Websites We Love: ScholarX
These days, Education is not as accessible as we would want it to be. With so many students struggling to meet the financial requirements of schools and colleges, the incidence of school dropouts keeps rising at alarming rates. This is why ScholarX, an online curator of local and foreign-based scholarships, has emerged to remedy this situation. […]
Kaduna State Government Declare Free Tuition For Public Secondary School Girls
In his article* Osita-Oleribe described the plight of the girl-child: “She is left out in decision making, utilized at homes without due remunerations, kept as home keeper and never allowed to earn a living for herself, used by men as wife, by children as mother, by other women as house girl and by men as […]
Websites We Love: PoiseNigeria.org
Social skills and decorum are some of the most cardinal attributes that get people far in both in corporate and private spheres life. Unfortunately, not everyone is born with these attributes. Whilst some people have them in abundance, the same can’t be said for others. The good news, however, is that while these qualities are innate […]
Top 5 Websites For Students
Learning online offers a lot of advantages. First, there are thousands of resources online for students to gain the required knowledge they need. Second, students have been shown to enjoy learning online because it’s highly flexible and is a personalised form of learning. As a result, a number of EdTech websites have emerged to leverage online learning […]
Roar Nigeria Hub hosts Facebook Stakeholders Roundtable at University of Nigeria for South-East and South-South Nigeria
The University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) went agog with activities as it recently, welcomed a team from the global giant Facebook. The Public Policy Director for Facebook Africa, Ebele Okobi led the team who visited Roar Nigeria Hub for a stakeholder’s roundtable. The visitors were first received by the Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor […]
Favoritism in the Classroom – The Teacher’s Pet
“Favoritism in a larger sense has not to do with the teacher’s pet, but with the fact that teachers transmit different kinds of emotions to different students and students absorb that and interpret it and their feelings are influenced by that” A Teacher’s pet is one who has gained favor in the eye of higher […]
Applications Open for Rise Networks’ Nigerian Student Leadership Program 2016
Are you a Nigerian student who’s passionate about leadership, and has sights set on becoming a public office holder in the future? There’s an opportunity for you to get valuable insights on leadership that could help you on the path to realizing your dream. Rise Networks, with support from the Ford Foundation, is organizing the […]
The UBA Campus Ambassadors Program: Applications Now Open for Students
The United Bank for Africa is offering students in universities across Nigeria the opportunity to become its ambassadors in their various campuses. Through its Campus Ambassadors Program, UBA aims to connect with young people who are passionate about its brand and make them part of its drive to become more youth-focused and dynamic. UBA will be […]
Opportunity to Visit a Google Campus for Computer Science Students Graduating In 2017
Are you a computer science student or in a related discipline dreaming of visiting a Google campus and you’re graduating in 2017, here is an opportunity for you to visit a Google campus and hear directly from their engineers about the cutting edge products and projects they are working on. Google is organising a Google […]
What I Wish I Had Done Differently as a JAMBITE (Part 2)
Read Part One here. Pick Your Crowd I’m sure your mum has told you how important it is to have the right friends, and I trust you heard her the first time, enough already. Truth is, it cannot be overemphasized. Yes, she’s your classmate from kindergarten. Yes, he’s incredibly cool and socially adept. True, […]
No Work Without Experience, no Experience Without Work! – The Catch 22 for New Graduates
Dear Aspiring Professionals Hub,
I have just read your article about life science graduates on LinkedIn and would like some advice. I have just graduated with a first class degree and I am struggling to find work as I do not have enough experience! I was wondering what you would recommend as every job I get declined from is because I lack the experience – which no one has yet offered to give me!
Students Can Earn Extra Cash with JoBooker
Are you young and innovative? Do you have an entrepreneurial sense and wouldn’t mind making some money of your own as you study? Jovago.com launched JoBooker some days ago to enable ingenious students to earn money as they study. The program is the first of its kind designed for students particularly keen on travel and discovery […]
How to Choose a Course to Study at University
We recently attended a series of international Higher and Further Education institutions’ education fairs in Nigeria. It was great to meet very enthusiastic prospective students as well as their parents! We did however identify an area of concern regarding ‘course or programme choices’ which is something we have also encountered in the UK. The reasoning behind some […]