Anne Corbett

Anne Corbett is <a href=http://www2.lse.ac.uk/researchAndExpertise/Experts/a.corbett@lse.ac.uk>visiting fellow</a> in the European Institute at the London School of Economics. Her books include (as co

The idea of a university: Fred Halliday's truth

What are universities for, if they are to be other than “shopping-malls of the mind”? A 1998 lecture by Fred Halliday offers an answer, says Anne Corbett.

By Anne Corbett

/ 8 Apr 2011

Students: hitch up to Europe

A wave of student protest animated Britain’s political scene in late 2010 and highlighted wider concerns about the future of universities. There is already a decade of European experience of student engagement in this area where the movement can find allies and exert influence in 2011, says Anne C

By Anne Corbett

/ 19 Jan 2011

School wars: France vs England

A flurry of reports that castigates the French school system also highlights the deficiencies of Anglocentric perception, says Anne Corbett.

By Anne Corbett

/ 13 Sep 2010