(Feb News) yesterday (18/05/2023), Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Airlangga by collaborating with the National University of Singapore (NUS) held a lecture session delivered by Prof. Dr. Ni Nyoman Tri Puspaningsih, M.Sc - Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation, and Community Development Universitas Airlangga, with Bpk. Novrys Suhardianto, SE., MSA., AK., Ph.D., CA. as a moderator. In the lecture session, Prof. Nyoman brought interactive learning with the theme "Roles of Academic and Education Community in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)".
To build an interactive atmosphere, Prof. Nyoman opened the session by asking Nus students regarding their view of Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs. After one of the audiences expressed his aspirations, did not forget Prof. Nyoman gave appreciation in the form of applause while explaining in more detail about this.
Surprisingly, Prof. Nyoman then stated that there would be a transition from SDGs, because all countries had understood and estimated to reach 17 Goals in 2030, becoming a World Megatrend Phase which will take place in 2030-2045, to coincide with the Indonesia Golden Age. He also alluded to the need for support for the Circular Economy in welcoming the phase, namely the sustainable zero waste -based economic principle. Prof. Nyoman also strongly emphasized that in achieving this, it is very necessary to contribute from young people as the agent of change, so that the character quality of young people must be of high quality.
One way to improve the overall character quality is through adequate and high-quality education, which is always cultivated by Universitas Airlangga to its students. Therefore, Prof. Nyoman highlighted the three pillars of Universitas Airlangga in improving the quality of student resources, namely from teaching and learning activities, research, and community service. With the achievement of the three pillars, the character quality improvement of students will also be more optimal. Thus, the role of education is fulfilled in welcoming the achievement of SDGs.
At the end of the material delivery session, Prof. Nyoman also stated a commitment to improve the performance of research and community service from Universitas Airlangga to the whole community, both local and international, as well as other achievements that could accelerate the realization of SDGs.
Lecture Session which has been held with 34 NUS students also supports the achievement of SDGs 17, namely Partnership for the Goals, because it accommodates the occurrence of cross-sectoral dialogue with interactive discussion topics related to SDGs from different community perspectives. Through this activity, it is hoped that the two universities can obtain wider insight related to the role of education in achieving SDGs and can return to collaborate again in the future.