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Skyline University Nigeria’s vision of becoming one of the top 10 Universities in the world has received a boost as the University has secured formal approval from the National Universities Commission (NUC) to run Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science (BMLS). The Approval was received on 15th March 2022, following a letter by the NUC to the office of the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ajith Kumar V.V. The approval received was sequel to the recent visit by the members of the NUC on resource verification exercise on Thursday 20th January 2022 when the Programmeme was proposed by the management to be part of the courses offered by the University. Prof. Ajith, while reacting to this new development, stated that the approval is a big leap in the University’s quest to become one of the best Universities in the world. By this approval, he added that “the University is accepting admissions from credible candidates who want to study Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science with the University. With this new initiative, Skyline University Nigeria has increased its Programmemes on offer, increasing from 15 Programmemes in 2018 to 19 Programmemes in 2021. Programmes in the School of Science and Information Technology (SSIT) include Biology, Microbiology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Industrial Chemistry, Physics with Electronics, Mathematics, Computer Science & Information Systems, Software Engineering, and Geology. Progrrames in the schools of Arts, Management and Social Sciences (SAMSS) include Political Science, International Relations, Journalism and Mass Communication, Accounting, Banking and Finance, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, International Business, Business Administration, Economics in as well as B.Sc Tourism and Hospitality Management. Programmes in the School of Basic Medical Science include Doctor of Physiotherapy, B.NSc. Nursing Sciences and now Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science (BMLS)

A team from the Ministry of Planning and Budget, Kano State has paid a courtesy visit to Skyline University Nigeria. The visit which took place on Thursday, 11th March 2022 was made to foster a robust and long-term relationship between the University and the Ministry. While receiving the delegation, the University’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ajith Kumar V.V extended his appreciation to the guest for taking the time to visit the University. He highlighted the University’s plan to collaborate with the Ministry in terms of empowerment of the youth and women in the community. According to him, this will enhance quality assurance and ensure that the youth and women in the community are sound, functional, and efficient to meet the challenges of the present and future society. Prof. Ajith stated that the University’s attention has been drawn to the general outcry by the youth and women in the community to the persistent skills shortage whereby some individuals are unable to express practical functionality of basic Programmes in Excel, Human management, Customer retention, and what is expected in the market place. He added that the empowerment of the youth and women will address these concerns. The Team Lead, Alhaji Nura M. Dankadai, who led a 6-man team to the University, expressed his happiness with the initiatives put in place by the University, stating that the University’s initiative will reflect positively in the lifestyle of the youth and women. “By this initiative, the participants will be empowered to stand out when compared to their peers, no doubt, this is something great and you have our support,” he stated.

The Vice-Chancellor of Skyline University Nigeria, Prof. Ajith Kumar V.V, has called for the empowerment of youth and women in the community, considering the need to evolve positive measures and strategies to promote their inclusion in the society. According to him, this initiative will help to improve entrepreneurship representation of the youth and women in Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) as well as showcase their contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Prof. Ajith made this call while giving his remarks during the visit of members of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Cooperatives, and Solid minerals, Kano State. The Vice-Chancellor discussed the inclusion of Youth and Women in the University’s empowerment initiative, stating that the empowerment Programme for the youth and women will allow the University to give back to the community. As he puts it, “As an institution, Skyline University Nigeria is pleased to organize this Programmeme as part of its contribution to Corporate Social Responsibility in the socio-economic development of Kano State”. He said that the inclusion of youth and women in the empowerment initiative of the University would be an effective instrument to empower women economically, combat poverty and ensure sustainable social and economic gains. He added that the empowerment is something the students of the University are already in voluntary participation, starting slowly for their development activities. He called for collaboration from the ministry to get the initiative fast-tracked as well as to evolve positive measures and strategies to promote the youth and women’s inclusion in public procurement and economic empowerment in Nigeria. The Honorable Commissioner of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Cooperatives, and Solid Minerals, Alhaji Ibrahim Mukhtar appreciated the management of the University for the warm reception received. He stated that the youth and women empowerment initiative will bring great impact to the local community “It is a good initiative and we will support it to the best of our ability as this will inspire creativity, competitiveness, and professionalism amongst the beneficiary of this initiative”, he stated.   The Hon. Commissioner was accompanied by members of the of Commerce, Industry, Cooperatives, and Solid Minerals

The measuring of any university the world over is the quality of their graduates. Teaching methodology as well as research activities played a major role in these identified areas. The teaching methodology in Skyline University Nigeria not only played a major role in quality delivery of teaching and learning processes but also gave definition to the content of the knowledge being impacted on the students and in addition a necessary requirement to effectively impart knowledge, skills, and value-based education in the University. Teaching Methodologies The question of which teaching methodology is adopted by Skyline University Nigeria is no longer news as it implemented both, traditional and virtual teaching methodologies. Traditional classroom teaching methodologies have well been tested at the university campus. However, the implementation of virtual classrooms was new and high-tech. Yet they’re also pretty experimental when combined with traditional classroom teaching methodologies, which exposed students to the privilege of accessing course work from anywhere within their comfort zone while increasing their academic knowledge and digital skills. The University is working with the NUC’s Benchmark Minimum Academic Standards (BMAS) and at par with global trends where universities based on their unique features are driving the development and implementation of the curriculum. Through her expert faculty and human resources, SUN is assembled to harmonize and review its teaching methodologies based on its robust contributions which would bring more impetus to Nigeria’s quest for national and international development. Research Activities Skyline University Nigeria recognized research activities and research-led teaching as the main responsibility of its faculty and has provided an enabling environment for teaching and research in various fields of academics. These developments are unique and comply with global standards in teaching, learning, and research. The University’s strategic mission reflects the emphasis on the importance of quality research. In addition, they include activities that result in the creation of new knowledge and the expansion of existing knowledge in a way that it brings value to the community. Thereby, bringing the introduction of new knowledge, methodology, concepts, and understanding in the areas of analysis, medicine, synthesis, etc to the extent that it leads to a new discovery. To support this goal, the University has incorporated the virtual release of the maiden issue of the International Journal of Business Review and Entrepreneurship (IJBRE) earlier in 2020. The IJBRE has soon served as a platform for the university to pride itself to explore new vistas of knowledge that add value to the existing body of knowledge. This forum has enabled researchers to actively participate in analyzing, evaluating, and solving the problems of society through their contributions. The IJBRE has also gained acceptance and credibility in the International Academic Forums by enlisting in a minimum of five International Indexing organizations (such as GIF, ISI, Copernicus, Directory of Quality Factor & Open Access Journal, Cite factor, Cosmos, EBSCO). This has facilitated the IJBRE’s Journal abstracts listing and increase the citation ratings in Google Scholar and Research Gate.

The years so far have been a time of highlighted academic initiatives for Skyline University Nigeria. From the stage of acquiring the National Universities Commission (NUC’s) provisional license in 2018 to the commencement of academic sessions and the conduct of maiden matriculation ceremony to the successful completion of the verification exercise and approval of three additional courses by the NUC. SUN has entered its fourth year of academic excellence and has continued to prepare students for student-based intellectual activities and career training, which are some of the visions of the University. During the past months, Skyline University Nigeria (SUN) has witnessed many new and inviting developments. Some of these developments include the recent National Universities Commission (NUC’s) Approval to Run B.NSc Nursing Science, Doctor of Physiotherapy (DPT), and B.Sc Tourism and Hospitality Management which is currently ongoing in the 2021/2022 academic session. Recently, the NUC began its resource assessment of Programmemes in Medical Laboratory Science (BMLS) proposed to be part of the courses run by the University. Apart from these developments, the University has highlighted its academic initiatives into 2022. They include teaching methodologies, accreditation, research activities, Ceo/Guest lecture series, technical visits, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with other universities, amongst others. Accreditation Skyline University Nigeria recently received members of the National Universities Commission (NUC) on the accreditation exercise of eleven academic Programmemes. These Programmemes, including Accounting, Business Administration, Entrepreneurship Studies and Innovation, Biochemistry, Computer Science, Geology, Microbiology, Software Engineering, Economics, International Relations, and Mass Communications, are part of the courses run by the University. The accreditation exercise of the University’s Programmemes is a major mandate of the NUC that seeks to enhance quality assurance, and secure that graduates of the University are sound, functional, and efficient who can meet the challenges of the present and have the capacity to compete favorably with their counterparts anywhere in the world. It also ensures that the University conforms to the expectations of the regulatory body in maintaining quality and academic standards in all of its Programmemes.  CEO/Guest Lecture Series The Guest Lecture Series is one of the platforms set aside by Skyline University Nigeria to inspire the students and expose them to the activities that can enhance brilliant entrepreneurship ideas, to inform them of new ideas and insights from CEOs and leaders across the world, and to prepare them for the global workplace. The main inspiration of the activity is to get the student to hear from an expert in the industry, to learn from their valuable experiences, important secrets from their career successes, their entrepreneurial secrets that can teach the most valuable lessons to the students and help them to develop themselves in areas of soft skills, such as teamwork, focus, fairness, unbiased, responsibility, accountability, and trust. The Guest Lecture series is geared to help students of the university desirous of owning businesses and other ventures to develop the necessary skills required in the business environment, go on to develop their respective entrepreneurial success, and make valuable contributions to the development of the country at large. This kind of event is important for business and non-business students who have an entrepreneurial mind to know how to manage their own business. Industry/Technical visits If it was possible to learn swimming from the four walls of the University without actually being in the pool or taking a driving lesson from the classroom environment, Skyline University would consider students’ technical visits with less priority. While theoretical knowledge of skill-based subjects needs to be supported by practical, the Univesity believes that allowing students to go out on industry/technical visits will provide real-world experience and exposure to students. This is helping to explore them the additional skills that help students prepare for the challenges in the workplace. This is in a bid to develop interpersonal skills and improve students’ sense of innovation and much more and ultimately help them come up with more exciting ideas that will benefit them in the workplace environment and ultimately transform society. Technical visits are an important part of students’ learning. It educates students of the University on certain areas in their discipline and provides additional context and clarity in the causes taught. Technical visits are in line with the University’s mission to maintain international best practices and entrepreneurship development in the students and encourage them to build their different industries. MoUs with Other Universities To encourage closer academic ties, Skyline University Nigeria has entered into an agreement of cooperation with like-mind institutions to establish Programmes of exchange and collaboration in areas of interest and benefit for the different institutions. This was done through the ratification of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which will serve as a general framework for cooperation and hence, facilitate discussions of more specific Programmes of collaboration. Some of the Institutions which the University has signed an MoU with includes the Sule Lamido University, International Universities and Colleges (NICC), Audu Bako College of Agriculture, Danbatta, Universiti Technology Petronas, Centurion University of Technology and Management (CUTM), Kano Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (KACCIMA), KEDCO, Food Bank Charity Association of Nigeria (FBCAN), Federal University Dutse (FUD), Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Etc. Finally, it’s important to highlight that Skyline University Nigeria is aimed to deliver on the mandate to provide a dynamic academic and research environment in pursuit of excellence with integrity to serve society as well as produce graduates that will emerge as solution-providers. Hence, the Vision of the University continues to remain a work in progress, following new and exciting opportunities for prospective students looking to acquire not only the required skills and knowledge needed in the workplace but also to be part of the contributors to National development.