Samiratu started as a PhD student at the Department of Economics, in September 2020. She graduated with a master’s in economics from the University of Ghana in 2018. Before that, Samiratu had graduated as part of the top 5% of her cohort in the same University with a BA degree in Economics in 2015. Samiratu worked as a teaching assistant and graduate assistant before and after her Masters degree of which she tutored undergraduate students in courses such as Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Labour Economics. Currently, she works as a part time research fellow and teaching assistant with the University of Birmingham working on current trends in labour markets and leading undergraduate seminars.