UNN equips academics with AI skills to transform research, teaching
By Chinedu Adonu The Faculty of the Social Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), has begun equipping its academics and students with practical Artificial Intelligence (AI) skills to improve research, teaching, postgraduate supervision and academic administration. The initiative was the major outcome of a two-day Train-the-Trainers Workshop on “Artificial Intelligence for Academia Productivity,” organised by […]
FG should regulate, not own schools – Atiku Abubakar
Former Vice-President and Founder, American University of Nigeria (AUN), Atiku Abubakar, has said that Federal Government should regulate, not own schools.
Frequently confused words
The following error has been found in last week’s publication of this column
School without library not a school
Dr Tony Marinho has stated that a school without a library is not a school and a home without one form of library or the other is not a home.
How I became the first black prof. of a US university – Chalokwu
Professor Christopher I. Chalokwu is the Vice President for Academic Affairs and professor of geochemistry and physical science at Saint Xavier University,
Chicago, United States (US). He was the Vice Chancellor of the University of Tennessee, US and presently a co-founder of Three Rivers Academic Consulting and Assessment Group in Africa as well as President/CEO of Medical Assay Laboratory, Chicago, US. During a recent visit to Nigeria, he bared his mind on the education sector just as he said it is unfortunate that Nigeria cannot produce one university that ranks among the top 30 universities in Africa. He also told the story of how he rose to become the first full tenured black professor of a US university.
ASUU strike: Any light at the end of the tunnel?
Two days after a marathon 13-hour closed door meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Vanguard Learning has gathered that there are hopes of optimism for students to return to schools soonest, as the union and FG seem to be on the same page.
