The appeals add another layer of complication to an ongoing dispute between Brussels and Budapest over the autonomy of many of Hungary’s higher education institutions

New threats, such as cancel culture and censoring research by withdrawing funding, are increasing the pressure on universities

A fact-finding trip to Budapest has left MEPs from across the political spectrum uneasy. Their impressions of deteriorating academic freedom and self-censorship are at odds with how government representatives portrayed things

Member states have almost settled on a call to make immediate open access the default, with no author fees. But some say the Council needs to do more to prevent AI-generated papers threatening the integrity of the scientific record

A Budapest university that is not affected by the EU block on funds has received emails from worried grant partners after an unclear message was posted on the EU’s funding portal

It provides a stop gap, but some researchers in Hungary have expressed concerns to Science|Business that this substitute fund is papering over cracks rather than solving underlying rule of law issues

There are now more female than male students in higher education across the EU. But while there are signs of progress, for now this has not translated through to women holding an equivalent number of senior posts in Europe’s universities

The German academic exchange service began advising research organisations on running international projects in 2019. In an interview with Science|Business, its president Joybrato Mukherjee says now is the time to expand its scope

With parliament voting through the EU Data Act, it is edging towards adoption. But universities say that as things stand it represents a missed opportunity for research and innovation in the public sector

The 2023 comparative scorecard by the European University Association shows the impact state policies have on the autonomy of higher education institutions