1 November 2012, University World News
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Also last week, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault declared government support for the 23-partner Campus Paris-Saclay, the most ambitious Operation Campus cluster which has now become part of the ‘Grand Paris’ urban development plan.
Concluding the 7th Forum of Research and Innovation in Paris, Ayrault
confirmed funding of €1 billion for construction to unite the
universities, grandes écoles and research organisations
comprising Paris-Saclay; plus €850 million under Operation Campus; and
an extra €1 billion under the Investments of the Future Idex
(Initiatives of Excellence) programme.
Due for completion in 2014, Paris-Saclay would be a “merger remarkable
for its size and quality” with “more than 10,000 researchers and
academics, nearly 50,000 students, including 30,000 studying for masters
and doctorates”, said Ayrault...
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