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• Challenges in rural Hungary in the post-pandemic period: Perception of problems in „emerging settlements” of Sellye district

  5-31

  Lilla Szabó

  Tamás Ragadics

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  147

  The social problems of marginalised rural areas have intensified and transformed in recent years, particularly in the context of pandemic and economic crisis. In the countries of the Central and Eastern European region integration of marginalized areas is a major challenge. Unlike in the West, segregation and ghettoisation are problems of small rural settlements far from prosperous centres. In Hungarian countryside, the life of small villages, which are located far from economic centres and lack institutions, continues to be characterised by negative migration trends. In this article, we present the situation of seven small villages in southern Baranya, which are covered by the programme to help the 300 most disadvantageous Hungarian settlements to integration, in the light of the perception of problems of the population living there. Our survey aimed to explore the difficulties related to the pandemic and everyday life at local level. The assessment of subjective perceptions provided an opportunity to structure the disadvantaged rural population from a specific perspective and to analyse the problems of the characteristics of each group.

• Social contacts and spending of leisure time of the elderly

  86-104

  Anita R. Fedor

  Sándor Ungvári

  Valéria Markos

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  163

  The phenomenon of the aging of societies is now well-known, demonstrating its demographic, economic and social impact in many countries around the world. The increase in average life expectancy at birth and the low number of children have naturally triggered the emergence of declining, aging societies. All this has led to a number of tasks for policy makers, domestic and international organizations, primarily to promote active, healthy aging. This article describes some of the results of an empirical study of 167 people conducted jointly with St. Luke’s Greek Catholic Charity in the winter of 2019 in order to assess the situation and needs of the elderly. This article presents the results of our study, which focuses on community activities, leisure, and social relationships. During our analytical work, we found that those living in residential care homes are more open to community-based activities to maintain physical and mental activity.

• Work value preferences of university students

  93-104

  Sándor Márton

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  32

  This study is part of a university programme that has been running for several years. At the University of Debrecen, in the academic year 2000/2001, the then Rector's administration initiated a new talent management programme, which was integrated into the existing forms - TDK, vocational colleges, demonstrator network. The novel features of this programme were the multi-stage assessment of the admission procedure and the different forms of support, in particular the tutoring system (Balogh - Fónai, 2003). Admission to the programme is in three stages, the first of which is a process in which faculties delegate the top fifth of full-time second-year students on the basis of their academic performance.

• Career planning and competences assessment among university students

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  45

  Planning a career cannot be started soon enough. The determination of following a
  career path preceded by significant decisions and aims. Several pieces of research are
  dedicated to the affiliation of young adults self-awareness and career paths in terms of
  seeking work. University students rarely have the appropriate amount of self-knowledge.
  Nowadays in the labour market beside the qualification, competencies are growing in importance. It is crucial to have certain communication, integration and strategic
  skills to successfully find a quality job. The University of Debrecen provides a wide
  variety of available services regarding individual job search support or consultation
  and the commitment of a career path. The surveyed university students valued the
  importance of these services and competencies related to improving the finding of a
  job after graduation. The conformity between the knowledge of the available services
  and the required and existing skills could be helpful in the labour market after getting
  the university degree. The questionnaire was filled out by students from the University
  of Debrecen and valued by the IBM SPSS Statistics programme.