Six lecturers of the Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto (UMP) had the opportunity to take part in overseas training programs in America, England and Germany. These six lecturers successfully received scholarships in the “2022 Internship Program for Strengthening the Governance of Higher Education Institutions with Global Reputation Through Competency, Professional and Internship Certification in 2022 (Sertikom)” program organized by the Ministry of Education and Culture.
The six lecturers consist of the Dean of Health Sciences Faculty, Dr Umi Solikhah who will experience an internship in Leadership and Governance of an Excellent Higher Education at Strathclyde University, United Kingdom. Three other lecturers namely, dr. Arum Astika Sari, Kurniawan and Rully Annisa, will experience Herbal Medicine training at the University of Rhode Island, the United States. Meanwhile, Kurnia Dhanti and Susana Widyaningsih will go through apprenticeship and training in excellent learning techniques in vocational education (Vocational Pedagogical Training) at the TU Dresden Institute, Germany.
Dr Jebul Suroso appreciated the achievements of his lecturers. “They will become the ambassadors to introduce UMP to the world and international education,” he explained. They will get training from three different schemes that are very important to support the acceleration of the UMP’s intention to be an Excellent University with a Global Reputation. He also mentioned that besides six lecturers, there will be 10 other lecturers who also received Sertikom scholarships for the domestic scheme. So UMP has 16 lecturers who passed the scholarship.
The Expert Team of the Directorate General of Vocational Education, Ministry of Education and Culture, Dr Yektiningtyastuti said the lecturers who were selected to get the scholarships had gone through a rigorous selection process. A total of 194 Vocational Lecturers in public and private higher education institutions out of 4,000 participants who registered successfully passed the selection. Under the overseas scheme, the Sertikom awardees will experience programs at 13 universities and industries in four foreign countries, namely England, Germany, America and Singapore.
