Sutherland, the Chairman of BP was controversially appointed Chair of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Council commencing in 2008.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/LSESU_Green_Party   (859 words)

  
 London Student - The oil baron of LSE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The LSE Chairman has considerable influence as to the business discussed in meetings and whether decisions are voted on, and some worry that Sutherland and LSE Director Sir Howard Davies will use their positions to advocate raising the cap on tuition fees in the media.
Student representatives were on the Selection Committee, the Council and the Court, and consulted throughout.
London Student is a part of ULU, the University of London Union.
www.london-student.net /content/view/330/29   (687 words)

  
 PuLSEfm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
PuLSEfm[1] is the official radio station of the London School of Economics Students Union.
During term term PuLSE can be heard broadcasting live in the LSE Union Café and Shop, and via the PuLSE website.
The LSE SU Media Group Awards [5] took place in the summer term, jointly organised with the other members of the LSE SU Media Group.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/PuLSEfm   (491 words)

  
 The Cropper Foundation
He was active in the Student Union and in student politics.
Dev also wrote for LSE's student newspaper, The Beaver, and it was writing that he chose to be his vocation.
As editor of the Student Union newspaper he was committed to encouraging new writers and enhancing the environment in which they worked.
www.thecropperfoundation.org /prog_youth.htm   (840 words)

  
 Undergraduate Student FAQ
Students who wish to change a class taught by another department should hand the form to the Departmental Tutor of that department.
Student queries should, in the first instance, be directed to the Undergraduate Tutor, rather than the Departmental Tutor.
Every group of students in each year of each undergraduate degree taught in the Department of Economics is able to vote for candidates to represent their interests on the Departmental Staff-Student Committee.
econ.lse.ac.uk /faq/students_ug/faqdisplay.cgi   (2340 words)

  
 Drunken students go on the rampage after LSE fancy-dress party Evening Standard (London) - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The damage was done by students from the London School of Economics (LSE), based in Holborn, to the nearby Strand campus of King's College London.
LSE students from the university's athletics club were meant to be celebrating the end of term with the traditional Athletics Union Barrel fancy-dress party.
The LSE student union added a grovelling apology: "The Union strongly condemns the actions of a splinter group at the Athletics' Union Barrel which resulted in the annual run being diverted to King's College London.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4153/is_20051206/ai_n15900616   (418 words)

  
 'I never thought the LSE would pick me'
My association with the LSE, if one can call it that, was most tenuous, and I saw not a ghost of a chance that the LSE would pick me. For me, it was just one of those days when an awkward moment had to be overcome.
For the LSE, which had taken such a strong stand against withdrawal of public support to foreign students, this was a difficult step even to contemplate, and was bound to be strongly opposed from within.
The case of poor meritorious students from developing countries, while strong, was virtually lost and we could not hope to recover even a part of the lost ground here without vastly expanding student support directed primarily at them.
www.rediff.com /money/2003/nov/01guest.htm   (2080 words)

  
 LSE Students' Union
The LSESU is the students' representative body on campus.
There is a weekly union general meeting (UGM), held on Thursdays, which should interest those of you who want to experience student politics and meet the MPs and union leaders of tomorrow.
See the LSE Students' Union website for full information about the SU and its activities.
www.lse.ac.uk /collections/residentialAndCateringServices/carrSaunders/LSEStudentsUnion.htm   (206 words)

  
 Young Greens : LSE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The LSE Greens are active at regular Students' Union events and a number of members run for election to Students' Union bodies.
While it is believed to be impossible to make Sutherland stand aside from his post, a campaign asking for LSE to make a clear, renewed commitment to human rights and the new Environmental Policy, leading to the winning of improvements in the environmental and ethical standards of the LSE campus and buildings, is being arranged.
Following this, it is hoped that the LSE can then be pressurised to cooperate with the student body and the LSE Students' Union (SU) in the detailing of more specific demands.
www.younggreens.org.uk /LocalGroups/London/LSE   (1158 words)

  
 LSE @ LJ
Delinquent students from the Third World (like Eastern Europe and Africa) are being blamed for a hostile reception of the chairman of BP, Peter Sutherland, who spoke on matters of Europe (curiously enough) this week.
In American Graduate Schools, there is often a ranking of students based on their academic performance.
Any student who has had or still has the privilege to read courses on both side of the Atlantic knows it from first hand experience: Europe's universities are pathetically behind and a recipe for future failure.
community.livejournal.com /the_lse   (1584 words)

  
 Policies, concepts and measurement
We are investigating a number of approaches to operationalising the capabilities framework, and examine empirically the overlap between income poverty, functioning poverty and capability poverty for particular subsections of the population.
We are also continuing to contribute to issues around measurement and comparison of indicators of social exclusion and other aspects of well-being at a regional level within the European Union.
Although not labelled as a comprehensive 'War on Poverty', the Labour Government between 1997 and 2001 introduced a range of policy measures designed to counter poverty in childhood and old age and against individual and area social exclusion.
sticerd.lse.ac.uk /case/research/policies.asp   (319 words)

  
 Independent Online Edition > Graduate Options   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Students have long had to pay differing amounts for different subjects at postgraduate level, and international students have been charged more, but a gap has now developed in the cost of similar Masters courses at different institutions.
James Caspell, postgraduate students officer at the LSE's Students' Union, says he chose to study a Masters in political sociology there because he had already studied as an undergraduate at the school and the course options matched those he wanted to study.
Johnson says LSE students tend to be highly motivated as a result of the hurdles they have had to jump, and have usually made careful calculations about their investment based on their future job prospects.
education.independent.co.uk /graduate_options/article1985578.ece   (1008 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | UK | England | London | Partying students attack college
Students from a London University college caused damage put at thousands of pounds to a neighbouring college during an end-of-term party.
An LSE spokesman said they "deeply regret" the incident on 2 December and promised to pay the cost of repairs.
In a statement, the LSE Student's Union said they "strongly condemn" the actions of a splinter group of individuals from the Athletics' Union Barrel.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/england/london/4506066.stm   (373 words)

  
 LSE Learning World - Undergraduates
At LSE you can get support in your studying - whether you are encountering difficulties, want to improve your performance, or simply want to explore a subject - from a number of sources.
All LSE teachers are required to have an Office Hour, shown on their office door and posted in the departmental office.
She may be consulted by any undergraduate student who wishes to discuss any problem, whether academic or personal.
lttg.lse.ac.uk /learning/ug.asp   (715 words)

  
 Wheaton College: Norton, MA: Wheaton in London
Among the LSE faculty are some of the world's leading experts in a range of disciplines in twenty major academic departments.
Student Union membership and the use of athletic facilities is included under LSE fees.
Other Expenses: Students are responsible for housing and meals, transportation to group flight departures, passport and visa fees, local transportation, books and supplies, supplemental study abroad insurance, and personal expenses.
www.wheatoncollege.edu /Global/StudyAway/PgmDescs/LSE.html   (362 words)

  
 The Beaver: A STERN RESPONSE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The student newspaper of the LSE Students' Union.
He talks to me of how contraction and convergence (a policy endorsed by the LSE Students Union at a Union General Meeting) is one of many solutions: “The key thing is to recognize equity.
“LSE is an amazing place and one of the many reasons to love it, well let me just give you one - is the mix of the students from all countries - I enjoy that immensely.
thebeaveronline.co.uk /Features/a-stern-response   (1586 words)

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