Mataram, University of Mataram – Secretary of the Office of International Affairs of the University of Mataram (KUI Unram) and Lecturer at the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP Unram) Dr. Dewi Satria Elmiana, M. Pd. was chosen to be the only Indonesian representative who had the opportunity to take part in The University Leadership and Management Training Program (UNILEAD) at the University of Oldenburg, Germany which took place from January-September 2024 (22/3).

UNILEAD is a program organized by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Center for Lifelong Learning (C3L) at the University of Oldenburg. The program enables young leaders in higher education management at higher education institutions in developing and emerging countries to address challenges.

Dr. Elmiana brought a project that focuses on “Strategic Management on the Improvement of Higher Education Quality by Effective Inter-University Cooperation”. Dr. Elmiana explained that the UNILEAD program includes several stages consisting of proposal presentation and training in Germany, program implementation at Unram and reporting the final results in Germany in September.

“Through this UNILEAD activity I gained a lot of new knowledge and experience, especially about international strategy and strategic management related to the proposed project that I am currently working on,” said Dr. Elmiana.

UNILEAD covers several fields such as Project Management, Strategic Management & Academic Leadership and Human Resource Management. The program had 25 participants from 25 different countries across Southeast Asia; South America and Mexico; North and Sub-Saharan Africa; and the Middle East and North Africa.