On 18th May 2019, the 14th Charity Ball, organized under the auspices of American Hungarian Heritage House, Washington, was held at the Sheraton Premiere Hotel. During the evening, service awards were conferred on Dr László Szabó, Ambassador of Hungary to the United States, Dr Irma Becerra, President of Marymount University and Dr Földesi Péter, Rector of Széchenyi István University, Győr, in recognition of their support of recent collaboration initiatives between the two Universities.
Organised by Széchenyi István University’s Student Union (HÖK) in collaboration with the Győr branch of the Erasmus Student Network (ESN), on 30 th April a “Food Night” for international students was held in the University’s on-campus Széchenyi Restaurant. Around 80 students attended the event, which was in the form of a cookery competition with national teams from a dozen countries competing to produce the best dishes from their national cuisines.
To round up Oxford Balliol College's rowing training camp in Győr, for the second year running a Széchenyi-Oxford Regatta was organised on the section of the River Moson-Danube which flows through the heart of the city centre. This year they were joined by teams from three Czech Universities and two Hungarian Universities. In both the women’s fours and in the men's eights races, the Széchenyi teams were the first to cross the finishing line.
Dr Péter Földesi, Rector of Széchenyi István University and Dr Eszter Lukács, Vice-Rector for Educational Affairs, were in attendance at the event. Dr Lukács commented how great an honour it is for Széchenyi István University that Balliol College took the initiative to propose competing with our rowing teams. The goal is to make the Széchenyi-Oxford Regatta a tradition, allowing the University to showcase the richness of student life at Széchenyi István University beyond academia, but more especially to highlight the excellent opportunities offered to our students in sports. Dr Lukács emphasized the fact that there could not be a better location for this event than Győr, a city of rivers where rowers can practice and compete in a wonderful environment with excellent facilities.
Teams from Oxford, Brno University of Technology and Széchenyi István University participated In the women's fours race. The Győr team were victors with second place going to Brno and, despite a valiant performance, Oxford finished in third place. In the men's competition likewise, the Széchenyi team was the winner.
We would like to welcome everybody to the second University Regatta, the closing event of the Oxford Balliol College training camp, which will take place on 15th April at 17:00.
The event will take place in the Győr city centre section of the river, with men's eight and women’s four races over 1000 metres.
Henan University of Technology, Henan Province, China, is offering admission to their doctoral programmes. All the candidates will be sponsored by the Chinese Government.
For further details please see here.
4th Industrial Revolution. Innovation. Digitalisation. Globalisation. We are experiencing never seen dynamics and fast-paced changes in our life. The way we work is transforming, and new opportunities arise, but how to get prepared for the unforeseeable future and its challenges? What are the main trends and what can we predict and learn from them? Do you know how to turn the vast amount of knowledge gained while in academia into an opportunity?
CONFERENCE ON THE FUTURE OF WORK HELD AT SZÉCHENYI ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY
in cooperation with UNA-H to mark the Centenary of The International Labour Organisation
“The Future of Work and the Employment of the Future” -
The potential consequences of the Fourth Technological and Third Information Revolution in the World of Work
12th March 2019
Within the framework of internationalisation (project number: EFOP-3.6.1-16-2016-00017) Dr. Monika Foltyn-Zarychta and Dr. Rafal Bula from the Faculty of Finance and Investments of UEK visited our University. Their invitation was initiated by Dr. Katalin Vagáné Kiss, who has participated at the International Week “New Frontiers in Finance and Accounting” organised by UEK several times in recent years.
The guest lecturers’ visit aimed at strengthening cooperation, enhancing joint research and teaching activities, as well as, sharing experience and best practice. During their stay the lecturers met the authorities of the University including Dr. Eszter Lukács, Vice-Rector for Educational Affairs, Dr. Adrienn Reisinger, Vice-Dean for Scientific Research, Dr. Éva Happ, Vice-Dean for International Affairs of Kautz Gyula Faculty of Business and Economics, Dr. Gábor Kovács, Vice-Dean for Educational Affairs and research group leader, Dr. Melinda Hajdú-Smáhó and Dr. Norbert Kovács, academics.
“It is always better to be sure that we cannot be harmed,
than to assume that no one wants to harm us.”
– Gyula Andrássy
The Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), together with The Hungary Initiatives Foundation (HIF), is now accepting applications for the Andrássy National Security Fellowship - asix-month fellowship program aimed at cultivating the next generation of Hungarian strategic thinkers committed to strengthening ties between Hungary and the United States.
During their time in Washington, Andrássy Fellows will be paired with a specific CEPA program – Strategy and Statecraft, Strengthening Frontline Security, StratCom and Bolstering Atlanticism.
Fellows will have the opportunity to showcase their research findings via podcasts, expert roundtable discussions, and written policy briefs. Andrássy Fellows will participate in outreach to the U.S. policy and expert communities.
Fellows will also work with core CEPA staff on a full spectrum of think tank processes including, policy briefings, brainstorming sessions, networking, and program planning and administration. CEPA will provide a $3000 monthly stipend, cover roundtrip travel to Washington, D.C., and provide assistance for the Fellow’s visa application process.
On Tuesday 26th February, Dr Péter Földesi, Rector of Széchenyi István University and Dr Károly Jókay, Managing Director of the Fulbright Committee, signed a cooperation agreement. One of the principle goals of the collaboration is to invite lecturers and professors from the United States to be involved in the delivery of 24 new English-taught academic programmes to be launched in September 2019, within the University’s current internationalization drive.
ADMISSIONS NEWS interviewed Dr Péter Smuk PhD, Vice-Dean of the Deák Ferenc Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Head of the Department of Constitutional Law and Political Sciences and Professor who has been employed at Széchenyi István University since 2002.
Grants for the incorporation of postdoctoral research staff into the Catalan science and technology system, within the Beatriu de Pinós programme (BP 2018)
The purpose of the Beatriu de Pinós programme is to award individual grants for the employment and incorporation of postdoctoral research staff into the Catalan science and technology system.
The Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade (Külügyi és Külgazdasági Intézet, KKI/IFAT) invites applications for its 12-week research internship program for undergraduate, graduate and PhD students, as well as recent graduates, starting on March 4, 2019.
On 6 December 2018, with the support of the University Student Council and the Széchenyi István University and with the cooperation of the Erasmus Student Network (ESN), around 80 students took part in the closing event of the Autumn semester.
On Wednesday, 16th January, Széchenyi István University hosted this year’s Open Doors (Nyított Kapuk) Fair for prospective students. On an expanded site, in both the Aula and in the Lab Building, there were 32 booths and countless novelties. Altogether, there were over 5,000 visitors, with many more high school students, teachers and parents than last year showing interest in the opportunities offered by our expanding HEI.
Tóth Árpád is a project manager, PhD candidate on the SzEEDSM management programme, researcher and lecturer currently working and studying at Széchenyi István University, Győr.
Árpád graduated in Győr, completing both his Bachelors and Masters studies (the latter in Accounting and Finance) at Széchenyi, following this with a Law qualification (Law extended Economist, Finance and Economic Regulations) from ELTE.
Empowering Future Female Leaders to Change the World
Toptal® is awarding $10,000 and a year of mentorship to five future female leaders who want to change the world.
In September we posted an article about the new Budapest base for Széchenyi István University’s Doctoral School in Management.
Now the video of the opening ceremony is available with English subtitles.
Each year, the Tempus Public Foundation organizes a professional consultative meeting for the international affairs staff of Hungarian higher education institutions, where the focus is on current events, challenges, good practice and diverse aspects of the internationalization process of HEIs. This year from 14-16 November the University of Debrecen was host to the meeting with around 250 participants attending the event, including a team from Széchenyi István University’s Centre of International Programmes. This was the fifteenth occasion on which the meeting has been held. The central theme this year was the internationalization of institutions, that is student and teacher mobility, the reception of foreign scholarship holders and international cooperation between universities. Via lectures, workshops and interactive sessions, participants had the opportunity to become better informed about current issues surrounding all these topics.
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