degree lasting 12 months, or as a dual degree, with the Sorbonne, lasting 18 months. The institute hosts a large number of academic seminars, workshops and conferences that bring together leading British and French scholars and scientists in a range of academic subjects. It is also home to the Paris Centre for Migrant Writing and Expression – a research centre working with academics, students, asylum seekers and refugees in Paris to investigate varied questions of mobility and displacement, translation, multilingualism, and cultural transfer. Notable people Former directors include Francis Scarfe (1959–78), Harley Granville Barker (1937–39), and Andrew Hussey (2008–14). Former students include the artist Françoise Gilot, who was Picasso's partner between 1944 and 1953 and author of the bestselling Life with Picasso, the BBC newsreader Fiona Bruce, and Camilla, Queen consort of the United Kingdom. References External links University of London Institute in Paris Students' Union website Paris Educational institutions established in 1894 Universities in Paris 1894 establishments in France