ColloquiumPPIA Victoria University
Prepared by: Reni Suwarso, Ketua PPIA Victoria [email protected]
WHAT IS COLLOQUIUM?• Colloquium is an informal seminar in which
a particular topic is discussed among a group of colleagues.
• Usually, one or two people among the group present their papers before they defend their papers in formal presentation, examination, submission, publishing.
COLLOQUIUM AT VICTORIA UNIVERSITY
• The colloquium offers the opportunity for postgraduate students to engage in discussion with experienced supervisor with up-date good knowledge on Indonesia, and to access peer-to-peer and inter-disciplinary exchange and support
COLLOQUIUM PRESENTATION
• Students are asked to make a 15 to 30 minutes presentation describing their research (depend on their stage of writing), in either English or Bahasa Indonesia.
• Followed by 30-60 minutes discussion for each presentation
COLLOQUIUM ORGANIZATION
• Organized by PPIA Victoria University• Every Friday afternoon, fortnightly, at 4.00 –
6.00 pm, open for public, no registration fee, with maximum capacity for 15-20 seats.
• PPIA Victoria University provide the discussion with LCD Projector, Laptop Computer, and afternoon refreshments.
COLLOQUIUM BENEFITS
• get inputs, critics, reflections, predictions, to improve the substance of the class/ course paper, candidature paper, final thesis, article for publishing, paper for conference, etc.
• gain more confidence to present their paper.• achieve higher mark since she/he has
opportunity to improve the writing before submission