UNAIR NEWS – To improve the number of university partnerships and strengthen the international bonds in scientific publication and exchange programs, Banyuwangi School of Health Science and Natural Science (SIKIA) Universitas Airlangga to collaborate with three excellent universities in Malaysia: Universiti Malaya, Universiti Putra Malaysia, and UCSI University.
The collaboration ceremonies were attended by five delegations from related units, including the scientific publications, research, community service supporting unit and national and international partnership unit. The meeting was held from Tuesday, December 13, 2022, to Friday, December 16, 2022, at the respective universities.
SIKIA UNAIR Head of the Scientific Publications, Research, and Community Service supporting unit, drh Aditya Yudhana MSi said that the collaborations are direct initiatives with the partners, especially in the development of the three pillars of higher education to meet the university’s achievement.
“The partnerships SIKIA held cover education, research, community service, and scientific publications with international reputations,” he said.
Scientific publication partnership
Several partnership agendas were agreed. One of them is the scientific publication joint program. SIKIA UNAIR and all three university partners will design, review, and give feedback on the scientific article.
“The closest agenda is the lecturers’ collaboration in writing articles according to their specialities. The output is journal publication with international reputations,” he said.
Preparing colleagues to give guest lectures
The Veterinary Medicine lecturer said they would start a discussion with the partner academics and universities and vice versa. SIKIA lecturers are also prepared to give guest lectures in those three universities.
“If everything falls in place, we can conduct online lectures by the beginning of the year. There will be some offline lectures after some time, probably in the middle or the end of 2023,” he said.
Preparing exchange program for students and lecturers
Apart from the scientific publication and guest lecture partnerships, the student outbound mobility exchange program is also prepared. The program will also refer to the administrative staff for short courses and workshops.
“We’ll exchange one another. It depends on the readiest program. The outbound program will be adjusted,” Aditya said.
He hoped that the partnership will go beyond professional work. Instead, it will encourage collaboration at the international level.
Author: azhar burhanuddin
Editor: Feri Fenoria
