Mrs. Oludimu attends 2015 NCUK Awards Ceremony

by | Nov 28, 2015 | Highlighted, Oxpress

Mrs. Oludimu  and Dr. C. O. Ogunsanya attended the 2015 NCUK Award Ceremony in Manchester recently. A much revered date in our academic calendar when we get the opportunity to celebrate the achievements of our NCUK graduates. Especially satisfying as we get to catch up with them very soon after they arrive in the UK. An opportunity to see how they are settling in to their new environment and to wish them the best as they pursue further study.  Here are some pictures taken on the day with Mrs. Oludimu, Dr. Ogunsanya as well as Oxbridge Alumni members and Diarmuid Moroney of DIFC (President of DIFC with whom we recently launched our Medical Pathway Programme at OTC), who also attended the...

Hands on time with University of Bradford’s Dr. Carruthers

by | Nov 16, 2015 | Oxpress

On Monday, the 9th of November 2015, a representative of Bradford University, Dr. Andrew Carruthers, visited the college and coordinated a workshop for the Engineering students. During this workshop, we were split into groups and given a task to construct two structures; a tower as tall as we could make it and a platform to hold as many house bricks as possible. These all seem very basic, but there was a catch. We were to make both these structures entirely out of 10 sheets of A4 paper. After ten minutes of planning, the groups got to work. These tasks were challenging because they required us to apply some basic Physics concepts like tensile strength and the pressure to surface area ratio to a real life problem. These tasks were also challenging because we had limited resources. Thirty minutes later, the structures were complete and it was time for evaluation. The tallest tower was 152 cm tall and the sturdiest platform could hold 11 house bricks. Impressive, but 14 less than the record of 25! This task taught us time management, resource management, division of labour, knowledge application and quick thinking and I feel like I emerged a better Engineering student as a result. In the summation of Dr. Carruthers, after the exercise, Engineering is about thinking out solutions to a practical problem. He alluded to the potentials in a country like Nigeria, where there are numerous problems crying for solution. The field is surely ripe for our future engineers to help solve these problems. Written By ESTHER ANAGHA Published by...

So, we went to Rwanda..

by | Nov 7, 2015 | Oxpress

To most, the concept of this trip appeared rather uncanny because what came to mind was often the phrase “of all places”. Parents and fellow students wondered what exactly we would meet in the country. All sixteen of us were similarly curious to find out. It would be fair to say that we did not experience the best start to the trip, in that after enduring five hours in the somewhat cramped aircraft (which had been swapped in the last minute before departure), we were told that our bags had been left in Lagos. This was particularly irritating for those of us who were only a few kilograms from being allowed those bags as hand luggage. We were received by our guides from New Dawn Associates (NDA) and taken to Kigali View Hotel, all the while being chased by a stalker with a camera, who we later came to know was a hired photographer (only when he ended up in our bus). The NDA tour guides gave us a brief introduction to post-genocide Rwanda. Sweaty and slightly disoriented, we settled into our rooms. Soon after, we were told—without a reasonable or any explanation—that our bags were actually in Ghana. That night, we slept in our OTC polo shirts, judgements of Rwanda densely clouded. The following day, we were taken to the airport where the RwandAir airline manager spoke to us. He said something about the pilot making a reasonable decision, flying us passengers, rather than our bags, in light of bad weather. Students seemed more interested however, in the eighty dollar compensation fee that was given to each of...