LSE Head of Security Paul Thornbury is urging students to remain vigilant over their belongings, following three robberies that happened in the space of 24 hours. The thefts all happened in the afternoon between the hours of 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. They took place in the communal areas in the Old Building, Columbia House and [...]
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Microsoft COO: China has to change intellectual property rights
In a lecture last Wednesday Kevin Turner, Microsoft’s Chief Operating Officer, presented an optimistic perspective for Microsoft’s future, stressing that it is now “time to get back to business”. According to Turner, the economic downturn gave Microsoft the opportunity to re-evaluate its expenditure and streamline activities by cutting loss-making operations. The company will invest $9.5 billion [...]
Sabbs: How have they performed?
General Secretary: Aled Dilwyn-Fisher In his second and last term as the General Secretary of this Union, Fisher has this to say about his performance: “As promised, my main focus has delivering ‘no-holes-barred reform… to focus resources on campaigns, societies and sports’ through internal change. I led a full restructure of Union staffing, launching the first collaboration [...]
How close exactly? Post-election analysis
Last week’s Students’ Union elections were voted on by a record number of students, and the results reflected the strong campaigning pursued by many candidates. In contrast to last year’s elections, in which General Secretary Aled-Dilwyn Fisher triumphed over Peter Barton with a majority of just under 6 per cent, this year’s victor, Charlotte Gerada, secured [...]
LSE participates in Palestinian Scholarship Scheme
LSE is one of the UK’s ten ‘partner’ universities in the new Higher Education Scholarships for Palestine (HESPAL) scheme, launched by the Government and the British Council last Tuesday. The scholarship programme will see up to 10 academics each year from Palestinian Universities sponsored to complete a year’s postgraduate study from one of the partner UK [...]
LSE still concerned about new visa system
LSE Academic Registrar has responded to a new report examining the new visa system, promising that the School is working with other universities to come to a solution with the Home Office. In the report ‘Fortress Academy’, former MSc Social and public communications student Valerie Hartwich examines the effect PBIS has had on all UK university [...]
Sizeable disparity in diversity profile and gender pay gap exist at LSE
» 2% of student population is Black, 42.7% is White » Gender pay gap at LSE is 19.9%, national average is 12.2% » 23.6% of Professors at LSE are female Data obtained by the Beaver shows that there is a sizeable disparity in the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) students and staff, and an existence of a [...]
Rosebery staff member in bullying inquiry
An internal investigation responding to claims that a member of staff at Rosebery Hall had bullied members of the kitchen staff has found “no evidence of the serious accusations”. An open letter was sent by a group of students who live at the residence on 14th February, which accused the member of staff in question of [...]
Queens House the proposed relocation site for St. Philips
Plans to relocate St. Philips Medical Centre to Queens House were announced last week, following the Beaver’s coverage of Camden Primary Care Trust’s (PCT) rejection of other relocation plans. A campaign has been launched by the LSESU after a motion was passed at the Union General Meeting (UGM) last Thursday. This came after responses from LSE [...]
HSBC chairman: trust is the market’s “most precious commodity”
At a lecture last Wednesday, Stephen Green, chairman of HSBC Holdings, said that the fundamental lesson to be learnt from the financial crisis is that ethics and values have to drive everything banks do. With M. Umer Chapra, Research Adviser at the Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI) of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), Mr. Green [...]
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