On the National Batik Day, on October 2, 2018, Universitas Brawijaya (UB) Malang, with its Doctoral Service (Doktor Mengabdi) Program in collaboration with the Department of Industry and Trade of Timor Tengah Selatan (TTS), held batik training in Noenoni Village, Oenino District South Central Timor Distric NTT. This activity lasted for five days from the first to fifth of October 2018, at the Noebaun Bethel Church. The Head of Cooperatives, Industry and Trade Department Beny F Tobo, S.E., opened this training on Monday, October 1 2018 at 1 p.m. In his speech, He said that batik training was a realization of the collaboration between the Regional Government of TTS and UB in an effort to develop batik in TTS, which had always been imported or ordered from Java. It was hoped that this training would increase the economic income of Noenoni residents, especially homemakers, and generally TTS residents because batik has a potential market share; it was used as uniforms of government employees, school uniforms, community members, and foreign or domestic tourists who visit TTS.

University of Brawijaya Senior Lecturer in Communication Science, Dr Maulina Pia Wulandari, is paving the way forward for public relations students at University of Brawijaya. Pia is currently in Australia as part of UB's Staff Exchange and Leadership Program with the University of Newcastle (UoN). She will spend the next four weeks in Newcastle, NSW, where she will be teaching into public relations courses as well as meeting with senior management to discuss future alliances between UB and UoN. "Our existing MoU means the relationship between the University of Newcastle and University of Brawijaya is already strong," said Pia. "But while this trip will undoubtedly build on, and further strengthen our relationship, I am particularly seeking opportunities to develop a Masters' level double-degree program. This would allow UB students to undertake the final year of their Masters' program in Newcastle," she said.

One of the biggest challenges confronted by Small and Medium sized Entrepreneurs are including less understanding on business management. In order to solve the problem, Dosen Mengabdi (DM/Serving Lecturers) team at Faculty of Social and Political Science Brawijaya University organized a business empowerment of Q-Zulal Water drinking produced by Al-Haramain Islamic Boarding School at Ngroto Village, Pudjon. One of the event series in the program was workshop conducted on 9 October 2018 raised a theme "Production Management". The event conducted in 5th floor of building A invited Misbahuddin Azzuhri, SE., MM., CPHR., CSRS as the speaker.