News Published in February 2015
News Published in January 2015
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Olaniyan Delivers 3rd Commencement Lecture
Nigerian students and youths have been enjoined to always apply their God-given talents, display their natural abilities at solving problems and show passion in anything they do in order to bring about positive change in society. This was the submission of the 3rd Commencement Lecturer of the University, Mrs. Folusho Olaniyan, while delivering her lecture […]
Former VC Now NIAS President
A former Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Israel Adu, has been elected as the President of the Nigerian Institute of Animal Science (NIAS). A Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science, Professor Adu was elected at the 3rd Joint Annual Meeting (JAM) of NIAS and the Animal Science Association of Nigeria (ASAN), held recently at […]
FUNAAB Scholar Wins IUFoST Award
A graduate student in the Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Food Science and Human Ecology (COLFHEC), Miss Ifeoluwa Olotu, had won the prestigious International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) Food Safety without Borders Graduate Student Paper Award. Miss Olotu’s research which was titled, “Identification of Hazards and Critical Control Points […]
Entrepreneurial Education for FUNAAB Students
As part of concerted efforts at addressing the challenges of unemployment ravaging the nation, Rotary International, in collaboration with the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), have organised a five-day New Generation Entrepreneurial Education (EE) training for students of the University. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole, who was represented by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Development, Professor […]
Be Relevant After Graduation – IFSERAR Director
The Director, Institute of Food Security, Environmental Resources and Agricultural Research (IFSERAR), Professor Akin Omotayo, has tasked the 2013/2014 graduating students of the University on how to be relevant after graduating. Delivering a lecture titled, “Developing Skills Set for Excellence and How to Search for and Get Your First Job”, he challenged the students to […]