France

The first 25 institutions to receive the “Bienvenue en France” label, a certification of their standards of international student services, have been announced by minister of higher education, research and innovation.

French internationalisation agency Campus France has opened an office in London located in the French Embassy in an effort to provide support for the mobility of students and researchers.

The French government has committed €10m to improving international student services across universities in the country in a bid to boost the attractiveness of its higher education institutions internationally.

Australian Curtin University and ENSTA Bretagne have sealed a two-way mobility agreement for their doctoral students working of defence research.

International doctoral students will be exempt from the higher fee regime for non-EEA students announced last year, the French press has reported.

French university presidents and their association have spoken out against the rise in international fees at public HEIs, as announced by PM Edouard Philippe.

France will introduce a differential system for non-EEA students that will see tuition fees increase considerably, while at the same time tripling its scholarship offer.

Campus France, in partnership with the French government, has revealed a new strategy to help attract half a million international students by 2027, which includes tripling scholarships available and mounting a global marketing drive.

Online language tutor, Fluentify, has announced it has raised £1.5m to to scale-up operations and expand into the French ELT market.

The co-director of a French language school and board member of IALC, Stefan Adenet-Kaven has died, leaving friends in the industry in mourning.

There were 343,400 foreign students in the French higher education system, signalling a growth of 4.5% since 2016 according to figures released by the Ministry of Education.

Campus France, in collaboration with the French Embassy in Pakistan, have organised the third convention on higher education France-Pakistan.

Parisian university École Polytechnique has joined EuroTech universities alliance, which aims to find technical solutions which address major challenges of modern society.

SILC International and France-based homestay providers, Kate & Tao have joined forces to launch a new ‘immersion experience’.

Online learning platform OpenClassrooms has announced it has raised nearly $60m in a second round of funding, led by global equity group General Atlantic.