Turmoil at French universities could leave students facing missed year

by E Wayne Ross on April 23, 2009

The Guardian: Turmoil at French universities could leave students facing missed year

French universities, paralysed by three months of student blockades and staff strikes, were warned by the government to resume teaching yesterday or risk damaging France’s image on the world stage.

Since February, various universities have been thrown into chaos by the biggest higher education revolt in modern French history, surpassing the protests of May 1968 in terms of the numbers of academic staff who have gone on strike.