COVID-19: the situation at ENSTA Bretagne

They changed on the17 March and are as follows:

• The students, including international students and staff, are at home, except for the very few people who are on duty, who will be present from time to time this week, for urgent administrative and technical matters which cannot be settled at a distance.
• The students and co-operative (apprentice) engineers in their schooling sequence, have been studying at home since 16 March.
• Some students have chosen to continue living in the students’ hall of residence, which remains open, with the same isolation and travel restrictions. The school’s restaurant will close on 18 March. Food warming facilities have been made available.
• Interns within ENSTA Bretagne were requested to stay at home on 16 March .
• Lecturers, research engineers and PhD students are also continuing their activities from home. Testing has been stopped except for certain long-term experiments, and access to the experiment facilities has also been stopped until further instructions.
• Administrative and support activities are continuing remotely via teleworking, with a few rare exceptions (urgent technical maintenance, administrative tasks that are from time to time carried out at school by a limited number of staff: pay, purchases, computer issues). 
• During this period of closure, purchases will be limited to those deemed necessary by the Secretary General of the school .

Over several days and weeks, the Dean of Faculty and the Head of International Development and Partnerships have been closely following students training or on an internship abroad. These situations are being dealt with on a case-by-case basis due to the diverse circumstances in the host countries.

All partner universities which receive our students have closed. They are offering distance classes and exams. There are some exceptions, which the school is working on.

Health is the most important issue. Deciding to come home might be preferable. You must keep up-to-date on the health situation in the host country and your access to health care.

All the students concerned are already listed on Ariane. If they wish to return to France, they should approach the embassy or consulate beforehand and notify the school:  relations.internationales(a)ensta-bretagne.fr

In these exceptional circumstances and in accordance with the MESRI (Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur, de la Recherche et de l'Innovation or French Ministry for Higher Education, Research and Innovation), ENSTA Bretagne is implementing all the necessary measures to minimize the effects on students’ studies . 
 

Moreover, many 2nd and 3rd year students who were planning to go on an internship have been affected. 

• 3rd year students (2020 cohort) who were due to go abroad for their end-of-studies internship, have been advised to contact their internship company or laboratory to check the procedures for any changes (modified dates and internship length), then to inform the Dean of Faculty’s Office (Direction de la Formation). Moreover, all travel abroad has been stopped from 17 March onwards until further instruction.
• Things are still not clear for 2nd year students (2021 cohort) who have arranged an internship abroad (from May or June onwards). Without changing their plans we strongly recommended that they prepare for any changes by looking for an alternative internship host in France, just in case. The school (Dean of Faculty’s Office and the Head of Company Relations : stages@ensta-bretagne.fr) and the alumni network (alumni@ensta-bretagne.org)  are here to help them.
• Exceptionally, in accordance with the recommendations of the CTI, the current obligations as to experience abroad and compulsory internship duration have been waivered and will be modified accordingly.  

All staff trips abroad have been postponed until 30 April (permanent staff, PhD students, research engineers ) whatever the destination

ENSTA Bretagne is aware of the potential difficulties encountered by companies and other establishments in receiving internships students. As each situation should be approached on a case-by-case basis, the students have been instructed to contact their internship host to find out the exact situation. 

Companies can delay the internship offer and the duration can be altered. Wherever possible, teleworking could be proposed and in any case, the students are encouraged to start work on their internship subject.

The internship remains an essential element for our students, for their own good and the value of their training,.
Under these exceptional circumstances, ENSTA Bretagne is remaining solicitous and benevolent towards its students and attentive to the expectations of its partners.

Our partners will receive more complete  information in the next few hours and days. The following events have been postponed (the decision to cancel them will be published later if they cannot be postponed):

• The « change your views about handicap » morning (17 March): cancelled or postponed
• IETA job dating (18 March): cancelled or postponed
• ISO 9001:2015 follow-up audit (24-25 March): postponed
• “100 women, 100 careers: tomorrow’s engineers” (2 April): cancelled
• “Godparenting” of the 2021 cohort by Antoine Bouvier, Head of Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions and Public Affairs at Airbus: postponed
• Reunion weekend for the 2012 and 2015 cohorts (15 May): probably postponed

All extra-curricula sports and association activities run by ENSTA Bretagne clubs , are also postponed until further instruction. The following events have therefore been postponed or cancelled;

• The BDE (Student Union) election campaign (from 16 March until 8 April): postponed
• The Serious Game “La Fresque du Climat » (« The Climate Saga ») (of 17 March): postponed or cancelled
• The Grand Ouest Junior Enterprises Congress (21-22 March): 2020 edition cancelled

• Distance learning (course content, procedures…), professional sequences (co-operative (apprentice) engineers: df(a)ensta-bretagne.fr 
• Internships:  stages(a)ensta-bretagne.fr 
• Access to distance resources: helpdesksi(a)ensta-bretagne.fr
• International internship or substitution updates: relations.internationales(a)ensta-bretagne.fr
• Notification of sick leave (students, co-ops (apprentices): rh(a)ensta-bretagne.fr

• Administrative procedures for teleworking, giving notification of sick leave: : rh(a)ensta-bretagne.fr
• Access to/instructions on distance resources, questions about computer equipment: helpdesksi(a)ensta-bretagne.fr
• All practical information is on the intranet while the school is closed (access after identification: “se connecter” web button)

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