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News of Graduate Program of University of Islam Malang (UNISMA)

Online Learning to the Next Normal

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), in his address at the opening of the Indonesian Rector Forum Conference on Saturday (4/7), noted that online learning which had previously been adopted at an extremely slow pace has now advanced with remarkable speed. Online lectures have become the new normal, and are now poised to become the next normal, […]

Corruption: A Grave Desecration of the Rule of Law

A while ago, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested the Regent of East Kutai along with his wife, as well as the Chairman of the Regional Legislative Council. All have been named as suspects. The arrests dealt a stinging blow to Indonesia’s standing as a rule-of-law state. Why is it that those already sufficiently remunerated […]

Crisis Management in the New Normal: How Organisations Can Navigate and Recover

President Jokowi, speaking at the plenary cabinet session on Thursday (18/6/2020), acknowledged that the impact of COVID-19 has reverberated across virtually every economic sector, with the potential to trigger a full-scale crisis. He urged ministers not to treat the current situation as business as usual, stressing that the same sense of urgency and the same […]

Synergy, Transformation, and Innovation: The Path to Indonesia’s Economic Recovery

COVID-19 pandemic has precipitated a sharp decline in the global economy. Numerous countries have resorted to lockdown policies, confining their populations within national borders. These lockdowns, which can extend for months at a time, have severely restricted billions of people from engaging in economic activity. Bank Indonesia has projected that economic growth in 2020 will […]

Abdullah Arif Mukhlas Defends Dissertation in Open Doctoral Promotion at UNISMA

Abdullah Arif Mukhlas, Lc., M.HI., successfully defended his dissertation during his doctoral promotion on Tuesday, 30 June 2019, at Abu Bakar As-Shiddiq Building, 4th Floor. The open doctoral promotion, also known as an open examination, featured the presentation of a dissertation titled “Multicultural Islamic Religious Education in Social Interactions of Laban Community.” The session was […]

Budikdamber: UNISMA’s Innovative Solution to Food Security Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

On Saturday (27/06), Universitas Islam Malang held an extension and mentoring program centred on food security. One of its flagship innovations is known as budikdamber, a portmanteau of budidaya ikan dalam ember (fish cultivation in a bucket). The program, attended by university leadership and members of surrounding community, was held under the title “Fish Cultivation […]