UNIVERSITY OF GHANA
SEMINARS ON UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT
HARNESSING THE BENEFITS OF MANAGEMENT INFORMATION IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
TUESDAY, 8TH MAY 2012
MORNING SESSION (Great Hall)
8:00 Registration of Participants
9:00 Opening
• Registrar’s Opening Remarks
• Vice-Chancellor’s Welcome Address
9:20 Keynote Address: HERANA 2 Case Study
Speaker: Prof. Nico Cloete, HERANA
Chairperson – Vice-Chancellor, UG
10:30 Cocoa Break
11:00 HERANA 2 Case Study – Focus on University of Ghana
Presenter: Prof. Nico Cloete, HERANA
Chairperson – Mr Peter Yarquah, College Registrar, CACS
12:00 Acknowledgement of Participants
1:00 LUNCH BREAK
AFTERNOON SESSION
2:00 Institutional Information Requirements from the National Council
for Tertiary Education (NCTE)
Presenter - Dr. E. Newman, NCTE
Chairperson - Mrs Stella Amoa, Director, Public Affairs Directorate, UG
3:00 Group Sessions: Topics to be discussed:
• The HERANA Case Study
• Institutional Information Requirements - NCTE
4.45 Group reports
5.45 CLOSING
WEDNESDAY, 9TH MAY 2012
MORNING SESSION (Chairperson: Mr Joseph M. Budu, Registrar, UG)
9:00 Systems and Structures for Effective Management in Higher Education Institutions – Overview
Presenter – Mr. Alfred Quartey, Ag. Head, Institutional Research and Planning Office, UG
9:45 Systems and Structures for Effective Management in Higher Education - Human Resource Management
Presenter – Mrs. Haizel-Ashia, Director, Human Resource and Organisational Dev., UG
10:15 Systems and Structures for Effective Management in Higher Education - Financial Management
Presenter – Mr. R O Boapea, Director of Finance, UG
10:45 Systems and Structures for Effective Management in Higher Education - Management
of Students and Academic Affairs
Presenter – Mrs. Cynthia Adu, Academic Affairs Directorate, UG
11:15 Cocoa Break
11:30 Group Sessions: 4 topics to be discussed:
1. Institutional Management Information Systems
2. Human Resource Information Systems
3. Financial Information Systems
4. Academic and Student Affairs Information Systems
1:00 LUNCH BREAK
AFTERNOON SESSION
2:00 Group Reports
3:45 The Law and Information Handling in Ghana
• Freedom of Information Bill Nana Oye Lithur
o Question time
• Data Protection Bill Mrs Susan Kumapley
o Question time
Chairperson – Ms. Akua Akyaa Arhin, UG
5.15 Circulation and brief discussion of Draft Communiqué
5.30 CLOSING
THURSDAY, 10TH MAY 2012
MORNING SESSION (ONLY)
9:00 Rapporteurs’ Report (including finalisation of Draft Communiqué)
11:00 Participants’ Impressions (including impact assessment of Seminar I)
12:00 CLOSING
LUNCH AND DEPARTURE
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