“Is the French educational system better at promoting upward social mobility than the British one?”

Comme chaque année, le Franco British Comparative Project a organisé le concours d’essays en ligne du Cordial Debate, évènement invitant tout étudiant à développer une vision compréhensive des politiques françaises et britanniques. Cette année, le thème portait sur la propension de chaque système éducatif à promouvoir la mobilité sociale, sujet d’actualité en une période de…

Cordial Debate on Education

After the successful defence of « L’Innovation à la Française » by Simon Garcia (ENA/Sciences Po alumnus), the Franco-British Comparative Project launches the second edition of the Cordial Debate on Education. This year the Cordial Debate will focus on the French and British education system and social mobility. Students are challenged to submit their opinionated…

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…

Cordial Debate 2010-2011

The prize aims to foster mutual understanding between France and Great Britain by competing short essays taking a view “for or against” an annually given statement . This award recognizes outstanding arguments – presented individually or as a Team. The assessment criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the arguments. After submission…

Launch of the FB Comparative Project Prize

We are pleased to be working with the Franco-British Comparative Project for the launch of their prize, which will aim to stimulate debate around the innovation systems of France and Great Britain. The launch event will be held in Paris on the 30th of September 2010, and will include a brief presentation of the prize…