 ug considers niche campuses to enhance delivery of programmes ug considers niche campuses to enhance delivery of programmes dominicbraam thu 6112020  by shaquille bourne  author at the department of public information   says vicechancellor professor paloma mohamedmartin dpi guyana thursday june 11 2020 newly appointed vicechancellor professor paloma mohamedmartin has announced that the establishment of niche campuses are being considered as the university of guyana deliberates how its programmes are delivered to students we are sitting down and looking at the country in terms of what the country is likely to be doing in the next couple of years what we want our people to be able to achieve where those people are going to be located and how the university is going to help to achieve that the vicechancellor told dpi during a recent zoom interview according to the vicechancellor ug has examined numerous studies and projections and therefore the institution has attractive options to consider providing insight the vicechancellor noted while the country has a maritime school that produces careers in oil and gas ug has no maritimefocused programme to offer muchneeded degrees as such professor mohamedmartin held that the university is examining proposals for the programme and its prospective location in this regard she cited berbice as an appropriate area due to high levels of oil and gas activity offshore of the county likewise the vicechancellor suggested a ug school for geology and mines would be best situated in linden a mining township that leads other mining regions these considerations before the university take into account climate change the green economy migration guyana s internal relationships the global dynamic energy etc we are looking at partnerships that are strategic that are niched and that are targeted at providing quick but strategic wins in the medium term the vicechancellor continued professor paloma mohamedmartin was appointed to vicechancellor on tuesday  by chancellor edward green since then the vicechancellor has stated that the university of guyana is preparing to release a blueprint to guide the next 20 years of development the vice chancellor s predecessor was professor ivelaw griffith whose tenure ended in 2019  source   https dpigovgy ugconsidersnichecampusestoenhancedeliveryofprogram  ug considers niche campuses to enhance delivery of programmes  