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

The Guardian - UK

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

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

The Guardian - UK

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

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

The Guardian - UK

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

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

The Guardian - UK

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

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

The Guardian - UK

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

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

Financial Times

Colin Rochester obituary

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

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

Birmingham Post

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

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

The Independent UK

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

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

The Guardian - UK

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

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

The Independent UK

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

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

Wales Online

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

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

Evening Standard

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

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

Evening Standard

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

Plus, the devastating impact on Gen Covid’s education

Tribune News Service

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

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

360info

Journalists step in where platforms have no answers

Google and Facebook are hoping to improve their news algorithms to provide a more balanced view. Media industry initiatives could have the solution they need.

The Guardian - UK

Architecture: Rowan Moore’s five best projects of 2022

Playful, elegant additions to universities and colleges were the class acts to follow, while the newly opened Elizabeth line exceeded all design expectations

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Evening Standard

Microsoft takes £1.5bn stake in historic London Stock Exchange and signs tech deal

THE LONDON Stock Exchange Group made a major step towards the digital world today, signing a 10-year commercial deal with Microsoft which in turn takes a £1.5 billion stake in a business that goes back to 1801.

Fortune

The remote work revolution has only arrived for the ‘metropolitan elite,’ major new study argues

The remote work revolution is leaving behind the working class, and could make life much harder for non-remote workers, LSE researchers found.

The Guardian - UK

Swati Dhingra of the Bank of England: ‘Are we going to end up deepening the recession?’

In her first interview since joining the monetary policy committee, Britain’s newest interest-rate setter warns inflation is not the biggest threat to the economy – because ‘the slowdown is here’

The Guardian - UK

Brexit added nearly £6bn to UK food bills in two years, research finds

Cost of food imported from EU rose because of extra red tape, with poorest most affected

Fortune

Finance employees see the future of work as hybrid, a study finds

A study by Women in Banking and Finance and the London School of Economics focuses on finance professionals in the U.K.

Evening Standard

China on march as Oxford marks 7th year running as top university

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023 rate 1,799 institutions from 104 countries

The Guardian - UK

Bank of England delays interest rate decision due to royal mourning, as businesses and unions pay respects – as it happened

Interest rate decision delayed, and TUC Congress postponed, as businesses, unions and investors mourns death of Queen Elizabeth

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