Human Resource Quality Improvement Institute (UPKM) of Faculty of Psychology Gadjah Mada held the fourth Post COVID Quality of Work Life Seminar Series online, on Saturday, August 29, 2020 at 10.00 – 11.30 AM trough Zoom Meeting. It was attended by 150 participants which are UGM students, alumni, public and partners. The event also broadcasted live from UPKM Psikologi UGM Youtube channel.
Promovendus Club (PC) Doctor of Psychological Science Program, Faculty of Psychology UGM held biweekly coloquioum (KDM) on Friday, August 28, 2020. The event was started at 09.30 AM to 11.30 AM via Zoom Meeting and attended by 120 participants.
Wednesday (26/8) Faculty of Psychology, Gadjah Mada University held IV period of 2019/2020 Academic Year graduation ceremony for undergraduate program online. There are 57 graduates, consist of 49 students from undergraduate psychology program and 8 students from international undergraduate program. They are attending the graduation ceremony accompanied by their parents.
Saturday, August 22, Faculty of Psychology UGM held online sharing session with alumni called Pengen Ngobrol. This event was a collaboration that organized by Faculty of Psychology and Office of Cooperation, International Affairs and Alumni (OCIA) Faculty of Psychology UGM, and already held for the second time.
The session was held at 1.00 – 3.00 PM and attended by 90 participants with Adelia Khrisna Putri, S.Psi., Msc, lecturer at Faculty of Psychology UGM, as the speaker.
During the session, Adelia delivered the main ideas in writing scientific journal, among them are the importance of writing it. Researcher need to write scientific journal to enhance their personal and professional capacity. Besides, writing and publish are the responsibility of the researcher. In addition, she also explain about general basic structure in scientific journal, from title, abstract, introduction and conclusion.
After that, the speaker discuss the topic further with participants in question and answer session.
At the end of the class, Dr. Arum Febriani, S.Psi., M.A. as the head of CLSD expressing her gratitude to all the speakers and participants who already contributing in the CLSD online classes series.
“Tips for Writing Popular Scientific Articles” was chosen in order to provide information and useful tips for students for writing popular scientific articles. “As a scientist, writing is one of the embodiment of dedication. Therefore, that is why writing popular scientific articles is considered to be important because it is one of the way to deliver research findings to society in light and interesting language” said the speaker.
After material session about writing popular scientific articles tips and how to write articles using the ABC perspective (Accurate, Brief, and Clear), the participants then asked to express their opinion about 3 articles that have been prepared by the speaker. The online class was closed with discussion and question and answer session.
Attended by 35 participants, this week session give the opportunity to Haidar Buldan Thontowi S.Psi, MA, Ph.D (Cand) who also a lecturer at Faculty of Psychology UGM to become the speaker. The topic called “The impact of counter-narratives on inclusive identity and reconciliation support in the context of anti-communist sentiment in Indonesia” which is the topic of his dissertation.
Haidar conveyed about the ideas and background of his research during the session. The study aimed to examine the historical events that occurred during 1965 in Indonesia and their relation to anti-communist sentiment in Indonesia. He also explain about concepts and definitions of narrative and counter-narrative as well as the relation to the topic of reconciliation, methods and conclusions from his research. A Lecturer who is also a Ph.D candidate from the University of St. Andrews Scotland said that “Political events in the past can have impact to our present life, meaning that our presence now are inseparable from the past”.
After deliver the material, he also discussing the topic with participant through Q & A session that guided by the moderator.
According to the Dean of the Faculty of Psychology UGM, Prof. Dr. Faturochman, M.A., the faculty have actuate optimal efforts in order to provide the best service for students. Starting from giving credit assistance, logistical assistance for students who need it and also reducing UKT for students who apply for it based in the terms and conditions that have been set.
On this occasion, representatives of postgraduate students conveyed the obstacles they faced based on the results of a survey conducted to 120 postgraduate students. The obstacles are constraints on tuition fees for students affected by COVID-19, administrative constraints for proposing to reduce the Single Tuition Fee (UKT) and academic obstacles such as access to campus services, conducting research, adapting online learning, and others.
Responding to the situation, Vice Dean for Finance, Assets and Human Resources, Dr. Yuli Fajar Susetyo, M.Sc., appealed to students who need UKT relief to apply immediately. Postgraduate programs will get maximum waiver of 25% from UKT. For students who take final assignments, the faculty applies 100% of UKT returns for students that will be able to graduate per October 16 and 50% for those who graduate per November 30.
For students who want to come to the faculty still have to wait patiently because there are limitation for students to come to the faculty. “According to the Chancellor’s Decree, students that allowed to visit campus are students that working on their final project and have uploading healthy recommendation letter for those who live in DIY, and uploading quick test results for students from outside DIY, on SIT (Integrated Information System), then they can adjusting their needs on campus”, said Rr. Zurida Ramawati, S.IP., M.Sc., Head of the Academic and Student Affairs Section of the Faculty of Psychology UGM.
The theme of the session is basic quantitative analysis for research in developmental psychology. Yopina Galih Pertiwi, S.Psi., M.A., Ph.D, one of the lecturer in Faculty of Psychology UGM had the opportunity to become speaker for this event. She mention that, the material aimed to refresh basic concept about quantitative research.
During the presentation, Yopina Galih Pertiwi, S.Psi., M.A., Ph.D briefly reviewing about the basic concept, type of the data and the rule of variable in quantitative research. She also highlight that in experimental, longitudinal and cross-sectional research within the scope of developmental psychology, quantitative analysis can play an important role. Furthermore, she also provide some examples of research in developmental psychology that using quantitative analysis. Also, the participant had the opportunity to do SPSS simulation, guided by the speaker and Q & A session.
The event took time at 1.00 – 3.00 PM via Zoom Meeting and attended by 130 participants, as well as The Head of CLSD, Dr. Arum Febriani, S.Psi., M.A.
This event was attended by 120 participants online, using Zoom media. Participants come from UGM and outside UGM, who are students and academics. According to Edilburga, there are three qualitative research paradigms, which are understanding; understand one’s perspective and interpretations, phenomenological; constructs of social phenomenon and dynamic; reality can change when there is a change in the perception.
In this session, Edilburga also explained further about the qualitative approach, including how to formulate research topics and questions, display techniques and data collection, to conduct good and correct qualitative research. The CLSD Online Class session was closed with a question and answer session with participants.