What is happening to our best talents and what are our campuses making them into?

I just finished reading The Great Influenza by John M Barry. It is a book that showcased how individuals and educational institutions were relevant in helping the world unravel the global pandemic of the early 1900s.

This reading rekindled an idea I've been fighting to kick start.

There are abundant talents in our universities and campuses, but what becomes of them? What impact do they make and how are the said hallowed institutions making judicious use of the minds and talents bestowed to them for educational upbringing?

How do learners innovate and get the mindset that shifts them from 'campus materials' to industry-relevant materials?

Aside from maths, three other courses came to mind; Chemistry, Physics and Computer science.

So many untapped opportunities await such talents in Nigeria. We have a national, industrial, and economic need for such courses. Beyond the classroom and 'rather poor' influence of lecturers on their students, how do these minds break the hold to help drive the next wave of development in Nigeria?

We need these talents in three main areas. Education (which we have a truckload off already), industry application (we're rather lacking here), and finally research (please, not final year projects or thesis, I mean real research ... industry impacting research).

Harvard isn't Harvard nor MIT, MIT because of their names, these institutions drive innovation and change in their countries.

And when I pause to think, I ask myself, where is the Nigerian equivalent today. Why aren't our institutions driving the creation of a vaccine for COVID? Who says the Nigerian intellectuals cannot create a vaccine? When will a Nigerian led research make an impact in changing a constitution or creating a new one?

I am starting a move I call LinkedIn Ten Thousand Movement (#LinkedIn10K), and the goal is to influence students to think strategically and innovatively in leading a new narrative for Nigeria.

We will be different.

#linkedin10k

Excelinpages:
What is happening to our best talents and what are our campuses making them into?

I just finished reading The Great Influenza by John M Barry. It is a book that showcased how individuals and educational institutions were relevant in helping the world unravel the global pandemic of the early 1900s.

This reading rekindled an idea I've been fighting to kick start.

There are abundant talents in our universities and campuses, but what becomes of them? What impact do they make and how are the said hallowed institutions making judicious use of the minds and talents bestowed to them for educational upbringing?

How do learners innovate and get the mindset that shifts them from 'campus materials' to industry-relevant materials?

Aside from maths, three other courses came to mind; Chemistry, Physics and Computer science.

So many untapped opportunities await such talents in Nigeria. We have a national, industrial, and economic need for such courses. Beyond the classroom and 'rather poor' influence of lecturers on their students, how do these minds break the hold to help drive the next wave of development in Nigeria?

We need these talents in three main areas. Education (which we have a truckload off already), industry application (we're rather lacking here), and finally research (please, not final year projects or thesis, I mean real research ... industry impacting research).

Harvard isn't Harvard nor MIT, MIT because of their names, these institutions drive innovation and change in their countries.

And when I pause to think, I ask myself, where is the Nigerian equivalent today. Why aren't our institutions driving the creation of a vaccine for COVID? Who says the Nigerian intellectuals cannot create a vaccine? When will a Nigerian led research make an impact in changing a constitution or creating a new one?

I am starting a move I call LinkedIn Ten Thousand Movement (#LinkedIn10K), and the goal is to influence students to think strategically and innovatively in leading a new narrative for Nigeria.

We will be different.

#linkedin10k

How about using Twitter?

I thought about it but noticed that those platform are already over saturated, the goal is to have people within an ecosystem that also allow =s them connect to working professionals hence LinkedIn.

Hahjascho:
How about using Twitter?

Excelinpages:
I thought about it but noticed that those platform are already over saturated, the goal is to have people within an ecosystem that also allow =s them connect to working professionals hence LinkedIn.

Ok