Daily Mail
Now one in three A-levels are 'soft' subjects not recognised by top universities
The London School of Economics has a list of 14 ‘non-preferred’ subjects and again advises students against applying with more than one. Like Cambridge, general studies does not count towards a conditional offer.

According to the A-level figures, published by Schools Minister Jim Knight in response to a question from the Tories …Law, singled out by LSE, was taken by 13,819. ICT, listed by both Cambridge and LSE, had 10,885 entrants, while 57,674 did general studies.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=56716
9&in_page_id=1770

Guardian
Cash shortfall threatens London's tube upgrade
Tony Travers, director of the Greater London group at the London School of Economics, said the consequences of such a big shortfall could be disastrous. ‘It could create serious problems for the new mayor and for efforts to modernise London's antique transport system,’ he said. ‘Worse, it is increasingly unclear who is responsible for any shortcomings, Gordon Brown, Ken Livingstone [Johnson's predecessor] or Boris Johnson.’
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/may/19/transport.london

Gulf Times
Mayor facing legal row over key advisers appointment
Boris Johnson was facing an attack over his mayoral team as City Hall admitted there was a ‘grey area’ in the legality of some of his appointments. Tony Travers, director of the Greater London Group at LSE, comments.
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=219187&version=1&template_id=38&parent_id=20

Sunday 18 May

Observer
One in three back carrying knives
However, experts warned that unless children can be made to feel safer on the streets, they are unlikely to give up their weapons. 'There is a picture of young people completely taking it for granted that guns and knives and violence is a kind of everyday part of their landscape,' said Don Slater, a sociologist at the London School of Economics.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/may/18/ukcrime1

PM's new homes 'not green enough'
The debate about where new homes should be built has raged for decades, but as economic historian Tim Leunig argues in a report to be published this week, Britain's planning laws are stifling economic growth. Leunig, a lecturer in economic history at the London School of Economics, argues that Britain could never have become the powerhouse of the industrial revolution if its towns and cities had been unable to expand at a blistering pace during the 19th century.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/may/18/housingmarket.property

Abortion limit in balance as divide deepens
The danger of changing the law, says legal expert Professor Emily Jackson, of the London School of Economics, is that women denied abortions in their own country would simply go overseas to get them. 'That would only be an option for the well-off, of course,' she added. 'For women who couldn't afford that, those who are on drugs, for example, that would not be possible. Then we would have to face the prospect that these women would try to do something themselves to halt their pregnancies.'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/may/18/health.health

Sunday Times
Who pulls the trigger for the 'silver bullet'?
Comment on UKvisas project, the joint Home and Foreign Office directorate that has been responsible for the introduction of biometric fingerprinting for all overseas visa applicants to the UK. 'UKvisas' experience confirms research by Leslie Willcocks, professor of information systems at the London School of Economics.'

Turkish Press
Turkish Economic Studies Center Holds Workshop In London
A Turkish foundation for economic policy studies hosted Friday a workshop in London on health sector in Turkey, bringing together international specialists and scholars. The workshop is jointly organized by Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey, London School of Economics and Imperial College Tanaka Business School, and aims to devise ways to develop innovative strategies in Turkey’s health sector.
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=231998&s=&i=&t=Turkish_
Economic_Studies_Center_Holds_Workshop_In_London

Independent
When George Soros cries 'wolf', bet on the wolves arriving
While he was a student at the London School of Economics, he became intrigued by the concept of an open society advanced by a professor at the LSE, the hugely influential philosopher Karl Popper.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/when-george-soros-cries-wolf-bet-on-the
-wolves-arriving-830145.html

New Zealand Herald
Le Carre would be ashamed of a plot as amateurish as this one
Compare that with the muted response we get with the apparently falsified employment credentials of Mary Anne Thompson, who was one of country's most powerful mandarins. Her pathway to power was smoothed by supposedly having a PhD from the London School of Economics.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/466/story.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=10510751
Also in
• Sunday Star Times
To inflate is human, to invent, divine
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4552636a1861.html
• TVNZ
Nats lays blame in immigration row
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/536641/1785538

Saturday 17 May

Financial Times
Turner remains in frame for top FSA role
Reference to Howard Davies's tenure as chairman and CEO of the FSA. Howard Davies is director of LSE.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ab7d4eda-23ab-11dd-b214-000077b07658.html

The Dominion Post
Ex-head seen as behind CV probe
Former State Services boss Michael Wintringham is understood to have tipped off his successor about doubts over Mary Anne Thompson's claim to have a PhD after sitting on his own concerns for four years. She stood down on Monday and the London School of Economics confirmed on Wednesday that it could find no evidence of her gaining a PhD.

Late-edition headlines

Community Care
The Other Invisible Hand: Delivering public services through choice and competition
Review of a new book by Professor Julian Le Grand, Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy at LSE.
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/16/108215/the-other-invisible
-hand-delivering-public-services-through-choice-and-competition.html

Evening Standard
Mayor's adviser will work for free after legal row over appointment
Local government expert Tony Travers, director of the London Group at the London School of Economics, said there was little clarity over some of the appointments. He said: ‘The fact is that the law as it stands does not cover the current situation, where the Mayor wants to hire a councillor as a consultant and appoint as an executive a member of the Assembly.’
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-mayor/article-23485254-details/Legal+row+over+appointment+of+key+adviser+and+deputy+mayor/article.do

Oakland Business Review
Inforum panelists' prescription: educate, simplify, prevent
America's health system ‘experiment’ is broken, and desperately needs to be fixed, said Nicholas Barr, a panelist at the annual meeting of Inforum, in Troy. ‘Wonderful country, shame about the health-care system,’ said Barr, professor of Public Economics London School of Economic and Political Science, at the May 9 gathering of Inforum, a professional woman's alliance.
http://blog.mlive.com/oak_business_review/2008/05/inforum_panelists_prescription.html

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