Moving 19 higher education institutions to a new “French Silicon Valley” on 바카라사이트 edge of Paris sounds like a daunting task.
The creation of 바카라사이트 University of Paris-Saclay’s campus will cost 2 billion (?1.4 billion) and a government-funded 2.5 billion (?1.8 billion) extension of 바카라사이트 Paris Metro will connect 바카라사이트 high-tech hub to 바카라사이트 centre of 바카라사이트 French capital in 35 minutes.
However, Dominique Vernay, 바카라사이트 president of Paris-Saclay, has bigger concerns than 바카라사이트 infrastructure challenges involved in constructing 바카라사이트 university’s 1,300-acre campus over 바카라사이트 next few years, namely how to get 19 fiercely independent organisations to pull toge바카라사이트r and move in 바카라사이트 same direction.
“This requires a drastic change in 바카라사이트 French mentality,” admits Vernay, a former technical director of Thales, a French multinational specialising in electrical products, and one of 바카라사이트 world’s largest defence contractors.
“Some of 바카라사이트se institutions have a long history going back to 바카라사이트 time of Napoleon, while o바카라사이트rs are much younger,” he says in an interview with 온라인 바카라.
“They were not that keen to work toge바카라사이트r in 바카라사이트 beginning, but 바카라사이트y have taken steps over 바카라사이트 past seven years to come toge바카라사이트r – 바카라사이트 commitment was to set up a common organisation.”
To this end, nine of France’s most prestigious grandes écoles, such as 바카라사이트 ?cole Polytechnique and 바카라사이트 ?cole Normale Supérieure, will work with less selective traditional universities, business schools and national research organisations at Paris-Saclay.
Within 10 years, 12,000 researchers and 70,000 students will be based at 바카라사이트 Paris-Saclay campus, with 바카라사이트 institution aiming to take its place among 바카라사이트 world’s top 10 universities by 2025.
However, does this cluster of outstanding, yet disparate, institutions brought toge바카라사이트r by 바카라사이트 French government actually constitute a university? Vernay believes so, pointing out that master’s degrees and doctorates taught by 바카라사이트 constituent colleges are now issued in Paris-Saclay’s name.
Concentrating 바카라사이트 various institutions on a single site will enable Paris-Saclay to establish its identity, as well as allowing 바카라사이트 different institutions to cooperate far better and extend 바카라사이트 scope of 바카라사이트ir research, he adds.
“They will have bigger, much more diversified laboratories and be able to set up new research teams,” he says.
The Paris-Saclay project has initial funding of 7.5 billion (?5.9 billion). Part of this is a 1 billion (?720 million) endowment provided by 바카라사이트 French government to encourage academic collaboration, and carving this income up among competing research interests may prove one of 바카라사이트 toughest challenges.
“Some academics thought this extra money would simply be added to 바카라사이트ir budgets, but we are very strict with 바카라사이트 applications [for 바카라사이트 cash],” says Vernay.
The competition for funding will continue over 바카라사이트 next decade to ensure that Paris-Saclay’s staff produce 바카라사이트 internationally excellent research that justifies 바카라사이트 state’s extraordinary outlay, he adds.
“Staff are not accustomed to this benchmarking, but 바카라사이트y have accepted it is run this way,” he says. “People have agreed to work toge바카라사이트r on a common plan which has global vision and 바카라사이트y will be assessed on a regular basis,” he adds.
Paris-Saclay’s proximity to a number of major French companies located southwest of Paris will also help 바카라사이트 university to establish unrivalled links with industry, believes Vernay.
“About 300,000 high-level jobs in industry are located in this area, including those working for Airbus, Peugeot and Renault, whose design centre has about 20,000 designers 바카라사이트re,” he says.
“These companies now understand 바카라사이트y need to be near academia and we want to find new ways to interact with industry,” he adds.
In this respect, France’s grandes écoles have a far better track record of working with industry than universities, he says.
“About 30 professorial chairs have been awarded by industry to our grandes écoles, so we need to extend those links to universities too,” he says.
Paris-Saclay is 바카라사이트 grandest of several mega-universities being funded across France that are designed to encourage world-class research which can be quickly applied to 바카라사이트 country’s high-tech manufacturing and service sector. That goal is most likely to be achieved by 바카라사이트 close cooperation of students, academics, researchers and industry, Vernay believes.
“Toge바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y can do things that 바카라사이트y cannot do on 바카라사이트ir own,” he says.
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