Students plead for less maths
French economics students have launched an internet petition protesting that their courses are too mathematical, theoretical and divorced from reality, and demanding "a pluralistic approach" to the...
French economics students have launched an internet petition protesting that their courses are too mathematical, theoretical and divorced from reality, and demanding "a pluralistic approach" to the...
Luxembourg, 11 November 2004 C-209/03, The Queen on the application of Dany Bidar v London Borough of Ealing Secretary of State for Education Opinion of Advocate General Geelhoed on 11 November 2004...
Tom Steele welcomes a painstakingly researched account of the renowned cultural critic’s legacy
"I've never heard of vacillating sexual identity. I was simply following orders."That was how our Head of Campus Security, Brigadier T.W. Trouncing, responded to critics of his decision to interrupt...
Michael Roth, the author of this exceptional and wide-ranging collection of essays, is the president of Wesleyan University, which, in addition, one imagines, to being a very time-consuming job, also...
As we go to press, we learn with deep regret of the institutional confinement of Professor F.R. Beavis, Head of our Department of English and Related Studies.It appears that this most unfortunate...
The publishers bill this book as "a searching critique of traditional creative writing pedagogy". Michelene Wandor's wide experience as a writer, critic and teacher certainly qualifies her to offer...
A new grande école is set to train the next generation of French television producers, programme-makers and digital archivists. Ina'Sup, which is to be launched this autumn by France's National...
France's teacher training institutes face a major overhaul as they prepare to integrate with universities and make their programmes longer, with a greater emphasis on practical elements. Gilles de...
The academy has long been a haven for obsessives, but now its emphasis on teamwork would ill suit socially inept geniuses such as Paul Dirac, writes Matthew Reisz
Paris. The average French undergraduate drinks little alcohol, doesn't smoke, but might pop a few pills during the course of studies, according to research. Only 2.8 per cent of interviewees said...
Are you obsessed with a 'baggy monster' or has a photocopied pamphlet sparked your passion for a whole new area of research? To kick off our new weekly series, leading scholars explain which books...
France's journalism schools will face increased competition when a new school opens at the elite Institut d'Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po) in September. It will join a dozen other public and private...
Hardly anything is known about what French students learn during their higher education, according to a report that recommends standardised evaluation tests and training...
Attempts to teach only what is perceived to be relevant denies students the chance to explore life and art through literature I wonder if other subjects have the same trouble that English does? I can...