EXPERIENCING BRAND NEW THING IN BRISBANE

Experiencing brand New Things in Brisbane

Fajar, one of the participants in Internship Program 2018 Brisbane Australia, took photo at UIL.

The one participant of four weeks enrichment and study tour programs, Fajar Dwi Pramana Aji, visited Australia from August 29 until September 18, 2018. Alhinsa, Catteleya, and Try Kurniawati A. interviewed him about the experience of an internship in Australia.

Why did you decide to join the Internship Program in Brisbane, Australia?

The Internship program is a collaboration between UNS (Universitas Sebelas Maret) and UIL (Union Institute of Language) to give students better vision and to understand the development of business and education in Australia, especially in Brisbane. The reason why I joined this program was to experience living abroad in the English community. I want to practice my speaking skill and to get a better understanding of how business and education in Australia.

In Australia, I learned about how Australia schools run their school not only for education but also for business. When I joined the program, Mr. David, one of the co-chairmen of Indo-Australia business, brought us to the Brisbane CBD (Central Business District) and told about how business in Brisbane work, such as how to start a business, the requirements to start a business, and the reason why there are only limited staffs. I think my best experience when I was in Brisbane CBD, there was a restaurant, the famous one, and it only has three staffs who work very efficiently. The restaurant only has a cashier, a waiter, and a cook, but they served us well. They didn’t take a long time to serve the cuisines to the customers. I think Indonesia could learn from Australian systems that prefer quality than quantity.

What has the program done to promote UNS?

This program was the first collaboration of UNS and UIL. As an initiator, we have to make sure the program would go well so there will be other collaborations between UNS and UIL. For example, we can teach in UIL classes about Indonesian culture; Javanese, traditional dance, etc.

What should English Department students do to join a similar program?

If you want to go abroad, there are a lot of scholarships that you can apply from the partially until fully funded. In my case, I got a partially funded scholarship. You can search the information on the websites or by checking the information from the UNS International Office. The staffs of the UNS International Office will help you experience new things.