You are here

Tag: University of Ghana

Africa Featured Ghana West Africa World 

University of Ghana launches project to advance women in STEM

Elwin Mandowa, , , , , , , , ,
– – A project titled, “Transforming Institutions to Advance women leaders in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM): Lessons from Ghana and Kenya” (SISTARS) has been launched by the Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Ghana, Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo. The function was chaired by Prof. Boateng Onwona-Agyeman, Provost, College of Basic and Applied Science. The project is led… Read More
Africa Ghana West Africa World 

Women occupy top four positions at Ghana’s premier University

Elwin Mandowa, , , , , , , , , , ,
– – History has been made at the University of Ghana, the country’s first public university where its top four management positions have been occupied by women. The top positions currently being occupied by women are the Chancellor, chairperson of the University Council, vice-chancellor and the Registrar. The university had its first female vice chancellor getting inducted officially into office… Read More
Africa Featured Ghana West Africa World 

Ghana: Two lecturers ‘breached rules’ in sex-for-grades film

Village Reporter, , , , , ,
Ghana’s premier and prominent university has found two of its lecturers guilty of breaching its code of conduct after they were implicated in a sex-for-grades film. The BBC’s Africa Eye’s sex-for-grades film implicated two lecturers of the University of Ghana, Prof Ransford Gyampo and Dr Paul Kwame Butakor in the scandal. They were filmed allegedly making sexual advances towards some… Read More
Africa Featured West Africa World 

Ghanaian university to turn away students who ‘dress indecently’

Village Reporter, ,
A top Ghanaian University has issued a warning to students who dress provocatively, saying they risk being turned away. The Department of Animal Biology and Conservation Science at the University of Ghana post the warning notice in the wake of a sexual harassment exposé that implicated some lecturers. The university interdicted the lecturers after they were implicated in the BBC… Read More
Africa Ghana West Africa World 

Ghanaian lecturers interdicted over BBC ‘sex for grades’ exposé

Village Reporter, , , , ,
Two Ghanaian lecturers at the country’s top university have been interdicted after they were implicated in a BBC documentary on sexual harassment. Prof. Ransford Gyampo of the Political Science Department and Dr Paul Kwame Butakor a lecturer at the Department of Teacher Education of the School of Education and Leadership all at the University of Ghana were implicated in the… Read More
Africa Ghana Nigeria News and Headlines West Africa World 

West African lecturers implicated in ‘sex for grade’ scandal

Village Reporter, , , , , , , ,
A BBC investigation has implicated some lecturers at two public universities in West Africa, namely Ghana and Nigeria in sex for grade scandal. The documentary on sexual harassment was produced following an investigation into activities of lecturers in two top West African universities. BBC’s Africa Eye revealed secret footage that implicated lecturers at the University of Ghana and the University… Read More