LONDON - When a little after nine last night, students and professors at the London School of Economics and Political Science, better known as the LSE, have seen delivered in an email inbox on the resignation of the director Howard Davies, many have longed "It was time." Overwhelmed by the controversy about funding received from Libya and the doctoral thesis copied the son of Colonel Gaddafi, the former head of the Financial Services Authority and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England rinosciuto that the "reputation" of the prestigious institute had " suffered "because of him.
But some say that the Libyan revolution has done more to undermine the foundation that while the prestige of the University has more than two centuries of history, as many as 16 Nobel laureates among its alumni and scholars such as Popper and Laski among its teachers. Not only that: according to a cablegram to WikiLeaks published by the Guardian, the LSE was not was not the only British university to have had relations with Libya.
That government was aware of the arrangement between the university and Tripoli to educate "400 future leaders" of the North African country. "The Foreign Office - a source confirmed to British newspaper - was aware of. But it was private in nature: the ministry has never been deeply involved in the details".
"I can not find precedent for the collapse of the liberal standards and academic Davies presiding. The lights of Cambridge University of Cambridge met yes, but it worked for Stalin, with the blessing of the Registrar, Deputy Registrar, of the Senate and teachers' colleges, "said the writer Nick Cohen from the columns of the New Statesman.
That that not only intellectual, but students and teachers to complain first to the top of the institution is "to have sold the good name of the institution for a handful of money." More than a handful, to be honest. To have forced Davies to resignation was to have accepted - despite warnings from academics such as George Joffe and Fred Halliday - 2.2 million pounds from the Libyan government to train Libyan government officials (one million and a half of which have already been received) and the million and a pounds by means of a foundation run by Saif, the son of Gaddafi.
Having announced Tuesday that the money already received - about 300 thousand pounds - would be used to fund scholarships for students of North Africa was not enough to save it. As he acknowledged his responsibility was also a second "misjudgment" to accept the post of adviser to the Libyan government on financial reforms.
"Davies has resigned at the end, but the responsibilities are very popular and soon will emerge and it will take a very long time before we can fully rehabilitate the reputation of the school," says Professor Katerina Dalacoura who teaches courses on Middle East democracy and Human Rights in the Department of International Relations at LSE.
"The problem is not only the money received from a murderous regime, which was long before the current war, but a whole combination of factors: Saif have accepted as a student, having invited him and his father to give lectures allegations of plagiarism, "added the hope that the independent inquiry headed by Lord Woolf not only unravel the ties between the institution and the Libyan regime, but serves to establish criteria for future funding.
Even students who last week had occupied the offices of Director and launched petitions, they think it's over here. "Davies is merely a scapegoat," Nader believes Emir, 20, a student of policy and philosophy, between the LSE still carpeted corridors of leaflets against the scandal. That relations between the LSE and schemes are still the largest also demonstrate the will to dedicate two years ago a theater LSE former president of the United Arab Emirates Zayed al-Nahyan.
But to shake not only the leaders of the London School of Economics: According to research by Professor Anthony Glees, between 1995 and 2006, eight British universities - including Oxford and Cambridge next LSE - would have received more than 233.5 million pounds from tyrannical government to establish centers of Islamic studies where research advocate "implacably hostile" to the West and Israel.
And since 2006, compared to government cuts, external donations accepted by British universities are only increased. The wind of revolution in the Middle East is not only shaken the governments of the Maghreb, also blows across the Channel.
But some say that the Libyan revolution has done more to undermine the foundation that while the prestige of the University has more than two centuries of history, as many as 16 Nobel laureates among its alumni and scholars such as Popper and Laski among its teachers. Not only that: according to a cablegram to WikiLeaks published by the Guardian, the LSE was not was not the only British university to have had relations with Libya.
That government was aware of the arrangement between the university and Tripoli to educate "400 future leaders" of the North African country. "The Foreign Office - a source confirmed to British newspaper - was aware of. But it was private in nature: the ministry has never been deeply involved in the details".
"I can not find precedent for the collapse of the liberal standards and academic Davies presiding. The lights of Cambridge University of Cambridge met yes, but it worked for Stalin, with the blessing of the Registrar, Deputy Registrar, of the Senate and teachers' colleges, "said the writer Nick Cohen from the columns of the New Statesman.
That that not only intellectual, but students and teachers to complain first to the top of the institution is "to have sold the good name of the institution for a handful of money." More than a handful, to be honest. To have forced Davies to resignation was to have accepted - despite warnings from academics such as George Joffe and Fred Halliday - 2.2 million pounds from the Libyan government to train Libyan government officials (one million and a half of which have already been received) and the million and a pounds by means of a foundation run by Saif, the son of Gaddafi.
Having announced Tuesday that the money already received - about 300 thousand pounds - would be used to fund scholarships for students of North Africa was not enough to save it. As he acknowledged his responsibility was also a second "misjudgment" to accept the post of adviser to the Libyan government on financial reforms.
"Davies has resigned at the end, but the responsibilities are very popular and soon will emerge and it will take a very long time before we can fully rehabilitate the reputation of the school," says Professor Katerina Dalacoura who teaches courses on Middle East democracy and Human Rights in the Department of International Relations at LSE.
"The problem is not only the money received from a murderous regime, which was long before the current war, but a whole combination of factors: Saif have accepted as a student, having invited him and his father to give lectures allegations of plagiarism, "added the hope that the independent inquiry headed by Lord Woolf not only unravel the ties between the institution and the Libyan regime, but serves to establish criteria for future funding.
Even students who last week had occupied the offices of Director and launched petitions, they think it's over here. "Davies is merely a scapegoat," Nader believes Emir, 20, a student of policy and philosophy, between the LSE still carpeted corridors of leaflets against the scandal. That relations between the LSE and schemes are still the largest also demonstrate the will to dedicate two years ago a theater LSE former president of the United Arab Emirates Zayed al-Nahyan.
But to shake not only the leaders of the London School of Economics: According to research by Professor Anthony Glees, between 1995 and 2006, eight British universities - including Oxford and Cambridge next LSE - would have received more than 233.5 million pounds from tyrannical government to establish centers of Islamic studies where research advocate "implacably hostile" to the West and Israel.
And since 2006, compared to government cuts, external donations accepted by British universities are only increased. The wind of revolution in the Middle East is not only shaken the governments of the Maghreb, also blows across the Channel.
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