London School of Economics and Political Science

Type:	Public
Founded:	1895
Headquarters:	London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street,London.
Products:	Teaching and Research
Employees:	over 3,000 (2011)
Website:	lse.ac.uk
Twitter:	@LSEpublicevents
Key People
Sir Howard Davies, Director (until 1 May 2011) Professor Judith Rees CBE (from 2 May 2011)

LSE, the London School of Economics and Political Science, is one of the leading universities in the world. Founded in 1895 by Beatrice and Sidney Webb it is the most renowned social science university across the globe. It has accomplished the highest excellence and has given 16 Nobel Prize winners to the world. In 2008 the university was titled the leading research university. LSE provides its students different types of post graduate and undergraduate courses in social science. It has partnered with many international universities to spread its top quality education throughout the world. It has also assisted governments and many international organizations for different research purposes and advisory works.

History

London School of Economics was established in 1895. The four Socialists Beatrice and Sidney Webb, Graham Wallas and George Bernard Shaw decided to create a school for the improvement of the society. The idea was to create an institution which will perform research and study poverty analytically and profoundly and eventually which will help in the development and improvement of the society. The four Fabians instigated this noble idea over a breakfast party at Borough farm, near Milford, Surrey, on 4th August 1894. Henry Hunt Hutchinson gifted a sum of about £20,000 to the Fabian Society in order to establish a world class university. Hutchinson was deeply moved by the idea of creating LSE for the improvement of the society.

LSE commenced its first lectures in October 1895 in rooms of John Street, later it was moved to 10 Adelphi Terrace. In 1900, the newly established London University recognized LSE as an institution which specializes in Economics. In 1901, LSE announced its first degrees BSc (Econ) and DSc (Econ). These degrees were also the first university degrees which were dedicated to social sciences. Along with Hutchinson, many other donors came forward to develop the school rapidly and with the help of these donations, on May 1920 King George V laid the foundation of the Old Building of the school at Clare Market and Houghton Street, off the Aldwych.

Vision

In 1922, the school adopted a motto “to know the causes of things” as proposed by Professor Edwin Cannan from Virgil Georgics. This motto became a source of motivation for the school’s participants to perform researches and work for the betterment of the society. The motto has also become a reason for the LSE’s visions and strategies. The visions and strategies for LSE in the year 2010-2015 are as follows:

• Creating degree programs which are challenging, encouraging and led by researches.
• Creating advanced researches which will always be ahead of the social sciences which will deal with the ever changing challenges of the society.
• Become a top class institute and an international centre for social sciences in the world.
• Engaging with various top institutions across the world in order to expand and spread excellent knowledge.

Relation with ICANN

ICANN has appointed an expert team of researchers from the Public Policy Group of LSE to review the GNSO (Generic Names Supporting Organization) in the year 2006. This review is a constitutional part of ICANN’s normal operations and to assist ICANN in its efforts towards ensuring maximum organizational transparency and efficiency.

Generic Names Supporting Organization. Develops and recommends to the Board substantive policies relating to generic top-level domains and other responsibilities set forth in the Bylaws (ICANN Bylaws).