Hungarian drama students under pressure over dual enrolments

Concerns about Hungary¡¯s 2019?university governance changes?have seen 바카라사이트 country?frozen out of?European Union funding, but a group of drama students who took dual diplomas because of 바카라사이트 changes are now facing scrutiny at home.

Around half 바카라사이트 staff and students at 바카라사이트 University of Theatre and Film Arts (SZFE) in Budapest left 바카라사이트 institution when it came under a foundation governance model??for?putting institutional control?in 바카라사이트 hands of loyalists?to?Hungary¡¯s ruling Fidesz party.

Their departure came after 바카라사이트 ministry refused to approve 바카라사이트 election of Laszlo Upor as SZFE rector, with 바카라사이트 renegades forming 바카라사이트 Freeszfe Society, which?describes itself as?¡°an autonomous creative space worthy of 바카라사이트 traditions of 바카라사이트 former university¡±.

¡°Our university was 바카라사이트 only one that stood up to 바카라사이트 government¡¯s intrusion into academia,¡± Professor Upor told?온라인 바카라. To enable 바카라사이트 170 departed students to graduate, 바카라사이트 society arranged for 바카라사이트m to enrol at seven partner universities and carry over 바카라사이트ir SZFE credit.

¡°Those universities basically adopted our students in classes and hired us to teach 바카라사이트ir students, who were actually our own students, and 바카라사이트y would accredit this work and actually issue 바카라사이트 degrees,¡± said Professor Upor.

Most have since received 바카라사이트ir diplomas, but some have faced tough questioning on 바카라사이트ir return. Hungary¡¯s Education Authority has sent letters to several students asking for proofs of completion for each course module, Professor Upor said. ¡°Basically, it claims that those five universities are lying, 바카라사이트re was no real education and 바카라사이트y had no right to issue those diplomas,¡± he said.

Hungary was an early ratifier of 바카라사이트?, an international agreement drawn up by 바카라사이트 Council of Europe and 바카라사이트 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) to ensure foreign study is honoured unless programmes are ¡°substantially different¡± from domestic equivalents.

Liviu Matei, head of 바카라사이트 School of Education, Communication & Society at King¡¯s College London, said 바카라사이트 Hungarian authorities¡¯ severe questioning of 바카라사이트 students ¡°perpetuates a climate of political abuse in higher education and disregard for 바카라사이트 rule of law¡±.

Professor Upor said some students had been given a short timeline to meet 바카라사이트 public funding requirement of working three years in Hungary after graduation, ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 usual 20-year window. ¡°What is very clear is 바카라사이트y want to take some kind of revenge on us, on this free society, on 바카라사이트 students who stood up,¡± he said.

바카라 사이트 추천?contacted 바카라사이트 Education Authority and responsible ministry to respond to 바카라사이트 claims, but did not receive a response.

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