Surviving 1st Year: an International students’ survival guide
Welcome to the UK! The land of tea, the Queen, and people who say “How do you do?” in a…
A Deep Dive into Divestment at LSE
Last week Jesus College, Cambridge, “exited its directly owned equity investments” in fossil fuel industries. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.…
Amid tensions, a thousand stand in solidarity with Kashmir in Trafalgar Square
At a recent rally on 15 August, marking both 72 years of India’s independence from colonial rule and the tenth…
LSE is still invested in fossil fuels, but the share is smaller than at competing London universities
The share of the LSE’s endowment invested in fossil fuels is far smaller than that of rival London universities. LSE…
Exclusive interview with Peter Cvjetanovic
[Content Warning: Transphobia] Peter Cvjetanovic, the Charlottesville protestor whose face of fury became a global symbol of alt-right violence and…
LSE academics join Nobel laureates in quest to explain inequalities
In 2015, the economists Angus Deaton and Anne Case published a paper which claimed to have made a discovery that…
Paul Mason: “If Brexit’s the worst thing that happens to Britain, I’ll be relieved”
PostCapitalism author says in order to defeat the New Right and AI domination, we need to revisit the moral philosophy…
Paul Mason wants to Make Humanism Great Again
The author of PostCapitalism argues in a new book the need to renew our focus on what it means to…
As it looks to the future, LSE renews focus on teaching
In LSE’s latest vision for the future of the school, a key idea is familiar, Guest Contributor Scott Carpenter writes…
“Populism is one of Latin America’s biggest exports” LSE’s new Public Policy head speaks to The Beaver
Andres Velasco is an academic who talks with the ease of a good politician. This should come as no surprise…
