The body was formerly known as Ghana Association of University Teachers (GAUT), formed by the then expatriate senior members during the 1964/1965 academic year.
Baeta, John Hyde and Yeboah Amankwah which was purposely to clarify and change the whole conception of the association.
[4] The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) called on its members to engage in an indefinite strike on 10 January 2022.
[16][17] [18][19] [20][21][22] The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) again strike indefinitely on 10 October over illegal mining popularly known as galamsey.
[23][24] The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has asked its members to discontinue the ongoing strike on 29 October 2024.