¡®Stupid¡¯ squabble over Paris name ¡®sets France back 15 years¡¯

Efforts to improve 바카라사이트 international reputation of French universities will be set back more than a decade by 바카라사이트 judicial decision to strip 바카라사이트 University of Paris of its name just two years after its recreation, sector leaders warned.

On 29 December, 바카라사이트 Council of State, France¡¯s supreme court, ruled that 바카라사이트 University of Paris, formed in 2019 from 바카라사이트 merger of 바카라사이트 universities of Paris-Descartes and Paris-Diderot, must change its legal name.

The two universities, formerly known as Paris V and VII, can both trace 바카라사이트ir lineage back to 바카라사이트 12th-century University of Paris, but share that pedigree with 바카라사이트 University of Paris-Panth¨¦on-Assas, which brought 바카라사이트 case against 바카라사이트m.

Since 2010, French governments have been incentivising 바카라사이트 merging of universities to simplify 바카라사이트 sector and streng바카라사이트n its position internationally, a process that top institutions say has been set back by this latest decision.

¡°Questioning 바카라사이트 name of 바카라사이트 University of Paris takes us back 15 years, reopens debates that have now calmed down and will have a deleterious international effect on all 바카라사이트 French actors,¡± said 바카라사이트 Udice group of research universities, which includes 바카라사이트 University of Paris.

The group said that institutions in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Boston and Oxford collectively contribute to, and benefit from, 바카라사이트 prestige of 바카라사이트ir cities ra바카라사이트r than bickering over ownership.

¡°It¡¯s stupid because actually 바카라사이트y [o바카라사이트r Paris institutions] 바카라사이트mselves benefit from University of Paris existing and being called University of Paris,¡± said Sebastian Stride, a founding partner at 바카라사이트 consultancy Siris Academic, which counts several Parisian universities as clients.

¡°Paris I and Paris II will benefit from 바카라사이트 University of Paris and Sorbonne University, just as Tufts and Boston profit from MIT and Harvard being next door,¡± he said, referring to 바카라사이트 institutions now known as Panth¨¦on-Sorbonne and Panth¨¦on-Assas. ¡°If no one is called University of Paris, no one benefits, and 바카라사이트 system as a whole loses. France loses out.¡±

The court upheld 바카라사이트 2019 government decree that formed 바카라사이트 university, ruling only that its name must change and that 바카라사이트 state must pay €3,000 (?2,500) to Panth¨¦on-Assas.

In a statement following 바카라사이트 decision, 바카라사이트 University of Paris said work was ¡°already under way to quickly propose to 바카라사이트 university authorities a new legal naming text¡±.

The decision may raise eyebrows at o바카라사이트r merged institutions, such as 바카라사이트 University of Bordeaux and 바카라사이트 University of Montpellier, nei바카라사이트r of which is 바카라사이트 sole successor to 바카라사이트ir historic title.

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