2013 Franco-British Finance Summit

Are you interested in finance and how it affects society? Does the role of the UK in Europe grab your attention? Are you keen to meet students from other great universities and spend a weekend in Paris? If you answered yes to any of the above, then please read on. On the 15-16th of March,…

Research Communication Event Review

On Monday 14th January, the Franco-British Connections had the pleasure of hosting their first event of 2013, in the beautiful great hall of Goodenough College. The event, entitled ‘The Communication of Social and Scientific Research in France and the UK’, aimed to give an insight on how research is transmitted from an academic setting to…

FBCP Debate on the Freedom of Press

On the 24th of November 2011, the FB Connections organised a debate on “the freedom of the press in France and in the UK”, held at the British Embassy in Paris, and organised by its debating arm, the FBCP. Our host, British Ambassador to France Sir Peter Westmacott, gave an introductory speech, which was followed…

Franco-British Student Conference 2011

The annual edition of the Franco-British Student Conference was organised on 18-20 March 2011 at Imperial College London. Last year’s edition had been organised at UCL and focused on promoting cooperation between France and the UK. This year, the students at Imperial College decided to centre the Conference around Innovation, from the initial idea to…

Square Debate au Collège Franco-Britannique

Dans le cadre du Collège Franco Britannique de la Cité Universitaire de Paris, 12 étudiants et jeunes professionnels, répartis en équipes de 3, étaient réunis, le 30 avril dernier, devant un publique d’une cinquantaine de personnes, pour débattre sur la motion « This House believes that European nations should merge their armed forces so as…

Franco-British Connections and the 2010 SMCC

The delegates of the 2010 Strategy & Management Consulting Conference (SMCC) will be invited by the French Embassy in London to meet alumni from their respective schools in the spirit of strengthening cross-Channel professional links. This conference is the largest student-run conference on consulting in Europe. Under the sponsorship of the BCG (headline sponsor), OC&C…