Govt set to introduce new higher ed financing model in autumn - paper

Hungary's government is planning to introduce a new financing model for the entire higher education sector from the autumn, making scientific and research activities a bigger factor in the amount of funding universities receive, the daily Magyar Nemzet said on Wednesday. The planned "three-pillar" financing model would see higher education institutions receive separate funds for education, their operations and upkeep as well as scientific and research activities, the paper said. The new system, modeled after Austria's higher education financing system, would aim to improve their competitiveness.