LSE maps to feature on BBC documentary (posted 14 August)
A unique collection of maps held by the Library is to be featured on an episode of BBC 2's Britain from Above programme this weekend. More

South East needs a million extra homes to give opportunity to all, says cities report (posted 13 August)
A million more homes should be built in London, Oxford and Cambridge to give new opportunities for people who want to move from failing northern cities, argues a report published today. More

China’s human rights record – LSE hears both sides of the debate (posted 7 August)
Arguments for and against China’s commitment to human rights have been published by LSE’s Taiwan Research Programme at the Asia Research Centre. More

Politics in Parliament book wins prize for LSE academic (posted 6 August)
The state of democratic accountability in the European Union is far healthier than usually assumed, concludes the book which has been awarded the Richard F Fenno Jr Prize for the best book published in 2007 in the field of legislative studies. Democratic Politics in the European Parliament co-authored by LSE Professor Simon Hix, was awarded the prize by the Legislative Studies Section of the American Political Science Association. More

Award-winning economists show teaching and research excellence (posted 5 August)
Four economists from the London School of Economics and Political Science have won awards for their excellent teaching.
Professor Alwyn Young and Iain Long shared the Outstanding Teaching Award for 2008 in the Learning and Teaching in Economics Awards while Kosuke Aoki and Sanchari Roy were both commended in the category for teachers nominated by their own students More

LSE elects five new Honorary Fellows (posted 18 July)
The chief executive of the British Library and the governor of the Reserve Bank of India are among those elected Honorary Fellows of LSE in 2008. One of the UK’s leading barristers, the chairman of the Sutton Trust and the chairman of Citigroup’s Executive Committee complete the five who are honoured for outstanding achievements in public life or for exceptional service to the School. More

LSE sets new standards for teaching quality (posted 17 July)
The London School of Economics and Political Science is to invest an extra £2 million a year in teaching to ensure that standards match the high quality of its research. More

TV is losing its hold on the young, finds latest Mobile Life Report (posted 17 July)
Young people 'consider their mobile phone to be their best friend' and would chose it over all other forms of electrical entertainment, finds the Mobile Life Report, advised by LSE academic Dr Carsten Sørensen. So has the post TV entertainment age arrived? More

More news

New Chinese network goes online (posted 14 July)
Social networking has mixed success via mobile phone shows new report (posted 9 July)
LSE Professor awarded Gerda Henkel Prize (posted 9 July)
Many nations meet in Beijing for international Summer School (posted 7 July)
LSE greenest university in London for second year running (posted 4 July)
LSE scores highly in recent social policy awards (posted 1 July)

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