Education conditions cannot be provided, therefore educational activities at the university cannot be continued until February 1, it says in a letter on Friday. The buildings will be closed “as of November 9” for educational activities and dormitories. “

There is growing resistance from students and professors to the erosion of the autonomy of the University of Theater and Film Arts (SZFE) due to the government’s decision to continue the university as a foundation under Attila Vidnyánszky. More and more world-famous artists are joining the solidarity movement around SZFE, but the Vidnyánszky family is not expanding. You can follow the latest developments in the SZFE scandal in our article series.

The academic year 2020/2021 can be continued from February 1, 2021, until then no educational activity can be carried out at the university in any way.
The credits of subjects taken in the first semester of the 2020/2021 academic year cannot be verified, so there is no way to recognize them.

This was written by Gábor Szarka, the rector of the University of Theater and Film Arts, who was appointed in the fall but was not recognized by the citizens of the university. The fact of the existence of the letter, which was also posted on Facebook, was confirmed to hvg.hu by one of the SZFE students and the student’s communications manager.

The rector and Emil Novák, interim deputy director, who also signed the letter, justified the decision of the maintainer of the SZFE, the Foundation for the Arts of Theater and Cinema, named in a way not recognized by the university students, that they could not enter university facilities due to protests and only have limited control over the educational process, so under current circumstances the conditions of education, the validity and protection of students’ rights, adequate and safe working conditions and the academic autonomy of the University.

The Board of the Foundation also requested the SZFE management to implement the previous decisions, inform the interested parties and, if necessary, extend the academic year and ensure that students can replace the subjects of the first semester later.

The letter also states that the legal relationship of students, employment contracts, student loan agreements will not change and that

Social and study aid will be granted in accordance with the applicable regulations.

The latter is interesting because, as it turned out on Thursday, the rector withheld social benefits for students.

The letter also says that

The university buildings will be closed from November 9, 2020 to February 1, 2021 for educational activities and dormitories.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Innovation and Technology, László Palkovics, refused to invite the students to participate in a meeting scheduled for next week, saying that he did not want to have a voice in the conflict situation in addition to providing the necessary resources for their functioning.

In a statement on Friday night, the students indicated that they thought that the solution to the situation at the university was in the hands of the minister and recalled that the basic documents of the board appointed by the ministry deprived the university senate of all powers. eviction and “suspension of education”, preventing the use of services, facilities and classrooms, and withholding social benefits for students and a series of other costs necessary to continue training “.

The students said they continue to exercise their constitutional right to protest, and

they maintain the blockade until their demands are met; they rely on the discretionary nature of Hungarian state officials.



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