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With students from all over the world descending on Paris this week for the start of a new term, we take a look at the best ways to save money while living in the French capital on a shoestring. Paris is a pricey city – even for the Parisians. The cost of accommodation, food, and […]

A lack of strategy and autonomy are to blame for French universities’ failure to keep pace on transnational education, study suggests. France requires an “urgent” new strategy to expand the numbers of students its universities teach abroad, a major review has recommended. Despite educating almost 37,000 students across the world last year, French higher education […]

Britain’s higher education sector has probably never been held in such high international esteem. Oxford has just topped the Times Higher Education global ranking table, beating the best US universities – California Institute of Technology (better known as Caltech), Harvard, Princeton and MIT; two other British universities, Cambridge and Imperial, are in the top 10. […]

There are 83 universities in France. However also considered part of the higher education (enseignement supérieur) system are 224 engineering schools and 220 schools of commerce, management or accounting. Some of these are among the elite grandes écoles (which are not classed as universities) and 3,000 other institutions, notably those lycées which have certain post-baccalauréat courses […]

Sliced endive with basil, sautéed beef Charolais, and plenty of cheese… The food is fabulous at French schools, says Aussie expat Sam Goff, and it’s hard to disagree. My daughter started school primary school this week and their school menu is fabulous. Everything is so varied, well balanced, and so very mature – as in, […]

Three universities in France made the top 100 in the the annual Shanghai Ranking published on Monday. Harvard University remains the world’s best university for the 14th year, on a list dominated by American universities. Two British universities, Cambridge and Oxford, also make the top ten alongside US powerhouses Stanford, Berkeley, MIT and Princeton. Among […]

A study has been released indicating that the French work fewer hours than any other European country. Something to celebrate? Two-hour lunch breaks, plentiful paid holidays, a 35-hour work week… Other nations are always quick to judge France for being lazy and never wanting to work (maybe out of jealousy..?) But it seems a new […]

The BBC has revealed its theme song for the Euro 2016 which begins on the 10th of June in France. The song is a remake of the all time classic ‘La Foule’, meaning ‘The Crowd’, initially sung by Edith Piaf in 1957. 21-year old Izzy Bizu was chosen to sing the song accompanied by the BBC […]