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This paper aims to describe an internal quality enhancement system based on peer reviewing and summarizes the first results of application at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences.

A peer review framework has been developed to evaluate and further develop the teaching programs and practices. The questionnaire-based peer review program included 22 courses and involved almost 100 lecturers. Peer review outcomes are completed by end-of-semester student course evaluations.

The results allow us to map differences between lecturers and courses and to identify correlations between the assessment criteria applied for peer reviewing.

The implemented framework implies individual, faculty and organizational development to enhance a deeper understanding of how to create quality in teaching programs and processes. Secondly, the peer review program contributes to the establishment of a learning community with a growing common understanding of what is considered good quality in business education.

The paper is valuable as a guide to faculty management wishing to implement a peer review framework within their own institution. The novelty of the presented approach is that it focuses on a semester-long teaching performance including classroom performance, course outlines, teaching materials, course requirements and processes and means of student performance assessments.

This chapter aims to provide a short overview about the situation of Roma in Hungary. Starting from the question ‘Who are the Roma, Gypsy in Hungary?’, this chapter introduces several researches on Hungarian Roma. The linguistic groups of Roma are briefly outlined to make it clear how much the Hungarian Roma are heterogeneous. The social situation of the Roma, as minority in Hungary, is also detailed by introducing geographical location and housing and employment regarding to Roma. Based on these general data on Hungarian Roma, this chapter aims to focus on educational situation of the Roma minority in Hungary, including – primary and secondary school education, education in special schools, education in college and university, adult education, school success supporting educational initiatives and programmes like extracurricular programmes. As a summary, this chapter introduces some further researches by short abstracts in order to provide a suitable starting point for those who are willing to get know more about this minority in Hungary.

Reducing meat consumption requires significant effort from individuals. Such shifts in diet can be compelling examples of radical lifestyle change. The article explores factors that may trigger radical behavioural change. Decreased meat consumption yields environmental and health advantages; nevertheless, individuals often neglect to adopt this change in their diet.

The conceptual model is based on Fogg’s behavioural framework. The research is based on a survey, where respondents have already changed their lifestyles and reduced their meat consumption in the past. Respondents were recruited from social media groups in Hungary. Particular emphasis is put on the deeper analysis of open-ended questions. The coding process proposed by Strauss and Corbin was followed. Coding and analysis were supported by NVivo software.

Motivations, abilities and triggers of dietary changes were identified. Results revealed the prominent role of content creators. Influencers and social media can play an incubator role in diffusing new consumption patterns. Strong emotional experiences can also trigger radical lifestyle changes. Discouraging voices were mainly those of family and close acquaintances. Children tend to encourage parents, while parents tend to discourage children when it comes to reducing meat consumption.

Behaviour change theories primarily focus on incremental changes, yet there is a growing need to understand radical lifestyle changes related to food consumption. This article explores the triggering factors of such radical dietary changes. The study is a rare example of large-scale qualitative sustainable consumption research.