CEDHUL empowers humanities students with digital skills

The Centre for Digital Humanities, University of Lagos, has organised a three-day training for students of humanities, to empower them with digital skills.

The workshop, which was held recently at the Faculty of Arts, University of Lagos, had the theme “Exploring opportunities and possibilities in digital humanities and digital cultures.”

The Director of CEDHUL, Prof. Tunde Ope-Davies, stated that the workshop was organised to bridge the skill and knowledge gap concerning digital competence among scholars in humanities.

“This programme is organised to empower students in the humanities with skills to do their research, to become competent in the use of digital tools for research and ultimately for national development, which will make a difference between the graduates in humanities and those in sciences.

“Embracing technology will give the students the skill to promote social benefit and social transformation.

“This is the first centre in Nigeria and Africa as a whole, which not only puts UNILAG in the forefront but also enhances the global ranking of the university and its contribution to society,” he said.

He assured that the availability of funds would make the programme hold annually.

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Folashade Ogunsola, represented by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Management Services), Prof. Lucian Chukwu, noted that UNILAG was particularly interested in the conference because the institution had intentionally in the last couple of decades moved towards becoming a research-intensive university.

Commending Ope-Davies for his consistency in pushing the frontiers of the development of this branch of knowledge, the VC said that digital humanities had always aspired to form the nexus between humanities, technology and the advancement of knowledge.

According to the special guest of honour at the workshop and Managing Director of Intermac Consulting, Nigeria, Adeyinka Adeyemi, the world is in the digital era.

He added every sector was not only expected to acquire just the digital skills but also the digital tools to excel and be relevant, which CEDHUL was keying into.