The Department of Communication Sciences, Universitas Brawijaya, in collaboration with the University of Queensland Australia, is carrying out an activity entitled Inbound Students from the University of Queensland in the Peatly-6 program starting from 8-9 July 2024.
There are 18 students from this 40th ranked campus in the world who will study Indonesian culture. They will even learn Indonesian. This was seen on the first day of welcoming 18 students from Australia.
They were welcomed with the Malang Mask dance. More than welcomed, but the 18 students also practiced directly one of the archipelago’s typical dances. Laughter and cheerfulness were seen when they tried to imitate the movements of the dancers.
Head of UB Communication Sciences Department, Prof. Rachmat Kriyantono Ph.D, expressed his gratitude for the arrival of The University of Queensland students. His party wants to introduce the diversity that exists in Indonesia, especially in East Java.
“But of course, we also want to learn from Queensland students too,” he said.
Regarding this program, the first professor at UB in the field of public relations revealed that this is in line with the achievement of the targeted Main Performance Indicators, namely inbound students and the implementation of collaboration with QS 100 universities.
“Hopefully this program can further maintain cooperation between UB and UQ. As a means of cultural education for students at both universities,” he explained.
Meanwhile, a representative from the University of Queensland Australia, Associate Professor Elske van de Fliert expressed his gratitude because the collaboration between The University of Queensland Australia and UB Communication Sciences has continued for such a long time.
“In fact, we have encouraged Universitas Brawijaya to become the main partner with Queensland,” he explained.
Elske explained that in this inbound program, several students participated from various studies such as international relations, business, economics, social sciences, public health and several other studies.
“We want to focus on sustainable development and gender equality. Apart from Malang, we will also visit East Lombok. There we will go to Bappeda and the community to study sustainable development,” he explained.
On the first day of this inbound program, the 18 UQ students also learned Indonesian language, especially rhymes. Several explanations about rhymes, such as the history of rhymes, then the rhyme and examples of rhymes are explained in this material. (*/OKY/UB PR/ Trans. Iir)
