Survey exposes financial burden of French higher education

Critics take aim at Macron’s reforms of French baccalaureate

Union fears changes will increase selectivity in university system

6 February

French universities overturn selection taboo

Measures taken to target high dropout rate could make universities more attractive to domestic and international students

By David Matthews

7 November

V-c turned minister targets France’s student retention crisis

Frédérique Vidal determined to confront problems ‘sidestepped’ by career-minded politicians

By Jack Grove

10 October

The spirit of 1968: global perspectives on the student revolution

While the Sorbonne was at the epicentre of the 1968 protests, the shock waves were felt far beyond France, with students occupying Peking and UC Berkeley at the same time. A group of academics revisit the spirit of soixante-huit and consider its legacy

By Julian Bourg

24 May

Reader's comments (1)

#1 Submitted by SeanieFinneran on May 23, 2018 - 11:24pm

Still a lot cheaper than in Blighty and the French are on average a lot richer than the British.

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