Let your research go beyond publication, VC charges academics
Let your research go beyond publication, VC charges academics
Prof. Florence Obi, the Vice Chancellor, University of Calabar (UniCal), has charged scholars to carry out research works that will solve society’s problems.
Obi made the call on Wednesday in Calabar, during a research fair organised as part of activities to mark the university’s 37th convocation ceremony
She said that research studies should be about inventions and innovations that would be of positive benefits to the society and humanity.
The vice chancellor urged academic staff of the university to ensure that their research works went beyond being published in journals and other outlets.
She said that the essence of the fair was to enable the institution to showcase its research works to the world, and to attract sponsorships for some of the innovations.
“Research is a core mandate of a scholar, it is one of the three major components of our job, which are teaching, research and community service.
“In the past few years, our university has impacted the society by the research efforts that we have made. Six of our staff were listed among the world’s two per cent top researchers.
“As we speak, there are about 80 research proposals by the staff of the university to the Tertiary Education Trust Fund(Tetfund), this is to me quite commendable,” she said.
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Obi thanked Tetfund for its support for academic research, saying, “your interventions have increased the tempo of researchers”
Mr Bassey Okon, the Director, Research and Development, expressed the need for universities to develop innovations that would trigger better quality of life for the people.
“The above is the reason for organising this fair. It provides an avenue for the private sector to see what the university is doing, and partner with it for a abetter society,” he said.
Okon noted that although, researchers faced the challenges of poor Internet services and power, the Federal Government and Tetfund were taking steps to solve those challenges.
