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Importance of Internationally Recognised Degrees

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Online degrees have gained immense popularity in recent years due to the flexibility and convenience they offer. Pursuing an online degree enables students to balance their work, family, and personal life while earning a degree from the comfort of their homes. This has made education accessible to a larger audience,…

The Role of COVID-19 in Driving Digital Transformation in Higher Education

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By Dr Nicos Nicolaou, Education Expert, Unicaf Despite the initial challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic on higher education, the industry rallied to find solutions and keep educational opportunities up and running. This article will outline how Covid-19 transformed education in Africa. Industry leaders fast-tracked digital transformation to…

How to Maintain a Healthy Work/Life Balance

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Maintaining a healthy work/life balance is one of the most common problems university students face. Segmenting your schedule to fit studies around your day-to-day activities is one way to manage your time more efficiently while also keeping enough free time to feel like you can relax and have a personal…

History of Education in Nigeria

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The Nigerian education system has undergone several changes over the years. From indigenous education, all the way to the western education system that is in effect today, the history of education in Nigeria is an incredibly eye-opening topic that is sure to spark the interest of any history buff out…

Top Skills to Learn for the Future

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What Lies Ahead Five years ago, if we dared to ask to work from home or virtually attend a conference, a number of daunting, practical complexities would arise. Eventually, this request would have been rejected acknowledging the unfeasible nature of remote work within our industry. Until the hurricane of the…

Can You Study for a Doctoral Degree Online?

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Increased Demand for Doctoral Degrees Education is a powerful source of knowledge. A doctoral degree is set as the epitome of this purposeful act of exchanging and transmitting knowledge. The competitiveness in professional settings for both women and men has led to an increased demand for doctoral degrees. An advanced…

Scholarship Opportunities

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What are scholarship opportunities? A scholarship could be defined as financial aid that relieves the burden of tuition fees and living costs that students and families have to pay to secure a place in secondary and tertiary education. Considering the rising costs of student expenses and debts, we could nowadays…

Technology and Online Education

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Introduction Modern technology is paving the way to an increasingly online world. Undeniably, education has, nonetheless, been part of this virtual shift, with physical libraries, teaching and research printouts and archives being replaced with e-books, online articles, e-libraries and e-archives. Covid-19 has accelerated this transition, revamping education, broadening teaching and…

The Big Idea

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Doing what you love is freedom; loving what you do is happiness. Are you tired of working for someone else? Do you want to be your own boss? Do you think that having your own business will make you rich? Do you have an original idea, or better yet, think…

Distance Learning, Mental Health and You

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The closure of university campuses around the globe due to the Covid-19 pandemic was a big shock for the world of higher education. The pandemic forced the majority – if not all higher education institutions – to shift to a virtual learning experience. This is when the concept of ‘distance…