LEVEL OF SAFE MODE UPGRADED to HIGHEST ALERT - Access to ALL University of Guyana Campuses Completely Restricted from 18:00 h, Monday June 15, 2020.

The administration of the University of Guyana wishes to advise members of our UG community (Faculty, Staff and Students) that we must immediately move to a hard lock down of all UG campuses due to security precautions which must be taken at this time.

(Georgetown/Guyana/June 11/2020) The University of Guyana Council salutes the historic appoint- ment of Professor Paloma Mohamed–Martin .A.A. as the University of Guyana’s first female Vice-Chancellor in its 57th year of existence since its establishment in 1963.

The University of Guyana's Growth in a Resource-abundant Economy and Environment (GREEN) Institute (UGGI) hosted a lecture via Zoom webinar on June 2, 2020, under the theme: ‘The Resource Curse and De- mocracy: Lessons for Guyana .

The presentation was made by Professor Michael Ross from UCLA Department of Political Science, who shared lessons from oil rich countries such Nigeria, Algeria, Venezuela, Iran etc. as a guide for Guyana to capitalise on the pending Oil Boom.

by Shaquille Bourne, Author at the Department of Public Information

– ¾new Vice-Chancellor aspires to raise standard of the institution

DPI, Guyana, Thursday, June 11, 2020

“One of UG’s aspirational goals is to make the institution the first choice for the best students […] and we want it to be more competitive- internationally, not only for our local students but other students who come here,” said Vice-Chancellor (VC) Professor Paloma Mohamed-Martin.

by Shaquille Bourne, Author at the Department of Public Information

─ says Vice-Chancellor Professor Paloma Mohamed-Martin

DPI, Guyana, Thursday, June 11, 2020

Newly appointed Vice-Chancellor Professor Paloma Mohamed-Martin has announced that the establishment of niche campuses are being considered as the University of Guyana deliberates how its programmes are delivered to students.

by Shaquille Bourne, Author at the Department of Public Information

—reveals plans for coming year

DPI, Guyana, Wednesday, June 10, 2020

A 2040 blueprint that will dictate the transformative growth of the University of Guyana will shortly be released. Spearheading this new era of development for the tertiary institution is UG’s first female Vice-Chancellor (VC) and change strategist, Professor Paloma Mohamed-Martin.

The University of Guyana’s Council is happy to announce that the year-long search for the Institution's 11th Vice Chancellor has ended. The Candidate who led the field of other stellar contenders secured the Council’s endorsement. The successful Candidate is Prof. Paloma Mohamed-Martin, PhD, A.A., the first woman to be named Vice Chancellor in the 57 year history of the University of Guyana. The Council warmly congratulates and wishes her a productive and successful tenure.

The University of Guyana, Faculty of Engineering and Technology in partnership with the United States Embassy in Georgetown, on June 3, 2020 hosted a Zoom Webinar titled: ‘A University in Transition: Accreditation for a Sustaina- ble Economy (EASE)’. The purpose of the webinar was to discuss accreditation of the University of Guyana’s Faculty of Engineering and Technology (FET) Programmes.

University of Guyana
Transitional Management Committee (TMC) UPDATE

Categories of UG Staff and all Students To Continue to Work in Safe Mode (online) until at least the end of the extended Semester 1, July 18, 2020

(Georgetown/Guyana/The University of Guyana/ June 1, 2020) The Transitional Management Committee (TMC) of The University of Guyana, further advises students, faculty and staff that there will be an extension of the safe mode until July 18, 2020, in response to COVID -19.