Faculty of Education Newsletter

January - December 2022

Faculty of Education Activities

Academic Writing and CV Building

Academic Writing and CV Building was held to provide support for students and lecturers to navigate the process of writing papers for assignments and publication. This workshop was also held to help graduate students build a resume or curriculum vitae (CV) that can be useful for future employment and publication.

Instructor: Dr. Aria Nakissa (Assistant Professor, Washington University of St. Louis)

Date: June 9, 2022.

Writing Competition 2022

The 2022 Writing Competition was held in accordance with the Faculty of Education’s plan to publish its journal, Muslim Education Review (MER). This competition aims to provide a means for researchers to publish their work in MER, as well as to provide incentives and rewards for those who have conducted research, written research reports, and published them using the MER journal template.

Out of 78 submitted papers, 14 selected papers were granted IDR 2.000.000 each, the 3rd winner was granted IDR 5.000.000, the 2nd winner was granted IDR 7.000.000 and the 1st winner was granted IDR 10.000.000, but none of the participants became the 1st winner.

The 1st Faculty of Education Annual Conference

Following the Writing Competition 2022, Faculty of Education held its first annual conference with the theme “Education in the Muslim Societies: Addressing Critical Educational Issues during the Challenging Time” and a graduate forum on May 30-31, 2022.

Keynote speakers:

Prof. Robert Hefner (Boston University) “How Indonesia Became a World Leader in Islamic Education: a Historical Sociology of a Great Transformation:
Abdullah Sahin, PhD (University of Warwick) “What Is an Islamic University? Higher Education and (Im)Possibilities of Civic Self-Transformation in Contemporary Muslim Societies”
Prof. Yukari Amos (Central Washington University) “Teaching is a Noble Profession”

Graduate Forum speaker:

Prof. Emi Emilia (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia) “How to Finish Postgraduate Study on Time)

On the second day, the Faculty of Education Students Association held an Intercultural Art Performance: Indonesian traditional dance and 14 different traditional clothing from 5 different countries.

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End of Semester Gathering

The Faculty of Education regularly holds a gathering at the end of every semester with all lecturers and students to evaluate as well as to strengthen the bond among faculty members.

End of Semester Gathering 1

Date: March 22, 2022

End of Semester Gathering 2

Date: July 6, 2022

Australia Award Indonesia (AAI)

Three Faculty of Education members, Prof. Nina Nurmila, PhD, Tati D. Wardi, PhD, and Charyna Ayu Rizkyanti, PhD were selected to take part in the Australia Award Indonesia (AAI) project. AAI follows a series of events of pre-course on July 26-28, 2022 and visiting on site from August 15-28, 2022. The team visited universities in Australia for comparative studies in three different aspects: internationalization in higher education, strengthening in financial management and integration of IT-digitalization. The project ends with a post-course event on December 14-15, 2022.

Study Excursion

Faculty of Education visited Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Universitas Gadjah Mada and Pondok Pesantren Pabelan on its trip to Yogyakarta on September 14-16, 2022.

Scholar-in-Residence

The Faculty of Education invites researchers and scholars to join the Scholar-in-Residence (SIR) program. Two grant recipients are required to spend three months to write, to be the guest lecturers and speakers in #LunchTalk, and to engage in the Faculty of Education activities.

Public Lecture

The Faculty of Education held its first public lecture on November 9 2022 with Prof. Liz Johnson from Deakin University, delivering a lecture with the theme "Learning and Teaching for a Digital World."

Self-Healing Session

The Faculty of Education invites a psychologist from Yayasan Pulih, I.G.A.A. Jackie Viemilawati, M.Psi., M.A., Psikolog. to speak in a self-healing session to spread awareness about students’ mental health well-being. This session was attended by all Faculty of Education students on December 8, 2022. This session also played as a gathering for students to bond with each other and with the lecturers.

Journal Publication

We have published two numbers of Muslim Education Review (MER), our new journal in the Faculty of Education.

Muslim Education Review

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2022)

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Muslim Education Review

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2022)

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VISIT FROM OTHER UNIVERSITIES

Tampere University, Finland

On October 5, 2022, the UIII Faculty of Education welcomed visiting guests from Tampere University: Niina Nyyssöl (Tampere University Education and Learning Key Account Manager) together with Satia Zen (Tampere University Education and Learning Specialist).

Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta

On December 23, 2022, the Faculty of Education UIII welcomed visitors from UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta.

Faculty of Education Orientation Day

The Faculty of Education welcomed new students of MA and PhD 2022 on September 8, 2022. Dean of Faculty of Education, Prof. Nina Nurmila, PhD, delivered an opening speech to greet the new students, continued by discussion of each program by the Head Program of MA, Tati D. Wardi, Ph.D and Head Program of PhD, Bambang Sumintono, PhD. At the end of the session, students from batch 2021 held a Q&A session about managing everyday life of studying at UIII.