Paul Vialard, Entente Cordiale alumni, alias ArchiPol, will be onstage for the last time in 2011 at the Toulouse Lautrec this coming Sunday, December 11th, from 7pm.
He will be joined by Valentin Barray, a young and talented classical and jazz pianist with whom he is forming a new duet. With a cello, a piano and a guitar, they take you on a trip through their universe of chansons from France and elsewhere, famous and lesser-known alike.
http://www.brasserietoulouselautrec.co.uk/listings.php
Brasserie Toulouse Lautrec – Kennington
140 Newington Butts, Kennington, London SE11 4RN
0207 582 6800 – info@btlrestaurant.com

The Institut Français is organising a reception for the Entente Cordiale in London on Tuesday 6th December at 7pm. It is an excellent opportunity for alumni to gather and for the new scholars to get to know the EC community. After the reception, the EC members are kindly invited to a classical music concert at the Ciné Lumière. The concert will feature Maxim Rysanov (Viola) and Ashley Wass (Piano), and is part of the Institut’s Classical Tuesdays series. Institut Français, 17 Queensberry Place, SW7 2DT London, United Kingdom.

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François Griaud (EC 2010-2011, PhD student in Medicine at The University of Manchester and Fellow of the British Society for Proteome Research) presented his work on Leukaemia Proteomics at the 10th anniversary conference of the Human Proteome Organisation (HUPO) held in Geneva, Switzerland (September 3-7). This international conference focused on the translation of experimental discoveries made with Proteomics, i.e. the study of all proteins (Proteome), to the clinic. By enabling the discovery of aberrant regulations (biomarkers) in cancer, neurodegenerative as well as cardiovascular diseases, Proteomics is expected to have a major impact in Medicine from the conception of new therapeutic approaches to early diagnosis of diseases and better therapy management for each patient (photo credits: Florent Gluck – capturedbyflo.com).

UK Minister for Universities and Science David Willetts was at Sciences Po in Paris on September 12 to hold a conference about one of his government’s most polemic reforms, that of higher education in England. He called upon English universities’ tradition of independence and their need to compete over quality to argue in favour of the reform.

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Entente Cordiale alumni Paul Vialard is happy to invite you to his concerts of French chansons at the “Brasserie and Wine Bar Toulouse Lautrec” in Kennington in September 2011 (9, 11, 16 and 25).
A graduate from the Royal College of Music in Vocal Performance, Paul has developed a large repertoire of songs from famous and lesser-known French artists, as well as a selection of his own compositions.
On the guitar, on the piano, and in a duet with Mario Lee, accordionist, he invites you on a travel with companions like Jacques Brel, Edith Piaf, Charles Trenet and Barbara.
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Emmanuel Boos (EC 2006/7 – PhD by practice in Art and Design at the Royal College of Art, London) is laureate of the Jerwood Makers Open which is a new annual exhibition series developed to recognise and celebrate the significance of making practice and process within contemporary visual arts.
He is showing new work at the Jerwood Space, 171 Union St, in Bankside/London near Tate Modern until August 28. The exhibition will then be touring around the UK (Naughton Gallery, Belfast between October 14 and December 11 and Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh between January13 and February 19)

The Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg makes us the great honour of giving a question and answer session on European and International Issues at the British Council Paris offices. This event is organised by the British Council and the British Embassy.

To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale Scholarship Programme, the British Council invites all alumni to an evening on the terrace of the British Embassy, on 5 July from 18.00 to 21.00. We are be celebrating the continuation of the programme and the creation of an alumni-funded scholarship around a glass of Pimm’s. The newly selected 2011 scholars are also joining.
Looking forward to seeing you there!

This year’s applicants were all extremely impressive and the selection panel faced a very hard choice. We are proud to announce that the EC 2011-2012 French scholars are:

• Mohammed Bakkali, PhD Environmental Design, University College London
• Elodie Behzadi, MSc Development Studies, Kings College London
• Alexandra Boussommier-Caleja, PhD Bioengineering, Imperial College London
• Annette Fayet, PhD Zoology, Oxford University
• Cloé Floirat, MA Critical Writing, Royal College of Art
• Charles-Henri Fournier, MA Film & Television Production, Royal Holloway London
• Emilie Giraud, MA Gender Policy and Inequalities, London School of Economics
• Laurie Henard, MA Museum Conservation, University College London
• Nathan Pamart, MSc Economics, London School of Economics

Congratulations for this first achievement, and all the best for this Entente Cordiale year on the other half of the channel!