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At the beginning of the year 2021, we talked about some commitments, goals, and progressive actions. These goals were a continuation of our tradition of making resolutions and staying through with achieving them in order to boost our chances of having a better fulfilled year. Although 2021 turned out to be closely related to 2020. Where 2020 saw the rise of the COVID-19 Virus outbreak, 2021 witnessed the rise in vaccination against the COVID -19 virus. Surprisingly, 2021 was a good year for many individuals and organizations alike. Not many people were able to meet up however with their goals in 2021. This is not because of the struggles associated with 2021 but of having the zeal to push through, set new goals, and carry over some from the previous years. So, as the New Year begins, the first important step to making new and exciting goals is to sit back and reflect on the year that was (2021) and ask the question, what are the things that worked? What didn’t work? What do we want to continue doing in 2022? And what are the negative attitudes we have to say goodbye to? Here are a few punch lines that will help you improve academic performance, develop soft skills, and be career-ready as an undergraduate? Continue to Study Smarter Quizzing yourself is a highly effective study technique. Make a study guide and carry it with you so you can review the questions and answers periodically throughout the day and across several days. Identify the questions that you don’t know and quiz yourself on only those questions. Say your answers aloud and the result will be evident in your grades. Communicate Differently The world is a big network of connections. Some of them are of better quality than others, and your time on this earth is limited. Smart learners understand that they need high-quality connections — people around them who will inspire them, shake their worlds, and ask good and deep questions. We learn best when we are relaxed and have real friends and mentor around. Try new things. To be able to learn, our brain needs stimulation and then a good rest. Just look at how a small child explores the world, looks at everything with curiosity, then tries to put the pieces together and checks the taste. Later, the child “sleeps like a baby!” Smart learners possess that spark of curiosity and often try something new. Take part in some workshops or skill acquisition training and meet new people.

As part of the training and education process in Skyline University Nigeria (SUN), students of Microbiology Department has paid a technical visit to UMC Zhahir Hospital. The Visit provides students with the knowledge of the latest treatment options required to excel in preventive medicine. This will bring about innovation and unparalleled experience and training in both routine and critical cases. The Deputy Head of Nursing Department of the hospital, Mr. Shafiu Mansoor who received the students, introduced them to the hospital’s departments, laboratories and treatment equipment. The visit highlights a meaningful discussion and exchange of opinions between the experienced practitioners at the hospital and students of Skyline University Nigeria. Skyline University Nigeria has a meaningful relationship with the UMC Zhahir Hospital. The Manager of the Hospital, Mr. Sadiq Adamu described the relationship with Skyline University Nigeria as ‘cordial’ and reiterated his continued supports to the University at all times. He further emphasized their readiness to welcome students for assignments and absorb them into the Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) Programme. Students’ technical visits are organized under the supervision of the Corporate Affairs Department. While giving his remarks at the event, Mr. Saka Shehu, the Corporate Affairs Supervisor of the University thanked the management of the hospital for their cooperation with SUN whenever a request is being sent to them. He also appreciated the management for their reception to the staff and students during the visit.

Students of Skyline University Nigeria, during the recently held 7th CEO Lecture Series, held on Wednesday, 12th December 2021, have been urged to maximize opportunities exposed to, and pay close attention to everything they learn because it will set them apart from their peers. The CEO Lecture Series was organized to inform Skyliners of new ideas and insights from CEOs and leaders across the world, to prepare them for the global workplace. While describing his career journey, Mr. Ibrahim Aminu, the Guest Speaker and Managing Director of Ashaka Cement stated that, while it is important to tell about his career successes, it’s his entrepreneurial secrets that can teach the most valuable lessons. According to him, students need to develop themselves in areas of soft skills, such as teamwork, focus, fairness, unbiased, responsibility, accountability and trust. As he puts it, “when you are given a task, fairness is key to achieving anything you want in the business world. Hence your ability to be unbiased and take important decisions”. He added that some level of trust will be given to students but what they choose to do with it, will ultimately affect the organizations of their hiring managers. He advised the students to make sure to understand team building and the strategies of organization’s success. Earlier in his remarks, the Vice-Chancellor of Skyline University Nigeria, Professor Ajith Kumar V.V welcomed the guest speaker and thanked him for sparing his valuable time to share his story which will be an inspiration to the students. According to him, the main inspiration is to get the students to hear from an expert in the industry, to learn from their valuable experiences. He enjoined the students to keep to heart, the important lessons shared by the speaker. The 7th CEO Guest Lecture was held online and attended by both management, staff and students of the university.

Skyline University Nigeria (SUN), has continued to make its mark amongst the foremost Universities in Nigeria as the University, on Monday, December 13th, 2021, emerged as one of the higher-ranked universities in Nigeria on different fronts. According to the computations made by the National Universities Commission (NUC) 2021 Nigerian University System Ranking, Skyline University Nigeria emerged 16 out of 113 Federal, State and Private Universities and 8 out of the 47 Private Universities in Nigeria. The NUC’s 2021 Nigerian University System Ranking, was carried out using twelve indicators, based on the total number of full-time students, the number of international students, students and staff ratio, efficiency, google scholar index, and contribution to the knowledge economy. Other criteria are the percentage of international staff, percentage of Programmemes with full-time accreditation, all citations per capital, amongst others. The metrics for the rankings indicated an improvement in the University’s comparative performance in the twelve indicators, which includes teaching, research, citation, and international outlook. In the ranking by student-teacher ratio – private universities in the Northwest geopolitical zone, SUN ranked no. 1, by the percentage of full professors no. 17, by percentage of international staff no. 1, by percentage of per capita all citations no 34, ranking by google scholar presence no 43, amongst others. When benchmarked against some of the older Universities in Nigeria, Skyline University Nigeria has occupied a top spot in just a few years of her establishment, with some measure of progression in the performance of the University overall. Congratulations to Skyline University Nigeria!

It’s a common trait that when you hang out with people long enough, you tend to become like them. Therefore, if you continue to hang out with smart people, who make important decisions, it will ultimately affect your decisions and eventually, you’ll start acting smart too. On the university campus, it is important to interact with other students and staff to exchange information and develop professional or social contacts. Here are three tips to guide you. Use Your Campus Routine to Build Connection One of the most valuable assets when it comes to building professional contact and connections is in the level of students’ engagement with professors and classmates. Professors, for example, may offer valuable industry insight and advice to students who may land a good job tomorrow. Such students who in turn may share professors with links of job openings for promising students who could take up the role. By engaging with your professors and students alike, it keeps your name in the back of their minds when these questions arise. Be Involved in Campus Activities People usually ignore the importance of getting involved with on-campus activities, particularly how it relates to making valuable contact. Getting involved in campus activities such as students clubs, signing up for a campus blog/newsletter, or even volunteering in library services is a sure way to make new friends and perhaps beef up your network. It also helps you to connect with other students, Guest speakers, mentors and advisers. Your Campus has a Students’ Centre, Take Advantage of it Universities students’ centres can become an interesting place to connect with fellow students. Typically you will find open internships opportunity, learn about upcoming volunteer jobs, get free career advice, get a tip on how to build an online presence/network etc. Company representatives usually have a relationship with the career center officer, in some cases, through the Corporate Affairs office or students services. You can get to know them, have conversations, share your career visions and receive free consulting about what is trending in the industry. Finally, it’s imperative to note that making connections with students and professors alike will need to be maintained. When you meet some people for the first time, it’s important to develop that connection. A simple email will indicate that you value the time spent talking with them. This will show that you value the conversations.

To encourage closer academic ties, Skyline University Nigeria and Chandigarh University have entered into an agreement of cooperation to establish Programmes of exchange and collaboration in areas of interest and benefit to both institutions. This agreement was ratified in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which will serve as a general framework for cooperation between the two universities and facilitate discussions of more specific Programmes of collaboration. According to the MoU, the two universities agree: To explore opportunities for students such as Short term/ Long term mobility such as summer schools, semester abroad, articulation and exchange; Progression for students into Master’s or Doctorate Programmes; To identify opportunities for exchange of faculty, research staff and administration staff; Joint Workshops, Conference and Co-publishing; Cultural Exchange; To identify other areas of possible interest and collaboration, amongst others. The MoU signing was held virtually and coordinated by the Corporate Affairs Department of the University. In correspondence with the Head of Corporate Affairs, Engr. Bashir Garba, “It is a central part of the MoU to benefit the many mutual stakeholders of Chandigarh University, India and Skyline University Nigeria”. Engr. Bashir stated. Skyline University Nigeria is the first international private tertiary institution in Kano, the largest and most industrialized state in northern Nigeria, anchored on a tripod – knowledge, skills and value-based education. SUN is indeed a multi-cultural environment where staff and students from different parts of the world come together for a common goal of making it a multi-disciplinary teaching and research institution.

Members of the accreditation panel of the National Universities Commission (NUC) have visited Skyline University Nigeria (SUN) 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 ensures that the University conforms to expectations of the regulatory body in maintaining quality and academic standards in all of its Programmemes. 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. The exercise which began on the 28th of November will continue till 8th December 2021 and will be based on the Commission’s fairness and thoroughness in the evaluation of the aforementioned Programmemes. It also involved the review of existing resources in the University to ascertain they were more than enough to support the training of undergraduate students in the diverse Programmemes in the University. While receiving the team from the NUC, Professor Ajith Kumar V.V, the Vice-Chancellor of Skyline University Nigeria said the University was open to constructive criticisms, all in the quest to improve on the quality associated with the process. “We hope that this process will cement our legacy as one of the top Private Universities in Nigeria”. He enthused.