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Council announces inquiry into School’s Libya links

The LSE Council announced the commission of an “independent, external inquiry into the School’s relationship with Libya and with Saif Gaddafi and into related matters” last week, after a meeting held on Thursday, 3rd March. Lord Woolf, former Lord Chief Justice for England and Wales and former Chairman of the Council of University College London, will conduct the...

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Davies steps down, cites ‘personal error of judgement’

Sir Howard Davies resigned as Director of the School at a meeting of the LSE Council, the School’s highest governing body, on Thursday night. Davies’s...

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Davies calls for full Libya reparations

LSE Director Howard Davies responded to students occupying his office last Wednesday in protest of the School’s ties with Libya by saying he was “ashamed”...

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LSE stung amid Libya uprising

Popular uprisings in Libya and continued disagreement among the North African country’s ruling elite have compelled the LSE to halt a global governance...

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Gaddafi Foundation gives £1.5m to LSE

    The LSE has accepted a donation from a Libyan non-governmental organisation headed by Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi, LSE alumnus and son of the...