In collaboration with the International Office of UNY, New Zealand Education held an info session of education and scholarship titled “Study, Live and Work in New Zealand” in the main assembly room, Rectors Building, on Wednesday, February 12, 2020.

Adi Cilik Pierewan, Expert Staff for International Affairs of UNY said that the event is set to give information for everyone who wants to continue their study abroad. “This is important for final semester students in Yogyakarta, especially in UNY as part of their preparation for future higher education application.”

“Nowadays, those who works on art should understand technology so that we can improve further. In the past we didn’t expected that arts would have important role in this country. In the past, art was seen as wasting time and useless activity. At present, art has more than that thanks to tourism development along with art and culture activities done by society.  The last report stated that the tourism sector has already contributed 250 trillion Rupiah.

The collaborative research approach is to enrich and produce more comprehensive research, as an effort to balancing the rapid development of science and technology which is multi discipline. The chairman of Institute of Research and Community Service Universitas Terbuka (LPPM UT) offering a research collaboration and community service to the chairman of Association for Indonesian Teacher Education Institution (ALPTKNI).

Department of Mechanical Engineering Education UNY organized exhibition of student’s work behind KPLT Building (07/02/2020). This event was held as part of final result of the course on applied technology from student of class 2013. There were numbers of product innovation that expected to answer various problems in our society. Besides being used as an exhibition to promote UNY students work, this event was also used to asses and test the student work product.

UNY Faculty of Engineering always support for any positive student activities both on academic and non-academic fields. Those activities hopefully will help students to earn better insight and experience. Every year, new student’s organization management is inaugurated. For this year, hundreds of students from 15 student organization bodies in Faculty of Engineering is officially inaugurated. The ceremony was held on 27 January 2020 at KPLT hall.

Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta earned the trust of Regional Civil Service Agency (BKD) from Banyumas, Cilacap, Purbalingga, Kebumen, Banjarnegara, and Rembang Districts to host Computer Assisted Test (CAT) for the National Civil Service Agency (BKN) for prospective civil servants in the six districts. According to Setyo Budi Takarina as the Head Bureau of Academic, Students Affairs and Cooperation said that UNY test location will be attended by BKD, Inspectorate and representative of Ministry of Communication and Informatics as the exam supervisor.

Institute of Research and Community Service (LPPM) organized Work Meeting on 24 to 25 January 2020 at @K Hotel Kaliurang. The meeting was attended by the Chairperson and Institutional Secretary, Chair and Central Secretary, Journal Editor, Structural and all LPPM UNY Education Personnel. In accordance with UNY's Rector Regulation Number 17 Year 2019 on the Work Procedures of Research and Community Service Institutions, LPPM UNY has the task of carrying out coordination, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of research and community service activities.

Learning problems on Pancasila and Civic Education for teacher ideally put cognitive, affective and psychomotor aspect. Unfortunately, current learning process has been viewed as uninteresting and unenjoyable. This condition naturally cause the lack of motivation for students. For students, learning Pancasila and Civic Education is not as challenging as other subjects because of its monotonous and boring approach as well as not a national examination material.

A total of 110 students of Biology Education study program Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Education from UIN Raden Fatah Palembang conducted field studies at UNY’s Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences from Monday-Wednesday, 6 to 8 January 2020. Field lecture activities are conducted with presentation of material and practicum in FMIPA Biology Education laboratory.

In the latest UNY Organization and Work Procedure, Coordinator of Study Program is the manager of study program who is given the assignment from 1 January to 31 December 2020. This position will be appointed annually. Similar policy also set for the head and secretary of non-structural center who will be appointed annually. There are some merging among study centers to improve their effectivity and efficiency. Another changes is set for the World Class University Team who will work directly under the rector to boost the activity implementation.