| rdfs:comment | - The London School of Economics was a college in London, England with a focus on economic majors. Andre Drazen graduated from the London School of Economics with a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science. (Findings at CTU)
- The London School of Economics and Political Science (commonly referred to as the London School of Economics or LSE) is a public research university located in London, England and a constituent college of the federal University of London. Founded in 1895 by Fabian Society members Sidney Webb, Beatrice Webb, Graham Wallas and George Bernard Shaw for the betterment of society, LSE joined the University of London in 1900 and first issued degrees to its students in 1902. Despite its name, LSE conducts teaching and research across a range of legal studies and social sciences in 26 academic departments or institutes including mathematics, statistics, law, media, human geography, public affairs and international history.
- The London School of Economics and Political Science is a school that teaches economics and political science in London. It is also a misnomer, as it is actually a university, and it also teaches other things if it feels like. Founded in a Churchill-induced rage by George Bernard Shaw and other less-famous Fabians in 1895, LSE is the most international collection of investment bankers, academics and hardened criminals in one room. Its peculiar student body smothers its rage towards Messrs Oxford and Cambridge into a pillow each morning, before celebrating their long-held superiority over the rest of England's universities and shantytowns by worshiping a ceramic Penguin. Not satisfied with perpetual third place, LSE has produced the strangest assortment of overachievers in the known galaxy,
- An EI campaign has been running this academic year at LSE with student support, but School are still to respond as of yet. In October 2006 the Union General Meeting passed a motion on divestment from the arms trade, specifically from 14 arms companies in which it had been found LSE was invested. The exact wording of the motion can be found below. The motion was taken to the School's Investment Sub-Committee on 20th November by Joel Kenrick, the SU Treasurer and was scheduled for further discussion at the next meeting of the committee. However, unfortunately this meeting has been postponed due to a staff resignation, so the campaign has somewhat had its hands tied over the last few months on this particular front.
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| abstract | - The London School of Economics and Political Science is a school that teaches economics and political science in London. It is also a misnomer, as it is actually a university, and it also teaches other things if it feels like. Founded in a Churchill-induced rage by George Bernard Shaw and other less-famous Fabians in 1895, LSE is the most international collection of investment bankers, academics and hardened criminals in one room. Its peculiar student body smothers its rage towards Messrs Oxford and Cambridge into a pillow each morning, before celebrating their long-held superiority over the rest of England's universities and shantytowns by worshiping a ceramic Penguin. Not satisfied with perpetual third place, LSE has produced the strangest assortment of overachievers in the known galaxy, including some dozen Nobel laureates, massive players John F. Kennedy and Mick Jagger, a son of Mugabe, and several women. It routinely distracts common people by having every important person that ever lived come and speak about themselves at the university.
- The London School of Economics and Political Science (commonly referred to as the London School of Economics or LSE) is a public research university located in London, England and a constituent college of the federal University of London. Founded in 1895 by Fabian Society members Sidney Webb, Beatrice Webb, Graham Wallas and George Bernard Shaw for the betterment of society, LSE joined the University of London in 1900 and first issued degrees to its students in 1902. Despite its name, LSE conducts teaching and research across a range of legal studies and social sciences in 26 academic departments or institutes including mathematics, statistics, law, media, human geography, public affairs and international history. The website is [1] and the Wikipedia page [2], with the history of the LSE at [3].
- The London School of Economics was a college in London, England with a focus on economic majors. Andre Drazen graduated from the London School of Economics with a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science. (Findings at CTU)
- An EI campaign has been running this academic year at LSE with student support, but School are still to respond as of yet. In October 2006 the Union General Meeting passed a motion on divestment from the arms trade, specifically from 14 arms companies in which it had been found LSE was invested. The exact wording of the motion can be found below. The motion was taken to the School's Investment Sub-Committee on 20th November by Joel Kenrick, the SU Treasurer and was scheduled for further discussion at the next meeting of the committee. However, unfortunately this meeting has been postponed due to a staff resignation, so the campaign has somewhat had its hands tied over the last few months on this particular front. However, another divestment campaign has been growing in the meantime at LSE, specifically relating to the current situation in Sudan. At the beginning of 2007, another motion was (almost unanimously) passed by the UGM, calling on the School and the SU to divest in those companies which meet the 'Sudan Divestment UK' guidelines. Again, the full details of the motion can be found below. Therefore it looks like these campaigns could be entering a crucial, and difficult, stage now - namely persuading the school that these policies really are viable and for them to incorporate them into their investment strategies asap. However, it looks like things are slowly moving, with the school having agreed to a meeting of the Investments Sub-Committee towards the beginning of next term at which the issue of ethical investments, including Sudan divestment, will be discussed. It seems that the challenge now is to raise awareness and mobilise student and staff support through demos, petitions, student media, events, stalls - anything really! This could prove to be challenging during exam term, when everyone at LSE has a tendecy of chaining themselves to the library... we'll keep you posted! Union notes: 1. LSE has received funding to the sum of £125,295.00 from two of the following companies: BAE Systems, EADS, GKN, Lockheed Martin, Thales Groups, Boeing, Cobham, Finmeccanica/Augusta Westland, Qinetiq, Smith Group, Rolls Royce, VT Group and DSTL. Union believes: 1. That the arms trade causes devastation and pain across the world 2. That the LSE has a moral obligation to divest in and not accept donations from those dealing in this trade Union resolves: 1. To ensure that the SU does not invest in or accept donations from the following companies: BAE Systems, EADS, GKN, Lockheed Martin, Thales Groups, Boeing, Cobham, Finmeccanica/Augusta Westland, Qinetiq, Smiths Group, Rolls Royce, VT Group and DSTL. 2. To lobby the school so that it will no longer invest in or accept donations from the following companies: BAE Systems, EADS, GKN, Lockheed Martin, Thales Groups, Boeing, Cobham, Finmeccanica/Augusta Westland, Qinetiq, Smiths Group, Rolls Royce, VT Group and DSTL. 3. To announce this policy on the global email 4. To press release this policy to local and regional press 5. To mandate the Environment and Ethics Officer to report back to the UGM on the policy’s progress after two weeks Union Notes: 1. That the LSESU has submitted a paper to the School requesting the adoption of a Socially Responsible Investment policy. Union Believes: 1. That the ethical consequences of colleges' investments are an issue of mounting concern to LSE students. 2. That targeted divestment is a powerful method of influencing the Sudanese government. 3. That it is incumbent upon the rest of the world and LSE in particular, to do everything possible in order to facilitate the end of the genocidal killing of civilians and the restoration of peace and security to the Darfur region. 4. That there is a humanitarian crisis occurring in the Darfur region in the Sudan, a humanitarian crisis that has killed over 400,000 civilians since February 2003 and 2.5 million people have been displaced. 5. That foreign investment has been of great importance in enabling the heavily indebted Sudanese government to finance its military policy of genocide. 6. That the last reliable source of information indicated that University bodies held a large amount of stocks in companies which meet guidelines for divestment by 'Sudan Divestment UK[1]. 7. In the United States many Ivy League universities, including Columbia, Yale, Harvard, Dartmouth College and the University of Pennsylvania implement Socially Responsible Investment policies, often through an Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investment. Union Resolves: 1. To call for the School to divest from those companies identified as meeting the 'Sudan Divestment UK' guidelines on Sudanese divestment following a review of the holdings of the School. 2. For the LSESU to divest from those companies identified as meeting the 'Sudan Divestment UK' guidelines on Sudanese divestment. 3. To call for the School and its affiliates to make a statement of its intention not only to divest but to refrain from investing in any companies which meet the 'Sudan Divestment UK' guidelines until the situation in the Darfur has been resolved. 4. For the Executive Committee of LSESU to actively pursue the issue through meetings with the relevant administrative bodies. ________________________________ [1] Sudan Divestment UK judges a company to be suitable for divestment if they: a. Contribute to government revenue, b. Impart minimal benefit to disadvantaged citizens that are typically located in the geographic periphery of Sudan, and c. Have demonstrated no substantial corporate governance policy regarding the situation in Darfur.
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