The Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) was established by the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) to address the concern that graduates of institutions of higher learning were exposed only to theoretical education and lacked the practical knowledge required in industry and the labour market. In alignment with the objectives of the scheme, the SIWES unit of Caleb University coordinates the industrial training programmes for the approved courses across all colleges of the university.
The SIWES Unit plays a vital role in ensuring the success of the SIWES program: providing students with valuable work experience and maintaining partnerships with industries and organisations. The SIWES Unit handles tasks from the pre-SIWES placements to placements, monitoring, administration and compliance.
- Student Registration: Gather student information to ensure they meet the eligibility criteria and register the students for the SIWES program.
- Student Placement: For students with difficulty in securing placements, the unit solicits appropriate and relevant industrial training jobs from industries and other employers of labour and then matches these students for their SIWES placement.
- Logbook Administration: Distributing and monitoring student logbooks, which record their daily activities, challenges, and achievements.
- Institution Supervisor Assignment and Report: Assigning supervisors from the institution to visit, supervise, and evaluate students during their placement. Thereafter, collecting and reviewing the institution supervisor’s reports to assess student performance and provide feedback.
- Monitoring Student Progress: Carrying out follow-up and monitoring activities of students during their placement to ensure they are meeting expectations and to address any challenges.
- Providing Student Support: Provide counselling and guidance to students before, during, and after their SIWES placement. Also, address and resolve any conflicts or issues that may arise during the placement.
- Coordinating with ITF and Industrial Partners: Liaise between the university and ITF in all matters involving the industrial training of students. In addition, establish and maintain relationships with industries, organisations, and government agencies.
- Ensuring Compliance with SIWES Guidelines: Ensuring compliance with SIWES guidelines, regulations, and policies set by the university and relevant authorities and analysing technical contents and appropriateness of jobs made available to students for industrial training.
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SIWES Ag. Director
Dr Oluwaseun Adeyeye
Dr Oluwaseun Adeyeye is an accomplished academic, researcher, and institutional development professional with extensive experience in academic quality assurance, workforce development, and student capacity building. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Mathematics from Universiti Utara Malaysia, with strong expertise in numerical analysis, differential equation modelling and analytics.
More about SIWES Ag. Director
As the Acting Director of the Centre for Institutional Memory & Human Resources (CIMHR), Dr Adeyeye provides strategic leadership in the collection, digitization, preservation, and analysis of institutional data to support governance, performance management, compliance, and long-term planning. Her background in mathematical modelling and analytics underpins CIMHR’s mandate to develop reliable institutional repositories, HR analytics frameworks, and policy-support systems that strengthen transparency, accountability, and continuity across the University. She is exceptionally committed to embedding a data-informed culture, preserving institutional memory, and optimizing human capital in line with global best practices.
In her role as the Acting Director of SIWES, Dr Adeyeye oversees the planning, coordination, and evaluation of students’ industrial training programmes, ensuring alignment between academic preparation, industry relevance, employability skills, and national development goals. Drawing from her international academic exposure and applied research experience, she champions structured pre-SIWES training, virtual and hybrid skill programmes, industry partnerships, and post-SIWES performance evaluation frameworks. Her approach emphasises digital skills, analytics literacy, professional ethics, workplace readiness, and continuous feedback to enhance students’ transition from classroom learning to industry practice.
Dr Adeyeye brings over a decade of teaching, supervision, and academic leadership experience across Malaysia and Nigeria, having served as a Senior Lecturer at Universiti Utara Malaysia and taught a wide range of undergraduate courses in mathematics, statistics, and quantitative methods. She has supervised undergraduate and postgraduate research projects and remains actively engaged in scholarly research. She is a recipient of the 2017 Best PhD Thesis Award and a postgraduate scholarship award from Universiti Utara Malaysia. She has served in editorial and peer-review roles for international academic journals. Her professional affiliations include the Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences, the International Association of Engineers (IAENG), and the African Women in Mathematics Association.
Through her dual leadership roles in CIMHR and SIWES, Dr Adeyeye is committed to strengthening institutional effectiveness and ensuring that students are equipped with industry-relevant skills for national and global competitiveness