UNAIR NEWS听听鈥 The 鈥淪MART University鈥 platform was promoted by Prof.听Nasih for his second term of leadership at .听Prof.听Nasih was re-inaugurated as Rector for the 2020-2025 period by Prof Hatta Ali (Chairman of MWA) on Tuesday, June 16, 2020.
The program鈥檚 operation takes the form of SMART acronym, which consists of five key concepts: Smart education for all;听Meaningful Research and Community Services;听Advancing Innovation, Enterprising, and Industry Linkages;听听Responsive and Lean Management;听and听听Topping Up Tangible and Intangible Resource Utilization.
The first concept is听Smart education for all. It indicates the development of agile (adaptive) education and teaching, especially aimed at millennials facing technological developments.听The implementation is in optimizing the use of the latest technology for the needs of all campus life.
In this case, education and teaching will slightly change.听The curriculum will be reorganized to be more relevant and flexible according to future challenges.听One of them is reinforcing the Independent Campus program.听Furthermore, the听knowledge transfer听model will be enriched.听Vocational programs are strengthened.听An entrepreneurship center, business incubator, and teaching industry will also be developed.
Furthermore,听听Meaningful Research and Community Services听emphasized that research development and community services should refer to technology and humanities with a significant impact on SDGs (听Sustainable Development Goals) by encouraging research and community service that is more meaningful for life.听Research climate and capacity will be improved through听research groups, research centers, and collaborations.听Moreover, interdisciplinary research will be further encouraged through research mandate programs and research groups.
鈥淭here will be no more useless research.听Research and community development must be encouraged to give meaning and improve quality,鈥 said Prof. Nasih.
The next concept,听Advancing Innovation, Enterprising, and Industry Linkages, refers to developing an ecosystem for innovation-based economy.听In this case, it accelerates innovation which is not only physical but also social innovation.听One of the things that will be done is to facilitate patents, HAKI (Intellectual Property Rights), and brands.
Then, the concept of听听Responsive and Lean Management shows that university management is based on the principles of accountability, transparency, responsibility, independence, and fairness. It requires all academics to be responsive to various conditions and circumstances. It is realized in order to ensure the implementation of the Tridharma of Higher Education which is high-quality, effective, and efficient.
鈥淎ll work units, faculties, and university management must be responsive to various situations and conditions.听At the same time, they are responsible according to their respective functions,鈥 he said.
Lastly,听听Topping Up Tangible and Intangible Resource Utilization听refers to optimizing assets and resources for the benefit of implementing the Tridharma of Higher Education.听All UNAIR potentials are encouraged to support the pillars of education, research and community services.听(*)
Author: Feri Fenoria
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