The donation, to fund a new global network of universities, is in addition to $750M Soros announced in November to assist Budapest-based Central European University in its enforced move to Vienna
New law will hand oversight of research institutes to a new agency headed by minister of innovation and technology. Researchers say that limits academic freedom; the government says it will modernise the system
The government plans to establish a new body - under its control - to manage the research institutes of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, after negotiations over future status come to a halt
Momentum candidate for the European Parliament says structural funds shouldn’t be used to finance national research projects and calls for a unified vision for R&D policy that acknowledges member states on their own cannot be global innovation players
CEU hopes Germany’s political and economic power will convince Hungarian prime minister to allow the university to continue offering US accredited degrees in Budapest
The academy’s network of research institutes will be placed under a new governing body made up of scientists proposed by both the academy and the government
Weber applies Bavarian political and financial power in bid to help anchor the university in Europe and safeguard it against political interference in the future
Plan to help Hungarian companies innovate will encourage universities and research institutes to strengthen ties with industry and to raise income by providing innovation services
