More than 40 % of X students say they are unfavorable to the project to set up a LVMH research center near the school campus, according to a survey carried out at the end of October. The Board of Directors must rule on November 8.
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“An extremely divisive project” within the promotions of polytechnic students. This is the conclusion of a survey about the establishment of a LVMH research center devoted to “sustainable and digital luxury”, on the campus of their school. This survey, carried out at the end of October with the last three students’ promotions (around 1,600 people contacted, 55 % of respondents), aimed to collect their opinion to prepare for the vote of their elected officials during the next board of directors, the November 8. The results are at least contrasting: 43 % of students have an unfavorable opinion, 23 % a favorable, 25 % say they want to “align themselves” on the advice of teachers and doctoral students, 9 % do not pronounce. p>
Among the “weak” points mentioned by the students: “the association of the image of LVMH with that of the X” (67 %), the “lack of general interest in the project” (66 % ) and “the final installation” (63 %) of a company on the campus. A bad signal for the school, which is trying to restore your coat of arms since the “total affair” and the failure of the establishment of a research center of the energy giant after the tenacious opposition of polytechnic students For more than two years. In January 2022, Totalenergies had to stop his project as a center devolved to new energies and a preliminary investigation targeting his CEO, Patrick Pouyanné, member of the school’s board of directors, had been opened in May 2021 by the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office possible facts of illegal interest.
Questioned, the school argues that no absolute majority emerges from this survey. “It is interesting to note that 25 % of students wish to align themselves with the advice of teachers, research staff and doctoral students. However, it should not be forgotten that doctoral students have issued a favorable vote Institut Polytechnique de Paris [which brings together several other engineering schools] in September. We are waiting for the vote and we remain confident, “assumes management.
LVMH, who did not wish to answer our questions, positioned himself in 2021 to settle on the set of Saclay, a high place of research and teaching in Ile-de-France. In June 2022, the group chose to take up the same field coveted by Totalenergies located opposite the Polytechnic School and now belonging to the public development establishment in Paris-Saclay (EPAPs), charged by the State of the ‘Plateau fitting out.
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