The National Union of Hungarian Students (HÖOK) has signed an agreement with the government on student access to university scholarships. However, another major student representative body in the country, the Network of Students (HH), believes that the concessions made by the government are “insufficient”.
HH is demanding that the number of subsidised places in third-level education be restored to its 2011 level, and an end to contracts in which state funded students are obliged to commit to staying in Hungary when they graduate.
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