Project Description

This project focuses on the development of high level employability skills.
It aims to establish collaborative postgraduate programmes which integrate employability skills and have strong input and support from employers. The programmes will be developed jointly between University of Greenwich and three Nigerian Universities. The programmes will be developed...      [more information]

Necessity

The project aims to address three specific current needs and demands in Nigeria:
• The first is under-capacity in the Nigerian higher education system.
• Secondly, the university curriculum is generally viewed as outdated, and not suitable to equip students with the skills required in an increasingly global environment.
• Thirdly, outdated curricula have resulted in a lack of suitably skilled graduates.

Events

• The EEESPEC Launch Event at Abia State University Uturu, Nigera 30th March. 2010
• Academic Staff Exchange Visit by Nigerian Partners to University of Greenwich, United Kingdom June. 2010
• Curriculum Development Seminar held at University of Greenwich, United Kingdom 22nd June. 2010
• Project Dissemination Event at University of Benin, Nigera 6th September. 2010

Partners

A collaboration between the University of Greenwich (UK), Abia State University Uturu (Nigeria), Federal University of Technology Owerri (Nigeria) and University of Benin (Nigeria)