The use of digital technologies is nothing new in the world of Higher Education. From the university application procedure to the online Cambridge English exams and the Open University model, digital tools are transforming the education landscape. Today, the use of MOOCs is increasing, and this raises various questions: How are new digital education…
Sylvie Bermann est ambassadeur de France au Royaume-Uni depuis août 2014. Comment votre parcours de diplomate vous a-t-il mené à occuper la fonction d’Ambassadeur de France au Royaume-Uni? J’aime bien rappeler que mon premier poste dans ma carrière diplomatique était en réalité le Royaume-Uni. J’ai exercé mes premières fonctions à Hong Kong, qui était à…
The Franco-British Conference on the impact of Magna Carta and the Déclaration des Droits de l’Homme et du Citoyen opened with an “English travesty”: Rt Hon. Lord Sumption’s perspective on Thatcher’s belief in English exceptionalism regarding the nature and origin of human rights. He argued that unlike the Déclaration, Magna Carta is a document that…
Sir Peter Ricketts has been Her Majesty’s Ambassador to France since February 2012. Can you first please say a few words about your education and your career? I grew up in the West midlands of England and attended a Grammar school near Birmingham. I then studied English Literature at Oxford University. I joined the Foreign…
Recently elected as Senator in charge of the French abroad, Olivier Cadic is a French businessman who is completely in favour of the British economic system. The young senator is a self-made man: he started by creating a company in the electronic industry in 1982 and is now an editor and author of comic books.…
Le Professeur Philippe Marlière est un Français installé à Londres depuis plus de vingt ans. Il enseigne la politique française et européenne à UCL. Spécialiste de la gauche française, il publie également des recherches sur la politique européenne et les idées politiques. Pouvez-vous nous présenter votre parcours? Quelle en est la dimension franco-britannique? J’ai effectué…
Pierre-Alain Coffinier is the French Consul General in Edinburgh & Glasgow What is your academic background? After the baccalauréat, I was admitted to Prépa HEC, then to ESSEC (French Grande École) from which I graduated 3 years later. I then had two series of work experiences; the first one in the banking industry, then in…
For the 2013 edition, see Révolte-Toi – A revolution in debating! A year later, on the 20th of March, young tribunes from all over London gathered at the “Institut Francais de Londres” to decide the fate of Europe. The question for this 18th century style francophone debate was if a revolution was necessary to save…
Merci au Général Gratien Maire et au Préfet Philippe de Lagune, deux des intervenants du sommet franco-britannique sur la défense, d’avoir partagé leur interventions du 14 mars à la Sorbonne.
An edited version of this article appeared in the July 2013 edition of ASA Alumni Magazine. Middle Age Historians report that the early success of Oxford, and lets assume probably the largest part of the English –back then– Higher Education system, started thanks to the ban by King Henry II on English scholars going to…