Bill Puplampu
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wo generations of a Ghanaian family have benefited from the facilities of UEL’s School of Psychology, with a third member of the family studying another subject at the same institution.
Bill Puplampu came to the UK to study in 1985, when UEL was known as the North East London Polytechnic, and started off as a part-time student on the MSc in Occupational Psychology. He completed his Masters in 1990 before starting a PhD in the same year, completing it in 1993. Now & Then
After graduating, Bill returned to his home country to take up a faculty post at the University of Ghana Business School, where he has spent most of his academic career. He was headhunted in 2010 by Ghana’s largest private university (Central University College) and became Dean of its Business School. In December 2014 he was appointed Acting Vice President for Academic Affairs. No doubt influenced by how well his psychology qualification from UEL had served him, 15 years Spring 2015
later Bill’s son Vivaldo followed him to study the same subject at the same institution, graduating in 2012. And his daughter Xavia also followed him to UEL, though she chose to study International Tourism Management instead. “I hope that the things I said about UEL did the trick for them,” says Bill. “Either way, I am immensely proud that they followed me to UEL. Their big sister, Dionne, also studied Psychology, so it’s something of a family tradition I suppose!”
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