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AAMUSTED launches access academic journals across Africa
The Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development (AAMUSTED) has launched two open access academic journals aimed at advancing research in technical and vocational education and entrepreneurship across Africa.
They are the Journal of Technology Education and Applied Sciences (JTEAS) and the Journal of Applied Social Sciences and Entrepreneurship Education (JASSEE).
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Frederick Sarfo, in a speech read on his behalf by Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Isaac Boateng, said; the launch “fulfills a legal requirement under Act 1026 of Parliament, which established AAMUSTED in 2020 and mandates the university to disseminate the results of research undertaken through the publication of books, journals, papers and any other suitable means.”
Both journals would operate under an open access model, making all published research freely available online without subscription fees.
He traced the institution’s heritage to 1946 when Scottish missionaries established St. Andrews Training College in Asante-Mampong, with COLTEK rooting back to the Technical Teachers College of 1966.
The journals would initially publish twice yearly in May and November, and according to Prof. Sarfo, the university has plans to seek indexing in major international databases including Scopus, Web of Science, and the Directory of Open Access Journals to enhance global visibility.
The Keynote speaker, Prof. Eric Appau Asante, Director of E-Learning at KNUST and an AAMUSTED alumnus, described open access publishing as addressing “Africa’s knowledge drain.”
Prof. Asante described technical and vocational education training and entrepreneurship as “engines of transformation” for African development.
“TVET equips hands with skills, but research refines those skills into industries. Entrepreneurship creates businesses, but knowledge ensures those businesses survive and scale”, he said.
“The launch positions AAMUSTED among African institutions adopting open access publishing models to increase visibility and impact of locally-produced research”, according to the Journal Proposal Committee chair, Prof. Yarhands Dissou Arthur.
From Kingsley E. Hope, Kumasi
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The forecourt of the African University of Communications and Business (AUCB) in Accra came alive on Friday with colour, creativity and innovation, as Level 300 students transformed the space into a lively exhibition of ideas.
Under the theme “Building meaningful brands beyond the logo,” the students invited patrons into a world where ordinary products were reimagined through storytelling, design and purpose.
From scented candles to innovative food concepts, each stand told a unique story, one that went beyond aesthetics to capture identity, value and human connection.
For many of the students, the event was more than just an academic exercise; it was a moment to dream out loud.
Guided by their lecturer, Peter Wonders, they explored what it truly means to build a brand in today’s competitive world where trust, consistency and experience matter just as much as logos and slogans.
Chairman of the occasion, Nana Kum Gyata VI, in his remarks said a brand is what people say about you when you are not present.
At the end of the presentations, awards were presented to deserving groups with Vida Nyaneba emerging as the overall best branding student.
By Esinam Jemima Kuatsinu
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The Senior Correctional Centre (SCC) has initiated a lecture session to broaden the horizon of level 400 students at the Social Work Department of the University of Ghana (UG).
The initiative is under the auspices of the Counselling Unit and OIC of the Station, in consultation with the University.
The inaugural lecture delved into education of Social Work students about the role of Ghana Prisons Service and its core mandates, while emphasising the need for counseling as a psychological intervention for inmates mental health and well-being.
It also gave clearer insights about what was required of them in contributing their quota to creating awareness about the Service’s reformational agenda.
The session forms part of the ‘Think Prisons 360 degrees’ initiative, a collaborative efforts of the SCC Counseling Unit to conscientise the final year students of their roles as future social workers.
ASP Alfred Nii Arday Ankrah, a Public Relation Personnel highlighted on the core roles of the Service which include the welfare of inmates, safe custody of inmates, reformation and rehabilitation of inmates, respectively.
Discussing the ‘Think Prisons 360 degree’ agenda birthed by the Director General of the service, DGP Patience Baffoe-Bonnie Esq, Mr Ankrah enumerated the five core pillars of the initiative which include welfare of inmates and staff, agriculture mechanisation, industrialisation, wealth creation and strategic relations.
DSP Belinda Adjei-Attah, Head of SCC Counselling Unit schooled the final year students about the role of counseling as a pivotal reformational tool in the service with the tendency to enhance inmates’ psychological needs.
DSP Adjei-Attah further highlighted how Prison Officers and social workers could work together to reduce recidivism.
DSP Eugene Ansu Ohene-Tutu, a Counseling Personnel at SCC further elaborated on the role of social workers in aiding psychosocial interventions, expanding support systems and bringing in-house psychiatrists to help circumnavigate inmates’ mental health.
Dr Abena Oforiwa Ampomah, Lecturer at the Department commended the Senior Officers for their time with the final year students and commended the Officer-In-Charge of SCC, DDP Yayra Ashong Mettle, for releasing the officers to make such a memorable lecture.
By Spectator Reporter
