The Greater London Group was influential research centre within LSE from the late 1950s on, before being subsumed into the LSE London research group. [243], Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (19451951), Jomo Kenyatta, President of Kenya (19641978), Mwai Kibaki, 3rd President of Kenya (20022013), Romano Prodi, Prime Minister of Italy (19961998; 20062008) and President of the European Commission (19992004), B. R. Ambedkar, Member of the Constituent Assembly of India (19461950) and the Father of the Constitution of India, Pierre Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada (19681979; 19801984), Lee Kuan Yew[note 1], Prime Minister of Singapore (19591990), Queen Margrethe II of Denmark[note 2] (1972present), Kim Campbell, Prime Minister of Canada (1993), Heinrich Brning, Chancellor of Germany (19301932), Karl Popper, reader in logic and scientific method at the LSE, George Soros, billionaire investor, philanthropist and political activist, Tsai Ing-wen, President of Republic of China (2016present), Tony Fernandes, chief executive officer of the low-cost carrier, AirAsia, Carlo Cottarelli, Director of the Financial Bureau of the International Monetary Fund (20082013), Kamisese Mara, founding father and Prime Minister of Fiji (19701987; 19871992), Ursula von der Leyen[note 3], President of the European Commission (2019present), Anthony Kennedy, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (19882018), spent a year at the LSE, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council (2006Present), Sheikha Alanoud Bint Hamad Al-Thani, Chief Business Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Qatar Financial Centre. The press is managed through the LSE Library. The artwork attracted controversy for showing Taiwan as a sovereign state rather than as part of China,[66][67][68] Lhasa being denoted as a full capital, and depicting boundaries between India and China as recognised internationally. [236] Most residences take both undergraduates and postgraduates, although Carr-Saunders Hall and Passfield Hall are undergraduate only, and Butler's Wharf Residence, Grosvenor House and Lillian Knowles House are reserved for postgraduates. [22], The 1930s economic debate between LSE and the University of Cambridge is well known in academic circles. Contact details: Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 7513 Fax: +44 (0)20 7831 1840 Email: c.pissarides@lse.ac.uk Room number: S 677 Secretarial Support: June Jarman, Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 7866 LSE Contact Information. [226] 32% of LSE's students come from Asia, 10% from North America, 2% each from South America and Africa. 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It functions as a general-purpose reading and common room and hosts lunchtime music concerts, press launches, and the Fabian Window, which was unveiled by Prime Minister Tony Blair in 2006. The foundation stone of the Old Building, on Houghton Street, was laid by King George V in 1920;[16] the building was opened in 1922. The effort was initiated in 2016 by Lord Myners, then chairman of the LSE's Council and Court of Governors. Get in touch for advice, training and support. News, events and information for Economics Alumni, Jobs, fellowships & awards: Former LSE alumnus Hilary Mantel in The Experience of Love never mentions LSE by name but Houghton Street, the corridors of the LSE Old Building and Wright's Bar are immediately recognisable references to the campus of the school. The sculpture also did not depict the State of Palestine as a separate country from Israel. [189] The Digital Library contains digitised material from LSE Library collections and also born-digital material that has been collected and preserved in digital formats. LSE's Sustainable Projects Fund: this year's winning projects, Second round of LSE PhD Studentships for 2023 entry: applications closing 27 April 2023, Prospective students: LSE Discovery Sessions, Year 12: apply to attend taster courses on campus, Got an admissions question? Salary from 49,196 to 56,833 pa inclusive with potential to progress to 63,295 pa inclusive of London allowance. In 2002, he was arrested and convicted in the kidnapping and murder of Daniel Pearl. [61] Owen Jones did not cross the picket line after arriving for a debate on grammar schools with Peter Hitchens. [136] LSE had the 15th highest average entry qualification for undergraduates of any UK university in 201819, with new students averaging 168 UCAS points,[137] equivalent to A*A*A* or ABBB in A-level grades. Department of Economics London School of Economics Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE Tel: +44 (0) 20 7955 7542/6426 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7955 6592 Email: Econ.Office@lse.ac.uk LSE Switchboard Tel: +44 (0)20 7405 7686. [citation needed] Since September 2010,[citation needed] it has been compulsory for first year undergraduates to participate in LSE 100: Understanding the Causes of Things alongside normal studies. In around a dozen other novels, the LSE was mentioned as short-hand for a character being witty and clever but outside the establishment. Recent Publications Research Interests: Macroeconomics, labour While you are assigned to a particular department, you may study any combination of undergraduate courses across LSE academic . [98][99][100][101], The Marshall Building, located at 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, opened in January 2022. WC2A 2AE. [26], The main figures in this debate were John Maynard Keynes from Cambridge and the LSE's Friedrich Hayek. It is located behind the Tate Modern art gallery on the south bank of the river. LSE is the only university in the United Kingdom dedicated solely to the study and research of social sciences. [140][141], 31.6% of LSE's undergraduates are privately educated, the ninth highest proportion amongst mainstream British universities. [94] The building hosts the School of Public Policy, the Departments of Government and International Relations, the European Institute, and the International Inequalities Institute. [84][85] The building provides accommodation for the LSE Students' Union, LSE accommodation office and LSE careers service as well as a bar, events space, gymnasium, rooftop terrace, learning caf, dance studio, and media centre. LSE is a private company limited by guarantee, registration number 70527. [59] The study was used by Batmanghelidjh to prove that the charity provided good value for money and was well managed. The library relocated from London Metropolitan University in 2014. market theory, growth. The plan includes working with wealthy alumni of LSE to make large contributions, increasing the annual budget surplus, and launching a new, widescale alumni donor campaign. [218] U.S. News & World Report ranked LSE 7th globally for economics, 34th for social sciences, 57th for arts and humanities, 141st equal for psychiatry/psychology, and 212th equal for public, environmental and occupational health. In the political arena notable alumni and staff include 53 past or present heads of state, 20 members of the current British House of Commons and 46 members of the current House of Lords. [190], The Women's Library, Britain's main library and archive on women and the women's movement, is located in a purpose-built facility with a reading room and exhibition space in the Lionel Robbins Building. The post of Director is renamed to President and Vice-Chancellor recently in the year 2023, The head of the LSE is Director. Keynes put forward the theories now known as Keynesian economics, involving the active participation of the state and public sector, while Hayek and Robbins followed the Austrian School, which emphasised free trade and opposed state involvement. Fax: +44 (0)20 7831 1840. The university did not disclose that the study was funded by the charity. [54] The LSE announced in a statement that it had accepted his resignation with "great regret" and that it had set up an external inquiry into the school's relationship with the Libyan regime and Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, to be conducted by the former lord chief justice Harry Woolf. [36][37], In the early 2010s, its academics have been at the forefront of both national and international government consultations, reviews and policy, including representation on the UK Airports Commission,[39] Independent Police Commission,[40] Migration Advisory Committee,[41] UN Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation,[42] London Finance Commission,[43] HS2 Limited,[44] the UK government's Infrastructure Commission[45] and advising on Architecture and Urbanism for the London 2012 Olympics[46]. Departmental Staff Intranet: *login required Attended only for a term; did not graduate. LSE's research and teaching is organised into a network of independent academic departments established by the LSE Council, the school's governing body, on the advice of the academic board, the school's senior academic authority. [241][242] The second-largest residence, the High Holborn Residence in High Holborn, was opened in 1995 and is approximately 10 minutes walk from the main campus. [157] It was ranked 23rd in the country for research power by Research Fortnight based on its REF2014 results, and 28th in research power by the Times Higher Education. Hutchinson, a lawyer[18] and member of the Fabian Society,[20][21] left the money in trust, to be put "towards advancing its [The Fabian Society's] objects in any way they [the trustees] deem advisable". The director is the head of LSE and its chief executive officer, responsible for executive management and leadership on academic issues. Sidney Webb House, managed by Unite Students, takes postgraduates and continuing students. LSE Switchboard Tel: +44 (0)20 7405 7686, See People for a complete list of all staff in the Department of Economics, Information Desk (S600) Opening Hours: Introduction About us Recent News 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields renamed to Sir Arthur Lewis (SAL) building Notable American Monica Lewinsky pursued her MSc in Social Psychology at the LSE. Activities (with J-C Berthelemy and A. Varoudakis), The post of Director is renamed to President and Vice Chancellor recently in the year 2023, Includes those who indicate that they identify as. After protests and reactions from both Chinese and Taiwanese students,[69][70] The university decided later that year that it would retain the original design which chromatically displayed the PRC and Taiwan as different entities consistent with the status quo, but with the addition of an asterisk beside the name of Taiwan and a corresponding placard that clarified the institution's position regarding the controversy.[71][72]. Welcome to the Department of Economics at the LSE - a distinguished and thriving environment for research and study. The Clare Market Review one of Britain's oldest student publications was revived in 2008. Experience. LSE's Sustainable Projects Fund: this year's winning projects, Year 12: apply to attend taster courses on campus, Prospective students: LSE Discovery Sessions, Got an admissions question? The highly interactive online course portfolio explores a diverse range of topics including data analysis, real estate economics, and public policy, and empowers participants with competencies needed to adapt to a dynamic business landscape. [205], Prominent speakers have included Kofi Annan, Ben Bernanke, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Noam Chomsky, Bill Clinton, Philip Craven, Niall Ferguson, Vicente Fox, Milton Friedman, Muammar Gaddafi, Julia Gillard, Alan Greenspan, Tenzin Gyatso, Lee Hsien Loong, Boris Johnson, David Harvey, Jean Tirole, Angelina Jolie, Paul Krugman, Dmitri Medvedev, Mario Monti, George Osborne, Robert Peston, Sebastin Piera, Kevin Rudd, Jeffrey Sachs, Gerhard Schroeder, Carlos D. Mesa, Luiz Incio Lula da Silva, Aung San Suu Kyi, Amartya Sen, George Soros and Rowan Williams. Dale Mortensen), EU Welfare Systems and [25] However, the 1930s brought a return to disputes as economists at the two universities argued over how best to address the economic problems caused by the Great Depression. [167], LSE has academic partnerships in teaching and research with six universities with Columbia University in New York City and University of California, Berkeley, in Asia with Peking University in Beijing and the National University of Singapore, in Africa with the University of Cape Town and Europe with Sciences Po in Paris. [233], LSE owns or operates 10 halls of residence in and around central London and there are also two halls owned by urbanest and five intercollegiate halls (shared with other constituent colleges of the University of London) within a 3-mile radius of the school, for a total of over 4,000 places. The council is supported in carrying out its role by a number of committees that report directly to it. Participants are housed in LSE halls of residence or their overseas equivalents, and the Summer School provides a full social programme including guest lectures and receptions. During uploading, the size of each file must not exceed 2 MB. [148] Students who chose to study online experience the same unique academic experience as on-campus, they are considered a part of LSE community and they have a variety of options to interact with their university, such as the LSE general course. Policy Influences on Unemployment: The European In August 2015, it was revealed that the university was paid approximately 40,000 for a "glowing report" for Camila Batmanghelidjh's charity, Kids Company. [196][197], Several subject-specific libraries exist at LSE, including the Seligman Library for Anthropology, the Himmelweit Library for Social Psychology, the Leverhulme Library for Statistics, the Robert McKenzie Library for Sociology, the Michael Wise Library for Geography, and the Gender Institute Library. In the summer of 2017, dozens of campus cleaners contracted via Noonan Services went on weekly strikes, protesting outside key buildings and causing significant disruption during end-of-year examinations. Key sources of income included 177M from tuition fees and education contacts (201415 167M), 25M from funding council grants (201415 22M), 32M from research grants (201415 27M) and 5.3M from investment income (201415 4.7M). Check our Admissions Knowledge Base, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science. Students from other majors should consult their DUS about major . LSE has a long list of notable alumni and staff, spanning the fields of scholarship provided by the school. [128] In its full form it contains the full name of the institution to the right of the block with a further small empty red square at the end, but it is adapted for each academic department or professional service division to provide a cohesive brand across the institution. It has specific responsibilities in relation to areas including: the monitoring of institutional performance; finance and financial sustainability; audit arrangements; estate strategy; human resource and employment policy; health and safety; "educational character and mission", and student experience.