Newcastle University

The ÉcoleNormaleSupérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon) is the product of a very recent integration of two ÉcolesNormales: Humanities on the one hand, Sciences on the other. Expertise and research foci of the institution are based on strong disciplinary competence, search for interdisciplinary projects and international cooperation. Laboratories at the ENS de Lyon are directly involved insignificant national and international activities: European and French programs (12 FP7 project, 130 projects of the French national research funding agency –ANR), publications (around 1000 publications a year), agreements with 224 university partners in 26 countries.

The French Institute of Education is a component of the ENS de Lyon, but it has its own instances of management (director, board governance, policy advice and scientific). The French Institute of Education is a national research, training and mediation of knowledge in education, based on constant interaction with educational communities, through the recruitment of seconded teachers and professors. The French Institute of Education, according to its statutes has overall responsibility:

• to develop researches on various forms and practices of education in France and abroad;

• to provide support for piloting and evaluation of policies in education, in France and in international organisations;

• to provide initial training or continuing education in all areas of economic and social life;

• to make available scientific resources in education;

• to feed a space for debate on major contemporary issues in education.