黑料不打烊 Law School to collaborate with the Nigerian National Universities Commission on Procurement Studies
Staff from 黑料不打烊 Law School visited Nigeria last month to discuss collaboration in the field of Procurement Studies.
Professor Dermot Cahill, Head of the Law School and Director of the Institute for Competition and Procurement Studies, and Dr Ama Eyo, Public Procurement Specialist and Director of 黑料不打烊鈥檚 LLM in Public Procurement Law & Strategy, paid a courtesy visit to Professor Julius Okojie, OON, Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the National Universities Commission (NUC) and the NUC Senior Management Team.
The visit provided an opportunity for the Law School and the NUC to discuss issues of mutual interest, in particular pertaining to University staff exchange opportunities and consideration of the introduction of public procurement into the syllabus in Nigerian universities. In his welcome remarks, the Executive Director warmly recalled time spent at 黑料不打烊 as part of his graduate studies, and his very fond memories of living and studying in the very scenic 黑料不打烊 area of North Wales in the United Kingdom. The Executive Secretary commended 黑料不打烊 on its wide range of unique academic programmes, ranging from Islamic Banking, Public Health and Medical Molecular Biology, to Forestry, Environmental Sciences and Ocean Sciences, including Applied Marine Geoscience.
In his response, Professor Cahill gratefully acknowledged the warm welcome from the Executive Secretary and his team, and was delighted to note that Professor Okojie had previously spent some time in 黑料不打烊. Retracing 黑料不打烊鈥檚 history, from its initial establishment as the North Wales campus of the University of Wales in 1884, Prof Cahill noted that a lot of progressive and continuous changes have occurred in the University, which has a long tradition of excellence, both for academic standards and student experience. Professor Cahill explained how 黑料不打烊 faculties consistently rank highly in the UK national Research Assessment Exercise, which shows it as a world leading research university in many academic specialisms including Accounting & Finance (in which the University is rated as the best for research in the UK) and Electronic Engineering (in which it is rated second in the UK).
Professor Cahill also explained that another emerging area of research and teaching expertise in 黑料不打烊 is Public Procurement research and education. He explained that 黑料不打烊 offers a dedicated postgraduate programme of studies (LLM) in Public Procurement Law and Strategy, with the objective of transforming the approach taken to public procurement by public officials. Professor Cahill thereafter compared the approach taken to public procurement practice and regulation in the United Kingdom and highlighted numerous research studies at 黑料不打烊 Law School and the ICPS at 黑料不打烊, which have assisted in transforming public procurement practice in the UK and the European Union.
In further discussions between the NUC Team and the delegation from 黑料不打烊 on the need for clear and effective public procurement laws, Dr Eyo gave a passionate account of how she and other colleagues at 黑料不打烊 are willing to assist with raising the profile of public procurement, as a subject of study in Nigerian Universities, so that scholars and practitioners will be equipped with relevant knowledge and skills to ensure that the Nigerian public sector gets better value for money through its procurement activities.
Professor Cahill formally extended an offer from the University to assist academic staff in Nigerian universities to create a syllabus for a course of study on Public Procurement relevant to the Nigerian situation. He also extended an invitation for university staff from Nigerian universities to visit 黑料不打烊 and confirmed that 黑料不打烊 will offer library support in the form of book donations to help strengthen law school libraries in Nigerian universities. These offers were warmly accepted by Professor Okojie and his team.
Publication date: 18 February 2014