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One of Europe's Largest International University Conferences Hosted in Budapest

• 29 Apr 2022 6:38 AM
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The Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) is hosting one of Europe’s largest international university conferences.

The two-day conference will dedicate a separate session to the war in Ukraine with topics including the consequences of the war to the academic sector and aiding academics and fellows forced to leave the country and their homes.

Other topics include university autonomy, collective thinking and the freedom of learning, BME said in a statement.

The conference is being attended by 400 participants, including 72 university rectors and 96 deputy rectors, it said.

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