USTED launches first peer-reviewed journals in bid to boost African research

For a university whose mandate centres on skills training, technical education and entrepreneurship, the move is expected to strengthen research output while creating another platform for Ghanaian academics to publish studies that address local development challenges.

The University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development (USTED), formerly Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development (AAMUSTED), has published the maiden editions of the Journal of Applied Social Sciences and Entrepreneurship Education (JASSEE)and theJournal of Technology Education and Applied Sciences (JTEAS).

Among the studies are research on teacher professionalism in Ghana, access to primary education in the Bongo District, machine-learning models for credit-risk assessment, public attitudes towards ChatGPT, renewable energy forecasting using artificial intelligence, industrial attachment for art and design students, and the use of gold mine waste as a partial replacement for sand in concrete production.