FOREWORD
In line with the Directorate of Research and External Relation’s best practices, the Directorate stands on two major pivots: (a) Research, which encompasses academic staff as well as students and (b) External Relations which include collaborations and building relationships that are beneficial to the University.
The present staff members are:
DRER STAFF
Prof. Samuel E. Oladipo – Director
Dr. Adefunke Ekine – Deputy Director
Mrs. Adedoja T. Kalejaiye – PAR/Secretary
Mrs. Olajumoke A. Sanusi – Assistant Registrar
Mrs. Adejumoke O. Itodo – Chief Clerical Officer
Mr. Owolabi Agoro Senior – Clerical Officer
The year 2022 started with a lot of promises and hopes of higher and better achievement in the Directorate. Plans were made, training were planned for both teaching and non-teaching staff to improve the quality of the university workforce but as the saying goes , man proposes but God disposes. The ASUU strike experienced in Nigeria universities for eight months affected the Directorate adversely resulting in a drastic reduction in activities. Despite that however, the Directorate was able to carry out a few activities as discussed below:
CARNEGIE FELLOWSHIP
The Directorate on behalf of the university received a visiting fellow in person of Prof. Mojubaolu Olufunke Okome to the Directorate for six weeks (January and February). Prof. Mojubaolu Olufunke Okome, a Professor of Political Science from Brooklyn College, City University of New York, United State worked with the Department of Political Science on ‘Graduate Mentorship, Curriculum development and Inter-disciplinary action Research. Her research interests include ‘Effects of globalization, post-colonialism and post-modernity on economic and political transformation; Gender, Democracy and Citizenship in Africa and African Diaspora Studies. The programme was sponsored by the Carnegie fellowship which is a yearly programme that involves African scholars from the diaspora networking and giving back to higher institutions back home in order to generate new ideas and promote cross fertilization. While here at the university, Prof. Okome was able to host webinars involving Researchers like:
She also interacted with the university management, Entrepreneurial Action in Us (ENACTUS) of the university community at large. A big donation of books was given to the Library at the end of her visit.
The directorate hopes to further leverage in the opportunities resulting from this one exchange visit in future.
TETFUND INSTITUTION BASED RESEARCH GRANTS (IBR)
Thirteen out of fifteen Research proposals submitted to TETfund were approved and funds disbursed to the Principal Investigators. The titles of the winning proposals are as listed below:
| S/N | NAMES OF PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS | TITLE OF PROJECT |
| 1 | Prof. Samuel. E. Oladipo | Life Skill as panacea for Burnout Among academic staff of Universities: TASUED in focus. |
| 2 | Dr. Owoyele J. W. | Psycho-Social and Demographic predictors of suicide ideation among TASUED undergraduates: implications for psychological intervention. |
| 3 | Dr. Oriola Mufutau Oluwakemi | Select Nigerian National Newspapers’ Framing of the 2019 Presidential Election campaign, perception and voting pattern of TASUED Community members. |
| 4 | Dr. Awofala Awoyemi Abayomi | Association of self-related health with multimorbidity among women cohort with varied parity status in Ogun State. |
| 5 | Prof. Oyebanjo Oluwakemi A. | Enhancing students’ learning outcome in secondary school mathematics using Concrete- Representational Abstract (CRA) sequence in Ogun State. |
| 6 | Prof. Adeniran A. Adetoro | Assessment of the use of open educational resources in Tai Solarin University of Education. |
| 7 | Dr. Banjo Folake Mary | Assessment of safe-sex knowledge, human immunodeficiency virus risk and sexual behaviour profiles among female students of Tai Solarin University of Education. |
| 8 | Prof. Bamiro Adekunle Oladipupo | Health risk assessment of human Exposure to Potentially Toxic Elements (PTEs) in the dust samples from University campuses in South West, Nigeria. |
| 9 | Dr. (Mrs) Oluwakemi Oluwabunmi Banjoko | Bioactive microfluidic paper sensor for determination of pesticides in agricultural food samples in South West, Nigeria. |
| 10 | Dr. Adeoye M. Adeniyi | Addressing non-marital cohabitation among university undergraduate through psycho- educational program in Tai Solarin University of Education. |
| 11 | Dr. Ahmed Olakunle Simisaye | Evaluation of utilisation of Tai Solarin University of Education library resources and services by students and staff. |
| 12 | Dr. Adefunke Ekine | Enhancing Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) learning outcome through Inquiry Learning Space (ILS) in some secondary schools in Ijebu Ode LGA, Ogun State. |
| 13 | Dr. Sowole Olusegun | Health risk assessment of natural radionuclides ingestion from selected edible crops cultivated around limestone excavating areas in Ogun State. |
ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTION IN US (ENACTUS): ENACTUS group was encouraged and brought under the radar of a committee as well as the Directorate of Research and External Relations for mentoring. ENACTUS being a student volunteer group on campus has been doing excellently well having won two grants to conduct their research on baby care. They were encouraged to submit a full fledge proposal under the Tetfund fair ( TETFair).
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, despite the eight months ASUU strike in 2022, the Directorate still stove to make its presence felt within the university campus and even beyond the shores of the country. Our impact is felt among the members of staff as our training are unending and we have been able to celebrate our little wins looking to better results as the years go by.
Prof. S.E. Oladipo
Director (DRER)