Students in a lecture hall of Nanterre University in 2007. Photo by MARC WATTRELOT / AFP If you start talking about higher education in France you'll soon stumble across the fact that some ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. What is at stake is the adaptability of young French graduates as they enter a world in which self-awareness, ...

FRENCH CONNECTIONS – Thurs. 20.10.16: Outside of France's university system, there's a network of prestigious, highly specialized institutions. Notoriously hard to get into, these "grandes écoles" are ...

French president had vowed to close elite ENA school, but now will set aside six places for poorer students Emmanuel Macron has announced a scheme to help young people from disadvantaged backgrounds ...

The French government's attempts to shake up the higher education system have run into opposition from the elite colleges known as the grandes ecoles. The heads of the colleges are objecting to plans ...

“Tell us about the history of Canada…” This curveball question thrown to a startled French student applying to France’s prestigious Sciences Po university is just one example of the so-called ...