French education minister Genevieve Fioraso has announced that some courses should be taught in English in French universities. In a bid to attract more foreign students to French universities it is becoming increasingly important to have lessons in English. The powerful Academie Francaise has shown stern disapproval to the plan, but others have welcomed it as an inevitable step to preserve the integrity of French education. French newspaper Liberation even printed the day’s news in English, with the headline ‘Teaching in English. Let’s do it!’