 university of guyana staff to get salary increases before christmas university of guyana staff to get salary increases before christmas university of guyana staff to get salary increases before christmas webmaster sun 11182018 2053 the university of guyana finance and general purposes committee on wednesday november 14 2018 unanimously approved the request of vicechancellor professor ivelaw griffith for salary increases at the rate of 3 for all eligible ua staff and 4 for all eligible ub staff retroactive to january 1 2018 these increases will be paid to staff members of the university of guyana by thursday december 20 2018 considering the increases granted for 2017 this makes the combined increase over two years 9 for ua staff and 12 for ub workers according to vicechancellor griffith although the 2018 negotiations with the unions never moved beyond differences over the agenda i felt obliged to act on what we had planned all along to do that is to offer a salary increase for 2018 he further emphasised that the administration maintains the principled position that performance will be a factor in this exercise and that no academic staff with outstanding grades will be granted the increase as with previous salary increases this salary adjustment requires finding money for the allowances that are pegged to salaries for example housing allowances are tied to salaries at the rate of 20 percent overall the adjustment this year will cost the university g 8134 million the vicechancellor noted that while the percentage increase is modest it is guided by the principle of affordability g 8134 million is what the university can afford at this time additionally the increase is granted knowing that there is an understandable expectation by staff members for some form of financial relief for the year in making the announcement of the salary increase the vicechancellor took the opportunity to thank all staffers in estates management the faculties and sebi the registry library bursary centre for information technology software development personnel institute of distance and continuing education safety and security berbice campus and the vicechancellery which includes the offices of the deputy vicechancellor s for their dedicated service to students and the university community as a whole during the year he highlighted the university s 52nd convocation held on saturday november 10 where 1739 students graduated as evidence of truly talented and caring members of the university family who go beyond the call of duty in their various units  ug in brief with a current enrollment of some 8000 students the university of guyana ug has graduated more than 20000 students who have gone on to successful careers locally regionally and internationally the university is also a major contributor to the national economy and to business and industry established in 1963 on a parttime basis with shared space at queens college ug moved to its own campus at turkeyen in 1970 and expanded in 2000 with the addition of the tain campus it now offers more than 116 undergraduate and postgraduate programmes including the natural sciences engineering environmental studies forestry urban planning and management tourism studies education creative arts economics law medicine optometry and nursing several online programmes are available and the ug also offers extramural classes at four locations through its institute of distance and continuing education idce the ug also offers the opportunity for student engagement in debating sports and cultural religious and professional activities  