UNIOSUN SPONSORS STAFF TO WORKSHOP IN GHANA

As part of its commitment to staff training and development for improved academic excellence, the Professor Labode Popoola-led Management recently sponsored eight teaching staff to an international training workshop in Ghana.

The four-day workshop, themed "Data Ethics and Skills for Reproduction of Research Findings Using Stata" and held from Tuesday, 7th to Friday, 10th August, 2018 at the Association of African Universities Headquarters, Accra, Ghana, was organised to train the next generation of African researchers in tools and practices to enhance the transparency, reproducibility, and openness of their research.

The workshop introduced participants to the data landscape of Africa, emerging issues with raw data; academic research misconducts (Publication Bias); best practices for data and code management; Data sharing and the construction of a reproducible and transparent workflow using STATA.

The participating team was headed by Dr. S.B. AKINDE from the Department of Microbiology, College of Science, Engineering and Technology.

Other participants, drawn from the colleges across the 6 different campuses of Osun State University, are Dr. O. T. ALAO (Agriculture), Dr. J.B. FAKOKUNDE (Education); Dr. J.B. DARE (Health Sciences); Dr. A. ADEYEMI (Humanities & Culture); Dr. O.A. AYODELE (Law); Dr. S. O. OLANIYAN (Management & Social Sciences); Dr. K.A. BASHIRU (Postgraduate) and Dr. O.O. OBIYEMI (Science, Engineering & Technology).