Institutional Readiness Research Articles

SCIENCE DIPLOMACY IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIO-CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION

The article is devoted to the problem of development of scientific diplomacy of educational institutions by means of creative cooperation. The main task of scientific diplomacy to form the image of the educational institution and interpersonal relations of all participants in the educational process is substantiated. Attention is paid to the communicative activity as a phenomenon of scientific creativity; the theoretical content of the concepts of "diplomacy", "communicative culture", "educational diplomacy" is considered; diagnostics of the readiness of educational institutions for the development of educational and scientific diplomacy is carried out. The conducted analysis of the essence of pedagogical interaction in an educational institution allows us to conclude that the concept of "educational diplomacy" is a rather complex and multifaceted concept that is used in various spheres of human activity, covers a large number of objects and phenomena, as it is manifested in the educational process, personal interaction, technological processes, communications, etc. The article also pays attention to the development of science diplomacy, peculiarities of its implementation and influence on the generation of international initiatives in the globalized world. Using a comparative methodology, the approaches to understanding science diplomacy in domestic and foreign discourse are analyzed, taking into account the existing practice of its application. It is established that science diplomacy, as a type of public diplomacy, serves as a means of promoting and protecting the national interests of the state, and also plays a regulatory role in a complex system of international interaction. At the same time, science diplomacy can serve to solve specific foreign policy tasks of regional importance – first of all with neighboring countries in the fields of ecology, forecasting and elimination of the consequences of natural and man-made disasters, mining and rational use of marine natural resources, in the social and humanitarian sphere. The availability of permanent and sufficient funding for bilateral scientific projects on such topics, especially with neighboring countries, can actually be a manifestation of scientific diplomacy for establishing good international relations. Developing the institution of science diplomacy, it is extremely important to maintain a balance of interaction between scientific and political components, to prevent the use of political tools in the scientific sphere. It is also extremely important that scientific and diplomatic goals remain transparent to avoid manipulation of science for political purposes and to prevent politicization of science. The results of the study give grounds to assert that the development of educational diplomacy is a priority area of personal development and professional development of scientists and teachers of educational institutions, based on psychological and pedagogical theory and practice and focused on subject-subject relations in work. This direction is consistently implemented in the process of studying in the system of postgraduate pedagogical education by acquiring the necessary competencies, gradual improvement of communicative qualities and accumulation of experience in communicative interaction.

Financial Institutions Readiness Towards Cryptocurrency Adoption: A Case of Banks in Tanzania

This study assessed readiness of Tanzania’s financial institutions towards adoption of cryptocurrency. Specific objectives included assessing the attitudes of bank staff on cryptocurrency, determining current readiness level of Tanzania’s banks towards adoption of cryptocurrency and examining the relationship between staff attitude and adoption readiness. The study used a mixed-method research design. Purposive and simple random sampling strategies were deployed for selecting 195 participants from both public and private banks located in Dar es Salaam. Data were collected by using structured questionnaires and semi-structured interviews and analyzed through descriptive statistics and content analysis techniques. Findings of the study revealed that staff had negative and positive attitude on perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use of cryptocurrency, respectively. Moreover, overall cryptocurrency adoption readiness was found at low level and, a weak positive significant correlation was found between attitude and adoption readiness. It was concluded in this study that a bank sector is not ready to adopt cryptocurrency. From the findings it was recommended among others that Tanzania’s banks should start to provide trainings on cryptocurrency to staff and, policy and regulations should be formulated to support cryptocurrency usage in the country.

Demand-supply Mismatch in TVET Academic Programmes: What Is It and What Should It Be?

Over the years, public and private higher education institutions in Malaysia haveconsistently produced many graduates. However, the employment rate among local fresh graduates remains low. Therefore, this study aims to clarify the demand-supply mismatch of the programmes offered by Malaysian Polytechnic Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) based on the perspectives of the employers, top management, lecturers, and students. This study adopted a semi-structured interview as the data collection method and utilised a purposive sampling method in approaching the respondents. This study conducted a thematic analysis using the ATLAS.ti 9 software. The findings of this study relating to the demand-supply mismatch can be classified into three, which are: i) the mismatch between industry demand and TVET programme supply; ii) the mismatch between student demand and TVET programme supply; and iii) the mismatch between institution readiness and TVET programme supply. Following these findings, this study proposed a realignment of the TVET programme by taking into consideration all stakeholders’ necessities. As a result, the demand-supply will be balanced, thus increasing the employability of the local graduates. It is beneficial for future research to employ an appropriate framework of alignment when examining TVET academic programmes, taking into account the needs of all stakeholders to guarantee that TVET programmes remain relevant.

Assessment of Island Wide Distribution and Requirement of Biomedical Equipment for COVID-19 Case Management in Government Hospitals of Sri Lanka

According to the World Health Organization, the critically ill patients of SARS-CoV-2 require mechanical ventilation as the virus (henceforth referred to as COVID-19), through a variety of mechanisms, disrupt the capacity for oxygenation of the infected. The availability of Oxygen for patients through mechanical means is thus an essential means of treatment, required for the effective management of COVID 19. Ergo, it is understood that all the COVID 19 treatment centers should equipped with pulse oxygen meters and a functioning oxygen supply system including single use oxygen delivery interfaces. In the Sri Lankan context however, the correct number of the available equipment list was not available in the databases of Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka. It is understood that the availability of a database of essential equipment is essential as it allows policy makers to make effective decisions and prescribe actions by assessing the readiness of medical institutions in facing the pandemic. As such, the aforementioned Ministry and the Deputy Director General Medical (DDG) MS 1) collected information on essential medical equipment in each relevant institute through a web-based system. The objective of this assessment was to collect information of medical equipment related to the efficient and effective management of COVID 19 patients of Government Hospitals. This assessment collected data only from the State of Sri Lanka, and as such, the subsequent terms Ministry of Health and Government Hospitals refer to the Ministry of Health Sri Lanka, and Government Hospitals in Sri Lanka, unless stated otherwise.

University Teachers’ Change Readiness to Implement Education for Sustainable Development through Participation in a PBL-Based PD Program

This study investigated university teachers’ perspectives on their change readiness to implement education for sustainable development (ESD) through their participation in a problem-based learning (PBL) pedagogical development (PD) program. Theoretically, the study connected a systems-thinking approach to change readiness literature and proposed a four-dimensional conceptual framework, including intrapersonal, relational, and environmental dimensions. Q methodology was adopted to collect and analyze data both qualitatively and quantitatively. Four significantly different viewpoints emerged among the 25 participants regarding what they considered most important for their change readiness towards ESD, namely (1) improvement of teaching and learning performance, (2) personal learning and conviction, (3) applying PD learning to practice, and (4) student learning engagement and professional practice. Revealing a complex and interrelated connection between the four dimensions of change readiness, these results also observed university teachers’ expression of learning gains and engagement in prospective change. Nevertheless, such change readiness was mainly within their micro teaching practice environment, with little anticipation of commitment to a wider institutional scale of change. Such restrictions on their change readiness were attributed to constrained institutional conditions and supports for long-term improvement. Results of the study suggested that it is essential to facilitate both individual awareness and efforts, as well as institutional readiness for the goal of implementing ESD in higher education (HE). In this regard, both systemic and systematic professional learning activities are recommended.

THE ROLE OF ACMEOLOGICAL APPROACH IN THE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF FUTURE FOREIGN LANGUAGES TEACHERS IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION

The article analyzes the role of the acmeological approach in the future foreign language teacher training by investigating the main aspects that are as follows: study of the future FL teachers’ personal qualities and abilities, methods of raising their motivation and developing learner autonomy, opportunities for carrying out scientific research and studying the level of higher education institutions readiness to improve the quality of education. It was determined that the development of personal qualities and abilities, as well as the formation of professional competencies, is carried out as a consequence of the acmeological approach, which is integrated into the content of the educational program disciplines compiled for future teachers of foreign languages (English and German). The impact of various motivation types on the acmeological development of future foreign language teachers is clarified and intrinsic motivation is defined as the one that has the greatest stimulus to study. An overview of the possibilities for involving higher education students in research activities was carried out, as a result of which it was recommended to involve future teachers of foreign languages more widely in the realization of their scientific potential. A review of the readiness level of higher education institutions to improve the quality of teacher training has shown that there are positive changes that contribute to the effective process of education, but some recommendations have been identified that will intensively contribute to this process.
 Keywords: acmeological approach; future foreign languages teacher training; German language; English language; educational program; institutions of higher education; professional competencies; the content of education; motivation; self-development.

Higher education and the new normal: implications for sustainable post covid-19 era in Nigerian tertiary institutions

This study assessed readiness of Nigerian Tertiary institutions towards adopting e-learning education as a new normal post COVID-19, identified e-learning packages available for use in the institutions before and during the COVID-19 Lockdown using the E-Learning Survey for Academic Staff and Students of Nigerian Tertiary Institutions (ELSASSoNTI). This research adopted an online survey using a quantitative method of data collection. A structured Google Form questionnaire was shared with academic staff and students of public and private tertiary institutions in Nigeria via different online platforms. Population comprised all academic staff and students of South-East Nigerian Tertiary Institutions. A sample size of 615 academic staff and students responded to the instrument. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results revealed that: tertiary institutions in Nigeria are to a larger extent not ready for the adoption of e-learning education approaches as teaching-learning alternative during emergencies. Majority of tertiary institutions except private universities did not adopt any e-learning platform for use before and during the COVID-19 lockdown. There is lack of basic resources, logistics, and inadequate capacity for the effective adoption and implementation of e-learning within Nigerian tertiary institutions. The study thus recommends, among other things; provision of facilities needed for smooth transition to the new normal, training programs to improve the confidence of academic staff and students in using e-learning platforms. These would improve their e-learning readiness, overcome the usual disruption of school activities during emergencies and ensure a sustainable post Covid-19 era in the higher education sector.

Online Learning Experience During Covid-19 Pandemic: Higher Education Students Satisfaction and Expectation

The absence of instructors with online learning expertise, the information technology infrastructure, and the readiness of higher education institutions to support online learning were all obstacles to the deployment and success of online learning for students during the Covid-19 pandemic. This research examined student satisfaction with online learning in higher education institutions and explored students' goals for raising the standard of online education. According to 1,845 respondents from 8 provinces, 19 cities, and 62 higher education institutions, students in Sumatera Island in Indonesia were generally satisfied with online learning despite a lack of infrastructure. This study revealed that the areas students wanted higher education institutions to concentrate on to improve the online learning system were the lecturer, the teaching materials, and the internet quota. A descriptive quantitative research design was used by delivering an online survey to students who participated in online learning during the 2020–2021 academic year. The primary beneficiaries of this research were anticipated to be those involved in creating online learning models in the future.

Анализ состояния цифрового пространства организаций мелиоративной отрасли АПК РФ

The article analyzes the current state and features of information space of subordinate firms of the reclamation industry in the agro-industrial complex of the Russian Federation. The legal framework and the system of indicators characterizing the information space and the readiness of the industry for the processes of digital transformation are defined. The results obtained made it possible to identify indicators of digital transformation of land reclamation for 2020 in the context of the federal districts of the Russian Federation. In the process of scientific and practical analysis, the features of information and technological security of subordinate affiliates were suggested. In particular, the article analyses the availability of equipment of industrial firms with operating systems, office programs, electronic reference systems and software that effectively implement and manage the processes of digital transformation in the reclamation of the agro-industrial complex of the Russian Federation. The purpose of the study was to identify the features of the information space of the reclamation industry. This, in turn, will allow us not only to identify the most successful indicators and directions of digitalization of the industrial space of the Russian Federation, but also to show problems and risks that hinder the achievement of the goals of development of a single digital space of the agro-industrial complex of the Russian Federation. The following research methods were used: theoretical and logical method, method of system analysis and situational analysis, statistical methods of processing and generalization of research results. The results of the study are as follows. Based on a systematic analysis of the modern information space of the reclamation industry, the most important sectoral indicators of the readiness of subordinate institutions for digital transformation were identified. The conclusions drawn made it possible to identify and assess the features of the digital space of the territorial structure of the reclamation industry, to describe the features of information space of affiliates of the reclamation industry of the Russian Federation.

The Advanced Therapies Treatment Centers and Their Network: A Model for the Accelerated Adoption of Advanced Therapies.

Emerging advanced therapies that include cell and gene therapies and tissue-engineered products offer substantial therapeutic benefits. They also present challenges for health services in their modes of delivery to patients. Funding was made available in the United Kingdom to establish three advanced therapies treatment centers and a network to coordinate their activities, supported by the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult. The aim of this initiative was to grow the advanced therapies sector in the United Kingdom by enhancing access to the National Health Service for patients and industry through close collaboration between advanced therapy companies and publicly funded services and regulators. In this study, we describe the initiative's antecedents, its collaborative structures and management, and its activities. A guiding concept in shaping and assessing progress has been the idea of <i>institutional readiness</i>, an idea developed in the context of social sciences that defines and so can measure movement toward an organization's full competence in delivering new technologies and approaches. We also report the initiative's outcomes and impacts as assessed by ourselves and by third parties. As the initiative has progressed, it has excited increasing interest from advanced therapy companies who were not aware of or engaged in it at the outset and from health care systems that wished to learn from its practices. It is to further that end that we present our study.

Disruptive Factors in Implementing Outcome-Based Education Curriculum at Tertiary Business Education: A Focus on Institutional Readiness

Higher education in Bangladesh has undergone a rigorous transformation from traditional teacher-centred education into a student-centred outcome-based educational system. Implementing an outcome-based education curriculum at the tertiary level is a great challenge in Bangladesh. This study aims to determine the impact of key disruptive factors on institutional readiness to adopt the OBE curriculum at the tertiary level of business education in Bangladesh with reference to the OBE curriculum policies of the Bangladesh accreditation council. A quantitative study was conducted to investigate the research objective. Quantitative data were collected by distributing questionnaires to the sampled faculty members from different private universities in Bangladesh. A closed-ended questionnaire was used to obtain respondents’ views on the impact of the OBE curriculum structure and design, institutional factors, and faculty members’ personal factors on the university’s readiness to adopt the OBE curriculum. Pearson’s correlation and multiple regression analyses were performed to evaluate the impact of disruptive factors in implementing the OBE curriculum on institutional readiness. The OBE curriculum structure, design factors, and faculty members’ personal factors were significantly related to institutional readiness to adopt the OBE curriculum. However, institutional factors have opposite signs. Although the authors identified key challenges in implementing the OBE curriculum in Bangladesh, institutional factors need to be investigated in the future. This study was conducted on a limited sample of 120 business faculty teachers; hence, the results may not be equally significant in other faculties/disciplines. The findings of this study have demonstrated that institutional readiness to adopt the OBE curriculum successfully requires continued development in the field of OBE curriculum structure and design, as well as faculty members’ personal factors.

Zberezhennia i zakhyst tradytsiinykh simeinykh tsinnostei yak forma sotsialnoho sluzhinnia tserkov i konfesii Ukrainy

The article is devoted to the study of the phenomenon of social service of churches and confessions of Ukraine in the field of preservation and protection of traditional family values. It is noted that today, despite the ingrained understanding of the value of the family institution, respect for family values, trends of its systemic crisis are actually being observed in society. Churches and confessions of our country can have and currently demonstrate significant potential in overcoming such a crisis, taking into account the important spiritual influence on a significant part of society. It is established that in the Ukrainian context inter-religious interaction is carried out in this field, the state-religious partnership is fruitful. Examples of successful interfaith initiatives that had nationwide resonance are given. Aspects of state-confessional interaction are shown. Emphasis is placed on the active, personalized participation of churches and confessions of Ukraine in processes aimed at preserving and protecting the family, popularizing family values, and their institutional readiness for such activities. It is noted that the confessional initiatives are structured, have acquired clear organizational forms, and a variety of manifestations. Examples of successful formats for the implementation of social services aimed at preventing destructive challenges that can negatively affect marital and family relations, as well as formats designed to minimize, weaken, and eliminate already existing problems in family life, are given. It is about starting information resources, publishing manuals, creating specialized educational institutions; spiritual conferences, forums, symposia, festivals, marches; schools, family recreation camps, family picnics, quests, clubs, competitions; trainings, crisis counselling, thematic lectures, special training for cult ministers; organization of shelters, social centres, etc. It is determined that in Ukrainian society, the opinion about the social service of churches and confessions is established as an important component of the moral improvement of the institution of the family. It is found out that the social service of religious communities has great prospects for further approval and implementation, in particular in the aspect of helping to overcome post-traumatic syndrome and rehabilitation of the families of participants in the Russian-Ukrainian war; work with families who lost husbands/wives/children as a result of Russia's armed aggression; development of service among migrant families; consolidation of efforts to influence the development of comprehensive state policy, especially regarding migration; assistance in the rehabilitation of family members with various types of addictions; further involvement in popularizing traditional family values.

Digitalization approach in education based on applying the network readiness index as the universal metric

Purpose. To achieve an integrated approach to assess the readiness of a higher educational institution for digital transformation in the form of a multi-criteria analysis of the university activities and development. Methodology. The approach of educational institutions rating assessment, based on a hierarchical criterion, called the Index of Information and Communication Technologies Development (hereinafter ICT Index) is proposed in the work. The approach is considered to be an analogy of the Networked Readiness Index developed by the Information Technology Group at Harvard Universitys Center. Findings. It is proposed to follow the approach of the ICT Index calculating as a universal metric for the digital transformation level assessment of educational institutions based on the Networked Readiness Index, namely to adopt abstract categories of top-level criteria and to average the values of hierarchical nesting. Originality. The approach originality consists in the weight coefficients input at any level of the hierarchy. In addition, the approach provides a flexible choice of the Index resulting scale for the most understandable interpretation of the results, as well as the universal mathematical apparatus development for Index calculating. The proposed mathematical apparatus can be easily modified for any specificity of an educational institution and its criteria. Practical value. The use of the ICT Index for all educational institutions in Kazakhstan will solve the problems of automating processes to ensure training and expanding the technological capabilities of educational institutions for modifying the forms of education at the state level by bringing the assessment indicators of all objects to a single scale.

Determinants of the Export Efficiency of Vietnam’s Textiles and Garments to EU Countries – A Stochastic Frontier Gravity Approach

While free trade agreements (FTAs) can provide access to new markets, it is not automatic that producers of home countries can export to the maximum level that can be predicted by market size and level of trade liberalization. Hence, it is necessary to know the level of export efficiency and its determinants if countries want to maximize the benefits of their global integration efforts. Textiles and garments are important exports and growth drivers of Vietnam, but their export efficiency has not been studied before. This paper aims to bridge this gap in the literature by estimating the export efficiency of Vietnam's textile and garment exports to 28 EU countries and identifying its determinants, which are both behind and beyond the borders. This paper uses a panel data of Vietnam’s textile and garment exports to 28 EU countries over the period from 2007–2019 and a stochastic frontier gravity model (SFGM) with the one-step estimation method for empirical analysis. Its findings suggest that the efficiency of Vietnam’s textile and garment exports to EU countries is relatively low but it increases over the period of study. Regarding determinants of efficiency, the paper found that infrastructure, technology readiness, and quality of institutions have significant impacts on the efficiency to various degrees and at different significance levels.

A study into Georgian universities’ approach to the national standards of quality for teaching and learning

ABSTRACT This paper reports on a study conducted in Georgia on the issues of the university sector to implement new strategic principles and standards devised by the National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement (NCEQE) for learning and teaching in higher education. This paper specifically considers the government’s institutional relations concerning the quality of teaching and learning. This is done by borrowing the conceptual framing of the governance relationship of Government and institution provided by Principle Agency (PA) theory. The paper presents the results of the survey and follow-up interviews and concludes that institutions differ in approach, embracing both symbolic compliance and professional pragmatism in regard to the accreditation requirements. A discussion follows, embracing a principle agency interpretation of what the results might mean in practical and policy terms for governance and the development of the sector. It is accepted that learning and teaching is a challenging space for nearly all universities across the world but the Georgia example highlights the dynamics of change within the context of a post-Soviet country and the emerging practical problems this legacy creates. The research identifies some of these tensions between national systems and institutional readiness. The paper closes by offering recommendations for improvement.

Development of the Cooperative Adoption Factors Instrument to measure factors associated with instructional practice in the context of institutional change

BackgroundMany institutional and departmentally focused change efforts have sought to improve teaching in STEM through the promotion of evidence-based instructional practices (EBIPs). Even with these efforts, EBIPs have not become the predominant mode of teaching in many STEM departments. To better understand institutional change efforts and the barriers to EBIP implementation, we developed the Cooperative Adoption Factors Instrument (CAFI) to probe faculty member characteristics beyond demographic attributes at the individual level. The CAFI probes multiple constructs related to institutional change including perceptions of the degree of mutual advantage of taking an action (strategic complements), trust and interconnectedness among colleagues (interdependence), and institutional attitudes toward teaching (climate).ResultsFrom data collected across five STEM fields at three large public research universities, we show that the CAFI has evidence of internal structure validity based on exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The scales have low correlations with each other and show significant variation among our sampled universities as demonstrated by ANOVA. We further demonstrate a relationship between the strategic complements and climate factors with EBIP adoption through use of a regression analysis. In addition to these factors, we also find that indegree, a measure of opinion leadership, correlates with EBIP adoption.ConclusionsThe CAFI uses the CACAO model of change to link the intended outcome of EBIP adoption with perception of EBIPs as mutually reinforcing (strategic complements), perception of faculty having their fates intertwined (interdependence), and perception of institutional readiness for change (climate). Our work has established that the CAFI is sensitive enough to pick up on differences between three relatively similar institutions and captures significant relationships with EBIP adoption. Our results suggest that the CAFI is likely to be a suitable tool to probe institutional change efforts, both for change agents who wish to characterize the local conditions on their respective campuses to support effective planning for a change initiative and for researchers who seek to follow the progression of a change initiative. While these initial findings are very promising, we also recommend that CAFI be administered in different types of institutions to examine the degree to which the observed relationships hold true across contexts.

Students' learning experiences with synchronised emergency remote online education

The global intervention by universities to minimise the devastating effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on education compelled many institutions to resort to emergency online curriculum facilitation, especially using virtual platforms. As a result, institutions adopted asynchronous, or synchronous, or both to facilitate knowledge with students. This study explored the reality of students' experiences with contemporaneous (synchronous) online teaching and learning model adopted by a university in South Africa. This study employed an interpretive qualitative methodological design. Data was gathered through an open-ended questionnaire administered to twenty students purposively sampled from a population of sixty-eight rurally resident final year students and focus group interviews with six of the twenty students. Data was analysed using constructs generated from connectivism theoretical framing which served as the compass used to navigate the study. The study revealed digital interaction space to be new to many students, especially those from the deep rural areas of South Africa. Furthermore, institutional readiness was limited, hence lack of support (awareness, resources, etc.) for students at the initial implementation stage of the programme. However, students and university academics were committed, coupled with self-discipline, and through social and academic engagements, benefited from the system. Flexibility, continuous academic interaction with peers, instantaneous authentic feedback and improved proficiency in using online tools were their constructive experiences. Nonetheless, they highlighted concerns of perceptions, bad network and poor connectivity, less cognitive engagement and unsuitable learning environments. The study recommends the introduction of asynchronous alongside the synchronous model of curriculum engagement to enhance the flexibility of learning opportunities.

TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVE ON EMERGENCY REMOTE TEACHING DURING COVID-19 AT TERTIARY LEVEL

Revising the way we organize the teaching activities is never an easy task even under normal circumstances, and when the state of emergency and the use of digital technology are added to the mix, the situation becomes even more complicated. During this process, it is easy to forget that although the content of teaching remains the same, the ways of delivering that content will change. Accustomed to synchronous, direct communication in a traditional classroom, we are now faced with asynchronous channels and a modular approach to teaching with the help of digital tools that are (un)known to us and which, despite their apparent value, present barriers to teaching and learning for various reasons such as Internet access, digital skills, adequate equipment, and economic and social status. Despite the development of digital technology and the exponential growth of digital applications and tools that have paved the way for online education worldwide in recent years, our emergency response to the pandemic indicates the lack of readiness of educational institutions for this type of change. Therefore, the paper examines how university teachers perceive the emergency remote teaching imposed on them from March to September 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The research problem of this study concerns the affective attitudes of the lecturers at the University of Priština in Kosovska Mitrovica towards emergency remote teaching. Namely, the authors are set with the task of investigating how teachers perceive the new reality and how they have managed to acclimate to emergency remote teaching. For the purposes of this study, three major schools at the University were selected: the Faculty of Philosophy, the Faculty of Arts, and the Faculty of Medicine. The three schools represent the bulk of the University academic offer: sciences, humanities, and arts. The data is compiled by means of a survey, while the respondents are selected by the convenience sampling technique. The aim of the study is to present the analysis of the data obtained in order to develop a future training programme for university lecturers in principles and practices of the distance education and to improve the emergency response of the higher education institutions as a whole.

The Urgency of the Law on Sexual Violence Criminal Act in Combating Sexual Violence in Indonesia

The challenging aspect of a large number of sexual violence in Indonesia for the last has pronpted the government a to create few years draft law on the Elimination of Sexual Violence included in the National Legislation Program Priority 2021. For this reason, the government is expected to ratify the draft law on the Elimination of Sexual Violence to regulate sexual violence comprehensively. This study aims to determine the evolution of data on sexual violence in Indonesia and to assess the urgency of ratifying the draft law on sexual violence elimination in light of the reality of the high number of sexual violence in Indonesia. This study employs a normative legal research method with statutory, conceptual, and case approaches. According to the findings of this study, sexual violence crimes continue to rise in a variety of forms, including not only physical contact but also non-physical contact. Several factors contribute to the high rate of sexual violence, including the structural readiness of institutions and human resources to deal with sexual violence crimes remains very low. Substantially, existing regulations have not comprehensively accommodated various forms of sexual violence, consequently there is no legality to serve as a foundation for preventing, dealing with, and recovering victims of sexual violence. Thus, the Act on the Crime of Sexual Violence (UU TPKS) is currently an urgent matter as a social control to reduce and overcome the occurrence of sexual violence.

Readiness of Educational Institutions in Bekasi Regency to Face Society 5.0

Society 5.0 is part of a revolution that does not only focus on technology, but focuses on humans as the main object. Educational institutions in forming Human Resources must be ready to face the era of society 5.0, as well as what happened to educational institutions in Bekasi Regency. This study will discuss the readiness and efforts that can be made by educational institutions in Bekasi Regency in facing the era of society 5.0. This study uses a qualitative method with a literature study approach where the data sources used are journals, articles, books and other relevant sources. Based on the results of the study, it was concluded that currently educational institutions in Bekasi Regency are not ready due to various factors such as inadequate facilities and the quality of Human Resources that has not been maximized. Therefore, the recommendations that can be made by educational institutions are to provide education and training to educators, make standard learning models, and hold competitions to recruit the best talents in the field of technology mastery. &nbsp; &nbsp;