Yogyakarta, April 5th 2024─The Center for Digital Society (CfDS) Response discusses the phenomenon of the increase in students’ tuition fees (UKT) at various public and private universities and the emergence of the phenomenon of online student loans (pinjol) as an option for some students to pay UKT through CfDS Live Youtube on Friday (05/04). The discussion showed data from the CfDS team’s research that examined tweets through viral social media X about the increasing of UKT and pinjol which began on January 25, 2024 from the menfess account @itbfess. The tweet showed an online loan service brochure for UKT payments which received responses from various parties. read more

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, April 1st 2024─The blessed month of Ramadan is not complete without gathering and sharing. Jamah Muslim Fisipol (JMF) once again held a series of Ramadan in Fisipol (RDF) 2024 from March 25-28, 2024. Not only an annual event every Ramadan, RDF also presents togetherness in undergoing worship in the holy month with exciting and interesting activities.

“RDF is a routine event every Ramadan organized by JMF. One thing we know is that this event has been running in 2018, and until now it continues to run. The purpose of RDF is as an event for JMF to do dawah to the Fisipol community. JMF wants the residents of Fisipol to be more excited in welcoming and undergoing activities in the month of Ramadan with various exciting and interesting activities on the Fisipol campus,” said Aqil, as Chairperson of JMF. The entire academic community of Fisipol UGM also participated in a series of RDF events, ranging from studies, sharing free takjil, to the Ramadan Market. 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 27th 2024─Global Engagement Office (GEO) Fisipol UGM in collaboration with the University of Leeds held a workshop entitled Journal Publication Strategies Workshop for PhD Students and Early Career Researchers on Tuesday (26/3) in Room BA 204 Fisipol UGM. The speakers presented were Dr. Edward Newman and Dr. Owain Williams, lecturer at the School of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) University of Leeds. Attended by lecturers and researchers within the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences UGM, this event aims to increase success in the publication of international journal articles. read more

Yogyakarta, March 22nd 2024─Research Center of Politics and Government (PolGov) in collaboration with Obor Publishers and the Indonesia Initiative for Sustainable Mining (IISM) held a book discussion entitled “The Second Chance” on Friday (22/3) in the Big Data Lab Room (BA 401), BA Building Fl. 4, Fisipol, UGM. This event was attended by the book author, Rezki Syahrir Ph.D, lecturer from the Department of Politics and Government, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences UGM, Hasrul Hanif, Ph.D, as responder and moderated by PolGov researcher, Fitria Yuniarti. This discussion also invited researchers, experts, lecturers and students as a space for exchanging ideas and discussing issues regarding mining governance in Indonesia. 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

The Indonesian AID Scholarship (TIAS) is a grant program from the Indonesian Government that aims to support the achievement of SDGs targets, especially in the education sector. As a reflection of the spirit of the Asia-Africa Summit and South-South Cooperation, the Indonesian AID scholarship will develop the skills and expertise of future leaders from Indonesia’s partner countries. It acts as a soft diplomacy to strengthen cooperation and friendship among partner countries through the development of human resources between countries. The Indonesian AID Scholarship offers a scholarship program for associate’s, bachelor’s, professional, and master’s degrees for government officials and/or individuals who are recommended to work in the government sector under the grant policy regulations. 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