SDG 10 Universitas Jember 2025

10.6.1 Non-discriminatory admissions policy: UNEJ’s Commitment to Equal Access to Education

Universitas Jember (UNEJ) bases its commitment to non-discrimination on formal regulations and on practical inclusion programs. The Rector Regulation on the Student Code of Ethics sets the behavioral and ethical framework for the student community. Minister of Education Regulation No. 53 of 2023 on higher education quality assurance requires universities to provide services that meet the basic needs of students with special needs (Article 38 paragraph 1) and accessible facilities for students, lecturers, and staff with special needs (Article 48 paragraph 2). This follows the 1945 Constitution and Law No. 20 of 2003 on the National Education System (Article 5 paragraph 1), which guarantee every citizen the right to quality education.

In 2025, UNEJ put these commitments into practice. In a release dated 21 August 2025, UNEJ stated that it had prepared facilities for students with disabilities, including ramps, lifts, wheelchairs, and classrooms with inclusive learning tools such as interactive whiteboards and audio-supported materials. The Vice Rector for Academic Affairs, Prof. Slamin, stated that education is a right for everyone without exception, and that students with disabilities must have equal access to it. Through the Beasiswa Berkarya Sahabat Difabel program, the Counseling and Disability Service Center (PLKD) recruits students to accompany peers with disabilities, with a target of one Sahabat Difabel per faculty.

On 4 December 2025, Sahabat Difabel held its annual International Day of Persons with Disabilities seminar, themed “Strengthening the Leadership of People with Disabilities for an Inclusive and Sustainable Future,” on the fifth floor of the R. Soedjarwo Building, attended by PLKD, LPMPP, students with disabilities as invited guests, and general students. The seminar aimed to build an academic culture that values diversity, supports accessibility, and gives students with disabilities fair opportunities to develop their potential and leadership. A PLKD member stated that inclusion is not only about physical facilities but also a shift toward acceptance, empathy, and empowerment. The seminar also included a simulation in which general-student volunteers moved across uneven ground and stairs with limited vision or hand movement, to build empathy and teach proper etiquette when assisting students with disabilities. Together, these regulations and programs support UNEJ’s aim of equal educational opportunities for all students, including those with disabilities.

Sources: UNEJ, 21 Aug 2025 | LPMPP UNEJ, 4 Dec 2025 | Rector Regulation on Student Code of Ethics | LPMPP UNEJ, legal basis

10.6.2 Access to university: tracking applications from underrepresented groups

Universitas Jember (UNEJ) offers several scholarship routes for students from underrepresented socioeconomic groups, each with its own documented registration, selection, and announcement. The Kartu Indonesia Pintar Kuliah (KIP-K) is a national program for low-income students, and in 2025 UNEJ verified its SNBP-route students under categories 1 to 3, with 453 recipients listed in Kemdiktisaintek Decree No. 0390/F2/KU.09.00/2025. The alumni association KAUJE also provides a scholarship covering up to the group III UKT (Announcement No. 14652/UN25/KM/2025, 7 July 2025). Its cycle is documented: registration through SISTER from 21 July to 5 August 2025, selection from 6 to 11 August, an announcement on 13 August, and disbursement from 25 to 30 August. The Beasiswa Berkarya Sahabat Difabel program of the Counseling and Disability Service Center (PLKD) adds a further route.

Faculties run their own entry and tracking as well. The KAUJE announcement was sent to each faculty’s Vice Dean for Student Affairs and Alumni (Cover Letter No. 14799/UN25.4.1.2/KM/2025) to be passed on to students. In February 2025, Faculty of Agriculture alumni handed over IDR 47 million to students who had applied for a UKT adjustment. Each faculty also has a social fund from lecturers and staff to help students with UKT.

Sources: KIP-K SNBP announcement | UNEJ, 21 Aug 2025 | UNEJ, 27 Feb 2025 | KAUJE Announcement No. 14652/UN25/KM/2025

10.6.3 Access to university for underrepresented groups: UNEJ Recognized for Protecting Women and Children

Universitas Jember (UNEJ) works with local and national governments to create a campus and community free from violence against women and children. On 10 January 2025, UNEJ received an award from the Jember Regency Government as an institution that helps prevent violence against women and children. The certificate was received at the Rectorate by Dr. Linda Dwi Eriyanti, head of the Gender Studies Center (PSG), and Dr. Fanny Tanuwijaya, head of the Task Force for the Prevention and Handling of Sexual Violence (Satgas PPKS). Poerwahjoedi, Secretary of the Regency’s Office of Women’s Empowerment, Child Protection, and Family Planning (DPPPAKB), said UNEJ took part in and collaborated on women’s empowerment and on preventing and handling violence against women and children in Jember in 2024. He noted that sexual violence against women in the regency rose in 2024, which suggests people now dare to speak up, and he stressed the need to keep preventing violence and to support victims, including through access to education and training. Rector Dr. Ir. Iwan Taruna said that one of UNEJ’s main focuses is a safe, comfortable, and inclusive campus for the whole academic community.

Students also take part in child-protection education. Three students of the Faculty of Public Health joined the 3rd International Borneo One Health Summer Camp in Malaysia, hosted by Universiti Malaysia Sabah, where they taught elementary school children basic reproductive health under the theme “My Body is My Rule” in Kampung Tinusa, Sandakan, and Kampung Cinta Mata, Kundasang. The lesson taught children to recognize and protect their private parts, to say no when uncomfortable, and to report any harassment to parents or teachers. Together, these activities show UNEJ’s role as a partner of the government in protecting women, children, and other vulnerable groups.

Sources: UNEJ, 10 Jan 2025 | FKM UNEJ, Instagram

10.6.4 Anti-discrimination policy

Universitas Jember maintains a comprehensive, institution-wide anti-discrimination policy covering all academic operations, administrative practices, and campus activities. Formally integrated into the UNEJ Code of Conduct, the policy strictly prohibits discrimination, bias, or harassment based on race, gender, religion, physical ability, or social background. The Code of Conduct operates through a set of Rector Regulations issued in 2023: Regulation No. 5 on the University Code of Ethics, Regulation No. 3 on the Student Code of Ethics, and Regulation No. 6 on the Lecturer Code of Ethics. Faculties apply these rules at their own level. The Faculty of Law, for example, issued Dean Regulation No. 3 of 2025 on its Student Code of Ethics, which states that it implements the Rector Regulations on the university and student codes of ethics.

News Link: UNEJ Institutional Code of Conduct — UNEJ Official

10.6.5 University diversity officer

Universitas Jember (UNEJ) has dedicated units and services for diversity, inclusion, and protection from violence. The Counseling and Disability Service Center (PLKD) under the Quality Assurance and Development Institute (LPMPP) provides counseling and psychological support and facilitates reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities. PLKD also offers SISKA (Sistem Informasi Konseling Akademik), a digital counseling application for students, lecturers, and staff, and in August 2025 it involved 777 lecturers from 15 faculties in using SISKA as academic advisors. For protection from violence, UNEJ has the Task Force for the Prevention and Handling of Sexual Violence (Satgas PPKS), whose head, together with the head of the Gender Studies Center (PSG), received an award from the Jember Regency Government on 10 January 2025 for helping prevent violence against women and children.

Sources: LPMPP UNEJ, PLKD | LPMPP UNEJ, 12 Aug 2025 (SISKA) | UNEJ, 10 Jan 2025

10.6.6 Support for Underrepresented Groups

Universitas Jember (UNEJ) shows its commitment to an inclusive and supportive learning environment through initiatives that empower students with disabilities and other students who need extra support. Two of these initiatives, the Sahabat Difabel programme and the SISKA counseling system, run under the same unit, the Counseling and Disability Service Center (PLKD) of the Quality Assurance and Development Institute (LPMPP). Sahabat Difabel gives students the chance to build awareness, understanding, and practical skills in supporting an inclusive campus community.

In 2025, PLKD held a selection on 30 April 2025 for the Sahabat Difabel scholarship, and 15 students were chosen for their potential and strong care in accompanying students with disabilities. On 8 May 2025, the recipients took part in the Sahabat Disabilitas training, with speakers from Universitas Negeri Surabaya (UNESA). The training aimed to give students an understanding of basic accessibility principles, inclusive communication techniques, and skills to give support suited to the needs of persons with disabilities. The PLKD coordinator said the training focused on accessibility for people with hearing and visual impairments, so students can become sensitive, adaptive, and competent companions.

PLKD also supports students’ mental health through SISKA. On 12 August 2025, LPMPP held an online evaluation of student mental health services for the even semester 2024/2025, attended by 777 lecturers from 15 faculties. PLKD introduced SISKA, a digital counseling system, and reported that from 1 November 2024 to 12 August 2025, 1,110 users registered and completed a self-assessment, and 78 of them had counseling sessions. At the faculty level, on 8 October 2025 the Faculty of Pharmacy held a Psychological First Aid workshop for all academic advisors, including hands-on practice with SISKA, guided by three faculty counselors. Through these initiatives, UNEJ strengthens student participation in building a more accessible and inclusive university, and encourages empathy, social responsibility, and peer support as part of campus life.

Sources: LPMPP UNEJ, 8 May 2025 | LPMPP UNEJ, 12 Aug 2025 | Faculty of Pharmacy UNEJ, 13 Oct 2025

10.6.7 Accessible facilities

Universitas Jember (UNEJ) builds accessible infrastructure and applies universal design across its campus so that students with disabilities can move around and learn without barriers. Its facilities include tactile paving, wheelchair ramps, accessible toilets, and lifts with braille, and the university audits its buildings to keep them barrier-free. These facilities are managed and developed together with the Counseling and Disability Service Center (PLKD) under the Quality Assurance and Development Institute (LPMPP).

Wheelchair ramps are available at every main entrance, and accessible toilets are provided in every building. Lifts with braille are installed mainly in shared-use buildings such as the ISDB and C-Dast buildings, and in some parking areas. The C-RiSSH building has a ramp, and the Faculty of Economics and Business has a braille lift and an accessible toilet. UNEJ also prepares to facilitate new students with disabilities so that they can access education on an equal basis.

In 2025, UNEJ’s efforts were recognised nationally when it ranked 6th in the UNESA 3 TRICS 2025 ranking of disability-friendly campuses. PLKD plans to add more accessible facilities, as accessibility is an assessment item in international accreditation. Through these efforts, UNEJ strengthens its commitment to an inclusive campus where students with disabilities can study, move, and take part in campus life with equal access.

Sources: UNEJ Official, 12 Jun 2024 | Kemdiktisaintek | UNEJ Official, 5 Feb 2025

10.6.8 Disability Support Services

Universitas Jember (UNEJ) provides disability support services through the Counseling and Disability Service Center (PLKD) under the Quality Assurance and Development Institute (LPMPP). These services include individual accommodation plans with accommodation recommendation letters, learning assistance from peer companions, inclusive learning media, scholarship programmes, and regular audits of services for students with disabilities. UNEJ treats equal access to education as a right for all students, and the support goes beyond physical facilities to empathy, acceptance, and empowerment.

On the academic side, PLKD held a training on developing learning media for students with hearing and visual impairments on 6 to 7 May 2025 at the Rectorate Hall. It was attended by 47 lecturers representing all faculties, with speakers from the Disability Innovation Center of Universitas Negeri Surabaya (UNESA). The training covered disability policy in higher education, learning concepts for students with hearing and visual impairments, and the drafting of a guidebook for developing learning media, with hands-on practice and discussion of the challenges of inclusive teaching. The PLKD coordinator described it as a strategic step towards a campus where all students have equal access to quality education.

For student support, PLKD runs the Sahabat Difabel scholarship, which recruits students with strong potential and care to accompany students with disabilities on campus, with a target of one Sahabat Difabel in every faculty. In 2025, the selection was held on 30 April, and 15 students were chosen and trained to become sensitive, adaptive, and competent companions. For new students with disabilities in 2025, UNEJ prepared physical access such as ramps, lifts, and wheelchairs, as well as inclusive learning support such as interactive whiteboards and learning materials with audio. A new student with cerebral palsy from the Faculty of Law said that the ramps, special toilets, and increasingly inclusive academic services help him study comfortably.

Sahabat Difabel also supports awareness on campus. On 4 December 2025, it held its annual International Day of Persons with Disabilities seminar at the R. Soedjarwo Building, with a speaker from the community organisation Pelopor Peduli Disabilitas Situbondo. The seminar included a simulation in which volunteers moved around with limited vision or hand movement, and it discussed respectful ways to offer assistance. Through these services, UNEJ aims to give students with disabilities fair academic and peer support.

Sources: LPMPP UNEJ, PLKD | LPMPP UNEJ, 7 May 2025 | LPMPP UNEJ, 8 May 2025 | UNEJ, 21 Aug 2025 | LPMPP UNEJ, 4 Dec 2025

10.6.9 Disability access scheme

Universitas Jember (UNEJ) has a formal disability access scheme in place. It combines peer support through Sahabat Difabel with faculty mentoring, and both are authorized by university decrees (Surat Keputusan, SK): the SK Mentoring Dosen for trained faculty mentors and the SK Pelatihan Sahabat Disabilitas for student companions. Under this scheme, mentors and companions give academic and social guidance to students with disabilities.

The scheme is coordinated by the Counseling and Disability Service Center (PLKD) under the Quality Assurance and Development Institute (LPMPP). It serves the 69 active students with disabilities reported in June 2024, covering sensory, physical, intellectual, and mental disabilities. On the student side, PLKD selected 15 students on 30 April 2025 for the Sahabat Difabel scholarship and trained them on 8 May 2025 as companions, with a target of one companion in every faculty. On the faculty side, PLKD held a training on 18 and 19 September 2024 to draft learning guidelines for different types of disability, so that students with disabilities can use administrative, academic, and student affairs services easily, and a further training on 6 and 7 May 2025 on inclusive learning media for 47 lecturers from all faculties. This combination of peer companions and faculty mentoring follows the findings of a 2024 study in the Electronic Journal of Social and Political Sciences (E-Sospol) on peer social support for students with disabilities at Universitas Jember, which treats such support as a condition for an inclusive campus.

Students also run their own support channel. Peluk Kamu 2.0, run by the Advocacy and Community Networking Department (Advojar) of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIP) student executive board (BEM FISIP UNEJ), receives complaints about sexual violence, sexual harassment, and mental health problems from students and the public. Its services include a listening companion (Teman Cerita), accompaniment, referrals, and an information center, and it refers cases to a psychologist, a psychiatrist, the UNEJ Satgas PPKS, and the Jember Regency women and children protection unit (UPTD PPA DP3AKB).

Sources: SK Mentoring Dosen and SK Pelatihan Sahabat Disabilitas (UNEJ Official) | LPMPP UNEJ, 7 May 2025 | LPMPP UNEJ, 8 May 2025

10.6.10 Disability accommodation policy

Universitas Jember implements reasonable accommodation strategies and dedicated funding mechanisms to ensure full academic participation for individuals with disabilities. Through specialized grant frameworks like the "Beasiswa Mahasiswa Berkarya" and targeted institutional budgets, UNEJ funds assistive technologies and personalized accommodations. The legal basis is Minister of Education Regulation No. 53 of 2023 on higher education quality assurance, whose Article 48 paragraph 2 requires universities to guarantee and provide access to facilities that are friendly to students, lecturers, and education staff with special needs. The 2024 E-Sospol article on peer support at Universitas Jember also lists funding among the parts of the university's inclusive campus system, together with a Rector regulation on admitting students with disabilities, supporting service systems, training, and facilities.

News Link:KIP-K SNBP announcement page, 23 Jun 2025 | Announcement PDF and national decree | Daftar Beasiswa UNEJ, 22 Aug 2025 | UNEJ, 21 Aug 2025

10.6.11 Anti-harassment Policy

Universitas Jember (UNEJ) demonstrates its commitment to preventing and addressing sexual violence through Rector Regulation No. 4 of 2022 concerning the Prevention and Handling of Sexual Violence within the University. This regulation establishes a formal framework to create a safe, inclusive, equal, and violence-free campus environment for students, lecturers, educational staff, and other members of the university community. It also provides for the establishment of the Task Force for the Prevention and Handling of Sexual Violence (Satgas PPKS), which is responsible for receiving reports, conducting investigations, recommending appropriate sanctions, and facilitating victim protection, assistance, and recovery. UNEJ provides several accessible reporting channels, including telephone, electronic messages, email, and its official website.

The task force also carries out prevention education. On 14 October 2025, Satgas PPKS held an education roadshow at the Faculty of Public Health (FKM), attended by FKM lecturers, educational staff, and students in the Murdijanto Hall and four lecture rooms. The head of Satgas PPKS, Dr. Fanny Tanuwijaya, explained the forms of sexual violence under Ministry of Education Regulation No. 30 of 2021 and the roles of lecturers, staff, and students in prevention, and the session covered the reporting and case-handling mechanism at UNEJ and an interactive discussion. The roadshow is part of a series of education activities by Satgas PPKS across faculties. Through these institutional measures, UNEJ reinforces its commitment to protecting the rights and safety of its academic community and ensuring that sexual violence is addressed through an established and accountable mechanism.

Sources: Rector Regulation No. 4 of 2022 – Prevention and Handling of Sexual Violence at Universitas Jember | FKM UNEJ, 18 Oct 2025