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National Conference on:
MENTORING AND SUCCESSION PLANNING IN
NIGERIAN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS:
EXPERIENCES, CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES
Venue: Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State
Date: Tuesday, 21
September − Friday, 24 September, 2010
Arrival:Tuesday, 21 September, 2010
Registration:7.30am – 9.00am, 22 September, 2010
Departure:Friday, 24 September, 2010
Mentoring and succession planning activities are key to institutional renewal and sustainability. With statistics indicating that Nigerian Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are bearing the burden of an ageing professoriate,there is an urgent need for the institutions to develop implementable strategies for entrenching sustainable mentoring and succession plans for their teaching and non-teaching staff cadres.
Objectives
The broad objectives of the conference are to:
to raise awareness about the importance of mentoring and succession planning in HEIs;- evaluate current institutional arrangements for fostering mentoring and other succession planning tools;
- identify the main
challenges affecting mentoring and succession planning in Nigerian HEIs; - make appropriate
recommendations for addressing challenges affecting mentoring and succession planning in Nigerian - highlight and evaluate a number of best practices in mentoring and succession planning;
- proffer strategies and action plans for mentoring and succession planning in HEIs;
Themes
The main themes are:
Current state of mentoring and succession planning in Nigerian HEIs: challenges and opportunities.
Role of governments, government agencies (NUC, PTDF, ETF, etc), nongovernmental organizations,HEIs, teaching staff, non-teaching staff, students, and the real economy in mentoring and succession planning in Nigerian HEIs.
Models and strategies of mentoring and succession planning in Nigerian HEIs.
Staff perspectives of mentoring and succession planning.
Capacity building for effective mentoring and succession planning.
Global best practices in mentoring and succession planning.
Institutional case studies on mentoring and succession planning.
Benefits/Gains of mentoring and succession planning to stakeholders in HEIs.
Potential pitfalls of mentoring and succession planning in HEIs.
Sessions
There will be plenary as well as working-group sessions. A number of case studies will also be selected for presentation.
Online registration
All prospective participants are required to register here. This will enable the organizers to have a good estimate of the number of participants, for the purpose
of preparing conference materials. Registration will close on Tuesday September 7, 2010.
Participation
Participation is open only to University leaders and Professors, Government functionaries (Ministries, NUC, ETF, etc), Captains of industry, Students, NGOs and HEIs in Nigeria. Each HEI should send at least three nominees, one of whom should include the Dean of postgraduate studies.
Call for papers
Papers on any of the themes above, as well as institutional case studies, are invited. HEIs are especially encouraged to submit institutional case studies relating to their mentoring and succession planning strategies. An author of an accepted paper/case study will be required to make a 20-minute
electronic presentation at the conference.
Participation fee
There is a fee of 75,000 per participant. N
Participants are advised to pay into the following bank account at any branch of the FIRST BANK Plc throughout Nigeria:
Account Name: University of Ibadan MacArthur Foundation Grant
Account Number: 1232040000240
This is the preferred method of payment.
Alternatively,
participants may pay at the point of registration.
Irrespective of the chosen method of payment, prospective participants are required to register here not later than Tuesday September 7, 2010.
Deadline
Requests for participation and presentation of paper/institution case studies should be sent electronically to the undersigned, not later than 7 September, 2010.
Board and lodging
Participants are responsible for their board and lodging expenses. Information about a number of hotels, not far from the University of Ibadan, is available here for the use of interested participants,
who are advised to contact the hotels directly.
Correspondence
All correspondence or enquiries should be sent to:
Professor G O S EKHAGUERE,
The MacArthur Grant Liaison Officer,
ICT/Digital Library Building,
Suites F6 & F7, Benue Road,
University of Ibadan, Ibadan,
Oyo State, Nigeria.
Tel: 0803 324 1859, 0805 661
2745, 0805 194 9226
E-mail: mglo.ibadan@gmail.com, unityejoh@yahoo.com,