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Why is Jordan Bardella so popular among young French voters?

Whether on TikTok or at rallies, the far-right candidate is garnering support among certain sectors of France's high school, university, and young working demographics.

Published on June 9, 2024, at 5:44 am (Paris), updated on June 9, 2024, at 2:30 pm Charlotte Bozonnet, Camille Bordenet, Léa Iribarnegaray, Clément Guillou and Corentin Lesueur

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'In Europe, 18 to 34 year olds do not know what it is like to live in an authoritarian state'

Terrorism, economic and climate crises, Covid-19, wars: All over Europe, young people have grown up in an anxiety-inducing environment, which some may express through a far-right vote in the European elections, says CNRS researcher Céline Belot.

Published on June 2, 2024, at 4:00 pm (Paris) Léa Iribarnegaray

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Christine Détrez: 'Crushes are a way of reintroducing fantasy, not in a sexual but a romantic sense'

The sociologist and writer used the interviews she conducted with young people aged 13 to 25 to study this form of attraction. A reinvention of romance among the youth says a lot about the new generation's expectations in matters of the heart.

Published on May 27, 2024, at 4:09 pm (Paris) Selma Chougar

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How do you deliver a cancer diagnosis? Medical students train in empathy in drama workshops

At the Montpellier-Nîmes medical school, students train with actors and a director in short improv scenes: a new way of learning how to put interpersonal skills into practice.

Published on May 27, 2024, at 3:00 am (Paris) Lilas Pepy

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'They seem more mindful of work-life balance': How consulting firms are trying to attract young graduates

Faced with increasing competition for young talent, audit and consulting firms need to adapt to the younger generation's expectations, particularly in terms of management and work organization.

Published on May 25, 2024, at 6:11 pm (Paris) Charlotte Bozonnet

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Protests against Gaza war take hold on European campuses

Following their counterparts in the United States, students across Europe are occupying their establishments to demand an end to Israeli bombardments in Gaza.

Published on May 17, 2024, at 5:00 am (Paris), updated on May 17, 2024, at 8:25 am Le Monde's correspondents in Europe

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'The most socially advantaged students are found in the best-funded and best-staffed establishments'

University historian Emmanuelle Picard explains how the introduction of competition between French universities in the late 1980s amounted to inequality between educational establishments.

Published on May 13, 2024, at 4:32 am (Paris), updated on May 13, 2024, at 8:28 am Séverin Graveleau

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In the US, police arrest dozens as they break up pro-Palestinian protests in universities

The Associated Press has recorded at least 75 instances since April 18 in which arrests were made at US campus protests. Nearly 2,900 people have been arrested at 57 colleges and universities.

Published on May 11, 2024, at 1:29 am (Paris), updated on May 11, 2024, at 2:53 pm Le Monde

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'Sciences Po students are committed leftists but only a minority embrace radical positions'

Behind images of radicalized Sciences Po students, individuals are in fact still rather respectful of institutions and their legitimacy, writes sociologist Anne Muxel.

Published on May 10, 2024, at 2:38 pm (Paris) Anne Muxel

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Gaza protests: The 60 days a Paris university was at the heart of the national political debate

Sit-ins, blockades, tension and discussions. The Paris university has been the focal point of a student movement calling for an end to the war in Gaza.

Published on May 7, 2024, at 8:00 pm (Paris) Ivanne Trippenbach

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Paris 2024: Students left unsure of their fate after agency requisitions accommodation for Olympic Games

By mid-April only around 100 students had been rehoused out of over 1,400 applications.

Published on May 5, 2024, at 2:46 pm (Paris), updated on May 5, 2024, at 4:20 pm Soazig Le Nevé

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Student protests against Israel's offensive in Gaza spread

French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday condemned the university blockades at Sciences Po and other French universities that 'prevented debate.'

Published on May 5, 2024, at 12:21 am (Paris), updated on May 5, 2024, at 12:57 am Le Monde with AP and AFP

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Gaza protests at Sciences Po: 'This could all go up in flames if there's no dialogue'

French political scientist and emeritus professor at Sciences Po Bertrand Badie says that the students protesting in support of Palestinians is a symbol of the 'globalized youth' in touch with the world, involving more of an 'identification' than an 'allegiance,' in an interview with Le Monde.

Published on May 4, 2024, at 12:10 pm (Paris), updated on May 4, 2024, at 12:14 pm Soazig Le Nevé

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Police clear pro-Gaza protesters at Sciences Po

Students had organized a pro-Gaza sit-in in the Paris university's entrance hall on Thursday.

Published on May 3, 2024, at 12:20 pm (Paris), updated on May 7, 2024, at 8:16 pm Le Monde with AFP

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Campus debate on Gaza fails to achieve consensus at Sciences Po

Six students from the Palestine Committee started a hunger strike and the administration announced the closure of its main Paris branch on Friday.

Published on May 3, 2024, at 10:44 am (Paris), updated on May 3, 2024, at 12:33 pm Soazig Le Nevé Violaine Morin

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Gaza ceasefire protests spread across France's political science universities

Students across France are blockading political science universities in support of a Gaza ceasefire. A town hall between students and university administrators on Thursday at Sciences Po Paris will be closely followed.

Published on May 2, 2024, at 10:40 am (Paris), updated on May 2, 2024, at 10:42 am Soazig Le Nevé Alexandre Pedro

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UCLA students ordered to disperse by police after violent clashes

California's governor criticized a slow response by police forces to the violence that unfolded on the University of California, Los Angeles campus after pro-Palestine protesters were assaulted.

Published on May 2, 2024, at 12:11 am (Paris), updated on May 2, 2024, at 8:56 am Le Monde with AP

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Police take Columbia student protesters into custody, Brown reaches deal with theirs

Students have continued to protest in support of Palestinians at many American Ivy League universities despite the threat to expel protesters.

Published on April 30, 2024, at 7:47 pm (Paris), updated on May 1, 2024, at 8:46 am Le Monde with AP

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Pro-Palestinian student mobilization: Other actions planned after Sorbonne evacuation

On Monday, police evacuated dozens of students from tents set up in the courtyard of the Paris university. Other operations are in preparation or underway at several higher education establishments in France.

Published on April 30, 2024, at 10:53 am (Paris) Soazig Le Nevé

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Occupation of Sciences Po by pro-Palestinian students: Director defends 'narrow path' of 'compromise'

In an interview, the university's provisional administrator, Jean Bassères, highlights the negotiations that enabled him to lift the school's blockade. He also responds to the government's criticisms.

Published on April 30, 2024, at 10:00 am (Paris) Soazig Le Nevé

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Police break up pro-Palestinian protest at Sorbonne university

Police evacuated dozens of demonstrators from the premises of the Sorbonne in Paris after they had set up tents inside.

Published on April 29, 2024, at 5:55 pm (Paris) Le Monde with AFP

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French business school accused of admitting student under sanctions for Myanmar junta ties

The HEC business school accepted the young woman in the summer of 2023, without background checks. Its management maintains that students are selected on the basis of their 'academic excellence,' while referring to the responsibility of banks.

Published on April 29, 2024, at 3:36 pm (Paris), updated on April 29, 2024, at 3:44 pm Violaine Morin Julien Bouissou

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Using artificial intelligence to detect endometriosis

At 26, Elise Mekkaoui is the founder of Matricis.ai, an AI software designed to aid diagnosis of this disease, which she plans to adapt to other female pathologies.

Published on April 29, 2024, at 5:00 am (Paris), updated on April 29, 2024, at 9:41 am Sofia Hullot-Guiot

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'I chose exile from Iran at 17 to make music and be free'

Sepas Sadrenoori, 23, recounts his exile from Iran to become a professional pianist.

Published on April 29, 2024, at 4:30 am (Paris), updated on April 29, 2024, at 8:29 am Jeanne Toutain

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Teenage boys and seduction: Have the codes changed?

Has the #MeToo movement changed the game in high school classrooms? According to the latest report by the French High Council for Equality between Women and Men, gender stereotypes are still gaining ground among the under 35s.

Published on April 28, 2024, at 11:23 am (Paris) Célia Laborie

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In Paris, Sciences Po students end Gaza war protests after street fight

University authorities agreed to drop all disciplinary proceedings against demonstrators.

Published on April 27, 2024, at 3:48 am (Paris), updated on April 27, 2024, at 5:23 am Le Monde with AFP

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Situation is tense at Sciences Po in Paris over pro-Palestinian protests

The provisional administrator of the elite school called in police to break up a student vigil to support Gazans on Wednesday, sowing confusion among academic staff. The occupation was renewed the next evening by around 50 students.

Published on April 26, 2024, at 10:49 am (Paris), updated on April 26, 2024, at 3:55 pm Soazig Le Nevé

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Columbia University drops deadline for dismantling pro-Palestinian protest camp

Police have carried out large-scale arrests in universities across the US, at times using chemical irritants and tasers to disperse protests over Israel's war with Hamas.

Published on April 26, 2024, at 8:28 am (Paris), updated on April 26, 2024, at 3:48 pm Le Monde with AFP

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Lausanne's Institute of Technology, 'saturated' with French students, tightens admissions

Faced with an unprecedented influx of international students, mainly from France, one of Europe's top engineering schools, moved to tighten its admission requirements for 2025.

Published on April 26, 2024, at 5:30 am (Paris) Eric Nunès

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Over 130 arrested at NYU campus Gaza protests

Universities have become the focus of intense cultural debate in the United States since the October 7 Hamas attack and Israel's brutal military response to it.

Published on April 23, 2024, at 5:48 pm (Paris), updated on April 23, 2024, at 5:56 pm Le Monde with AP and AFP

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'France would do well to see foreign students as agents of influence rather than potential illegal immigrants'

Welcoming foreign students should be seen by France as an instrument of attractiveness and influence, not as a gateway to illegal immigration, points out Le Monde columnist Philippe Bernard.

Published on April 21, 2024, at 3:10 am (Paris), updated on April 21, 2024, at 11:48 am Philippe Bernard

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University of Strasbourg, shaken by the war in Gaza and anti-Semitism, seeks to remain a forum for debate

As in many other French universities, the conflict between Israel and Hamas is having repercussions on Strasbourg's campus.

Published on April 20, 2024, at 5:00 am (Paris) Charlotte Bozonnet

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Attending France's only university course for inmates: 'It feels good to think, take notes and read'

Carried out in La Santé prison by teachers from Paris Cité, the courses are a breath of fresh air for the young enrolled inmates.

Published on April 11, 2024, at 11:26 am (Paris), updated on April 11, 2024, at 11:58 am Charlotte Bozonnet

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The mental load on women in the workplace: 'Organizing a retirement party, emptying the trash...'

From organizing after-work events to maintaining a good working atmosphere, training new recruits and emptying the dishwasher, the invisible workload continues to be carried out by women. In the long run, these unpaid tasks take a toll.

Published on April 9, 2024, at 11:54 am (Paris), updated on April 11, 2024, at 2:56 pm Anne Chirol

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'Young women are increasingly progressive, while men of the same age are leaning conservative'

Several studies have revealed a potentially dramatic and ubiquitous gap between genders, notes Le Monde journalist Marie Charrel.

Published on April 5, 2024, at 7:00 pm (Paris) Marie Charrel

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Europe's most beautiful campuses: Salamanca, Oxford, Sorbonne, and more

Discover some of Europe's finest universities, from Ireland to Portugal, the UK, Belgium, France and Spain.

Published on March 24, 2024, at 2:56 pm (Paris) Sofia Hullot-Guiot

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Young couples who find it cheaper to live together: 'Paris is not for single people'

Faced with crippling rents and housing shortages, an increasing number of young couples are moving in together sooner than they'd like.

Published on March 23, 2024, at 4:13 am (Paris) Anne Chirol

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For French universities, international students are a form of political, scientific and economic soft power

The presence of international students in France has pushed higher education institutions to innovate and rethink their courses. But they also reinforce the country's soft power and provide an economic windfall.

Published on March 16, 2024, at 7:30 pm (Paris) Eric Nunès

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Sciences Po divided over contradictory versions of pro-Palestinian rally

President Emmanuel Macron weighed in on a protest at the Paris university, saying 'unspeakable' remarks were made toward a student from the Union of Jewish Students in France. Students who were present offered different accounts of what happened.

Published on March 14, 2024, at 10:30 am (Paris), updated on March 15, 2024, at 9:52 am Soazig Le Nevé

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Sciences Po director resigns after trial ordered in domestic violence case

Mathias Vicherat, the head of the prestigious Paris-based university, was briefly detained in December, as he and his partner accused each other of domestic violence.

Published on March 13, 2024, at 10:14 am (Paris), updated on March 13, 2024, at 11:23 am Le Monde with AFP

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'I lost everything in one single night: my home, my homeland, my freedom'

'First Times': Pivotal moments during the transition to adulthood. This week, Behishta, 25, shares her harrowing journey fleeing Afghanistan following the Taliban's seizure of power in August 2021.

Published on February 28, 2024, at 2:57 am (Paris), updated on February 28, 2024, at 8:22 am Margherita Nasi

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Lenny Pamart, from persecuted schoolboy to anti-bullying champion

At 27, Lenny Pamart, founder and president of the NGO Campus Watch, dedicated to preventing violence among students, shares his journey of transforming his personal school struggles into a resilience-building tool for others.

Published on February 27, 2024, at 5:14 am (Paris), updated on February 27, 2024, at 8:26 am Jean-Pierre Stroobants

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'Before I went into IT, I thought that the boys were going to be better than me, that they'd have logic that I don't have'

'First Times': Pivotal moments during the transition to adulthood. This week, Tess, 24, describes her daily life pursuing a professional certification in computer science, where she is the only woman in both her class and company.

Published on February 25, 2024, at 4:00 am (Paris), updated on February 28, 2024, at 8:13 am Lisa Delagneau

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The frustrations of young graduates who wear the hijab and struggle to find work in France

Joining the French labor market remains a challenge for these women. Some turn to self-employment, more welcoming companies, or even decide to work abroad.

Published on February 19, 2024, at 6:13 pm (Paris), updated on February 20, 2024, at 5:20 pm Charlotte Bozonnet

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Jerusalem specialist Vincent Lemire: 'When a traumatic event tears the fabric of the historical narrative apart, it has to be stitched back together'

Lemire, a 50-year-old historian, talks about how he went from being a 'Parisian kid' to a leading researcher on the contemporary history of the Holy City.

Published on February 5, 2024, at 5:30 am (Paris) Eric Nunès

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'My mother never says my boyfriend's name, it's always that guy'

'First Times': Pivotal moments during the transition to adulthood. This week, Marie (first name changed), 27, talks about the taboo in her family concerning her romantic relationship.

Published on January 30, 2024, at 4:24 am (Paris), updated on February 28, 2024, at 8:14 am Lisa Delagneau

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Getting sterilized before the age of 30: 'Young women who come for a tubal ligation don't do it on a whim'

For young adults with no children and no desire to have any, access to tubal ligation or vasectomy for contraceptive purposes is still an obstacle course.

Published on January 9, 2024, at 8:32 pm (Paris), updated on January 10, 2024, at 12:23 pm Alice Raybaud

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From clubs to couches: Why the 'indoor generation' prefers a night in

Nightlife venues are running on empty, and the trend of staying home is flourishing on social media. Inflation and the pandemic are just some of the reasons young people are partying in a different way.

Published on January 4, 2024, at 8:00 pm (Paris), updated on January 5, 2024, at 8:27 am Audrey Parmentier

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UK lifts Brexit obstacles for French students and schoolchildren

French and EU nationals at schools in France who cross the Channel for a language-learning holiday will now need to carry only a simple identity.

Published on December 28, 2023, at 11:33 am (Paris) Le Monde with AFP

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How young people are reclaiming rail travel

From specialized media platforms to travel agencies and influencers, a whole ecosystem has developed in France over the past two years around rail travel, seen by young urbanites as the antithesis of polluting airplanes.

Published on December 26, 2023, at 4:00 am (Paris) Jessica Gourdon

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In Chambéry, locals and foreign students mix for a shared Christmas: 'I didn't even know the capital of Kazakhstan'

For the past 15 years, the city of Chambéry and the Université Savoie-Mont-Blanc have been inviting local residents to welcome foreign students and celebrate Christmas together, meeting new people and discovering new cultures.

Published on December 25, 2023, at 4:58 am (Paris), updated on December 25, 2023, at 9:41 am Fanny Hardy

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France's new immigration law raises new barriers for African students

The law restricts the conditions for arriving and staying in France, and should make it impossible to waive non-EU nationals' tuition fees, which were sharply increased in 2019.

Published on December 25, 2023, at 4:53 am (Paris), updated on December 25, 2023, at 9:21 am Olorin Maquindus

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'With open relationships, I realized that I no longer wanted to belong to anyone'

'First Times': Pivotal moments during the transition to adulthood. This week, 23-year-old Ninon (first name changed), who has been in an open relationship for almost two years, describes how she discovered this new form of love.

Published on December 23, 2023, at 2:30 am (Paris), updated on December 23, 2023, at 10:14 am Mossane Faye

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How the Israel-Hamas war tore Harvard apart

The conflict in the Middle East revealed the deep fractures tearing apart the prestigious American university, dramatically weakening the position of its new president, Claudine Gay, a progressive icon.

Published on December 17, 2023, at 5:01 am (Paris), updated on December 17, 2023, at 8:17 am Arnaud Leparmentier Corine Lesnes

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Students occupy Sciences Po after director's arrest for domestic violence

Mathias Vicherat and his partner accused each other of domestic violence and were taken into custody on the evening of December 3, and released the next day.

Published on December 7, 2023, at 2:57 pm (Paris), updated on December 8, 2023, at 9:21 am Le Monde with AFP

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Shadow of anti-Semitism fractures student community in French universities

Dozens of anti-Semitic acts on university campuses have been reported since Hamas's October 7 attack. Far-left collectives claim to be 'anti-Zionist' in the name of 'anti-colonialism.'

Published on December 5, 2023, at 5:00 am (Paris) Soazig Le Nevé

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Sciences Po director in custody for domestic violence

Mathias Vicherat and his partner were both taken into custody after mutual accusations of domestic violence.

Published on December 4, 2023, at 3:13 pm (Paris), updated on December 5, 2023, at 9:08 pm Le Monde with AFP

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The growing trend of students shunning alcohol: 'In the end, I told myself it wasn't worth it'

While student and early professional life are associated with drinking-centric outings, some young people are abstaining. They say sobriety allows them to reconnect with themselves and others.

Published on November 29, 2023, at 6:12 pm (Paris) Alice Raybaud

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The rise of the dreaded situationship: 'It's a horrible word, commitment! It sounds like the end of something'

A symptom of the times, more and more 20-somethings prefer to live in a gray area of love rather than declare themselves a couple

Published on November 19, 2023, at 8:00 am (Paris) Diane Merveilleux

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Paris 2024 Olympics: After the Games, more than 1,600 housing units will go to students

During the competition, Olympic organizers are hoping to use student residences in the Paris region.

Published on November 3, 2023, at 12:53 pm (Paris) Soazig Le Nevé

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