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17 January 2011
SSEES hosted a visit to UCL by the then Hungarian President, HE Pál Schmitt, who was in London touring European capitals as Hungary took over the presidency of the European Union.
At a meeting with then President & Provost Malcolm Grant, the President said that one of his key missions as President was to promote the Hungarian language and to support lifelong learning.
The meeting
was attended by a number of UCL members including then Vice-Provost Professor
Michael Worton, who discussed the theme of language skills and told the
President about UCL's new policy for all students joining the university to
have a language GCSE, while then Director Robin Aizlewood discussed how Hungarian studies at UCL was flourishing.