Presentation on Covenant University Strategic Plan Conrad A. Omonhinmin Ph.D Department of Biological Sciences, Covenant University, Ota.

To gain local and international reputation as an excellent solution provider to existing and emerging societal challenges through proactive research and entrepreneurship development activities. INNOVATION & COMMUNITY IMPACTS Objective:

INNOVATION & COMMUNITY IMPACTS Goals:  Make community engagement a core part of education at Covenant University  Formulate a comprehensive concept and vision for community engagement  Strongly connect community engagement programmes and projects to research and educational strengths  Promote stronger collaborations and partnerships.  Ensure that research outputs turn into income  Develop rigorous evaluation systems for monitoring all outreach programmes

INNOVATION & COMMUNITY IMPACTS Key Evaluation Metrics and Performance Indicators  Measure of level of use of electronic media and the Internet to deliver community engagement programmes.  Measure of the success level of harmonization of all community engagement programmes.  Measure of the number and quality (viability) of existing partnerships with stakeholders.  Measure of the number and quality (viability) of new partnerships with stakeholders following community engagement programmes.  Measure of the level (impacts) of changes to our host community.

INNOVATION & COMMUNITY IMPACTS Key Evaluation Metrics and Performance Indicators Cont’d  Number of new relationships formed and older ones that have become strengthened as a result of research innovations.  Generate and display data on technology transfer (e.g. Number of patents and licensing).  Number of business outlets resulting from community engagement efforts.  Measure of the number and quality (viability) of business outlets set up as a result of the innovations from the University.

INNOVATION & COMMUNITY IMPACTS Projections  Immediately formulate a comprehensive policy on concept, vision, scope and objectives to guide these activities and ensure a focused drive of all activities relating to innovation and community impacts in the university.  Sustain the achieved targets and further drive the assimilation of the culture of community engagement in educational delivery and learning as already instituted in the university through programmes like town-gown interactions and the expanded SIWES and SWEP programmes for all levels.  Evolve, a Faculty industry attachment programme that will expand the faculty perception and delivery should be instituted. This can be achieved with the sabbatical-like programme.  .

INNOVATION & COMMUNITY IMPACTS Projections Cont’d  Expand the exchange programmes for the students and faculty to include not only schools, but also the industry aboard.   Institute a clear road-map on the evolution of research and research outputs into tangible market products for income generation, while servicing existing and emerging challenges.   Pursue exhaustively the industry-university partnership and related programmes. 

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