The University of Bristol, United Kingdom has appointed a female Nigerian, Foluke Adebisi as a Professor of Law.
Adebisi, who holds a Master of Laws degree from the same
institution joined the institution in 2013.
According to a post by the Society of Black Academics which
was sighted by our correspondent on LinkedIn, Adebisi’s appointment makes her
the 61st black female Professor in the UK.
The statement by the SBA reads, “We congratulate Dr Foluke
Adebisi on her appointment as Professor of Law at the University of Bristol
School of Law, University of Bristol. This Professorial appointment makes Dr
Adebisi the 61st Black Female Professor in the UK.
“Professor Adebisi’s scholarship focuses on Decolonial
Thought in Legal Education and its intersection with a history of changing
ideas of the ‘‘human’’. She holds an LL.M with Distinction from Lancaster
University in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. She also
completed her Ph.D. in the same institution.
“Before joining the University of Bristol Law School in
September 2013, she had a background in Legal Practice and NGO work. She is the
founder and director of Forever Africa Conference and Events – FACE. Professor
Foluke has published widely about Law, Africa, Pedagogy, and life in general.
“We wish her continued success in her career.
Congratulations Professor Adebisi!.”
Academics of Nigerian descent have continued to make waves
globally.
In June 2022, Calvin University School of Health, United
States appointed Adejoke Ayoola, a Nigerian-born and trained professor of
Nursing as its inaugural dean, citing outstanding feats that stood her out for
the job.
The university in an official announcement described her as
an accomplished scholar and leader who has made vast contributions to the
research of community-based nursing, maternal and infant health.
In July 2022, A Nigerian professor, Tunji Olaopa, was
appointed to serve as a member of the international advisory committee of the
African Training and Research Centre in Administration for Development, a
pan-African intergovernmental organisation.
In December 2022, a Nigerian Professor, Abdulrauf Ambali was
appointed by the Malaysian government to conduct a national security index
study.