Singaraja – Undiksha Faculty of Education (FIP) through the Cooperation and Internationalization Group, continues to expand cooperation both domestically and abroad. This is in order to realize FIP Undiksha excels in Asia, through the implementation of the Tri Dharma of Higher Education. This time, FIP Undiksha received the arrival of a group of lecturers and students from Hiroshima University and the Indonesian University of Education (UPI) Bandung, related to the Asian Campus Program with the theme “Inclusion Diversity”. His arrival was warmly welcomed by the Dean of FIP Undiksha, Prof. Dr. I Ketut Gading , M.Psi., along with the staff took place in the Undiksha FIP Seminar Room (10/09/2022) in the morning.
This Cooperation Agreement (PKS) was signed directly by the Dean of FIP Undiksha, Prof. Dr. I Ketut Gading, M.Psi., with Assistant Prof. Dr. Vu Ha Thu, accompanied by Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs, Dr. I Made Tegeh, S.Pd., M.Pd., Deputy Dean for General Affairs and Finance, Dr. I Wayan Widiana, S.Pd., M.Pd., Vice Dean for Student and Alumni Affairs, Dr. Putu Aditya Antara, S.Pd., M.Pd., Asia Campus Coordinator, as well as UPI Bandung academic, Arif Hidayat, S.Pd., M.Sc., and Chair of the Cooperation and Internationalization Group, Nice Maylani Asril, S.Psi ., M.Psi., Ph.D.
For information, the visit lasted for 3 days, starting with the International Lecture and Sharing Session and the signing of the Cooperation Agreement (PKS) on the first day, Saturday 10th September 2022. Followed by a cultural visit to Bengkala Village and Pedawa Village on Sunday, 11 September 2022. Then on the last day, Monday 12th September 2022, made a visit to the Undiksha laboratory school, cooking class, discussion of follow-up research/joint publication research, STAR/Summer Camp, and ended with a closing ceremony from the team of Hiroshima University and UPI Bandung, said delivered by the head of the Cooperation and Internationalization Group, Nice Maylani Asril, S.Psi., M.Psi., Ph.D. According to her, this activity is a form of the summer program in the context of introducing culture and people’s lives in Bali.
“We will learn a lot from Hiroshima and UPI Bandung, mainly related to character education and peace education which are of course very relevant to the THK concept in Bali,” said Nice.
In his remarks, the Dean of Gading positively welcomed this collaboration. His party considered that this field study activity really supported the quality of lecturers, education staff, students, and also the quality of graduates at FIP ??Undiksha. Furthermore, the number one person at FIP ??Undiksha said that Hiroshima and UPI were benchmarks for success in the Faculty of Education. Therefore, his party hopes that in the future they can establish cooperation in the field of Higher Education Tri Dharma, such as student exchanges, team teaching, joint research, publications, visiting professors, and also visiting lecturers.
“This activity will support the quality of our education. We hope that our graduates will have experience at the international level, in line with our vision,” hoped Gading.
It was confirmed, the Head of the Undiksha Cooperation and Public Relations Agency, Made Windu Antara Kesiman, ST, M.Sc., Ph.D., considered this a good program, in order to make Undiksha superior in Asia. He who represents the Chancellor of Undiksha said that the institution is ready to support and facilitate all immigration matters to bring foreign students to Indonesia. He hopes that this collaboration can be enlarged thus the cultural acculturation obtained is stronger.
“Japan is our target country to excel in Asia. With the arrival of Hiroshima University at FIP, I think it will further strengthen Undiksha’s collaboration with Japan,” he said.
Meanwhile, Campus Asia Coordinator, Arif Hidayat said this activity was a form of implementing an MoA between Undiksha and UPI Bandung in terms of increasing internationalization. In line with that, Prof. Dr. Vu Ha Thu, admitted that he was happy to visit Indonesia which has thousands of tribes, cultures, religions and customs. According to him, this is an attraction for studying in Indonesia. He hopes that this program can continue and develop with all universities in Indonesia.
“We learned a lot about cultural diversity in Indonesia, especially in Bali. I hope this collaboration continues, in tandem with other programs.” Concluded Vu Ha Thu. (PR. Dewa Nida)
