Yogyakarta, April 2nd 2024—The Ajisaka Festival 2024 was again successfully held on 23-24 March 2024. This annual competition for national students throughout Indonesia, organized by the Department of Communication Sciences, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (Fisipol) UGM, raises environmental issues as a main theme. Were 392 participants recorded as members of 151 teams from 38 national universities.

Entering a decade, the 2024 UGM Ajisaka Festival has the theme “Samarthya Bhumi” which means the earth and its strength. In the last 10 years, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) report states that the earth’s temperature has experienced a significant increase in temperature of 1.02 degrees Celsius. Various experts also stated that this increase was caused by many factors, especially climate change. The trigger also comes from various human activities which tend to trap carbon gas in the atmosphere. The impact of rising earth temperatures also threatens the habitats of humans, animals and plants. This issue was deliberately raised to illustrate how the world of communication can become a medium for raising issues that society does not pay enough attention to. read more

Yogyakarta, March 28th 2024—Ahead of the Regional Head Election (Pilkada) in August 2024, both the public and political parties are once again preparing to make their choices. Election Corner Forum, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (Fisipol) UGM directly invited party representatives of the Partai Solidaritas Indonesia, Partai Gerindra, Partai Keadilan Sejahtera, and Partai Golkar on Monday (25/3) to see how far political parties have prepared for the 2024 regional elections.

“This event was held thanks to the collaboration between the DPP UGM and Tribun Jogja, where we together designed that this event was not only limited to academic needs. However, there is a need for an advocacy nature. How can the educated middle class contribute to maximizing its central role in realizing elections with integrity and dignity,” said Alfath Bagus Panuntun, Lecturer at the Department of Politics and Government, as well as the UGM Election Corner Team. read more

Yogyakarta, March 22nd 2024—President Joko Widodo has just officially released Presidential Regulation of the Republic of Indonesia No. 32 of 2024 concerning the Responsibility of Digital Platforms to Support Quality Journalism on February 20th, 2024. This regulation was issued because conventional media began to be swayed by the massive development of the digital world. Quality journalism is a channel of good information to the public, but unfortunately, the public’s interest in digital media is greater because of the speed and ease of access it offers. read more

Yogyakarta, March 21st 2024—Technological development and progress is something that cannot be avoided. On the one hand, sophisticated and modern technology provides various conveniences in all aspects of human life. But on the other hand, the resulting gap causes the phenomenon of “dehumanization”. This opinion is stated in the book “Proliferation of Critical Social Thought: Understanding Emancipation, Rejecting Dehumanization” which was thoroughly discussed in the book review of the Department of Sociology on Thursday (21/3). read more

Yogyakarta, March 13th 2024─Referring to the memorandum of cooperation with PT Permodalan Nasional Madani (PNM), the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences of Universitas Gadjah Mada (FISIPOL UGM) held a Kick Off and Socialization of the Use of Learn Management System (LMS) FOCUS UGM online on Wednesday (13/3). This socialization was held as an effort to provide an understanding of the use and e-learning materials on the UGM FOCUS LMS.

The initiation of this collaboration was originally based on PNM mission to support the smooth work of its employees through the provision of e-learning materials. read more

Mataram, March 5th 2024─Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) established initial collaboration with Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara through a visit on Monday (5/3) in UIN Mataram meeting room. During the visit, the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences UGM presented Prof. Dr. Suharko (Chair of the UGM Faculty of Social and Political Sciences Senate), Dr. Nurhadi Susanto (Deputy Dean for Finance, Assets and Human Resources), representatives of each department head, department secretary, head of administrative office, field coordinator and secretariat team. Meanwhile, a visit was received from UIN Mataram by Vice Chancellor 3, namely Prof. Dr. Subhan Acim, MA, Prof. M.S Udin, M.Ag (Chairman of the UIN Mataram Senate), Dr. Saleh Ending, M.Si (Dean of the Faculty of Da’wah and Communication Sciences), Prof. Dr. Winengan, M.Si (Chair of LPM UIN Mataram), and Head of Student Affairs Head of LPM UIN Mataram, Dr. Agus, M.Sc. read more

Mataram, March 5th 2024─Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (Fisipol) of Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) established an initial collaboration with State Islamic University (UIN) Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara through a visit on Monday (5/3) at UIN Mataram Meeting Room. During the visit, Fisipol UGM presented Prof. Dr. Suharko (Chairman of the Senate of Fisipol UGM), Dr. Nurhadi Susanto (Vice Dean for Finance, Assets, and Human Resources), to each representative of the department chairman, department secretary, head of administrative office, field coordinator and secretariat team. Meanwhile, the visit was attended by the Vice Rector 3 of UIN Mataram, Prof. Dr. Subhan Acim, MA, Prof. M.S Udin, M.Ag (Chairman of the UIN Mataram Senate), Dr. Saleh Ending, M.Si (Dean of the Faculty of Da’wah and Communication Sciences), Prof. Dr. Winengan, M.Si (Chairman of LPM UIN Mataram), and Head of Student Affairs of LPM UIN Mataram, Dr. Agus, M.Si. read more

Yogyakarta, February 29th 2024─TVR Indonesia Parliament held a campus talent selection at the Department of Communication Sciences (DIKOM) Fisipol UGM on Thursday (29/2). This program is a form of parliamentary media collaboration with Gadjah Mada University. From 29 February-1 March 2024, TVR Parliament will recruit five young campus talents who will have the opportunity to become news anchors for TVR Parliament.

“The cooperation between Fisipol UGM and parliament has been around for a long time. This is a very important event, and it started a few months ago when friends from TVR Parliament came to work with us. I think parliament needs to be socialized to the public. So far, if there is something good in parliament, it is difficult to report it. But if there is something bad, it will be reported everywhere,” said the Head of the Departement of Communication Sciences Fisipol UGM, Nyarwi Ahmad, S.I.P., M.Si., Ph.D. read more

Yogyakarta, 23 February 2024—To support the empowerment and development of workforce competency, the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences UGM together with the Lembaga Pelatihan Kerja (LPK) Global Education Talent Incubator (GeTI) held “Industrial Certification and Assistance for Young Entrepreneurs” on Friday (23 /2). The program is technical guidance from training held by GeTI and has been attended by dozens of students and lecturers from various faculties at UGM.

“I would like to thank UGM for supporting this event. This is not just just training and exams. Basically, the process is like that, but the big goal is that we want to invite all of our friends to enter an era where the stages of becoming an industry player are getting faster. To become an entrepreneur, from small to large, it is all in our hands,” explained Divera Wicaksono, Academic, Incubation, & Business Director of GeTI. read more

Yogyakarta, February 23rd 2024─In order to support the empowerment and competency development of the workforce, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences UGM together with Global Edukasi Talenta Incubator (GeTI) held “Certification and Industry Assistance for Young Entrepreneurs” on Friday (23/2). The program is a technical guidance from the training held by GeTI and has been attended by dozens of students and lecturers from various faculties at UGM.

“I would like to thank UGM for supporting this event. This is not just training and exams. Basically the process is like that, but the big goal is that we want to invite all of you to enter an era where the stages that become industry players are accelerating. To become an entrepreneur, from small to big, it’s all in our hands,” said Divera Wicaksono, as GeTI’s Academic, Incubation, & Business Director. read more