The Provost’s Entrance International Scholarship is currently awarded to International students who are going to take part in a degree program at MacEwan University. The MacEwan University has been inspiring students to gain a unique combination of academic excellence and personal learning experiences.

Application Deadline: October 1,2020

Eligible Countries: International

Type: Undergraduate

Value of Award: $10000

Number of Awards: Various

Eligibility: To be eligible, applicants must;

1. be an international student admitted to the Fall term
2. be registered in at least 12 credits per term in each of the Fall and Winter terms of the upcoming academic year in a degree program at MacEwan University
3. have achieved a high school average on courses used for admission to a program within the 90-94.99% range

Application Process: You don’t need to apply for this application . If you have successfully applied for an eligible course HERE https://www.macewan.ca/wcm/Registrar/Admissions/ApplyforAdmission/HowtoApply/index.htmat the university, then you would be considered automatically.

The African Leadership University, a network of tertiary institutions with its main campuses in Mauritius and Rwanda is awarding scholarships to Africans who are seeking to pursue a degree program at the Institution.

The award intends to support students who have demonstrated impact in their communities and want to pursue the undergraduate degree program at the African Leadership University. The African Leaders Scholarship will cover education and accommodation expenses for the selected beneficiaries to attend the African Leadership University, studying at either its Mauritius or Rwanda Campuses – starting in September 2020.

Application Deadline: Open

Eligible Countries: Africa

Type: Undergraduate

Value of Award: 100% tuition fee and accommodation

Number of Awards: Not Known

Eligible Field Of Studies: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Entrepreneurship, Global Challenges, International Business and Trade.

Eligibility:

1. Applicants must be African citizen.
2. Applicants must have passed a final National Senior Secondary School Examination and graduated from Secondary school.
3. Applicants must have passed at least 2 A-levels or equivalent with a minimum grade C or SAT/ACT results.
4. Applicants who come from non-English speaking backgrounds but would like to be exempt from our English Immersion programme may upload their TOEFL, IELTS, or Duolingo English Test (DET) results.
Application Process: Applicants are advised to enrol in the undergraduate degree program HERE https://apply.alueducation.com/ at the university, and after that, you can complete the award application form HERE https://www.alueducation.com/african-leaders-scholarship#sign-up.

The Cologne campus of the Macromedia University of Applied Sciences is awarding the Cologne Sports funding to support all those interested in studying who have a great interest in sports marketing or reporting and who can also demonstrate their own sporting successes or volunteer work in sports.

The university encourages students to continually pursue excellence and personal development. It prepares national and international students for a global work environment in which high-quality management and creativity play a key role.

Application Deadline: July 1, 2020

Eligible Countries: International

Type: Bachelor

Value of Award: € 36,000

Number of Awards: Not Known

Eligible Field of Studies: Journalism BA, majoring in sports journalism and Media Management BA, major in sports management.

Eligibility:

1. Applicants must have very good knowledge of the sports department.
2. Applicants must Demonstrate high level of commitment in sports (competitive sports or volunteering).
3. Applicants must have TOEFL iBT (at least 72 out of 120) or IELTS (at least 6.0 out of 9) or equivalent qualifications.

Application Process: Applicants must take admission in Bachelor of Sports Journalism and Bachelor of Sports & Event Management programs at the Macromedia University of Applied Sciences.

There are two steps that are necessary for the application: Participation in the qualifying event and Complete application documents HERE http://application.macromedia.de/and scholarship application form HERE https://www.macromedia-fachhochschule.de/uploads/tx_rtgfiles/Bewerbungsformular_Stipendien_2018_01.pdffor studying the above courses.

Applications are currently invited for the Built Environment Silver Award which will be provided to International students who are seeking to study a degree program at University of Salford, UK. This scholarship program is designed to encourage the growth and diversity of the community of built environment students

Application Deadline: June 1, 2020

Eligible Countries: International

Type: Master

Value of Award: £1500

Number of Awards: Not Known

Eligible Field of Studies:

MSc Building Surveying
MSc Project Management in Construction
MSc Quantity Surveying
MSc Real Estate and Property Management
MSc Construction Management
MSc BIM and Digital Built Environments

Eligibility:

1. Applicants must be applying for the first year of study on a full-time, on-campus Masters program in the Built Environment subject group of programs
2. Applicants must hold an offer for an eligible program, achieve at least a second class lower degree
3. Applicants must be international students.
4. Applicants must be proficient in English Language

Application Process: CLICK HERE https://beta.salford.ac.uk/postgraduateIf you have been admitted to study in one of the relevant courses given above, then you will automatically be considered for this application program. There is no need for a separate application.

The University of Medical Sciences, Ondo has disclosed that it has concluded plans to commence the coronavirus test. The Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Adesegun Fatusi, made this known who disclosed this said the school has the needed tools to carry out the exercise.

“The PCR machine used for conducting the test for COVID-19 is available in UNIMED. At the moment, once a person is suspected, the sample has to be taken to Ede in Osun State for testing because we don’t have the capacity but within the next few days, we are going to start testing.

“We are going to continue to partner with the federal and state ministries of health to support them not just on COVID-19, but on Lassa fever and on other diseases because we are going to ensure the diagnostic facilities are available.”

Fatusi disclosed that the institution was actively involved in the community sensitization via indigenous, traditional and social media.

He reminded that sensitization is the most important thing at this point in time to let the people know what they should do in order to prevent further spread of the virus.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has disclosed that some of the candidates on the malpractice list in the 2020 UTME had already been arraigned for offenses like examination by proxy, double registration, attempt to cheat, connivance to cheat, unruly behavior, and smuggling of electronic device into the examination hall. He, however, noted that the COVID-19 pandemic interrupted the process.

Of the 195 candidates indicted for examination malpractices, 102 took the examination in six states (this does not refer to their states of origin but the states where they took the examination).

A review of the named candidates on the malpractice list shows that Imo State has the largest share with 25 candidates sitting for the exam in the state. Anambra had the second-highest number of candidates on the list (16), while Enugu, Kaduna, and Kano had 15 perpetrators each.

At the bottom of the list are Adamawa, Sokoto, Gombe and Yobe which had only one each. The FCT recorded three offenders while Lagos had nine. The five states not on the list were: Kebbi, Niger, Taraba, Bayelsa and Zamfara.

According to the information provided by JAMB, the most common form of malpractice by candidates in the 2020 UTME is examination by proxy with 89 candidates being caught in the act.

Also, 26 candidates were caught for connivance to cheat; 24 for attempting to cheat; 23 candidates smuggled mobile phones into the exam hall; and 9 others smuggled electronic devices into the exam hall.

Other misconducts, according to JAMB, include unruly behaviour which was levelled against nine candidates; double registration by seven candidates; four candidates tampered with exam documents; while three were accused of forceful entrance and a candidate was accused of faking vital documents.

The Osun State House of Assembly has directed the Management of Osun State University (UNIOSUN) to extend the deadline for payment of school fees in the 2019/2020 academic session.

This was contained in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker, Mr. Kunle Alabi. He stated that the intervention became necessary to save students of the university who almost lost their admission for not meeting the deadline

According to him, “The Assembly decided to wade into the complaints of the affected students having realized the hardship that the lockdown might have caused parents and guardians in paying school fees at the stipulated time.

“The assembly had received the “Save our Soul” message through its newly set up Public complaint resolution mechanism in line with the legislative agenda of the assembly,” he said.

“I also want to thank and commend the leadership of UNIOSUN for being considerate and compassionate on this issue.

“We are all aware of what the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown has caused parents and guardians. This hardship is not limited to the economy of Osun but that of the world,” he said.

He added that the seventh Assembly under his watch will not shy away from engaging the citizenry, saying the House will be there to attend promptly to discontent and requests of the people they represent.

The president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, has disclosed that the union has been unable to hold a physical meeting with the Federal Government due to the pandemic. He also explained that the union refused to hold meeting via Zoom platform with the Federal Government’s representatives, saying such meetings would not yield any tangible result as it would be difficult to control.

According to ASUU President, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, invited the union to a meeting in Abuja, as a response to union’s last official correspondence to him where the union rejected the submission of their Bank Verification Numbers as a condition for payment of lecturers’ outstanding salaries.

However, the union delegates were unable to go for the meeting due to the current lockdown which led the minister to suggest that both parties meet via Zoom platform. he stated that the union refused because such meeting cannot yield any positive result when most of their physical meetings in the past ended in a stalemate. He said the union is waiting for things to return to normal for a physical meeting to be possible.

He acknowledged that the government has indeed paid salaries of some members of the union, but not all. “Many of our members are yet to get their salaries as of Monday, and some of those who had even been paid were not paid in full. We are collating data to enable us know those affected,” he said.

He said though that salaries are not their major demand from the government but the implementation of the last Memorandum of Action to re-engineer the nation’s public university education.

The ASUU president said no member of the union submitted BVN before payment of their salaries.

“We knew submission of our BVN would lead to our forceful participation in the Integrated and Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) of the Federal Government and we still stand against the policy,” he declared.

Following the gruesome killing of a 300-level student of University of Jos (UNIJOS), Mr Rinji Bala, by suspected security men during a lockdown hour, the whole Holshe community in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State was thrown into confusion and mourning on Wednesday.

Campusinfo learnt that the 20-year-old UNIJOS student was arrested along with five others by security operatives along the National Library area for breaching the lockdown being observed in the state and were whisked to a security post where they were mercilessly tortured.

An eye witness, who was part of those arrested declared: “I and five others were whisked to Sector 1 headquarters of the Special Task Force near Jos Zaria Road stadium in a military patrol van. They did not tell us our offence but tortured us for over an hour before releasing us.

“At the gate, some soldiers asked us to run. When we took off, they opened fire and Rinji fell a few metres from the gate. I stopped to help him up but a soldier came close, with his gun pointed at me, but turned back when another soldier shouted ‘ceasefire.’”

The State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Ubah Gabriel, said: “I heard of the incident, but I don’t know the circumstances surrounding his death but not by the police.”

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The vice-chancellor, National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Professor Abdalla Uba Adamu, has given a directive to the academic staff of his institution concerning online facilitation as an inescapable practice, it is either they engage in it or resign.
Adamu said: “Any lecturer in the National Open University of Nigeria who failed to interact with their students via online facilitation should either look for a College of Education to go and teach or resign and start selling foodstuff in the market.”