UG, Ian Randle Publishers partner for university press

IRP Board Chairman Ian Randle (at left) and Vice-Chancellor Ivelaw Griffith during the signing last Thursday. (University of Guyana photo)

The University of Guyana (UG) and Ian Randle Publishers (IRP) of Jamaica have signed an agreement to establish a publishing arm of the university that will publish the scholarly work of faculty and student researchers.

The three-year agreement for the new University of Guyana Press, which is part of efforts to boost research and scholarship at the institution, was signed on March 16, 2017 and takes effect on April 1, 2017, according to a news release issued by UG last evening.

“The establishment of the Press is both history-making and an important part of enhancing the