[Athena] Conference "Issues and Changes in Higher Education in France and the United Kingdom", Friday 17 February and Saturday 18 February at the Maison Française d'Oxford

[Maison Française <reception AT mfo.ac.uk>]

The Maison Française d’Oxford, The Department of Politics and International Relations of the University of Oxford, The University of Aix-Marseille and the LAMES are pleased to announce the following conference:


"Universities in the ‘Performance Age’: Issues and Changes in Higher Education in France and the United Kingdom"


Friday 17 February 2012

2.00pm    Tea/Coffee and welcome by Luc Borot, Director of the Maison Française

Session One, 2.30pm-6.00pm: Performance Definitions and Measurements in Public Services
Chair: Hubert Ertl (University of Oxford)

2.30pm    Ruth Dixon (University of Oxford): Performance Management, Performance Measurements: The Way to Better Public Services?
3.30pm    Jennifer Ozga (University of Oxford): Governing Education by Numbers
4.30pm    Tea/Coffee Break
5.00pm    Corine Eyraud (University of Aix-Marseille/MFO): Performance Indicators for French Higher Education: Construction Process and Current Issues


Saturday 18 February 2012

Session Two, 9.30am-1.00pm: Performance Management, Assessment and Rankings   
Chair: Jean Viviès (University of Aix-Marseille)

9.30am      Jane Broadbent (Roehampton University) and Richard Laughlin (King's College London): Performance Management of Higher Education: A Conceptual and Empirical Analysis
10.30am    Lise Gastaldi (University of Aix-Marseille): Assessments and Rankings in French Higher Education: A Case Study
11.30am    Tea/Coffee Break
12.00am    Susan Robertson and Roger Dale (Bristol University): University rankings, 1,2,3,4…

Round table, 2.00pm-4.00pm
Chair: Luc Borot (MFO)
Anne Corbett (London School of Economics), Nathalie Halgand (University of Nantes), Howard Hotson (University of Oxford), Paola Mattei (University of Oxford), Jean Viviès (University of Aix-Marseille)


Conference organised by: Corine Eyraud and Luc Borot


- ALL WELCOME -

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