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LSEG chief David Schwimmer hits back at critics of new trading venture

David Schwimmer talks to the Evening Standard about plans to shake-up the market

Evening Standard

Eight questions for London Stock Exchange chief David Schwimmer

Today the London Stock Exchange Group reported strong half-year results that suggest it is thriving.

Evening Standard

The New China Playbook by Keyu Jin review – the bright side of Beijing

The well-connected LSE scholar sheds light on the Chinese economic model but omits anything politically contentious in her attempt to demystify the country

The Guardian - UK

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Lawsuits are key tool in delivering climate justice, says UN body

Report says nearly 200 cases filed around the world in past 12 months challenging governments and firms

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh uni student left with no degree told to leave UK after marking boycott chaos

Will Scheffler has been told that he will need to leave the country and return home to get a new student visa.

Daily Record

Edinburgh university student told he must leave country before continuing studies

Will was shocked when he received an email from the university that stated that if he wanted to extend his student visa permission, he would have to do it from outside the UK if he hadn't been given a degree classification.

Edinburgh Live

From Indiana Jones to Wham!: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

The fedora-sporting MacGuffin-chaser gets one last crack of the whip, and the bequiffed 80s pop greats get the Netflix documentary treatment

The Guardian - UK

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'Chance to change the world': Scots firm welcomes LSE report into renewable potential

THE UK has the opportunity to “change the world when it comes to renewable energy”, a Scottish company leading in the tidal stream energy sector…

The National (Scotland)

Scotland 'has more tidal stream capacity than rest of world combined'

SCOTLAND is leading the world in tidal stream renewable energy with more installed capacity than the rest of the planet combined, a new report from…

The National (Scotland)

Letters: Colin Rochester obituary

Sue Roebuck writes: Colin described himself as Renaissance Man; and he combined an avuncular manner with a steely centre

The Guardian - UK

The rise of perfectionism – and the harm it’s doing us all

Many of us believe striving for perfection leads to success. But perfectionism is counter-productive and can result in soaring levels of stress. The answer, believes Professor Thomas Curran, is to go a little easier on yourself

The Guardian - UK

Who should win the 2023 Stirling prize? One of these…

Of the 131 RIBA regional award winners just announced, this year’s Stirling prize contenders ought to include a precision-tooled Isle of Wight house, the LSE’s latest addition and a farm in the middle of Belfast

The Guardian - UK

Ministers missed chances to prepare social care for a pandemic, review finds

Two-year study by Nuffield Trust and LSE says successive governments failed to make social care a priority

The Guardian - UK

London Stock Exchange chief calls for UK firms to pay bosses more

Julia Hoggett accused of being ‘bit deluded’ after arguing pay packages need to match those of US companies

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Financial Times

Why Europe’s stock markets are failing to challenge the US

In the second part of a series, the European dream of building bourses to rival those in America faces practical, political and cultural obstacles

The Guardian - UK

Colin Rochester obituary

Other lives: Consultant and researcher on voluntary organisations and volunteering

Birmingham Post

Floating on London Stock Exchange 'not an experience I'd recommend to anyone', says THG boss Matthew Moulding

THG floated on the London Stock Exchange in September 2020 in a move that raised £1.88bn

The Independent UK

Pioneering Black economist Sir Arthur Lewis celebrated with university building after four year campaign

Sir Arthur Lewis became the London School of Economics’s first Black academic in 1938, and now has a building named in his honour

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GPT-4 has brought a storm of hype and fright – is it marketing froth, or is this a revolution?

I have seen enough to know that it’s going to alter our lives. Just think what AI tools could do when used by creative people in fashion or architecture, says LSE’s Charlie Beckett

The Independent UK

More women working in finance in 1997 than in 2022, figures show

London Stock Exchange boss Julia Hoggett said diversity and inclusivity is not a ‘nice distraction’, but should be part of the job.

Wales Online

University dished out £120k in library fines to students in just one year

Over £7m in fines for late returns or not returning books at all have been issued over the last decade

Evening Standard

How London’s Syrian and Turkish communities are helping earthquake victims from afar

Turkish and Syrian communities in London have rallied together to support their home countries in the wake of a devastating earthquake. Here’s how people are ‘swarming’ to donate money, time and possessions to those in need

Evening Standard

‘We feel for lecturers — but we want our fees back’: what students really think about the university strikes

Lecturers, librarians and administrative staff are among the 70,000 university workers set to strike for 17 days this term — so is Generation Covid right in asking for compensation? Katie Strick reports

Evening Standard

The Leader podcast: London gripped by decade’s biggest strikes

Plus, the devastating impact on Gen Covid’s education

Tribune News Service

Columbia University names Nemat 'Minouche' Shafik as first woman president

NEW YORK — Columbia University has named Nemat “Minouche” Shafik its 20th president — and the first woman to run the school in its 268-year history, the university announced Wednesday.

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