(The University of Guyana/ Georgetown/Guyana/ Sept 6/2020) The University of Guyana will host a weeklong seminar this week, focussed on various aspects of delivering online education. The seminar hosted virtually on Zoom begins Today, Monday, September 7 to 11, 2020 from 10:00 h to 12:00 h.
Sessions include Principles and Practice of Getting Online Quickly : Adapting Curriculum and Delivery by Higher Education and E-Learning Specialist Dr Ann Wallace who is a Ret...
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(Georgetown/Guyana/Sept 4/ 2020) The University of Guyana’s Registration period for the 2020/2021 Academic Year commenced Online on August 31, 2020 to September 30, 2020 for New and Continuing Students.
In keeping with national CoVid19 guidelines and in support of the health and safety of staff as well as new and continuing students, the University will remain working in safe mode online until the situation changes for the better.
The University of Guyana Entrance Examination (UGEE) will be conducted (online) for the 2020/2021 Academic Year. The Examination is scheduled to be held from September 14, 2020 to September 18, 2020. Tutorials for subject areas will be offered (online) from August 31, 2020 to September 4, 2020 for applicants to both campuses (Turkeyen & Tain), irrespective of their geographical location. This examination targets applicants who do not ...
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The University of Guyana joins with the artistic community of Guyana and the Caribbean to acknowledge the profound sense of diminution experienced at the loss of painter and anthropologist George Simon, one of the great artists of the contemporary era. The University commiserates with his widow and im- mediate family, recognising at once that this...
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WWF makes significant book donation to the University of Guyana
The University of Guyana (UG) and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in recognising the importance of the ad- vancement of education on environmental ethics and social justice in Guyana, partnered on an initiative which saw the addition of thirteen titles, amounting to a donation of thirty-nine books in total to the university’s li- brary.
The books were officially handed over via an onli...
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The University of Guyana Cooperative Credit Union Limited (UGCCUL) has recently launched its ONLINE SERVICE, guidelines to access are as follows:
1. Application Forms can be accessed online through HRMIS or UG’s website a.) Print form, fill out completely, scan and email to ugcreditforms@gmail.com, the completed form must clearly state how you intend to receive your funds (MMG or Bank). Once completed, place the original form along with an...
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With the recently increased discussions on the University of Guyana (UG) becoming a tuition-free zone, newly appointed Chancellor, Professor Edward Greene believes that making education at the University free is certainly achievable.
During a recent interview with Inews, Professor Greene was asked about his thoughts on the concept of free education at UG. Greene noted that not only is it doable, the right to free education is also enshrined in the Constitution. Read more
The University of Guyana views with deep concern the recent utterances purported to have been made by one of our young students. While we embrace the aspirations of our nation, which is founded on the values of “one people, one nation, one destiny”, we acknowledge that these incidents do not emerge in isolation. In fact, our scholars have been interrogating this persistent national problem for many decades.
The University notes that the student has already voluntarily recanted hi...
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