A delegation from Vodafone Ghana, has called on the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, at the Council Chamber.

The Head of Product, Mr. Edward Aikins who led the delegation said the visit was to strengthen the relationship between Vodafone Ghana and UCC. He said the relationship between UCC and his organisation should be mutually beneficial to the two partners. “We have been doing a lot of things for other universities but it seems we need to do more to move our relationship with UCC beyond just transaction to a win-win one,” he noted.

A delegation from Jiangsu University (JU), China, has paid a courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, to explore new areas of collaboration.

The University of Cape Coast and Jiangsu University have been partners since 2009. The visit was aimed at strengthening and expanding the scope of the collaboration.

Delegation from Jiangsu University

Two officials from Higher Ed Partners, South Africa, have called on the Vice-Chancellor to introduce an online education solution for distance education.

The two officials were the Chief Strategy and Engagement Officer, Totsie Memela-Khambula and Deborah Jewell-Sherman.

Services of Higher Ed Partners, South Africa

The University of Cape Coast has graduated 56 qualified medical doctors at the First Session of the 51st Congregation dedicated to the School of Medical Sciences (SMS).                     

The fresh graduates made up of 35 males and 21 females were conferred with Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB, ChB) degrees after successfully completing their six-year programme.  This brings the total number of medical doctors produced by UCCSMS to 299 since its inception in 2007.

UCCSMS Producing Quality Doctors

The Chairman of the Ghana Medical and Dental Council (MDC), Professor Paul K. Nyame, has noted that the University of Cape Coast School of Medical Sciences (UCCSMS), has proven to be progressive in innovation, curricula and the provision of facilities for teaching and research.

Prof. Nyame said the School has attracted into its leadership, some of the brightest in medical academia in Ghana. “Those of us who now have to regulate the training for the profession, and its subsequent practice, have relied very frequently on the human resource of this School,” he indicated.

The Centre for Gender, Research, Advocacy and Documentation (CEGRAD) is organising a four-day workshop for student facilitators in University.

The facilitators comprising representatives of the various halls of residence will serve as liaison officers who will provide counselling services and also educate students on issues of relationship and sexual harassment.

The Third Research Awards and Grants (RAG) Ceremony has been held under the auspices of the Directorate of Research, Innovation and Consultancy (DRIC) at the School of Medical Sciences.

The annual award scheme is aimed at motivating and honouring faculty members who distinguished themselves through impact-oriented research as well as those who have shown potential in the same regard.

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), Ho, Prof. John Owusu Gyapong, has challenged  the University of Cape Coast to channel more funds into research to enhance its visibility.

Prof. Gyapong noted that UCC could only become relevant as a world class university and feature in the Global Higher Education rankings if substantial investments was made in research.