Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and co-founder and former CEO of Microsoft, outlined his vision for tackling world poverty while speaking at the LSE on Tuesday 24th January.
- Mario Monti
Class sizes still exceeding maximum limit
Official LSE figures reveal 14.2 per cent of undergraduate classes currently exceed the official fifteen-student-per-class recommendation. This represents 223 out of 1574 total undergraduate classes.
Questions raised over LSE links with Technion
This week, Lois Clifton, LSE Students’ Union Environment and Ethics Officer, chaired a meeting addressing the issue of the LSE’s collaborative role in the project. The aim of the meeting was to decide whether action should be taken to boycott the scheme.
Religious intolerance debated at EGM
This week, the London School of Economics (LSE) Students’ Union held an Emergency General Meeting (EGM) in response to the increasing tension on campus among society groups. After weeks of low attendances, the EGM successfully brought a substantial amount of students to the Old Theatre during the Union General Meeting’s (UGM) constant Thursday allotment. The…
50.5 per cent of Statistics students international
According to recently released figures, the proportion of London School of Economics (LSE) undergraduate students classified as being domiciled outside of the European Union (EU) has been over four times the national average for the past three years. 37.6 per cent of LSE students are currently paying overseas fees, compared with a national average of…
Incorporation leads to Constitution change for Students’ Union
The London School of Economics (LSE) Students’ Union officially became incorporated on 19 July 2011 by registering with the Charities Act 2004, the national regulator for students’ unions. The LSE Students’ Union Trustee Board resolved on 6 December 2011 that it would incorporate at the earliest opportunity.
Smith discusses emerging economies
David Smith, Economics Editor at the Times, spoke at the LSE on the position of emerging economies after the economic crisis, and whether or not they will “rise to the growth challenge.” Smith started by describing how now is the first time since the Second World War that “global GDP shrank from one year to…
Students’ Union’s Financial Team examines NatWest’s ethic
The Students’ Union’s Financial Team is currently investigating the possibility of moving the Union’s banking from NatWest to the Co-operative Bank. “There are multiple problems with NatWest, primarily that they fund deeply unethical investments,” such as “tar sands…and cluster munition,” said Lukas Slothuus, the Students’ Union’s Community and Welfare Officer. NatWest, officially the National Westminster…
India’s role in global economy examined
Ramachandra Guha, Philippe Roman Chair in History and International Affairs at LSE IDEAS for 2011-2012, explained why he believes, sixty years after drafting its constitution, India’s hopes for superpower status are far too ambitious, in a well attended public lecture last week. Michael Cox, Co-director of LSE IDEAS and Professor of International Relations at the…
Aid ineffective in the Arab world
Khalid Almezaini, visiting research fellow at the University of Cambridge, presented a public lecture entitled “Foreign Aid in the Middle East: Identities, morals, and interests” at the LSE on Wednesday. Almezaini explored the causes of the ineffectiveness of foreign aid to the Arab world, discussing the effects of foreign aid on the Arab Spring, and…