Partnerships for progress

A synthesis of the Jisc BCE open innovation and access to resources initiative

Technology for employability FE case studies: InnoTech

A case study from South West College, Northern Ireland focusing on their InnoTech Centre, which forges partnerships between industry and education in science, engineering, and technology.

Developing a viable fish farming industry in Nigeria -- an alternative strategy to the strategy in the Green Revolution Programme

A study was embarked upon with the twin objectives of reviewing the Green Revolution Strategy for accelerating fish production in the country and proposing an alternative strategy, a private sector approach. Some of the programmes listed in the Green Revolution are very necessary for developing a viable - fish farming industry and that money spent under such programmes is money well spent. Programmes that are also desirable but need to be considerably expanded were identified. Other programmes have been criticised on the grounds that the method chosen to achieve the desired objectives is fraught with dangers if sufficiently long run view of fisheries development is taken

A review of manpower training for Nigeria's fishing industry

An examination is made of the organization and administration of fisheries training institutes in Nigeria, highlighting their inadequacies in achieving required goals. A systems approach to fisheries manpower training is described which is based on 4 principles: 1) wholeness; 2) systematization; 3) compatibility; and 4) optimization