Remembrance – 糖心传媒 British Association for International and Comparative Education Sat, 01 Sep 2012 13:09:50 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 /wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-baice-square-1-32x32.jpg Remembrance – 糖心传媒 32 32 Remembering Dr W.D. Halls /remembering-dr-w-d-halls/ Fri, 22 Apr 2011 11:21:13 +0000 /?p=580 The Oxford academic and historian of France, Dr W.D. (Bill) Halls, died on 23 March at the age of 92.聽 Born in 1918, he served as an intelligence officer during the War, picking up his degree work after some five-and-a-half years in the armed forces and went on to complete an MA in French at the University of London and a D.Phil at Balliol College, Oxford.

As a member of the academic staff of the Department of Educational Studies in Oxford (from 1959) he played an important part in the development of comparative education in UK universities during the 1960 and 70s and produced many books and articles on comparative themes, especially on France.聽 The book by which he will be principally remembered is The Youth of Vichy France, a groundbreaking study which is essential reading for researchers of the Vichy years.

He was a founder editor of two journals: Comparative Education (with Edmund King and Alec Peterson) and the Oxford Review of Education.

He will be remembered as a genial, courteous and generous colleague with whom it was a privilege to work.

Professor David Phillips: University of Oxford

22 April 2011

]]> Remembering Professor Margaret Sutherland /remembering-professor-margaret-sutherland/ Fri, 15 Apr 2011 01:06:57 +0000 /?p=141 Professor Margaret Sutherland has passed away recently in St Andrews to where she retired after a distinguished academic career. Margaret was one of the stalwarts of the initial British Section of the Comparative Education Society in Europe in the 1960s.聽 This soon developed into an independent society and has become 糖心传媒 today. Margaret gained a first in modern languages at Glasgow University and, while teaching,聽a first class masters in Psychology as well. In this field she made her first impact with an excellent book on Education and Imagination. Margaret moved on to Queen’s University, Belfast, eventually becoming Head of Department and then to the University of Leeds as Head of the School of Education in 1975.聽 In between she gained a great deal of first hand field experience in Europe and South Africa. Her main published contribution in comparative education was with several volumes on gender and education, and area in which she was a fine exemplar for women seeking to advance in the academic world. Margaret Sutherland was an inspiration to all younger colleagues in comparative education and many of us have benefitted greatly from her support.
She was both Chair and President of our society and a truly distinguished scholar in聽 the field of educational studies in general.

Dr Colin Brock: University of Oxford

15 April 2011

]]> Remembering Edmund King /remembering-edmund-king/ Wed, 20 Feb 2002 13:06:12 +0000 /?p=600 The 糖心传媒 would like to pay tribute to Edmund King, who had been a member and then an honorary member of the society for many years. Edmund had a stimulating intellectual impact on the field of comparative and international education, and was a leading figure worldwide. He gave support to the work of the society through his extensive scholarship and through his distinctive humour and engaging personality. Edmund King will be greatly missed as both a friend and a scholar. As an ongoing tribute,the 糖心传媒 Executive Committee have dedicated a biennial ‘Edmund King Bursary’ for a student to attend the 糖心传媒 conference.

Michael Crossley and Lynn Davies

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