Lifelong learning must not be confined to the classroom or to any age in life as life is dynamic; and the day you stop learning, you become intellect… - Nana Aba Appiah Amfo

We should be less focused on assessing students based on memory, and more on application. For that to happen, we need to focus on teacher training, incentivise our brightest students to go into teaching and keep small class sizes to allow for more interaction.

Absolutely, both need mentoring and I have mentored both men and women in my career. What I seek to do is to support women to come out of their shells, to support women to overcome the barriers that prevent them from achieving their highest potential. That’s why I think that women need special attention – we have so much great potential, but there are so many things that encumber us in society, our gender roles, what society expects of us. These tend to hinder us from being professionally excellent.

I always wanted to be a professor at the very top. It’s not your teacher, mentor, boss or parent’s responsibility.