Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán concedes defeat after 'painful' election result, ending 16 years in power

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán conceded defeat on Sunday after what he called a ″painful″ election result, ending 16 years in power.

PBS News

I wonder if my Central European University tote bag (bearing a city map of Budapest) will soon no longer be a relic of bygone times..?

#education #universities #hungary

Ah, this question has been somewhat addressed: "Kontler, the pro-rector for Budapest at CEU who watched its expulsion unfold from the inside, warns that the deepest damage will be the hardest to repair. Rebuilding funding and governance structures is conceivable. What is harder to legislate for is something less tangible: 'Restoring the respect for academic work, which has been consistently and severely undermined under a profoundly anti-intellectual regime,' he said."

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/will-hungary-rip-its-authoritarian-playbook-universities

Will Hungary rip up its authoritarian playbook for universities?

With polls predicting defeat for Viktor Orbán in Sunday’s elections there are hopes that controversial governance reforms – copied by Donald Trump and other populist politicians – will be abolished. Yet not all scholars are convinced that reversing a decade of contested legislation criticised for restricting academic freedom would be straightforward, says Seher Asaf

Times Higher Education (THE)

@aliide

i'll take some hope in this moment...
anything is possible