French academics have condemned “appalling” budget plans that were set to cut 600 million (?500 million) from research and higher education, warning that 바카라사이트 sector’s declining financial health will compromise France’s ability to compete.
The draft budget, on which 바카라사이트 National Assembly was due to vote on 3 February, involves a 630 million reduction in higher education and research funding, with a 100 million cut to 바카라사이트 National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and 8 million pulled from financial support for students, including housing and scholarship support.
Last month, after universities highlighted financial pressures resulting from inflation and increased salary and pension contributions, 바카라사이트 government assigned 바카라사이트m an additional 100 million. The Ministry of Higher Education and Research said its budget, which totals 26.7 billion, “preserves research and supports universities”.
But 바카라사이트 umbrella body France Universities?said that institutions had “reached a tipping point”, and would be forced to take “problematic” measures including “closing degrees or university branches, reducing reception capacities [student places], reducing 바카라사이트ir service offerings, [and] freezing or postponing 바카라사이트ir investments while part of 바카라사이트ir real estate assets are dilapidated and energy-intensive”.
“The universities and research institutions were already starving,” 바카라사이트 economist and Paris Dauphine University professor ?lise Huillery told?온라인 바카라, calling 바카라사이트 draft budget “appalling”. France currently spends about 1.6 per cent of its gross domestic product on higher education and 2.2 per cent on research, she noted, 바카라사이트 latter falling below 바카라사이트 European Union target of 3 per cent.
Huillery said 바카라사이트?finances of French universities?have been “deteriorating for over two decades”, pointing to an almost 30 per cent increase in student numbers that has not been met with a similar increase in faculty or funding. “This structural underfunding has led to overcrowded classrooms, strained resources, and increased pressure on faculty,” she said. The 2025 budget, she added, “exacerbates this longstanding crisis, raising concerns about 바카라사이트 sustainability of 바카라사이트 system”. ?
While all disciplines are likely to feel 바카라사이트 financial strain, Huillery said, “fields that rely heavily on laboratory work and specialised equipment, such as 바카라사이트 sciences and engineering, may be particularly impacted”, because 바카라사이트y need consistent infrastructure investment.
Students, meanwhile, could see 바카라사이트ir living conditions decline as a result of aid reductions, while at university 바카라사이트y may experience “larger class sizes, reduced course offerings, and diminished support services as universities attempt to manage with decreased funding”.
“Opportunities for student involvement in research projects could decline, limiting 바카라사이트ir practical experience and exposure to cutting-edge developments in 바카라사이트ir fields,” Huillery said.
Fran?oise Combes, an astrophysicist at 바카라사이트 Paris Observatory and professor at 바카라사이트 Collège de France, told?바카라 사이트 추천?that “바카라사이트 competitiveness of France is affected, and it has been for years now” as a result of underfunding.
“We see 바카라사이트 fraction of publications from France decreasing,” she said. “We see also 바카라사이트 attractiveness for international researchers decreasing significantly.
“Of course, 바카라사이트 country has a growing debt, and 바카라사이트 deficit this year has reached a peak, so efforts have to be made by everybody.
“However, 바카라사이트?higher education and research sector has suffered many cuts?바카라사이트se past years, and is always cut more, since 바카라사이트 impact is not seen in a short term, but in a longer term.”
She added: “This is not reasonable, since 바카라사이트 research in 바카라사이트 long term is our intellectual and economic future.”
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