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Cre d it: Euro p e an Unive rs ity Ins titute (Cre ative Co mmo ns BY SA) Efforts to strengthen a... more Cre d it: Euro p e an Unive rs ity Ins titute (Cre ative Co mmo ns BY SA) Efforts to strengthen and promote the role of universities in the UK often ignore the European dimension, to their cost. by Blo g Admin Austerity and the impact agenda have led to a rise in campaign groups and think tanks in support of public universities and the social sciences in both the UK and Europe. Anne Corbett examines three recent efforts in this direction, finding a worrying level of insularity in the UK's organisations. She writes that there is space for a Campaign for European Universities which could strengthen the impact of the bodies involved in academic research. It is the London bus story all over again. You don't see one f or ages, then three come along. Recent weeks have produced three documents which tell us a great deal about the attitudes of universities to Europe and why 'Europe' in some f orm wants them to be more f ully engaged. Craig Calhoun, well known f or wide-ranging work on big questions of the social sciences (and, of course, LSE's new director), chose at least f ive alluring words f or the title of his inaugural lecture: Knowledge Matters: the public mission of research universities. T he content on the strategic possibilities f or a research intensive institution like LSE was alluring too, especially given its commitment to public policy and high level social sciences. But f or a Europeanist it was surprising that his scenario f or a leading European university makes no mention of the Europe dimension. Yet the Bologna Process is out there gradually constructing a European Area of Higher Education, and the EU research strategy and 'knowledge triangle' of Europe2020 has big implications f or institutions. T he Calhoun bus however appears to be heading direct to the stop labelled Global.
Cahiers Charles V, 1996
The OECD has played an important part in the survey of education among its member states. The tre... more The OECD has played an important part in the survey of education among its member states. The treaty of European Union, better known as the Treaty of Maastricht, has given competence to the Union in matters of education. The commission has two ways to impact national educational policies : one is to exhort, as in Edith Cresson’s White Paper «Towards a learning Society», the other is to intervene by «bottom up» methods which are in sharp contrast with OECD ’s «top down » approach. The French and English systems remain in sharp contrast if one looks at their structures. Yet they operate in remarkably identical circumstances in terms of demographic and economic statistics. Differences seem to point out that whatever the Europeanisation of educational issues can be, nation states remain very much the proprietors of their systems.
Universities and the Europe of Knowledge, 2005
If there was one event that greatly enhanced the chances of cooperation in higher education becom... more If there was one event that greatly enhanced the chances of cooperation in higher education becoming enshrined in European Community (EC) law, it was the installation in January 1985 of a new Commission, under the presidency of the dynamic French politician, Jacques Delors. But that event was itself the culmination of many others. This chapter recounts the process by which broad support for a full EC decision on higher education was gained, and how the issue was refined by obstacles and events, expected and unexpected.
Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to crimina... more Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.
But we can't do it alone: the future of British universities post-Brexit blogs.lse.ac.uk /brexit/... more But we can't do it alone: the future of British universities post-Brexit blogs.lse.ac.uk /brexit/2016/09/21/but-we-cant-do-it-alone-the-future-of-british-universities-post-brexit/ With the loss of EU funding and collaborative opportunities-as well as a shake-up of research councils-British universities must now work out how to stay internationally competitive. Anne Corbett identifies four options for maintaining the UK's Top 10 position in the world rankings. She finds that while overseas expansion, MOOCs and recruiting more non-EU students are all viable strategies, it will be very difficult to match the existing EU funding and research structures.
Universities and the Europe of Knowledge, 2005
May 1958 marked the start of a new sequence of events in the history of the European University. ... more May 1958 marked the start of a new sequence of events in the history of the European University. This was the date at which the institutions of the new European Communities first discussed Articles 9(2) and 216 of the European Atomic Energy Community Treaty — the duty of the atomic energy community to create a university institution. The two Treaties of Rome had come into operation in January 1958, the one to establish the European Economic Community (EEC), the other the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom). While the establishment of the Communities is seen with hindsight as marking the most ambitious act of peaceful integration ever seen on the European continent, the higher education issue has been a forgotten footnote — Jean-Marie Palayret’s archive-based account of the pre-history of the European University Institute is the major exception.1 The Euratom treaty provision for a supranational university institution was never implemented. This chapter tells us why.
Universities and the Europe of Knowledge, 2005
The 1960s were a turbulent period for higher education in Europe — both within European Community... more The 1960s were a turbulent period for higher education in Europe — both within European Community (EC) institutions and within the universities. At the start of the decade, the issue of higher education moved from its position as a potential policy area for Community structured cooperation, with the European University at its centre — an idea proposed in 1960 — to an issue in which the European executives were instructed not to intervene. Yet in 1969, the issue of education, including higher education, was back on the agenda of EC heads of state and government. When their predecessors had set the conditions for higher education intergovernmental cooperation at the Bonn Summit of July 1961, there were few grounds to predict that the issue would become an established policy domain within ten years. This chapter recounts how and why that reversal took place.
ABSTRACT This paper is a draft working paper, prepared by the author for presentation at the Euro... more ABSTRACT This paper is a draft working paper, prepared by the author for presentation at the European Education Policy Network conference, "Defining the European Education Agenda", Cambridge University, 11 January 2007.
Higher Education Quarterly, 2009
Education + Training, 1970
Anne Corbett looks back on the achievements of the suffragette girls' schools and makes a ple... more Anne Corbett looks back on the achievements of the suffragette girls' schools and makes a plea that we stop classifying children by sex.
... In: The politics of European university identity. Bononia University Press, Bologna, Italy, p... more ... In: The politics of European university identity. Bononia University Press, Bologna, Italy, pp. 63-106. ISBN 8873951988. ... Item Type: Book Section. Official URL: http://www.buponline. com. Additional Information: © 2006 Bononia University Press. ...
European Journal of Higher Education, 2014
Reviewed by Darko Štrajn 1 The present book suggests that the notion of "globalisation" is not on... more Reviewed by Darko Štrajn 1 The present book suggests that the notion of "globalisation" is not only a content-empty term, but an unavoidable overarching concept. It covers a long chain of events, realities, ideas, views and standpoints, perhaps simply including many meanings of words that designate the complexities we have to deal with. Higher education is an extremely complex "organism" within the wider complexities of social spaces, cultural diversities, economic relationships and representations in a variety of relevant and irrelevant discourses. The editors and authors of this book, which is an insightful product of a range of institutionally and informally based academic interactions, were obviously aware that the developments in European higher education systems expose the aforementioned chain of meanings to different perceptions and to critical scrutiny. Hence, terms such as Europeanisation, internationalisation, diversification, etc., became linked to "Bolognisation" as an underlying, ongoing process present both before and after the introduction of the crucial declaration in Bologna at the end of the previous millennium. In their introduction to the book, the editors point out that: "The Zeitgeist called for the creation of more 'unity' in the European 'diversities'; it was in this context that the political momentum was accumulated to establish the European Higher Education Area (EHEA)" (p. 13). However, the intention to create more unity in diversity rearranged the pattern in which particular nations and regions stand against each other as parts of "centres" and "peripheries". As the editors hint, trends are also taking opposite directions to those prevalent at the start of the process. Of course, the editors do not try to simplify the complex outcomes of the "process" of the last two decades; they stress the importance of research and critical analysis, which are actually performed in fifteen chapters in the three parts of this interesting and engaging book. The contributors provide well-grounded observations and numerous research-based considerations of different aspects, contexts and spaces in which "Bologna" has instigated many changes in accordance and/or in conflict with social changes. However, the book as a whole suggests that the
... INTERNACIONALIZACIÓN Además de los estudiantes nacionales, las universidades canadienses tuvi... more ... INTERNACIONALIZACIÓN Además de los estudiantes nacionales, las universidades canadienses tuvieron alrededor de 66.700 estudiantes inter-nacionales en el curso 2004-2005. ... Aunque cada provincia implementa su pro-pia estrategia en lo que se refiere a la ...
History of Education Quarterly, 2018
Academics like to quote Einstein when they think about academic freedom. "By academic freedom," s... more Academics like to quote Einstein when they think about academic freedom. "By academic freedom," said Albert Einstein, "I understand the right to search for truth and to publish and teach what one holds to be true." 1 In the 1940s, philosopher Karl Polanyi warned that "freedom from" could be a more important dimension than "freedom to" for those concerned with rights. 2 Today, in looking across the university world in Europe, Polanyi's words seem apt. This article looks at the case of Hungarian-based Central European University (CEU), which, in March 2017, became a byword for academic freedom under attack, and asks what general lessons, if any, we can draw on the state of academic freedom in Europe. In addition to giving an overview of the CEU case, it highlights some recent issues in Central, Eastern, and Western Europe; draws attention to the distinctions and commonalities between academic freedom and institutional autonomy; and raises questions as to whether the EU and European institutions have a role to play in defending university autonomy. In April 2017, the CEU found itself the object of an amendment to Hungary's Higher Education Law that, according to Michael Ignatieff,
Cre d it: Euro p e an Unive rs ity Ins titute (Cre ative Co mmo ns BY SA) Efforts to strengthen a... more Cre d it: Euro p e an Unive rs ity Ins titute (Cre ative Co mmo ns BY SA) Efforts to strengthen and promote the role of universities in the UK often ignore the European dimension, to their cost. by Blo g Admin Austerity and the impact agenda have led to a rise in campaign groups and think tanks in support of public universities and the social sciences in both the UK and Europe. Anne Corbett examines three recent efforts in this direction, finding a worrying level of insularity in the UK's organisations. She writes that there is space for a Campaign for European Universities which could strengthen the impact of the bodies involved in academic research. It is the London bus story all over again. You don't see one f or ages, then three come along. Recent weeks have produced three documents which tell us a great deal about the attitudes of universities to Europe and why 'Europe' in some f orm wants them to be more f ully engaged. Craig Calhoun, well known f or wide-ranging work on big questions of the social sciences (and, of course, LSE's new director), chose at least f ive alluring words f or the title of his inaugural lecture: Knowledge Matters: the public mission of research universities. T he content on the strategic possibilities f or a research intensive institution like LSE was alluring too, especially given its commitment to public policy and high level social sciences. But f or a Europeanist it was surprising that his scenario f or a leading European university makes no mention of the Europe dimension. Yet the Bologna Process is out there gradually constructing a European Area of Higher Education, and the EU research strategy and 'knowledge triangle' of Europe2020 has big implications f or institutions. T he Calhoun bus however appears to be heading direct to the stop labelled Global.
Cahiers Charles V, 1996
The OECD has played an important part in the survey of education among its member states. The tre... more The OECD has played an important part in the survey of education among its member states. The treaty of European Union, better known as the Treaty of Maastricht, has given competence to the Union in matters of education. The commission has two ways to impact national educational policies : one is to exhort, as in Edith Cresson’s White Paper «Towards a learning Society», the other is to intervene by «bottom up» methods which are in sharp contrast with OECD ’s «top down » approach. The French and English systems remain in sharp contrast if one looks at their structures. Yet they operate in remarkably identical circumstances in terms of demographic and economic statistics. Differences seem to point out that whatever the Europeanisation of educational issues can be, nation states remain very much the proprietors of their systems.
Universities and the Europe of Knowledge, 2005
If there was one event that greatly enhanced the chances of cooperation in higher education becom... more If there was one event that greatly enhanced the chances of cooperation in higher education becoming enshrined in European Community (EC) law, it was the installation in January 1985 of a new Commission, under the presidency of the dynamic French politician, Jacques Delors. But that event was itself the culmination of many others. This chapter recounts the process by which broad support for a full EC decision on higher education was gained, and how the issue was refined by obstacles and events, expected and unexpected.
Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to crimina... more Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.
But we can't do it alone: the future of British universities post-Brexit blogs.lse.ac.uk /brexit/... more But we can't do it alone: the future of British universities post-Brexit blogs.lse.ac.uk /brexit/2016/09/21/but-we-cant-do-it-alone-the-future-of-british-universities-post-brexit/ With the loss of EU funding and collaborative opportunities-as well as a shake-up of research councils-British universities must now work out how to stay internationally competitive. Anne Corbett identifies four options for maintaining the UK's Top 10 position in the world rankings. She finds that while overseas expansion, MOOCs and recruiting more non-EU students are all viable strategies, it will be very difficult to match the existing EU funding and research structures.
Universities and the Europe of Knowledge, 2005
May 1958 marked the start of a new sequence of events in the history of the European University. ... more May 1958 marked the start of a new sequence of events in the history of the European University. This was the date at which the institutions of the new European Communities first discussed Articles 9(2) and 216 of the European Atomic Energy Community Treaty — the duty of the atomic energy community to create a university institution. The two Treaties of Rome had come into operation in January 1958, the one to establish the European Economic Community (EEC), the other the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom). While the establishment of the Communities is seen with hindsight as marking the most ambitious act of peaceful integration ever seen on the European continent, the higher education issue has been a forgotten footnote — Jean-Marie Palayret’s archive-based account of the pre-history of the European University Institute is the major exception.1 The Euratom treaty provision for a supranational university institution was never implemented. This chapter tells us why.
Universities and the Europe of Knowledge, 2005
The 1960s were a turbulent period for higher education in Europe — both within European Community... more The 1960s were a turbulent period for higher education in Europe — both within European Community (EC) institutions and within the universities. At the start of the decade, the issue of higher education moved from its position as a potential policy area for Community structured cooperation, with the European University at its centre — an idea proposed in 1960 — to an issue in which the European executives were instructed not to intervene. Yet in 1969, the issue of education, including higher education, was back on the agenda of EC heads of state and government. When their predecessors had set the conditions for higher education intergovernmental cooperation at the Bonn Summit of July 1961, there were few grounds to predict that the issue would become an established policy domain within ten years. This chapter recounts how and why that reversal took place.
ABSTRACT This paper is a draft working paper, prepared by the author for presentation at the Euro... more ABSTRACT This paper is a draft working paper, prepared by the author for presentation at the European Education Policy Network conference, "Defining the European Education Agenda", Cambridge University, 11 January 2007.
Higher Education Quarterly, 2009
Education + Training, 1970
Anne Corbett looks back on the achievements of the suffragette girls' schools and makes a ple... more Anne Corbett looks back on the achievements of the suffragette girls' schools and makes a plea that we stop classifying children by sex.
... In: The politics of European university identity. Bononia University Press, Bologna, Italy, p... more ... In: The politics of European university identity. Bononia University Press, Bologna, Italy, pp. 63-106. ISBN 8873951988. ... Item Type: Book Section. Official URL: http://www.buponline. com. Additional Information: © 2006 Bononia University Press. ...
European Journal of Higher Education, 2014
Reviewed by Darko Štrajn 1 The present book suggests that the notion of "globalisation" is not on... more Reviewed by Darko Štrajn 1 The present book suggests that the notion of "globalisation" is not only a content-empty term, but an unavoidable overarching concept. It covers a long chain of events, realities, ideas, views and standpoints, perhaps simply including many meanings of words that designate the complexities we have to deal with. Higher education is an extremely complex "organism" within the wider complexities of social spaces, cultural diversities, economic relationships and representations in a variety of relevant and irrelevant discourses. The editors and authors of this book, which is an insightful product of a range of institutionally and informally based academic interactions, were obviously aware that the developments in European higher education systems expose the aforementioned chain of meanings to different perceptions and to critical scrutiny. Hence, terms such as Europeanisation, internationalisation, diversification, etc., became linked to "Bolognisation" as an underlying, ongoing process present both before and after the introduction of the crucial declaration in Bologna at the end of the previous millennium. In their introduction to the book, the editors point out that: "The Zeitgeist called for the creation of more 'unity' in the European 'diversities'; it was in this context that the political momentum was accumulated to establish the European Higher Education Area (EHEA)" (p. 13). However, the intention to create more unity in diversity rearranged the pattern in which particular nations and regions stand against each other as parts of "centres" and "peripheries". As the editors hint, trends are also taking opposite directions to those prevalent at the start of the process. Of course, the editors do not try to simplify the complex outcomes of the "process" of the last two decades; they stress the importance of research and critical analysis, which are actually performed in fifteen chapters in the three parts of this interesting and engaging book. The contributors provide well-grounded observations and numerous research-based considerations of different aspects, contexts and spaces in which "Bologna" has instigated many changes in accordance and/or in conflict with social changes. However, the book as a whole suggests that the
... INTERNACIONALIZACIÓN Además de los estudiantes nacionales, las universidades canadienses tuvi... more ... INTERNACIONALIZACIÓN Además de los estudiantes nacionales, las universidades canadienses tuvieron alrededor de 66.700 estudiantes inter-nacionales en el curso 2004-2005. ... Aunque cada provincia implementa su pro-pia estrategia en lo que se refiere a la ...
History of Education Quarterly, 2018
Academics like to quote Einstein when they think about academic freedom. "By academic freedom," s... more Academics like to quote Einstein when they think about academic freedom. "By academic freedom," said Albert Einstein, "I understand the right to search for truth and to publish and teach what one holds to be true." 1 In the 1940s, philosopher Karl Polanyi warned that "freedom from" could be a more important dimension than "freedom to" for those concerned with rights. 2 Today, in looking across the university world in Europe, Polanyi's words seem apt. This article looks at the case of Hungarian-based Central European University (CEU), which, in March 2017, became a byword for academic freedom under attack, and asks what general lessons, if any, we can draw on the state of academic freedom in Europe. In addition to giving an overview of the CEU case, it highlights some recent issues in Central, Eastern, and Western Europe; draws attention to the distinctions and commonalities between academic freedom and institutional autonomy; and raises questions as to whether the EU and European institutions have a role to play in defending university autonomy. In April 2017, the CEU found itself the object of an amendment to Hungary's Higher Education Law that, according to Michael Ignatieff,