UNIVERSITY OF GHANA MAKERSPACE
CALL FOR COLLABORATION
The Office of Research, Innovation and Development seeks collaborators to develop and manage a UG Makerspace. The Call for Collaborators will help to identify internal partners who will support the development of this space through a multi-disciplinary approach and determine the roles of each partner.
A makerspace is a 21st century digitally-connected community workshop and lab, open to entrepreneurs and people in general who are interested in learning, designing and working together in a collaborative environment. Technical expertise for the establishment of the Makerspace has been generously provided by the Impact Hub, Accra. http://accra.impacthub.net/
Intended beneficiaries of this space include students, faculty an industry.
Full details of the call for collaboration can be accessed at:
WHAT WE ARE SEEKING FROM OUR COLLABORATORS
- A willingness for students in your departments to convene and collaborate with stakeholders.
- Subject matter expertise of your discipline.
- An organisational openness to new ways of approaching complex challenges.
- Time and creative resources
APPLICATION PROCESS
Step 1: Interested applicants attend information/briefing session on Monday 10th December 2018 at 9:30 am at the ORID Conference Room. Kindly register your interest to participate in the briefing session via email to orid-ipatt@ug.edu.gh
Step 2: Submission of collaboration forms in the attached format to ORID latest by 5:00pm on Friday, January 18, 2019. Completed forms can be submitted electronically to ORID via orid-ipatt@ug.edu.gh or hand-delivered to the ORID Secretariat on the ground floor of the LECIAD Building.
Step 3: Successful Collaborators will be announced on Friday, 26th January 2019