Olayide Olajuyin
Position: Assistant Administrator (Postgraduate Scholarships)
Olayide is one of the newer members of the team, having joined Research Development in early 2021. Prior to this, Olayide worked as a facilitator for the Social Consciousness and Sustainable Futures Course and as a research assistant, both positions at Nelson Mandela University.
Currently, her responsibilities include assisting students with their applications for postgraduate scholarship programmes, as well as the processing of Internal Research Bursary disbursements and stipend refunds for all National Research Foundation (NRF) and other bursary students. She also supports the Office of Research Development with research grant and record-keeping activities.
Olayide has a BSc in Mass Communication from Benson Idahosa University in Nigeria. She followed this up with an MA in International Relations: Oil and Gas Security from Coventry University in the United Kingdom and then an MA in Development Studies at Nelson Mandela University, where she is presently engaged in her PhD in Development Studies.
Her scholarly publications which highlight her passion and interest in humanitarianism and entrepreneurship include The Performance of the Press under the Civilian Democratic Dispensation in Nigeria and Nigeria and the Problem of Corruption: Case Study of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to her more recent interest in the Effects of load shedding on the performance of Small Medium And Micro Enterprises in Gqeberha.
Olayide's experience of interacting with her fellow students as well as her workplace communication and teamwork skills enable her to engage with both students and team members. Add to this her own extensive participation in and understanding of the research process, Olayide is able to contribute meaningfully to the aims and objectives of the Research Development Office.