This Monday a solidarity street dance was organized in front of the university’s Vas Street building, for which the institution was under the control of the foundation, and which was appointed by Attila Vidnyánszky, while the students and the SZFE leadership protested .

Monday night’s demo was streamed live on Facebook:

At the initiative of the students of the University of Theater and Cinematographic Arts (SZFE), last night a solidarity street dance began in front of the institution’s building on Vas Street. The premise of the demonstration was that both the university leadership and the Senate resigned because they believed that all essential elements of autonomy had been abolished.

The speakers say they want to make school impossible because thinking people come out of the institution, “not droids.”

This case is not just about SZFE, but about the whole country. “

He said in one of the speeches.

Hungarian actor Áron Molnár (noÁr), who was also a student of the institution, also appeared at the demonstration. According to Noar, the students are rightly angry, and he is also angry that the newly enrolled come under such circumstances. “Let’s say that power has taken over the university,” said Noar at the demonstration, who asked the other artists to take his word for the SZFE cause not to keep silent.

At the rally, Noár also performed a new song written for the SZFE situation, the chorus of which he taught the audience for the first time.

According to the organizers, so far no professional argument has been made about the urgency of the forced transformation, so they see that “the government makes decisions about the future of the University without consultation. It does not serve the interests of Hungary or the national culture “. The reorganization has already started in several higher education institutions and can happen in all Hungarian universities. This jeopardizes the freedom of higher education! “- was written on the event’s Facebook page.

Attila Vidnyánszky to Hungarian nationHe told me on Monday: “I find it unfortunate and not happy that the university leadership has resigned. I in particular had the intention of trying to think together, to work together to take the university together to another degree, to another level.”

According to the president of the foundation’s board of trustees, “now the important thing is to ensure the functioning of the university in any case.”

This is the main interest, we are working on it. Those who have resigned will remain teachers, they will take their classes – they are doing well, they will stay and they will take their classes – we do not mean to prevent them from doing so. So far we have talked about capacity building, we wanted to put the university in an international dimension, we want to plan a new campus so that the institution can function in decent conditions. I hope the mood decreases and that we can feel the positive change processes very soon. “

Vidnyánszky told the Hungarian Nation close to the government.

The basic documents of the university, which were retained by the foundation, were sent to the rector last week by the chairman of the board of directors Attila Vidnyánszky, according to which the Senate, the main decision-making body of the university,

  • cannot decide on its own rules,
  • you can’t interfere with the budget,
  • cannot adopt your institutional development plan,
  • you cannot elect the rector of the university,
  • He does not have the right to independently appoint institute directors and department directors to start classes.

With this, the management said that all essential elements of autonomy were removed. According to its announcement on Friday night, those proposed by the university were not included in the basic documents, nor were they discussed with them.

“The operation of the university is regulated over our heads,” said László Upor, vice-rector of the university, on Monday.

Many actors and students have previously protested against the appointment of Vidnyánszky.


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