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Project: “Supporting inclusive learning environments – strategies for supporting students with children and families in higher education” (2023-1-HU01-KA220-HED-000156058)

International partner meeting – II. Ferenc Rákóczi Hungarian College of Transcarpathia

6-7 October 2025

Berehove

MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2025

The program will begin on October 6, 2025, following arrival in the early afternoon, at the II. Ferenc Rákóczi Hungarian College of Transcarpathia.

• PROJECT PRESENTATION EVENT – Representatives of the partner organizations will present the project to a large audience of interested students in five presentations at a project presentation event organized by the Ferenc Kölcsey College of the University.

Following the project presentation event, the participants reviewed the progress of the project and its current and upcoming tasks at a project meeting.

• PROJECT MANAGER’S REPORT – In his presentation, project coordinator ÖRS LEVENTE KOVÁCS briefly provided information on the current status of the project and future tasks and events. He mentioned the completed Toolkit document as a milestone, which is the end result of the research activity carried out within the framework of the project and one of the most important objectives of the project. Within the framework of the project, in connection with the completed document and the research program coming to a close, the partnership is paying special attention to involving external stakeholder institutions and channeling their opinions and comments, focusing on the applicability and adaptability of the strategies summarized in the Toolkit document.

Örs Kovács will then present the planned program for the closing conference in Budapest on January 30, 2026. The partners are expected to submit ideas and suggestions related to the first working document, with a deadline for submissions set for October 27, 2025.

The one-day conference will begin with a protocol-style session attended by domestic and foreign guests. A significant part of the conference presentations will showcase the implementation of the project. The planned roundtable discussion will be attended by representatives of European organizations representing family organizations and large family organizations, as well as representatives of organizations representing students from European higher education institutions.

In connection with the closing conference, it will be announced that this event is already part of a series of communication and dissemination activities (planned between December 1, 2025, and January 30, 2026) aimed at promoting the results of the project and providing the most effective information possible about the implementation of the project and the results achieved.

• COMMENTS FROM PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS RELATED TO THE PROJECT

Following the research manager’s presentation, representatives of the partner organizations made their comments. The comments and suggestions mainly relate to the application of the Toolkit document

and the communication of results. The participants agreed that the toolkit, which can be considered the final result of the project, will be sent to several external stakeholder institutions for review. In addition to anticipating the closure of the project, professional and administrative issues related to professional and financial reports will also be reviewed.

7 OCTOBER 2025

The participants of the partner meeting took part in a guided tour of the II. Rákóczi Ferenc Carpathian Hungarian College – which will become a university on October 1, 2025 – building complex. This was followed by a meeting with the university management.

• WELCOME ADDRESS BY THE RECTOR – In his welcome address, Rector István Csernicskó briefly presented the history of the II. Ferenc Rákóczi Hungarian College of Transcarpathia, the courses offered by the university, and the past and present cooperation programs implemented with the university’s participation.
• Following the university programs, participants took part in an organized sightseeing tour, during which they were introduced to the architectural heritage and cultural history of Beregszász.

Prepared by: Örs Levente Kovács

Program Coordinator

Budapest, October 10, 2025

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Project: “Supporting inclusive learning environments – strategies for supporting students with children and families in higher education” (2023-1-HU01-KA220-HED-000156058)

International partner meeting – Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania

May 27-29, 2025

Faculty of Marosvásárhely, Marosvásárhely

MAY 27, 2025, TUESDAY

The program began in the late afternoon of May 27, 2025, in downtown Târgu Mureș. After a joint dinner, participants listened to information about the programs and events of the following professional day, as well as a brief presentation on the history and situation of the host institution.

MAY 28, 2025, WEDNESDAY

The participants of the partner meeting took part in an organized campus tour of the Marosvásárhely campus of Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania.

• WELCOME ADDRESS BY THE DEAN – In his welcome address, Dr. JÓZSEF DOMOKOS, Dean, briefly presented the history of Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, the courses offered by the university, and the previous and current Erasmus programs implemented with the university’s participation.

After visiting the campus of the Marosvásárhely faculty, the participants reviewed the progress of the project and its current and upcoming tasks during a project meeting after lunch.

• PROJECT MANAGER’S REPORT – In his presentation, project coordinator ÖRS LEVENTE KOVÁCS briefly reviewed the research activities that are one of the central elements of the program, emphasizing that the institutional testing phase of the previously completed toolkit is nearing completion. During the predominantly qualitative data collection process, student opinions and feedback from teachers and institutions were and are being channelled to the partner institutions with a deadline of the end of May 2025. Selected teachers (7 at Károli Gáspár University and 5 at the other partner institutions) are keeping test logs of the testing activities. These documents will be used to compile a set of recommendations, which will be compiled and finalized in a broad interpretative context, applying the perspective of students with families, in a toolkit document that is considered one of the main objectives of the project. Following the testing period, interviews with teachers will be conducted, and the experiences and results of the test logs will be used in this research phase.

Representatives of the partner organizations were informed about the evaluation of the interim report submitted in the spring of 2025 and the nature and content of the problems that arose. Following the review phase and evaluation, the project manager initiated the process of co-financing the second part of the project. Once the funding has been disbursed, the coordinating organization will immediately take steps to transfer the project funding to the partner organizations.

• Discussions related to the forthcoming study volume also took place during the project meeting, during which the partner organizations reviewed and updated the schedule and implementation of the planned tasks.
• COMMENTS FROM PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS RELATED TO THE RESEARCH PROGRAM

Following the information provided by the research leaders, the representatives of the partner organizations made their comments. The comments and suggestions mainly concerned the practical application of the toolkit elements, related ideas, proposals, and experiences related to this, and a separate item was the organization of the partner meeting in Beregszász in the fall of 2025 and the scheduling of tasks related to the dissemination and communication work package in the last six months of the project.

• After the project meeting, participants took part in an organized sightseeing program, during which they were introduced to the built heritage and cultural history of Târgu Mureș.

The program ended with a joint dinner.

Prepared by: Örs Levente Kovács

Program Coordinator

Budapest, June 1, 2025

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Project: “Supporting inclusive learning environments – strategies for supporting students with children and families in higher education” (2023-1-HU01-KA220-HED-000156058)

International partner meeting – János Selye University, 12-13 November 2024.

Reformed Theological Faculty, Komárom

TUESDAY, 12 NOVEMBER 2024

The program began at noon on November 12, 2024, in Komárom’s main square. After a joint lunch, participants took part in a sightseeing tour of the Komárom Fortress, followed by a visit to the central building of Selye János University in the city center.

• WELCOME SPEECH BY THE HEAD OF THE PROGRAM – In his welcome speech, Dean Dr. ALFRÉD SOMOGYI briefly presented the history of Selye János University, the courses offered within the framework of the university, and the previous and current Erasmus programs implemented with the university’s participation..
• RESEARCH MANAGER’S REPORT – In his presentation, Research Manager BÁLINT DURÁCZKY briefly reviewed the research activities that are central to the program and emphasized that, despite some delays compared to the original schedule, the research activities that began in February-March 2024 are now proceeding according to the original schedule. As a result of the focus group research activities, the toolkit document was completed by September 2024, with a deadline for comments of November 15, 2024. The document was prepared on the basis of information gathered during focus group interviews with higher education students who are parents and are raising children, with the aim of developing a toolkit for the implementation of the program. The document was developed based on information gathered during focus group interviews with higher education students who are parents, with the aim of helping institutions, and especially educators, to understand and effectively support students who are parents, and thus contribute to the creation of more flexible and inclusive higher education environments.

As the next element of the program, he highlighted the testing period for the completed toolkit: student opinions and feedback from teachers and institutions will be collected through qualitative data collection at partner institutions between November 18, 2024, and April 15, 2025, over a period of 15 weeks. The selected teachers (7 at Károli Gáspár University and 5 at the other partner institutions) will keep test logs of the testing activities. These documents will be used to compile a set of recommendations, which will be compiled in a broad interpretative context, applying the perspective of students with families.

Following the testing period, interviews with the teachers will be conducted, and the experiences and results of the test logs will be used in this research phase.

• COMMENTS FROM PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS RELATED TO THE RESEARCH PROGRAM

Following the research leader’s presentation, representatives of partner organizations provided their comments. The comments and suggestions mainly concerned the practical application of the toolkit elements and the discussion of related ideas, suggestions, and experiences.

ALFRÉD SOMOGYI asked about the selection criteria for the instructors designated during the testing phase, while ÉVA SZTÁRAYNÉ KÉZDY (Károli Gáspár Reformed University) emphasized the need for a formal set of rules for administration, stressing that a fundamental problem that has emerged in research to date is that the target group under study does not appear in any form in the current higher education databases. In her opinion, data collection activities could be used to record family status as part of the enrollment process.

In connection with this, RITA HEGEDÜS (Selye János University) expressed her opinion that any such regulation would entail amendments to the study and examination regulations.

In response to the comments, BÁLINT DURÁCZKY informed those interested that the test group would be selected from the widest possible range of teachers, from both full-time and part-time departments. With regard to the more precise identification of the target group, the possibility of a voluntary declaration among the participants was raised, taking into account that institutional regulatory activities would not necessarily solve the existing problem. He added to his previous information that, during the week of November 18, 2024, as part of the next program element, institutional data requests will also be made in addition to the toolkit, and researchers expect to receive the requested data by February 28, 2024.

• COORDINATION OF JOINT AND INDIVIDUAL PUBLICATIONS RELATED TO RESEARCH RESULTS

As the last item on the agenda for the first day of the study trip, representatives of the partner organizations reviewed and discussed issues related to joint and individual publications associated with the project.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2024

• ADMINISTRATIVE FINANCIAL INFORMATION – COORDINATOR BRIEFING AND COORDINATION

On November 13, 2024, starting at 9:30 a.m., representatives of the coordinating organization and partner organizations reviewed issues arising during financial administration, with a focus on accountability and reporting, as well as communication and dissemination obligations. As part of the consultation, ÖRS LEVENTE KOVÁCS gave a short presentation on the latest developments and updates to the program website, and the document upload and chat services were also reviewed.

During the financial and administrative consultation, representatives of the partner organizations (SOMOGYI ALFRÉD/ Selye János University in Komárom, SZILÁGYI LÁSZLÓ/ II. Rákóczi Ferenc Hungarian College of Transcarpathia in Beregszász, ÁGNES SÁNTHA/ Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania in Târgu Mureș, and, via online connection, the representative of Károli Gáspár Reformed University) briefly summarized the current situation of financial administration, and personal consultations were also held with the financial manager of the coordinating organization, EMŐKE SZALLER.

Prepared by: Örs Levente Kovács

Program Coordinator

Budapest, November 22, 2024

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