The director of Re-search, Innovation and International Cooperation, (RIIC) Prof Grace Tayo has called on faculty members to reciprocate administration’s support for research to improve their re-search output. Delivering a keynote address at the opening of a two -day research and academic writing workshop organized by the department of Political Science and Public Administration, Prof Tayo said it was only by increasing research output that the University’s ranking can improve. She urged the participants to always work towards ensuring the publication of their research findings as it increases the visibility of the researcher’s university ,thereby promoting networking, collaborations and increased enrollment. “We need to study the indices used in ranking to improve our research output and build capacity in research”, she said. She enjoined the participants to use the knowledge from the training not only to train students in excellent re-search writing but also to put Babcock University on the global map with their research findings. She said Babcock University was doing a lot for her faulty members in terms of institutional support for faculty re-search capacity as shown by the recent survey carried out by the Babcock University Re-search Council. She commended the department for the workshop, noting that capacity building in research such as this would help the teachers to be equipped not only to train students but also to be inspired to impart the world positively .”