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The University of Dunaújváros is set to become Hungary’s center for training and development in the field of nuclear technology, the Innovation and Technology Ministry said on Friday. Innovation and Technology Minister László Palkovics, minister without portfolio in charge of the upgrade of the Paks nuclear power plant János Süli, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade state secretary Orsolya Pacsay-Tomassich met with University of Dunaújváros leaders on Friday to discuss the school’s future after its senate decided to make the switch from a state-run institution to a universit...

The University of Theatre and Film Arts (SZFE) in Budapest has been the subject of debate ever since its model change in August, when its faculty and staff stepped down in protest of the government appointed board of trustees. While the current administration promises a new and improved SZFE, many students, supporters of the FreeSZFE movement, want justice. A law passed by the government transferred ownership of the 155-year-old state-run theatre school to a private foundation, bringing into effect a model change. The government appointed a new board of trustees, and rejected members which th...

The ruling Fidesz party is seeking to retain control over the huge funds the European Union is expected to earmark for research and development in the event it loses the next general election, the parliamentary leader of Hungary’s green party LMP said on Thursday. The ongoing changes to the way universities are run are also politically motivated, László Lóránt Keresztes told an online press conference. The government, he insisted, was introducing private foundations to run universities with a view to appointing their boards that exert full control over their assets. There is no guarante...

Hungarian universities are the clear winners of the European Union recovery fund, with 1,509 billion forints (EUR 4.2bn) of the 6,000 billion forints available to Hungary to be spent on developments at universities between 2021 and 2026, the minister of innovation and technology said on Friday. László Palkovics said the government’s decision would unleash an unprecedented amount of funding — four times the total amount of support for higher education during the previous EU budget period. The 1,509 billion forints will be used to fund universities, develop an innovation ecosystem around ...

MSZP: by placing universities under private foundations, the government aims to cement its power by stuffing the governing bodies with its own people.