The partnership will construct on Imperial’s work with universities and policymakers within the area, growing analysis and academic applications in areas corresponding to public well being, entrepreneurship, sustainability and vaccine manufacturing.
“The size of our analysis and initiatives with companions in Ghana has grown quickly in the previous couple of years and collectively we’re making a constructive affect,” stated Professor Hugh Brady, president of Imperial.
“Our work with the College of Ghana has already helped policymakers higher perceive the methods to lift dwelling requirements in cities and widen entry to improved ingesting water.”
Imperial, which just lately scored a shock second place within the QS World College Rankings, has long-standing hyperlinks with the College of Ghana and is dedicated to growing long-term collaborations in Africa, in accordance with Brady.
Excessive visa rejection charges are impacting the flexibility of many African college students to review overseas. The brand new settlement will improve mobility alternatives for workers and college students in London and Accra, engaged on joint initiatives and sharing information in one another’s laboratories.
The partnership will unlock new discoveries, create new jobs, and generate options to the challenges confronted by each our international locations and the world at massive
Harriet Thompson, British Excessive Commissioner for Ghana
“The revered QS world college rankings ranked Imperial as primary within the UK and second on the planet and UG is completely satisfied to be related to such an establishment as a associate and collaborator,” stated Professor Felix Ankomah Asante, UG professional vice-chancellor
The settlement was introduced on the College of Ghana in Accra in June, throughout a go to by Imperial workers together with vp of worldwide, Maggie Dallman.
Dallman met Ghanaian scholar entrepreneurs collaborating within the scholar enterprise assist program, created in 2021 in collaboration with Imperial and the British Council to encourage college students to show revolutionary concepts into worthwhile companies.
Moreover, Imperial and the College of Ghana have collectively developed the UK-Ghana science know-how & innovation technique, which goals to extend the quantity, high quality, and affect of partnerships between the UK and Ghana.
Previously 5 years, Imperial has collaborated with the College of Ghana on greater than 120 educational publications, greater than every other Ghanaian college.
“The thriving partnership between Imperial School London and the College of Ghana is nice proof of the energy of collaboration between the UK and Ghana on science, know-how and innovation, in step with the joint ST&I technique agreed by the governments of our two international locations,” stated Harriet Thompson, British Excessive Commissioner for Ghana.
“The partnership will unlock new discoveries, create new jobs, and generate options to the challenges confronted by each our international locations and the world at massive.”
In the course of the go to, Imperial hosted an occasion for scientists, policymakers and alumni to highlight the affect of local weather change on African cities and the healthcare inequalities confronted by hundreds of thousands of city-dwellers in Accra and Tamale.
Imperial professor Mike Templeton highlighted the necessity for equal entry to sustainable sanitation, which is an space the 2 universities are already amassing knowledge and collaborating on.
