The vast change of the learning system forced education to abruptly adapt. During the pandemic, all institutions were obliged to speed their learning system to online. This new model has brought a significant impact on the education system, particularly on students. Many complaints and problems were raised which some of them are the lack of teacher-student interaction, less engaging materials, and students’ difficulty comprehending the subject.

Education is required to use advanced technology to maximize learning activity in Industrial Revolution 4.0. According to the National Achievement Center of Indonesia, they are committed to developing the achievements of learners and educational units better. The Student Digital Innovation Competition (LIDM) then was made as a comprehensive endeavor to encourage students in the era of the Industrial Revolution 4.0 to create innovations in solving problems and issues around them.

As a part of implementation on the collaboration between UNY and the Indonesian Embassy in Beijing, UNY is ready to facilitate activities held between the Directorate General of Teachers and Education Personnel (GTK) of the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Indonesian Embassy in Beijing in an activity entitled "Leadership Training from CLEC Ministry of Education China".

“UNY has a tagline: Education is an investment in civilization. This is in accordance with us from Blora who want to invest for the future through education. Potential Blora yung generation can later study at UNY. We want to be able to synergize further with UNY,” said Blora regent, H. Arief Rohman, S.IP., M.Si. in the MoU Signing event between UNY and the Blora Regency Government, Friday (3/9) at UNY.

In order to improve the quality of education and at the same time strengthen collaboration networks with various universities at home and abroad, it is important to explore and develop cooperation. One of the most recent cooperation explorations initiated by UNY was carried out through the "Cooperation Workshop between UNY and Chaoyang University Of Technology (Taiwan) in the Engineering Sector" via a zoom meeting on Wednesday (1/9).

UNY facilitated the online China-Indonesia TVET (Technical and Vocational Education Training) Workshop recently. TVET is education and training that provides job knowledge and skills. TVET uses formal, non-formal and informal learning and is recognized as an important medium for social equity, inclusion and sustainable development.

"Technical and vocational education is a new role in the development of human resources, skills and ethics," said Wang Yongli, Secretary General of the China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE).

Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta fully supports every opportunity to equalize quality education in Indonesia. One of the domestic partners who have established cooperation in the field of Education with UNY is Bangka Belitung Province. This collaboration began with the signing of the MoU in 2017. To encourage further the implementation of cooperation between UNY and Bangka Belitung Province, on Tuesday, August 24, 2021, a Workshop on Strengthening Cooperation was held online through the Zoom Meeting.

UNY welcomes new students in the Introduction to Campus Life for New Students Program (PKKMB). This activity takes place from August 24 to 27, 2021. Participants who take part in this activity are 10,643 new students. Based on the degree, UNY has 1,625 new students Diploma; 7,516 new bachelor students; 1,227 new master students and 275 new doctoral students. The program was held online through besmart.uny.ac.id.

Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta always supports various efforts to improve access to quality education. One of the vulnerable groups who experience difficulties in accessing education is students who drop out of college because of financial difficulties or the study period that has exceeded so that they drop out. To answer this problem, the government has opened up opportunities through the Recognition of Past Learning (RPL) Program. Based on a decree from the Directorate of Learning and Student Affairs No.

Athi' Nur Auliati Rahmah, a Physics Education student, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, UNY, is an Alumni of the Teaching Campus Program Batch 1 of 2021. Athi' has completed her service at SDN Guluk-Guluk II, Guluk-Guluk District, Sumenep Regency, Madura, East Java. Her experience in teaching in Madura provides inspiration on how to promote quality education in remote areas. Not surprisingly, Athi' was invited as a speaker at the Kampus Merdeka Roadshow Episode 1 with Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) Surabaya.