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Thousands of students participate in the National Conference of Scientific Students Associations (OTDK) in 16 sections organized by discipline and present papers across a wide range of topics and methodologies. The biennial conferences, which have been held for 70 years, have a competitive nature because only a limited number of papers can win first prize, so the evaluators have a significant responsibility. The OTDK is the first opportunity many young researchers have to receive external feedback on their work. It can therefore influence their attitudes. The authors examine the role of evaluation based on the experience of the OTDK’s Section of Economics by using written reviews. They highlight the characteristics of the evaluation process; examine the expectations of it; and point out the main challenges and directions for development. Beyond talent management, lessons can be learnt that help to improve other assessment procedures in the scientific or higher education sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The participation of many well-trained and highly skilled entrepreneurs in the social and economic life is an important and topical policy goal. In relation to this goal, the question arises how we can train entrepreneurs in higher education. This paper contributes to the discussion of this question. It aims to present how different teaching and learning models are utilised in entrepreneurial education. The supply model emphasises knowledge-transfer, the demand model focuses on students' knowledge-construction, while the competence model facilitates students' learning by the shaping of and adaptation to complex, professional situations. The second part discusses these models with regards to entrepreneurial education. Lastly, the paper touches upon the issue of how the different models might reinforce each other. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The structural changes that have taken place not only in the service sector but specifically in higher education in recent decades, changes in financing conditions, the growing expectations of the socio-economic environment, and increasing competition both domestically and internationally pose new challenges to higher education institutions in the field of service quality management. The primary aim of this paper is to give an overview of the diversified efforts in service quality measurement and evaluation in higher education context. In doing so, the most important antecedents, the primary role of students among stakeholders in higher education, and the most popular approaches based on the SERVQUAL and SERVPERF model are reviewed. The authors' goal is to summarise the institutional tasks that enable the establishment of methodological applications and the development of a framework aiming at reliable and valid institutional service quality measurement and evaluation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Internationalization has been a widely researched topic in recent years. Higher education institutions developed a need to examine foreign student expectations, satisfaction, and loyalty, as there has been an upsurge in foreign student numbers. Therefore, the current paper aims to uncover what factors affect foreign student satisfaction and loyalty at the University of Szeged. Based on the PLS-SEM (partial least squares – structural equation modelling) analysis of the theoretical model, research results indicate that competences and content of the curriculum influence university-related satisfaction, while non-university-related satisfaction is affected by living in the city, international environment, and places to spend free time at. Both university- and non-university-related satisfaction have an effect on loyalty. The results confirm that in order to understand foreign student satisfaction and loyalty, aspects not strictly related to the university should also be studied, besides university-related factors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper examines the introduction and operation of a three-year maintainer agreement between 2008 and 2010 in the Hungarian higher education. In 2017, public higher education institutions concluded a three-year agreement with the Ministry of Education, under which they agreed to achieve indicator targets for stable financing. The main issue of the study is why institutions have signed an agreement that has exposed them to significant risks which were likely to occur. The question is answered with the help of the trust literature. In the paper the ministry's reliability will be analysed, that is, its competence, goodwill and integrity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Due to the increasing social and economic role of higher education and to the intensifying national and international competition in the sector, institutional management boards gradually accept that the application of various management tools and methods including quality management ones is a necessity in order to fulfil the needs and expectations of those who 'consume' the services provided by higher education institutions. The primary aim of this paper is to introduce our service quality measuring and evaluating efforts in case of project work courses which are not part of the regular end-of-semester course evaluation system due to their highly special characteristics. Following the PDCA philosophy, the purpose of the conducted quantitative and qualitative analyses is to continuously improve not only the supervising and related supporting and administrative processes, but also to ensure inputs for the further improvement of the applied framework and methodology. These efforts are supported by the experiences and data gained during the implementation efforts of the last few semesters. Future improvement efforts and further research directions are also outlined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]