Students reveal universities set to burst

University students across France have taken to social media to share pictures of their overflowing lecture theatres, in a bid to raise the alarm bells, reports The Local.fr. There are an additional 65,000 students at universities in France this term taking the total up to 2.5 million – and the students themselves are feeling a little cramped.

For the last few weeks, many have taken to a page on social media site Tumblr called "Ma Salle De Cours Va Craquer" ("My classroom is about to burst"), to share pictures of their overflowing lecture theatres. Students are seen sitting on the steps in the aisles of the auditoriums, others sit outside the lecture theatre itself with a notepad on their knee.

And if the actions of Prime Minister Manuel Valls last Monday are anything to go by, the campaign may have worked. During a visit to a university in Avignon, Valls announced that the government would inject an additional €100 million (US$112 million) into the university system in the 2016 budget. This will take the total university education budget to €200 million for next year, double what it was for 2015.
Full report on The Local site