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ViewHighest court orders university doors to remain shut

Vulnerable students may be first to return in January, France’s Council of State rules

ViewReport slams lack of diversity among French students

Government told that more pathways to higher education could tackle wealth gap

ViewFrance news roundup: 10-16 December

This week: language AI chair, Horizon 2020 suggestions and tussle over 2021 budget

ViewFrench universities could reopen in January

Lockdown policy shift on the horizon after university bosses meet prime minister

ViewSecond Connected Campus wave for ‘peripheral France’

Government unveils web of micro-campuses to facilitate distance learning in remotest regions

ViewFrance news roundup: 3-9 December

This week: more LPPR protests but cautious welcome at council, and former military hospital becomes...

ViewNational Research Agency gets €1.2bn budget in 2021

Next year’s €444m boost is part of funding increase to sweeten LPPR reform

ViewFrance news roundup: 26 November to 2 December

This week: support for Unesco computing history, engineering schools merge and prizes for atomic experts

ViewFrench universities insist on January reopening

Move follows government call to cease face-to-face teaching until February

ViewLPPR on track to enter law ‘in a few weeks’

Senate vote clears last hurdle for controversial research reform bill as academics continue strikes

ViewFrance holds its sixth annual equality in research event

National Institute of Applied Sciences hosts multi-agency seminar on sexual discrimination

ViewFrance news roundup: 19-25 November

This week: a technology chair, Ile-de-France’s biotech bid and action on antimicrobial resistance

ViewFrench parliament seals deal on research reform bill

Joint committee approves controversial LPPR, but academics promise pushback

ViewMacron adviser named head of research council

Year-long vacancy at HCÉRES comes to an end with appointment of mathematician Thierry Coulhon

ViewFrance news roundup: 12-18 November

This week: innovation prizes, Covid-19 spending and a virtual tour of ANR funding opportunities

ViewMinistry seeks go-ahead for Paris research hospital

Grand Paris Nord would house huge medical facility but faces local opposition

ViewUnions vow to continue fight against research reform bill

Proposed ‘French Republican values’ and changes to academic qualification rejected by researchers

ViewFrance news roundup: 5-11 November

This week: excellence in Paris, open publishing funds and a new physics leader at ANR

ViewFrench universities grapple with second lockdown

Laboratories remain open but most teaching goes online following spike in Covid-19 cases

ViewSenate amends research reform bill

France’s upper house adopts controversial policy but shortens its lifespan

ViewFrance news roundup: 29 October to 4 November

This week: atomic deal at ParisTech, hydrogen studies and safe handling of prion proteins

ViewFrench universities shuttered as country enters second ‘lockdown’

Higher education has once again moved to distance learning but some research should continue

ViewFrench and Italian academic groups sign partnership

University leaders promise closer collaboration, joint projects and student exchange

ViewLoire signs regional funding deals

Research minister announces programmes during Territories of Knowledge tour

ViewFrance news roundup: 22-28 October

This week: Inrae head elected, projected student increase and CEA's diamond jubilee

ViewUnions vow to fight French research reforms

Largest collectives promise long-term opposition to proposed overhaul of funding and careers

ViewFrench StopCovid app scrapped

Controversial contact-tracing smartphone app that ‘didn’t work’ to be replaced with renamed update

ViewFrance news roundup: 15-21 October

This week: space scholarships, EU antibiotics funding and condemnation of a teacher’s murder

ViewFrance news roundup: 8-14 October

This week: blended learning success, Adelkhah leaves prison temporarily, court rules against CNRS

ViewVidal called in to explain LPPR opposition

Minister warns of ‘stalling’ French research as criticism mounts over controversial funding reform