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Submitted by nyankum.cobbinah on 21 October 2021

Reflecting on some of the numerous benefits of the programme to my career as a lecturer at IEPA and an Educationist in general, I have been equipped with leadership skills, communication skills, team work and identification of individual differences. Generally, the IEPA programme served as a spring board for me to pursue a PhD in Educational leadership and management at the University of Leicester, in the United Kingdom.” MPhil - Administration in Higher Education (2010).

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