After a change in methodology in 2007, the London School of Economics, usually regarded as one of Britain's top five academies, crashed from 17th to 59th place.

THE London School of Economics was once so popular among young American scholars that British students used to joke that LSE stood for “Let’s See Europe”.

That is changing, according to a forthcoming study by Majella Kilkey of the University of Hull and Diane Perrons of the London School of Economics.