(Serang, March 18th 2022) Medicine Faculty of UNTIRTA and International Office of Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa (IO-UNTIRTA) held an online guest lecture in collaboration with Mahkota Health Center Malaysia. The collaboration was part in Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa and Mahkota Health Center Malaysia. The Online Guest Lecture invited dr. Kenny Cheng Keng Peng from Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Mahkota Medical Centre, Malaysia and dr. Ade Ikhwan, Sp.An., M.Kes. from Faculty member of Medicine Faculty of UNTIRTA with both of them as the speakers. The online event moderated by dr. Louisa Ivana Utami from Faculty member of Medicine Faculty of UNTIRTA. The event was held online via zoom. The participants were from University college students across Java islands, estimated 104 participant online in the zoom event. This program purpose is to enrich the knowledge in the Medicine world and its research.
dr. Kenny present regarding the topic of thoracic surgical disease, there are many types of heart and lung disease in which dr. Kenny has a counter on his career as a doctor. One of the most common diseases that dr. Kenny’s encounter is lung cancer which is one of the most common cancer that occurs on a patient and it’s asymptomatic. Signs such as coughing blood, shortness in breathing, etc usually occur when cancer is already in the later stage. Surgery on heart disease is also manageable by cutting open on the center of the chest, and cutting the thorax bone to expose the heart so surgery becomes possible. Throughout the years, thoracic surgery has developed and there are many ways that can be executed to become as more effective as possible with less cost and less risk.
dr. Ade brought the topic of hemodynamic monitoring, the function of hemodynamic monitoring itself is to directly measure the patient blood pressure. This system measures the blood system from inside the veins. dr. Ade also gives advice or information to young doctors is that don’t just think of the measurement from the hemodynamic monitoring as numbers, but we also need to identify the problem or abnormal activity that occurs.
Registrasi International Indonesian Student Mobility Awards (IISMA) 2022 telah dibuka. Silakan kunjungi https://site.iisma.id/ untuk informasi dan registrasi IISMA 2022. Informasi lebih lanjut @iountirta dan https://io.untirta.ac.id
SERANG – The Ministry of Education and Culture (Kemdikbud) of the Republic of Indonesia together with the Education Fund Management Institute (LPDP) has again opened up opportunities for the best Indonesian students to study at one of the 73 best universities spread across 31 countries through the Indonesian International Student Mobility program. Awards (IISMA). This was socialized through the “Untirta IISMA 2022 Preparation Program” facilitated by the International Service Center (PELITA) Untirta on Thursday, February 10, 2022 to the leaders, deans, vice deans, lecturers, and students of Untirta and several other universities such as Uniba, Unsera , Unbaja, and UNMA online via the zoom app.
“Students who are members of the IISMA program will study in other study programs and take courses that are not in the curriculum in the current study program,” explained the Head of IISMA Program, Dr. eng. Ir. R. Rachmat A. Sriwijaya, S.T., M.T., D.Eng., IPM., ASEAN Eng. “The campuses are also different because students will study at the best universities abroad that have experience managing international students.” he continued.
Rachmat emphasized that IISMA aims to create global leaders who are able to compete in the international world of work, so that participants are ensured to gain real experience in the destination country, not online distance learning. “This IISMA program is not an online program, but offline because we want you to feel like you are in a new environment that you are not familiar with.” he said.
IISMA participants are encouraged to not only study in class, but also to explore in the destination country in order to learn and familiarize themselves with the culture of the local community. Therefore, the number of courses that can be taken by IISMA participants is also adjusted to local students, namely 3-4 courses out of 20 courses offered.
Obviously, “Based on surveys and observations, the study (portion) of normal students (abroad) is 4 subjects, so we give the same weight to local students there. You have to put your energy into exploring the city, not just studying in class.”
The method used in the IISMA program is recognition or recognition, not conversion or credit transfer which is often done in other student exchange programs. “So far we have known credit conversion, but IISMA uses recognition or recognition. IISMA will not use academic calculators and do not think about (chosen courses) which courses (which are equivalent to the original university curriculum) will go into.” Grace explained. Thus, the courses taken by students at the destination tertiary institution will be listed as is on the transcript with a weight of 20 credits even though the course is not included in the curriculum of the original tertiary institution. “If you replace the courses with courses that are already in the curriculum, then there is no difference between students who take part in IISMA and students who study at the original campus.” Strictly speaking.
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Innovation Development, Service, and Research Downstream, Dr. H. Agus Sjafari, S.Sos., M.Si welcomed the IISMA socialization which he considered important to provide briefing to students who are eager and have great interest. “This is a very good program programmed by the Ministry of Education and Culture as part of the wider MBKM, not only at the national but international level. The learning experience that will be gained by students is certainly valuable.” he said.
Agus also reminded students to prepare thoroughly if they are interested in participating in this program. “This program cannot be easily implemented. There are preparations that need to be carried out, including this morning, namely the socialization of what IISMA is, how to be accepted, and what to prepare when you become a participant. The most important preparation is the problem of English which can be represented by TOEFL or IELTS scores. Then, other academic preparations and mental readiness as well.” The message.
Revina Dea Nanda, the only Untirta student who passed the IISMA program in 2021, also shared her experiences when implementing the program in Ireland. He shared that there were various interesting activities that he did not encounter in universities in Indonesia.
“I graduated at the National University of Ireland, Galway. During that time I took 3 courses. So we can take a cross-departmental matkul. I am in the same class with students from Germany, Spain, Italy, and others and can also enter the regular class with Irish students.” The story.
According to him, stomach problems were the biggest challenge while studying in Ireland, so he needed to cook his own food to ensure it was halal. “Life there is difficult and easy because Indonesian food is not widely sold there, so we have to be smart about finding halal food ingredients and processing them ourselves.” The story.
The IISMA program, which was first held in 2021, is listed as one of the nine Merdeka Learning Campus Merdeka (MBKM) programs launched by Minister Nadiem Anwar Makarim. Therefore, IISMA has a legal and strong position because it is regulated in the Decree of the Minister of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia Number 74/P/2021 concerning Recognition of Semester Learning Credit Units for the Independent Campus Program. Registration for IISMA 2022 will be open from March 1, 2022 to March 31, 2022. Students who want to learn more about IISMA can visit the official website https://kampusmerdeka.kemdikbud.go.id/km/IISMA or Instagram account @IISMA_RI
Also present at this outreach event, Dr. Udi Samanhudi M.Pd as Head of Pelita Untirta, Eko Supriyanto, S.Kom., MM., M.Ak as Sub Coordinator of Program, Partnership and Adm UPT International Services Untirta, deans and deputy deans of faculties, coordinators and sub-coordinators, the heads of UPP and UPT, heads of departments and study programs, as well as students in Untirta and a number of other universities in Banten. (Humas – SAC / AAP / VDF / RJ) (Translated by IO-NS)
February, 10th 2022. International Office of Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa held scholarships online sharing session via zoom with Taiwan Education Center (TEC). This event presented Tirta Amerta Effendi, M.Sc. Manager TEC Indonesia and Lia Citania, S.Hum. Asisten Manager TEC Indonesia as speakers and Eko Supriyanto Program Manager IO-Untirta as the moderator. The purpose of this online seminar are to inform and share all information about Taiwan Scholarships to Lecturer and University Students.
Tirta Amerta Effendi, M.Sc. was explained the general information about Taiwan Scholarships. She also inform to the zoom audience about the requirements of the scholarships, the scholarships specifications like the amount of the scholarships and the facilities that will get to the scholarships awardee. Lia Citania stated about the study and live in Taiwan. She said many of the Universities in Taiwan accepted more Indonesian students as Indonesia ranked 4th as the most accepted students.
Thus, both of the speakers encouraged all the audiences whether lecturer or students to apply the Taiwan Scholarships that sponsored by Taiwan Government. The participants were 65 from university lecturer and students around Banten.
February, 2nd 2022. The International Office of Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa and The Monash University Australia-Indonesia Held The First Program of Tourism Empowerment with Sukajadi Village, Carita. Monash University Australia-Indonesia Rector, Prof. Andrew Myclntyre, and Head of International Office UNTIRTA, Dr. Udi Samanhudi began meeting with the Head of Sukajadi Village and locals. Our purposes are to empower and develop the tourism sector in Sukajadi Village, Carita, Banten.
January, 27th 2022. International Office of Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa held an online zoom event, Research Talk 10. The event theme’s is “Ghost Fishing and Its Effect on Envirovment.”. The Speaker is Assoc. Prof. Dr. Saeid Gorgin from Gorgan University, Iran an the moderator is Fahresa Nugraheni, S.Pi M.Si from Fisheries Science Department Faculty of Agriculture Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Saeid Gorgin explained clearly about the harm of fishing gears’ waste in the sea. In example, the unused and broken fishing net that dumped and left in the ocean floor can trap nearby sea creatures, make them unable to move and dead. Any of the fishing gears and plastics waste could cause terrible harm to the unfortunate sea creatures that got trapped by the waste.
The online seminar participated by lecturer and university students of UNTIRTA. The total online participants are 160 people and joined via zoom. This event purposed to raise awareness of waste management and disposal to the ocean and shared knowledge about Ghost Fishing and Its harm towards sea environment.
January, 20th 2022. International Office of UNTIRTA held an online-offline seminar with theme “Opening Black Box Of World University Ranking”. The speakers were Ronny Lesmana, Ph. D. and Kasno Pamungkas, M. Hum. From Kantor Urusan Internasional Universitas Padjadjaran. The seminar moderated by Dr. Dina Rachmawati from Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa. The event participated by offline participants from academic community of Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa in UNTIRTA’s Multimedia room in Rector’s Building, Sindang Sari Campus.
The online participants also joined in the seminar via zoom, they were from Untirta’s Academic Community and Students. The event purposed to share knowledge between Universitas Padjadjaran and Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa about World University Rangking, how to increasing the university world rank and maintain it as explained by Ronny Lesmana Ph.D. Kasno Pamungkas, M. Hum also told about University Branding, how to create it and develop them as they are one of the factors of the increase university rank.
Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa signed MoU with Monash Unversity – Indonesia and Monash University – Australia. The event was held on December 14th, 2021 with a Hybrid-MoU meeting, direct with Monash University- Indonesia, and online via zoom meeting with Monash University – Australia. Also, the guest lecture was held with Prof. Andrew MacIntyre from Monash University – Indonesia as the speaker and moderated by Udi Samanhudi, Ph. D. from International Office UNTIRTA. The topic was Internationalization of Higher Education Today: Challenges and Opportunities. The participants of these events, both Mou signing and Guest Lecture were representative of Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa stakeholders and UNTIRTA’s university lecturers and students.
In the Research Talk 8 program held on October 22, 2021, the Untirta International Service Center (Pelita) presented Dr Maiqi Xiang who disseminated the results of his research in the nanotechnology laboratory of the Université de technologie de Compiègne, France. At the event which took place from 14.00-15.00 WIB, Dr Maiqi discussed the issue of air quality which is trending topics today. Guided by Dr. Mekro Permana Pinem, this monthly activity was attended by more than 90 people consisting of students and lecturers in the UNTIRTA environment.
As we know, air pollution causes various problems such as damage to ecosystems and human health. Because, the air polluted with small nano-sized particles or submicrons is very much today and some of them are toxic. This small particle size is very difficult to detect and quantify, with Dr Maiqi’s method successfully solving the problem by creating a particle mass-based measurement method. This information is essential to be able to create a relevant air filter system and work effectively.
In the second session of the Online Short Course Series program, the Untirta International Service Center (Pelita) presented Vera Syamsi, Ph.D. from Sampoerna University Indonesia, who discussed data collection in Qualitative Research. Held through the Zoom platform on Thursday, October 21, 2021 at 14:00, the session was attended by 140 participants from various cities and universities, such as UNS, UNIMED, IKIP SILIWANGI, UPI, and IAIN Sorong.
Moderated by Dr. Aisyah Hamidiah, M.Pd, lecturer in English Education untirta, in this session, Dr. Vera explained that before collecting research data, a researcher must first recognize the purpose of the study. By knowing the purpose of the research, the researcher will be able to determine the focus, and recognize the philosopis roots of the study so that they can choose the appropriate data collection techniques and instruments to answer their research questions. Furthermore, the big fans of The Read Madrid football club present qualitative data collection techniques such as interviews, focus group discussions, documents, audio & visual materials, observations, and questionnaires. The third session of the short course will be held on October 28 at the same time with speaker Dr. Murti Ayu Wijayanti who will discuss qualitative data analysis, make sure you do not miss it.
