by Peter Amoako-Yirenkyi, PhD STEM CONFERENCE KNUST MAY, 2012 BACKGROUND NIMS was established in 2008 by the Vice– Chancellors, Ghana and NCTE; a committee made up of.

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Transcript by Peter Amoako-Yirenkyi, PhD STEM CONFERENCE KNUST MAY, 2012 BACKGROUND NIMS was established in 2008 by the Vice– Chancellors, Ghana and NCTE; a committee made up of.

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by
Peter Amoako-Yirenkyi, PhD
STEM CONFERENCE

KNUST

MAY, 2012


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BACKGROUND
NIMS was established in 2008 by the
Vice– Chancellors, Ghana and NCTE; a
committee made up of all heads of
universities in Ghana, to address the
pressing need to support
mathematical sciences in Ghana.


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AIM
To establish state-of-the-art and cutting edge programmes

prepare students for further graduate research
Advance research in Mathematical Sciences


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OBJECTIVES

CREATE A
RESEARCH
CENTRE OF
EXCELLENCE


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STRUCTURE
Advisory
Board

NIMS Council Members
VC’s of all six public universities, NCTE,
GETFund, Ministry of Education,
Government Representative

Executive Team

Director of
NIMS

(NIMS Management Board) –
Representatives from all six public
universities

NIMS Trust/
Trustees

Administration

External Activities

MAG,GMS,Assoc,
Clubs, links with
schools

Unit
Directors

Staff

Finance

Facilities
Coordinators

Research
Activities


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SETTING UP THE INSTITUTE

PARTICIPATING
SCIENTISTS

POLITICAL
WILL AND
POLICY

FUNDING,
INFRASTRUCTURE AND
RESOURCES


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FUNDING
Member Universities

Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund)
National Council for Tertiary

Education (NCTE), Ghana.


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COLLABORATIONS
CERN, Switzerland
MARM (an AMU-AMMSI-LMS) initiative
University of Vermont, USA

University of Ibadan, Nigeria
University of Benin, Benin

LINKS
LINKS


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INITIAL ACTIVITIES
...many pieces fitting together
NIMS
workshops on
specific
Special
subjects
International
Workshop for
Conference on
women in
Mathematics
Special Mathematics
Lectures and
Mini courses

Training
courses in
Modern
Mathematics

Mentoring and
postgraduate
thesis
supervisions

Faculty and
student
exchange

Research and
Development


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CURRENT ACTIVITIES


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Thank you for listening