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Busyness school: The making of an elite in a greedy institution

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Date & Time

Tue, 12 May 2026

14:00

Venue

Seminar Room D and MS Teams

Department of Education, University of Oxford, 15 Norham Gardens, Oxford, OX2 6PY

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About this event

Explore the concept of 'busyness' in education and its implications for elitism.

Why you should come

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• Learn how elite schools promote busyness as a status symbol.

• Discover how students are socialized to busyness by economic elites.

Event Highlights

  • •Sociological investigation in a French elite higher education institution.
  • •Examines the École Centrale as a greedy institution.
  • •Focuses on students’ activity and institutional processes creating activity.

Speaker

Christophe Birolini

Programme

14:00 - 15:00

Seminar Room D (Department of Education, University of Oxford, 15 Norham Gardens, Oxford, OX2 6PY) and MS Teams

Organized by: Centre for Global Higher Education

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