Covenant University Sets Aside N4 Billion For International Staff Recruitment.


Covenant University, Ota unveiled its plan to recruit foreign faculty during the past administration of vice chancellor CK Ayo. The international recruitment drive is in line with Times Higher Education's(A leading Consultant In Higher Education) requirement for world class universities to have a minimum of 19% of her staff and students as foreigners.

The University would engage international faculty as either full or visiting staff. In the case of visiting staff, the lecturers would be required to lecture fully in CU for one semester(3 months) - minimum. After which they can relocate to their home countries' universities of primary assignment. The appointment of foreign staff would be renewable each year.

The University has set aside initial of about 10 million USD to recruit foreign faculty. However, Covenant University would focus more on foreign faculty of Nigerian descent. This maintains a balance between the pan africanist mandate and a desire to have foreign faculty from leading research institutions. The recruitment drive would also help to bring the university into the expected 7:1 student - staff ratio which it expects to have realised by 2022. This would help Covenant surpass Times Higher Education assessment of top 200 universities in the world which are found to have a 11:1 staff - student ratio.


According to Times Higher Education, Internalisation is proof of a university's reputation. And reputation is a proxy to quality, therefore internationalization remains a critical part of any university ranking process. Apart from that, Internationalization helps universities to be grounds of cross fertilization of ideas and melting pot of culture.

Covenant University is also looking to increase the allotment of International students to 19% of total student population.
The University's strategy for this is to use the existent infrastructure of her proprietor base in several African countries to aid increasing foreign recruitment of students.



In addition to this, the university would be translating to a major center for post graduate education with an overall 2:1 student population in favour of post graduate students.

New Foreign Faculty Recently Engaged By CU



Dr. Loes Damhof(Netherlands) From Hanze University

Professor Raffaele Marchetti(Italy) From 
LUISS Guido Carli of Rome

Dr. Lynn Llon From Bayhum hub

Dr. Uche Esosa Ekhator-Mobayode(UK) From University of Pittsburgh.

Professor Solomon Isiorho(US) From Purdue University

Felix Agyemang(Ghana) From University Of Cambridge.

Professor Nduka Nnamdi Ekere(UK) From University of Wolverhampton

Jacqueline Gallo(UK) From University Of Cambridge

Professor LI Chunyang(China) From Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

Professor Olaniyi Alabi(UK) From University Of Leeds




https://educationexplorersite./2019/03/29/covenant-university-sets-aside-n4-billion-for-international-staff-recruitment/

This is what detribalized universities do. They are sending a key message. The school may be in Ota area but isn't dominated by sons of the soil.

CodeTemplar:
This is what detribalized universities do. They are sending a key message. The school may be in Ota area but isn't dominated by sons of the soil.

Sons of the soil

Hmmmm! Is that why uni Ilorin is thinking towards that direction?
https://www.nairaland.com/5078924/unlorin-rebrand-into-global-university

asuustrike1:
Hmmmm! Is that why uni Ilorin is thinking towards that direction?
https://www.nairaland.com/5078924/unlorin-rebrand-into-global-university

Hmm there seems to be restrictions on the number of foreign lecturers that public universities can recruit tho.. The ministry of interior should clarify... Then another issue is that the university must be ready to pay from IGR as I doubt FG would pay the salaries of foreign lecturers.

For what na?
When 26.6million people just applied for NNPC.

Now that is a university



do not think your business is doing well without a website.. you are losing out on potential clients searching the web.. Get a website today... See mY signature. .

Business is really good for Oyedepo and co.

and if they increase their fees now, you guys wail

Money speaking.

Using a whopping 4billion naira for international staff recruitment alone (not even all the university staff) goes a long way to show just how valueless our currency has become.

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HigherEd:
Covenant University Sets Aside N4 Billion For International Staff Recruitment.


Covenant University, Ota unveiled its plan to recruit foreign faculty during the past administration of vice chancellor CK Ayo. The international recruitment drive is in line with Times Higher Education's(A leading Consultant In Higher Education) requirement for world class universities to have a minimum of 19% of her staff and students as foreigners.

The University would engage international faculty as either full or visiting staff. In the case of visiting staff, the lecturers would be required to lecture fully in CU for one semester(3 months) - minimum. After which they can relocate to their home countries' universities of primary assignment. The appointment of foreign staff would be renewable each year.

The University has set aside initial of about 10 million USD to recruit foreign faculty. However, Covenant University would focus more on foreign faculty of Nigerian descent. This maintains a balance between the pan africanist mandate and a desire to have foreign faculty from leading research institutions. The recruitment drive would also help to bring the university into the expected 7:1 student - staff ratio which it expects to have realised by 2022. This would help Covenant surpass Times Higher Education assessment of top 200 universities in the world which are found to have a 11:1 staff - student ratio.


According to Times Higher Education, Internalisation is proof of a university's reputation. And reputation is a proxy to quality, therefore internationalization remains a critical part of any university ranking process. Apart from that, Internationalization helps universities to be grounds of cross fertilization of ideas and melting pot of culture.

Covenant University is also looking to increase the allotment of International students to 19% of total student population.
The University's strategy for this is to use the existent infrastructure of her proprietor base in several African countries to aid increasing foreign recruitment of students.



In addition to this, the university would be translating to a major center for post graduate education with an overall 2:1 student population in favour of post graduate students.

New Foreign Faculty Recently Engaged By CU



Dr. Loes Damhof(Netherlands) From Hanze University

Professor Raffaele Marchetti(Italy) From 
LUISS Guido Carli of Rome

Dr. Lynn Llon From Bayhum hub

Dr. Uche Esosa Ekhator-Mobayode(UK) From University of Pittsburgh.

Professor Solomon Isiorho(US) From Purdue University

Felix Agyemang(Ghana) From University Of Cambridge.

Professor Nduka Nnamdi Ekere(UK) From University of Wolverhampton

Jacqueline Gallo(UK) From University Of Cambridge

Professor LI Chunyang(China) From Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

Professor Olaniyi Alabi(UK) From University Of Leeds




https://educationexplorersite./2019/03/29/covenant-university-sets-aside-n4-billion-for-international-staff-recruitment/

This HigherEd is one of the most intelligent people on this forum. Always posting resourceful and relevant stuff.

A school in Nigeria is trying to meet up with international standard that will affect the school, community and country positively, some mumu are shouting "detribalization ".

if it was to be UNIBEN, ABU, UI, OAU, UNN, etc Federal schools that did this no one will shout, but it was Missionary School.

well common sense are not common

Church wey get 4billion

Wow

No wonder it is one of the best in the country.

This is applaudable

cr7lomo:
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They are actually planning to reduce fees...

covenant does a lot of other profitable things. 21 campus businesses probably yielding more income than schools fees - sadly it's not very enough in CU's case.. But universities generally generate fairly good amount of income aside fees...

This will encourage rich folks from across the continent to send their wards to CU. Too much sense will not kill this bishop

afroniger:
Business is really good for Oyedepo and co.

Carry on with that mentality and remain where you are.

This is good. With this development, CU is heading for better days

tommykiwi:
For what na?
When 26.6million people just applied for NNPC.

Half baked 26.6million people can't are unemployed you mean?

I always criticize this man but he is doing lots of work and he is highly intelligent....it has been almost 7 years I went to church but I think I will soon become a "registered" Winners member

CU is undoubtedly the best university in Nigeria followed by University of Ibadan.

asuustrike1:
Hmmmm! Is that why uni Ilorin is thinking towards that direction?
https://www.nairaland.com/5078924/unlorin-rebrand-into-global-university

Which Unilorin? Iffa hear!

I have personally requested for 2 transcripts from Unilorin since April and August last year, they still can't find either or both. Claiming they were not computerised and can't find the hardcopies.

Shame of a University with 'ethno-religious' grandstanding.

BennyDGreat:

This HigherEd is one of the most intelligent people on this forum. Always posting resourceful and relevant stuff.

yeah and I think he's a product of CU too.