African Development Bank Internship Program for Masters students

African Development Bank (AfDB) Internship Program

Course(s) Offered: Several fields
Course Level: Masters
Provider: AfDB
Country to Study in: Any AfDB member country

ASUU Factions Plan to End Strike This Week

The Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) is planning to end the ongoing five-month strike mid- January next year, a faction of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) chapter alleged on Monday.

ESTS School of Thoracic Surgery Scholarships for Thoracic Surgeons

ESTS School of Thoracic Surgery Scholarships

Course(s) Offered: Thoracic Surgery
Course Level: Training
Provider: ESTS School of Thoracic Surgery
Country to Study in: Antalya (Turkey) and Elancourt (France)

Trinidad and Tobago Scholarships for Nigerians

Abuja Carnival: Trinidad and Tobago Offers Scholarship to 30 Nigerians

Trinidad and Tobago has announced the award of university scholarships to 30 Nigerian youths to learn the art of management of carnival and costume making for steel band.

Presidential Special Scholarship Scheme (PRESSID): Shortlisted Candidates for Aptitude Test (2014/2015)

Presidential Special Scholarship Scheme for Innovation and Development (PRESSID)

Course{s} Offered: Fields related to innovation and development
Course Level: Postgraduate
Provider: Federal Government of Nigeria (via NUC)
Country to Study in: Several countries

Erasmus Mundus Scholarships in Sustainable Forest and Nature Management (SUFONAMA)

Erasmus Mundus Scholarships: MSc in Sustainable Forest and Nature Management (SUFONAMA)

Course(s) Offered: Forest & Nature management, etc
Course Level: Graduate (masters)
Provider: Erasmus Mundus
Country to Study in: Europe (Denmark, UK, Germany, Sweden, Italy)

Let Girls Lead Tell your Story Video Contest (win $10,000) for Young Women Worldwide!

Let Girls Lead Tell your Story Video Contest

Course(s) Offered: Story-telling
Course Level: Contest / Competition
Provider: Let Girls Lead
Country to Study in: Any country

Strike Latest: ASUU Undecided After Secret Meeting, Plans to Meet the President

ASUU Undecided After Secret Meeting

The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, National Executive Council, weekend, met in Kano. The secret meeting, lasted from Friday night to Saturday morning.

Top 200 Colleges and Universities in the World 2013

World University Web Ranking: Top 200 Colleges and Universities in the World

Intending international students often discover the difficulty encountered in trying to choose a school to apply to outside of their home country. This can be overcome if there is a ranking that compares different schools against the same yardstick.

Google Cloud Platform Developer Challenge for Software Developers Worldwide

Google Cloud Platform Developer Challenge

Course(s) Offered: Application development
Course Level: All software developers
Provider: Google Inc.
Country to Study in: Worldwide

Strike Update: ASUU Holds NEC Meeting Friday, Iyayi's Burial in December, FG Begs to Take Part

Late unionist burial top priority - ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may hold its postponed National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on Friday to decide whether or not to suspend the indefinite strike it began since July 2.

Kiplinger Fellowship Program in Public Affairs for Journalists Worldwide

Kiplinger Fellowship Program for Journalists

Course(s) Offered: Public Affairs
Course Level: Training, Short-term fellowships
Provider: The Kiplinger Foundation
Country to Study in: USA

Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP) Selection Interview

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

FEDERAL SCHOLARSHIP BOARD
2014/2015 Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP) Selection Interview, 25th - 29th November, 2013

Bayelsa State / Lincoln University Scholarship for Undergraduate Bayelsan Students

Bayelsa State / Lincoln University Undergraduate Scholarship

Course(s) Offered: All fields
Course Level: Undergraduate
Provider: Bayelsa State Scholarship Board
Country to Study in: USA

Will ASUU End Four-Month Old Strike Today?

ASUU May End Strike Today

There are indications that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Nigeria may end its four-month old strike on Saturday, November 16.

Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships for Graduate Nigerian Students and Scholars

Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships

Course(s) Offered: All courses
Course Level: Graduate (research, Phd, postdoc)
Provider: Swiss government
Country to Study in: Switzerland

ASUU Suspends NEC Meeting Indefinitely

As Oshiomhole, NLC, Wogu, others mourn

LEADERS of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, yesterday, suspended indefinitely the union’s National Executive Council, NEC, meeting planned to hold in Kano over the tragic auto-crash that claimed the life of ASUU former President, Professor Festus Iyayi, on Tuesday morning.

Tragedy Hits ASUU As Ex-President Dies in Car Crash Enroute To ASUU Strike Call Off Meeting

Former ASUU president dies, ASUU postpones NEC meeting

Former president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof. Festus Iyayi is dead. He died Tuesday morning in a car crash on his way to Kano to participate in the National Executive Council Meeting of ASUU expected to declare an end to the over 4-month strike.

Strike Update: ASUU Divided Over Move To Call Off Strike

The hope that the four month old strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, may be called off this week, following President Goodluck Jonathan’s intervention last week, may be dashed as the 61 chapters of the union are divided over the move to call off the strike.

GWF Emerging Scholars Award for Scholars and Practitioners in Water-related Fields and Research Worldwide

GWF Emerging Scholars Award

Course(s) Offered: Water-related fields
Course Level: Research, projects, opinions
Provider: Global Water Forum
Country to Study in: All countries

Scratch Cards For 2014/2015 JAMB UTME Registration On Sale

JAMB Scratch Card For UTME Registration On Sale

JAMB Scratch cards for online registration of the 2014/2015 UTME examination is now on sale. Sales for the card commenced ever since JAMB activated and opened its UTME Registration portal to the public.

ETS Suspends TOEFL and GRE Testing In Nigeria Indefinitely

TOEFL® and GRE® Testing Suspended In Nigeria Indefinitely

Educational Testing Service (ETS), the organ that develops and administers the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) test, and the Graduate Records Exam (GRE) test in Nigeria, and elsewhere all over the world, has announced the suspension of these tests in Nigeria indefinitely.

ASUU Strike Update: ASUU Prepares To Call Off Strike This Week

ASUU may call off strike this week

Indications have emerged that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, may call off its over four-month-old strike on Thursday.

ASUU Strike Update: ASUU Gives FG Final Condition Before They End Strike; Lecturers Meet on Monday to Vote on Ending Strike

ASUU Gives FG Final Condition Before They End Strike

It is not yet over, as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has given the Government conditions to be met before the union would finally call off its over four-month old strike.

SAWISE Hope Scholarships for South African Women in Science and Technology

SAWISE Hope Scholarships 

Course(s) Offered: Science (Incl. Medicine), Engineering
Course Level: Undergraduate (bachelors)
Provider: SAWISE; The Hope Network
Country to Study in: South Africa

ASUU Strike Latest: ASUU in Nationwide Consultations With Members Over FG Offer

The Academic Staff Union of Universities is set to convene its National Executive Committee this weekend to discuss the offer made to the union by the Federal Government to develop public universities, it was learnt on Wednesday.

ASUU Strike Call-Off Likely As FG, ASUU Shift Grounds

ASUU likely to call off strike in one week

THERE are strong indications that the protracted strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, that has crippled academic activities for over four months may end in the next one week, Vanguard has gathered.

NYSC 2013 Batch 'C' Orientation Course Time-Table and State Camp Addresses

2013 NYSC Batch 'C' Orientation

This is to inform the public and in particular, all prospective corps members that the NYSC 2013 Batch ‘C’ Orientation course commences in all NYSC Orientation camps, nationwide as detailed below:

ASUU, Jonathan Marathon Meeting Last Over 10 hours

‘We won’t leave until this strike is called off’ - President Jonathan

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday, held a long meeting with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. As of the time of going to press around 11.30 p.m, the meeting, which started around 2.45 p.m, was still ongoing.

Chevening/Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Scholarships for Developing Commonwealth Countries

Chevening/CBA Scholarships

Course(s) Offered: Broadcast-related subjects
Course Level: Graduate (masters)
Provider: CBA / Chevening
Country to Study in: UK

Thomson Reuters Foundation Journalism Fellowship Programme for International Scholars

The Journalism Fellowship Programme

Course(s) Offered: Social sciences (Journalism)
Course Level: Training, Fellowships
Provider: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Country to Study in: UK

2013 ASUU Strike: Ignore Your Agreements With ASUU - Non Acadenic University Unions tell FG

Ignore ASUU’s demands, NASU, NAAT, SSANU tell FG

NON Teaching staff in tertiary institutions in Nigeria, have advised the Federal Government to ignore the Memorandum of Understanding it entered into with the striking lecturers on the aegis of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, saying its implementation would lead to another round of crisis.

Step by Step Guide to Australian immigration for International Medical Graduates (IMGs)

Australian immigration for IMGs

The world is awash with opportunity for highly skilled medical practitioners. So why would you choose Australia over the many other options you might have? Here are several reasons!

IBM Graduate Trainee Programme for Sub-Saharan Africans

IBM Graduate Trainee Programme

Course(s) Offered: IT, Telecom
Course Level: Graduate (internship, training)
Provider: IBM
Country to Work in: Africa

National Universities Commission (NUC) Scholarship Scheme for Nigerian students - 2nd Edition (2013/2014)

Presidential Special Scholarship Scheme for Innovation and Development (PRESSID)

Course(s) Offered: Fields related to innovation and development
Course Level: Postgraduate
Provider: Federal Government of Nigeria (via NUC)
Country to Study in: Any country

National Institute for Theoretical Physics Bursaries in South Africa for Honors, Masters and Doctoral Students

NITheP Bursary Scheme

Course(s) Offered: Theoretical Physics
Course Level: Honors, Masters, Doctoral
Provider: NRF / NITheP
Country to Study in: South Africa