SDG 17: Partnership for the Goals 2024-2025 Report of Activities
The SDG 17 team of Bells University of Technology Nigeria, led by Professor Kayode E. Ogunsola, coordinates the collaboration and partnerships activities and programs of the University. The team also coordinate the sustainable development activities and the community services of other SDGs both within and outside the university environment.
Partnerships in Bells University of Technology, Ota
The University Management constituted sixteen SDG teams based on their fields of research and responsibilities. These comprised of both Academic and non-academic staff of the university. The SDG 17 team enlightens and encourages each staff to join a desired group based on potentials, experience, areas of specialisation and official responsibilities.
It is the role of SDG 17 team to provide encouragement and documentation of community services for official reporting. The team also work with each of the team to organize joint programs, conduct inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary research, facilitating research publication in Scopus outlets, with emphasis on internationalisation, glocalization, multidisciplinary research, attracting grants for projects and research, international partnership and others.
Coordination of Sustainable Development Activities by the SDG Team Leads
In addition, SDG 17 coordinates the activities of other SDG teams. Occasional meetings were held with the team leaders and sometimes with the University Management to monitor and evaluate the University’s SDG activities. The team provides advisory roles to all SDG teams, assist in budgeting for programs, encourage improved activities, and enhance sourcing financial support from the University Management.
University’s Linkages and Partnerships
The SDG 17 Team lead and his staff are in charge of coordinating the University’s linkages and partnerships, encouraging and coordinating establishment collaboration with the private sectors, governments, non-governmental and international organisations.
Staff Orientation and Enlightenment Seminars/Workshops/Training
The SDG 17 team organised beneficial workshop, Seminar or training for both staff and students. Some of these include:
- It Co-organized with R & D Unit workshop on modern Research Ethics for developing University Ethics Committee on 4 — 6th August, 2025.
- Conducting a training workshop for student soft/digital and employability skills provided by the Jobberman Nigeria Ltd. This was conducted on 25/06/2025
- Tea-break session with the Vice Chancellor and Bursar (series 1) themed: Ethical leadership: Thoughts and Talk. This was conducted to further enlighten the team members on appropriate leadership and management skills.
Bells University of Technology is strategic, focused and intentional in its pursuit of national and global visibility and recognition. We will continue to embrace strategic partnerships in teaching, research and community development to actualise our vision of becoming a world-renowned University that is committed to the development and transformation of society through environment friendly technology and other innovations.