ICJ - Discovering French Universities Investing in Reform

I believe that giving autonomy to universities means saying to universities: "You are no longer dependent on the government every day in all your decisions, but instead you can take on real responsibilities. We trust you.

Universities must take advantage of their newfound autonomy. This implies a lot of change.

Something else which boosts their confidence is, objectively, the exceptional financial effort which has been made for them. The fact that university subsidies have increased considerably, that there were no job cuts when there have been job cuts in all other State sectors, the fact that a large loan allows 22 billion euros to be devoted to future projects suggested by universities, staff and researchers.

For France it would be a splendid achievement to succeed in devoting all our efforts, all our investment to research, to young people. It would be wonderful to draw on all of this research potential and tie it in with the potential of our companies in order to create wealth and employment.

All of this requires an enormous communication and cooperation effort. The key is team work, both within and between universities and the socioeconomic world in general.

Our strengths will become evident when everyone works together.

I have the feeling that a vast majority of our universities in the academic community support this project because all our colleagues have understood that the world changed over the last few decades, that universities and the world of higher education changed extremely quickly and that if institutions didn't plan for the future, they could quickly find themselves irrelevant.

The best way to prepare France to recover from this crisis is to have higher education, innovation and research be true national priorities. We are betting on the future.

My assessment is highly positive. France is genuinely a country on the move and, as such, has plenty of reasons to be optimistic.

You have a French university system that has metamorphosed and is without a doubt the best entry point to European higher education.

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[thegreatalexa1]

Excellent presentation..Good Luck Guyz!