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Oxford Brookes University
Leadership and Enterprise capabilities for modern
higher education in Nigeria
‘Best Modern University’
The Sunday Times University Guide 2010
Dr. Sola Adesola
Senior [email protected]
Training Gateway/
UKTI
University Mission to Nigeria
28th-29th March
2011
Abuja
Nigeria
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”• About Oxford Brookes
• Background
• OBU and Nigeria
• International Partnership Model
• Interests for Strategic Partnership
• What Brookes is seeking for collaboration
• Finding out more
Presentation aims
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Our history
Shami Chakrabarti - Chancellor
Janet Beer – Vice-Chancellor
Oxford Brookes University began life as the School of Art in 1865
Changed to Oxford Polytechnic in 1970
Became a university in 1992
Oxford‘s mix of ancient and modern makes it a vibrant place to study
and learn.
Professor Janet Beer, Vice-Chancellor,
Oxford Brookes University
John Henry Brookes, Head of the School of Art (1928-1956)
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Schools
School of Arts and Humanities
The Business School
School of the Built Environment
School of Health and Social Care
School of Life Sciences
School of Technology
School of Social Sciences and Law
Westminster Institute of Education
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Education as critical for economic development
• 2020 vision and global competitiveness• Structural programmes of radical transformation at all levels.• Investment in human capital development through education
Goals of Higher Education:
• Develop intellectual capacity
• Develop values for the survival of
individuals, manpower training,
• Provide an enabling and
conducive environment as well
as to acquire both physical and
intellectual skills that will enable
individual to be self-reliant and a
useful member of society
Inability to meet the needs and promoting
self-reliance and self-
sufficiency
• Graduate unemployment – 80%• Increasing incidence of social ills in the society
Public Concerns with the Nigerian Education
System
Nigerian
Education
PolicyNigerian National
Policy of Education
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OBU and Nigeria
Enterprise education for employability
Project aim:“to develop and embed sustainable processes and
structures that will help to create an enterprising culture amongst partner institutions in order to impact and
contribute towards greater levels of student employability and economic growth in Nigeria”
• Context and Rationale
• Creative Thinking
• Networks & Networking
• Embedding Enterprise
Modules
• Entrepreneurial institution
Institutional workshop2 CohortsRegional
Enterprise Hubs
Nigeria Enterprise Educator Network
FUNDER:BRITISH COUNCIL
‘Education Partnership for Africa’Oct 2009 –May 2011
http://www/business.brookes.ac.uk/
futures/cred/africa
FUNDER:BRITISH COUNCIL
‘Education Partnership for Africa’Oct 2009 –May 2011
http://www/business.brookes.ac.uk/
futures/cred/africa
Knowledge Transfer
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OBU and Nigeria
Hosted 2010 Conference : ‘Insights into Africa Higher
Education’
Oxford
Hosted 3 Higher Education Leadership Development Programmes for the Nigerian tertiary institutions - 2010
Private, state, federal, COE, polytechnics
Capacity Building
• Curriculum Design
•Assessments•Finance•Operations•QA•Students Experience
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OBU and Nigeria
• Benchmarking study of institutional entrepreneurial fit and entrepreneurship practices in Nigeria
• Developing sustainable entrepreneurial competences of students for employability
• PhD Studentship on Local Content Policy
• Leadership challenges in Africa higher education institutions
Scoping study revealed a number of challenges and ways forward
Research
Development
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Examples of Projects on Enterprise
Centre for Creativity and Enterprise Development
Graduate
Entrepreneurshi
p in University
Enterprising Colleges –
Web-link
Employability for Colleges/Graduates
– NCGE
Micro level start-up –India women entrepreneurs
• innovation strategy
• science innovation
• Enterprise
• Corporate enterprise
•Enterprise Academy
Enterprise
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International Partnership Model
•UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONALISATION STRATEGY
•GLOBAL WIDENING PARTICIPATION
•ACHIEVING COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE WITHIN THE GLOBAL HIGHER EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY
Validation for recognitionChina, International Business School,
Budapest,
Burgundy Business School, Dijon, France
Franchise Degree
programmesIIMT, Nilal
MAINTAINING BEST PRACTICE
Strategies
for Collaboration
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University Internationalisation Strategy
• International Collaborative Provision• International Student and Scholar Exchanges• International Alumni Chapters• International Short Courses• Consultancy and Research
“Achieving a reputationas an internationallybased institution”through:
Strategies
for Collaboration
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” This is achieved at Oxford Brookes by working with
International Partners to develop innovative and creative
programmes delivered to the highest standards of quality
assurance.
ACHIEVING COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE WITHIN THE GLOBAL
HIGHER EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY
• BY NOT UNDER-ESTIMATING THE IMPORTANCE OF QUALITY ASSURANCE AND REPUTATION• MEETING UK QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY (QAA)
REQUIREMENTS• ESTABLISHING A RIGOROUS SUPPORT MECHANISM TO
ENSURE THAT THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF QUALITY
ASSURANCE ARE ACHIEVED AND MAINTAINED• CAPITALISING ON OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL’S REPUTATION AS A CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AND LEARNING
Strategies
for Collaboration
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” The key benchmarks of best practice thatOxford Brookes University seeks toachieve through international collaborationinclude the following:
THE BENCHMARKS OF BEST PRACTICE
• Economic viability – this includes the provision of a return that will assist in the maintenance and development of the partnership
• The development of a portfolio of collaborative programmes with major partners - i.e. partners with national and international reputations
• Opportunities for innovation and creativity in the design and delivery of programmes - creating a global learning environment where best practice in teaching and learning can be shared across the global partnership network
• Opportunities for collaboration in research projects• The ongoing development of student and staff exchanges between partnerships – capitalising where possible on external funding (e.g. Socrates, Erasmus etc)
• The Internationalisation of the university award – enhancing the reputation of the university on a global scale
Strategies
for Collaboration
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Interests for Strategic Partnership
• Institutional change and
benchmarking of HEI
• Staff development
• International Leadership development
•Exchange programme on Entrepreneurship/ Enterprise education for academics
• Enterprising graduates
for employability
• Enterprise Researcher
Training
• Dual degree
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Interests for Collaboration
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WHAT BROOKES IS SEEKING
IN COLLABORATION
•The development of a portfolio of collaborative teaching and training programmes with major partners
•Opportunities for research collaboration with the government, corporations and universities
•The development of student exchanges between partnerships
Leadership development
Enterprising
education
Technology Entrepreneurship
Dual Degrees
Vocational training in
Hospitalism and Tourism
Strategies
for Collaboration
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Contact us
Dr .Sola Adesola
Senior Lecturer
Chair, Brookes Africa Business Forum
Oxford Brookes University
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