Mountcreast University College has launched a Transnational Education Partnership (TEP) with SOAS University of London and three teaching and research centres.
In an interview with Citi News, the Deputy Rector of Mountcrest University College, Irene Ansa Asare Horsham said the partnership will resolve the geographical boundary which has been a barrier to students seeking to pursue higher education in the UK.
Our students are very excited, especially about the post-graduate opportunities. Unfortunately in Ghana especially for a subject like law, there is very limited postgraduate study. So bringing this postgraduate study in human right, in commercial law, international law to Ghana with a degree awarded by SOAS but with the program taught by both SOAS and Mountcrest faculty is very rich for the students.
The TNE project aims at delivering Ghanaian-contextualized U.K higher education to the doorstep of home students in Ghana.
This will boost career mobility and build the capacity of local talents through international undergraduate and postgraduate programs without students having to leave the country for extended periods.
She further explained that this partnership will provide students with a rich diversity of knowledge and experiences through the exchange faculty program.
The exchange faculty program provides an opportunity for lecturers of both institutions to share knowledge and experiences with students in the two institutions at different times of the year.
The Rt. Hon. Baroness Valerie Amos reiterated that both institutions share common values hence this fosters growth in all spheres of life and academic work. The partnership will build bridges between diverse cultures, communities and people.
“A joint recognition of the importance of the global community and challenging the fragmentation which is becoming commonplace across countries, communities, religion and ethnic groups. It’s about shared learning and growing understanding. It’s about growing capability and capacity about entrenching excellence and delivering access and equality.”
She called for new ways to make education affordable and accessible to young people on the African continent since education continuously become expensive.
The three teaching and research centres are Professor W.C Ekow Daniels Centre for African Studies, the Professor Sir Roy Goode QC Centre for Commercial Law and the Professor Spyridon Flodaitis Center for Public Law and Policy in collaboration with the European Public Law Organization.