Guardian The computer model that once explained the British economy Article about the Philips machine – designed by LSE academic Bill Philips to settle an argument about the circulation of money between John Maynard Keynes and Dennis Robertson. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/may/08/bankofenglandgovernor.economics
Independent Postgraduate Supplement A gift-horse that’s worth harnessing Article about bursaries which refers to the Deutsche Bank scholarships at LSE. ‘Our raison d’etre is to get the best people, no matter where they come from,’ says Warwick Smith [head of press at LSE].
BBC News EU must lead on carbon - Miliband Speaking at the London School of Economics, Mr Miliband said pushing for ‘carbon independence’ could give new meaning to the European Union, which had already achieved peace and stability in western Europe and democracy in eastern Europe. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7388986.stm
THE The week in higher education The Guardian - hot on the heels of last week's Independent - published its version of the annual university league tables on 1 May. Oxford headed the list, as it did the Independent's. Cambridge was second, followed by the London School of Economics, the University of Warwick, the University of St Andrews, Imperial College London, University College London, the School of Oriental and African Studies (Soas) and the University of Edinburgh. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=401821
ZDNet Mobile tech gets cautious praise from aid groups Speaking at the launch of a United Nations Foundation report into the impact of mobile technology on the work of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the developing world, Danny Quah, professor of economics at the London School of Economics, welcomed the research but said more evidence of benefits is needed. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39412192,00.htm
