^TIME

^EVENTS

^8.00-9.00am

^{Arrival and Registration of Participants}

^9.00-9.10am

^{Address of Welcome by Dr. Alexandra Esimaje}

^9.10-9.20am

^{Opening Remark by Prof. Josef Schmied}

^9.20-9.30am

^{Opening Remark by the Vice Chancellor,  Benson Idahosa University}  

^9.30-10.30am

^{Paper 1:}

^{Rules, Structures, & Language of Research Articles}

^{Prof. Josef  Schmied (Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany) & Prof.  Daniel Nkemleke (Ecole Normale Supérieure, University of Yaoundé, Cameroon)}

^{10.30-10.45am}

 ^{Questions and Answer}

^{Anchor: Prof. Uche Gbenedio}

^{10.45-11.45am}

^{Paper 2:}

^{Writing: Accessing and Reporting Previous Research}

^{Prof. Rotimi Taiwo (Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife) & Dr Christine Ofulue (Director, Research, Admin and Advancement, National Open University of Nigeria)}

^{11.45-12.00pm}

^{Questions and Answer}

^{Anchor: Dr. Alexandra Esimaje}

^{12.00-12.15pm}

^{Tea Break}

^12.15-1.15pm

^{Paper 3:}

^{Writing: Methods, Results and Discussions}

^{Dr Abolaji Mustapha ( Lagos State Univeristy) & Dr  Charles Marfo (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Accra, Ghana)}

^1.15-1.45pm

^Lunch

^1.45-2.45pm

^{Paper  4:}

^{Using Statistics in Research}

^{Dr Matthias Hofmann (Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany)}

^2.45-3.00pm

^{Questions and Answer}

^{Anchor: Prof. Rotimi Taiwo}

^3.00-4.00pm

^{Paper  5:}

^{Tackling Reviews/Revision and Technical Details of Publication}

^{Dr Dunlop Ochieng (Open University of Tanzania) & Dr Bode Ekundayo (University of Benin)}

^4.00-4.15pm

^{Questions and Answer}

^{Anchor: Dr. Akande}

^{4.15- 4.30pm}

^{Announcement and Closing}

TIME

EVENTS

^8.00-9.00am

^Arrival

^{9.00- 10.00am}

^{Sharing Experiences: Mentors and Mentees}

^{10.00-10.30am}

^{Tea Break}

^{10.30-12.30pm}

^{Reading Samples of Accepted and Rejected Articles}

^12.30-1.10pm

^{Interaction (Q & A)}

^{Anchor: Dr. Dunlop V.}

^1.10-3.10pm

^{Analysing the Articles (Structure, Language, Content, etc) to Highlight Areas of Strength and Weakness}

^3.10-3.30pm

^{Interaction (Q & A)}

^3.30-4.00pm

^Lunch

^4.00-5.00pm

^{Examining the Feedback on the Articles}

^5.00-5.20pm

^{Interaction (Q & A)}

^{Anchor: Dr. Marfo}

^5.20-5.30pm

^Closing

TIME

EVENTS

^8.00-9.00am

^{Arrival of Participants}

^9.00-11.00am

^{Mentors Present and Discuss the Reviews of the Articles Submitted to them}

^{11.00-11.30am}

^{Tea Break}

^{11.30-12.30pm}

^{Participants and Mentors Discuss Feedback and Mentors Help Draw up a Plan of Action for Revision}

^12.30-1.00pm

^Lunch

^1.00-4.00pm

^{Participants Start Redrafting Portions of the Article and Receive Support from the Mentors}

^4.00-5.00pm

^{Submission of the Redrafted Portions and Closing}

Time

EVENTS

^9.00-3.00pm

^{Participants Retreat to Produce Redrafted  Versions of their  Articles/ Mentors’ Meeting}

^3.00-3.30am

^Lunch

^3.30-6.00pm

^Excursion

TIME

EVENTS

^9.00-11.00am

^{Participants Receive Further Feedback on their Re-drafted Submissions}

^11.00-3.00pm

^{Participants and Mentors Discuss Feedback & Mentors Help  Participants to Begin the  Second Draft and Implement Corrections}

^6.00-8.00pm

^Dinner