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UII Participated in Higher Education Exhibition in Helsinki, Finland

Foreign partnership is one of the most vital conduits for the internationalization of higher education institution. Such partnership is pivotal to open various research collaboration opportunities, community development, as well as mobility program for students, staff and lecturers. 

This statement is delivered by Deputy Rector of Networking and Entrepreneurship of Universitas Islam Indonesia (UII), Ir. Wiryono Raharjo, M.Arch., Ph.D., in 31st Annual Exhibition and Conference of European Association of International Education (EAIE), in Helsinki, Finland, Thursday (26/9).

In this occasion, UII participated by opening a stand in the exhibition where more than 240 participants from Europe, Asia, Africa and America represented their respective institutions, including universities, government agencies and higher education service providers. 

Wiryono added that UII’s participation in EAIE Exhibition serves as an opportunity to increase higher education partnership network with EAIE members, especially for Indonesian higher education institutions. 

“Such event becomes the implementation of ‘extending network.’ Through this exhibition, we are able to meet directly with leaders of reputable universities, so that policies can be directly formulated and articulated,” Wiryono stated. 

During the exhibition, UII has discussed intensively with a number of new potential partner candidate, such as The University of Oulu (Finland), Beijing Jiaotong University (People’s Republic of China), Tomsk State University (Russia), Université de Lille (France), and SOAS University of London (United Kingdom). These discussions revolved around the initiation of student mobility activities including student exchange and double degree program. 

In the same occasion, UII has also managed to maintain close relations with partner institutions that have already established active cooperation with UII. “We want to expand the sectors of our robust cooperation that we have developed dan realize it with our partner,” Wiryono added. These partners are The University of Western Australia (Australia), Saxion University of Applied Sciences (the Netherlands), dan Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakif University (Turkey).

“Aside from those advantages, this exhibition will eventually become a means of measuring our capacity as a university, with whom we collaborate and how we choose our partner,” as Wiryono explained at the end of the exhibition.

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CILACS UII Earns Appreciation from British Council

As a reputable foreign language teaching institution, Cilacs UII has once again earned an acknowledgement. At IELTS Partner Annual Gathering 2019 held by British Council (BC), Cilacs UII received a Certificate of Appreciation for achieving significant number of IELTS test-takers from 2018 to 2019. This event took place on Friday (20/9) at Shangri-La Hotel Jakarta. In addition to the award, British Council also delivered the most recent news on education in the United Kingdom in this ceremony. 

Representing Cilacs UII is Suprihatin as the Head of Academic Department who received the Bronze Certificate award from British Council. It is widely known that Cilacs UII has become one of British Council’s official partners in Indonesia, specifically as Official IELTS Registration Center. 

The event was commenced as Mr. Paul Smith, the Director of British Council Indonesia, addressed an opening speech. He expressed his gratitude for the support from partners all over Indonesia that has promoted and become British Council’s agent in conducting IELTS tests. 

British Council (BC) is a UK-based international organization that promotes cultural relations and provides information for education opportunity. IELTS Partner Annual Gathering 2019 is BC’s yearly agenda that aims at appreciating partner’s cooperation from the entire country. 

Also attending the event is Mr. Kishore Roy, the Regional Exams Manager South East Asia 2 and also Farida Limbong, Senior Examination Business Development Manager. They both expressed their highest appreciation for the support of partners all over Indonesia for the performance of IELTS tests in 2019. In the near future, considering the current profile of IELTS test-takers in Indonesia, the implementation of IELTS’s Computer Delivered Test will become a priority program for British Council. (Ank/Tin)

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Miracle Voices Choir Do UII Proud in Singapore

A tremendous achievement is sculpted by Miracle Voice, Universitas Islam Indonesia’s Team of Student Choir (or commonly known as PSM MV UII). PSM MV UII has brought home Golden Award and Silver Award at 6th Singapore International Choral Festival held in Singapore from 1st to 4th August 2019.

Fakhriyah Fatin, the head of PSM MV UII explains “In total, there are 80 contestants participated in the competitions. But for categories we competed in, Mixed Voices and Folklore, there are 6 and 19 contestants, respectively.”

She further confirms that PSM MV UII Team won Gold Award in Folklore Category and Silver Gold in Mixed Voices or B2 Category. “Alhamdulillah we can win these two awards.”

The team’s main motivation is to increase their experience in international competitions. Furthermore, PSM MV UII also aspires to make UII proud globally.

“The preparation for this competition has started in February and we set up a committee to handle every single need we have such as funding and costumes. And then we opened an internal recruitment for team members who will be involved in the competitions. After that they will be tested by our coach and they must pass through the interview process,” she said. 

Those who passed the test must undergo training from the beginning to study all the songs and choreography. Also, they must perform their duty in the committee such as funding and sponsorship.

One of the obstacles that Fakhriyah and her team faced is that every competition has its own requirements and criteria. “Because each competition has its own distinct assessment criteria, that becomes a challenge. We must train harder and fervently,” she further asserts.

Fakhriyah elaborates that her tips and tricks in participating in any competition is to face all the things she encounters. “Just go with what you have, whether it is difficult or not, we must struggle for it to run well.”

“The hope is that in the future, we can improve our quality as well as take part in other competitions nationally or internationally, and we can bring more victories.” (DRD/ESP)

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UII Joins Consortium to Advance Research Assessment

Research has been perceived as one of important tools in measuring the quality of higher education institutions. Universitas Islam Indonesia (UII) research collaboration has taken a further step forward with the creation of consortium consisting 10 other universities from seven countries to improve the institutional capacity for research.

These include Universitas Gadjah Mada (Indonesia), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Universiti Teknologi Mara (Malaysia), The National Institute of Development Administration, Burapha University (Thailand), Matej Bel University, University of Economics in Bratislava (Slovakia), Warszaw School of Economics (Poland), University of Bath (The United Kingdom), and Universite Bl. Pascal Clermont-Ferrand II (France).

As part of this partnership, the consortium shares bold research ideas at the workshop on the Development of the System of the Assessment of Research Impact. The workshop took place at the University of Bath (UoB), UK, attended by all consortium members, including Fathul Wahid, Ph.D. (Rector of UII) and Wiryono Raharjo, Ph.D. (Vice Rector for Partnership and Entrepreneurship) as the delegations from UII.

“This workshop is aimed at developing a research assessment system that can be used not only by members of the consortium, but also expected to inspire other universities,” Fathul Wahid says.

“We hope this consortium will open up great opportunities for expanding UII’s global network,” Wiryono Raharjo says.

“These include prospective partnership with University of Bath. We had a very good talks with Professor Jeremy Bradshaw, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International & Doctoral),” he says.

UII-UoB will work together to provide young lecturers with the opportunity to undertake higher research degree through joint doctoral program. The two universities also explore the possibility for joint research by opening up these opportunities through external funding sources, including Indonesian Higher Education Ministry and any prospective international institution.

This consortium activities are funded by the European Union through the Erasmus + Capacity Building for Higher Education (CBHE) scheme. In 2019, it is expected that this three-year joint activities will result a series of diverse modules for training in research-related expertise and research assessment systems. (FW/HF)

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This article was originally published in Bahasa Indonesia.

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UII Team Won International Search and Rescue Competition

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UII Student Won Best Diplomacy Award at EuroMUN 2018

UII student, Zul Hazmi Lutfi, won Best Diplomacy Award at the European Model United Nation (EuroMUN) 2018 event, held in Maastricht, Netherlands. Zul Hazmi become one of delegates in one of the most competitive MUN in Europe. The participant is strictly selected by the committee. This year, EuroMUN took the theme, “Shaping the Future from The Heart of Europe”.

During MUN’s activities, Zul had the opportunity to represent Myanmar in the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee (UNHCR). The first topic of discussion is, “Expanding the scope and capacity of the 1951 refugee convention” and the second is “The evaluation of refugee camps”.

Zul Hazmi did not expect to bring such award when returning to Indonesia. “Really I did not expect it, because I am listed in a committee filled by prominent delegates. And certainly, I am very grateful because my effort to come a long way to Europe has become a success, “he said.

The total number of participants is 500 delegates. The Indonesian delegation come from various universities, such as Universitas Indonesia, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Universitas Brawijaya, and Universitas Islam Indonesia, as well as other delegates from all parts of Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Prior to his participation in EuroMUN, Zul Hazmi admitted he have to struggle in preparation. Especially when his class schedule was very tight. According to him, the atmosphere in the EuroMUN event is full of sportsmanship and collaborative. “All the delegations show sportsmanship and collaborative attitude in the trial simulation process, the event organizers also built a warm atmosphere with our delegates as well as the head of the session,” added Zul, who is also a student in FTSP UII.

When asked about the most memorable experience, Zul recalled when Rohingya crisis emerged as a topic of discussion. As a representative of Myanmar, he has to defend his country’s position and maintain the trust of his allies. Zul who is also part of the Board of Executive of UII MUN Association hopes that the association can get more attention and interest from UII students. According to him, UII MUN Association is an organization which encourage student’s ability to think critically and to express opinions in public.

“It is more than just going abroad, but more importantly is diplomacy soft skill capabilities that can be obtained in the MUN conference,” he concluded.