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This October Newsletter reports more news on steps Universitas Airlangga (UNAIR) has taken at the international level. Among others is a visit from the Prof. Nasih to several higher educational institutions in Turkey to sign Mem- orandum of Understandings and agreements to hold international conferences in this university; stories about students who did triumphantly in and at the national level; and also, information on programs and faculties which continually make an effort to reform and improve their quality that no one should miss. October 2019 NEWSLETTERUNAIR • Spreading Knowledge for humanity • Collaboration with Educational Institutions in Turkey and England

caption: Consulate General of the Republik of Istanbul Turkey (source: Dany Dany via Google Maps)

The agreed MOUs cover the development and reinforcement of the Three Pillars of High- er Education roles, namely in the field of edu- cation, research, and community service. Most of the MOUs are valid through the year 2021 UNAIR High Officials in Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia (KJRI), Istanbul, Turkey and 2024. During this latest business trip to Turkey, UNAIR Rector Prof. Nasih with Mark Power, the The Rector of UNAIR Prof. Nasih and his on Friday, September 20, Prof. Nasih made the Interim Vice Chancellor and Chief Executive of Liverpool John Moores University after an MOU entourage paid a visit to several countries in time to visit Consulate General of the Repub- Research Collaboration, September 23 Europe and the Middle East. There, UNAIR lic of Indonesia (KJRI) in Istanbul, Turkey. He signed collaboration agreements or Memo- mainly had talks with KJRI officials over pos- versities in England. All the efforts, Prof. Nasih randum of Understandings (MOUs) with four sible collaborations on in Turkey. Moreover, he said, are taken to support UNAIR’s steps to universities in Turkey, namely Istanbul Tech- also shared many achievements and develop- be in the list of Top 500 World Universities in nical University, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakif ment progress UNAIR had made up to then. 2020. To date, he added, UNAIR has had more University, Kırklareli University, and Karabuk Besides Turkey, UNAIR delegation also vis- than 100 active MOUs with prominent univer- University. ited and signed agreements with several uni- sities across the globe. (*)

Thirteen evaluators were present as a Peer Review Team (PRT) of UNAIR Ready for ABEST21 ABEST21 from Thursday to Friday, September 19-20. The members of International Accreditation ABEST21 PRT were from , Thailand, Indonesia, and . They were Prof. Fumio Itoh as the President of ABEST21 International; Asst. Prof. Ruchirat Patanathabutr, Ph.D.; Devanto Shasta Pratomo, S.E., M.Si., Ph.D.; Professor Hirotaka KAWANO; Assoc. Prof. Noorihsan Mohamad, Ph.D Economics; Fathyah Hashim, B.A. Accounting and Fi- nance (Hons), MBA., DBA; Yuvaraj Ganesan, B.A. Accounting (Hons)., MBA., Ph.D; Prof. Noer Azam Achsani; Dr. Budiono, S.E., M.A.; Yudi Azis, S.Si., S.E., S.Sos., M.T., Ph.D; Ir. Dodie Tricahyono, M.M., Ph.D; Prof. David Paul Elia Saerang., M.Com (Hons)., Ph.D and Prof. Dr. Gagaring Pagalung, SE., MS., Ak., CA., CMA., CSRA.

“ABEST21 is evaluating all programs at FEB UNAIR, there are thir- teen in total,” said the Dean of FEB UNAIR Prof. Dr. Dian Agustia, SE., M.Si., Ak.

Prof. Dian also mentioned that the thirteen programs are at different educational levels from undergraduate to doctoral programs. For the record, there are four undergraduate programs, four master programs, four doctoral programs, and one Master of Management program. FEB UNAIR Dean and staff during a photo session with ABEST21 PRTs Prof. Dian added that FEB has been redesigning its internation- Thirteen programs at the Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) al-based curriculum since 2016. As a part of the work, the faculty keeps UNAIR are getting ready to achieve international accreditation from working on international accreditations for all its programs and offers ABEST21. The Alliance on Business Education and Scholarship for international undergraduate classes in three programs, namely manage- Tomorrow, a 21st Century Organization (ABEST21) is an institution ment, accounting, and Islamic economics. FEB UNAIR also provides a which grants global accreditation rankings in the field of economics fast track for undergraduates students who are interested in continuing and business. their study to master programs immediately. (*)

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UNAIR Students Are National Champions

Rerica Dhea Shavila and Aqmar Inara Dyan Pratiwi receive a trophy for TEAM from Faculty of Psychology Students win the first and third place at the first winner at Chronicle 2019 LKTIN (National Scientific Writing Social Intervention Design Competition (SIDC) Psychology Summit 2019 in Competition) in State Finance Polytechnic (PKN) STAN, Bintaro, South University of Indonesia Tangerang on Saturday, September 14

UNAIR students are indeed national champions; Rerica Dhea Shav- Bravely, the team won two positions at once in the competition that ila and Aqmar Inara Dyan Pratiwi, for example. These two students of took place from September 14 to 16. Daniswari Hartika, Ardiana Mail- the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIP) UNAIR won the first inawati, and M. Fadhil Rachman were in the team who won the game; place at Chronicle 2019 LKTIN (National Scientific Writing Compe- while their comrades, Devina Octa F., M. Sabilul Firdaus, and Candra tition) held in State Finance Polytechnic (PKN) STAN, Bintaro, South Kusumawati, placed third. Tangerang. For the event which took place from September 12 to 14, these students raised the theme of tourist village for their work. To Daniswari’s team made a concept of SAKU (College Students’ Side- them, Malang villages have potential which is still underdeveloped. kick) design which targets first-year students. “We made a formula on how to boost their adaptive skills, lower the stress, and eventually reach From the issue, the two students proposed an idea titled Tourist Vil- a work-life balance,” the class of 2016 Psychology student explained. lages Utilization through Government Concept. “The topic we choose concerns the utilization of tourist villages using a digital government Meanwhile, Devina’s team offered a product in the form of a cube- concept. Our research site is in Pujon Kidul Village, Malang,” Rerica shaped tool which focuses on students’ time management to improve explained. their work-life balance. “Our formula helps students set a priority scale,” she said. (*) On a different occasion, Agung Jaya and Abiyyu Hilmi, two students of the Faculty of Law (FH) UNAIR deserve to be proud. They exultant- ly came first in a short movie competition held by the Constitution- al Court (MK) in collaboration with Universitas (UGM), People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR), and Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Tuesday, September 10.

For the competition, Agung said, every participant had to make a short movie with Landmark Decision for the theme. “The competition asked us to make a video of maximum five minutes’ duration themed landmark decision, a decision from MK that affects the people greatly,” he specified.

Meanwhile, a team from the Faculty of Psychology UNAIR victo- riously scored a success at Social Intervention Design Competition Agung Jaya (left) and Abiyyu Hilmi (right) win the first place at short video (SIDC) Psychology Summit 2019 held in Universitas Indonesia (UI). competition held by the Constitutional Court (MK) in collaboration with Universitas Gajah Mada (UGM), People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR), and Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)

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Races to Liven Up Independence Day Celebration

“Hopefully we can have sustainable cooper- ation and improve participation from universi- ties in other member states of ASEA UNINET,” said Dian Ekowati S.E., M.Si., M.AppCom- (OrgCh)., Ph.D., the Executive Secretary of Airlangga Global Engagement (AGE).

On a different occasion, Department of Bi- ology Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) UNAIR hold the 1st International Conference on Biodiversity (1st ICoBioDiv) with Sustaina- ble Solution for Human Welfare for the theme. The seminar took place at the Wyndham Hotel from September 17 to 18.

Attended the seminar were 140 partici- pants who came from not only Biology but also Biological Science field. A few keynote The Faculty of Economics and Business’ students score in Thailand speakers delivered their presentation, namely Prof. Peter Nixon of Imperial College Lon- UNAIR never misses a chance to be active “So, Muslim customers in Hatyai and Bang- don, London; Prof. Wn-Taek Im of Hankyong in any international event, be it a conference, kok face problems in getting halal food. Even if Republic of Korea; Prof. student exchange, or becoming the host for there is any, it must be distant,” Zhazha said. Liang-Ming Whang of National Cheng Kung global activity. For example, recently Zhazha University Taiwan; and Prof. Dr. Suharsono of Quamilla and Hafiz Minhajuel from the Is- The concept itself, she continued, is simi- Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI). lamic Economics program at the Faculty of lar to a service provided by an online taxi-bike Economics and Business (FEB) UNAIR 2016 in Indonesia, but the focus is on halal food. Prof. Dr. Ir. H. Agoes S., DEA., as the com- joined a student exchange program for a se- Zhazha also mentioned that the application mittee chairman said, that the seminar could mester in Thailand. Interestingly, they also inspired the idea. be a community for researchers or lecturers participated in a competition there and suc- from all across Indonesia. They could share in- cessfully placed second. The contest, Halal Meanwhile, UNAIR became the host for sight into biodiversity. Business Plan, was held at Prince of Songkla ASEA UNINET Joint Program for Inbound University, Thailand on Thursday, August 29. Staff Mobility 2019 from September 12 to “Indonesia is the biggest country with bio- 13. Many universities from member states of diversity. The theme is to make use of this bi- In the competition, they proposed a web- ASEA UNINET Consortium sent their inter- odiversity for human welfare; medicine from site-based start-up platform which helps cus- national office delegation to discuss research biodiversity, food made from biodiversity in tomers find halal food. The idea came from the initiative and international activities. At least the future,” he elaborated. (*) trouble they had in looking for halal food in thirty two participants from Austria, Malaysia, Hatyai and Bangkok. and Thailand attended this event.

Participants of ASEA UNINET Joint Program for Inbound Staff Mobility 2019 The atmosphere of the 1st International Conference on Biodiversity (1st ICoBioDiv) with Sustainable Solution for Human Welfare as the theme on September 17 at Wyndham Hotel Surabaya

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A Victory from the Doctors To-be

Students of Faculty of Medicine (FK) UNAIR scored another national success. Ega Rischella and Salsabila Nabi- lah Rifdah won at the Medical Competition Scientific Pro- ject and Olympiad of Sriwijaya 2019 (SPORA 2019).

The competition is a national medical contest which themed urogenital reproduction this year and took place in the Faculty of Medicine Universitas Sriwijaya, Palembang, from Thursday, September 12 to Saturday, September 14.

The winning was not that easy. Ega and Salsa must undergo three challenging stages of the competition. The elimination stage consisted of MCQ (Multiple Choice Question) and OSPE (Objective Structural Practical Exam- ination). In the semifinal, they dealt with OSCE (Objective Structural Clinical Examination) and a running slide. At last, the final comprised SOOCA (Student Objective Oral Case Analysis) and LCT (Quiz). “OSCE was the tensest part for us because we were stationed randomly, not know- ing whether we would get urology or obstetrics-gynecolo- Nastiti with a Lecturer of Harvard University gy,” Ega said. (*)

An International Conference at Faculty of Public Health

One of the international conferences UNAIR held last September is the 2nd International Conference on Health Administration and Policy (ICOHAP). The students of Health Administration and Policy, a master program at the Faculty of Public Health (FKM) UNAIR, run the confer- ence annually. The second ICOHAP this year was success- fully arranged from Tuesday, September 10 to Thursday, September 12. The discussion raised the theme Interna- tional Conference on Health Technology and Sustainable Risk Management.

The Head of AKK Master Program, Dr. Djazuly Chal- idyanto, S.KM., MARS, explained that they chose the FROM the left: Ira Nurmala S.KM., MPH., Ph.D. as the moderator, So Yoon Kim of Yonsei theme because health facilities, such as hospitals and com- University, Seoul, Korea Selatan, dr. Djoni Darmadjaja, Sp.B, MARS, Dr. Joni Wahyuhadi, munity health centers, will face higher risks in the future. dr., Sp. B.S. (K) as the President Director of Dr. Soetomo General Hospital, and a lecturer of One of the dangers is the changing financing mechanism; FKM UNAIR Widodo J. Pudjirahardjo, dr., M.S., M.PH., Dr.PH. thus it must be managed. (*)

Continuous Upgrade at Obstetrics

Several accreditation agencies have approved the Science, the Natural Sciences, and Mathe- standard and quality of education at the Obstetrics un- matics (ASIIN) in December 2019. dergraduate program. The program received A for its ac- creditation for two periods, in 2013 from BAN-PT and in Despite owning an A accreditation, the 2018 from Lam-PTKes. An international agency, Asean Head of the Program, Baksono Winardi, dr., University Network-Quality Assurance (AUN-QA), also SpOG(K), said that his party keeps improv- granted the program a satisfactory rank in 2018. ing the lecturers’ competence and skills; for example, by sending them to take a further Currently, Obstetrics undergraduate program of FK study abroad like in the UK or . (*) UNAIR is preparing for the Accreditation Agency for Degree Programs in Engineering, Informatics/Computer

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