UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA
OFFICE OF THE VICE CHANCELLOR

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS OF DESERVING STAFF FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE AWARDS 2016

PREAMBLE
The university of Nigeria administration has instituted the above awards for its deserving staff. This is to inform all our stakeholders of this excellent development in the institution and enjoin all Deans, Directors, Heads of Academic/Administrative Departments and interested individual staff members to submit nominations in line with the instructions below (see Serial No. iv), to The Chairman, University of Nigeria Excellent Performance Award Committee, Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration), on or before 23 September 2016. All nominations should be enclosed in sealed envelopes and marked “Excellent Performance Award 2016”.

IMPLEMENTATION PARADIGM FOR THE AWARDS
i.    Categories of Award
1.    Academic Staff Category – Professorial and Non-Professorial cadres
2.    Non-Academic Staff Category – Senior and Junior Staff

ii.    Number of Recipients for Each Category
1.    Academic Staff – Four Awards: Two for Professorial cadre and two for Non- Professorial cadre.
2.    Non-Academic Staff – Four Awards: Two for Senior Staff and two for Junior Staff

iii.    Nominations of Potential Awardees

Selection by the Committee shall be from the following sources:

1.    Individual applications to the Committee by staff.
2.    Recommendations by the Deans, Directors and Heads of Academic/ Administrative Department of qualified staff, who did not apply on their own.

iv.    Criteria for Nomination of Deserving Staff
1.    Academic Staff Category
*    Brief biographic citation of nominee (100 words)
*    Teaching (Information presented in the course, Quality of assessment of students; Availability to students; Timely completion of lectures; Early release of results; Overall relationship with students; and ICT orientation) (30 marks).
*    Research Output (Cutting edge work; Innovation; Discovery; Publications that add to the visibility of the University) (50 marks). NOTE:  The acceptable research output should be published within two years of the year for the Award’s. However, for the commencement year of 2016, publications for the past five years will be acceptable.
*    Attendance/Presentation of Papers at International Conferences (10 marks).
*    Mentorship of Students/Young Lecturers (10 marks).

2.    Non-Academic Staff Category
*    Brief biographic citation of nominee (100 words)
*    Punctuality/Regularity to duty
*    Timely completion of assigned responsibility
*    Quality of work output
*    Commitment to duty
*    Integrity
*    Discipline
*    Creativity
*    Innovation
*    ICT orientation
*    Relationship with fellow staff and customers
(TEN [10] MARKS FOR EACH OF THE ABOVE)

v.    Scoring Style
Marks shall be earned on the basis of the quality and relevance of the facts/stories explaining each empirical referent for the two categories of the Award. In other words, what the nominees had actually done will really be used to evaluate them. The scoring will be evidence – based.

vi.    Prizes for Each Awardee
i.    A well designed certificate of very high quality
ii.    Cash award of not less than two hundred thousand naira (N200,000.00)
vii.    Frequency of the Awards
The award shall be an annual event, normally during the Founders’ Day celebrations
viii.    Scoring Modalities

1.    Academic Staff Category

a.    The scoring shall be weighted as follows:
•    Excellent         (4 marks)
•    Very Adequate    (3 marks)
•    Adequate        (2 marks)
•    Fairly Adequate  (1 mark)
•    Inadequate         (No mark)

b. Each score obtained by a Nominee will then be multiplied by the accompanying value in   each item in the assessment format below to get the mark attained.

2.    Non-academic staff category
The recommendations for each nominee under this category shall be evidence-based. The entire Committee shall be involved in the scoring of non-academic staff on the basis of 1-10 scale points as follows. It is to be noted that the scoring will be on the grounds of the quality of the story (evidence) that accompanies each of the items.

Professor Charles A. Igwe
Deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration),
Chairman, University of Nigeria Excellent Performance Award Committee

SECOND NOTICE

DIGNITY OF MAN DEBATE–56th Founders’ Day Celebration

Applications are invited from Students who may wish to participate in this year’s Founders’ Day Dignity of Man Debate which event comes up on Wednesday October 5, 2016. Applicants are to conform with the requested personal data as stated in the ealier notice of 6/9/2016.

In line with the growing interest in the British Parliamentary Debate System, this year’s Debate will follow that format and adopt the following strategies:

1. Topics for the debate will be randomly picked from a pool in sittu. The topics will generally cover global issues.
2. Interested students should constitute themselves into teams, and apply as such.
3. Each team shall comprise 2 persons and there would be four teams at each session from the preliminaries to the finals.
4. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE NEW DATE FOR THE SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS FOR SCREENING  AS STATED IN THE EARLIER NOTICE HAS CHANGED.ENTRIES CLOSE 12 MIDNIGHT ON WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 2016.

Goodluck to ALL as you apply

Okwun Omeaku – Chief

Ag. PRO

UNN MUSIC DEPT 1^ST AND BEST

Our dear University of Nigeria has emerged the best and the first in Nigeria once again in the just concluded first ever Campus Classicals Music Competition held in NILAG from 29th August to 1st September, 2016.

Our indifatiguable and precious Department of Music came out the best, the first and the overall winner.

The team of 53 students led by Rev. Sr. Keke, Rev. Ewulu and Mr. Nwankwo made us proud in the four categories of the competition comprising: Orchestral,  Operatic, Choral, and Stage Band Performances. TO GOD BE THE GLORY.

View More Photos from the competition

2016/17 UNN ACCOMMODATION INFORMATION 1
This is to inform all students of UNN (Prospective and returning) to take note of the following important information with regards to student accommodation for the 2016/17 session:
1.    The University has limited spaces for student accommodation.
2.    The accommodation is allocated on a first come, first serve basis.
3.    First Year and final year students are given high priority during allocation.
4.    First years are allocated 40% of the total accommodation, final years 25% while other years are allocated 35%.
5.    All Nursing Mothers must apply for accommodation online and must notify the authorities early. You are permitted to stay alone in a room or be two persons in a room.
6.    The following are highly prohibited and will attract eviction from the hostel:
•    Squatting of any kind.
•    Late return to the hostel at night.
•    Smoking.
•    Drinking of Alcohol.
•    Stealing.
•    Fighting and quarrelling.
•    Use of hotplates, electric boiling ring, refrigerator, gas cooker and so on.
•    Use of generator sets.
•    Defecating and bathing at undesignated places.
•    Pouring of water in undesignated places.
•    Defacing of Hostel walls by posting of bills, posters and any document.
7.    Only students who have successfully met the following will be qualified for hostel accommodation:
•    Paid all school fees till date.
•    Registered all courses online till date.
•    Possess the University ID card or have been successfully captured.
•    Possess and use the University student email address.
8.    All hostel accommodation invoices are valid for only three days after generation. Any student who fails to pay within the three day period will be doing so at his/her own risk.
9.    All Rev Sisters and intending corps members must follow the authorised process for accommodation henceforth.
10.    Physically challenged students must also generate invoice and proceed to make payments promptly.

All students should be informed and prepare themselves adequately for the new session.

Student Affairs Unit

EXTENSION OF THE CLOSING DATE FOR THE 2016/2017 SUPPLEMENTARY ADVERTISEMENT OF APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION INTO POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES

 This is to inform all prospective postgraduate students that the closing date for the sale of application forms for the 2016/2017 supplementary advertisement for admissions into the postgraduate programmes of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka has been extended to Monday, September 19, 2016.  Details of the methods of application for postgraduate admissions remain as earlier published in the Daily Sun Newspaper of 22^nd April, 2016 and on the University of Nigeria website.

Ph.D ADMISSION IN THE FACULTY OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Candidates are hereby informed that for Ph.D admission into the Departments in the Faculty of Business Administration, a minimum GPA of 4.00 on a 5-point scale is required.

Thank you.

John M.U. Omeje

for: Deputy Registrar/Secretary,

School of Postgraduate Studies

UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA  

 STAFF CONVERSION EXAMINATION  – List of Successful Staff 

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NIGERIAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY: 39TH ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE AND GENERAL MEETING

THEME: MICROBIOLOGY FOR ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION AND SUSTAINABLE HEALTH

Date:        September 19-23, 2016

Venue:      Princess Alexandria Auditorium (PAA) and Faculty of Biological Sciences UNN Nsukka

For more Information Please DOWNLOAD

UNN-2016_Flyer_Final_1

UNN-2016_Flyer_Final_2

UNN-2016_Poster_Final

Notice of Examination for Trained Typists

An exam is scheduled for all Typists trained in the Staff Conversion Training Programme as follows:

Date:   Tuesday 6 September 2016

Time:  2pm- 4pm

Venue:  UNN Digital Library, Nnamdi Azikiwe Library, UNN

Nature of exam: 2hrs Computer Based Test (CBT)

Note: All concerned should be at the venue by 1pm; Personnel Services will be in attendance. Certificates will be awarded at the end of the exercise.

Signed:

Achuwa F. C.

 To the Attention of:

• Chief Executives/Vice chancellors of higher institutions in Africa/globally,
• Scholars, Students, NGO and governmental representatives:

Dear All,

We are delighted to inform you that the Vice Chancellor, University of Nigeria, Professor Benjamin Chukwuma Ozumba and the Office of Strategic Contacts, Ethics & Publications, is organizing an upscale 2016 International Conference on Ethics, Governance and Higher Education (EGHE2016) with the support of Globethics.net (organizer of the Global Ethics Forum), Geneva, Switzerland.

• Date: November 23rd-25th 2016.
• Venue: Princess Alexandra Auditorium (PAA), University of Nigeria, Nsukka Campus, Enugu State, Nigeria
• Contributors and Speakers: Over 30 chief executives/vice chancellors of tertiary institutions from Africa and all over the globe are expected to be in attendance.
• Participants: distinguished participants/scholars from over 40 countries worldwide, from academic, business, governmental and NGO realms.
• Languages: English and French
• Co-organizers: University of Nigeria / Globethics.net, Geneva, Switzerland

This highly exciting and challenging international Conference is intended to be a forum, discussion and networking place for academics, researchers, professionals, administrators, educational leaders, policy makers, industry representatives, advanced students and others interested in issues that surround ethics and leadership, innovation, strong ethical culture in, leadership, governance and value education. Kindly pre-register under the following links before September 15, 2016. More details on topics and target audience are included in our call for paper.

Visit our Website on eghe2016.unn.edu.ng for more information

Call for Papers

We look forward to hearing from you soon,

POSTGRADUATE SCREENING RESULT CHECKER

This is to inform all postgraduate students who took part in the last screening examination that the results are currently online.

To check your result, simply follow the process outlined below:

1. Visit the University Portal- unnportal.edu.ng
2. Click on Postgraduate.
3. Click on Check 2016/17 Postgraduate screening result.
4. Enter your Application Number.
5. Make payments using your debit card or enter your scratch card pin.
6. Print your result and keep it safe for the admission process.

Note:

To purchase the scratch cards, visit the following places in University of Nigeria:

1. Nsukka Campus

1. E-Market Office, Marlima Builing
2. School of Postgraduate Studies, Nsukka

2. Enugu Campus

1. ICT Centre, UNEC.

Supplementary list of Postgraduate Programmes of the Department of Pharmacognosy and Environmental Medicine to be run by the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in the 2016/2017 academic session.

John M.U. Omeje

for: Deputy Registrar/Secretary,

School of Postgraduate Studies

cc: Dean, SPGS8

Head, Department of Pharmacognosy and Environmental Medicine

Deputy Registrar/Secretary, SPGS

AR Admissions

UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA NSUKKA

SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES

1. ADDITIONAL ONLINE ADVERT OF POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES FOR THE 2016/2017 SESSION

DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOGNOSY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE

M.Pharm, M.Sc and Ph.D Degree propgrammes

• Phytochemistry
• Biomedicinal Chemistry
• Ethnobotany
• Phytopharmacology
• Drug Evaluation and Quality Control

John M.U. Omeje

for: Deputy Registrar/Secretary,

School of Postgraduate Studies

Call for Papers

DOWNLOAD UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC REGULATIONS

UNN REGULATIONS

ADDITIONAL ONLINE ADVERT OF POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES FOR THE 2016/2017 SESSION

INSTITUTE OF MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH

Ph.D Degree Programme

• D Tropical Paediatrics.
• D Human Reproduction.
• D Adolescent and Child Health.
• D Women’s Health and Reproductive Sciences.
• D Vaccinology.

John U.M. Omeje

for: Deputy Registrar/Secretary,

School of Postgraduate Studies