Numero Research Academy

  A few years ago, if you asked a Ghanaian student about studying abroad, the answers were almost predictable. The UK , the US , maybe Canada , or Germany . I quite remember that, during my M.Phil. studies , our professor shared a flyer about KNUST's exchange program me and partnership with schools in Russia . Although a scholarship was included in the programme, none of the students in my department applied for it. Then, in 2024, the Open Door scholarship entrance exams came, and more than 2000 students applied. At first, Russia rarely came up in the study abroad conversation. Today, that is changing quietly, but that change can be seen clearly. Many Ghanaian students are now looking east. They are asking questions, searching for information, and submitting applications to Russian universities . This shift did not happen by accident. It is a response to the real challenges students face and the real opportunities they are now discovering. Throughout human history, we have develop...

Whenever the issue of accidental plagiarism comes up, I always remember an incident that happened in a colleague's office. I had visited this colleague, and two students she was supervising came to the office to submit their dissertation draft. Once they had submitted the drafts, I glanced through them, and they were outstanding work. I asked them whether they had copied from somewhere, and they replied, 'No!' Unfortunately, my colleague remembered she had to run a Turnitin check for them. We asked them to submit their soft copy, and we ran the Turnitin score ; the first guy had 35%, and the second had exactly 20%. The room was silent for a while until my colleague said, "Ah, well, you copied then." The guy who had 35% sat on a chair there, and his face showed he was expecting that. We asked him where he copied from, and he said he didn't, but then he knew his family members would add some to it. My colleague didn't understand at first until I asked the ...

The art (not just an act) of choosing a  research topic  is like the first impression you make when you walk into an interview. Before you explain yourself, before you defend your ideas, someone is already forming an opinion about you, of which you have no idea. In research, that first impression is your topic. What differentiates a smart student who deserves an "A" from an average student who will be given a "B" or "C" to graduate is the fact that smart students understand why some topics are able to instantly convince lecturers, while other topics become a laughing stock. I have seen it many times. Two students submit topics on the same subject. One of them gets a quick approval. The other is asked to revise again and again. Unfortunately, students end up labeling some lecturers as too difficult. The difference is rarely intelligence, and not just the loose fact that the lecturer is difficult. As a student or a researcher, you must know that what people...