Competencies to return to the Board of Senate, dormitory social grant

 The most important change is that several key competencies will be returned from the Maintainer to the Senate as well as the Corvinus Science Shop will become an independent Competence Centre. The dormitory social grant was included in the Regulation on Student Fees and Benefits (HJSZ), Levente Szabados, the leaving chairman of the Student Union, was said goodbye by the university’s president, Dr. András Lánczi. Our coverage of the 26th January Senate meeting.

The most important change is that several key competencies will be returned from the Maintainer to the Senate as well as the Corvinus Science Shop will become an independent Competence Centre. The dormitory social grant was included in the HJSZ, Levente Szabados, the leaving chairman of the Student Union, was said goodbye by the rector, Dr. András Lánczi. Our coverage of the 26th January Senate meeting. Certain competencies will return to the Senate and the Corvinus Science Shop will become an independent competence centre.

The relationship between the Maintainer and the University will change and certain competencies will return from the responsibilities of the Foundation to the Universitys’. The Senate may then as well decide in its entirety on the Admissions Regulation, the Study and Examination Regulation (TVSZ) or the Doctoral Regulation. The Maintainer’s primary responsibilities are the documents that have financial implications, such as the University’s budget and the HJSZ, here the Senate retains the right to comment.

After the change in the Higher Education Act, the adoptation of the Institution Development Plan will also form part of the competence of the Senate.

According to Dr. Gábor Toronyai, President of the Corvinus Trade Union, this amendment is a “step in the right direction for university autonomy” and the authority of the conservator is acceptable in this financial field. He also referred to the Institution Building Plan, which, according to the amendment, is also adopted by the Senate, but it has only the right to comment in several other areas. Although according to Márton Barta, these sub-strategies are not adopted by the Board of Trustees, but by the given professional field, which is then commented on, and only then the entire strategic plan is approved by the Senate.

The Corvinus Science Shop will become an independent, university-level competence centre. Embedded in the community is the centre, which has been operating successfully for many years, community-based education and research, organizes and mediates projects for faculty, researchers and students based on questions and concerns by the other partners. This serves the third mission of the university, the ability of transferring social knowledge as well as to increase the positive effects of the university.

The amendment also includes a transparent system of unified university regulatory documents. Márton Barta says, the addition fills a gap, which has been clearly absent from the system of internal regulators established by the University. The internal regulatory hierarchy of the University will be as follows, the Founding Charter, the Rules of Organisation and Operation, other regulations, guidelines, the regulations of the Presidential Committee, the management regulations and the rules of procedure.

The Tender Coordination Committee will be established, the aim of which is to ensure the strategic coordination of tenders, projects and assignments implemented from sources outside the university, as well as the effectiveness and transparency of the implementation, but it will also be a priority to ensure the sustainability of results.re The Committee will be chaired by the Vice-Rector for Research and the members will be the Vice-Rector for Faculty, the Head of Corporate and Institutional Relations, the Head of Strategy, the Head of Finance and the person who is responsible for the running of a professional research management support.

Another element has been added to the remit of the Education Committee. Hereafter, it will be one of the responsibilities of the Committee to define the professional principles and criteria for assessing teacher performance and recognizing teacher excellence.

The last point of the Organization and Operational Manual amendment concerns the HR sector, which states that the HR organization unit will be responsible for labour affairs. In 2020, the University established systems that provide the foundation for the strategic human resource management. The proposal integrates these systems made of support functions of the operational and administrative support into the strategic HR organization, which will strengthen the efficiency and customer friendliness of task performance, according to Márton Barta.

The amendment of the SZMR falls within the competence of the Board of Trustees, so the official publication of the amended version is expected after the decision of the Board of Trustees.

 
A maximum of HUF 27,000 in social-based grant for students in dormitories

Corvinus is introducing a new dormitory social grant, the details of which will also be included in the Regulation of Student Fees and Benefits (HTJSZ). With the abolition of the state system the financial support for dormitories was abolished for new entrants, which resulted in higher dormitory fees. The new scholarship will help students pay the difference on the basis of their social need.

The new application can be submitted together with the Regular Social Scholarship Application by pupils with an active student status as well as admittance to the dormitory, the evaluation criteria will be the same as the latter. Those with a social score of 70 or higher can receive the full amount of the scholarship, scores between 40 and 69 can receive half. The amount of support will vary from dormitory and room type, the lowest category is HUF 11,650 and the highest is HUF 27,525 per month.

Dr. György Lajos Szabó, Vice-Rector of Education, also emphasized that the scholarship was established by Corvinus on the initiative of the Student Union. During the meeting, the cost of two part time postgraduate programmes starting in February in Székesfehérvár was set, these fees for both the Industrial Company Engineering Manager and the Industrial Company Engineering Economist courses will be HUF 495,000. The amendment of the HTJSZ falls within the competence of the Board of Trustees, so the official publication of the amended version is expected after the decision of the Board of Trustees.

Professor Emeritus and Honorary Associate Professor were awarded by the Senate

Dr. András Bauer was awarded the title of Professor Emeritus by the Senate, who has been working at Corvinus without interruption since 1977. In 1992 became associate professor and then a professor in 2012. He has been working at the Institute of Marketing and Media or at his predecessors since the beginning, from 1998 to 2002 as Deputy Head of Department, and from 2005 as Head of the Department of Marketing. The Senate awarded the title of honorary associate professor to Dr. József Magyari, a lecturer who has been teaching several subjects for the Department of Management and Organization for more over three years.

In addition to the positive feedback from the students, Dr. József Magyari also incorporates his successful senior management experience into education.

Members of the University Doctoral Council and the Academic Advisory Board were elected

The Senate elected the chairman and members of the University Doctoral Council, and according to Rector Dr. András Lánczi, “the list was put together after proper preparation and negotiation”. Dr. Zsolt Rostoványi was elected Chairman of the Council. The list of members of the Council is available on the page below. Dr. Gábor Michalkó, Director General of the Corvinus Doctoral Schools, highlighted that the University Doctoral Council is the most prestigious part of academic life. The resigning council in 2020 has played a significant role in the structural renewal of doctoral programs, the new coucil will have a major responsibility in content renewal. The Senate also commented on the members of the Academic Advisory Board, who were introduced by Dr. László Csicsmann. The Academic Career Advancement Committee met for the first time on the 20th January, where a proposal for the members of the Advisory Board was accepted without objection. Dr. László Csicsmann added that the new committee has a mandate from 1st February, after which as soon as possible they would like to call for the assistant and associate professor tenders, speeding up the promotion process.

Technical amendments to the teacher training and to the statutes of the PhD Student Union

The Senate has amended training and output requirements for specialist postgraduate programmes related to the pedagogical field. According to Dr. Péter Fehér, Dean of Postgraduate and Executive Programmes, this requires a technical change, as the input conditions for teacher training have changed under a government decree. These courses were established by the university, therefor the amendment will apply to all universities in the country and such courses.

The Senate also acquired a technical change in the statutes of the PhD Student Union. The president of DÖK, Jácint Farkas, said: “We wish to adapt to the functioning of the newly established and merged doctoral schools, as well as the electronic and digital operation of it.” She added that the election of the PhD Student Union will be announced within days, and the internal structures will be fully aligned with the new statutes.

The statutes of the Student Union have changed, the leaving president, Levente Szabados was said goodbye by Dr. András Lánczi

The statutes of the Student Union have also changed, as described by Levente Szabados, the soon to be leaving President of the Union. In addition to the main text, the amendment also affected the annex of the accreditation of student organizations, the amended statutes can be found at the link below.

At the end of the meeting ,Rector Dr. András Lánczi, said goodbye to Levente Szabados, who attended the Senate meeting for one last time as the leaving president of the HÖK. “There are many ways to be a member of the Senate and there are many ways to complete this work. In the case of a student, this is when they graduate from university, ”said András Lánczi.



Levente Szabados also thanked the senators and introduced the next in line. Kristóf Menyhért, thus far Vice President, will continue as the new President, and his Vice Presidents will be Gábor Pénzes and Dorina Molnár. Levente Szabados added that he hopes for the much expected prosperous synergy in the next period as well, and thanked him for his co-operation in the last few years.