In this issue of our newsletter we deliver stories with socio-economic impact from Indonesia and BINUS. We also discuss our efforts in applying international education to this cause. We talk about indigenous rice water management system in Bali, our graduate’s e-commerce startup bringing local farmers closer to fresh produce consumers, our search for attractive short courses that facilitate development of human resources with a global mindset, and our recent international activities that inspire sustainable innovations with cross-cultural background. In the later sections we share our other news.

Enjoy!

If you or your students come visit us, you must travel to Bali to see the indigenous cooperative water management systems of rice growing inspired by Balinese Hinduism. Balinese are effective rice producers thanks to their subaks founded on Tri Hita Karana principles of Balinese hinduism. Subak, cooperative water management system, originating in the 9th century...read more

Developed countries, Germany and Australia as examples, are enhancing efforts to educate their future human resources abroad so to hone skills in managing the growing interconnectedness. International students powerhome and host economies – both in terms of revenue they generate and the intercultural experience they enrich with. So, all higher education institutions want international students. Indonesian institutions do too...read more

On 12^th April 2016, BINUS INTERNATIONAL hosted the INDOPED ceremonial opening at the Joseph Wibowo Center in partnership with the European Union in its latest measure to expand the capacity of lecturers engaged in Indonesia’s higher education sector...read more

Cooking Journey is a cooking show by BINUS TV featuring people from diverse cultural backgrounds to share their passion and interest in food. In each episode, he/she prepares favorite dishes from home, or faces the challenge of cooking Indonesian food...read more

One aspect of BINUS internationalization strategy is to have all its students get international exposure, when not abroad, then at home. For this reason the university regularly organizes on-campus events for its local students aimed to build a global mindset. Over the last few months we had several engaging events – Game Jam!, a lecture by the Chief Media Designer of Beijing Olympics 2008, and our regular BINUS Festival...read more

Recently, BINUS held delegations from Japan, Australia and Seychelles to discuss cooperation opportunities in teaching, research and student exchange. With the delegation from Japan we discussed cultural links and shared strategic interests to be addressed in higher education. Next to student exchange we explored immersion programs and joint research opportunities with the Queensland delegation...read more

Taking place September 26-29 in Jakarta and Bandung, the 5^th UNESCO-APEID Meeting on Entrepreneurship Education hosted among other by BINUS UNVERSITY, will look at transforming entrepreneurs for sustainable businesses and job generation. More details and an invitation follow in a separate email.

President Forum will take place in the second half of October. We hope to discuss how higher education keeps apace with the rapidly shifting global environment. More details and an invitation follow in a separate email.

BINUS UNIVERSITY, Faculty of Food Technology Engineering, and the Indonesian Scientific Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics are organizing the 4^th International Symposium on Probiotics and Prebiotics from November 3-4, 2016...read more

BINUS CAREER internship program offers REAL working environment experience in well-acclaimed institutions of this flourishing Indonesian economy, with mentoring or supervision from our experienced faculty and transferable credit upon submission of the internship report. Placing over 1,000 local students every semester for an internship, BINUS CAREER provides links to a wide range of partners including NGOs, start-ups and MNCs, to ensure opportunities for all fields of study. BINUS internship solution engages students with a new culture while building an international network...read more

Please submit your lessons learned on the topic of entrepreneurship for our next issue by September 1, 2016.

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