Macron urges faster action to build university networks

A memo outlining French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposals was distributed recently to ‘sherpas’, or aides, of the 27 other European Union leaders. According to the memo, the Élysée Palace wants EU research and education funding to support the “emergence by 2024 of around 20 ‘European universities’ that will be based on networks of four to six institutions, in at least three member states”. More...