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2013/14 POSTGRADUATE ADMISSION INTO FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AKURE (FUTA)

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission into the following Postgraduate Programmes of the Federal University of Technology, Akure for the 2013/2014 academic session. FUTA Postgraduate Application Form. METHODS OF APPLICATION (i) Candidates should process their application on-line at the University’s website (http//www.futa.edu.ng), using the e-tranzact method with payment made to the School of Postgraduate Studies’ account. (ii) Application form for Higher degrees and Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) programmes is sold for N10,000.00 only, excluding bank charges. (iii) Candidates are expected to submit photocopies of their credentials and print-out of application forms to the address below latest six (6) weeks from the date of this advertisement. (iv) Specifically, Ph. D candidates Continue reading “2013/14 POSTGRADUATE ADMISSION INTO FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AKURE (FUTA)”

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2013/14 POSTGRADUATE ADMISSION TO CALEB UNIVERSITY

Caleb University located in Imota Lagos Nigeria is a vibrant, reputable, recognized and accredited Private university. Caleb University is using this medium to invite qualified and interested members of the public to her 2013/2014 academic session various postgraduate programmes.

METHOD OF APPLICATION

Candidate should download the application forms from the University’s Website by clicking the link below (www.calebuniversity.edu.ng/postgraduate application form) and submit completed application forms after paying the processing fee of N 10, 000.00 (Ten Thousand Naira only) into the Caleb University’s Skye Bank Account 1770334235.

They should forward the following relevant documents in support of their applications:
1. Photocopy of University Degree Certificate
2. Photocopy of NYSC Discharge Certificate
3. Photocopy of ‘O’ Level Result(s)
4. The original Transcript obtained from the Applicant’s University.
SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION FORM
Completed applications should be addressed to:

The College Secretary
College of Postgraduate Studies
Caleb University
P.M.B. 001
Imota, Lagos State.

OR
P.M.B. 21238
Ikeja, Lagos State.
For further information. please contact 08023922292, 08030553455, 08074179979 or info@calebuniversity.edu.ng.
CLOSING DATE
Duly completed Application Forms must be submitted within four weeks of this advertisement.

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THE PROBLEM OF POOR POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION FUNDING- agency reports

From http://www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network/blog/2013/jul/04/postgraduate-funding-three-possible-solutions  Britain after decades of the decline of its heavy industry, it is still one of the intellectual powerhouses of the in europe and the world – starting new ideas that solve new global problems and evolving new technology that keeps the economy growing. To maintain this position, however, our workshop needs a steady supply of raw material in the shape of well-educated postgraduate students. What can be done to stop this supply from danger of drying up.
The number of UK students on postgraduate taught degree courses has begun to decline after a decade of relatively high growth, according to a new Hefce report that gives an overview of postgraduate study in England and Northern Ireland. An earlier report from Universities UK, The Funding Environment for Universities, also shows the total number of students on postgraduate taught courses in the UK slid by 5 % in 2011-12.

Initially, this fall in UK and EU students was more than matched by increases in students from more economically dynamic regions outside Europe. But now their numbers have also started to slip, hit by a tougher visa regime and increased competition from rapidly growing universities overseas.
Meanwhile, last year’s arrival of much higher variable tuition fees for UK and other EU undergraduates will, from 2015, make it harder for heavily indebted 21-year-olds graduating under the new system to feel they can afford to embark on a postgraduate taught course.

Any sustained slide in the number of students on postgraduate taught courses is deeply worrying, because it creates a bottleneck in the intellectual supply pipeline that ultimately produces what we might call ultra-skilled workers: our future research scientists, academics and leading thinkers educated in the humanities and social sciences. Postgraduate taught courses are a standard route to postgraduate research degrees, which are in turn essential for sustaining our world-class academic workforce.

Against this backdrop, we welcome the government’s announcement of £75m to support postgraduates from disadvantaged circumstances, though we regret that the chancellor has found the money largely by reducing financial aid to undergraduates from such backgrounds. The government hopes that extra funding by employers and universities will raise this total to £100m. We hope they will rise to the challenge. The money is clearly needed – to an increasing degree the postgraduate ranks are filled by wealthier students, according to the Hefce report.