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The Great Barometer of the ecological transition

As students from the French higher education system, we gathered around the following fact: not only are we insufficiently prepared to face the ecological transition, but we also lack the basic skills and knowledge to trigger off this transition. We can at least testify that our universities sometimes fail to perceive how severe the transition will have to be.

For this reason we wanted to provide a comprehensive view of the current situation in our universities regarding how they adapt to the ecological transition. So why not engage directly with our institutions and ask them to be more transparent about their actions and commitments? This is the aim of the Great Barometer. This global study was realized with a view to raise concerns in our universities’ administrations and to assess what has been done so far. Moreover, we hope this will foster self-assessment.

Numerous universities used this questionnaire as an opportunity to raise challenging questions. In spite of the lockdown, and supported by their students, they went through all the questions and could assess whether their activities - training and research, campus life, governance and professional opportunities offered to their students - were in keeping with the ecological transition. We gathered their answers here:

Report "Universities lagging behind in ecology"

What should we think of the universities' responses? What is the state of higher education in the field of ecology? It is important to take stock of the state of progress of the transformations in education and to highlight good practices in order to mobilise institutions and public authorities. You can find our analysis here :

Our advice to analyze the answers

The universities' responses to the Great Barometer are valuable sources of information for students who wish to mobilize in their schools and universities. We therefore offer some keys to help you analyze these responses and challenge the institutions.

Take action : the Education for an ecological transition platform

Time to take action ! Use all these information and tools to wake up your university and accelerate its transition. Find out all our advices on our special plateform, here :

Report "Universities lagging behind in ecology"

In their responses to the Great Barometer survey, only 15% of higher education institutions stated that they were ready to train all their students in socio-environmental issues. When it comes to examining their training, it is as much a question of our schools and universities ignoring the ecological transition.

Alerted by this figure, the collective Ecological Awakening chose to analyze the commitments of 39 French universities, business schools and engineering schools. In the report Universities lagging behind in ecology , it reviews all of their practices, taking stock of the integration of ecological transition issues in higher education.

Companies’ answers to our questionnaire

The Great Barometer survey questions higher education institutions on 6 major themes divided into several questions: strategy and governance, training, professional opportunities, research activities, community life and sustainable campus.

You will find below the answers provided to these questions by each of the universities and schools that participated in the Grand Baromètre.

AgroParisTech
• AgroParisTech
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Engenering school
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• Audencia Business School
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Business school
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• Burgundy School of Business
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Business school
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• Centrale Nantes
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Engenering school
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• CentraleSupélec
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Engenering school
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ECAM LaSalle
• ECAM LaSalle
•
Engenering school
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Ecole Ferrières
• Ecole Ferrières
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Others
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Ecole Polytechnique
• Ecole Polytechnique
•
Engenering school
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EDHEC.jpg
• EDHEC
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Business school
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• EHESP
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Public Service Schools
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EmLyon
• EMLyon
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Business school
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ENA
• ENA (Ecole Nationale d'Administration)
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Public Service Schools
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ENGEES
• ENGEES
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Engenering school
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ENSAD
• EnsAD
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Art school
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ENSAT
• ENSAT
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Engenering school
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ENSCR
• ENSCR
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Engenering school
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ENSGSI
• ENSGSI
•
Engenering school
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ENSIIE
• ENSIIE
•
Engenering school
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ENSTABretagne-LogoH-RVB-COULEUR(1).jpg
• ENSTA Bretagne
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Engenering school
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ENTPE
• ENTPE
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Engenering school
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• ESCP Business School
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Business school
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ESCPI PARIS
• ESPCI Paris
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Engenering school
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ESSEC
• ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL
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Business school
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ESTACA
• ESTACA
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Engenering school
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GEM
• Grenoble Ecole de Management
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Business school
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HEC.png
• HEC
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Business school
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Logo IMT Atlantique
• IMT Atlantique
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Engenering school
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IMT Business School
• IMT Business School
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Business school
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IMT Lille Douai
• IMT Lille Douai
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Engenering school
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INSA CVL
• INSA Centre-Val de Loire
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Engenering school
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• INSA Lyon
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Engenering school
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INSA RENNES
• INSA Rennes
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Engenering school
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instn
• INSTN
•
Engenering school
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ISAE ENSMA
• ISAE-ENSMA
•
Engenering school
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ISAE_SUPAERO
• ISAE SUPAERO
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Engenering school
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• KEDGE Business School
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Business school
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• La Rochelle Université
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University
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• Mines Saint-Etienne
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Engenering school
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logo-MBS
• Montpellier Business School
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Business school
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logo-neoma
• NEOMA Business School
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Business school
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Logo_Polytech_Montpellier
• Polytech Montpellier
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Engenering school
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Rennes BS
• Rennes School of Business
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Business school
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Sciences Po Paris
• Sciences Po Paris
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Political instituts
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Skema
• SKEMA
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Business school
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Telecom Saint Etienne
• Telecom Saint Etienne
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Engenering school
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TBS
• Toulouse Business School
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Business school
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UniLaSalle
• UniLaSalle
•
Engenering school
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• Université Aix Marseille
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University
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Université de Bourgogne
• Université de Bourgogne
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University
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Université Rouen Normandie
• Université de Rouen Normandie
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University
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Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3
• Université Lyon 3
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University
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Paris 8
• Université Paris 8
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University
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• Université Paris Dauphine
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University
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• Université Paris Nanterre
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University
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UTBM
• UTBM
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University
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UTT
• UTT
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Engenering school
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They are committed to answering us

As soon as an establishment makes an official commitment to respond to us, we display its logo here.

Participate to the Great Barometer

Your university has not yet responded to the Great Barometer survey? There is still time to rectify the situation!

There is no deadline for this work. The collective invites everyone to take stock of their progress, no matter how far they still have to go.

You are a member of the university administration :

If you want us to know that your university will undertake to answer the Great Barometer, we are looking forward to reading from you. If you have any question, don’t hesitate to email us:

You’re a student:

Please find below the detailed instructions to send the Great Barometer to your university:

Interpretative framework

Why this framework?

Answers to the Great Barometer survey can be difficult to read, and using them to take action in one's establishment can be even more laborious.

This reading grid is therefore designed to accompany students' critical eye and to help them read their university's response to the Great Barometer in a useful way...

By helping them to ask themselves the right questions when reading their university's statements, as well as to identify the freedom that it leaves them.

Our advice to analyze the answers

The answers that the establishments provide to our questions are not subject to verification; they are based on declarations, in a relationship of trust. But the fact is that students often do not have the same perception as their university; do the initiatives taken by the administration have a direct impact? Are they sufficient? Do they lead to real improvements? Is communication about them adjusted?

Above all, the reading grid will give you elements of contextualization in order to understand the universities' responses.

Depending on the themes that the institutions have addressed, here are a few elements:

Strategy and governance

• Comment une stratégie d'établissement peut-elle se hisser à la hauteur des enjeux écologiques ?
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• L'élaboration de mes formations permet-elle des évolutions pertinentes ?
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• Mon établissement se donne-t-il les moyens d'agir ?
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Training

• Existe-t'il un minimum d'enseignements pour la transition écologique accessible à un maximum d'étudiants ?
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• Avec quelle ambition est-ce que ces sujets sont abordés ?
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• Mes professeurs sont-ils formés à m'enseigner ces enjeux ?
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Job prospects

• Les débouchés de ma formation sont-ils compatibles avec un monde en transition écologique ?
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• Mon établissement m'oriente-t-il vers un monde du travail pertinent pour la transition écologique ?
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Research

• Quel est le positionnement des activités de recherche dans mon établissement ?
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Community life

• Ai-je la possibilité de m'engager associativement et activement pour la transition écologique ?
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Sustainable campus

• Mon établissement évalue-t-il sérieusement ses impacts environnementaux ?
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• Une véritable stratégie de réduction des impacts est-elle mise en place ?
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• Mon établissement est-il investi dans son territoire en faveur des politiques locales à visée durable ?
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