The Global College of Social Work & Development is established to provide Full-Time, Part-Time, ODL (Open & Distance Learning) and Online academic, professional, short courses along with well structured CPD (Continuing Professional Development), Lifelong Learning and Research.
The College has four Faculties namely Faculty of Social Work and Social Policy, Faculty of Restorative and Development Studies, Faculty of Social Care and Healthcare Management and the Faculty of Social Investment and Enterprise offering various levels of professional qualifications ranging from Certificate, Diploma, Advanced Diploma, Higher Diploma, Postgraduate Diploma, Graduate Diploma, Professional Masters and Professional Doctorates.
The College’s programmes presently include significant focus on international curriculum that address general outlook and integrating cross-national and comparative content into our curriculum, developing study-abroad and internship placement opportunities for students, organizing lectures by local and international scholars and visiting lecturers.
Our programmes blend rigorous academic and professional theories with real-world practice to enhance the career development of students. It also provides skill-enhancing and professional training for individuals for employment/in employment and generating capabilities in its students and staff for the development of the society and the world at large.
The College’s programmes presently include significant focus on international curriculum that address general outlook and integrating cross-national and comparative content into our curriculum, developing study-abroad and internship placement opportunities for students, organizing lectures by local and international scholars and visiting lecturers.
The College promotes scholarly and student exchanges in partnership with institutions abroad while developing strategic focus placed on bringing in faculties and scholars with explicit expertise in all our courses. Global College is poised to holistically address global questions to an unprecedented level, and allowing the College to forge a defining role about the concerns and problems in globalization.
Considering the universal requirements for providing qualitative education to students, training and re-training of workers (practicing and non-practicing) at various levels and in line with the Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the College offers several programmes leading to award of Certificate, Diploma, Advanced Diploma, Higher Diploma, Post Graduate Diploma, Graduate Diploma, MSW, MSc, MSSc, MBA, MA, DSW, DBA, and DEd.
The College exposes students to contemporary dimensions in all our courses, within the most current world educational framework, especially in the context of a fast developing society such as Nigeria with its attendant social and development problems.
The College also develops and provides additional training and re-training for manpower needed in specific sectors. As the nation is evolving as one of the fast growing economies in the world and the leading economies in Africa, there is the urgent need for trained and skilled personnel to deal with social and developmental issues. The programmes mounted by the College will help satisfy the nation’s need for manpower as well as practicing workforce.
At the moment, as the College is taking off with the above programmes and courses, it is a major plan of the College to run and offer the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) accredited National Diploma (ND), Higher National Diploma (HND) and Post-Higher National Diploma (Post-HND) programmes and be listed in JAMB brochure in the nearest future.
Mission
The College define problems and shape solutions. Our mission is to produce the best, most forward thinking researchers and scholars, and to prepare the best students to use those modern ideas to serve individuals, families, communities and the nation in creating better quality of life
Goals
The College will enhance its national and international stature by achieving a number of specific academic and professional objectives. Among the strategic goals articulated for the immediate future, Global College will:
- Enhance the overall student educational experience while raising the academic profile of its undergraduate, graduate and professional students and significantly improving its graduation rates
- Improve academic support infrastructures to provide state-of-the-art educational and research environments that advance faculty and students in their ongoing pursuit of excellence
- Further enhance its faculty and student diversity through focused enrollment and hiring strategies and implementation of best practices with regard to recruitment and retention.
- Build on its foundation of faculty excellence through significant investments in areas of strategic strength across the disciplines to build intellectual and instructional capacity, sourcing and increasing research funding opportunities, expand student opportunities and heighten the academic and professional reputation of the College.
- Expand its impact as a recognized leader in international education, leveraging its diverse international population and strong portfolio of institutional partnerships to strengthen the College’s local and international presence and to advance its commitment to preparing students to live and lead in a global world.
- Deepen its impact and outreach in the regional community, strengthening programs and partnerships that contribute to the social, cultural and economic vitality of its host communities and the nation at large.
- Align strategically all the departments and courses with key related and research partners to improve outcomes and expand the College’s programmes and curricula, while improving the rankings of the College.
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