EXCLUSIV! Celebru proprietar reface total o mare clădire din centrul Iașului
Un celebru proprietar din Iași a trecut la treabă! Acum două zile au început lucrările ce vizează refacerea și modernizarea unui imobil cunoscut din oraș! Situat într-o selectă zonă a urbei, acesta va avea o destinație utilă pentru sute de tineri. „Am demarat, pe 9 aprilie 2020 (ieri – n.r.) lucrările de construcții aferente consolidării, reabilitării, modernizării și echipării clădirii Corpului E al Universității din Păcurari. E vorba de o clădire istorică. Proiectul, în valoarea totală de 17.478.080,59 lei, urmărește creșterea calitativă și cantitativă a spațiului didactic al instituției cu 1806.27 metri pătrați, respectiv cu 13 săli de curs și seminar, un amfiteatru, cinci spații de birouri pentru cadrele didactice, precum și îmbunătățirea condițiilor de studiu și de cercetare”, a precizat prof. univ. dr. Tudorel Toader, rectorul Universității „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” – UAIC din Iași
O nouă investiție a demarat la Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” (UAIC) din Iași! Astfel, ieri, 9 aprilie 2020, au demarat lucrările de construcții aferente proiectului „Consolidarea, reabilitarea, modernizarea și echiparea clădirii Corpului E al instituției. Totul s-a derulat în cadrul Programului Operațional Regional (POR) 2014-2020, Axa prioritară 10: Îmbunătățirea infrastructurii educaționale. Acesta este co-finanțat prin Fondul European de Dezvoltare Regională (FEDR), în baza contractului de finanțare încheiat cu Ministerul Dezvoltării Regionale și Administrației Publice (MDRAP) și Agenția pentru Dezvoltare Regională Nord-Est (ARDNE).
„În urma derulării pe Platforma de Achiziții Publice a procedurii privind atribuirea contractului de execuție de lucrări pentru acestă investiție, la data de 12 martie 2020, s-a încheiat contractul de lucrări cu compania câștigătoare, respectiv SC Tec Telecom SRL.
Proiectul, în valoarea totală de 17.478.080,59 lei, urmărește creșterea calitativă și cantitativă a spațiului didactic al Universității cu 1806.27 metri pătrați, respectiv cu 13 săli de curs și seminar, un amfiteatru, cinci spații de birouri pentru cadrele didactice, precum și îmbunătățirea condițiilor de studiu și de cercetare la Universitatea «Cuza»”, a precizat prof. univ. dr. Tudorel Toader, rectorul celei mai vechi instituții de învățământ superior a României.
Aici a funcționat, ani buni, prima închisoare modernă a Iașului
Clădire de patrimoniu, înscrisă în Lista Monumentelor Istorice (LMI), Corpul E al UAIC a fost cea mai veche închisoare modernă din Iași. Era cunoscută și sub numele de Casa Canano și a funcționat aproape un secol, între anii 1830 și 1916. Ea se afla într-o avansată stare de degradare deoarece nu s-a mai investit aici de peste trei decenii. Imobilul este situat pe strada Păcurari, numărul 9. Datele istorice arată că, la acele vremuri și la singura închisoare a orașului de pe strada Păcurari ajungeau toți cei care aveau probleme cu legile vremii. Odată sosiți aici, toți deținuții ajungeau pe mâna călăului Gavril Buzatu, zis și nea Bogdan. Acesta era și el la rândul lui un hoț și un criminal care, pentru a scăpa de pedeapsă, îndeplinea toate dispozițiile Curții.
Dintre zidurile închisorii, foarte puține persoane mai puteau ieși pentru a vedea soarele. „Norocoșii” care vedeau lumina zilei erau cei care aveau de îndeplinit datorii silnice și trebuiau să suporte biciul celui cunoscut drept „omul fără suflet”. Printre oamenii importanți ai vremii care au stat în închisoarea din centrul Iașului poate fi amintit și Neculai Rosetti Roznovanu, care voia tronul Principatelor Române. După ce a complotat împotriva domnitorului Alexandru Ioan Cuza în anul 1866, a fost băgat în celebra pușcărie. Aici a fost încarcerat și Alecu Beldimari, fondatorul ziarului Adevărul.
Publicație: Bună Ziua Iași
„STUD CAFÉ. Good morning talks”, un nou program de discuții on-line pentru studenții Universității „Cuza” din Iași
Un nou program de discuții on-line, intitulat „STUD CAFÉ. Good morning talks”, pentru studenții Universității „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” – UAIC din Iași. Acesta a demarat ieri, 9 aprilie 2020 și este derulat de Serviciul pentru studenți, orientare în carieră și inserție profesională și Alumni – SSA
Studenții din cadrul Universității „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” (UAIC) din Iași sunt invitați să participe la noi activități on-line de consiliere și orientare, organizate de Serviciul pentru studenți, orientare în carieră și inserție profesională și Alumni (SSA). Programul are ca scop susținerea și îndrumarea studenților UAIC pentru a se adapta perioadei de izolare, dar și informarea acestora cu privire la ce pot face pentru a continua dezvoltarea lor, în condițiile actuale.
„STUD CAFÉ. Good morning talks” constă într-o serie de discuții on-line, cu o durată de 30 de minute, unde vor fi invitați psihologi, specialiști în dezvoltare personală și orientare în carieră de la „Cuza”. Între subiectele care vor fi abordate se regăsesc următoarele: Importanța stabilirii unui program zilnic, Gestionarea emoțiilor, Strategii pentru creșterea angajabilității, pe care le putem aplica în perioada izolării, Importanța somnului pentru un stil de viață sănătos, Cât de eficient utilizăm tehnologia, Cum să ne organizăm pentru a ne finaliza cât mai ușor lucrarea de licență sau disertația.
Episoadele vor fi transmise live în fiecare marți și joi, începând cu ora 11:00, pe pagina de Facebook Serviciul pentru Studenți și Absolvenți – UAIC. Studenții care doresc să beneficieze de sesiuni de consiliere individuală on-line pot trimite o solicitare la adresa servicii.studenti@uaic.ro.
Publicație: Bună Ziua Iași
Conferinţă virtuală susţinută de cosmonautul Dumitru Prunariu
Dumitru Prunariu va susţine astăzi, 10 aprilie, o conferinţă virtuală despre călătoria în spaţiul cosmic, despre expansiunea universului, găurile negre, dar şi despre existenţa vieţii pe alte planete. Evenimentul este organizat de către Universitatea Tehnică „Gheorghe Asachi“ din Iaşi, alături de vicepreşedintele Academiei Române, acad. Bogdan Simionescu, fiind parte a serie de conferinţe „Moştenirea lui Asachi“.
Conferinţa va putea fi urmărită astăzi de la ora 11.00, organizatorii trimiţând invitaţii online, urmând ca înregistrarea conferinţei să fie făcută publică după finalizarea acesteia. „Mă bucură continuarea seriei de conferinţe «Moştenirea lui Asachi», un proiect la care ţin foarte mult, cu domnul doctor Dumitru Dorin Prunariu, membru de onoare al Academiei Române şi Doctor Honoris Causa al Universităţii Tehnice «Gheorghe Asachi». Această întâlnire / conferinţă / dezbatere organizată, în premieră, online, completează initiaţivele Politehnicii ieşene de continuare a activităţilor ştiinţifice şi culturale, de îndeplinire a îndatoririlor academice şi confirmă spusele lui Nicolae Iorga - «munca este cel mai potrivit dezinfectant». Invit publicul interesat de ştiinţă şi nu numai la o întâlnire neconvenţională cu un conferenţiar extrem de interesant, un spirit deschis şi cald“, a declarat acad. Bogdan Simionescu, vicepreşedinte al Academiei Române.
Tema oficială a academicianului este „Repere esenţiale în explorarea spaţiului cosmic“, acesta explicând, pe scurt, tematica abordată în conferinţă ca fiind una „de departe spre aproape“. Dumitru Prunariu a menţionat despre conferinţa pe care o va susţine astăzi că „Am plecat în conferinţa mea de la compoziţia universului, de la faptul ca el, în loc să încetinească datorită forţelor de atracţie gravitaţională dintre stele, constelaţii etc., accelerează în expansiunea lui şi acest lucru poate fi explicat doar prin existenţa unei energii, a unei materii încă necunoscute care îl împinge în exterior. E vorba de energia şi materia neagră sau întunecată. Vom vorbi mai aproape de sistemul nostru solar şi despre senzaţia de anul trecut din punct de vedere al descoperirilor ştiinţifice - fotografierea proiecţiei unei găuri negre pe un nor de materie stelară“, a punctat Dumitru Prunariu.
Publicație: Ziarul de Iași
UK universities plead for billions of pounds in support
Institutions promise to limit student intake and cut spending in return for bailout funding
British universities have made a plea for billions of pounds’ worth of research and bailout funding to survive the coronavirus crisis, offering to slash budgets and cap student recruitment in return.
The Guardian has learned that the University of St Andrews – one of the UK’s leading higher education institutions – is among those facing a black hole in its accounts due to the pandemic.
In response to the crisis, Universities UK (UUK) has proposed a series of measures to the government that would double research funding and offer emergency loans to troubled institutions, as well as placing a cap on the number of undergraduates each institution in England can recruit in 2020-21.
The government will embrace UUK’s public support for limiting student recruitment, which would reduce its losses from unpaid student loans. The Guardian revealed last month that ministers were pushing universities to consider a cap.
The proposal would result in universities in England capping their UK and EU undergraduate intake at the forecasts that they have already submitted, plus a maximum increase of 5%. Students already holding firm conditional offers will be guaranteed their places if they meet their grade requirements.
Sources at several leading universities say they expect the falls in international student numbers and research grants next year alone to cost them hundreds of millions of pounds, while lost income from conferences, accommodation and catering will drain £790m from the sector by the end of summer.
St Andrews’ principal, Sally Mapstone, warned her staff on Thursday that the university had already lost £25m as a direct result of the coronavirus crisis, which would force it into significant cost-cutting.
“It is as serious a financial crisis as our university has faced in modern times, and it will mean that we cannot do everything you want or expect us to, and that we have to take some very difficult decisions about our future,” Mapstone said.
The proposal by UUK, representing 137 institutions, gives dire warnings of the financial difficulties in which many universities find themselves, with campuses shut and students abruptly leaving.
“Without government support, some universities would face financial failure, others would come close to financial failure and be forced to reduce provision. Some will be in places where they are the only local higher education provider with damaging impact on the local community and economy,” states the document agreed by vice-chancellors on Wednesday.
Alistair Jarvis, UUK’s chief executive, said it was without question that British universities were likely to go bankrupt without further support: “There is a very significant chance of some institutions going bust – and part of this proposal is to prevent that from happening.”
But its plans were attacked by the University and College Union as “piecemeal” measures that fail to fix the sector’s weaknesses. “Universities need to step back from the dog-eat-dog approach of recent times and come together properly in the wider interest. We fear these proposals risk leaving many universities vulnerable,” said Jo Grady, UCU’s general secretary.
The UUK scheme also offers to “reduce costs, increase efficiency and moderate certain behaviours” such as curbing unconditional offers, as well delaying capital spending and freezing recruitment. It also calls for a “transformation fund” to “reshape and consolidate” the sector through mergers.
Its requests include doubling quality-related government research funding from £2bn to £4bn a year, as well as assistance for universities relying on “very high numbers” of international students. Others include giving universities unrestricted access to the UK government’s coronavirus business support programmes.
Vice-chancellors also want the government to make a multi-year commitment to offering loans and financial support for institutions “suffering significant income losses”.
UUK warned that the loss of valuable international student fees would end the ability of universities to cross-subsidise expensive science and technology research. Jarvis said losses would hamper their ability to conduct research into pandemics in the long term.
Scottish university sources said their crisis was more acute because of Scotland’s government not fully funding the costs of teaching local students, despite its policy of not charging tuition fees. That increased their dependency on overseas student income.
University leaders say privately that they do not expect the governments to agree to all the proposals, with some fearing that ministers will “cherry-pick” the least expensive options.
Publicație: The Guardian
Coronavirus: Universities warn of going bust without emergency funds
Universities across the UK are calling for emergency funding of at least £2bn, warning some institutions will go bust without it.
Universities UK says the coronavirus pandemic is threatening to sharply cut overseas student numbers and put universities in financial danger.
They are asking for controls on student numbers in each university, to keep fee income at similar levels to last year.
Universities are promising to honour any offers already made to students.
"Without government support, some universities would face financial failure, others would come close to financial failure and be forced to reduce provision," says a letter from higher education leaders to ministers across the UK.
Alistair Jarvis, chief executive of Universities UK, says the proposals would help universities to "weather the very serious financial challenges posed by Covid-19".
He says academic researchers have made a "huge contribution" to tackling the coronavirus pandemic - and their expertise will be needed in the "recovery of the economy and communities following the crisis".
They are calling for an extra £2bn in research funding and on top of that to provide emergency loans for universities that faced "significant income losses".
"Targeted support" should be available to protect strategically important subjects such as science and medicine, say the industry leaders.
This would be in response to cash pressures from the pandemic:
- Universities receive almost £7bn in fees from overseas students - and there are fears that their numbers could be much reduced this autumn
- The university sector says it has already lost £790m in cancelled business activities, such as conferences, catering and student accommodation
- There is also uncertainty about whether campuses will be able to re-open in the autumn and whether many UK students will defer entry this year
There have been warnings of unprecedented "volatility" in this year's admissions - which, if left unchecked, could see some universities expanding but others left with too few students to be financially viable.
This is a particular risk for universities in England and Wales, which are highly dependent on tuition fee income.
In response, Universities UK is asking for controls on the number of students each university in England and Wales can recruit this year, keeping them to levels expected before the coronavirus outbreak, to stop financially unsustainable swings in numbers.
The scale of concern was suggested in an internal email from a Russell Group university seen by the BBC this week, which warned the university could lose a quarter of its income next year.
The letter from Universities UK to ministers says that to provide "stability" for students currently applying, all offers already made would have to be honoured if students made the required grade.
There is also a call to push back by a year the point at which European Union students are categorised as overseas students, when they will face higher fees and visa restrictions.
Jo Grady of the UCU lecturers' union said the plan was a "piecemeal approach that fails to recognise the size of the problem, or the damage we risk doing to our academic capacity".
Eva Crossan Jory, vice president of the National Union of Students, said any extra funding must support students, "especially considering the mounting discontent that courses are not being delivered as promised and demands for refunds".
She backed calls for the government to "step in" to protect higher education, but said it should include "refunding or all or part of the fees".
"The scale of the financial challenges facing higher education institutions are clearly very serious", said Scotland's Deputy First Minister John Swinney.
He promised to work closely with universities to help them "emerge from this crisis".
A Welsh government spokesman said universities had been "at the forefront of the battle against the coronavirus" and ministers would work to ensure they had the "necessary investment".
In England, a Department for Education spokeswoman said: "The outbreak poses significant challenges to the sector and the government is working closely with universities to understand the financial risks and implications they might face at this uncertain time."
Publicație: BBC News
Coronavirus: Students angry at empty rooms rent charge
Student leaders in England say full rent should not be charged next term on university rooms left empty by the coronavirus shutdown.
But in privately run accommodation in Portsmouth, students are being told they must keep paying.
What has angered them further is that the block had not been finished in time for the autumn term and students had to be put up in temporary accommodation.
Property firm Prime Student Living says students are still obliged to pay.
It points out they are still receiving their loans.
"Where the situation is so unprecedented there should be some more understanding," says Helena Schofield, president of the National Union of Students at the University of Portsmouth.
Manisha Singh, who is taking a masters degree in criminal psychology at the university, says she feels like students are being "walked all over".
She is a resident in Stanhope House, a student housing block managed by Prime Student Living.
Because of delays in completing the building she spent most of the first term in temporary accommodation - and now faces a term with the campus closed because of coronavirus.
This has been "upsetting and pressurising", she says. And she is angry that she has to keep paying rent for a room that will have cost almost £10,000 for the year.
Yusuf Ahmed, who is studying petroleum engineering, says: "They asked me to be more flexible when they were delayed."
And now he thinks the property firm should reciprocate and be able to release students from contracts rather than their having to pay until the end of the annual contract in September.
Eva Crossan Jory, NUS vice-president, says in the exceptional circumstances of the pandemic there is a "moral duty" on housing firms to give the "option of a no-penalty early release from their contracts".
The University of Portsmouth has switched to teaching online and has allowed students in university-owned accommodation to end contracts as many will be studying from home.
But it has no control over private student buildings.
The university, students' union and local MP Stephen Morgan wrote to private student accommodation firms calling on them to "do the right thing" and allow students to end their rental contracts early.
But Prime Student Living rejected this and replied: "Tenancy agreements are to remain in force and students are obligated to continue to pay remaining rent."
The property firm has highlighted that students will be receiving their maintenance loans and so should be able to continue with the contracts they signed.
Another student in Stanhope House, Robert Milne, says it is "very annoying" to pay rent "knowing I will never go back to that room".
The building delay that affected Stanhope House was part of a wave of dozens of unfinished building schemes that left students in the lurch last year.
Mr Milne, who is studying property development, says the experience makes him think that student accommodation is in need of tighter regulation, because at present "it's students who are losing out".
"It's grown so quickly and regulation hasn't kept pace with the expansion," he says.
Professor Graham Galbraith, vice chancellor of the University of Portsmouth, called on housing providers to let students end contracts and have the "certainty that they want and need" at a time of distress and hardship.
Across the country it is a mixed picture, with some students able to cancel rent on unoccupied rooms, while others have to keep paying.
According to student housing charity, Unipol, about 60 universities in England have agreed to waive rent in university-owned accommodation next term.
Others have yet to decide or could make students continue to pay.
Much of student accommodation is privately run - and some of these firms are allowing students to stop paying.
Unite, one of the biggest private providers, says: "We will not be collecting any further payments from students who decide they don't want to return for the summer term."
But this depends on students notifying Unite by 17:00 on Monday 13 April.
Private housing providers iQ and Scape are also allowing students to end contracts, with a deadline of 17:00 on Thursday 9 April.
Martin Blakey, of Unipol, said it was fair for both landlords and tenants to reach a compromise and "share the pain".
"No one party [including small landlords as well as the big student property firms] should bear all the loss," he said.
Universities UK said emergency legislation during the coronavirus outbreak meant all students were "protected from eviction", whether renting privately or from a university.
Publicație: BBC News
Université: comment vont se dérouler les partiels du second semestre
Les universités se préparent à faire passer les examens à distance. Une première inédite pour ces établissements obligés de s’adapter à la crise exceptionnelle du coronavirus.
La question est sur les lèvres de plusieurs dizaines de milliers d’étudiants. Comment vont se dérouler les partiels du second semestre dans les universités françaises? Les établissements réfléchissent actuellement à différentes solutions et commencent, pour certains, à donner des réponses. La semaine dernière, au cours d’une conférence de presse en ligne, la CPU (Conférence des présidents d’université) avait évoqué la possibilité encore existante de «décaler un certain nombre d’examens au-delà de la période de confinement, en mai, en présentiel».
Mais le très probable prolongement du confinement qui devrait être annoncé lundi par le président de la République, Emmanuel Macron, semble définitivement éloigner cette hypothèse. Les présidents d’université s’y sont d’ailleurs tous préparés. Ce jeudi 9 avril, le président de l’université de Nantes, Olivier Laboux, a annoncé que son université ne rouvrirait pas avant la rentrée prochaine. «L’évaluation des connaissances pour le second semestre se fera à distance», a précisé le président, ajoutant que cette décision vise à «garantir la qualité des évaluations, maintenir les délais réglementaires pour prévenir les étudiants et veiller à l’équité entre les candidats».
Devoirs maisons, QCM, oraux en visio: des solutions variées
Comme celle de Nantes, les autres universités commencent à s’organiser pour préparer des partiels à distance. Mais toutes n’auront pas des solutions similaires, et au sein d’une même université, les modalités d’évaluation proposées différeront souvent d’une formation à l’autre. «La plupart des filières de notre université vont tout organiser à distance, témoigne Guillaume Gelé, président de l’université de Reims. Les modalités seront fixées par les enseignants, en sachant qu’ils vont devoir s’adapter à la taille de leurs promotions», explique-t-il. Les pistes envisagées? «Nous avons plusieurs solutions pour évaluer les étudiants: le contrôle continu, des devoirs maison et d’autres types d’évaluations en ligne comme les QCM. Des oraux pourront également être organisés, avec des logiciels de visioconférences», précise Guillaume Gelé.
Même solution pour l’université Paul Valéry à Montpellier, qui confirme privilégier également le passage de «tous les examens à distance», à partir du 7 mai. Leurs formats varieront également en fonction des formations. «Des QCM, des dissertations en ligne, des devoirs maison, énumère Patrick Gilli, le président de l’université. Les copies des étudiants pourront être à rendre sur Moodle, voire même par envoi postal», précise-t-il. Georges Haddad, le président de l’université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, évoque également des «contrôles numériques», des «devoirs maisons» ou autres «mémoires en ligne». Mais il l’avoue: son université, comme les autres, tâtonne. «Je ne sais pas comment tout cela va s’organiser, admet-il. Nous faisons avec les moyens du bord, il va falloir que l’on fasse preuve d’imagination».
Éviter la triche... une mission difficile
Et les établissements le savent bien, les partiels à distance posent une question de taille: qui pourra surveiller que les étudiants ne trichent pas? Une problématique à laquelle les universités réfléchissent depuis le début de la crise. «C’est un risque, concède Patrick Gilli. Mais nous sommes en train d’imaginer des types d’épreuves qui permettront d’éviter la fraude, avec des temps limités. Nous savons par exemple à quelle heure l’étudiant se connecte et se déconnecte de notre plateforme», précise-t-il. Autre possibilité: la télésurveillance. Mais les logiciels qui permettraient aux universités de contrôler les moindres faits et gestes des étudiants pendant leur partiel à distance coûtent «beaucoup trop cher».
«Nous allons imaginer des épreuves où l’essentiel n’est pas dans le contenu informatif, où les réponses peuvent être trouvées en quelques secondes sur Google et Wikipédia, mais plutôt dans la réflexion», précise le président de l’université de Montpellier. Et pour les QCM, qui nécessitent des réponses rapides, le temps sera limité, pour «réduire les risques», précise-t-il. Une solution sur laquelle planche également l’université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. «Pour les partiels à la maison, les étudiants disposeront d’un temps limité: 3h, 12h, 24h, nous verrons. Ce sera aux enseignants de choisir en fonction des épreuves pour lesquelles ils opteront», précise Georges Haddad.
Des solutions pour les élèves n’ayant pas accès à internet
Mais malheureusement, tous les étudiants n’ont pas forcément facilement accès à un ordinateur ou à internet. En fonction des universités, le nombre de jeunes en situation de «fracture numérique» varie. «Nous estimons à un millier le nombre d’étudiants en fragilité numérique», estime Patrick Gilli (université Paul Valéry), alors que son collègue Guillaume Gelé (université de Reims), évalue ce chiffre à une centaine. «Pour nous, ce chiffre se situe plutôt aux alentours de 20%», jauge Georges Haddad, de Paris 1.
Dans tous les cas, des solutions vont être mises en place pour aider ces jeunes. «Nous allons mettre en place un service logistique pour prêter près de 500 ordinateurs à nos étudiants en difficulté. Nous distribuons également des cartes 4G pour que tout le monde puisse se connecter», précise le président de l’université Paul Valéry, dont tous les étudiants identifiés comme étant en «fracture numérique» ont été contactés individuellement.
Du côté de Panthéon-Sorbonne, la présidence souhaiterait organiser une «session complémentaire» d’examens en septembre, pour les étudiants n’ayant pas pu se connecter pour passer leurs partiels en ligne. «Mais on n’est même pas sûr que le virus aura disparu, même le gouvernement n’en sait rien», juge Georges Haddad. Et de conclure: «L’université française ne sortira pas identique de cette crise. Nous allons devoir faire en sorte que tous les courts puissent désormais être offerts sur un fond pédagogique numérique. Il faudrait aussi lancer un grand programme national intitulé ‘one laptop per student’ (un ordinateur portable par étudiant, ndlr), pour que tous nos jeunes puissent avoir accès à nos ressources.»
Publicație: Le Figaro
Coronavirus: Sciences Po Paris supprime la quasi-totalité des oraux d’admission en master
Les résultats d’admissibilité à l’entrée au collège universitaire sont reportés, et la quasi-totalité des oraux d’admission en master sont annulés.
L’école de la rue Saint-Guillaume n’est pas épargnée par les bouleversements qu’impose la pandémie du Covid-19. Prévus pour le 2 avril, les résultats d’admissibilité au collège universitaire n’ont toujours pas été publiés. Ces résultats concernent les candidats postbac qui ont passé le très sélectif concours écrit de l’école - le dernier avant sa suppression l’année prochaine.
À l’heure actuelle, on ignore encore quand Sciences Po mettra fin au suspense en communiquant l’irrévocable sentence aux jeunes candidats, et en précisant les nouvelles modalités quant à l’oral que devaient passer les admissibles.
De leur côté, les candidats en master ont eu la chance d’apprendre ce mercredi soir, par mail, s’ils étaient déclarés admissibles ou non dans la formation de leur choix. Cette différence vis-à-vis des candidats postbac s’explique en partie par des modes de sélection différents: c’est à travers un examen approfondi de leur dossier, et non des épreuves écrites, que les candidats en master sont déclarés admissibles ou non.
La quasi-totalité des oraux d’admission en master sont supprimés
La suite de la procédure d’admission est cependant, pour eux aussi, chamboulée. Dans la plupart des masters, l’entretien oral auquel devaient normalement se soumettre les candidats admissibles, est annulé. C’est le cas des formations de l’école d’affaires publiques, de l’école de droit, de l’école du management et de l’innovation, de l’école urbaine, et de l’école des affaires internationales, mais aussi de l’école doctorale. Seule l’école de journalisme de Sciences Po fera passer des oraux à ses candidats dès le 23 avril... mais en visioconférence, afin de respecter le confinement.
Les oraux supprimés seront remplacés par «une nouvelle analyse approfondie du dossier par un nouvel examinateur». Celle-ci sera fondée sur «la performance académique et l’évolution du candidat pendant sa scolarité», ainsi que sur la cohérence de son profil avec la politique de Sciences Po. En d’autres termes, les notes obtenues au cours des années précédentes, les recommandations académiques, les capacités rédactionnelles et les motivations des candidats feront l’objet d’une attention particulière. Pour tous les masters, les résultats définitifs d’admission seront annoncés au cours de la première quinzaine de juin.
Pour les étudiants internationaux, l’oral est maintenu mais modifié
Sciences Po a également ajusté sa procédure d’admission en bachelor destinée aux candidats internationaux. Ces derniers ont encore jusqu’au 19 avril pour compléter leur dossier. Ils seront convoqués, deux semaines après l’envoi de leur dossier, à un entretien oral qui se déroulera en visioconférence, et durant lequel leur maîtrise de la langue française et leurs motivations seront évaluées. La partie de l’oral qui consistait à commenter un article de presse est quant à elle supprimée.
Publicație: Le Figaro
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