Her Majesty the Queen has given orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire to Mr. Jean-Pascal Sibiet, President of Franco-British Connections and Member of the Franco-British Council, for services to UK/France relations. This award recognises ten years of volunteer work serving linguistic, intellectual, scientific, artistic…
Mary Dejevsky is a British writer and broadcaster. She is a former foreign correspondent in Paris and regularly contributes to The Independent and The Guardian. Could you briefly go through your education? I went to very academic schools. If you were in the top streams, you would study either sciences and maths or languages. I…
Kim Willsher is an award-winning foreign correspondant for the Guardian and the Observer, based in Paris. Could you first please briefly go through your education and career? I started my journalism career the traditional way: on a small newspaper in my local town, where I did the NCTJ training courses and passed the final exam,…
Nous re-publions ici une tribune écrite par Jean-Pascal Sibiet, Président des Franco-British Connections et membre du bureau du Conseil Franco-Britannique, parue le 16 octobre dans Les Echos. Les négociations entre le Royaume-Uni et l’Union européenne piétinent malgré les annonces faites à Florence, le négociateur en chef est français, Emmanuel Macron se tourne vers l’Allemagne et…
Edward Hughes is Professor of French at Queen Mary University of London. He was joint-winner of the Franco-British Society Literary Prize 2016 for his book ‘Albert Camus’, published by Reaktion Books. Can you first please briefly go through your education and career? I was born in Belfast and started university there in 1971, taking a…
Tim Gore, OBE, is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the University of London Institute in Paris. Can you briefly go through your education and career? When did your life acquire a Franco-British dimension? My first degree was Archaeological Sciences. After this, I volunteered in Sudan and started teaching there without a teaching background. I…
The Cordial Debate Prize pays homage to the Entente Cordiale which symbolises the close relationship between France and Great Britain. This year, the prize will reward the best essay on the following subject: This house believes that Europe benefits from Britain and France having different legal systems The Cordial Debate Prize was created by the…
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…
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…
This House proposes that beer is the new wine. Two teams representing France and Britain took part in this dynamic, gastronomical debate where they defended their national drinks. The traditional Celtic Pub, Patrick’s le Ballon Vert, in the 11th arrondissement provided the perfect setting for this lively yet lighthearted debate. Both teams took to it…