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UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN RANKED AMONG WORLD BEST UNIVERSITIES

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By: Olasunkanmi Idogun

Of the best 800 universities in the world, as rated by Time Higher Education (T.H.E), a multinational media organization ownethe-wur-logod by TES Global Limited and headquartered in London, reveals that University of Ibadan, Nigeria is ranked among the best universities in the world as indicated in the just concluded 2015/2016 World University Rating by T.H.E.

In this years’ T.H.E ranking as powered by Thomson Reuters, University of Ibadan (UI), out of best 800 world universities in the world clinched 601 out of 800 leaving the university as 75th best university in the world.

According to THE database report, UI is the first Nigerian university to feature in the T.H.E ranking since the commencement of the ranking in 2004. However, some universities in other African countries such as Egypt and South Africa featured in the 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 edition.

The 2015/2016 edition of T.H.E World University Ranking has California Institute of Technology as the most ranked university and best university in the world, retaining the 1st position since 2011. University of Oxford is ranked second best this year. However, in 2013/2014, University of Oxford shared the second position with Harvard University where the two universities had the same ratting aggregate.

The top three world university this year is completed by Stanford University of the US which hitchhiked from 4th position last year to the 3rd position in this year’s T.H.E ranking.

Below are the overall indicators for the ratting according to THE Editor Phil Batty

Overall indicator Individual indicator Percentage weighting
Industry Income – innovation
  • Research income from industry (per academic staff)
  • 2.5%
International diversity
  • Ratio of international to domestic staff
  • Ratio of international to domestic students
  • 3%
  • 2%
Teaching – the learning environment
  • Reputational survey (teaching)
  • PhDs awards per academic
  • Undergrad. admitted per academic
  • Income per academic
  • PhDs/undergraduate degrees awarded
  • 15%
  • 6%
  • 4.5%
  • 2.25%
  • 2.25%
Research – volume, income and reputation
  • Reputational survey (research)
  • Research income (scaled)
  • Papers per research and academic staff
  • Public research income/ total research income
  • 19.5%
  • 5.25%
  • 4.5%
  • 0.75%
Citations – research influence
  • Citation impact (normalized average citation per paper)
  • 32.5%

The Times Higher Education billed the methodology as “robust, transparent and sophisticated,” stating that the final methodology was selected after considering 10 months of “detailed consultation with leading experts in global higher education,” 250 pages of feedback from “50 senior figures across every continent” and 300 postings on its website. The overall ranking score was calculated by making Z-scores all datasets to standardize different data types on a common scale to better make comparisons among data.

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Oyo College of Nursing and Midwifery extends sale of admission form (Apply Here)

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The Oyo State College of Nursing and Midwifery has extended the deadline for the sale of its basic midwifery admission form by four weeks.

Gbonjubola Owolabi, the college’s provost, announced the development in a statement on Thursday.

The form sale, which had an initial deadline of March 20, will now run till April 20.

Owolabi explained that the extension was to create more time for prospective students who might still be interested in obtaining the form.

The provost further said that the computer based test (CBT) is now scheduled to hold from April 22 to April 24, while the interview is slated for May 2 and May 3.

Owolabi also announced that applicants seeking admission into basic nursing are now required to apply through the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

She encouraged interested candidates to take advantage of the extended period and visit the office of the registrar or ICT center of the college for further enquiry.

“The College will not compromise her standard as admission would strictly be based on merit. Post UTME form would be available at the College after the release of result for those who attained the cut off mark of 200 and above in their exam,” Owolabi said.

She cautioned the public against providing personal or financial information to any unofficial source claiming to be associated with the college. because she would never request for sensitive information through unofficial channels.

The provost also announced that the admission process into community nursing and community midwifery programmes has commenced and that candidates for the program will be shortlisted from their LGAs.

She commended Seyi Makinde, Oyo state governor, for paying full fees of all the candidates that would be recommended for the programmes from all the 33 LCDAs.

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UNIJOS students protest water scarcity, blackout

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Students at the University of Jos, Plateau State, on Thursday, locked the institution’s gates protesting water scarcity and lack of electricity supply to their hostels.

The protesting students held placards with different inscriptions such as: ‘No light to soak gari’ and ‘We no get SUG.’

Others held empty buckets to symbolise the lack of water in the institution.

Some of the students, who spoke to our correspondent, lamented their plight and said that the situation had caused untold suffering to them and impacted negatively on their academic activities.

One of the students, who gave his name simply as Josiah, said, “We don’t know what the school management wants the students to do. There has been no water in the hostels for the past two or three days. Even the blackout, which has been ongoing as well, has left several students completely stranded.

“Apart from that, we are also not happy with the school management over the dissolution of the Students Union Government because right now, the students have no direction because they don’t have any leadership.

“The VC and the school management have refused to give us a listening ear. They (school management) came here this morning and said we should send representatives to negotiate, but how can we be told to negotiate for our rights? This is not proper.

“The school management has now directed the students to send in representatives for negotiations. However, no one has volunteered to go since the protest was not led by the officials of the student body as the last SUG executives were dissolved in February and a new government has not been formed.”

It was learnt that following the protest, the university authority quickly deployed security operatives to the institution to prevent the protest from being hijacked by hoodlums to cause havoc, but the students were said to have vowed to stay at the gate until the issues were resolved.

Some staff members of the university who were caught up in the protest, however, condemned the action of the students, describing it as unnecessary.

One of the staffers who refused to give his name said, “We got here this morning and discovered that the gate had been locked. Everything is not about protest. There was no official notice. We just started seeing students at the gate. I believe that if they had brought their complaints to the school management, they would have got immediate solution because the VC does not joke with the welfare of the students.”

Contacted, the university’s Dean of Students Affairs, Prof. Christopher Piwuna, acknowledged the challenge of water scarcity and blackout in the students’ hostels.

The Dean, who blamed the situation on the Jos Electricity Distribution Company over an outstanding debt, however, said that the problem had been resolved following an intervention by the Vice Chancellor.

“It is true that there was no water before now, but water has been supplied to the hostels. The JED severed our supply because of outstanding bills. The VC has intervened, and they are going to reconnect the light. As I am talking to you, water has been supplied. The light will be reconnected any moment from now and with the light restored, we won’t have the problem of water again,” the Dean assured.

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UNIOSUN server hacked during teachers’ recruitment test

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A recruitment test for teachers has been disrupted after a server glitch at the Osun State University (UNIOSUN).

The southwestern state had commenced the recruitment process to employ new teachers for public primary and secondary schools.

The test was to be held in 13 centres across Osun on Wednesday.

The exercise witnessed hitches in two centres in Osogbo and Ikire towns where the test was disrupted.

It is understood that UNIOSUN was listed as one centre where the assessment was to happen between March 27 and 28, 2024.

But Ademola Adesoji, the UNIOSUN PRO, in a statement, said the university witnessed a disruption in Osogbo and Ikire centres.

The PRO, who blamed the disruption on hackers, said the exercise would be rescheduled in the affected centres.

He said the suspected hackers attempted to invade the university’s servers. He said the damage inflicted on the server required time to resolve.

Adesoji said this resulted in an undue delay in the start of exams and caused the rescheduling of tests at two out of 13 centres.

“The management of Osun State University has disclosed that its server was hacked overnight by unknown criminals attempting to disrupt the teachers’ recruitment test,” the statement reads.

“We responded technically and frustrated attempts to breach our core software and question bank.

“The damage inflicted on the server required time to resolve, resulting in an undue delay in the start of exams and necessitating the rescheduling of tests at two out of thirteen centres.

“We are relieved that the hackers or opponents of this recruitment process have failed in their attempts to thwart us.

“Over the last eight or so hours, it has been a tough battle in our efforts to ensure the success of the Osun State government. Examinations have concluded at 11 out of the 13 locations today.

“However, the two problematic centres Osogbo and Ikire will be rescheduled based on the ministry’s decision.”

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