With applications now open for ACICIS' 2017 Development Studies Professional Practicum (DSPP), here is a snapshot of the feedback and opinions provided by students who completed the Jakarta-based DSPP in January - February this year.
Five students on the ACICIS West Java Field Study Program (WJFS) at Universitas Parayangan (UNPAR) in Bandung (Semester 42/Feb 2016) completed their semester by giving their final presentations on their research topics. Read more about their presentations here.
In November-December 2016, ACICIS will launch its pilot iteration of the Public Health Study Tour (PHST), with support from the Australian Government’s New Colombo Plan (NCP). In order to deliver the pilot PHST, ACICIS is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from interested parties willing to be engaged in the role of PHST Tour Leader.
In order to establish and deliver the pilot Creative Arts & Design Professional Practicum (CADPP) program in 2017, ACICIS is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from interested parties willing to be engaged in the role of CADPP Program Officer (PO).
Each semester, ACICIS Yogyakarta organise field trips to ensure students make the most of their time in Indonesia. In Semester 42 (February-June 2016), ACICIS students visited Pantai Ngandong (Ngandong Beach) and Desa Wisata Kebon Agung (Kebon Agung Tourism Village).
ACICIS was delighted to attend the PerthUSAsia Centre’s annual ‘In The Zone’ event on Saturday 14 May 2016, in Jakarta. With a focus on food sustainability and resource sharing in the region, the ‘Feeding the Zone’ theme raised important questions on how Australia and Indonesia can work together to respond to [...]
By Theodore Craig-Piper (Sem 42/Feb 2016) Murdoch University Late this January I arrived in Jogja with little more than my clothes, vitamin pills and the few basic but crucial Indonesian phrases I had made myself learn before flying out from Perth. I carried with me at once both a burning [...]
By Ashleigh McFarland, BPP 2016 Griffith University Participating in the Business Professional Practicum program with ACICIS in Indonesia allowed me to travel to a new part of the world while getting professional experience, but also be accredited towards my degree. The adventure did a lot more than this though, I returned [...]
By Jordan Brown, BPP 2016 Monash University After spending four months in Yogyakarta as a part of the Development Studies Immersion Program (DSIP), I decided that signing up for another six weeks in Indonesia's hustlin' and bustlin' capital, Jakarta, as part of the Business Professional Practicum was a good enough excuse [...]
By Brooke Grebert-Craig, JPP 2016 Swinburne University For six weeks in Indonesia I completed my internship at DestinAsian which is a travel and lifestyle magazine that is distributed in the Asia-Pacific region. Initially I was extremely anxious about venturing into my first internship at an international magazine however I was comforted by [...]
The Australian Consortium for 'In-Country' Indonesian Studies (ACICIS) is a non-profit consortium of universities that develops and coordinates high quality, in-country study options in Indonesia.
ACICIS programs enhance the student’s educational experience, and produce graduates with the ability to understand the world from a global perspective.
