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Saclay science campus will go ahead, France takes firm line on Sciences Po, research ship to spend winter in Antarctica…

This week in Nations in brief: Saclay science campus will go ahead, pledges Ayrault; France takes firm line on Sciences Po; Research ship to spend winter in Antarctica; Progress on campus renovations promised; Bavaria picks four candidates for ‘technical’ title.

Saclay science campus will go ahead, pledges Ayrault

France’s prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has said he is determined to support the Paris-Saclay science and innovation campus, a hugely ambitious project to bring together 11 higher education institutions with research organisations on a site south of the capital. The project could create a campus for 10,000 researchers and 50,000 students, but it has been plagued by problems since its announcement by the former president, Nicolas Sarkozy.

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