Special Reports > Education & Training

The Special Reports listed here are either BRIEFING PAPERS that present information regarding the organisation and its activities or DIGITAL BOOKS that offer a detailed and downloadable presentation of the organisation and/or a specific topic.
 
 
Perth Education City
Special Reports > Australia, Education & Training

Western Australian research impacting the world

By Perth Education City

With a population of 2.3 million, Western Australia is a fast growing and dynamic state with natural strategic advantages for researchers. It is an ideal centre for multinational corporations, renowned academics, artists and engineers to establish themselves to access the global market. 

Perth Education City
Special Reports > Australia, Education & Training

Western Australian education for global mobility

By Perth Education City

An Australian education provides students with portable skills and a global passport to career advancement. The gaps that once divided the world into segmented markets have merged into a globalised network.

Adamawa State University, Mubi, Nigeria
Special Reports > Nigeria, Education & Training

Strengthening Regional Centres of Excellence in African Higher Education

By Professor Alkasum Abba, Adamawa State University

Conduct of research is a benchmark for excellence in all institutions of higher education. African institutions are among the lowest ranked in the world, this has been mainly ascribed to lack of capacity.

Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria
Special Reports > Nigeria, Education & Training

International migration of teachers - a matter of general concern

By Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria

Trans-border mobility of labour has taken centre stage over the past decades, with the debate focusing on the economic and political implications of the process.

Rivers State University of Education
Special Reports > Nigeria, Education & Training

Stemming the tide of career disorientation among senior academics in the less developed countries

By Rivers State University of Education Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt

A thereotical viewpoint from the Nigerian experience. This paper discusses the difficulties of maintaining academic staff's involvement in universities, examines the current situation and suggests further research.

River State University of Science and Technology

Rivers State University of Science and Technology

By Professor Barineme Beke Fakae, Vice Chancellor

Although most people still think of our universities as places for higher education and research, universities now lie at the heart of successful and leading economies around the world.

Rivers State University of Science and Technology

The realisation of the quest for a transforming university in the Niger Delta

By Professor Barineme Beke Fakae, Vice Chancellor, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

The aspiration to improve the socio-economic standing of the Niger Delta region, occasioned by the discovery of crude oil in the late 1950s, is closely linked with the history and establishment of the Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST). 

PUC
Special Reports > Ghana, Education & Training

Private tertiary institution in nation building; the role of Pentecost University College (PUC)

By Pentecost University College (PUC)

Remarkable progress has been made in science and civilization through systematic education. Education, one of the most important social institutions, affects all aspects of our culture.

Univeristy of Agriculture, Makurdi

Brief profile of the University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State

By Professor Daniel Verishima Uza, Vice-Chancellor, University of Agriculture, Makurdi

The University of Agriculture Makurdi (UAM) located in Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria, was established in 1988. UAM went through various developmental progressions in response to the emerging challenges.

Univeristy of Agriculture, Makurdi

Science and technology: Key to our national development

By Professor Daniel Verishima Uza, Vice-Chancellor, University of Agriculture, Makurdi

Science and technology will play a crucial role in Nigeria's engagment in Vision 2020 development projects aimed at accelerating economic development to propel the country to the league of advanced nations.