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10–14 Feb 2020
Europe/Vienna timezone

Strategic Approach for Sustaining The Master Degree Programme in Nuclear Security at Universitas Gadjah Mada

Not scheduled
15m
Poster CC: Capacity building (e.g. human resource development and sustainability, nuclear security education and job-specific performance training including for newcomer countries)

Speaker

Mr Sihana Sihana (Universitas Gadjah Mada)

Description

Abstract

A master degree program in Engineering Physics with specialization in Nuclear Security at the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, Faculty of Engineering Universitas Gadjah Mada has been established in 2016. Several effort have been done for sustaining the program. Analysis of strength-weakness-opportunity-threat (SWOT) has been developed to formulate a new strategy for sustaining effort. Five component of academic capacities have been used for identification criteria. Two strategies could be taken as priorities, such as (1) Collaboration with regional partner to promote the program (increase student body) and (2) Promoting collaboration with the member of IConSEP for human resource development.

Introduction

Elements of a education process can be classified in four components, input, process, output, and outcomes. Students enrollment have been conducted each year. A selection system is strictly used to ensure getting qualified students. Higher education has two activities, learning and research activities. Outputs from the education are alumni, research products and other intellectual property rights. Outcomes from the education are acceptability and recognition from the public and society.
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A good education system should fulfill the need of graduates from the society. Jobs market analysis and feed back advisory from stakeholders are needed for sustaining the education system.
Nuclear security education has a important role in providing professional human resources for regulatory body and other organizations with nuclear security responsibilities. Allocating sufficient human resources is part of contribution for the sustaining the nuclear security regime 1. A strategic approach for sustaining the nuclear security education at Universitas Gadjah Mada has been developed based on the analysis of existing academic capacities and performance: curriculum, faculties and facilities, quality assurance and collaboration. External feedback evaluation and advisory are necessary in the academic planning in order to obtain conformity between student outcomes and user needs.

Curriculum

Curriculum is a basis framework of learning process so that students can acquire professional competencies. A curriculum should be developed base on sharpening specifications as a result of the optimization between vision of science and the needs of the job market.
Master degree program at the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada has been established in 2016. Curriculum program consist of 20 credits for fundamental courses (general education, mathematics, fundamental science and engineering), 8 credits for thesis and 12-22 credits for specialization courses. Four specialization program have been offering: Instrumentation system, Renewable Energy System (RES), Nuclear Technology System (NTS) and Nuclear Security System (NSS). A new specialization in Nuclear Safety and Security System (NS&SS) has also been developed in 2019. It is an integration between the specialization in Nuclear Technology System and Nuclear Security System.

Table 1. Specialization in NTS, NSS and NS&SS
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Strengthening the existing curriculum with nuclear security subjects has been developed through specialization courses (Table 1). Curriculum has been already optimized based on the adequateness of resources. There are several similarities between specialization courses for Nuclear Technology System (marked with () on Table 1), and between specialization courses for Nuclear Security System Engineering and Nuclear Safety-Security System Engineering (marked with (*) on Table 1).

Faculties

Adequate faculty development with the nuclear security subjects has been conducted through several activities, such as participation on INSEN meeting, PDC on Nuclear Security, Nuclear Security Educator Study Tour, and workshop on Nuclear Security Education.

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Two workshops on nuclear security for the faculty member have been conducted in 2014 and 2015 with the support from Partnership for Nuclear Security. Both workshops have been conducted for improving educator’s knowledge and understanding on nuclear security. Evaluation has been done to capture the understanding of participants at the beginning phase and after their participation on the workshop. Several questions have been formulated related with the subjects of workshop (Figure 3 and Figure 4).

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Figure 3. Grade of understanding before and after participation in the workshop 2014

Before their participation on the workshop in 2014, the participants explained that their understanding on several subjects has graded close to “good” (Figure 3), i.e. subjects no 1 (“Understanding broad picture of NS”), subject no 2 (“NS threat by non-state actors”), and subject no 6 (“Definition of NS”).

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Figure 4. Grade of understanding before and after participation in the workshop 2015
After completion of two workshop 2104 and 2015, the understanding on nuclear security of the faculty member have been increased significantly.

Facilities

Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics has one laboratory which can be used to support the nuclear security education (laboratory for nuclear energy technology). Providing adequate equipment for laboratory exercise and research have been developed in 2015 through equipment grant from Chevron Indonesia and 2018 through equipment grant from the IAEA (Figure 5).

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The existing radiation detection equipment are adequate to conduct laboratory exercise and research on nuclear security subjects.

Quality Assurance

Assessment system for academic quality consist of two track, internal quality assurance system and external assurance system. The internal quality assurance system has been developed by the university. Internal quality audit has been conducted each year (on August). External quality assessment will be conducted through national accreditation every five year.

Collaboration

Several cooperation with international partner have been signed, such as Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Nuclear Security Science and Policy Institute (NSSPI) USA, Institute Telekom des Mines de Nantes, The Board of Regents of The University Systems of Georgia by and on behalf of the University of Georgia Center for International Trade & Security USA, and King’s College London. Several activities have also already hold, such as nuclear security workshop, staff mobility, joint curriculum development, guest lectures, and faculty development courses.
Collaboration with local partner (national) is currently only with the National Regulatory Body (BAPETEN) with several activities on nuclear security workshop and training. Other potential partner for collaboration are several institution which are member of the Indonesia Center of Excellent for Nuclear Security and Emergency Response (IConSEP).

Strategy Development

Analysis of strength-weakness-opportunity-threat (SWOT) have been developed to identify new strategies for sustaining the program. Identification of each aspect (strength, weakness, opportunity and threat) has been summarized in Table 2.

Table 2. SWOT Analysis
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Several strategies (SO, ST, WO, and WT) have been developed based on the identification of SWOT components (Table 2). Two strategies could be taken as priorities, such as (1) Collaboration with regional partner to promote the program (increase student body) and (2) Promoting collaboration with the member of IConSEP for human resource development.

Summary

The strategic approach for sustaining the master degree program in nuclear security at Universitas Gadjah Mada has been developed based on SWOT analysis using in five criteria, curriculum, faculties, facilities, quality assurance system and collaboration. Two strategies could be taken as priorities, such as (1) Collaboration with regional partner to promote the programme (increase student body) and (2) Promoting collaboration with the member of IConSEP for human resource development.

Acknowledgment

Gratefully thank and acknowledgements are expressed to the agency by giving support to the authors to participate on this conference (International Conference on Nuclear Security 2020).

References

1 INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, Objective and Essential Elements of a State’s Nuclear Security Regime, IAEA NSS No. 20 (2013).
2 Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, Report on Workshop on Enhancement of Nuclear Engineering Curriculum with Nuclear Security Subjects, Part I : Introduction, 6-8 August 2014.
3 Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, Workshop on Enhancement of Nuclear Engineering Curriculum with Nuclear Security Subjects, Part II: Implementation Strategy, 26-29 January 2015.

State Indonesia
Gender Male

Primary authors

Mr Sihana Sihana (Universitas Gadjah Mada) Mr Susetyo Hario Putero (Universitas Gadjah Mada) Mr Ferdiansjah Ferdiansjah (Universitas Gadjah Mada) Mr Singgih Hawibowo (Universitas Gadjah Mada)

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