UI holds third induction for new academic staff

THE University of Ibadan (UI) has charged its 79 newly employed academic staff to contribute to the continual edification of a unique, national and academic monument which will clock 70 in November this year.

Stating this was the vice chancellor, Professor Idowu Olayinka, at the third induction ceremony organised by the Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETel) for the newly employed academic staff of the university from 2015 to 2018, which was held at the PIFA Hall, DLC Shasha, Ibadan.

While congratulating the inductees, who he said were privileged to be inheritors of a time-tested and robust academic tradition, Olayinka said the university would continue to be driven by one great vision: to be a world-class institution for academic excellence, geared towards meeting societal needs.

He said that the programme was meant to properly introduce the newly employed to the workings of the university and how they could effectively contribute their quotas to its uplift.

The vice chancellor encouraged them to use the platform as an avenue to establish professional networks for future collaborative projects, and wished them a rewarding experience in their career at the university.

Speaking at the event, the deputy vice chancellor, Professor Adeyinka Aderinto, who doubles as CETel board chairman, also encouraged them to be deeply involved as lecturers in the three major activities – teaching, research and community service, which he said would afford them the opportunity to positively impact their students, shape the general society and positively influence their immediate communities.

Professor Akin Odebummi, director, CETel, while emphasising the value of inductions in the centre as one of its focal emphases, thanked the vice chancellor for his support and express approval.

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This he said was not as a routine nod to the continuity of a tradition, but a critical recognition of CETel’s relevance in the provision of a university-wide orientation in sound, science-tested pedagogy.

One of the facilitators at the induction ceremony, Professor A. B Ekanola, director, OIP, UI while speaking on the topic ‘Academic Job Ethics’, advised the inductees to beware of inter-related unethical practices that could easily truncate their career as budding academics, including all forms examination malpractice, sexual harassment of students and staff, improper sexual relationship and financial impropriety.