By: Adebayo Abdulrahman As the second semester of the 2020/21 academic session of the University of Ibadan finally begins to take shape, there are indications that the institution might announce a return to virtual classes to curtail the spread of the COVID-19, amid fears that the third wave of the […]
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Physical Exams: the Beginning of the End of the 13 Weeks’ Hurdle Dash?
James Arikpo Two things come to mind when the reality of a virtual semester dawned on us. First? How the classes would be for us: the data to burn; the poorly developed University of Ibadan Learning Management System; distraction from home; the laxity to read, and so on. At this […]
Zoonosis: The Chronicles of Massive Deaths
Image Credit: IUBS As they were in the past, they are now and will be in the not-too-distant future. Diseases: The Regular and the Icons Going through a presentation with my classmate, Jesutofunmi, left my head feeling like a bag of cement. It is one of those classes epileptic electricity […]
What Remote Learning Does To Your Health
Image Credit: GaudiLab/Shutterstock -Williams Owoeye (Dawillty) With each human invention, there most certainly is a trade-off. When we invented the electric bulb in a bid to mimic the sun, the trade-off was constantly supplying it with energy and the fact that it gets to blow up once every two months […]
If We Shall Say the University of Ibadan’s Resumption is Here; Take Some Umbrellas For The Rainy Days
The news of the University of Ibadan’s resumption for the 2020/2021 session has a lot in common with the advent of the rainy season — not that we are saying the rainy days are here, or, maybe we are. As the change in weather condition has been teasing us — […]