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UG athletes dominate National Schools Relay Festival

UG athletes dominate National Schools Relay Festival

Friday, May 5, 2017 - 12:57

The nation’s highest learning institution, University of Guyana (UG) along with West Demerara Secondary and Christianburg/Wismar Multilateral School recorded some standout performances when the Ministry of Education (MoE) staged the second annual National Schools Relay Festival at the National Track and Field Centre at Leonora yesterday.


Discussion on School of Entrepreneurship & Business Innovation

Discussion on School of Entrepreneurship & Business Innovation

Monday, May 1, 2017 - 15:54

Press Secretary and Television Anchor Malika N. Ramsey discusses the School of Entrepreneurship and Business Innovations. The team included members from the University of Guyana.


UG, MovieTowne Inc Sign MOU for Solar Farm and Student Housing Complex

UG, MovieTowne Inc Sign MOU for Solar Farm and Student Housing Complex

Saturday, April 29, 2017 - 10:03

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed yesterday between University of Guyana (UG) Vice Chancellor, Pro-fessor Ivelaw Griffith and Director of MovieTowne Derek Chin for the construction of a solar farm on the Turkeyen Campus.

Griffith and Chin, in his capacity as head of the Trinidad-based Dachin Group of Companies, also signed a MoU for the construction of a 150-room student housing complex at the Turkeyen Campus, with a similar facility also to be explored for the Tain Campus.


Can the present UG administration deliver the institution from its political prison?

Can the present UG administration deliver the institution from its political prison?

Tuesday, April 25, 2017 - 07:26

No astute witness to the cataclysmic decline of the University of Guyana over the years would seriously challenge the view that the prevailing conditions at the institution are, in large measure, a function of the debilitating diet of crass political intervention that it has had to endure and much of which has manifested itself in some of the most unenlightened and counterproductive feuding between the country’s two main political parties.


Renaissance Vol. 2 No. 3

Renaissance Vol. 2 No. 3

Tuesday, April 18, 2017 - 07:38

The collaboration between the Office of the Vice-Chancellor and the Centre for Communication Studies (CCS) of The University of Guyana brings to you this Volume 2: No. 3 edition of Renaissance, a monthly newsletter. Renaissance is the Vice-Chancellor’s medium of sharing with you our University’s developments.


Multi-million dollar contracts awarded to fix roads & bridges, procure classroom equipment for UG

Multi-million dollar contracts awarded to fix roads & bridges, procure classroom equipment for UG

Tuesday, April 18, 2017 - 06:55

Cabinet at its meeting on Thursday, April 13, 2016, noted the award of contracts by the procurement entities and the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board(NPTAB)in the area of rehabilitative works, infrastructural development and other areas.

Read More HERE: http://newsroom.gy/2017/04/16/multi-million-dollar-contracts-awarded-to-fix-roads-bridges-procure-classroom-equipment-for-ug/


The University of Guyana and the business community

The University of Guyana and the business community

Tuesday, April 18, 2017 - 06:45

Based on what he had to say on the issue during a recent lengthy interview for a forthcoming issue of the Guyana Review, it is clear that University of Guyana (UG) Vice Chancellor Professor Ivelaw Griffith believes that the future of the university will be heavily dependent on the quality of the relationship that it can cultivate with the private sector.


Small Campus Fire at Turkeyen Contained

Small Campus Fire at Turkeyen Contained

Monday, April 3, 2017 - 17:09

The University of Guyana is working with the investigators from the Guyana Fire Service and Guyana Police Force to determine the cause of a small fire which started at around 10:00 h on Tuesday, March 8, 2017. The fire is reported to have originated at the Digicel-owned generator located on the southern side of the recently refurbished Faculty of Health Sciences building on the Turkeyen campus. The fire affected only the back stairwell of the building, and caused some water and smoke damage in the vicinity. There have been no reports of injuries to either students or staff members.


Renaissance Vol. 2 No. 1 & 2

Renaissance Vol. 2 No. 1 & 2

Monday, February 27, 2017 - 17:17

The collaboration between the Office of the Vice-Chancellor and the Centre for Communication Studies (CCS) of The University of Guyana brings to you this Volume 2: Nos. 1 and 2 editions of Renaissance, a monthly newsletter. Renaissance is the Vice-Chancellor’s medium of sharing with you our University’s developments. 


Renaissance Vol. 1 No. 4

Renaissance Vol. 1 No. 4

Wednesday, November 30, 2016 - 17:00

The collaboration between the Office of the Vice-Chancellor and the Centre for Communication Studies (CCS) of The University of Guyana brings to you this fourth edition of Renaissance, a monthly newsletter. Renaissance is the Vice-Chancellor’s medium of sharing with you the developments and the areas of interest that need to be celebrated at our University.