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Nigerian woman emerges as the first female Chancellor of Birmingham University

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 6, 2024

Sandie Okoro, a British-Nigerian, has become the first female Chancellor of the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. Okoro, who is now Group General Counsel at Standard Chartered, where she oversees the bank’s Legal, Group Corporate Secretariat, and Shared Investigative

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UK university, UNIOSUN train 22 Nigerians on proposal writing and grantsmanship

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 2, 2024

The University of Birmingham and Osun State University (UNIOSUN) have selected 22 early-career Nigerian scholars for proposal writing and grantsmanship in  Humanities. The scholarships came from 17 different universities, including Obafemi Awolowo University, Ekiti State University, and the University of Ibadan, among others. Speaking at the beginning of

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Imperial College London named second best university in the world after MIT

Fadiran Ifeloluwa June 5, 2024

Imperial College London has been recognised as the top university in the United Kingdom and the second best in the world, surpassing Oxford and Cambridge for the first time. A new worldwide league table reveals that Imperial has broken years of Oxbridge dominance, rising from sixth to second in the world, trailing only the Massachusetts […]

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UK universities to consider NECO results for admitting international students

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 17, 2024

The University of Birmingham and Lead City University have began discussions with the National Examinations Council (NECO) about using its examination results to accept international students from Nigeria. Ibrahim Wushishi, NECO‘s registrar, announced this in Abuja during an interactive session with Education correspondents. He stated that the two universities have

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MSc in Development Policy and Politics (with Mo Ibrahim Foundation Internship)

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 28, 2024

The International Development Department, University of Birmingham, is pleased to offer one scholarship for our MSc in Development Policy and Politics (with Mo Ibrahim Foundation Internship).  The scholarship is provided by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation and is for a two-year programme, with the successful candidate undertaking the full one-year MSc programme, as well as