Summer 2007 Vol 19 Number 1 Magazine

After Blair The Brown inheritance

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Message from Features 8 the editor 4 Headline news 6 The Brown inheritance In this issue we do some future-gazing. What will the UK be What will UK politics be like in a post-Blair era? like under a new prime minister? Who are the new ‘Britons’? Patrick Dunleavy considers the scenarios. What do the workforce of 2010 expect from their future employers? What does a mentor bring to a mentee that 8 Culture clash or culture club? helps them with career and personal development? As national identity remains a topic of much discussion, who feels British? Alan Manning and We also look forward to welcoming new professors to the Sanchari Roy explain their research findings. School. Sir Nicholas Stern re-joins LSE this summer as the first holder of the IG Patel Chair, heading a new India 11 Table talk Observatory within LSE’s Asia Research Centre. Professor Howard Davies discusses the ups and downs of 18 Paul Kennedy will be the first holder of the Phillipe Roman university league tables. Chair in History and International Affairs and in 2008  Professor Sevket¸ Pamuk joins as Professorial Fellow in 12 Workforce 2010 Contemporary Turkish Studies. What’s on the mind of global graduate students soon to enter the workforce? Christine Robers reports. New academic appointments are important to the School’s international standing in a ‘league table’ world. But as 14 Turkey – is the glass more than half full? Howard Davies points out, table talk should always be taken evket Pamuk contemplates Turkey’s economy with a pinch of salt. What matters most to a community is its and political prospects. people. In this issue we pay tribute to the outgoing chair of 16 My mentor and me LSE’s Court of Governors Lord Grabiner, who steps down in The LSE Alumni Mentoring Network has expanded December after nine years of service. rapidly since its inception in 1999. Mentors and And there’s still time to enjoy art and music at the School, mentees explain why it works. 24 sporting success and many stories of what alumni and alumni groups are up to. Enjoy the summer and the rest 18 A passionate advocate of your 2007. Lord Grabiner QC steps down in December as chair of the School’s Court of Governors and Council, to be succeeded by Sir Peter Sutherland. He reflects on what’s kept him so involved with LSE. Judith Higgin 20 LSE and India An Asia Forum in Delhi, the new IG Patel Chair, Urban Age in Mumbai – India remains in the spotlight.

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8 1 Gerhard Schröder, chancellor of Germany International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the 6 Andrus Ansip, prime minister of Estonia, from 1998 to 2005, spoke about prospects for intergovernmental organisation that is part of gave a lecture in the series of events hosted by peaceful development in a globalised world as the United Nations system. FT Business and LSE’s European Institute on part of the LSESU German Society German 4 Angel Gurria, secretary general of the ‘The Future of Europe’. Symposium 2007. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and 7 Mr P Chidambaram, India’s finance 2 Neelie Kroes, European commissioner Development (OECD), spoke on ‘New Global minister since May 2004, spoke on his for competition, talked about getting more Economic Challenges: charting the course for country’s growth opportunities. from financial services markets and greater policy responses.’ 8 Benazir Bhutto, prime minister of Pakistan competition for a better deal for consumers. 5 Sergei Stanishev (MSc International Relations 1988-90 and 1993-96, gave a lecture in April, 3 Dr Mohamed ElBaradei described the 2000), prime minister of Bulgaria since 2005, organised with the LSESU Pakistan Society. challenges of his role as director general of the talked about his country’s future development.

I Summer 2007 I LSE Magazine I 5 THE Brown inheritance

What will UK politics be like in the post-Blair era? Patrick a socially liberal outlook. Aware of the timetable that stretches to 2009 he has kept new substantive policy Dunleavy considers some scenarios. announcements to a minimum so far, working away instead on his own (still shaky) public persona and or the crown prince in history, waiting is the on repositioning the Conservatives as solidly commit- hardest part. Gordon Brown’s long service as principal rival to Tony Blair’s leadership of ted to maintaining public spending on healthcare F and education. Cameron’s centrist push has been the UK’s Labour party looks set to culminate in an almost unchallenged coronation as Labour leader remarkable for its reach and sustained character, and this summer. so far the Tory right wing have seemed like rabbits He will then have completed more than a decade dazzled in the headlights, with scarcely a peep of in office as chancellor of the exchequer, a record visible opposition. with no modern parallel, and he will be certain of at Dazed by four successive defeats, the Conserv- least two more years as premier before a general atives seem to have become a party that now election in 2009. If that in turn was to go very well, desperately wants to win and will bear almost any his premiership would stretch to at least six or seven ideological sacrifice to get back in the game. The new years in all, leaving him bestriding British political leader has also modernised the Tories’ candidate list history as a modern colossus. If political conditions with younger and more somewhat diverse people, look bleak in 2009, Brown might hang on until 2010 especially more women. And he has changed his with his political options closing around him, and party’s logo from the quasi-fascist Union Jack torch unless something turned up in the interim he would symbol of the Thatcher years to a modernist squiggle leave office never having won a general election. For supposed to represent a green oak tree – a change a politician who has brooded and planned so long that also implicitly emphasises the party’s Englishness to enter 10 Downing Street, the differences between against Brown’s Scottish background. these scenarios will matter intensely. For Brown, who sits for the obscure Scottish Securing the leadership succession may look seat of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, this is the almost done and dusted, but the political condi- one aspect of his image and policy position that tions of Brown’s inheritance are not favourable. he cannot alter. Nor can he disguise the promi- The 2005 general election left Labour with a nence of many Scottish MPs in the Labour party’s comfortable majority of seats on the basis of a commanding heights and the Cabinet. English slender 35 per cent of votes (and 21 per cent resentment at the current devolution arrange- active support from the electorate) only because ments, where Scottish MPs can vote on English of the UK’s increasingly disproportional electoral healthcare and education while the Westminster system. For instance, Labour was gifted with 95 Parliament cannot discuss how these matters more seats than the Tories in England, even though are run in Scotland (or Wales), has been slow to the Conservatives got more votes in England than find political expression. But with Brown as prime Labour. Political science simulations show that the minister the issue will only grow in salience. 2009 election will create the best conditions for a Brown’s personal popularity has plunged by a hung Parliament that have existed at any general quarter since the end of 2006, just as his acces- election since 1945. Current polls too place the sion to the premiership seems imminent, perhaps Conservatives an average of eight per cent ahead because he has also made unpopular commit- of Labour, enough to make them the largest party ments. So far, too, the polls suggest that he will on around 310 seats to Labour’s 270. But the be an electoral disadvantage to Labour, although Tories would still require support from the Liberal Brownites claim that he will gain a honeymoon Democrats (with around 45 seats) in order to pass effect on becoming leader. He could then sustain ‘Whether Tony Blair’s the Commons majority level (of 324 seats) and an upturn by appointing a new, much younger departure and these form a government secure from defeats. Cabinet and replacing some of the most conspic- The Conservatives’ lead reflects the growing popu- uously failing Blairite policies with new initiatives. small steering changes larity of their leader David Cameron’s determined effort The contents of Brown’s ‘succession plan’, will be enough to placate to move them towards the political centre ground, and nursed by Wilf Stephenson of the Smith Institute, and re-attract the to cast off the party’s past reputation as antagonistic to remain closely guarded but may not be very radical many social groups in modern Britain. A gifted public in the economic or social policy areas that Brown millions of Labour voters relations executive, Cameron has mostly drawn a has already dominated for so long. The plan may disillusioned by the Iraq veil over his own privileged Etonian background and include some radical initiatives to focus central managed to come across as an accessible, relaxed government initiatives on top level policy making, war remains to be seen’ family man who cares about green issues and has conceding more powers to the National Health 6 I LSE Magazine I Summer 2007 I Service and local government in England, and to the UK’s steady domestic remodelling as a more or the BNP instead of the Conservatives at the London’s regional government and Scotland and and more typical European country in social and general election, Labour could still win. Wales. The Westminster conventional wisdom has economic terms, which his own stewardship of Both Cameron and Brown have also a great it that Brown needs both to combat his image as economic affairs has greatly encouraged. For deal at stake in attracting the second preferences a remorseless centraliser and control freak and instance, several waves of in-migration from east of Liberal Democrat voters in the many seats where to grapple with constitutional issues that he has European countries have underpinned some of their party cannot realistically hope to win. In 1997 always steered well clear of, in order to show the UK’s recent economic growth. Blair did a deal on constitutional reform with the that he is genuinely a prime minister and not just Whether Tony Blair’s departure and these small Liberal Democrats that was decisive in winning the a loyal bean-counting adjutant promoted above steering changes will be enough to placate and election for Labour. Yet in 2009 the third party’s price his station for long service. Reforming the House re-attract the millions of Labour voters disillusioned for cooperation (before or after the election) might be of Lords to become wholly or 80 per cent elected by the Iraq war remains to be seen. Both Brown’s high – nothing less than proportional representation will also form part of this area, although Labour and Cameron’s tasks here will be complicated by the elections for the House of Commons, finishing off the may need to fight a general election on this plank fact that the UK is now a firmly multi-party country. UK’s half completed journey to becoming a normal before it can persuade the current all appointed At first past the post general elections the smaller European liberal democracy. n peers to vote for their own demise. parties are massively discriminated against, but there The other part of Brown’s pitch to appear as were also important proportional elections in Scotland his own man will be foreign affairs, where many and Wales in May 2007 and will be in London in May in the Labour party are looking for an early with- 2008. Here other parties present a real challenge drawal of British troops from Iraq and an end to the big three (Labour, the Conservatives and to the damaging troop losses and apparently the Liberal Democrats). Nationalist parties do well directionless (Foreign Legion style) campaigning in Scotland and Wales; two more left wing parties in Afghanistan. Here, however, Brown has so far erode Labour’s support, the Greens and the anti- given no signs of deviating from Blair’s slavish war Respect party; and two right wing parties are backing for US policy. He may be calculating that eating into Cameron’s support, the UK Independence nothing much can be achieved before the advent Party (UKIP) campaigning for withdrawal from the of a new US president (or at least the hot part of EU and the British National Party (BNP) exploiting Patrick Dunleavy the presidential election campaign) in 2008. Brown anti-immigration sentiment. is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at LSE, has close links to many US policy makers, both For Brown, who skilfully masterminded Labour’s chair of LSE’s Public Policy Group and director of the MPA Democrat and Republican, and is highly unlikely to two successful election campaigns in 1997 and Programme. His most recent books are the co-edited Developments in British Politics 8 (Palgrave, 2006) and the jeopardise what remaining mileage there is in the 2001, steering a successful course to June 2009 co-authored Digital-Era Governance: IT Corporations, the ‘special relationship’. Nor has Brown shown any is not impossible. For instance, if even a small State and e-Government (Oxford University Press, 2006). signs of warming to the European Union, despite chunk of right wing voters was to support UKIP I Summer 2007 I LSE Magazine I 7 Culture clash or culture club?

LSE prides itself on the international mix of its students. Many go makes you directly responsible, just as I am directly back to their home country after completing their studies but a responsible for protecting and avenging my Muslim brothers and sisters’, with the use of the words ‘my’ fair few stay to make their career and life in Britain. For this latter and ‘your’ clearly expressing the people with whom group, this article contains a dire warning – you will, if you remain he did or did not identify. We wanted to find out how long enough, more likely than not, come to think of yourselves as widespread this kind of identification is in the UK. British. Alan Manning and Sanchari Roy explain. The research behind this article primarily uses responses from the UK Labour Force Survey of he research on which this article is based almost one million individuals to the question: suggests that, while very few recent immigrants ‘What do you consider your national identity to think of themselves as British, something like T be?’ The answers give little support to the view half of those who have been in the UK more than of a serious culture clash within British society. 40 years do.

The British born This might strike you as a trivial bit of research but actually it goes to the heart of current concerns about Among those who are born in Britain, over 90 per the cultural identity of Britain. The UK has traditionally cent of all groups of whatever religion or ethnicity been quite relaxed about whether everyone in the think of themselves as British. In particular there country thinks of themselves as British but there is is no evidence that Muslims are less likely to think currently something of an air of panic around this issue. of themselves as British than other groups. Our These issues are not new – for example in April 1990 interest in this topic started by an interest in the Norman Tebbit (now Lord) cited his infamous ‘cricket response of Muslims to the questions, but we test’. The former cabinet minister told the Los Angeles came to the conclusion that it was unfair to single Times: ‘A large proportion of Britain’s Asian population out muslims for special attention as they do not fail to pass the cricket test. Which side do they cheer stand out in any way. for? It’s an interesting test. Are you still harking back to where you came from or where you are?’ The following table (A) shows the estimates for the fractions of the British born of different religions But the current popular concerns are heightened and who think of themselves as British. a bit different in kind, being concentrated often in fears about the integration (or not) of Muslims into Britain. (A) Percentage of British born reporting There is widespread belief that a growing fraction of British identity by religion (controlling Muslims who live (and in many cases were born) in for ethnicity) Britain do not think of themselves as British, have no aspiration to do so and do not want their children to % reporting Religion either; that they are subscribing instead to some other British identity identity and creating little enclaves that resemble, as far Christian 99.1 per cent as is possible, the countries from which they came or a model of the good society very different from what Buddhist 95.7 per cent is generally thought of as ‘Britain’. Hindu 96.1 per cent Jewish 99.6 per cent Such fears tend to be magnified by the statements Muslim 99.2 per cent by some British Muslims, which appear to explicitly ‘There is no evidence that reject a British identity and affirm another one. One of Sikh 95.6 per cent Muslims are less likely to the 7 July bombers appeared in a video released after Any other religion 97.0 per cent the London bombings and said: ‘Your democratically No religion 98.8 per cent think of themselves as elected governments continuously perpetuate atroc- British than other groups’ ities against my people and your support of them Total 99.0 per cent JUSTIN JIN, PANOS

8 I LSE Magazine I Summer 2007 I Of those describing themselves as Christian 99.1 all groups. It is hard to look at these figures and per cent report themselves as British. But of those see grounds for concern. Of course, this does describing themselves as Muslim the proportion is not mean that Muslims see themselves as British Culture clash a slightly higher 99.2 per cent to report, exceeded and not Muslim: it is just that they see no conflict only by those who identify as Jewish. Percentages in being both. reporting a British identity are lower for Buddhists, or culture club? Sikhs and Hindus, but are above 95 per cent for Ethnicity has a somewhat larger effect on British identity than religion, as can be seen from table B. (B) Percentage of British born reporting British identity by ethnicity (controlling for religion) All non-white ethnic groups report lower levels of British identity, but this is probably because many % reporting Ethnicity of them are second-generation immigrants. If we British identity look at young people, those from ethnic minorities White 99.1 per cent whose parents are British born report the same Mixed: White/ levels of British identity as the white population. 97.6 per cent ‘Any identity conflict among British Black Caribbean born Muslims is an order of Mixed: White/ There is, however, one group that stands out as 95.3 per cent Black African reporting an extremely low level of British identity – magnitude smaller than that among Catholics from Northern Ireland. From our research, it Mixed: White/Asian 95.2 per cent Catholics from Northern Ireland’ appears that any identity conflict among British-born Mixed: Other 91.8 per cent Muslims is an order of magnitude smaller than that Indian 94.2 per cent among Catholics from Northern Ireland. Pakistani 93.4 per cent Immigrants Bangladeshi 94.9 per cent So far we have concerned ourselves with those Other Asian 90.5 per cent born in Britain, but what about immigrants? The Black Caribbean 93.5 per cent fraction of immigrants who identify themselves as Black African 94.2 per cent British varies a lot by country of birth but there is a simple explanation for most of this variation – how Other Black 95.3 per cent long immigrants have been in the UK. Chinese 91.9 per cent Other 79.4 per cent t

A group of six year old children in their primary school class in Leicester – one of the most ethnically diverse cities in Europe JUSTIN JIN, PANOS Culture clash or culture club?

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Malta 0.8 Hong Kong Cyprus Pakistan Uganda Egypt Bangladesh Jamaica India 0.6 Canada

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0 Slovakia 0 10 20 30 40 Average years since arrival Average years since arrival Each point represents a country of birth but only selected ones are labelled

The graph above shows that new immigrants almost It was to examine the values that may lie behind conflicts in the world as a whole between Muslims never think of themselves as British, but the longer notions of British identity that we also conducted and non-Muslims had 85 per cent of non-Muslims they remain in the UK the more likely they are to do an analysis of the determinants of views on rights saying they thought there was a fairly or very serious so. This process of assimilation is faster for some and responsibilities. But, our findings here are very conflict, but only 67 per cent of Muslims saying so. immigrant groups than others, but not in the way similar – immigrants are very slightly less likely to have that might be expected. For example, Muslims are views on rights and responsibilities that are generally In presenting our research at various universities, we not less likely to feel British than those from other held by popular concensus to be ‘desirable’, but the have been surprised by how many people react by backgrounds, and immigrants from Pakistan and differences are much smaller than the differences saying our results are all wrong because they know Bangladesh assimilate into a British identity much among the UK born population of different ages there is a serious culture clash. But there is a serious faster than average, while those from Western Europe and with different levels of education. It is also true concern that this ‘knowledge’ is simply wrong. There and the United States do so more slowly, with Italians that the immigrant groups who emerge as having may not be much of a problem with immigrants and standing out as the group which assimilates least into different values from the UK born population are not minorities in Britain thinking of themselves as British, a British identity. We find evidence that immigrants the ones which have become the focus of the most but there may be a bigger problem in the refusal of from poorer and less democratic countries assimilate public concern, for example, Muslims do not have the indigenous white population to see these groups faster into a British identity. Part but not all of this significantly different values. as British. n can be explained by a greater tendency among the latter group to take up citizenship. These findings strongly suggest that the UK is not riven by large scale culture clash, contrary to what Rights and responsibilities many people seem to believe. This is not to deny the existence of some people who are prepared This last finding might lead one to argue that whether to use violence to further their agenda but our ev- people think of themselves as British is not a mean- idence suggests that these are a tiny minority. For Alan Manning ingful indicator of whether they feel they belong, nor example, the 2003 British Social Attitudes Survey is a professor of economics at LSE and director of the of their integration in British life and values. There is Labour Markets Programme at the School’s Centre for asked the respondents to say whether they agreed Economic Performance. little concern about the fact that Italians rarely seem or disagreed with the statement ‘Muslims are more to come to think of themselves as British because loyal to Muslims than to Britain’. Of the non-Muslim it is felt that Italians have similar views on the way in respondents only 9 per cent disagreed, with a further which society should be run. So, it is conceivable 25 per cent neither agreeing nor disagreeing. But, that those born in Britain call themselves British among the Muslim respondents (who we might (because that is what their passport says they are) expect to be better-informed on the subject) 45 per but they espouse a variety of diverse values. For cent disagreed, a significant difference even though Sanchari Roy some it might be that their country of birth means the survey only contained 20 Muslim respondents. is a PhD student in the Department of Economics and that they automatically think of themselves as British, And 62 per cent of non-Muslim respondents thought a member of the Economics of Organisation and Public while for others it might be the values (good or bad) there was a fairly or very serious conflict between Policy research group at LSE. that Britain represents to them which lead to their Muslims and non-Muslims in Britain, compared to Download a copy of the discussion paper at identifying themselves as British. 27 per cent of Muslims. Another question about http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/default.asp 10 I LSE Magazine I Summer 2007 I Table talk University league tables – how to whole universities (though it still publishes important The Times Higher Education Supplement table is rankings of management programmes). So what do constructed in a rather different way. Its assessment much do they influence you? these tables say about LSE? of the research and academic standing of universities Younger graduates may have In the domestic tables we do pretty well, and is driven largely by a peer review process, whereby consulted them enthusiastically. indeed our position has been tending to improve a over 1,000 academics are asked to rank the faculties Older graduates may still be little over the years. It is not a surprise that Oxford of other institutions in their discipline. In the first and and Cambridge always fight it out for the top two second editions of the table, LSE was ranked number unaware of their existence. positions, with Imperial College, UCL and ourselves 11 worldwide. That seemed a very positive position Howard Davies offers his typically occupying the next three slots. There is to be in, and indeed I was slightly surprised that we perspective. not much sign of these relative positions changing, were so high. We were therefore not astonished when though interestingly LSE has in the last couple of in 2006 we appeared at number 17 worldwide. In he positioning of a university in the various years become the most sought after university in fact, our own position has not deteriorated at all, but published league tables has become some- the country in terms of applications per place. We there appears to have been some reassessment of Tthing of an obsession. So much so that it is receive around 15 applications per place compared staff-student ratios in other universities which has easy to forget that the tables are a very recent inven- to only six at Oxford and at Cambridge. The tables pushed a few above us. tion. The very first league tables were published in themselves are driven by a variety of factors, includ- The Times Higher also produces another table 1983 by US News and World Report. Now there are ing staff-student ratios, expenditure on facilities and which we regard as somewhat more relevant to us, dozens of them in the US, both for whole universities starting salaries on graduation (where we do very which is a derivative of the main table but focusing and for individual subject disciplines. In the UK, the well). They are also influenced by teaching quali- on the social sciences alone (see below). In the first published rankings did not appear until 2001. ty scores from the Quality Assurance Agency and first two years of the table we came second in the Now three newspapers, the Sunday Times, The by the ranking a university receives in the research social sciences internationally – once again after the Guardian and The Times publish national tables, assessment exercise which is carried out across inevitable Harvard. In the third edition we had slipped which are largely focused on issues relevant to the country every seven years or so. In the last one one place to come third behind Oxford and Harvard. students applying for undergraduate courses. our average position in the subjects we teach was Disappointing, but in the relatively fine gradations Even more recently, two global league tables have second, overall, which has helped our position in which lie behind these rankings I would not attach appeared. The first one was developed by Shanghai other league tables since 2001. very much significance to a decline of one place. If Jiao Tong University in 2003, the second by the Times In the two international league tables the compe- we continually fell outside the top half dozen in the Higher Education Supplement in London in 2004. tition is far more intense, of course. In every year of social sciences that would be a cause for concern. The rankings in those tables differ quite markedly, both international tables Harvard has come first, with I imagine that all university heads broadly share for reasons I shall explore. the rest of the world’s universities strung out beneath it. my own view of these tables. They are terrific and It is easy to criticise these league tables. In the In the case of the Shanghai Jiao Tong table I am unquestioned when you score well and better than first place, the whole concept of universities in afraid you have to look quite a long way to find LSE. last time. They are fatally flawed and fundamentally competition with each other is a slightly doubtful We are ranked somewhere between 200 and 300 unfair when you move in the opposite direction. n one. Universities are not like soccer teams, constantly (the table does not provide a more precise ranking seeking promotion or trying to avoid relegation. Also, than that). Why so? Well, the compilers of the table the league tables tend to focus on universities as themselves acknowledge that the heavy weight they corporate entities, whereas they are collections of give to Nobel Prizes and Field medals creates a natu- departments which, in turn, are collections of indi- ral bias in favour of the hard sciences, where most of vidual scholars. Also, there are many oddities in the the Nobel Prizes are given, and against universities way the tables are constructed. On some of the which focus on the arts and humanities or on the UK tables a university can push itself up the table social sciences, as we do. They have attempted to Howard Davies by simply spending more money on libraries, for correct this bias somewhat in the latest edition, which is director of LSE. example. It does not matter if that money is spent pushed us up a bracket, but given the methodology well or badly. Or, since the percentage of international there is no chance that we would appear in the top faculty is a key factor in one table, you could move 50. I think we simply have to live with that. up the table by replacing expensive British professors Rank University Country Social science score with cheap, overseas doctoral students. It is to be 1 Oxford UK 100.0 hoped, therefore, that universities do not manage themselves solely with reference to the impact of 2 Harvard US 98.5 their decisions on their league standing. 3 LSE UK 94.9 Also, there is evidence that the linkage between 4 Cambridge UK 90.8 rankings and student demand is very loose indeed. A recent academic study showed that there is broadly 5 Berkeley US 89.2 no correlation in the UK between league table posi- 6 Australian National University Australia 85.0 tion and applications. Students may look at league 7 Yale US 81.2 tables, and many do, but they do not appear to be a decisive influence on the choice of institution 8 Stanford US 81.2 students eventually make. 9 Chicago US 75.3 All that said, the tables are still published, and will no 10 Melbourne Australia 73.0 doubt continue to be – though one or two compilers have given up, notably the Financial Times in relation THES WORLD UNIVERSITY SOCIAL SCIENCES RANKINGS, 2006 I Summer 2007 I LSE Magazine I 11 Workforce2010

What’s on the mind of global graduate students soon to enter the workforce? Christine Robers reports on what they revealed at a round table for chief learning officers convened by LSE’s joint venture partner, Duke Corporate Education.

est Sussex, England, was the venue for a fascinating forum last autumn. Fifteen WLSE students from Brazil, Russia, In- dia, China and Europe were questioned by senior learning and development professionals about their expectations as they seek employment. This so-called Generation Y is accomplished, high on ambition and small in number, and the learning officer’s role is to train and retain them to deliver their organisations’ missions, strategies and goals. With Duke Corporate Education (Duke CE) executive director Liz Mellon leading the debate, students answered the critical questions that corporate leaders consider as they think about how to develop and motivate new employees.

Employers are finding it increasingly more difficult to retain young employees than to recruit them. Can you describe what you are looking for in a job? Darya Arkhincheyeva (Russia): I expect a lot of responsibility. I’m really ready to work hard, and I know that when you’re going to work for a huge We want corporation they invest a lot in you, and you have to to continue pay back. I have worked for different organisations learning and my dream was to work for a huge international

Listen to @work Challenge corporation. This year I went to the business challenge with the Royal Dutch Shell Com- my ideas! us! pany. During this event I found out that when you’re working for an international company you work with huge projects and a lot of money. A lot of people are involved but your input really matters because you are a representative of one part of the world. Preeti Jha (India): I just completed a postgraduate course at LSE in inter- national health policy. I’ve been in the health domain for a long time and am looking for international work Give us experience. I’m taking baby steps into personal pharmaceutical or other multilateral or- attention ganisations. At the moment I’m like a and sponge, and I want to absorb more and employee more knowledge before I can really feel centred confident enough to take on bigger responsibilities and challenges. So at activities this stage the best job for me would offer different learning experiences and development stages. 12 I LSE Magazine I Summer 2007 I Fabio Marques (Brazil) Fernanda Gusmão (Brazil): I would expect a sceptical about how successful such an interaction (pictured): I think the boss to talk to me and to try to understand what would be. But when I saw the amount of knowledge most important thing in my expectations are and my plans for the future. that I gained, and how much they appreciated our a job is certainly how chal- I think it’s really important for the employee to input, it was great. n lenging it is. Also it must have a boss with whom they can set a personal be something connected development plan for the next five years. with what I believe in. I Hong Ma (China): Basically I don’t need the boss to think it’s very important look after me. I think the best way is for them to give that one fits oneself into me some direction and advice on how to manage the mission of a given organisation and under- my work well. But also I want some space to put Christine Robers my ideas into action. If a company can provide a is associate director of marketing for Duke CE. She stands its purpose. coordinates and delivers conferences, including the development opportunity, it would be fantastic. I annual chief learning officer round table for senior learning What do you expect from a boss? feel when people start working they suddenly stop and development professionals. Yiran Tao (China): I would like the boss to make studying and don’t have new knowledge. If a com- sure I’m on the right track for my career development. pany can provide a challenge and train people to do I would like a boss to be open and willing to pass on a new job or to get more information, it’s very good their skills and expertise to me and to provide greater for personal development. responsibilities from the early stages of my career. I want the boss to correct me immediately and, if I What does globalisation mean to you? make good progress, I want the boss to encourage YuanYuan Wu (China): I find it a very enriching me to go further and try my best. experience to interact with people from different Fabio Marques (Brazil): Someone who is willing backgrounds and I’m very used to the global ‘Someone who is willing to listen, to make sure that we’re engaged in the working environment. I need to take time to under- to listen, to make sure decisions and we understand the reasons why stand not just different skill sets but also different certain decisions are taken, and to make sure cultures in different regions of the same corpora- that we’re engaged in that we really understand the strategic purposes tion. I worked as an intern in UBS and I observed the decisions and that of the organisation. that the employees usually return to their homes Preeti Jha (India): A boss should be contributing after working. But in China, the company actually we understand the something new every day, challenging you and en- organises a lot of corporate retreats or employee reasons why certain couraging you to feel that there are good things to centred activities to foster the bonds of the teams. look forward to. It is important to look up to someone So I think that Chinese companies have a high decisions are taken’ at work, otherwise it will become very drab and you level of personal attention to their employees. won’t really know where you might want to be ten Hong Ma (China): I like the kind of international years down the line. There are certain things, definitely, company that can see the importance of a local culture. that you learn from your colleagues and boss and you embrace. Preeti Jha (India): Everything is happening at a global scale, be it in the pharmaceutical business Knut Magnus Koren or in worldwide disease epidemics. So when you (Norway) (pictured): I get a one country perspective you know that there expect my leaders and are limitations, and you would like to move out my boss to want to be and know something more. honest with me both when I do well and when Fabio Marques (Brazil): Well, I think a global com- I don’t perform as well. I pany allows one to see the world from a broader Duke Corporate Education has had think it’s important for the perspective. We can be in touch with the realities of a joint venture with LSE through the boss and for me to both different cultures and overall we can see what works School’s commercial arm, Enterprise know what we’re best best and what is different in each culture. We can LSE, since 2003. It enables both parties at, so that she or he can gather this sort of social information to improve our to provide specialised custom executive teach me what they are particularly good at. And in own organisation by learning with others. education aimed at the business needs the areas where I might have expertise, then in those of companies throughout the world. cases I should perhaps be allowed to take a lead. What did you learn from interacting with the executives today? Duke Corporate Education was ranked first by the Financial Times in May 2007 in Generation Y broadly has never known a Knut Magnus Koren (Norway): They confirmed custom executive education, for the fifth recession or a world war. Your generation is that they were willing to listen to the opinions of their year in a row; and first by Business Week seen to be carefully nurtured by increasingly employees, which I think is really good. After today, in October 2005 in their biennial survey, affluent parents. That may be what you’re used I’m really positive about my future employment. I for the second time in a row. to, but how do you expect to be developed think they were surprisingly conscious of our needs at work? and desires. See www.lse-execed.com and www.dukece.com Preeti Jha (India): It’s like when somebody throws Ravi Komatireddy (India): It’s not every day that you in the water and you learn to swim. You need I meet people in such high level positions. And it a coach initially, or you might drown. I look up to felt good because now I know there are people in a boss initially as a mentor and as a coach. I defi- the company who really care about being fair to nitely believe that you learn the most when you’re new employees. When I go into a company now, I actually working and that personal development would trust the people at the top. The day definitely matters more than anything else. exceeded my expectations, because I was a little I Summer 2007 I LSE Magazine I 13 Economic change in 20th century Turkey: is the glass more than half full?

Turkey has undergone significant changes in the last century. evket Pamuk assesses the country’s economic prospects.

urkey has experienced far reaching eco- remained doubtful about Turkey’s integration. Turkey’s and short term interests of narrow groups prevailed nomic changes since the disintegration of first application for membership in 1987 was turned over a long term vision, culminating in a severe crisis Tthe Ottoman Empire and the emergence of down but it joined the European customs union in at the end of the decade. the republic in the early 1920s. The primarily rural 1996. After a reasonably successful implementa- A third wave that began in the 1980s under and agricultural economy has transformed into tion of the customs union for one decade, formal conditions of a more open, export oriented econ- a mostly urban economy. Average or per capita negotiations for membership in the European Union omy, widened the industrial base further to the incomes have increased more than five fold. Life began in 2006. regional centres of Anatolia. The rapid expansion expectancy at birth has almost doubled from Turkey’s transition towards an urban and industrial of exports of manufactures played a key role in the under 35 years in the interwar era to 69 years. economy has occurred in three waves. Each of these rise of these new industrial centres, which began Adult literacy rates have increased from about 10 waves was cut short, however, by the shortcomings to challenge the Istanbul based industrialists. Once per cent to about 90 per cent. or deficiencies of the institutional environment. After a again, however, rising political and macroeconomic It would be misleading, however, to judge econom- series of legal and institutional changes undertaken by instability, growing corruption and the deteriora- ic performance only in absolute terms. The purchas- the new republic, a small number of state enterprises tion of the institutional environment in the 1990s ing power parity adjusted income per capita in Turkey led the industrialisation process in a strongly protected brought this wave to a sharp halt in 2001. stands at close to 40 per cent of that of Western economy during the Great Depression of the 1930s. While economic power has clearly shifted from Europe today, a little higher than where the same Ultimately, however, political and economic power Ankara to Istanbul, and more recently towards ratio stood before World War One. While its long term remained with the state elites and the economic the provinces, the shift in political power and the growth record in the last century and half century has and institutional changes remained confined to the move towards more pluralist politics have been far been better than the developing country averages, small urban sector. from easy or simple. Too often during the last half Turkey is yet to join the convergence club. Moreover, The pace of economic growth was distinctly higher century, Turkey’s political system has produced Turkey’s economy has been plagued by recurring around the world in the decades after World War fragile coalitions and weak governments which political and macroeconomic instability that has led Two. Turkey’s second wave of industrialisation began have sought to satisfy the short term demands to a number of crises, especially in the second half of in the 1960s, again under heavy protection and of various groups by resorting to budget deficits, the 20th century. The most severe of these occurred with government subsidies and tax breaks. Rapid borrowing and inflationary finance. Political and in 2001. But the fact that the economy managed to urbanisation steadily expanded the industrial base. macroeconomic instability also led to the deterio- rebound strongly within a few years makes me reflect The state economic enterprises continued to play an ration of the institutional environment. Rule of law on the ‘is the glass half full or half empty’ question. important role as suppliers of intermediate goods. and property rights suffered, and public investment, On the positive side, the last decade has witnessed The new leaders, however, were the large scale including expenditures on education, declined important changes in Turkey’s relations with the industrialists and the holding companies in Istanbul sharply. Weak governments have been too open to European Union. Although the first agreement for and the northwestern corner of the country. With the pressures from different groups or even individual cooperation between Turkey and what was then the rise of political and macroeconomic instability in the firms or entrepreneurs seeking favours. Common Market dates back to 1963, both sides 1970s, industrialisation turned increasingly inward

14 I LSE Magazine I Summer 2007 I EU prospects

LSE alumna Karina Robinson talked to Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan about progress and the challenges ahead.

On the economic front, under the auspices of on the rise, partly in response to foreigners taking the IMF, Turkey has been a star performer. At control of Turkish companies. the end of his visit to the country in November, Last May, the Turkish prime minister played a The crisis of 2001 ushered in significant institu- John Lipsky, first deputy managing director of football match as a member of the team captained tional changes, especially in the linkages between the International Monetary Fund, praised the by Austrian chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel, who politics and the economy, with new attempts to country for the big changes achieved in the has been vociferous in his opposition to Turkey insulate the latter from short term interventions in past five years in fiscal adjustment, central bank becoming a full member of the EU. Mr Erdogan, the political sphere. It remains to be seen, however, independence, financial sector restructuring and a former semi-professional football player, scored whether these institutional changes will be effective privatisation. He noted that the government was three out of the nine winning goals on Austrian soil. and durable or whether politics and the institution- committed to ‘maintaining the momentum by That Vienna match is also a powerful symbol. n al environment will regress to their earlier ways. following through vigorously on various initia- It is precisely at this juncture that Turkey’s inte- tives that are underway already’. These include gration into the European Union assumes critical implementation of the new pension and health importance. It is not clear when, or if, Turkey will systems, tax reforms and a reinforcement of the become a full member of the European Union. supervisory framework for the financial sector. Nonetheless, the membership process is likely However, a European Commission report that Karina Robinson to create a stronger institutional framework for came out in the same month said that Turkey had (BSc International Relations 1986) is senior editor of The Banker and columnist for the International Herald economic change. One key contribution of the failed to make enough progress on non-economic Tribune. This is an edited version of an article that goal of membership will be the strengthening of issues, such as freedom of expression, minimising appeared in The Banker, January 2007. To read the the political will to proceed with the institutional the influence of the military, tackling corruption full interview, see www.thebanker.com changes that would carry Turkey’s economy to a and increasing the independence of the judiciary. new level. For that to happen, it is essential that These are also among the criteria for joining the EU. Turkey and the European Union remain engaged Mr Erdogan believes that Turkey has made Contemporary in the years ahead. big strides on all fronts but acknowledges the undertaking is far from over. ‘We don’t have many Turkish Studies more reform laws that have to be passed. [Now] we must focus on implementation,’ he says. Prime minister Recep Erdogan The obvious difficult issues to do with full (pictured) announced a new Chair in membership – extension of the common agricul- Contemporary Turkish Studies, to tural policy and labour mobility – can be negoti- be based in the European Institute. evket Pamuk ated, say those who support Turkey’s accession. He made the announcement at an event will be a Professorial Fellow in Contemporary Turkish After all, the latest full recruits to the EU ranks, at the School in October 2005. Studies in the European Institute at LSE from January to Bulgaria and Romania, have had restrictions The Chair is the first of its kind in Europe. December 2008. He is currently a Professor of Economics imposed on the access of their labour force to Its focus on political economy and and Economic History at Bogaziçi (Bosphorus) University, the single market. Istanbul. This is a summary of an article set to appear in the contemporary issues is unprecedented in Ultimately,Turkey’s accession to the EU is differ- Cambridge History of Modern Turkey (Cambridge University this context. Moreover, no other European Press, forthcoming). Photo above by Ercan Arslan ent from that of countries like Poland university has endowed chairs in the social because Turkey’s case must be sciences on both Greece and Turkey. looked at geopolitically, as an island of stability in a region that This Chair exists thanks to the generosity is paradoxically more unsta- of a number of lead donors, namely the ble. It is also different because Government of the Republic of Turkey, Turkey is a proud nation that the Central Bank of Turkey, Türkiye Odalar is arguably large enough to ve Borsalar Birligi (TOBB) – Union of stand on its own, and one in Chambers and Commodities Exchanges which support for EU member- of Turkey, Akfen Holding AS and the Aydin ship fell from 70 per cent in Dogan Foundation. December 2004 to 54 per cent The number of Turkish students at LSE in recent polls by the European has almost doubled in the past decade Commission, while to around 60, mainly postgraduates. The nationalism is School has some 450 alumni in Turkey. www.lse.ac.uk/collections/ europeanInstitute

I Summer 2007 I LSE Magazine I 15 My mentor and me Initially conceived in 1999 and considerably developed in 2002 as an online community, the LSE Alumni Professional Mentoring Network scheme is a true success story. Mentors and mentees explain how it works.

to me and to understand where I am coming from The Alumni Professional Mentoring Network was development from other mentors! Mentees still use and what I feel should, or could, be unfolding in my created eight years ago to offer a one to one the LSE Careers Service or LSE Jobs but this professional future. The aim is delivering something relationship, helping recent graduates and those is a unique network for those in the LSE alumni which is of use and of which I can be proud. It is a community, and can be an extremely powerful tool. with less experience with their careers or professional two way process. development. It has now developed considerably. How does it work? AS: The mentoring scheme is great support along The mentoring network is self-regulated by its users How many people are involved? the way. Dirk as a mentor never tries to push me in and is organised through the LSE alumni web pages In 2002, as an online community, the network a certain direction, it’s rather about being able to rely (www.lse.ac.uk/alumni). Those wishing to volunteer registered approximately 100 new joiners. In 2006 on his advice and experience in the background their time as alumni mentors, and those seeking help over 400 new mentors or mentees registered for when making my own decisions and choices. It’s the scheme. The network currently has around or advice, will have to make an online application to basically an ongoing dialogue, characterised by 450 active mentors and 1,350 mentees in 75 the LSE Alumni Relations Office (at www.lse.ac.uk/ sharing experiences. Sometimes it’s also very useful countries and in more than 35 different professions alumni/mentoring) explaining why they want to get to have someone looking at things from a distance. and sectors. involved. Alumni mentors with a few years of work I would definitely recommend the mentoring scheme experience will have their chosen details listed on What do they gain from it? to other graduates and I will, most certainly, become the Alumni Mentoring web pages. Mentees will All mentors are LSE alumni with a few years of a mentor one day myself. email the mentors who seem to provide the most professional experience. What they all have in suitable advice in a specific profession or field of common is the desire to give something back to What do you get out of it as a mentor? experience. Once contact has been established, the School and to help others in the LSE community DR: LSE, for many different reasons, represents a it is up to both parties to develop their mentoring by sharing their skills, knowledge and experience. pivotal role in my life. The mentoring has actually come relationship, delineating the purpose and boundaries to be one of the most important things I do. You get The mentees are all LSE alumni who are looking for of the network. The Alumni Relations Office provides out what you put in. I put a lot in, I get tremendous extra valuable tips to progress in their professional full guidance and support for everyone involved in satisfaction seeing people of quality settle, focus and fields. Many of the current mentors have also the Mentoring Network. start to perform to the level that, deep down, they become mentees looking for advice on professional know they are capable of. Many of the mentees completely outstrip me for competence, knowledge, academic prowess and potential. And doing well AS: After I graduated with a degree in International and performing to the very best of your ability is a Politics in 2005 (intercollegiate between LSE and habit – a good one and one which I am proud to the School of Oriental and African Studies), I felt make a contribution to, under the auspices of what, it would be good to get some advice and support for me, is quite simply the finest higher education for starting my professional career. I also wanted to institution in the world. keep in touch with the School. So I went through the LSE Alumni Mentoring Network looking for someone What have been the benefits from the working in media. I contacted Dirk and after we had mentoring scheme for you, as a mentee? exchanged the first couple of emails I felt that it might AS: To me the mentoring scheme is about support lead towards a resourceful mentoring relationship. and advice along the way. Dirk is very supportive and encouraging. Most importantly, Dirk provided me with How do you keep in touch? some practical insight into the working culture of the Dirk Robertson (BSc Sociology DR: Either by email, telephone or face to face. I now world of media and a few unwritten laws of the industry, 1987), actor and writer and Andrea mentor people from all over the world. If I am in their which has been very valuable to me and helped me Schuessler (intercollegiate with SOAS country and they want to meet up, we do so. When a lot to make a start and create opportunities and 2005), communications assistant with I went to Berlin for the LSE European Alumni Group networks for myself. After graduation I interned at the UN World Food Programme Leaders Forum, I was able to meet Andrea. CNN International and Reuters. At the moment I’m AS: We keep in touch via email. I really appreciate it working in the communications division of the UN How did it all start? that Dirk usually responds to my emails on the same World Food Programme in Berlin. I’m still working DR: I had been wanting to make a contribution to day, no matter whether he is in the UK, US, New towards my goal of becoming a journalist, partly also the School in some shape ever since I graduated in Zealand or India. Meeting in Berlin last November was because I would like to give something back of all the 1987, as my attendance at LSE was a life changing also a great opportunity to discuss things face to face. opportunities I had at LSE to make a contribution to experience. After a series of exchanges with the society. Overall, the mentoring scheme has helped me School, looking at what would work, I became a What makes it work? to develop a good feel for what I’m capable of, where mentor. I was staggered at the volume of people DR: Properly thought out advice and guidance. Not I would like to be and possible ways to achieve this. who got in touch with me, asking for very specific just some generic speech with a mentoring theme. advice, in most cases. If I were a mentee, I would expect a mentor to listen 16 I LSE Magazine I Summer 2007 I CLAIRE HARRISON 1996, MScEconomics1998),director The bestpartoftheexperiencehasbeenabout See www.lse.ac.uk/alumni/mentoring formore information clearly verybrightandtalentedbutwere being on theirgraduatescheme–andthenprogressed chosen not to go down candidates thathave career pathoutofLSE–IwenttoworkforAsda date Ihavementored five Sanjay Mazumder(BScEconomics and personallyreward- an extremely interesting some more newsfrom afemalementeewhois since January2003.To of IMAZLtd–mentor tended tomentorLSE their backgrounds. Iamalsoeagerlyawaiting through with them and acting as their sounding through other companies to run my own consulting the traditionalinvestment to thefactthatImyselftookanunconventional I havebeenamentor might otherwisehavestruggledtoimpress, given pooled inwiththeotherresources whenapplying LSE alumni. It has been LSE alumni.Ithasbeen for consulting positions. I enjoyed thinking things for consultingpositions.Ienjoyedthinkingthings ing experience. Ihave board. Itwasadelighttohearwhen each ofthem business, IMAZLimited. blue chipconsultingroutes. Thisisprobably due banking, academicor helping three individualsinparticular whowere landed their foot in the door of a company they looking toexpandherownbusiness. 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I 17 I A passionate advocate

Lord Grabiner QC steps down in December after nine years as chairman of LSE’s Council and Court of Governors. He spoke to Judith Higgin about why he has been such a staunch advocate for LSE and its principles.

‘I knew I wanted to be a lawyer but I had no ex- to record the Friday TV programme The 6-5 Special pectations of what university would be like. I used at ATV House which then backed on to LSE.’ to take the number 6 bus from the family home in Tony Grabiner graduated with a first class honours Hackney to the Aldwych. From day one it was a degree in 1966 and went on to gain an LLM from fantastic new experience.’ LSE with distinction in 1967. When Tony Grabiner arrived at LSE at the age ‘LSE was the turning point in my life. Many of my of 18 in October 1963, he was the first in his family contemporaries from school became hairdressers to go to university. He was educated at the Central and cab drivers but some went into the professions. Foundation Boys’ Grammar School in Shoreditch Getting a degree was crucial to me and my future and then took his first step to becoming a lawyer, career. I stayed on to do an LLM and taught at the but he says he didn’t know much about LSE before School for a while. At that time I was contemplating he applied for a place. an academic career. I then did the exams to qualify ‘I knew I wanted to go to university and that I want- as a barrister. Bill Wedderburn, who taught me labour ed to become a lawyer but I did so with trepidation. law and company law, introduced me to the then My parents needed a lot of persuading. In particular, chairman of the Court of Governors, Morris Finer. they were not willing to go along with my applying He was a distinguished QC and, after trying to talk to any university outside London so I applied to me out of going to the Bar (only for a few minutes), LSE, King’s and UCL. King’s said I didn’t have the he said he would find me a set of Chambers and a appropriate qualifications (which was probably true), suitable junior barrister who would take me on as his UCL offered me a place for the following year but pupil. I hoped, but did not expect, that much would LSE offered me an interview. All this happened in the come of this because Finer was so distinguished and summer after my A level results, immediately before he didn’t know me from Adam. It was also difficult to Lord Grabiner the start of the new term. I was interviewed by Colin get a pupillage in a good set of Chambers. I nearly Tapper. My memory is that the interview was not fell off my chair when at around midnight a couple of of Aldwych going brilliantly until he asked me if I had seen any days later he called me with the telephone number films recently. I had seen Fellini’s 81/2 the night before of the Clerk to the Chambers at One Essex Court LLB 1963-66 but had not understood it. He turned out to be a and said that he had fixed me up with the best LLM 1967 Fellini fan and conducted the rest of the interview in junior at the Bar.’ the form of a monologue. I listened politely and he He was duly called to the Bar in 1968 and did a Called to the Bar offered me a place to read for the LLB degree with pupillage with Sam Stamler in those Chambers. His (Lincoln’s Inn) 1968 immediate effect.’ specialisations were in commercial law, commodities Standing Counsel Department disputes, oil and gas litigation, arbitration and a of Trade 1976-81 What are your memories of LSE in the 1960s? host of related subject areas. He was appointed as ‘I didn’t get involved with the union or join many so- standing junior counsel to the Department of Trade Standing Junior Counsel cieties. I devoted most of my time to studying and (ECGD) and then a junior counsel to the Crown. In to the Crown 1981 attending lectures given by some of the most out- 1981, after only 13 years in practice and at the age Bencher of Lincoln’s Inn 1989 standing legal academics in the country – Bill Wedder- of 36, he was appointed Queen’s Counsel. burn, Aubrey Diamond, Gerald Dworkin, Stanley de He has acted over the years for a large number Head of Chambers One Essex Smith and many others. I was fortunate to be sitting of colourful and interesting clients including Robert Court 1994 to present at the feet of so many distinguished academics. I Maxwell (in connection with the Leasco scandal) Recorder of the Crown was enthused by them and by the subject. It was in the early 1970s, Rupert Murdoch and Times Court 1990-99 a most exciting time. I also played a lot of cricket. Newspapers in the battle between Fleet Street and ‘After a short time I moved from home into the print unions, Morgan Grenfell in the Guinness Deputy High Court Judge Commonwealth Hall, which other LSE graduates will affair and Mohammed al Fayed in the litigation which 1994 to present know is a University of London residence in Cartwright arose out of his battle with Tiny Rowland and the Life peer, Lord Grabiner Gardens in Bloomsbury, where I had even more fun. acquisition of Harrods. His regular clients over the This was the 1960s. Great music, interesting people, years have included banks, oil companies, insurance of Aldwych 1999 long hair – I have a vivid recollection of Mick Jagger companies, media companies and a host of others Chairman Arcadia Group walking through the Main Building towards the place including the Bank of England, the Financial Services (Topshop etc) 2002 to present where the old library was situated. He had no interest Authority and the Press Association. In a recent case in going into the library. His purpose was to sidestep he acted for Apple Computer Inc in its dispute with the screaming fans who were waiting for him to go in Apple Corps (The Beatles) in connection with the i-Tunes music store and the use of the Apple mark. 18 I LSE Magazine I Summer 2007 I MALCOLM RUSSELL

In that litigation he revived a 1960s soundbite to What are you most proud of during your working environment with facilities such as cafete- the effect that ‘even a moron in a hurry’ would not nine years as chairman? rias at ground floor level. It is difficult to believe that confuse Apple’s downloading system with a record ‘For me, the key to the job, and it took me a little time we have principal dining areas on the 4th and 5th label. He won that case and shortly afterwards the to appreciate this point, is to recognise the different floors of the Old Building serviced by two elevators. long running dispute between the parties was resolved. constituencies of the School. The core constituency The estate story is very important but I think we are It will soon be possible to download Beatles songs is the academic staff. The students are obviously im- making good progress. from the Apple Music Store. portant, as are the lay members and alumni. All these ‘The Princess Royal as the chancellor of the Since 1994 he has sat as a Deputy High Court constituencies have to be accommodated within the University of London opened the new library in 2001 Judge of the Chancery and Queen’s Bench debates that go on. It can be a demanding exercise. and that occasion stands out as a particular memory. Divisions. He is a director of the London Court I am proud of the level of student representation It was a fine project, brilliantly handled by every- of International Arbitration. which has been achieved within the School. That one involved, especially the then School secretary, He became a member of the LSE’s Court of was certainly not the case in the 1960s when a Christine Challis, and the librarian, Jean Sykes. The Governors in 1991 and vice-chairman in 1993. ‘It rather paternalistic regime applied. new Lord Foster designed library is a state of the art was Ralf (now Lord) Dahrendorf who brought me ‘As to individual issues, I think we have succeeded building and was achieved on time and to budget in back into the LSE fold as a governor. Sir Peter Parker in achieving major governance reforms. This was an aggressive financial environment. We have to be was chairman of the Court at that time. One day a delicate process but we have transformed the an institution that pays for itself and develops itself Sir Peter phoned and asked me to join him at the governance whereby the constitutional structure on the national and international stage. American Bar in the Savoy Hotel. Towards the end of the School flows from the Council rather than ‘We must continue to attract the best staff in order of the second bottle of champagne, I agreed to from the Court of Governors under the old system. to attract the best students and we must have match- become his vice-chairman.’ Members of the Council are directors of LSE, which ing facilities. I am especially delighted about the new ‘I was on the appointment panel for Tony Giddens is a company limited by guarantee. Thus the legal academic building on the corner of Lincoln’s Inn who came to the School in 1997. As soon as I met position is an accurate reflection of the governance Fields. It opens up LSE to a particularly attractive him it was clear to me that he was the person for structure we have adopted. This reform was achieved part of London and will dramatically improve the LSE the job. The rest of the committee took the same by consent, albeit over time, and I think is a major experience for staff and students alike.’ view. When it came to the appointment of Howard success story. Davies, I chaired the panel. He, like Tony, has proved ‘Another thing I am proud of is the development of So what is it about LSE that has made you to be a most outstanding appointment. The School the LSE estate during my time. One of the tragedies such a staunch advocate? has been very fortunate with the quality of these of the School is that, over many years, at critical ‘I think the School seeks to stick closely, even today, directors and the skills they have brought to the role.’ moments, it might have been possible to acquire to what the founders had in mind: the ethos of the Has being a lawyer helped you as chairman freeholds and to create a proper campus rather place is captured in the School motto rerum cogno- of LSE’s Court of Governors? than a collection of buildings nearby to each other. scere causas – to understand the causes of things. ‘I think it has helped, but then I would say that. One of Tony Giddens’ priorities was to focus on the LSE offers a strong intellectual tradition and it does My predecessor, Peter Parker, wasn’t from a estate and to improve the student experience. The so in the context of how the real world works at a legal background but he was a very experienced pedestrianisation project with Westminster achieved practical level. Generations of students have entered chairman. My successor, Peter Sutherland, is also the blocking off of Houghton Street and went a long their chosen jobs here and abroad, and have made a a lawyer – formerly the attorney general of Ireland. way to creating more of a campus. In my day, cars fabulous contribution. The School has been a brilliant I think legal skills are useful in running meetings. I passed through Houghton Street. That will never production line of talent to the benefit of the world think they also help when it comes to identifying happen again. And the strategy is to continue this. at large. I have been privileged to have been a small the issues and the core of a problem.’ We want to open up the estate and to continue to part of that and I think that many, if not most, LSE make LSE a more attractive student experience and graduates would see it in the same way.’ n

I Summer 2007 I LSE Magazine I 19 Indian prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh LSE AND India This academic year has seen some major new developments for the School in relation to India, with more planned.

The IG Patel Chair Sir Nicholas said: ‘IG Patel first gave me the oppor- tunity to work at LSE, and it is a great honour to hold Reunited Sir Nicholas Stern (left) the Chair in his name. His friendship and guidance Many reflections were shared by alumni of re-joined LSE on 1 June were cherished by all who knew him. Research on Indian origin at their reunion in April. as the first holder of Asia and on economic development has been at the the IG Patel Chair at heart of my academic life. I am pleased to be able Sunil P Shah, then a student from Mombasa, the School, heading a to continue this work and to develop and deepen Kenya, now chief executive of Coexis Ltd new India Observatory the relationship between LSE and India.’ and actively involved with the charity Sense within LSE’s Asia International, said: ‘Little did we realise that we Dr YV Reddy, governor of the Reserve Bank of Research Centre. were going to be a part of an important and India, said: ‘As a token of our gratitude and true to influential global network which would help us Formerly head of the UK the emotional commitment of Dr Patel to the cause grow, succeed and adapt to the western world.’ Government Economic of higher education and scholarship in a globalised Professor Inderjeet Parmar, head of Service and author of the environment, we are associating with LSE in insti- politics at Manchester University, was 2006 Stern Report on climate change, Sir Nicholas tuting a Chair in his memory.’ reminded of his radical days at LSE as an held the Sir John Hicks Professor of Economics Chair The School also thanks Simon W Glover (MSc Eco- active campaigner. Now he is making a at LSE from 1986 to 1994. He was appointed chief nomics 1980) for his gift of £100,000 in support of significant impact on global research on economist and special counsellor to the president at the India Observatory. Anglo-American relations. Ritesh Shah (BSc the European Bank for Reconstruction and Develop- Econ 1986) has worked in various parts of ment (1994-99), before becoming chief economist and LSE hosted the Asia Forum in association with the world with the Rabobank Group. Vijay senior vice-president of the World Bank (2000-03). a number of long term institutional LSE partners Thakrar is head of Ernst & Young UK/India He was also director of policy and research for the including the Reserve Bank of India, Tata Sons Ltd, services and was most impressed by the Commission for Africa which reported in March 2005. Standard Chartered Bank, and the Confederation event. He has many fond memories of his of Indian Industry. The announcement of Sir Nicholas’s new LSE role time at LSE and was genuinely touched by was made at the School’s third Asia Forum in New the progress it has made. Delhi in December. The Forum, opened by Indian Social entrepreneur and chief executive prime minister Manmohan Singh (pictured above), of Diverse Ethics Ltd, Dr Atul K Shah honoured Dr IG Patel (pictured right), the distin- (BSc Accounting and Finance 1983, MSc guished former governor of the Reserve Bank of Accounting and Finance 1988, PhD 1992) India and the School’s ninth director from 1984 to helped coordinate the event. He said: ‘I 1990. He died in July 2005. have just written a new book on diversity which draws on my 25 years of work The IG Patel Chair in Economics and Government and life experience. Many of these skills will lead the LSE India Observatory and honour the of communication and respect were contribution IG Patel made to public life, UK-India nurtured during my undergraduate and relations and the School. The Chair is supported postgraduate years.’ by the Reserve Bank of India and the State Bank of India.

20 I LSE Magazine I Summer 2007 I Urban Age – Mumbai November 2007

Urban Age is a worldwide investigation into the future of cities. Initiated by the Cities Programme at LSE and Deutsche Bank’s Alfred Herrhausen Society, Urban Age is structured cellence. The programme was initially established around international, multidisciplinary events Chevening Gurukul to mark the 50th year of Indian independence. and research supporting the creation of a new programme urban agenda for global cities. Following on from the first Gurukul public lecture LSE has been awarded the contract to run the by Sir Nicholas Stern in autumn 2006, this year’s In November 2007 the focus will be on Mumbai. Key Chevening Gurukul programme for the next three programme will include a follow-up lecture on ‘World speakers, including Sir Nicholas Stern, will be involved years by the British Council and the Foreign and Distribution of Income’ by Sir Tony Atkinson. in a major discussion about the future of Mumbai Commonwealth Office. and particularly the regeneration of a dockland area. The new Gurukul Leadership Foundation, which now In September the School will welcome the tenth has an established legal identity in India, is seeking to In the run up to the Mumbai event, Urban Age batch of scholars, who will participate in an inten- bring together alumni from the programme through public lectures took place at the School this sum- sive 12 week programme on leadership and ex- a range of professional networking events. mer term:

• Hari Sankaran, managing director of Infrastruc- platform for the series of seminars by internal and ture Leasing and Financial Services Ltd, on fi- A scholar’s perspective external staff. I distinctly remember the seminars nancing sustainable urban development – 4 June by Debasish Mishra, Chevening scholar 2006 of many eminent professors. • Professor Saskia Sassen, Center for Global Study visits were very important and useful parts Thought at Columbia University, and visiting Why globalisation? What are its implications on of the programme. The visits to the World Trade centennial professor at LSE, on global warming developing and developed nations? How to under- Organisation, the European Commission, and and the political economy of cities – 11 June stand, explore and realise its impact on leadership? the Scottish Executive, for example, provided Ricky Burdett, director of Urban Age, is curating an Twelve Indian budding leaders arrived in the early an opportunity for the scholars to interact with exhibition at London’s Tate Modern this summer on winter of 2006 at LSE in search of some answers the policy makers. The visit to Scotland was a Global Cities, see www.tate.org.uk to these questions. Hailed as one of the best lead- special learning area on the devolution of democ- ership development programmes, the Chevening racy. A Berlin visit will always be remembered The Alfred Herrhausen Society is the international Gurukul Programme on Globalisation and Lead- for ‘Deutsche Bahn’, the most developed and forum of Deutsche Bank. This year Deutsche Bank ership is an extremely rigorous 12 week schedule, organised surface transportation department announced the first Urban Age Award in New York. where organisers do their best to expose the global in the world. See www.urban-age.net world to these budding leaders. Within London we also went to British Petroleum, Scholars of the programme come from the civil Amnesty International and the BBC. Service, IT, banking, the media and the aviation industry, and represent India’s multi-cultural and Project preparation offers an opportunity to investi- multi-lingual heritage. Each scholar is a working gate and analyse a specific topic/hypothesis related executive with between six and ten years’ experi- to the scholar’s work area. It involves researching ence in their own profession with an enthusiasm and presenting on findings. This is a unique oppor- to scale the heights of globalisation! Excellence tunity for networking with UK peers. and a burning desire to sustain leadership is the Now back in India, I cherish the memorable days basis of a tough selection process by the Foreign at London and often get nostalgic. It was a small and Commonwealth Office and British Council. episode of learning and self-development that During the interview, you are thoroughly scanned was the best that I’ve had in my lifetime. on personality traits and leadership skills. For more on the Chevening Gurukul pro- The programme is broadly designed around gramme, see www.lse.ac.uk/collections/ seminars, study visits and project preparation, gurukulScholars packed with adequate room for self development and learning. LSE is undoubtedly an appropriate

To read more about the Asia Forum in India, see www.lse.ac.uk/india Indian alumni reunion in April

I Summer 2007 I LSE Magazine I 21 Rodent’s rambles

International No.1 Bestseller

owards the middle of last year I was astonishingly brilliant and wholly unclassifiable new clothes. How could anyone possibly admit having coffee with Hamish MacItup from the work, Glass, Gadamer, and Godot: the music of that they hadn’t already read our sparkling TTawney Institute. We were comparing strate- timelessness, and the delays of time. The beauty achievement? No one would dare ask to be gies for responding to the Research Assessment of the scheme was that since the book would be provided with a copy lest it be thought they Exercise, which requires all academics to produce called into being by the virtual world of reputation, didn’t already have one, or weren’t quite sure four ‘outputs’ for grading by a national panel of we wouldn’t need actually to write it: the reviews what it was about. And so it proved. No one experts. The greater the success of a department would be enough. It would exist in the minds of got more stars than us in the final round. We’d or a university in this exercise, the greater both its those who, like Hamish and I with Mishkoff, would got it sorted. prestige and its income. So plenty was at stake. never dream of actually seeking out the thing itself. Or so I thought until, a couple of days ago, I met Hamish pointed out that the government, if not Within two days of the first glowing discussion in Hamish in the British Library. ‘You’re looking this time, then next time, was toying with a metric a prominent Sunday newspaper, Glass had been rather glum,’ I said. ‘So should you be,’ he way of doing things. Careful researchers would quoted in the House of Lords, attacked by two replied.‘Haven’t you read it yet?’ ‘Read what?’ count the number of times your work was quoted bishops, mentioned in the letter columns of three ‘Gaskin McIllivray, Stravinsky and the Revenge of or cited, and score you accordingly. The more you national newspapers, anathematised on a north String Theory – he’s dismissed us as naïve post- were talked about, the better. It was at this point American evangelical radio station, and cited in, modernists. Look at the reviews.’ He smiled, and that, as if by simultaneous magic, we hit upon the to our knowledge, at least one LSE lecture. Press disappeared in the direction of Egyptology. n perfect response. The more outlandish a book, and television were seldom off the phone. Our Rodney Barker Hamish suggested, and the more it challenged future in the metric stakes was secure. the reader by flaunting things he or she couldn’t There was only one flaw in the scheme. If the possibly know about, the more widely it would review panel relied on metrics we were safe. All be authoritatively quoted. We remembered that, that mattered was how many times something only a couple of years back, Gabriella Mishkoff’s was cited, not how good it was or even if it massive and suggestive trans‑disciplinary study, existed. But the rumour was that this time Into the Curate’s Barometer: Haydn, Habermas, ‘Unique ... unrivalled... round a mixed methodology was going to be and the evolution of the post‑pastoral mind had this is a book that used, so the assessors would want to read the been on the late night talk show agenda for weeks. book. But then we remembered the Emperor’s challenges the very The book stalked on the edges of lectures and nature of existence’ bounced along in discussions. If Mishkoff could do it, so could we. The problem was deadlines. Could we write an impenetrably brilliant trans-disciplinary tour de force in a month? It was then that Hamish produced his wonder stroke. Neither of us, we realised, had ever read, or even glanced at, Into the Curate’s Barometer. But we had certainly talked about it, as had most of our friends and colleagues. There was the answer. We were both well acquainted with the London reviewing world, and had friends in the weeklies and monthlies. A few good dinners, and we were all set. Over two consecutives weeks, on either side of 1 April, five members of our conspiracy would print, under their own names, reviews which we had written in five different styles, four greeting with unstinting praise and one with furious hostility our

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Climate change Expedition reunion Concerning the article on climate change (LSE Magazine, winter 2006), reference is naturally made to the Stern Review. That review is by no means universally accepted. Furthermore, it has at least one very odd aspect. It lists a large number of documents which it has taken into account. Astonishingly, however, it makes no mention at all of the reports of the House of Lords Select Committee into the Economics of Climate Change. The body involved had five ex-cabinet ministers, was all-party, and its report was unanimous. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the body mainly responsible for putting out very strong views to the effect that climate The six week expedition was one of the most change is a major problem. Yet the House of In 1956 my husband Denis and I, with Jim exciting and exhilarating periods of our lives. Lords Committee attacked, as recently as 2004, Durbin, a reader in statistics at LSE and fellow We received a grant from the Mount Everest the IPCC in extremely strong terms, more or less member of the LSE Mountaineering Club (MC), Foundation, and one for medical research by suggesting that they were not up to the job. Stern and student doctor Edward Williams, made Edward, which enabled the expedition to go is naturally entitled to disagree with all that but an LSE MC expedition to the Karakoram ahead as, apart from these, we only had meagre not even to mention it is quite extraordinary. mountains between Pakistan and China. personal savings. A particular mountain, Lukpe The photograph (above) is of our expedition I very much enjoy going to LSE lectures but again Lawo Brakk standing 21,630 feet, captured group, printed in the Evening News on 1 June I have found that, at any rate on the question of our imagination, but bad weather prevented us 1956. [From left to right] Edward Williams became climate change, the panel is exclusively formed from reaching the summit. A second attempt Professor of Nuclear Medicine at the Middlesex of people who have already made up their on it did not take place until 1985 when Hospital, Denis and myself became educational minds. A debate with protagonists on both sides that team found an ice axe – still in excellent psychologists and worked in the same team for would, it seems to me, be a huge improvement. condition – left behind at our last camp. the Cheshire Education Authority until retirement, Stuart Wheeler and Jim Durbin continued his career at LSE, Denis and I celebrate our 57th anniversary London, UK becoming Professor of Mathematical Statistics, this year, so the School did well for us! now emeritus, and an LSE honorary fellow. Gwen Greenald (BA Sociology 1951, MA Last summer all four of us met up again at Jim Sociology 1954, Certificate in Mental Health 1955) William Baxter and his wife’s home in Suffolk to celebrate the and Denis Greenald (BSc Government 1950) 50th anniversary of this expedition, Edward and Chester, UK I was very glad to see a copy of the last Jim both then 82, Denis 80 and myself 76. LSE Magazine. A young Canadian lady who graduated about 50 years after I did (1953) was kind enough to share her copy with me. We were both in Cameroon (central Africa), Fabian connections she with her husband who is with the UN In connection with the installation of the My grandfather and Caroline Townshend’s and I representing Israeli business interests. Fabian window in LSE’s Shaw Library, I write brother-in-law, Frederick Keeling (always I was very moved when I came across the to let you know that the stained glass artist called Ben for some reason), was a prolific obituary on Professor William Baxter who Caroline Townshend was my great-aunt, and correspondent; a volume of his letters was head of the Department of Accounting my mother passed on to me a small collection was published under the title Keeling in my time. His invitation to myself and my of memorabilia about her work. My mother, Letters by Allen & Unwin in 1918, with an fellow overseas students to his house in then Joan Hillersdon Keeling, graduated from introduction by HG Wells and an appreciation Golders Green, ‘for tea’ as he put it, was a LSE in 1936; her mother, Rachel Townshend by Arthur Greenwood. Greenwood was heart warming experience for a young 18 year Keeling, who was Carrie’s sister, was active particularly interested in the work that old in a foreign land. You have no idea how in Fabian and Labour Party circles in London Keeling did on child labour before the war, his gesture of friendship and genuine open between the wars, and served as a Labour especially while working as the manager hospitality was appreciated by a young man councillor for Bethnal Green on the LCC of the Labour Exchange in Leeds. under Herbert Morrison. Her father, Frederick far away from home. Thanks for the memory! Hugo Radice Keeling, had been a rising star of the Fabians David S Cohen (BSc Econ 1953) Leyburn, N Yorks, UK before the war, but died at the front in 1916. Israel

I Summer 2007 I LSE Magazine I 23 All kinds of It has been a year of fresh arts projects at the School. artistry ‘Regent’s Canal’ by Juana Schlenker

‘Littlest Things’ by Sandra Renard

‘April 26, 1986: Danger and Disillusion’ (Chernobyl) by Knut Magnus Koren Photography School’s Arts Advisory Group, and Tom Eshelby, nearer. Her curious granddaughters followed us chair of the LSESU Arts Forum, then had the and started dancing for me. I remember this as Rothna Begum, LLM student and part- difficult task of choosing their 24 favourites from one of these rare moments of simple joy.’ time arts coordinator 2006-07, writes: the 100 entries.Distinguished international Juana Schlenker works in LSE’s Library. Her photographers Ali Kepenek and Anne Williams My first project was daunting. But I needn’t photo ‘Regent’s Canal’ was taken as one in whittled the 24 down to two runners up and have worried. LSE is not just about economics a series of pictures experimenting using long one overall winner. These were announced at and politics. There is a huge, diverse range exposure. ‘I found the different colours of the light a launch event in February in the Atrium of the of artistic talent across the School, among reflected on the river particularly attractive,’ she students and staff, just waiting to be unleashed. Old Building, where all 24 prints went on public said. display. When the School’s Arts Advisory Group The third runner up, receiving £25, was John and the SU Arts Forum decided to hold a Overall winner of the £100 prize was Knut Polley, an MSc International Relations student, photography competition in February, the Magnus Koren for ‘April 26, 1986: Danger and who took his image in Beijing. response was amazing. More than 400 entries Disillusion’ (Chernobyl). Knut, an MSc student in were received within two weeks. the European Institute, said: ‘Being in Chernobyl Many of the entries are now online to view in The prize for many of the student and staff 20 years after the disaster made an unforgettable the School’s web gallery LSE Perspectives at photographers is to see their print on display in impression on me.’ www.lse.ac.uk/collections/artsAndMusic an LSE classroom. Around 100 pictures have The joint runners up, receiving £50 each, were been chosen by LSE full-time staff photographer Sandra Renard and Juana Schlenker. Sandra, Arts Week 2007 Nigel Stead and these have now been installed in an MSc student in the Government Department, Tom Eshelby, chair of LSESU Arts School classrooms across campus. took the photo ‘Littlest Things’ in Turpan, Xinjiang Forum, writes: Two judges, Nick Byrne, director of the LSE region, China. She said: ‘As I was walking along Language Centre and a member of the the main street, an old lady motioned me to come 24 I LSE Magazine I Summer 2007 I Art at LSE

Benjamin (pictured), from September 2007. The fellowship is offered by the Royal Literary Fund, enabling established writers to spend two days a week in academic institutions, to provide support to students with improving their writing. Marina Benjamin was previously arts editor of the New Statesman and deputy arts editor at the Evening Standard. Her book, Rocket Dreams, was shortlisted for the Eugene Emme Literature Award. Her latest book is Last Days

Other art exhibitions and projects, October 2006 to June 2007

Arts Week’s ‘Colour the Street’ event George Bernard Shaw

March saw the very first Arts Week at LSE. This Artist Heather Barnett, working with staff, exciting venture was initiated by the LSESU students and alumni, is developing innovative Arts Forum to raise awareness of art at LSE projects inspired by archive material, research and to further enhance the art culture. It took studies, personal histories, interactions and place with the support of the Students’ Union experiments. She said: ‘There will be various and the LSE Arts Advisory Group. The LSESU opportunities for people to get involved as the Arts Forum worked with a number of the arts project unfolds. Urban Perspectives societies as well as with artist Heather Barnett, ‘Ideas have begun to emerge, including digital wall This exhibition at LSE by artist David of the ReCollect project. designs depicting the evolution of subjects taught Downes included over 14 drawings and Events occurred all over campus including a at LSE, and a memory-mapping project which paintings. It was organised through the Visual Art exhibition in Parish Hall of artwork aims to reveal individual significant moments in the LSE Arts Advisory Group, with the support by staff and students and ‘LondScapes’ – a life of the institution and its inhabitants. of Goldman Sachs and Prospects, the DegreeArt.com exhibition of the work of four employment arm of the National Autistic ‘Alumni, staff and students are invited to share University of the Arts students all featuring London. Society. See www.daviddownes.co.uk their campus stories, of personal, political Activities included ‘Clay Crush’ (a bed of clay or professional poignancy. These personal in Houghton Street); ‘The Thought Projector’ histories, from the corridors, rooms and (a portal for thoughts and hidden creative streets of LSE, will form the basis of a creative contributions that were immediately projected remapping of the campus.’ to join a live, constantly changing display in the To contribute, see www.recollect-lse.info Quad); ‘Colour the Street’ (students unleashed an explosion of decorations on Houghton Street); Islamic Art and ‘The Creative Canvas’ (students mapped out Books During Discover Islam Week in February creative ideas on three large canvases). LSE director Howard Davies is chair of there was an exhibition of calligraphy, and There is a wealth of artistic activity and talent at judges for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction a ‘human photo’ of 100 students gathering LSE that sometimes appears to go unnoticed. 2007, recognised as one of the world’s most to form the word ‘Salam’ in the John The hope is that the SU Arts Week will grow significant and prestigious literary prizes. Watkins Plaza. each year, helping the arts to play a larger part A regular fiction reviewer for The Literary Review, Into the Woods in the LSE student experience. for Books and Bookmen and The Times, he said: The Drama Society’s first musical in 20 ‘I was thrilled to have been asked to chair the Man years, with Howard Davies playing the Booker judges. Next to playing cricket for England, Performance Giant’s wife. it is my highest ambition.’ ReCollect at LSE The shortlist is announced in September 2007, The Muse ReCollect is an ambitious new arts initiative at and the overall winner in October. The second publication of the annual LSE, a creative investigation into the history, literary journal by the Literature Society. reputation and identity of the School. Howard Davies also spoke at the Hay Festival of Books in May Over the next two years ReCollect will collect, Arts Ball 2007 this year, with LSE interpret and disseminate the School’s diverse professors set to The first Arts Ball followed the success of histories through the research and production speak at related Hay Arts Week. of art works and events; including exhibitions, Festival events in See www.lse.ac.uk/collections/ installations, symposia, films and publications. In Segovia, Spain, and in artsandmusic April this included a promenade performance of Cartagena, Colombia. ‘What’s What!’ An Evening with Bernard Shaw, Meanwhile, LSE is MUSIC – read about LSE music in winter and an exhibition from the School’s Bernard Shaw to host its first Royal 2007’s LSE Magazine, out in December! photography archive. Literary Fellow, Marina

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The programme, Pathways to Law, starts in September. It is designed to attract fresh talent to the legal profession by targeting students Honorary awards from state schools who will be the first in their Nobel prize winner family to attend university, and whose parents Professor Robert are in non-professional occupations. Mundell and associate It is anticipated that close to 750 students a year editor of the Financial could be assisted by the year 2010. If they all were Times Martin Wolf Pathways to law to gain training contracts they would form about CBE (pictured) 12.5 per cent of the 6,000 solicitors who start the received honorary LSE is one of five leading universities chosen to next stage of their training. DSc (Econ) degrees of work as partners with The College of Law and the The College, which is donating £1.25m, will work the University of London at presentation Sutton Trust in a £1.5m programme over five years in partnership with the Sutton Trust, which is ceremonies in December. to encourage more students from non-professional contributing a further £250,000 and will manage Professor Mundell said: ‘This institution and poorer families to enter the legal profession. the project. is the most international institution of LSE, Leeds, Manchester, Southampton, Warwick This is one of a number of widening participation learning, I think, in the world, one of the and LSE were chosen because of the reputation projects run through Student Recruitment, which best Economic Departments and Schools of their law courses, their record of commitment to aim to encourage students from under-represented in the world. I am very proud to officially widening participation and their existing links with backgrounds to fulfil their potential at LSE and have this honour to be a member of it.’ the College’s five centres in Birmingham, Chester, other universities. Projects include the Student Martin Wolf said: ‘I consider this honour Guildford, London and York. Shadowing Scheme, Student Tutoring, LSE to be not just for me but for the profession The universities will work closely with sixth form Maths, LSE CHOICE and subject specific summer I practise. It is recognition by the UK’s students at local schools who have expressed schools. Thanks go to supporters including Merrill greatest public policy school that an interest in a legal career, helping them with Lynch, The Goldmans Sachs Foundation, the JLD economic journalism, with all that it can applications and interviews, and providing them Trust, Richard Delbridge and Bill Harrison. See bring to the quality of public life, matters.’ with mentors during their Law courses. www.lse.ac.uk/studentrecruitment The School welcomes five new honorary fellows this year, to be presented during The first event was a five day workshop hosted at July 2007 or subsequent ceremonies. Peking University in Beijing in April. The title of the Professor Kenneth Binmore is a fellow workshop was Informed Consent in Reproductive of the Centre for Philosophy at LSE and Genetics and Stem Cell Technology and the Role a visiting Professor of Economics at the of Ethical Review Boards. Participants included University of Bristol. He has also held the BIONET in China academics, ethicists, clinicians, lawyers and Chair in both Mathematics and Economics policy makers from China and Europe. There are LSE, in partnership with 21 European and at LSE. currently more than 88 Assisted Reproductive Chinese institutions, has launched the first event, Victor Dahdaleh has been a governor at Technology (ART) centres and ten sperm banks in China, of the three year BIONET project. LSE for eight years and is a member of the in China (as of December 2006). The BIONET project, funded under the EU’s 6th Campaign Committee. Professor Nikolas Rose, programme director of Framework Programme, examines the challenges The Hon Mr Justice Ribeiro read law BIONET and director of LSE’s research centre facing the ethical governance of research in the life at LSE (LLB 1971, LLM 1972) after being BIOS, said: ‘The discussions were very lively, and sciences and biomedicine in China and the EU. educated at La Salle College in Hong Kong. we also had participation from patients, listening The initial scientific focus of BIONET is on issues He is a Permanent Judge of the Hong Kong to their views on ART. All BIONET members in biomedicine, in particular new reproductive Court of Final Appeal (since 2000). technologies, stem cells, genomic research on are looking forward to the next three years of disease susceptibility and pharmacogenomics, collaborative research and the dissemination of Professor Saw Swee Hock gained and biobanking. this work.’ See www.lse.ac.uk/bios a PhD in statistics at LSE in 1963. He is Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (since 2003) and Graduates into work member of the board of trustees, National University of Singapore (since 2006). From 1 May the UK government’s new such as the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme Ratan Tata has been chairman of Tata International Graduates Scheme has been helping which is a route to settlement. Sons, the holding company of the Tata LSE graduates to continue to work in the UK. Howard Davies said: ‘This Scheme is very good Group, since 1991. In 2000 the Government The Scheme allows graduates with a bachelor’s, news for LSE graduates wanting to work in the of India honoured Mr Tata with one of its master’s or PhD degree to apply to work in the UK, and something we’ve been pressing the highest civilian awards, the Padma Bhushan. UK for up to one year. Beyond the 12 months, government to consider for some time.’ international graduates can apply for schemes I Summer 2007 I LSE Magazine I 27 LSE people Early years centre School council

Dr Garrett Brown, who completed his PhD The School is set to establish its first Staff in the Government Department, has won the Consultative Council this summer. Political Studies Association’s Sir Ernest Barker The Council will provide an opportunity for Prize for Best Dissertation in Political Theory for improved communication within the School 2005-06 for his thesis, ‘Kantian Constitutional and a formal consultation body for staff, with Jurisprudence’. He also won a Robert McKenzie representatives drawn from a range of staff groups. Prize for outstanding academic performance during the 2005-06 academic session. At the same time, the School is taking on board results from a staff survey held this year. Professor Stephen Nickell (MSc Economics 1970), School Professor of Economics until In terms of good practice, the School’s Academic Sir Michael Lickiss, governor and chairman of 2005, was awarded a CBE for services to and Professional Development (APD) division the Annual Fund, officially opened the new Early was awarded Investors in People status in economics in the New Year Honours. Twelve Years Care and Education Centre in January. The LSE alumni also received awards including January. APD comprises staff in the Teaching original LSE nursery was first opened in Parish and Learning Centre, LSE Careers Service and Dennis Sammut, who received an OBE for Hall in 1976. The development of the Drury Lane the LSE Language Centre. The division now joins services to conflict prevention and resolution hall of residence was an opportunity to meet the ranks of other Investors in People recognised in South Caucasus, and lawyer Sir Geoffrey L demand for more space, and the centre now areas including the Library, IT Services and the Bindman who received a knighthood. offers 63 places for children aged six months to Academic Registrar’s Division. Richard Sennett, professor of sociology, won the five years in its four rooms. 2006 Hegel Prize, awarded by the German city of Stuttgart. The Hegel prize has been awarded to to LSE after graduation to attend events such prominent thinkers every three years since 1970. Alumni survey as public lectures. Alumni reunions were also Past winners include Jurgen Habermas and Paul satisfactory, with 78 per cent of respondents More than 6,500 alumni completed the online Ricoeur. Professor Sennett was chosen as the considering that the quality of the reunions they survey between 21 February and 9 April this year 2006 winner for ‘a rational analysis of our times’. attended was ‘good’, ‘very good’, or ‘excellent’. – a response rate of 21 per cent of all alumni Nearly half of respondents would like to network Professor Howell Tong, Department of invited via email. The survey was conducted more with other alumni, while 34 per cent Statistics, has been awarded the Guy Medal by Ipsos MORI to identify awareness and would consider providing careers advice to in Silver by the Royal Statistical Society. expectations of the activities of the Alumni undergraduate students and 25 per cent would The award is in recognition of his important Association and the Alumni Relations programme. contributions to time series analysis, in like to be mentors in the Alumni Professional The main findings identified that LSE alumni particular for his fundamental and influential Mentoring Network. value their education experience and want to paper Threshold Autoregression, Limit The Alumni Association is looking closely do more for the School. A total of 75 per cent Cycles and Cyclical Data. Named after the at the findings to inform the future strategic of respondents describe their LSE education distinguished statistician, William Guy FRS, the development of alumni activities. See the results as having been ‘very good’ or ‘excellent’ and silver and bronze medals are awarded every online at www.lse.ac.uk/alumni 68 per cent of respondents have come back year, with the gold medal normally awarded every three years. Professor Arne Westad, Cold War Studies Lord Giddens portrait unveiled

Centre and the Department of International HUGHES DAVE History, has been shortlisted for the Arthur Professor Giddens, LSE director from 1997 Ross Book Award for his book The Global Cold to 2003, was made a life peer in May 2004. War: Third World interventions and the making of our times. The Arthur Ross Book Award is Artist Michael Noakes’ work is in many presented by the Council for Foreign Relations collections, including the private collection in recognition of books that have made an of the Queen, the British Museum, and the outstanding contribution to the understanding National Portrait Gallery. He has been president of foreign policy or international relations. of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and chairman of the Contemporary Portrait Society, Professor Conor Gearty, Centre for the and is a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Study of Human Rights, was on the panel of Painters. His current commission is from the judges for the Index on Censorship Freedom of Vatican to paint Pope Benedict XVI. Expression awards 2007 in London in March. He said: ‘I observed how dynamic a speaker Julian Le Grand, Richard Titmuss Professor Lord Giddens was when talking to his students. of Social Policy, is chair of one of four new He would float an idea, explore it more working groups set up to examine the UK A portrait of Professor Anthony Giddens, former thoroughly, and finally deliver his conclusion government’s Green Paper, Care Matters. LSE director, was unveiled in January. with force. It was this aspect of his personality The group examined the proposal to develop Commissioned by LSE, this unusual portrait that I thought could best be echoed by showing independent social care practices that would be by artist Michael Noakes is now on display in his left hand in three different positions. This commissioned by local authorities to undertake the Shaw Library. This follows its inclusion in is a break with conventional portraiture but work with children in care. an exhibition at the Royal Society of Portrait is virtually unique and which I felt he would Painters in London this spring. respond to with enthusiasm.’

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international aid and development been affected by the so-called ‘war on terror’? Anne Bohm tribute At the heart of these questions is an issue being addressed by the Non-Governmental Public Action Research Programme (NGPA), launched in March. The NGPA aims to better understand the impact that the activities of non-governmental agencies have on reducing poverty and exclusion, and in bringing about social change. MARIA MOORE NGPA is based at LSE and led by Professor Jude Howell of LSE’s Centre for Civil Society. It involves an investment by the Economic and Social Research Council of £5.24 million and, so far, 37 separate research projects have Duncan Green, head of research at Oxfam GB, helped launch the NGPA programme been commissioned. A unique aspect of the programme is that it is offering fellowships for Over 150 alumni, former and current staff, family community activists – a novel approach aimed and friends of Dr Anne Bohm OBE gathered in NGPA launch at bridging research and practice. February for a fitting tribute to Dr Bohm’s life Why are so many Pakistani children being Professor Howell said: ‘Public action by, and and impact on LSE. educated at religious madrasas and what are for, disadvantaged people is increasingly The audience heard tributes from Dr Nicolas these schools contributing to the development significant at local and international levels. The Garganas, Emeritus Professor Eileen Barker OBE process in Pakistan? Do musical events such as focus of the programme takes in a broad range (pictured), Richard Shepherd MP and Professor ‘Make Poverty History’ or ‘Rock Against Racism’ of formal and informal groups concerned with Peter Hennessy, as well as a written message have any long-term political impact? And how has poverty reduction and social transformation.’ from Paul Volcker. A drinks reception in the Shaw Library then provided guests with the opportunity to reminisce and share stories about how Anne had affected their lives, and to step out onto the terrace outside the Shaw Library, which has now been named in Anne’s honour.

Abbey link

LSE has signed an agreement with Abbey, part of the Santander Group. LSE is one of the first UK universities to work with the Santander Group, whose ‘Santander Universities’ scheme already supports over 500 universities across Spain, Portugal and Latin America. The agreement will

DAVE HUGHES DAVE provide support for extra-curricular training in ‘excellence in entrepreneurship’ through the LSE Sporting success Careers Service; scholarships for postgraduate students from countries in the Santander Congratulations to LSE students and Tom Jacques, a Geography and Economics Universities scheme to study at LSE; and travel teams on some major achievements this undergraduate, won the light welter weight scholarships for LSE students and staff to study academic year: division of the BUSA boxing championships held or research in one of the ten countries within in Aberdeen in December. The LSE Men’s Basketball team (pictured) Santander’s network. In addition, the Santander won the British Division II National Championship Kizito Kiyimba, a fourth year PhD Philosophy Group will support LSE in exploring the introduction with a 102-41 ‘rout’ of the University of Bolton in of Science student, and Haymon Sinapius, of smart cards for the university community. Sheffield in March. This was the third in a series a third year BSc Philosophy and Economics of victories after they won the Southeastern student, represented the LSE Karate Club in the Howard Davies and António Horta-Osório (pictured), chief executive of Abbey, signed the agreement in 2B League Championship in February and the Karate Union of Great Britain student nationals the presence of Abbey chairman Lord Burns and LSE University of London Cup in the same month. ‘The competition in November. The team won Gold in director of finance, Andrew Farrell Beavers’ were selected by the LSESU Athletic the Male Team Kumite and Bronze in Team Kata. Union as the 2006-07 team of the year. Haymon also won individual Silver and Bronze Georgina Hingley, a first year Economics student, medals in the other two categories he entered. won the British Universities Sports Association (BUSA) Individual Tennis Championships, and £800, at Loughborough University in December. Top row (left to right): head coach Torbjorn Gehrke, She next plays in America against other top Mark Ferullo, Pascal Noel, Andrew Butters, Nicholas Broadway, Giovanni Graglia, Daniel Greenberg, university players in September 2007 and, if captain Justin Gest, Edward Wexler-Beron successful, could compete in the World University Bottom row: Robert Steinmetz, Milidrag Milidrag, Games in Singapore and Thailand. captain Henrik Jorem, Michael McMahon I Summer 2007 I LSE Magazine I 29 Research news Turning the tide? 25 years ago they were unpopular council estates, suffering from poor management, dilapidated environments, bad reputations and high proportions of empty homes. Today, after spending on homes and environments, more intensive neighbourhood management and long-standing community involvement, most of them appear to be turning the tide. In the largest research project of its kind, tracking progress on 20 estates in London, the Midlands, the North East and North West since 1980, the report for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation examines the key changes and what lies behind them, from national policy to community activity. It also captures the impact of the recent strong economy and housing market on the estates. Ten years ago, the estates were described in an earlier report as ‘swimming against the tide’ PICTURE COURTESY OF THE ALZHEIMER’S SOCIETY of social problems. Report author Rebecca Tunstall said: ‘Most of the estates have turned Impact of dementia in the UK from a vicious circle of deprivation and stigma There will be over a million people in the UK with that two thirds of people with dementia are to a virtuous circle of improved popularity and dementia by 2025, according to a major study women. Two thirds of people with dementia live easier management.’ on the prevalence and cost of dementia. The in the community, with family carers saving the Reflecting back over the past decade, staff and research for the Alzheimer’s Society provides UK over £6 billion a year. residents of over three-quarters of the estates felt the most detailed and robust picture to date of The research also finds that the proportion of improvements had taken place, adding to positive its social and economic impact. It shows that as people with dementia doubles for every five year changes in the 1980s and early 1990s. One the UK’s population ages, the number of people age group. One third of people over 95 have resident in London said: ‘This estate is the pride with dementia will grow substantially. dementia. Delaying the onset of dementia by of the local authority,’ while a resident in the North Dementia currently costs the UK £17 billion a five years would halve the 60,000 deaths a year West said: ‘If I won the lottery I wouldn’t move.’ year. The study, carried out by Professor Martin that are directly attributable to it. Read more at Knapp, Personal Social Services Research Unit For more information and to download a summary http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/case/news.asp (PSSRU) and Professor Martin Prince, Institute of the report see www.alzheimers.org.uk of Psychiatry at King’s College London, shows

Parents in the driving seat? The authors identified a need for a debate on collaborative research project, EU Kids Online, faith based schools, and concluded that there has been set up to give a picture of children’s In the 2005 White Paper, Higher Standards, Better was a case for reviewing procedures for setting internet use across Europe, and perceptions of Schools for All, the government promised ‘to put up academies to bring them into line with the risk and regulations in place within families. parents in the driving seat’ and to give parents the establishment of other types of schools. right to ask for a new school. The three-year project, funded by the EC Safer For more information and to download a copy of Internet plus programme, is the first systematic During 2006 Professor Anne West and Hazel the report, see www.risetrust.org.uk/parents.html European comparison of research on children Pennell, Centre for Educational Research, and young people’s experience of the internet investigated 15 parent campaigns for and against and online technologies. By comparing the setting up of new schools, to find out the available research in 18 countries, over 200 extent to which parents’ views were taken on separate projects have been identified and board. The research, commissioned by Research linked to a publicly searchable repository. and Information on State Education (RISE) and Sonia Livingstone, professor of social funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, aimed psychology and director of EU Kids Online, to identify what lessons could be learnt for school said: ‘There is a growing body of research planning in the future. showing that the internet can be risky The authors found that parents’ involvement in for children and teenagers, though it also the planning and setting up of new schools was has lots of benefits. Compared with other limited, particularly in relation to academies. The European countries, British parents are aware

campaigns for a new school appeared to be IMAGE: SXC of this, but they still need more guidance, especially as they don’t always know what more successful than those against. There were EU kids online similarities in the experiences of campaigners their children are up to and because the irrespective of the type of campaign, with most Almost a fifth of European parents, including risks themselves are changing all the time.’ UK parents, believe their child has encountered reporting problems in accessing information. See www.eukidsonline.net harmful or illegal content on the internet. A new 30 I LSE Magazine I Summer 2007 I LSE news

The future of social housing in England Jigsaw cities

The report examines how social housing Britain’s intensely urban – provided by councils and not-for-profit and increasingly global housing associations – performs against communities are like its key objectives. It finds that rents have interlocking pieces of a remained affordable while house prices complex jigsaw, hard to see have doubled. Despite improvements in the apart yet deeply unequal. How physical standard of stock, one in seven did our major cities become so social tenants are dissatisfied with their divided? How do they respond to housing and local area and accommodation, one in five neighbourhood decay? with their landlord and a quarter with the Using Birmingham as a case study, a new standards of repair and maintenance. book by Professor Anne Power, Social Policy, The study reveals that 70 per cent of social and John Houghton, University of Minnesota, tenants are now in the poorest two-fifths of the examines the origins of Britain’s acute urban population, and half of social housing is in the decline, the idea that ‘one size doesn’t fit all’, IMAGE: SXC most deprived fifth of areas. Unemployment and the continuing urban flight that traps the Major reforms are needed to realise the is at twice the national rate. This is partly poor and pays the rich to move out. potential of social housing in England, because those with the greatest needs are Jigsaw Cities: big places, small spaces is available which plays a crucial role in the lives of screened into social housing, but out of from Policy Press, www.policypress.org.uk four million households. This was the private housing, but it also reflects its location conclusion of an independent review for in particular areas, and the ‘strikingly low’ the government by Professor John Hills, rate of tenants’ job-related house moves. Mental health expenditure Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion. Professor Hills said: ‘We tend to think of Research for the Scottish Parliament’s Health support with housing and support towards Professor Hills calls for more attention to be Committee reveals that the proportion of work in separate boxes – but often housing given to existing homes and current tenants, funds invested in mental health services and for the creation of a better income mix problems have their fundamental roots in Scotland has fallen over the past six in areas dominated by social housing. More in people’s weak position in the labour years, despite substantial increases per should be done to address worklessness market. We need to do more to bring head in NHS expenditure. The study was and support the livelihoods of tenants; and support for housing and work together.’ carried out by Dr Sean Boyle, LSE Health a wider range of choices should be offered For more information and to download and Social Care. See www.lse.ac.uk/ to tenants and others in housing need – but a copy of the report see http:// collections/pressAndInformationOffice/ without removing security of tenure. sticerd.lse.ac.uk/case/news.asp researchExcellence.htm

Faith schools Pupil background and ability, rather than teaching This box was made Museums key to Britain’s standards, account for higher attainment levels at for walking success as creative economy faith primary schools, according to research by Dr Steve Gibbons and Dr Olmo Silva, Centre for Personalisation and interactivity will be the Britain’s museums and galleries are among the Economic Performance. See discussion papers at key drivers of mobile TV, according to the first best in the world and have an annual turnover http://cep.lse.ac.uk/research/skills comprehensive study of how mobile television of more than £900 million. Seven of the top is likely to transform the television viewing ten visitor attractions in the UK are museums experience. Its introduction and adoption will and 43 per cent of the population visited a Population mobility ultimately give way to a more personal and museum or gallery at least once last year. The impacts of population mobility and transience private experience than that of traditional These are the findings of a report for the National on London boroughs are examined in a report by broadcast TV, with big implications for users, Museum Directors’ Conference and the Museums, Tony Travers, LSE London, Dr Rebecca Tunstall, content providers and advertisers. The report Libraries and Archives Council by Tony Travers, lecturer in housing, and Professor Christine for Nokia, by Dr Shani Orgad, Media and Greater London Group. However, the report Whitehead, professor of housing economics, with Communications, predicts that users will be able warns that up to a third of museums’ displays Segolene Pruvot. See www.lse.ac.uk/collections/ to receive content anytime, anywhere, choose and facilities are in need of significant renovation pressAndInformationOffice/researchExcellence.htm what is most relevant to them, and even create and upload their own television content, while and that income has not been rising as fast as staff and other inflationary costs in the economy. programme makers and advertisers will be able to Choose life tailor their offerings more specifically to the user. Tony Travers concluded: ‘The UK’s museums The first phase of Choose Life, the national ‘Mobile TV will become a multi-media device and galleries could, with greater capacity to strategy and action plan to prevent suicide with an emphasis on interactivity and user- expand and improve, allow this country to be in Scotland, has been completed by a generated content,’ said Dr Orgad. a world leader in creativity and scholarship.’ research consortium including LSE’s Download a copy of the report at www.lse. For more information and to download a copy, Personal Social Services Research Unit. ac.uk/collections/pressAndInformationOffice/ see www.lse.ac.uk/collections/pressAnd Download the report at www.scotland.gov. PDF/Mobile_TV_Report_Orgad.pdf InformationOffice/researchExcellence.htm uk/Publications/2006/09/06094657/0 I Summer 2007 I LSE Magazine I 31 In association with

Enterprise Campaign for LSE

2007 will mark Campaign completion Howard Davies writes: Annual Fund and world leaders with the knowledge and tools to produce international change. We are delighted that so many of you have already chosen to share that same vision and ambition in offering your support to the School. The Campaign has had a direct impact on every aspect of life at the School, enabling innovative global research, supporting students and transforming campus facilities. LSE has been able to award scholarships to over 200 students this year alone, and the New Academic Building I am delighted to announce that, with the will provide active and flexible teaching and continued support of alumni and friends, by learning space for the School. the end of 2007 we expect to have reached However, whilst we will certainly celebrate the our Campaign goal of £100 million. This will be end of this campaign and its achievements, one of the largest completed campaigns in the our long term vision for the expansion and higher education sector to date in the UK. development of LSE is only just beginning. LSE has a long tradition of contemporary We are aware that in order to continue this The Campaign is also being supported by an thinking and, thanks to the support of alumni legacy of enabling understanding and change, ongoing commitment from alumni and friends and friends, the Campaign for LSE has enabled the School will need to develop alongside the to the LSE Annual Fund, the School’s annual- the School to continue that tradition, influencing changing face of the world and your continued giving fundraising initiative. economic and political policy on a global scale. support will be vital to ensure the foundation of The Annual Fund receives gifts from alumni, The School is a place of ideas, where a permanently stronger LSE with the capacity friends, family, governors and staff of LSE to contemporary challenges are debated and to contribute and compete on a global scale. provide unrestricted funds to support projects and solutions developed, providing policy makers initiatives throughout the School that would not otherwise be possible. Scholars set sail with Stelios The Annual Fund appeals consist of letters and telephone calls to alumni by the Annual Fund In March, 40 Stelios Scholars from LSE and City Stelios said. ‘I hope that over the ten years ‘Beavers’ – a group of dedicated and outgoing of London Business School were invited to join the 200 Stelios Scholars will stay in touch and LSE students, who share an enthusiasm for the easyGroup entrepreneur and LSE alumnus Stelios become a powerful network and a force for School, and love talking to alumni and friends. We Haji-Ioannou on an all expenses paid trip to good! There is no better way to get to know ask donors to support the Annual Fund with gifts celebrate the inaugural cruise of easyCruiseTwo. each other than going on a cruise together. of a size that they can repeat each year, creating Stelios graduated from LSE in 1987 with a BSc I am delighted they all had a great time!’ a culture of annual giving to enable a substantial Econ (Industry and Trade). In 2005 he pledged See www.lse.ac.uk/financialsupportoffice collective gift from the LSE community every year. £2 million over ten years towards scholarships for more on the Stelios scholarships. The Annual Fund has raised nearly £3 million since and financial support for UK and other EU it was first set up in 1997 and, in the last year students, and now ten Stelios Scholarships are alone, raised over £500,000, supporting projects awarded each year for undergraduates studying which will have a direct impact on academic life, business related disciplines. campus environment and facilities and student life On the weekend trip, the scholars sailed to at the School. Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp and Brussels, This year’s funded projects include scholarship with Stelios himself on board to mark the first and hardship support for students, research cruise of the season. For Manuel Stotz, an funding, hockey equipment and floodlights for Economics student, the trip was certainly a the AU, the refurbishment of the Quad and Old memorable experience: ‘It exceeded all of our expectations and was the highlight of the term.’ Theatre, and seed funding for the LSE Energy Fund, highlighting the variety of interest and easyCruise alumni discount activity around the School. easyCruise are offering LSE alumni a 20 per Annual Fund appeals run between 1 August cent discount on all easyCruise trips for 2007. and 31 July, the School’s financial year. easyCruiseOne is sailing in Greece until To view a full list of projects and to see 18 November and easyCruiseTwo is sailing in how your support makes a difference, visit Holland and Belgium until 21 December. To www.lse/annualfund.ac.uk book, please go to easyCruise.com and enter the promotional code LSE20.

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50+ alumni reunion

Over 300 LSE alumni who graduated before, or in, 1957 reunited in March for the 50+ reunion event. The celebration began with an excellent lunchtime cruise on the Thames aboard the Dixie Queen, a splendid replica of a Mississippi paddle steamer. Alumni and guests then returned from 1959 reunion lunch Greenwich to LSE for a welcome from director ‘We had our 50th anniversary lunch at the East Howard Davies and David Kingsley, chair of India Club in St James’s Square. From left to the LSE Alumni Association. Speeches were right in the photo are Michael Gabitass, Brian followed by tours of the School and a lecture Smith, Andrew Sebastian, Bob Speed, Tony by Professor Emeritus Lord William Wallace, Henry and Don Wilkes. Apart from Don, we whose talk on global politics in the world post have been meeting on a regular basis for the US hegemony was a tour de force. last four years (this was Don’s first encounter The day was rounded off with drinks and dinner with most of us since leaving LSE in 1959). in the staff dining room, at which alumni were It was such a success that we hope to meet treated to an entertaining after dinner speech again in April or May next year and thereafter by Keith Mackrell, who recalled life in 1950s at least twice a year. If any of our fellow Passfield Hall. contemporaries would like to join us at future Superb weather was the icing on the cake of jollies, feel free to get in touch with us via the what was a most enjoyable day. Many thanks Alumni Relations Team, email reunions@lse. to all who came, and we hope to see you back ac.uk or call +44 (0)20 7955 7050.’ at LSE again soon! Brian Smith (BSc Economics 1959)

Calling all business administrators

‘In May 2003 Michael Jefferson organised a The operation was based on the experience of successful reunion for fellow members of his the Harvard Business School. 1962-63 class. The ten participants were the Economic depression delayed the launch of only group ever to gather together from among the new course to 1931. It then took place some 600 men and women who completed every year until its interruption by World War the LSE’s one-year postgraduate course Two. Post-war accommodation problems Coming back, in business administration. The first course delayed its revival until 1948. It then continued giving back started in 1931. It came to an end with the along the pre-war pattern, with 20 to 30 class of 1966-67. postgraduate students each year, until the final Each year the School hosts alumni reunions The course originated in 1929 with a group of class came to an end in the early summer which provide special opportunities for former businessmen, headed by Richard Burbidge, of 1967. classmates to return to campus and catch up with old friends. Many alumni chose to mark general manager of Harrods, proposing to Some 350 men and 50 women completed their anniversary year by making a collective gift LSE that it set up ‘a business administration the one-year post-war course. At least 250, to the School’s Annual Fund through the class department for training and investigation’. The perhaps 300, will still be alive today. Most will giving programme. idea was that subscribing companies would raise now be in retirement. Perhaps 50 to100 will sufficient funds to maintain this new department still be actively employed. This short note is In the last year, the classes of 1956 and beyond, ‘for an experimental period’ of five years. The intended to reach out to all who completed 1970-71, 1980-81, 1990-91 and 1996 made original intention was that students would be the course, asking them to contact Alumni collective gifts, contributing significantly to the drawn from companies that were starting to Relations at LSE. We hope this will lead to a success of the Annual Fund. recruit young men as management trainees. printed record of the course and to a reunion.’ This year, the classes of 1957 and earlier, 1972-73 Their two year contracts would open with the and 1992-93 are celebrating their anniversary one year full time course at LSE, followed by a John Seekings, class of 1952-53, email: reunions. For more information about reunion part-time year when they would pursue further [email protected] giving, please see www.lse.ac.uk/collections/ study under the supervision of the department. LSEAnnualFund/reunionGiving.htm

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Midlands Friends of LSE FROM THE ALUMNI Our first event of the year was the AGM, in ASSOCIATION CHAIR Hereford, and we were honoured to have Judge David Miller, a High Court judge and alumnus (LLB Dear fellow alumni 1959) speak to us. Our spring meeting took place and alumnae in April at Webbs Garden Centre in Droitwich. This The LSE Students’ Union is one of the largest independent garden centres and the Student International in the country, and is owned by Richard Webb, Society invited my wife, also an LSE alumnus (Diploma in Business Studies Gisela, and myself to their 1966). Later in the year, we will meet in Birmingham, annual big event in the where the daughter of one of our members is Old Theatre. They call it going to talk to us about her life and work in ‘The Global Show’ and a Palestine. We are also hoping to visit LSE in the MARIA MOORE ‘Celebration of Diversity’. autumn. I regret that we have lost three members recently, Stephen McCombie of Abergavenny, Watching the Global Show reminded me that, Peter Underhill of Worcestershire, and Frank whatever subject we study while we are at LSE, Cummins of Birmingham. We would welcome new we take away more than a degree with us – we members in any area of the Midlands, or Welsh cannot escape from LSE without becoming borders. If you are interested in joining, please internationally minded. contact Margaret Griffiths, honorary secretary on Led by dynamic Fadhil Bakeer Markar of Sri [email protected] or 01886 853543. Lanka (Fadhil will be the next General Secretary Margaret Griffiths (BSc Geography 1965) of the SU in 2007-08), the production crew plus performers in the Global Show added up to Alumni Disability Interest Group nearly 100 students from about 50 countries The Alumni Disability Interest Group (ADIG) is – all young people studying for an LSE degree, a new group, established to provide a forum they performed more like graduates from a for LSE alumni with disabilities to network drama school. with each other, for both career and social opportunities and to keep in touch with the The whole show demonstrated better than any Top: The Global Show Disability Office within the School. With changes slogan can, that the School is indeed one of the Above: The networking reception after the Annual to the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) requiring Focus on Entrepreneurship event. This event is the most international academic institutions in the world. all public bodies and institutions (including most popular in the Graduates of the Last Decade There were two quirky examples of international LSE) to meet a Disability Equality Duty, there (GOLD) calendar role reversal diversity in the show that could only has never been a better time for disabled happen at LSE: one was a Russian student with a LSE alumni to meet and exchange ideas. good voice who insisted on singing Sinatra’s ‘My The new legal duty means that LSE must Way’; the other a brilliant martial arts expert who actively promote disability equality in all its was born in China but is now a US citizen – and decisions. A key part of the new legislation (when not at LSE) is in the US Marine Corps. is the requirement (from December 2006) to produce a Disability Equality Scheme (DES). The Old Theatre is used to having presidents, The alumni group contributed to the production prime ministers and academic celebrities from of the School’s current DES, and will be playing around the world on its stage over the years, a very active role in updating it for publication in although the Peacock Theatre has taken on December 2007. Our aim is to improve the LSE much of that task recently. But that Global experience for students with disabilities. Show did just as much to establish the School’s reputation around the world. ADIG held its inaugural lunch at the School on 14 November 2006, as part of the School’s And you as alumni, however far away from LSE disability awareness week. The guest speaker you are, can contribute to LSE’s Global Show was Dave Morris, the mayor’s adviser on disability, as well. Let me know how you feel you can help who led a stimulating discussion on disability and LSE to be more visible in your part of the world employment. Sponsorship for the event came stage. All ideas will be looked into and reported Want to join a UK or international group? from ‘Diversity Advisers’. We have plans to host back to you. Please see www.lse.ac.uk/alumni and a series of meetings with the diversity advisers of click on groups or email alumni@lse. major companies, to make links and build longer David Kingsley OBE, chair LSEAA ac.uk, or write to the Alumni Relations relationships. To know more, please contact Susan email: [email protected] team, Office of Development and Alumni Watson, at [email protected]. Relations, LSE, Houghton Street, London Susan Watson (BSc Social Policy and WC2A 2AE. Administration 2003, MSc Criminal Justice Policy 2004) I Summer 2007 I LSE Magazine I 35 Economicals LSE Crossfire’s round table debates are held Following last season’s spectacular success, regularly in London and address topical and with title wins for the seconds and fourths contentious issues. In September 2006, LSE (see the winning fourths team opposite) Crossfire explored the debate over UK extradition and promotion for the firsts, topped off with law and hosted Alun Jones QC, the barrister who a Spring Cup victory for the fourths, it’s defended the so-called ‘NatWest Three’ bankers been a period of quiet consolidation for the during their battle against extradition from the UK Economicals. New leagues have meant new to the US. challenges, although the seconds, thirds and Membership is free and open to all alumni fourths are all pushing hard for promotion. worldwide. International members are welcome The fourths reached the final of the London to download podcasts of past events and Old Boys’ Cup, on the back of a 25 goal many interact with each other via internet video haul from Joe Williams (BSc Accounting and conferencing and email. For more information, Finance 2005), but fell at the final hurdle. please contact Alberto Lidji at info@lsecrossfire. You can keep up to date with the progress org or visit www.lsecrossfire.org of the Economicals at the league website www.amateurfootballcombination.com or Lawyers’ Alumni Group The Lawyers’ Alumni Group Annual Dinner at www.economicals.co.uk. Anyone looking was held in February and once again there to get involved in playing for the Economicals, was an excellent turn out for our principal or just wishing to discuss sponsorship guest, Peter Sutherland KCMG, who will opportunities, please contact Chris Cooper at take over from Lord Grabiner as chairman of [email protected] or on the LSE Court of Governors in January 2008. 07802 419090 or Sean Gollogly at sean.gollogly@ In his after dinner speech Peter Sutherland racingpost.co.uk or on 07831 602291. described some of the highlights of his career The Economicals cricket club also requires players including his period as attorney general of Ireland for the new season. We play on Saturdays at and his service as European commissioner. Berrylands, and all standards are welcome. There were also contributions from Lord Grabiner, Please call or email Chris Cooper for more details. who thanked Peter Sutherland on behalf of all Environmental Initiatives Network guests, and from Professor Hugh Collins who spoke of the achievements of the Law Department EIN hosted two interesting and highly topical and its aspirations as it looks forward to moving events in February. The first concerned the Above: The 2006 winning fourths team of into the New Academic Building in Lincoln’s Inn the Economicals environmental and social consequences of Fields. In addition, Emma Harling-Phillips, president Top right: the Lawyer’s Alumni Group dinner China’s headlong pursuit of economic growth. of the students’ Law Society, spoke of the work in February In the context of Dongtan, Shanghai’s new of the Society and extended her thanks to the Above right: Rafael Alves de Almeida, president eco-city, Professor Herbert Giradet described of the LSE alumni association of Brazil Lawyers’ Group for the support received. the environmental impact or ‘footprint’ of a large Far right: At the Berlin event in November (left modern city and the problems that such cities will A feature of the evening was the presence of to right) David Kingsley, chair of the LSE alumni create unless they are made more sustainable. many of the students who had been awarded association, Margitta Wuelker-Mirbach, president of the German alumni group, Howard Davies and Isobel Hilton, an expert on China who presents Department prizes for their work during the year. George Grosz, president of the French alumni group the BBC radio programme Night Waves, spoke Audrey Zhao, a third year student, responded on about the concerns of Chinese people about behalf of the recipients and gave a very stimulating the pollution and environmental degradation report upon her experiences as an LSE Law caused by industrial development, and how the student. government of China addresses these issues. Membership of the group is open to all LSE In the second, John Bunzl, founder of the alumni and is free for the first three years after graduation, then £25 per year or £60 for three International Simultaneous Policy Organization, years. New members are always welcome – to spoke about its aims and techniques. While sign up please go to www.lse.ac.uk/alumni politicians and governments may have excellent David Goldstone (LLB 1952), chair ideas for combating such international problems as global warming, they are often frightened to BRAZIL implement them unilaterally for fear that this will Rafael Alves de Almeida (LLM International damage the competitiveness of their country’s Business Law 2004), Dr Aristides Inácio Ferreira economy. The Simultaneous Policy campaign is Marques (PhD Regional Planning 1986), and other designed to harness ‘people power’ so as to put alumni set up the LSE Alumni Association of Brazil pressure on politicians in every major economy to in 2006. The group was launched in São Paulo on implement effective measures simultaneously. 2 June and in Rio de Janeiro on 9 June. In both Henry Thoresby (BSc Econ 1961), chair cities, the meetings were held at the British Council. LSE Crossfire During August, alumni dinners were held in LSE Crossfire is an alumni group dedicated Brasília, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. In to the exchange of ideas and powerful November, the LSE Alumni Association of Brazil debate. The group was founded in 2004 had our annual dinner in São Paulo, together and has members across six continents. with the alumni groups of Columbia and Harvard Universities and MIT. 36 I LSE Magazine I Summer 2007 I Tell us more

We intend to increase our activities and organise EGYPT by Shan Sa, a novelist living in Paris, and in academic events, such as seminars involving LSE February we had a lecture and reception with LSE alumni in Egypt are regularly attending faculty members here in Brazil, or with other alumni Monique Saliou, adviser to Ségolène Royal on the monthly dinner event series organised by associations in South America. European and International Affairs. In April, we the Association of Graduates and Trainees gathered to hear Julien Vaulpre (MSc Economics We are also organising our National Directory from Britain in Egypt (www.agtbe.org). Recent of Members and any alumnus/a in Brazil may speakers have included HE Derek Plumbly, 1999), adviser to Nicolas Sarkozy. However, the send (or update) their information to r.almeida- British ambassador to Egypt, HE ambassador highlight of events for alumni in France will be the [email protected]. Hassan Eissa, author Fahmy Howaidy, and HE celebration of the 25th anniversary of the founding Rafael Alves de Almeida (LLM 2004), president ambassador Fathi El-Shazli. These were very of the Association, scheduled to take place in interesting speakers who encouraged a lot of Paris in October. BULGARIA stimulating debate in each session. George Grosz (BSc Accounting and Finance Following the first very successful LSE-Oxbridge- Sherif Kamel (PhD Information Systems 1957), president Harvard alumni joint event in Zagreb in December, 1994), chairman, Association of Graduates and GERMANY LSE alumni in Bulgaria continued the emerging Trainees from Britain in Egypt event tradition by hosting the second joint event The LSE German alumni got together from in February in Sofia. The guest of honour was Ian FRANCE 10 to 12 November 2006 in Berlin. The Stewart, director of the British Council in Bulgaria, The French alumni group have offered a series event started with the property panel on who stressed the need to expand such events of exciting alumni events in recent months. In ‘Internationalisation of real estate in Germany – with all the opportunities and advantages they December, we organised a conference at the divestment of social housing portfolios and its offer. All LSE alumni in Bulgaria who have not yet British Council in Paris. The speaker was Maria effects on society’ at the Berlin International connected with the Bulgarian club should get in Nowak, an alumna and founder and president Club on Friday evening. Some 80 alumni, touch with Vassilka Tchifilionova (MSc Information of ADIE (Association pour le Droit à l’Initiative together with Hayek Kreis Members, followed Systems 2002) by email on v.k.tchifilionova- Economique) and president of the REM (Réseau the discussion moderated by fellow alumnus [email protected]. Européen de Microfinance) and the lecture Dr Friedrich Thelen, Head Berlin Office, was followed by a lively debate and a cocktail CHILE Wirtschaftswoche. Panellists were LSE Director reception. The theme of the conference was Howard Davies, Thilo Sarrazin, finance senator The Friends of the LSE in Chile are happy to report Microcredit as practised in France, Europe and Berlin, Detlef Jareschewski, head of Royal that more than half of the Chilean candidates to the rest of the world. This theme was particularly Bank of Scotland, Frankfurt/Main, and Robert postgraduate studies in Britain have LSE as their relevant as the Bangladeshi banker Muhammad E Roethenmund, managing partner, C+T first choice. Yunis had recently been awarded the Nobel Development GmbH & Co KG. A dinner at the On the events front, painter and sculptor Benjamin Peace Prize. John-Paul Nunes, LSE deputy head International Club rounded up the first night Lira met LSE alumni last November at Galeria of alumni relations, attended the conference and with ample opportunity to continue discussions Malborough in Santiago for an interesting provided an update on developments at the around the booming German property market. conversation about his work. School. In January, we were joined for dinner I Summer 2007 I LSE Magazine I 37 1 3

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1 Hong Kong group executive committee members: Back row, left to right: Mike Ko, Chow Kar Fai, Steph Shih, Hermes Li, Jacqueline Chung, Wilson Leung, Claire Cheung, and Yip Yan Yan Front row, left to right: Monica Aswani, vice chairman; Kenneth Lai, chairman; William Lo, immediate past chairman; Elina Wong 2 Dr Razeen Sally, International Relations, with alumni in Mauritius 3 The Director accepts a donation from Dr Munir Majid in the presence of Malaysian prime minister Dato Seri Abdullah Haji Ahmed Badawi 4 Left to right: Robert Kissak, Tim Oliver, Professor Chris Brown and Mark Hoffman at the February event in Chicago

On Saturday, David Kingsley, president of morning, before the European Alumni Leaders The group’s annual meeting took place in Rome the LSE Alumni Association, kicked off the Forum was convened and ended with a joint lunch. in December. Hosted by past chairman Rino European Alumni Leaders Forum, the first of Gerd Mueller-Brockhausen Caiazzo, alumni confirmed Andrea Venanzetti as its kind since the Association started, with (MSc Economics 1981) chairman, Fabio Finazzer as secretary, Andrea leaders from a variety of European alumni Callea as treasurer, Rony Hamaui as Milan alumni groups. Workshops over the weekend focused GREECE leader and Andrea Ungaro as board member for on issues such as the strategy and marketing The annual Christmas party of the Hellenic mentoring. It was followed by a seminar held by plan developed by the Association, the LSE LSE Alumni Association (sponsored by UBS) Francesco Grillo, business consultant, leader of Alumni Professional Mentoring Network, how took place at the Art Café Mezzo in Athens in the think tank Vision and PhD student at LSE, to get more alumni on the database to become December. The event was very successful, with who presented a sociological and economic study actively involved with their constituencies and 250 alumni gathering to remember old times at showing how younger generations in Italy do not how to successfully develop alumni groups. LSE in a very festive environment. get easy access to leading posts in corporations, German alumni were impressed by a guided universities, politics and media, in comparison tour of the new Berlin Hauptbahnhof and in the HONG KONG with people from other European countries. The afternoon had their Annual Meeting, where a new The Friends of LSE in Hong Kong have elected seminar was followed by an active debate with supervisory board was put into place to support a new executive committee, announced at an the audience and then cocktails. the work of German alumni in their different alumni event in the Hong Kong Club on 13 Andrea Venanzetti (Research Fee regions. Later in the day, Dr Anna Dixon from LSE December 2006. The new committee members Economics 1987) gave a presentation on health systems in Europe, met for the first time on 26 January 2007 at the MALAYSIA which was followed by a lively debate about the law firm of committee treasurer Julia Charlton. necessary steps to improve the German system. The Executive Committee of the Alumni Society The Friends of LSE in Hong Kong met 40 students of Malaysia hosted a dinner talk by fellow Saturday evening started with a reception at from the Students’ Union Grimshaw Society and alumnus George Soros in December at the the British Embassy for both LSE alumni and Business Society for dinner in central Hong Kong Banquet Hall of the Ritz-Carlton, Kuala Lumpur, participants of the Urban Age Conference on 26 March. They very much enjoyed talking which was a resounding success in that it where LSE had partnered with Alfred and sharing experiences. The Friends of LSE in was an almost instant sell-out. As a result, our Herrhausen Foundation of Deutsche Bank. Hong Kong would like to encourage other student Alumni Society was able to raise sufficient funds Howard Davies gave an update on the School’s societies to contact them when visiting Asia. activities, while first secretary Dominique not only to establish a fairly solid endowment Schroeder made some philosophical remarks ITALY plan for future educational pursuits, particularly about the German Grusswort. The evening in providing material support for deserving Alumni in Milan met in a restaurant in November rounded up at Tucher lounge with drinks, Malaysian students at the School, but also for a dinner organised by Rony Hamaui, Milan Currywurst and a view of Brandenburger Tor. to raise £10,000 towards the School’s New alumni leader. It was an opportunity for new Academic Building where a lecture room would After such a heavy programme, only a few alumni alumni to get acquainted with each other and be officially named after our country. found their way to the boat tour on Sunday with the alumni group’s activities. 38 I LSE Magazine I Summer 2007 I Tell us more

NORWAY addressed a crowd of 500 in the UCF Student 4 Union in January on the subject of improving During 2006, a number of informal LSE alumni human rights, especially for children. LSE alumni meetings were held in Oslo. These events John C Bersia and Dave Luther Woodward were well received and interest has steadily led the effort to invite LSE alumni in Florida to increased in more activities. As a result, LSE the programme. Ms Booth attended a private Alumni Norway was formally established in reception/luncheon for sponsors, then made March to provide a better service to alumni in a public presentation. The programme was Norway. New events will be held later this year sponsored by UCF’s Global Perspectives Office and we encourage all alumni who have not yet and Student Government Association; Akerman received an email from us to get in touch with Senterfitt; UCF’s Office of International Studies; the chair of the group, Ole Petter Melleby, email Brooksville Development Corporation; CT Hsu [email protected]. and Associates; Larson Allen; UCF’s Metropolitan TAIWAN Center for Regional Studies, Political Science Department, Middle Eastern Studies Program and The LSE Taiwan Alumni Group has Diplomacy Program; AFLSE Florida North; AFLSE established an online group for the purpose Florida Central; AFLSE Florida South; and the of communication and information sharing. Global Connections Foundation. This internet group helped to gather nearly 50 people for an event in October 2006 with Houston The event attracted almost 400 guests, Enterprise LSE. If you wish to join the Taiwan On 4 December 2006, LSE alumni and friends comprising some of the top corporate figures group, see http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ were invited to a special LSE Alumni End of in the country, and such was the enthusiasm lsetaiwanalumni Year Event with Ray Jens Daugbjerg, consul for it created that we had to turn down many last Denmark and Anna Thomsen-Holiday, vice- minute requests for invitations due to lack of USA consul. The event was held at the Black Labrador space. Mr Soros spoke on ‘The Challenges of Atlanta Pub. Promoting Global Open Society’ and ranged The Atlanta chapter of AFLSE, along with over many pressing world issues. The talk itself Oxford University, Cambridge University, Emory New York was most enlightening as Mr Soros’s approach Journalism Program, and The Claus M Halle In September, former members of the LSE was very relaxed and candid and he took the Institute for Global Learning, hosted the panel basketball team gathered for the Fifth Annual LSE opportunity to thank the School for what it had ‘Divided Cousins? How British and American Basketball Alumni Reunion – an alum versus alum done for him as a student. The occasion was Media Cover War and Politics.’ The event, held game. It was followed by drinks and dinner. further enhanced in that we had Mr Dino Patti at Emory University among a crowd of 60, was In February, more than 70 LSE alumni and Djalal, presidential spokesperson, Office of the organised by two LSE alumni, Sheila Tefft and friends gathered to welcome human rights Presidential Staff for International Affairs, Republic scholar and Professor Conor Gearty in New of Indonesia, to respond to Mr Soros. Dato Dr Holli Semetko. A reception followed the event York, at Allen & Overy law firm. Professor Gearty Munir Majid acted as moderator. There was also where many enthusiastic guests discussed a very stimulating exchange of views between the possible future programmes. spoke about the future of human rights. The speakers and various members of the audience. evening ended with an informal reception. Many Chicago Dr Chandran Jeshurun (PhD International thanks to David Wainer (LLB 1990) for hosting The Chicago chapter co-sponsored a reception this event. History 1967), executive committee during the American Economics Association and GOLD the Allied Social Sciences Association Conference. MAURITIUS More than 50 GOLD (Graduates Of the More than 70 people attended including AFLSE Dr Razeen Sally (LSE senior lecturer in international Last Decade) alumni and guests attended a Chicago chapter members, 14 LSE faculty, and political economy and head of the International highlights tour of the Metropolitan Museum of the LSE Foundation members on 6 January Trade Policy Unit at LSE) was the guest of the Art in September. The tour was followed by an 2007. Saul Estrin, director of the newly formed London School of Economics Trust Fund in informal reception on the Met’s Rooftop Bar. LSE Management Department, addressed the Mauritius in October 2006. He delivered three reception and gave a brief update on LSE. Cherie Booth lectures at the University of Mauritius on In October, a sell out crowd of 180 alumni and globalisation and trade policy in the developing AFLSE also co-hosted the event ‘The US, Europe guests attended a reception with Cherie Booth world; one briefing on the WTO and FTAs and the UK: Blair and Bush, Iraq, and the QC (LLB 1975) and LSE Director Howard Davies. for the Mauritian Chambers of Commerce evolution of EU-US relations’ on 28 February for Ms Booth spoke about her time at LSE and what and Industry; and a lecture on Special and more than 30 alumni and friends in Chicago. The the School meant to her. She encouraged alumni Differential Treatment and its implications discussion was led by Professor Chris Brown, to support fundraising efforts for the School’s New for small economies, hosted by the Ministry head of LSE’s International Relations Department, Academic Building, a project that is very important of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. and also included International Relations faculty to her, as it will house the Law Department, as members and PhD students Tim Oliver, Robert During the week he had discussions with well as transform the campus. ministers, senior officials and leading business Kissak and Mark Hoffman, who were in Chicago people. Mauritius is presently undergoing for the International Studies Conference. An evening with Kemal Dervis radical reforms to restructure the domestic A lecture entitled ‘The Challenge of Florida economy and open it to global competition, Multilateralism: Political and Economic Needs’ The LSE alumni groups in Florida (AFLSE Florida against the backdrop of much tougher global was given by Kemal Dervis (BSc Economics North, AFLSE Florida Central and AFLSE Florida 1969, MSc Economics 1970) in November, market conditions and declining economic South) recently joined together with other followed by a reception. Kemal is the United performance at home. sponsors to host Cherie Booth (LLB 1975) at the Nations Development Program administrator, University of Central Florida (UCF), where she the third highest ranking official in the UN. The I Summer 2007 I LSE Magazine I 39 Where are they now?

Wherever possible, we list the details of an individual’s degree(s) followed by the subject and the year of graduation: eg John Smith (BSc Economic History 1980). Washington DC: Chinese ambassador Wenzhong House style is to list simply BSc/MSc Zhou and alumnus without the additional Econ. Edwin Fountain (MSc International Relations Where we have no record of the subject, 1987) at February’s event we list the known department, and if we do not have this information, we list what evening was attended by more than 80 alumni in the AFLSE New York City chapter and the we have, eg BSc Econ. Alumni in this and guests. Athens alumni chapter. section are listed under the year in which Holiday gathering they first left LSE, with additional degrees Washington DC In December, the New York chapter gathered for included in their entry. The DC chapter held a Holiday Tea Party in a holiday party at Croton Reservoir Tavern. The December at the home of an alumnus on Capitol party included hors d’oeuvres and door prizes. Hill. More than 60 alumni and friends attended. San Francisco In February, Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong (LSE 1960 The San Francisco chapter is pleased General Course 1975), of the People’s Republic Dr James Whetter (BSc Economic History) to welcome a new chapter leader, Augi of China, addressed a group of more than 100 is currently researching the life and work of Anagnostos-Paleokrassas (MSc Economic alumni and friends in Washington DC on China’s the Marxist writer Christopher Caudwell, who 1991). Augi is currently employed as a recruiter peaceful development strategy. The talk was was killed in the Spanish Civil War, and is fully at Frog Design, Inc. She is also an academic followed by a Q & A and a reception. Many thanks involved with celebrations commemorating the recruiter for Duke University (remotely), and to Edwin Fountain (MSc International Relations a freelance copy editor. She has been active 1987) and Jones Day for hosting this event. centenary of his birth on 20 October 2007. He is now working on having a plaque erected at the house where Caudwell stayed in Cornwall from September to October 1935, The Atlantic Inn, Porthleven. Caudwell completed his classic work Illusion and Reality: a study of the sources LSE-PKU Summer School of poetry there. Dr Whetter has a website www. Beijing 13 – 25 August 2007 theroselandinstitute.co.uk which gives details of his various activities in South Cornwall.

1968 Thomas Graff (LLB) has been California director of Environmental Defense since 1971, with time out to teach at Harvard Law School and to serve briefly on the staff of governor elect Jerry Brown of California. He attended LSE on a Knox fellowship, the year after he graduated from Harvard.

1969 Kemal Dervis (BSc Econ 1969, MSc 1970) is head of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), a position he has held since August 2005. After LSE, Kemal gained his PhD from Princeton University and taught economics at the Middle East Technical University and Princeton University. In 1977, he joined the World Bank where he worked until he returned to Turkey in 2001. He was the Minister for Economic Affairs and the Treasury without party affiliation in Turkey until August 2002 Limited places still available on the fourth LSE-Peking University Summer School in and was elected to the Turkish Parliament in Beijing. Courses in Accounting and Finance, Management, Economics, International Relations November of the same year, where he represented and Law. All courses taught in English by outstanding faculty from LSE and Peking University. Istanbul until 2005. He was also active in the Economics and Foreign Policy Forum, a Turkish Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 7113 NGO working on economic and political issues. Email [email protected] or [email protected] www.lse.ac.uk/collections/LSEPKUProgramme40 I LSE Magazine I Summer 2007 I Where are they now?

1971 Bob Anthony (MSc Economics) became the only Rapid résumé Republican out of nine races in Oklahoma to win election to state-wide office in November 2006, gaining re-election to a fourth consecutive six year much less open to people like me than it is now. term on the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. My father was a self made businessman and I Anthony was first elected to the Commission in tended to measure success in those (financial) 1988 with more votes than any Republican had terms, so I thought I’d better start a business. ever received in an Oklahoma state government The idea of working for someone else was not election, becoming the first Republican in 60 what I wanted. I had a few jobs and went into years to serve on the Commission. He was the the wine trade. I did all the wine trade exams, first Republican to be re-elected to state-wide even getting the Wine and Spirit Certificate office in 1994, and in 2000 again set a record and Diploma: it’s a lifelong hobby! But working by receiving more votes than any candidate for myself has changed me, and changed my for state-wide office in Oklahoma history. politics slightly. I definitely have a great deal more respect for our continental partners than 1973 I used to have and my experiences as the Alfredo Ovalle (MSc Accounting and European president in Ogilvy have definitely Finance) has been elected president of reinforced this. the Confederation of Chilean Industries. What would you change to encourage more women into politics? 1974 Well, there should be more, as I believe that politics should reflect society, and it Pablo Halpern (MSc International Relations) can’t unless women have a critical mass in has been elected vice-president of the newly Margot James parliament. The Conservative party has made established British University in Santiago de Chile. Margot James (BSc Economics and incredible gains in this area in the last 15 The University concentrates mainly on training Government 1979) is vice chairman of the months – at the last election, 12 per cent of first quality teachers of English as a foreign Conservative Party for women’s issues. While at our target seats had female candidates, and language, translation and education in general. LSE, she was chairman of the SU Conservative currently this stands at nearly 40 per cent. Its president is also an LSE alumnus – Pedro Association, a researcher for Sir Anthony Durant Pfeffer (MSc Accounting and Finance 1988). MP and, during her gap year, worked in the What has been the highlight of your press office at Conservative Central HQ. She career so far? 1976 went on to co-found a specialist public relations I sold my business in 1999 but the most company, Shire Health, in 1986, which she sold enduring highlight, what I am most proud of, to WPP in 1999. She was appointed European was building a senior team of people who were president for the pharmaceuticals division of very committed to the business. It’s one of the Ogilvy & Mather in 2005. In 2006 she was reasons why my company was so special, and elected as a councillor and is currently chairing you find it so rarely in public relations. a review of older people’s accommodation in What should the UK and the world be Kensington and Chelsea. In December 2006 she worried about? was selected as the Conservative candidate for Undoubtedly, Islamic fundamentalism. It is the Molyneux, Mark (BSc Economics 1976) recently Stourbridge. left Ernst and Young in the UK after 20 years as over-riding threat to our civilisation. When I was fighting the election for Holborn and St Pancras partner and ten as a member of the main board What do you remember most about (which has a large Muslim population), I learned to pursue private equity opportunities. As Mark your student days at LSE? at first-hand that the extremists are a minority. It said: ‘The choice was simple: cruise comfortably The Three Tuns. The jukebox therein, and my is absolutely essential that we in Britain and the but tediously to retirement or do something rather late discovery of Jimi Hendrix. Also, West engage with moderate Islam, treat people exciting and entrepreneurial. I chose to do the Lincoln’s Inn Fields, which had a lovely little café. with the respect they deserve and reinforce latter.’ Mark is already chairman of Travelzest You stood as Conservative candidate the moderate opinions against the evils in their plc and a director of Mpact Holdings Ltd. for Holborn and St Pancras in the midst, let alone the evil in our midst. And then 2005 general election. Were LSE I would seek, as we all would, some sort of 1980 student elections any preparation? sustainable solution in Israel and Palestine, I was very active when I was a student. I was because I do believe that there are injustices that very pleased to be elected to the SU executive are at the root of the Palestinian cause that we (as it was very left wing in those days) and was need to resolve, which indeed Israel has shown also one of the first student governors to be over time that it is committed to resolving in the elected to the Court of Governors. The students face of opposition from Palestinian militants. had been lobbying for representation for some What advice would you give to LSE time, and I won one of the five places. students today? Saleem Sheikh (LLB), senior partner at GSC What led you from your degree into Work harder than I did! But don’t forget to Solicitors, recently celebrated 25 years with the setting up your own business? have fun on the way, don’t spend all your firm. Saleem started as the firm’s first articled I was always interested in politics, but it was vacations building up the CV – get the clerk in September 1981, qualifying in 1983. He developed a significant offshore practice

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and was appointed as a salaried partner in Rutter Hobbs & Davidoff, Elizabeth worked for 1996 1985. He was instrumental in the expansion Baker and McKenzie in Hong Kong, the European of the firm, including the opening of an office Commission in Brussels, and Mishcon de Reya in South Africa. He became managing partner in London. Since moving to the US in 1993, she in 1991 and joint senior partner in 1996. has worked as an associate at Allen, Matkins, Leck, Gamble & Mallory, and as a contract 1982 attorney for several businesses. She is currently attending Loyola Law School in Los Angeles to complete her LLM in tax. She is also a former Tom Butler-Bowdon (MSc Politics of the World spa and travel writer for The British Weekly, a Economy 1996) returned to his native Australia newspaper in Southern California, the co founder and while in the outback decided to write about of IKAID Software, and an active supporter of the classic books in self-help literature. He the CARE Foundation through her participation published the best selling 50 Self-Help Classics in the Los Angeles Marathon. She lives in Los in 2003, followed by 50 Success Classics (2004), Robert Minikin (BSc Economics 1982, MSc Angeles with her husband and two children. 50 Spiritual Classics (2005) and 50 Psychology Economics 1983) joined Lombard Street Research Classics (2007). Tom is now an expert on personal in November 2006 to launch its new strategy development literature, writes full-time, does product (Global Investment Opportunities). He speaking engagements and runs www.butler- has spent over 20 years analysing financial bowdon.com from his base in Oxford, UK. market valuations with a particular focus on debt and currency markets, and in recent years has 1998 also developed a research interest in broader market stability issues. Before taking up his Allister Heath (BSc Economics) is editor of The Jon Burden (MSc Economic History) has current role he took a two year break, returning Business, the weekly finance magazine owned worked for Railtrack/Network Rail for the last to LSE to study international development by the Barclay brothers, the businessmen who issues, and then providing independent hedge six years at King’s Cross Station, London. He own The Daily Telegraph. Heath, aged 29, is fund consultancy. Prior to the career break, dealt with the fallout from Hatfield, Potters Bar, also an associate editor of The Spectator. He he was director and co-head of European the 7 July bombings as well as the myriad of has written about how Germany’s tax burden Debt Strategy at Citigroup, London. He holds other incidents that occur at a train station is set to overtake Britain’s, and the contents of an MBA from London Business School. with 110,000 passengers a day. He currently the Conservative Party’s Forsyth Commission manages the contractors undertaking the £450 report, which called for £21bn in tax cuts. 1984 million redevelopment of King’s Cross station. 2003 1988 Pedro Pfeffer (MSc Accounting and Finance) has been elected president of the newly established British University in Santiago de Chile. The vice-president, Pablo Halpern (MSc International Relations 1974) is also Manuel Martín Martín (research postgraduate an LSE alumnus (see his entry above). in Law 1982-84) is managing partner at law firm Elisabeth Nygren (BSc Social Policy and Administration) is associate director of marketing, Gómez-Acebo & Pombo and teaches law on 1991 Europe, for Standard & Poor’s, the leading the master’s degree course at the Colegio de Ronald Chillemi (MA International History) global provider of independent research, Abogados de Madrid. Gómez-Acebo & Pombo received the United States Department of Justice’s ratings, indices and reference data solutions. is one of Spain’s largest independent law firms Director’s Award for Superior Performance from with 43 partners and 218 lawyers and offices in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales in October Barcelona, Brussels, Las Palmas, Madrid, Malaga, 2006. Mr Chillemi was recognised for his work Seville, Valencia, and Vigo. This year the firm is as lead prosecutor in United States versus opening an office in London to offer Spanish Kenneth Jenkins et al, a three year investigation law expertise to its clientele based in the UK. of a seven person violent crack cocaine ring that operated in four US states, laundering its 1987 profits through a sophisticated mortgage fraud scheme. Since 2002, Mr Chillemi has served Vinod George Joseph (LLM ) graduated in as an Assistant United States attorney for the Law from the National Law School in Bangalore. district of New Jersey, where he prosecutes After qualifying as an Indian advocate, he worked white-collar fraud. He lives in Philadelphia with his in Mumbai as a corporate lawyer for four years wife Barbara and their two-year-old son Jack. before coming to LSE. While doing the LLM, he qualified as an English solicitor (by taking 1994 the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test) and wrote Elisabeth Botsford (LLB) is an estate planning Robert Funk (MSc Government) has Hitchhiker, published in India in December 2005. and probate litigation attorney. She represents been elected president of the Chilean He now works for Reed Smith Richards Butler, her clients frequently in the Los Angeles courts Association of Political Science. an international law firm, in its London office. on trust and probate matters. Prior to joining

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The School is sad to report the deaths of the following alumni, staff and honorary fellows. There is now a dedicated alumni tributes page which can be found at: www.lse.ac.uk/alumni/tributes.htm

Aremu, Lateef Oladepo (LLM 1967, PhD of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Cummins, Frank (BSc Economic History and Law 1971), judge and prime author of the consultant on international health issues. From Sociology 1949), president of the LSE Students’ much celebrated Supreme Court judgment 1969 to 1974, Christopher Bladen worked Union 1947-48 and a member of the Midlands that gave the Nigerian presidential election to in the Commerce Department’s Economic Friends of LSE. President Shehu Shagari in 1979. He taught Development Administration, then, following a Law at the University of Ife, Nigeria from 1974 year with a research firm in Pittsburgh, joined Davidge, Josephine Ann, former chief librarian until 1980, when he was appointed as federal HHS in 1975. He was director of the Division of secretary at LSE. Ann Davidge worked at LSE electoral commissioner for Oyo State. He Science and Public Health Policy, then director of from 1965 to 1992. She became a member of went on to serve as a judge of the Oyo State the Division of Health Care Financing Policy, and NALGO (now UNISON) when a branch opened High Court until his death on 1 July 2006. was acting deputy assistant for health policy until at the School and when pension arrangements his retirement from HHS in 1995. He continued to for administrative staff were transferred to SAUL, Banks, Olive (BSc Sociology 1950, PhD work as a consultant on healthcare and financing she represented NALGO as one of the trustees. Sociology 1953), professor of sociology. From a plans to many foreign governments until his death Ann had a beautiful voice and gained much poor home with no books, she won a scholarship in Tbilisi, Georgia, on 23 May 2006. He was 65. pleasure from singing in the LSE choir and as to Enfield grammar school, but left school at 16. a soloist. Following her retirement, she moved Having attended wartime Workers Educational Borrelli, Mario (MSc Social Policy and to Salisbury. She died in January aged 73. Association and Co-operative Society classes, Administration 1970), priest and social reformer. her chance came with the 1945 Labour victory As a newly ordained priest in the Naples of 1946, DeVaney, Charles (MSc Comparative Politics which opened up the possibility of university Mario Borrelli carried out pioneering work with 2001), former mayor of Augusta. Charles DeVaney grants. In 1947, with her partner Joseph Banks, the ‘scugnizzi’ (the poor children of the streets) was elected to Augusta City Council in 1981 she became an LSE undergraduate. The couple of Naples. After the media took an interest in and became mayor in 1984. He served until went on to do postgraduate research and both his Casa dello Scugnizzo, fundraising networks Augusta’s consolidation with Richmond County on became professors in sociology. Olive’s PhD sprang up worldwide, and a purpose-built, 1 January 1996. After leaving office, he became focused on the history of British feminism. In internationally funded casa was officially opened executive director of Augusta Tomorrow and 1959 she was appointed research lecturer in 1969. By then, he was immersed in a master’s interim president of the Augusta Neighbourhood at Liverpool University and later became a degree course at LSE. He set up the Centro Improvement Corporation. He remained active professor of sociology at Leicester University Communitario Mario Borrelli di Materdei in Naples after leaving office and taught political science at (1973-82). She died on 14 September 2006. and remained its director until 1997. The centre Augusta State University. He died in a car crash still flourishes as a centre for community action in on 28 January 2007 in Jasper County, SC, USA. Benson, Sheila. Lecturer in Social Policy at LSE Naples. He died on 13 February 2007, aged 84. 1970-80s. She died, aged 76, in November 2006. Edey, Harold, professor of accounting, LSE. He Burnett, John (PhD 1958), social historian joined LSE as a lecturer in accounting and finance Bishaw, Dr Mekonnen (Diploma Social Policy who made a substantial contribution by using in 1949, becoming a reader in 1955 and professor and Administration 1967), distinguished scholar autobiography as source material. His research of accounting from 1962 until his retirement in and secretary general of the Ethiopian Human covered all aspects of the life of British people in 1980. He was the School’s first pro-director in Rights Council (EHRCO). He and Professor the 19th and 20th centuries, including food and 1967. He was also responsible for developing Asrat Woldeyes were the only two individuals drink, schooling, housing, work and spending one of the first master’s courses in accounting who rejected the Woyanne ethnic-apartheid patterns. John Burnett was born in Nottingham in Britain, which is now the MSc in Accounting charter. Both of them were later dismissed from in 1925. He read history and law at Emmanuel and Finance, the largest MSc programme in the Addis Ababa University by the Woyanne junta, College, Cambridge and later studied for a PhD School. A uniquely large proportion of British along with 40 other scholars. Dr Mekonnen at LSE. He taught at Guildford Technical College professors of accounting have been his students continued to produce major scholarly works and from 1947 to 1958, at Borough Polytechnic, south at some point in their careers. He was also the articles that exposed the Meles dictatorship, London, and for the extramural department of the first academic member of the Council of the including the education crisis in the country. University of London. He became head of general Institute of Chartered Accountants in England In 2002, after stepping down from his position studies at Brunel College (now Brunel University) and Wales (ICAEW), from 1969-1980, where he as secretary general of EHRCO, Dr Mekonnen in 1963. He was awarded a chair in social history won respect through his service, communicating became head of the Ethiopian Democratic in 1972, and in 1981-82 he served as pro vice- academic ideas to accountants in practice Action League’s (Tegbar) team in Addis Ababa. chancellor (external affairs). He was a longstanding and industry. He was a member of the original In 2003, he was elected as secretary general member of the Social History Society and chaired Accounting Standards Steering Committee in of the All Ethiopian Unity Party (AEUP) and it from 1985 to 1991, thereafter becoming an the 1970s (the predecessor of today’s ASB). In worked with the president, Ato Hailu Shawel, to honorary vice-president. He died on 5 November 1987, he was awarded the ICAEW’s Founding prepare the party for the May 2005 elections. 2006, aged 80. Societies’ Award for his contribution to accounting He died on 20 February after a long illness. research and higher education. A festschrift Collings, William. Former member of staff, in his honour, External Financial Reporting Bladen, Christopher (MSc International Law Department, who retired in the 1970s. He (LSE/Prentice-Hall), was edited by Professors Relations 1964), official with the Department was born in 1909. Bryan Carsberg and Susan Dev in 1984. I Summer 2007 I LSE Magazine I 43 Gregg, Pauline. Alumna. Writer and lifelong hyperbaric therapy unit in Hereford for MS socialist. Pauline Gregg grew up in a working sufferers. He died on 12 January 2007, returning class household in Palmers Green, north home from visiting old friends and colleagues in London, and was attracted to socialism from an London, and the memorial service for another old early age. She began her career as a secretary LSE friend, Naomi (Lady) McIntosh.’ at Longman, but in 1932, aided by a loan from Middlesex county council, won a place at LSE. Huggins, Cliff. Alumnus. Former Totland She was offered a lectureship at Hillcroft College, County Councillor. Cliff Huggins was born in Surbiton, but joined the Ministry of Supply Trinidad in the Caribbean and was orphaned as a child. He won a scholarship to LSE and Epstein, Stephan R (Larry), professor of when World War II broke out and was posted pursued a career in London. He moved to the economic history, LSE, died suddenly on to Warwick. There she met Russell Meiggs, a Isle of Wight in 1989 where he became heavily 3 February aged 46. Professor Janet Hunter, classics fellow at Balliol College, Oxford, whom involved in public and voluntary service. His Economic History, writes: ‘Larry was brought she married in 1941. Later, they settled into Oxford funeral was held in June 2006. up in Switzerland, and graduated with laurea academia where she continued her research on the 17th century. Her first book, A Social cum laude from the university of Siena. He Jackson, Kenneth Stuart (BSc Sociology and Economic History of Britain (1760-1950), obtained his PhD in history from Cambridge 1955), Conservative councillor, Welwyn Hatfield became a standard reference work. She also University and continued to work there as a Council. After graduating from LSE, Stuart wrote definitive biographies of Charles I and Oliver postdoctoral research fellow until 1992, when Jackson worked for various advertising agencies Cromwell. She died in April 2006, aged 96. he was appointed to a lectureship in economic and then for Unilever as a market research history at LSE. By 1997 he had been promoted manager. Later he joined Hatfield Polytechnic as a Goetschius, George Washington. LSE to a readership, and he became professor of lecturer. He was particularly active in the early days academic 1960-73, sociologist and writer. George economic history in 2001. At the time of his death of the LSE alumni body, doing much to promote Goetschius, who made an important contribution he was head of department. gatherings of former students at the School. to the development of the English Stage Company Larry’s field of expertise was the economic at London’s Royal Court Theatre in the mid-1950s, history of medieval and early modern Europe. Knibbs CBE, Susan Elizabeth (DSS Social was also an influential sociologist. After studying He established a formidable reputation in this Policy and Administration 1974), director, British at New York and Columbia Universities, he area early in his career, and left an impressive Diabetic Association (BDA, now Diabetes UK). became programme and executive director of publication record. His work received a number She was a founder, and first chairman, of the Hamilton and Madison House settlements, a of awards. Freedom and Growth won the Ranki Long-Term Medical Conditions Alliance (LMCA). charity dedicated to helping the community in Prize of the Economic History Association (USA) After her retirement from the BDA as director of Manhattan’s Lower East Side. He later worked for the Outstanding Book in European Economic care services, she continued to work in her fields, in Sicily with the radical Sicilian social activist History, 1999-2001. Larry had a strong interest taking part in initiatives to establish healthcare links Danilo Dolci. Moving to London in 1954, he was in theories of history, and recognised the need to between the BDA and diabetic healthcare workers employed as a research consultant by the London draw on other disciplines, especially economics and groups in eastern Europe, and acting as a Council of Social Service. In 1958, he was sent and sociology, and more recently cognitive trustee of the BDA and other social charities. She by the Ford Foundation to work with the Delhi psychology, to inform historical research. In recent also became a member, and deputy chairman development authority on the new master plan for years he had become interested in the history of until 1999, of the UK government’s Disability the Indian capital, but ill health forced him to return technology. He had also become involved with Living Allowance advisory board, for assessing the to England. In 1960 he took up a teaching post the emerging global history, participating in the needs of people with disabilities. In January 2000, Global Economic History Network run from LSE, at LSE, where he stayed until 1973, writing two she was appointed CBE in recognition of her and keen to use his knowledge of European significant academic books. His almost 50-year services to people with disabilities. economic development to shed comparative light relationship with the playwright Donald Howarth Mardin, Arif. Alumnus. Producer, arranger on economic transitions in Asia and elsewhere. was legalised in a civil partnership in February 2006. He died on 11 October, aged 83. and record company executive. After attending As a teacher Larry combined intellectual rigour Istanbul University, Arif Mardin studied at LSE in with an ability to communicate and relate to Guelff, Barbara Ann Chaloux (MSc the mid-fifties and seemed set for a career in the students. For his research students, Larry was International Relations 1975). Barbara Guelff met diplomatic service or his father’s business, but he an often inspirational guide, who offered them her husband, Richard, while studying at LSE and was already a jazz fan and a budding musician. unstinting academic and personal support at also fell in love with London, particularly its theatre. Within two years, he had become the first all times. All who have worked with him will She worked for Chase Manhattan in New York recipient of the Quincy Jones Scholarship at the remember him not just as an academic star, but and then Security Pacific on the west coast of Berklee College of Music in Boston. Following his as a man of integrity, humour and compassion.’ America and in Paris. She returned to London in graduation, he taught at Berklee for a year; he later This is an edited version of a longer tribute at 1982 where she worked as a librarian and sang in became a trustee of the college and was awarded www.lse.ac.uk/collections/economicHistory a local choir. She died on 9 August 2006. an honorary doctorate. In 1963, he joined Atlantic Records as an archivist, rising to become senior Finkelstein, Joseph (research student 1953), Henshaw, John (BSc Government 1954). vice-president. Following his retirement in 2001, emeritus professor of history, economics and Professor Kenneth MacKinnon (MSc Sociology, he joined EMI’s US operation. He had recently management at Union College, USA. He studied 1954) writes: ‘Born in Sheffield, John attended worked with singers Norah Jones and Queen and taught at Union College, gained a master’s LSE after national service in the navy. At the Latifah and had started writing his memoirs. He and a PhD from Harvard University and carried School he took an active part in sport and politics died in New York on 25 June 2006. out postdoctoral research at LSE with a Fulbright and participated very effectively in the Students’ Scholarship in 1953. He returned to Union Union, which he served as AISEC Officer and McCombie, Stephen (BSc Economics 1953, College in the same year and became a full external vice-president. After LSE, he organised Diploma in Business Administration 1962). professor in 1963. After his retirement in 1996, tractor sales for David Brown, and subsequently Stephen McCombie first came to prominence he continued to contribute to faculty meetings moved to Hereford as Economic Development in the School when he attended the 1952 for many years. He died on 2 November 2006. Officer. John and his wife Anne founded a Olympics at Helsinki. After graduation, he

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worked for a variety of companies, from Esso consultancy. In 1970 he joined the Board of with former colleagues. He was the London through British Aluminium to the Milk Marketing Barclays Bank of Ghana Ltd (later becoming its first correspondent of the Saudi Gazette over a 12-year Board, with a year’s break in 1962 to study Ghanaian chairman). In 1980, he served on the UN period. He was also a property developer in both for his LSE diploma. He was a member of the Investments Committee, managing the UN pension the UK and Morocco. Noel also worked for an Midlands Friends alumni group. fund for 28 years, eight as chairman. In 1999, organisation that arranged British trade missions to he was the first person not the Head of State to the Middle East. He was an unusual combination of McLachlan, Noel David (PhD 1957), historian become chancellor of the University of Ghana; he entrepreneur and idealist, and in this way perhaps and author. Noel McLachlan was born in 1927 was serving a second term at the time of his death embodied a modern version of the values of LSE’s in East Ivanhoe. He read history at Melbourne in November 2005. founders, Sidney and Beatrice Webb.’ University and came to LSE for his doctorate. Before completing his PhD, he worked for several Owen, George. Alumnus. Born in London, Selier, John. Appointed to the Court of years as a journalist with the Evening Standard George Owen was evacuated to the Governors in December 1985, he was a faithful and was a special projects and leader writer at The countryside during the war. Following a period and tireless friend to the School for more than two Times. His academic career started with a post at of studies at LSE, he worked for a succession decades. A member of the Audit Committee from Monash University, and in the 1970s he was the of advertising agencies, including Ted Bates, 1993-2002, and the Site Development Committee first professor in Australian History at University before starting his own market research from 1997-2002, he also did LSE great service in College Dublin. He spent most of his working life in company, initially in Oxford Street and later at alumni relations and in sponsorship through the the department of history at Melbourne University, his home in Harpenden. He died in early 2006. Farrer Brown Trust of arts and music. retiring as an associate professor in 1989. He died Parker, Alan (BSc Economics 1959). A Sinha, Snehesh Kumar (MSc Mathematics and on 30 December 2006. chartered accountant who joined The Economist Statistics 1959) died on 13 August 2006. His son, Neil (née Baxter), Josephine (BSc as a business journalist, rising to become Debashis Sinha, writes: ‘My father was very proud Sociology 1957), social worker. Josephine international business editor. He married a fellow of his degree from LSE, in a humble way. He told worked as club leader at the Bede House journalist and had two sons. A spell as an oil us many stories of his classmates, his professors, Settlement in Bermondsey, South London. consultant led to a new career in BP, where and his time in London all those years ago. LSE She was then appointed by the United Nations he occupied senior roles in a succession of remained very dear to his heart, and he visited the departments over 16 years, finally as head of BP campus many times when he was in London. He High Commission for Refugees to work in a Insurance for Europe. Then he served eight years always spoke of the students he met as being refugee camp in a remote part of Tanzania. After as bursar for Christ’s College, Cambridge, where very gracious and friendly, and he was always returning to London in 1965, she worked as a his humanity and wide ranging interests, as well as impressed with these young men and women.’ child care officer in Tower Hamlets. Following his financial acumen, were much appreciated. her experience in Tanzania, she maintained a Tint, Dr Herbert. Former senior lecturer in lifelong interest in, and affection for, Africa and Petersen, Sir Jeffrey Charles (BSc French, who joined LSE in 1953 and retired in worked for a time with the Africa team at the Economics 1948), diplomat. Born in London in 1982. Author of a number of French history and head office of Amnesty International. 1920, Jeffrey Petersen joined the Naval Reserves politics books, he was also a philosophy tutor at and, at the outbreak of World War II, enlisted in the Goldsmiths College for 25 years. Former student Navy. He left in 1946 to study at LSE. Persuaded Peter Stray said: ‘He impressed by the clarity of to sit the Civil Service Entry examination in 1947, his teaching, his intellectual rigour and his stern he passed among the highest three entrants that commitment to the enterprise. It is significant that year, a distinction that drew him to the attention his last seminar group continued informally for a of the Foreign Office. He went to his first foreign number of years after his retirement.’ posting in Madrid as Second Secretary in 1949. His work with the Foreign Office then took him to Underhill, Peter (BSc Econ 1969), member Turkey, Belgium, Indonesia, Greece and Brazil, of the Midlands Friends alumni group. and his career culminated in ambassadorships to Woolley, Stan (BSc Economics 1961), school South Korea, Romania and Sweden. Omaboe, Emmanuel Noi (Oyeeman Wereko teacher, polar explorer and mountaineer. Stan Ampem II) (BSc Statistics and Mathematics Woolley came to LSE in 1958 after five years 1957), Ghanaian traditional chief, economist, in the Royal Signals. A dedicated oarsman, management consultant and banker. After reading he rowed for both LSE and UL, earning his Economics for two years at the University College purple in 1961. He joined the Falklands Island of the Gold Coast (later the University of Ghana) Dependencies Service as a meteorologist in 1961 Emmanuel Omaboe came to LSE in 1954. In and spent two and half years living and working 1958 he returned home, becoming, at the age in the Antarctic. On his return, he studied for a of 29, the first Ghanaian to hold the post of PGCE at the Institute of Education and taught government statistician, and the youngest head at Westminster School and later Stowe School, of any department. Under him, his department Buckingham. He helped organise the Westminster published the annual Economic Survey, and in Rogers, Noel Richard (MSc International East Greenland expedition in 1972, the first of six, 1960 coordinated the first Population Census. Relations 1974). His brother, Nicholas Rogers, including an unsupported east to west crossing of When, in 1966, a coup overthrew President writes: ‘Noel died on 16 June 2006 after a long fight Greenland in 1982. His account of his expeditions, Nkrumah, he was invited by the National Liberation against cancer. He was 57. His MSc dissertation at Greenland Ventures, was published in 2004. In Council, the provisional government, to become LSE was on the evolution of the Iranian oil industry. recognition of his achievements, he was elected a chairman of their Economic Committee, and then Following his graduation, he spent some 20 years fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1977, Commissioner for Economic Affairs. In 1969 he in the Middle East initially working in Iran for the a Churchill Fellow in 1978, and was awarded the accepted a one-year fellowship at Harvard’s Centre British Council. Subsequently he worked in Saudi Polar Medal in 1991. for International Affairs. Returning to Accra, he set Arabia, returning to the UK in the mid-1990s, up EN Omaboe Associates Ltd, a management and acquiring and managing three care homes

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Putin’s Russia and Europe in the Global Age The Subject of the Enlarged Europe Anthony Giddens Anthropology: gender, (Chatham House Papers) symbolism and Polity psychoanalysis Roy Allison, Margot Light 224pp £40 h/b with Stephen White Henrietta Moore Blackwell Publishing Polity Press Europe’s social model has in recent years come 204pp £19.99 p/b 288pp £55 h/b £16.99 p/b under great strain in many EU states and the In a fresh and innovative treatment of the Drawing on extensive interviews with Russian author argues that the traditional welfare state relationship of psychoanalysis to anthropology, decision makers, new survey evidence, official needs to be rethought. We have to bring lifestyle the author draws on anthropology, feminism sources and published debates, the authors change into the heart of what ‘welfare’ means and environmental issues must be directly connected and psychoanalysis to develop an original and examine recent changes in Russia’s relations to other citizenship obligations. provocative theory of gender and of how we with the EU and NATO and explore the patterns become sexed beings. of support among its own elites and public. Global Inequality: patterns and The Regulation Making Enemies explanations of Cyberspace Rodney Barker Editors: David Held Andrew Murray Palgrave Macmillan with Ayse Kaya Routledge-Cavendish 232pp £45 h/b Polity Press 296pp £95 h/b £29.99 p/b 224pp £15.99 p/b The author examines the development and Public identity can afford to be ambiguous design of regulatory structures in the online about friends, but not about enemies. Rodney The authors examine all the major issues that environment. He considers current practices and Barker examines the available accounts of how need to be confronted in conceptualising, suggests a regulatory model that acknowledges enmity functions in the cultivation of identity, measuring and analysing contemporary its complexity and how it can be used by how essential or avoidable it is, and what the patterns of global inequality. They explore regulators to provide a more comprehensive consequences are for the contemporary world. the implications for politics and public policy, highlighting an intensive debate about whether regulatory structure for cyberspace. and to what extent inequality matters. The Anthropology The Politics of Crime of Christianity Civil Justice in the Age Control: essays in Editor: Fenella Cannell of Human Rights honour of David Downes Duke University Press Joseph Jacob Editors: Tim Newburn, 384pp US$84.95 h/b Paul Rock Ashgate Publishing US$23.95 p/b 296pp £65 h/b Oxford University Press 344pp £60 h/b This collection provides vivid ethnographic This volume assesses the effect of the Human explorations of particular, local Christianities as they Rights Act on civil procedure and, in particular, This book brings together ten leading British are experienced by different groups around the the effects on the Civil Procedure Rules. It criminologists to explore the contemporary world. The contributors, all anthropologists, reveal attempts to reconcile the expediency and politics of crime and its control. The essays are vastly different understandings and valuations of efficiency essential to modern civil justice with grouped around the three major themes that conversion, orthodoxy, Scripture, the inspired the need for recognition of human dignity and run through David Downes’ work – sociological word, ritual, gifts, and the concept of heaven. equality inherent to human rights. theory, crime and deviance; comparative penal policy; and the politics of crime.

Families Shamed: Mental Health Policy and the consequences of Practice Across Europe The Politics of Life crime for relatives of Itself: biomedicine, Editors: Martin Knapp, David serious offenders power and subjectivity McDaid, Elias Mossialos in the 21st century Rachel Condry with Graham Thornicroft Nikolas Rose Willan Publishing Open University Press 240pp £40 h/b 488pp £70 h/b Princeton University Press 352pp £41.95 h/b £15.95 p/b This book examines the experiences of relatives This book maps the current state of policy, service of those accused or convicted of serious provision and funding for mental health care For centuries, medicine aimed to treat crimes such as murder, manslaughter, rape across Europe, taking into account the differing abnormalities, but today normality itself is open to and sex offences. It also looks at the ways in historical contexts. A holistic approach is adopted medical modification. This book examines recent which women are affected by crime, the social to assess the influence on mental health of developments in the life sciences and biomedicine organisation of the meanings of crime and the environmental factors such as housing, poverty, that have led to the widespread politicisation of relationship between the state and the family. employment, social justice and displacement. medicine, human life and biotechnology.

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Alumni books Recently published alumni authored books, more at www.lse.ac.uk/alumni

Globalization, Aristotelian Philosophy: Intelligent Commodity Negotiation, and the ethics and politics from Investing Failure of Transformation Aristotle to MacIntyre Editors: Hilary Till (MSc in South Africa Kelvin Knight (PhD Statistics 1987) with Michael Allen (MSc Government 1990) Joseph Eagleeye International Relations 1980) Polity Press, 2007 Risk Books, 2007 Palgrave MacMillan, 2006 243pp £55 h/b £17.99 p/b 350pp $178 USD h/b 236pp £41.99 h/b An exploration of the theoretical bases of A must-read for all those interested in commodities This book considers the consequences of key what Aristotle said about ethical, political and as a new alternative investment class. changes in South Africa at the end of the Cold War. productive activity. Shinier than Sun, Purer Internet Politics Three Mothers Than Snow: into Yunnan, Andrew Chadwick (MSc Sonia Lambert Silk Road, and Tibet Government 1993, PhD (BSc Economics and Albert Tzeng (MSc Government 1998) Government 1991) Sociology 2003) Oxford University Press, Piatkus Books Ltd, 2007 Commonwealth Publishing Co, USA, 2006 304pp £12.99 p/b Taipei, 2006 400pp $39.95 p/b 261pp 320 NTD A novel about mother-daughter relationships, This work addresses concerns raised by and the impact of a family secret. A journey into China’s Western frontier, with internet communications, providing the first reflections on its history and social issues. comprehensive overview of internet politics. The Palestinian Peasant Economy under the Wikinomics: how If Minds Had Toes Mandate: a story of mass collaboration Lucy Eyre (MSc colonial bungling changes everything Economics 2001) Amos Nadan (MSc Anthony D Williams (MRes) Bloomsbury USA, 2007 Economic History 1998, PhD with Don Tapscott 288pp £12.99 h/b Economic History 2002) Portfolio, 2006 Harvard University Press, 2006 320pp $25.95 h/b The story of a teenager’s escape from the 156pp £12.95 p/b tedium of the everyday into an exciting A useful guide for anyone who wants to understand new world, and an introduction to some of Challenging the claim that Palestine’s peasant competitiveness in the 21st century. philosophy’s key ideas. economy progressed during the 1920s and 1930s, Amos Nadan demonstrates that the Government Failure period was actually one of deterioration. Human Safety and Versus Market Failure Risk Management Clifford Winston (MSc Aleck Ian Glendon (PhD A Climate of Injustice Economics 1975) Social Psychology 1977) Bradley C Parks (MSc Brookings Institution, US, 2006 with Sharon G Clarke and Development Studies 2004) 100pp $16.95 p/b Eugene F McKenna with J Timmons Roberts CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2006 The MIT Press, 2006 In this book, Clifford Winston assesses 500pp £56 h/b 384pp $26 p/b the efficacy of government interventions in market activity. How psychology helps us to understand risk How global inequality dampens cooperative and safety in the workplace and elsewhere. efforts by reinforcing the ‘structuralist’ world Richard Nixon views and causal beliefs of many poor nations. and the Rise of Women Who Changed Affirmative Action the World Justice as a Basic Kevin Yuill (Occasional Ros Horton (BA Linguistics Human Need Student 1994) 1976) with Sally Simmons Editor: Professor Antony Rowman & Littlefield Quercus, 2007 Taylor (Certificate in Publishers, 2006 280pp £15 h/b Social Science 1949) 280pp $29.95 p/b Nova Science Publishers, 2006 A celebration of the achievements of womankind, 215pp £63.99 h/b Kevin Yuill analyses the intellectual climate of this book honours 50 extraordinary women, from Nixon’s era to examine the conditions that empire builders and healers to daring explorers A book written in the hope of inducing others to made Nixon’s affirmative action policy decisions and iconoclastic thinkers. share a commitment to justice. possible and what motivated his actions.

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