Indonesian students arrive at UL for bridging programme

In November 2022, 19 academics from universities across Indonesia arrived in UL to undertake a two month bridging programme, funded by the Indonesian Ministry of Education. The programme was jointly designed and delivered by UL academics in GPS, TESOL/Linguistics and the ULLC and involved upskilling in general and academic English, research skills development, intercultural training, the development of a PhD proposal and the matching of the students with potential supervisors. On their return to Indonesia, the group applied for government funded scholarships for PhD study in relation to their proposed research projects and all were successful, with 10 of the group opting to return to UL to start their PhD research in September 2022. Of these, 7 will be entering AHSS - 2 in Politics, 1 in EIC and 4 in TESOL/Linguistics. The 7 due to start PhD  research in AHSS will be entering the ISPhD programme. This will be the second cohort into this programme which was set up originally for PhD applicants from Algeria in 2019. This is a significant development for UL and AHSS in terms of our links with Indonesia as a strategically important market and it offers a stable, new income stream for AHSS for the next four years, as well as many further possibilities for collaboration.  

With a view to building on the new partnerships UL/AHSS is building with universities in Indonesia, in early July 2022 Dr. Angela Farrell, ADI-AHSS, and Michelle Daley, Associate teacher in  TESOL/Linguistics visited the country and met with representatives from nine institutions, as well as with former PhD and MA students.  One of these is Rizki Amalia who is joining us from UPNVJ (Universitas Pembangunan National Veteran Jakarta)) .  On the back of this visit to UPNVJ, vice rectors Dr. Prasetyo Hadi and Dr. Ria Maria Theresa from UPNVJ will be visiting UL in September  and will meet with representatives from UL Global, the various faculties and Provost Professor Shane KIlcommins to discuss further collaboration between our two institutions  going forward. .

We are delighted to welcome back our Indonesian Bridging Programme students to UL and look forward to supporting them on their PhD journey over the next four years.