International and comparative education: what’s in a name?

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes 1. I am currently Chair of Education and International Development, Institute of Education, University of London and member of the Department of International and Lifelong Learning, founding member of the London International Development Centre, trustee of the United Kingdom Forum on International Education and Training and member of the Academy of Social Sciences. I was formerly Research Assistant, Research Officer and Fellow of the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, and, since 1987, at the Institute of Education, University of London, in the Department of International and Comparative Education, (1987–1995), the Education and International Development Group (1995–2001), the School of Lifelong Education and International Development (2001–2007), the Department of Education and International Development (2007–2010) and, from 2010, the Department of International and Lifelong Learning. I was the past president of the British Comparative and International Education Society (BCIES) in 1988 and of the British Association of International and Comparative Education (BAICE) in 2002. 2. To explore the origins of colonial education and ‘oversea’ education as taught and researched at the Institute of Education, University of London see the archive Education and Developing Countries: 75 years at http://edc75y.ioe.ac.uk (accessed 28 July 2010).