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The European University Association ( EUA ) represents and supports more than 850 institutions of higher education in 47 countries , providing them with a forum for cooperation and exchange of information on higher education and ___MASK70___ policies . Members of the Association are European universities involved in teaching and ___MASK70___ , national associations of rectors and other organisations active in higher education and ___MASK70___ . A ___MASK70___ university is a university that expects all its tenured and tenure - track ___MASK81___ to continuously engage in ___MASK70___ , as opposed to merely requiring it as a condition of an initial appointment or tenure . Such universities can be recognized by their strong focus on innovative ___MASK70___ and the prestige of their brand names . On the one hand , ___MASK70___ universities strive to recruit ___MASK81___ who are the most brilliant minds in their disciplines in the world , and their students enjoy the opportunity to learn from such experts . On the other hand , new students are often disappointed to realize their undergraduate courses at ___MASK70___ universities are overly academic and fail to provide vocational training with immediate " real world " applications ; but many employers value degrees from ___MASK70___ universities because they know that such coursework develops fundamental skills like critical thinking . Covent Garden ( or ) is a district in London on the eastern fringes of the West End , between St Martin ' s Lane and Drury Lane . It is associated with the former fruit - and - vegetable market in the central square , now a popular shopping and tourist site , and with the Royal ___MASK51___ House , which is also known as " Covent Garden ". The district is divided by the main thoroughfare of Long Acre , north of which is given over to independent shops centred on Neal ' s Yard and Seven Dials , while the south contains the central square with its street performers and most of the elegant buildings , theatres and entertainment facilities , including the London Transport Museum and the Theatre Royal , Drury Lane . George Bernard Shaw ( 26 July 1856  2 November 1950 ), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw , was an Irish ___MASK47___ , ___MASK43___ , and polemicist whose influence on Western theatre , culture , and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond . He wrote more than sixty plays , including major works such as " Man and Superman " ( 1903 ), " Pygmalion " ( 1913 ), and " ___MASK19___ Joan " ( 1923 ). With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory , Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation , and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature . The London School of Economics ( officially The London School of Economics and Political ___MASK61___ ; often referred to as LSE ) is a public ___MASK70___ 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 established its first degree courses under the auspices of the University in 1901 ; the LSE has awarded its own degrees since 2008 . LSE is located in Westminster , central London , near the boundary between Covent Garden and Holborn . The area is historically known as Clare Market . It has students and 3 , 300 staff , just under half of whom come from outside the UK . It had a total income of £ 340 . 7 million in 2015 / 16 , of which £ 30 . 3 million was from ___MASK70___ grants .< ref name =" LSE Financial Statement 15 / 16 "></ ref > 155 nationalities are represented amongst LSE ' s student body and the school has the highest percentage of international students ( 70 %) of all British universities . Despite its name , the school is organised into 25 academic departments and institutes which conduct teaching and ___MASK70___ across a range of legal studies and social sciences . The School is generally recognised as one of the most prestigious universities in the world and as one of the world ' s leading social science universities , ranked among the top 10 universities nationally by two of the three UK tables and in the top 100 internationally by three of the four major global rankings . In the 2014 ___MASK70___ Excellence Framework , the School had the highest proportion of world - leading ___MASK70___ among ___MASK70___ submitted of any British non - specialist university . LSE is usually considered part of the golden triangle of highly ___MASK70___ - intensive universities in southeast England . It is a ___MASK22___ of academic organisations such as the Association of Commonwealth Universities , the European University Association and the Russell Group . The LSE has produced many notable alumni in the fields of law , history , economics , philosophy , business , literature , media and politics . Alumni and staff include 52 past or present heads of state or government and 20 members of the current British House of Commons . To 2016 , 27 % ( or 13 out of 48 ) of all the Nobel Prizes in Economics have been awarded or jointly awarded to LSE alumni , current staff or former staff , making up 17 % ( 13 out of 78 ) of all laureates . LSE alumni and staff have also won 3 Nobel Peace Prizes , and 2 Nobel Prizes in Literature . Out of all European universities , LSE has educated the most billionaires according to a 2014 global census of dollar billionaires . LSE graduates earn higher incomes on average than those of any other British university . Central London is the innermost part of London , England . There is no ___MASK98___ definition of its area but its characteristics are understood to include a high density built environment , high land values , an elevated daytime population and a concentration of regionally , nationally and internationally significant organisations and facilities . Over time a number of definitions have been used to define the scope of central London for statistics , ___MASK100___ and local government . The Fabian Society is a British ___MASK26___ organisation whose purpose is to advance the principles of democratic socialism via gradualist and reformist effort in democracies , rather than by ___MASK57___ overthrow . As one of the founding organisations of the Labour Representation Committee in 1900 , and as an important influence upon the Labour Party which grew from it , the Fabian Society has had a powerful influence on British politics . Later members of the Fabian Society included Jawaharlal Nehru and other leaders of new nations created out of the former British Empire , who used Fabian principles to create ___MASK26___ democracies in India , Pakistan , Nigeria and elsewhere as Britain decolonised after World War II . The University of London is a collegiate ___MASK70___ university located in London , England , consisting of 18 constituent colleges , nine ___MASK70___ institutes and a number of central bodies . Martha Beatrice Webb , Baroness Passfield , ( née ___MASK42___ ; 22 January 1858  30 April 1943 ), was an English ___MASK17___ , economist , socialist , labour historian and social reformer . It was Webb who coined the term " collective bargaining ". She was among the founders of the London School of Economics and played a crucial role in forming the Fabian Society . The Russell Group is a self - selected association of twenty - four public ___MASK70___ universities in the United Kingdom . The group is headquartered in London and was established in 1994 to represent its members ' interests , principally to government and parliament ; nineteen smaller British ___MASK70___ universities formed the 1994 Group in response , which has since dissolved . In 2010 , Russell Group members received approximately two - thirds of all university ___MASK70___ grant and contract income in the United Kingdom . The group is widely perceived as representing the best universities in the country . The ___MASK70___ Excellence Framework is the successor to the ___MASK70___ Assessment Exercise . It is an Impact evaluation ; assessing the ___MASK70___ of British higher education institutions . It was used in 2014 to assess UK ___MASK70___ during the period 2008  2013 . Graham Wallas ( 31 May 1858  9 August 1932 ) was an English ___MASK26___ , social ___MASK30___ , educationalist , a leader of the Fabian Society and a co - founder of the London School of Economics . Eileen Vartan Barker OBE , ( born 21 April 1938 , Edinburgh , UK ) is a professor in sociology , an emeritus ___MASK22___ of the London School of Economics ( LSE ) , and a consultant to that institution ' s Centre for the Study of Human Rights . She is the chairperson and founder of the Information Network Focus on Religious Movements ( INFORM ) and has written studies about groups she defines as cults and new religious movements ( NRMs ) .