Teaching & Learning: Enhancing Students’ & Lecturers’ Performance
Dear Content Contributor, I am thrilled to discover that a lot of work had been done in the areas of teaching and learning in order to enhance students’ and lecturers’ performance. In our recent research and discovery on learning and teaching process, we found out that some leading Universities had set the pace that we […]
Achieving Excellence in Teaching
Dear Content Contributor, We want to thank our esteemed contributors for the various comments and feedbacks received so far. However, we believe that there is the need for inclusion of teaching courses in the curriculum of all postgraduate courses in our Universities and other higher educational institutions, in order to equip them with adequate teaching […]
Effective ways of impacting your students
Dear Content Contributor, I really appreciate the feedbacks received so far from members of the University Community on our previous weekly tipson the various ways we can improve teaching and learning processes in FUNAAB. Obviously, there is need for us to evaluate or audit various activities in our classes in the previous years to determine our strengths […]
Microteaching: Practice of Teaching
Dear Content Contributor, As we are making conscious effort to ensure that FUNAAB attains a world-class status, there is the need to gradually cultivate this culture through the practice of microteaching. What Is Microteaching? Microteaching is an organised practice of teaching. The goal is to give instructors confidence, support, and feedback by letting them try out among […]
Guide to Effective Teaching & Learning
Dear Content Contributor, This week, I will like us to reflect on a guide that can help us to improve on our teaching and learning activities. This guide was extracted from a book titled, “Teaching American Students – A Guide for International Faculty and Teaching Assistants in Colleges and Universities”, written by Ellen Sarkisian. It […]
Study Strategies
Dear Content Contributor, I am thrilled to discover that a lot of work had been done in the areas of teaching and learning in order to enhance students’ and lecturers’ performance. In our recent research and discovery on learning and teaching process, we found out that some leading Universities had set the pace that we […]
How to Develop Learning & Teaching Strategies
Dear Content Contributor, Students are major stakeholders in learning and teaching process. Honestly, how to develop critical thinking in them would be a great advantage to this nation and the world at large. That is the reason why we are sharing the experience of Jennifer Anderson-Meger with you this week. I hope you will find it informative […]
Universal Design for Effective Learning
Dear Content Contributor, The Centre for Innovation and Strategy in Learning and Teaching presents steps for Universal Design for effective learning: 1. Teaching Materials: Make sure the content of your lecture is current, detail and applicable to contemporary issues. ‘Teaching materials are the resources a teacher uses to deliver instruction. Each teacher requires a range of […]
Hints on QS World University Rankings
Dear Content Contributor, The QS World University Rankings are annual university rankings published by British Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). QS publishes the rankings results in key media around the world, including US News & World Report in the United States and Chosun Ilbo in Korea. The first rankings produced by QS independently of THE, and using […]
Grasshoppers Are Highly Nutritious, Don Tells Nigerians
A University Don has disclosed that the consumption of insects like grasshoppers remained good sources of nutrients such as protein, vitamins, fiber and mineral contents for man. Professor Adewumi Idowu of the Department of Pure and Applied Zoology, College of Biosciences (COLBIOS), made this known while delivering the 50th Inaugural Lecture of the University, titled “The […]
FUNAAB, ITOCA Hold Training on TEEAL, AGORA
The ‘Nimbe Adedipe Library of the University, in collaboration with the Information Training and Outreach Centre for Africa (ITOCA), held a “Train-the-Trainers” workshop on The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library (TEEAL) and Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA) for librarians, academic staff, researchers and students. Declaring the programme opened, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole, […]
FUNAAB Staff Wins Commonwealth Scholarship
A Junior Research Fellow in the Department of Computer Science of the University, Mr. Oluwatimilehin Salako, has won a Commonwealth Scholarship, tenable in the United Kingdom during the 2015/2016 academic session. Mr. Salako was one of the 387 applicants that were offered the scholarships, funded by the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DfID). The […]
Mrs. AGBOLADE, Mary Oluwatoyin
Degree: MPH, B.Sc. (Ed.), RMW, RN E-mail: agboladetoyin@yahoo.com Tel: 08033568999, 08073053677 Designation: Chief Nursing Officer Department: Health Services Academic Degree Institutions Attended Membership of professional Bodies Publications Awards Received Conferences Attended
University Libraries: Pivot for Academic Activities – UL
The University Librarian, Dr. Mulikat Salaam, has observed that University libraries remain the pivot on which academic activities rest in achieving the ivory towers’ mandates of teaching, research and community development. Speaking at a two-day Information Literacy Training Workshop for postgraduate students of the University, organised by the Automation Department, ‘Nimbe Adedipe Library, Dr. Salaam […]
DUFARMS Opens Agro Mart Shed
To enable members of the University community have access to agricultural products at affordable prices and to showcase research findings, the Directorate of University Farms (DUFARMS) has commissioned its Agro Mart Shed. While commissioning the Agro Mart Shed, the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council, Senator/Sir (Dr.) Adeseye Ogunlewe, expressed his delight to be part of […]
2015 Annual Report
Detail Pages Preamble & Table of Contents Preamble & Table of Contents i – 12 Chapter 1 Major Activities 13 – 26 Chapter 2 Report from Colleges 27 – 72 Chapter 3 Students’ Enrolment & Staff Profile 73 – 89 Chapter 4 Research, Grants, Conferences, Staff Training & Development & Endowments 90 – 115 […]
2015/2016 POST UTME Training
Prospective JAMB Candidates who are interested in the 2015/2016 Post UTME Computer-based Training/Exam Practice are advised to register. For details: Please contact ICT Resources Centre Phone: 08060201077; 08103989923; 08033437491
Pro-Chancellor, Others Laud Former Council Members
The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council, Senator/Sir (Dr.) Adeseye Ogunlewe, on behalf of the Council, has commended the duo of Professor Ololade Enikuomehin and Dr. Olusola Akinwande, for their immense contributions during their tenures as representatives of Congregation on the Governing Council of the University. Professor Enikuomehin, Dean of Postgraduate School and Dr. Akinwande, Co-ordinator, […]
Aberdeen, Marshall Universities to Collaborate With FUNAAB
The University of Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom and the Marshall University, United States of America are seeking collaboration and linkage opportunities with the University. For the University of Aberdeen, the proposed collaboration in the areas of student and staff exchanges, would involve the possibility of utilising the first two years in FUNAAB and the remaining […]
Corps Members Donate to FUNAAB
The 2014/2015 Batches B and C corps members, who served in FUNAAB, have donated copies of official name-plates to some offices in the Senate and Unity Buildings of the University. The gesture was part of the corps members’ social responsibility programmes in their places of primary assignment and for appreciating the University Management because of […]
Ramadan: Muslim Cleric Preaches Peaceful Co-existence
Muslims have been enjoined to embrace peaceful co-existence in any society they find themselves because only peace and tranquility remain the ingredients that could move nations forward. Making this call was Professor Ishaaq Akintola, a Muslim cleric from Lagos State University and Guest Lecturer at the 25th FUNAAB Muslim Community Ramadan Lecture. Speaking on the […]
Bursary Department Educates on Financial Matters
The University Bursar, Mr. Moses Ilesanmi, has charged government officials to comply with due process when requesting for or utilizing approved funds. Mr. Ilesanmi stated this at the One-day Awareness Workshop, organised by the Bursary Department, which was aimed at educating spending officers on how to access available funds for the overall development of the […]
VC Calls for Attitudinal Change
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole, has made a case for attitudinal change among student leaders in the nation’s ivory towers if they are to impact their generation positively. Professor Oyewole made the call while declaring open a 2-day seminar for FUNAAB student leaders with the theme, “Attitude for Development Leadership”. The Vice-Chancellor charged the students […]
Agriculture Can Generate 4m Jobs – Professor Omotayo
Commercial agriculture, if well-developed and implemented, is capable of curtailing the scourge of unemployment pervading Nigeria, as it has the capacity to create 4 million jobs in the various agricultural value chain channels. Professor Akin Omotayo, Director, Institute for Food Security, Environmental Resources and Agricultural Research (IFSERAR), stated this while speaking on a radio programme, […]