Prof. Mafiana
The Dean, School of Postgraduate Studies (SPGS) of the 水果派 of Nigeria (NOUN), Prof. Chiedu Mafiana,聽has called on the postgraduate students of the聽university to work聽hard聽towards聽publishing scholarly articles in reputable local and international journals.
Mafiana stated this while delivering聽keynote address during a聽2-day virtual and physical workshop organised by the Department of Religious Studies for its postgraduate students at the聽university headquarters, Jabi, Abuja.
The workshop with the theme: “Research Methods and Guidelines on Preparation for Postgraduate Examinations/Assessment,” commenced on Tuesday, August 聽23 and ended the following day.
Speaking on the need to modernise advanced researches, Mafiana implored the students to work diligently and tirelessly towards ensuring that PG students carry out original dissertations聽in their various academic disciplines.
While commending the organisers of the workshop, the聽dean warned the students against plagiarism, illegal payments of fees to their supervisors/co-supervisors to aid their project reports,聽adding that they should aim higher in publishing scholarly articles in learned referred journal of reputable local and international universities.
On her part, the Dean, Faculty of Arts, Prof.聽Iyabode Nwabueze,聽while commending the Department of Religious Studies for training sound postgraduates needed for the labour markets, hailed advanced researches for聽their聽contributions to academic inquiries.
On the challenges facing the PG students, a communique was issued at the end of the workshop 聽to address the challenges.
According to the communique, a postgraduate student should be familiar with the聽study聽centre with regards to topic approval and assigning of supervisors, 聽getting in touch with the聽department so as to have access to course materials to aid their learning process, among other resolutions.
Questions from participants were entertained while the resource persons responded to them accordingly.
The workshop was attended by: the Dean, 聽School of Postgraduate Students (SPGS), Prof. Chiedu Mafiana, the Dean, Faculty of Arts, Prof. Iyabode Nwabueze, Director, Directorate of Academic Planning (DAP), Prof. Godwin Aper, Religious Studies Postgraduate Co-ordinator, Uzuma Dike, members of the Faculty of Arts and postgraduate students.
Other resource persons at the workshop were: Director, Directorate of Learning Content Management System (DLCMS),聽Dr.聽Adesina聽Adewale, Head of Department of Religious Studies (HOD), Dr. Michael Okoronkwo, Associate Prof. Miracle Ajah, Prof. Uche, Prof. Mustapha Adejoro,聽among others.