National Conference on:

MENTORING AND SUCCESSION PLANNING IN

NIGERIAN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS:

EXPERIENCES, CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES

Venue: Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State

Date: Tuesday, 21
September − Friday, 24 September, 2010

      Arrival:Tuesday, 21 September, 2010

      Registration:7.30am – 9.00am, 22 September, 2010

      Departure:Friday, 24 September, 2010

Mentoring and succession planning activities are key to institutional renewal and sustainability. With statistics indicating that Nigerian Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are bearing the burden of an ageing professoriate,there is an urgent need for the institutions to develop implementable strategies for entrenching sustainable mentoring and succession plans for their teaching and non-teaching staff cadres.

Objectives


The broad objectives of the conference are to:


  • to raise awareness about the importance of mentoring and succession planning in HEIs;
  • evaluate current institutional arrangements for fostering mentoring and other succession planning tools;
  • identify the main
    challenges affecting mentoring and succession planning in Nigerian HEIs;
  • make appropriate
    recommendations for addressing challenges affecting mentoring and succession planning in Nigerian
  • highlight and evaluate a number of best practices in mentoring and succession planning;
  • proffer strategies and action plans for mentoring and succession planning in HEIs;


Themes


The main themes are:


  • Current state of mentoring and succession planning in Nigerian HEIs: challenges and opportunities.

  • Role of governments, government agencies (NUC, PTDF, ETF, etc), nongovernmental organizations,HEIs, teaching staff, non-teaching staff, students, and the real economy in mentoring and succession planning in Nigerian HEIs.

  • Models and strategies of mentoring and succession planning in Nigerian HEIs.

  • Staff perspectives of mentoring and succession planning.

  • Capacity building for effective mentoring and succession planning.

  • Global best practices in mentoring and succession planning.

  • Institutional case studies on mentoring and succession planning.

  • Benefits/Gains of mentoring and succession planning to stakeholders in HEIs.

  • Potential pitfalls of mentoring and succession planning in HEIs.


Sessions

There will be plenary as well as working-group sessions. A number of case studies will also be selected for presentation.

Online registration

All prospective participants are required to register here. This will enable the organizers to have a good estimate of the number of participants, for the purpose
of preparing conference materials. Registration will close on Tuesday September 7, 2010.

Participation

Participation is open only to University leaders and Professors, Government functionaries (Ministries, NUC, ETF, etc), Captains of industry, Students, NGOs and HEIs in Nigeria. Each HEI should send at least three nominees, one of whom should include the Dean of postgraduate studies.

Call for papers

Papers on any of the themes above, as well as institutional case studies, are invited. HEIs are especially encouraged to submit institutional case studies relating to their mentoring and succession planning strategies. An author of an accepted paper/case study will be required to make a 20-minute
electronic presentation at the conference.

Participation fee

There is a fee of N75,000 per participant.

Participants are advised to pay into the following bank account at any branch of the FIRST BANK Plc throughout Nigeria:

Account Name: University of Ibadan MacArthur Foundation Grant

Account Number: 1232040000240

This is the preferred method of payment.

Alternatively,
participants may pay at the point of registration.

Irrespective of the chosen method of payment, prospective participants are required to register here not later than Tuesday September 7, 2010.

Deadline


Requests for participation and presentation of paper/institution case studies should be sent electronically to the undersigned, not later than 7 September, 2010.

Board and lodging

Participants are responsible for their board and lodging expenses. Information about a number of hotels, not far from the University of Ibadan, is available here for the use of interested participants,
who are advised to contact the hotels directly.

Correspondence

All correspondence or enquiries should be sent to:

Professor G O S EKHAGUERE,

      The MacArthur Grant Liaison Officer,

ICT/Digital Library Building,

      Suites F6 & F7, Benue Road,

      University of Ibadan, Ibadan,

      Oyo State, Nigeria.

      Tel: 0803 324 1859, 0805 661
      2745, 0805 194 9226