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

Draft EU Council statement says high processing fees charged to authors are a growing problem as scientific publishing edges towards a free-to-read model. Member states want to ensure fairness and sustainability

As the EU is mulls over concessions the Hungarian government has made in a bid to unfreeze Horizon Europe and Erasmus+ funding to 21 universities, researchers and academics in the country say more fundamental change is needed

Mirroring a change in sentiment across the EU, Germany’s ‘future strategy’ demands more reciprocity from Beijing on access to research data. A separate China strategy, currently debated in government, could also shift German policy

EU Commission wants to see universities in different member states award joint degrees. Universities and national authorities will now run trials to chart how to make this happen