Visually Impaired Ghanaian who Defied Odds to Graduate with Master's Pursuing PhD at Manchester in UK

• Gerald Arhin is a visually impaired Ghanaian pursuing his doctoral degree at Manchester in the UK
• The University of Cambridge alumnus triumphed over challenges to glean his MPhil in African Studies
• Arhin is hoping that his work as a PhD student at Manchester will influence policymaking and make the world a better place

Despite his visual impairment, Ghanaian Gerald Arhin has not allowed his circumstance to deter or hold him from pursuing and achieving his academic goals.

The University of Cambridge alumnus defied the odds to graduate with his MPhil in African Studies at the university.

Arhin told Trinity Hall Cambridge that the university and the Centre for African Studies provided the needed support to ensure his disability was not a barrier to his academic pursuits.

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Pursuing his PhD

Now studying for a doctoral degree at Manchester, Arhin spoke about the challenges as a visually impaired person, studying for his PhD, among others.

I am just beginning the third year of my PhD, and I am in the writing process, having recently returned from fieldwork.

It is going well, and I am very hopeful that my findings, beyond the theory, will make a meaningful impact on policy, which is the aspect that will be useful to the marginalised, he said.

Influencing policy with his work

When asked how education and his work will help serve others in the world, he said he is hoping that it will influence policymaking.

My work is focused on natural resource governance. Extractive resources are usually found in areas where the poor life, but little is done to translate those resources to benefit them. I am hoping that my work will influence policymaking in a way that will tilt the governance of extractive resources to benefit the vulnerable and the subalterns.

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University of Ghana Student Celebrates Bagging Master's Degree

Still on education, YEN.com.gh reported that a gorgeous Ghanaian lady by the name of Donna Arthur recently took to social media to open up about all the good things the month of July 2022 brought her.

The post sighted by YEN.com.gh on the LinkedIn timeline of Donna had her recounting that she successfully completed her master's degree at the University of Ghana, Legon, and in the same month got married to her partner.

Source: YEN.com.gh