University of GhanaThe 2012 workshop is jointly organised by the Graduate Institute, Geneva and the University of Ghana, Accra; it will take place from 11 to 18 August 2012 in Accra, Ghana. The University of GHANAThe University of Ghana was founded in 1948 as the University College of Gold Coast upon the recommendation of the Asquith Commission on Higher Education in the then British colonies. Informed by colonial policies, access to higher education by Africans was limited until the end of World War II. The founding of the University of Ghana was therefore the culmination of the struggles and protests of nationalist movements which advocated for an African system of higher education in the former Gold Coast. Between 1948 and 1961, the University entered into a special relationship with the University of London to offer limited programmes of study. However, by an Act of Parliament on October 1st 1961, the University attained a sovereign status with the authority to offer more comprehensive programmes and award its own degrees. The University’s sovereign status together with the aspirations of the new independent state of Ghana provided the catalyst for its rapid growth in the 1960’s and the emergence of UG’s distinctive identity as a worldclass centre of academic excellence and a leader in career training and professional development. Thus in over six decades, the University of Ghana has evolved into one of Africa’s leading universities, recognised worldwide for the academic excellence of its faculty and student body and for the professional
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