Competition

Should a Person Give Up on Career for the Sake of Family?

August 18, 2017

Writers are invited to submit their entries for the periodic essay writing contest organized by EssayPro. Our main goal is to make students' lives better across the globe. This goes far beyond simply helping... Read More...

World In Focus Contest 2017, Canada

August 17, 2017

Competition

“For my part, I know nothing with any certainty but the sight of stars makes me dream.” -Vincent Van Gogh World in Focus is a non-profit organization dedicated to maintaining and bettering t... Read More...

Refugee and Migrant Rights Photo Competition 2017

August 17, 2017

Competition

A photograph can tell a thousand words. In this photo competition (organised jointly by the Human Rights Consortium and Refugee Law Initiative of the University of London as part of the Being Human Festival), w... Read More...

9mobile (formerly Etisalat) Photography Competition 2017

August 12, 2017

Competition

As nurturers of talent, the 9mobile photography competition was developed as a platform to engage and empower budding photographers using the power of digital media; online, social and mobile. Each year, a them... Read More...

Win $120,000 in the HIPA 2017-2018 International Photography Competition

August 7, 2017

Competition

HIPA has once again set out to inspire photographers from all walks of life to attain greatness through forward thinking and creativity. We request that photographers, for a short while, forget the past and ign... Read More...

Call for Applications: Win $50,000 in the Reimagine Education Awards 2017, USA

August 4, 2017

Awards, Competition

The rating agency QS Quacquarelli Symonds and Wharton School (USA) invite the world's leading universities to participate in the Reimagine Education Awards. The prize fund is 50,000 dollars, which will be used... Read More...

Call for Applications, ADFIMI Regional Seminar 2017 in Almaty, Kazakhstan

August 4, 2017

Competition

Islamic Micro and Agricultural Finance is an emerging industry around the globe and a recognized tool of financial inclusion and social development, but its importance become more when we linked it with the fin... Read More...

Global Media Competition on Labour Migration 2017 by ILO

August 3, 2017

Competition

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is launching a global media competition to recognize exemplary media coverage on labour migration.The 2017 global media competition on labour migration is organized b... Read More...

Win $10,000 in The Yale Drama Series Prize for Emerging Playwrights 2018

July 26, 2017

Awards, Competition

The Yale Drama Series is seeking submissions for its 2018 playwriting competition. The winning play will be selected by the series' current judge, distinguished playwright Ayad Akhtar. Prizes The winner w... Read More...

Win up to €6,000 in Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award 2017

July 25, 2017

Awards, Competition, Grants

Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award 2017 is now open for entries. The competition is organised by the Médicos del Mundo. You may submit a maximum of 10 photographs, which can be dis... Read More...

NNPC National Quiz Competition 2017

July 9, 2017

Competition

Objectives of the Competition: To implement a core element of NNPC Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) package. To promote Science education in the country. To encourage students in the study of Sc... Read More...

Win £15,000 and other prizes in the upcoming Etisalat Prize for Literature, 2018

July 8, 2017

Awards, Competition

The #EtisalatPrizeforLiterature celebrates new writers of African citizenship whose first fiction book (over 30,000 words) was published in the last twenty-four (24) months. For the purposes of this definition,... Read More...

Aptly described by the Independent newspaper as “a man of many parts”, Dr Mahfouz A. Adedimeji is a Fulbright scholar, interdisciplinary researcher, university don, public affairs analyst, language specialist, communication consultant, peace advocate, interfaith worker and public intellectual. He obtained his academic degrees from the University of Ilorin, Ilorin, where he is an Associate Professor of English (Pragmatics and Applied Linguistics). He started his academic career in 2000 at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, shortly after which he joined the services of his alma mater, the University of Ilorin.
A man of eclectic academic background, Dr Adedimeji was educated in Arabic and Islamic Studies at Markaz Shabaabil Islam, Iwo, Osun State and Markaz Ta’aleemil Araby, Agege, Lagos. He obtained advanced training in Education, Political Science, Communication and Media, Research and Peace Studies at the National Universities Commission’s (NUC) Virtual Institute for Higher Education Pedagogy (VIHEP); the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCO) Virtual Institute for Higher Education in Africa (VIHEAF); Governors State University, University Park, Illinois, USA; University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana; and Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Notre Dame University, South Bend, Indiana, USA.
Apart from serving as a cultural ambassador to the US under the auspices of the Institute of International Education (IIE), New York, Dr Adedimeji has won or co-won the research and conference awards/grants of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) of the National Research Council, Nigeria, the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) and the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU). He has written extensively for a wide range of newspapers and periodicals including “Unilorin Bulletin”, “Unilorin Watch”, “DeLight”, “National Pilot”, “Daily Independent”, “Newswatch Times” and “New Telegraph”, among others.
A versatile academic, Associate Professor Adedimeji has attended academic conferences and undertaken research in several universities across Nigeria as well as in Ghana, Cameroon, Kenya, Malaysia, Sierra Leone, Australia, France and United States of America, among others. His hundreds of academic, Islamic and general/opinion articles have been published across outlets in Nigeria and beyond. He has also facilitated and participated in seminars and workshops both nationally and internationally.
A former Deputy Director/ Head of the Directorate of Corporate Affairs of the University of Ilorin, Dr Adedimeji is the immediate past Director of the Centre for Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin. Apart from serving as Rappouteur-General to the Presidential Committee that organised the 2017 Federal Executive Council’s Retreat on Education in Nigeria, he has consulted for the Nigeria Inter-religious Council (NIREC), the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence and Corps (NSCDC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). For years, he had been a Coordinator of the Executive Management Course of the Nigerian Army Education Corps (NAEC) and Editor-in-Chief of the “Journal of Peace, Security and Development”, University of Ilorin.
He is a recipient of several awards and honours including those of the American Biographical Institute, National Congress of Nigerian Students (NACONS), Union of Campus Journalists, University of Ilorin, the Nigerian Army Education Corps, Postgraduate Students Association, UNILORIN, Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN), UNILORIN, Students’ Union, UNILORIN, and National Association of Osun State Students (NAOSS), just to mention a few.
A Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Administration, Nigeria, and Member of the Governing Council of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA), Dr Adedimeji is a Member of the Executive Councils of both the University of Ilorin Alumni Association and English Scholars Association of Nigeria (ESAN). He is also a Fellow of both the Society for Peace Studies and Practice and World Institute for Peace and he is a member of the Fulbright Alumni Association of Nigeria and the Association of Nigerian Authors, among others. He has written, co-written, edited and co-edited about a dozen books.

Warwick Chancellor’s International Scholarships

Commonwealth PhD Scholarships (for low and middle income countries)

AussieWritings Essay Writing Contest 2018

BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition 2018

Should a Person Give Up on Career for the Sake of Family?

World In Focus Contest 2017, Canada

Refugee and Migrant Rights Photo Competition 2017

9mobile (formerly Etisalat) Photography Competition 2017

Win $120,000 in the HIPA 2017-2018 International Photography Competition

Call for Applications: Win $50,000 in the Reimagine Education Awards 2017, USA

Call for Applications, ADFIMI Regional Seminar 2017 in Almaty, Kazakhstan

Global Media Competition on Labour Migration 2017 by ILO

Win $10,000 in The Yale Drama Series Prize for Emerging Playwrights 2018

Win up to €6,000 in Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award 2017

NNPC National Quiz Competition 2017

Win £15,000 and other prizes in the upcoming Etisalat Prize for Literature, 2018