Centre for Advancement, Linkages and Partnerships - BELLS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

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Advancement Centre of Bells University of technology, Ota Nigeria, was established by the University Senate in December, 2018. The Centre, located in the office of the Vice Chancellor, was assigned the responsibilities of being involved in various fund raising activities for the advancement of the University as well as coordinating collaborations and partnership or linkages between the University and other Institutions, both national and international. The mandates of the Centre as to:

Attract necessary teaching, research and infrastructural facilities to the University through fundraising activities and other financial or material supports from grants (local and International), Alumni association, endowments, donors, etc.
Identify relevant reputable Institutions, organizations and industries and explore possibilities for establishing collaboration and partnership
Work with the University Legal officer to facilitate memorandum of understanding / agreement between the university and its partners
Promote internationalization of the University in line with the University’s vision and mission
Organise advancement seminars, workshops, conferences, etc. to staff, students and partners
Carry out any other duty assigned by the Vice Chancellor

The Centre is poised to develop strategies to drive the achievement of the University’s vision of being a world-renowned University that is committed to the development and transformation of society through environmental friendly technology and other innovations.

Dr. KAYODE EZEKIEL OGUNSOLA

Ag.Director, Advancement Centre

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CALP Online Partnership meeting

Upon receiving a letter of intent for partnership, the Centre for Advancement, Linkages and Partnerships (CALP) conducts virtual and onsite meetings with local or international prospective partners to discuss areas of mutual benefits which, upon the approval of the University Management, can result in the development of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The Advisory Committee on Linkages and Partnerships (ACLP) assists in the strategic deliberation to determine of areas of mutual benefits for the Director of CALP to make recommendation to the University Management either for approval or otherwise. The CALP office works with the University legal personnel to produce an MOU that is acceptable by both parties.

CALP with the University Partners

The University is opens to beneficial collaboration and partnership. The CALP establishes and maintain a strategic partnerships with academic Institutions, Industries Government establishment, etc. both foreign and local. Such partnership are in the areas of collaborative research, staff and student exchange, joint grant proposal writing, joint conferences, co-supervision, International Visiting Scholar, etc. Some of the partners are:

National Collaboration /Partnership

S/N	Institutions/Organisation	Area of Collaboration
1	University of Ibadan, Oyo State	Bioethics, research conduct, academic
		workshops
2	Federal University of Agriculture	Joint research, faculty exchange, etc.
	Abeokuta, Ogun State
3	Soilless Farms Limited, Ogun State	Agricultural Research & Training in
		greenhouse technology student’s Industrial Training
4	Obasanjo Farms Nigeria Limited	Student Agricultural research, Academia-
		industry collaboration, Joint CATES workshops
5	TEMPO Paper Pulp & Packaging	Academia-industry collaboration, joint
	Limited, Ogun State, Nigeria	Research, student industrial training
6	New Horizons Systems Solutions	Student digital skills & certification
	Limited, Nigeria
7	DePECOS Institution Devt. Research	Joint Research, workshops, grantsmanship
	Centre (DIaDeRC), Ogun State
8	Academy of Innovative Research,	Joint research and conferences, linkages with
	Science & Technological Development	the industries, and commercialisation of
	(AcIRSTD) , Ikeja, Lagos	research findings
9	Jobberman: (WorQulture-Jobberman	Training students on digital employability
	with Mastercard foundation)	Soft skill development
10	BAATS Clinical Engineering Ltd	Biomedical Engineering research and services,
	Total Garden, Ibadan	training on clinical engineering, and student
		Industrial training

Partnership with Government Agencies
S/N	Agency	Area of Collaboration or Support
11	Nigeria Meteorological Agency	Climate data for research , Infrastructure for
	(NiMeT) Abuja	University’s Climate Change Centre
12	Nigerian Building and Road	Engineering research and applied innovation
	Research Institute (NIBRRI)
13	National Centre for Genetic Resources	Collaborative Research in Agriculture and
	and Biotechnology (NACGRAB)	Food Security, Joint research grant proposal
	under the National Biotechnology	writing, co-supervision or student research
	Research & devt Agency (NARBDA)	and student Industrial Training
	Moor Plantation, Ibadan (MOU in view)

International Collaborations
S/N		Institution/organization		Country	Area of collaboration
1		Manchester Metropolitan University		UK	Salesforce Digital Skills &
					employability
2		Tshwane University of Technology		South	Academic mobility and staff
		(TUT)		Africa	exchange
3		Schmalkalden University of Applied		Germany	Joint research and student
		Sciences			and staff exchange
4		International Institute of Tropical		Nigeria/UK	Agricultural innovation and
		Agriculture (IITA)			student projects
5		University of Hertfordshire African		UK	Joint research & capacity building
		Academic Knowledge Transfer
		(AAKTP)
6	The Education Collaborative Africa		West, East,		Faculty Development and Research,
			and South		Entrepreneurship system devt.
			Africa		Ethics & Leadership and students’
					Career Services and employability
					& staff/student Intra-Africa mobility

CALP Workshops and Seminars

Parts of the University’s strategies for achieving advancement in teaching, research and community service is by conducting educative seminars, workshops, symposia, etc. The CALP, like other Centres and Units, conducts such enlightening programmes especially to fill certain knowledge gap or further creates exposure to new academic or research tools such as ICT, Artificial Intelligent, teaching methodology, etc. Local or foreign facilitators are employed to handle these programmes. An example is a two-day workshop shown below

Date/Venue	Theme/ sub-theme	Speaker	Department /Institution	No of Participants
10^th and 11^th June, 2024	“Writing proposal for research grants”	Professor Mohammed Abdul	Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry North Carolina Central University, Durham, USA	41 staff

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