The faculty of human and social sciences, on the island of Saulcy. Photo Michel Dell’Aiera
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Because he senses an “inequity in the distribution of resources” between Metz and Nancy, the mayor is considering regaining his independence.
He had slipped a first coin into the machine, last Thursday, during the city council. François Grosdidier returned to the charge, five days later, during a breakfast organized at the Press Club. In his sights: the University of Lorraine (UL). ” We do not have enough students in relation to our population pool. The catching up that began in the 1970s has stagnated, or even declined, for a decade. When the decision-making centers are no longer with us, the decisions escape us He remarked to his elected colleagues. In front of the press, he explored the subject. In summary, the mayor of Metz and president of the Metropolis asked the UL ” a ten-year review, regionalized by site “. Nancy on the one hand, Metz on the other then. However, despite ” several meetings in September “And” the work carried out ”By his assistant Marc Sciamanna, these data are slow to arrive on his desk, he regrets. ” My problem is getting objective data. What distribution, post by post, euro by euro… The allocation of resources, the number of doctoral students, the projects created or not created… What interests me is less what has been done than what has not not been done. Because we are in a situation where many Metz academics no longer even make projects as they are convinced that it will not succeed. We must get out of this. »
Minister Frédérique Vidal visiting Saulcy, alongside the mayor of Metz (right). Photo Week
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“The question will arise”
François Grosdidier continues: if the expected results “ confirms what we have a feeling, that is to say an inequity in the distribution of resources, we will reflect “. Reflect ? ” The question of maintaining the unity of the University of Lorraine will arise », He specifies. ” In this case, we will ask for the split, with the support of Metz Métropole and the Department, with which we are perfectly in phase., he continues. Maintaining UL is not an end in itself. “Neither the split a case” the principle ». « We must have the means for our university development “, Insists the mayor, who points” a lack of engineering training in Metz “, A mismatch between higher education and employment needs in Lorraine-Nord as in Luxembourg, and wishes” recreate a business school or a business school branch » – « discussions have been initiated with Reims, with Strasbourg, with the Paris Chamber of Commerce “. François Grosdidier expects the data from UL before the end of the year.
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