1. Colloquium PPIA Victoria University Prepared by: Reni Suwarso, Ketua PPIA Victoria University Reni.suwarso@yahoo.com

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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.

6. 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