UG Faculty To Receive ACU Small Grants

Four faculty members from the Departments of Earth Science, Archaeology, Pathology and Chemical Pathology have been named as recipients of the Association of Commonwealth University small grants for early career academics.

The awards were launched to mark the centenary of the Association, which is the oldest international association of universities in the world.  They are available to early career staff at member universities who have not previously had the opportunity to travel to other Commonwealth countries as part of their professional development, and are typically used for attendance at an academic conference, or visit to a potential collaborator.

The ACU is announcing about 40 awards in the third year of this award scheme.  The emphasis on early careers reflects          ACU research which shows this as a critical period for academics throughout the world at a time when higher education is expanding in many countries.  It would be easy to deprive new staff of the individual attention that they deserve.  Our awards are small, but we hope that they will have a distinctive impact.

University of Ghana is one of over five hundred members of the Association, spread over fifty countries.  Further details of the Association’s work, including details of the next round of early career awards, can be found on the ACU web site www.acu.ac.uk.

Meanwhile the Vice-Chancellor has sent congratulatory messages to all the recipients.  He hoped that the grant will support them to travel and participate in conferences or visit any potential collaborators of their Departments or Schools.