Anne Corbett is visiting fellow in the European Institute at the London School of Economics. Her books include (as co-editor) Education in France: Continuity and Change in the Mitterrand Years, 1981-1995 (Routledge, 1996) and Universities and the Europe of Knowledge (Palgrave, 2005)
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Published in: HomeThe idea of a university: Fred Halliday's truthWhat are universities for, if they are to be other than “shopping-malls of the mind”? A 1998 lecture by Fred Halliday offers an answer, says Anne Corbett.
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Published in: HomeStudents: hitch up to Europe
A wave of student protest animated Britain’s political scene in late 2010 and highlighted wider concerns about the future of universities. There is already a decade of European experience of student engagement in this area where the movement can find allies and exert influence in 2011, says Anne Corbett.
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Published in: HomeSchool wars: France vs England
A flurry of reports that castigates the French school system also highlights the deficiencies of Anglocentric perception, says Anne Corbett.