The Second Animal Care and Use in Research Education and Testing (ACURET) Workshop on Laboratory Animal Welfare in Developing Countries has been held at the Sasakawa Centre in the University.
The workshop which attracted participants from South Africa, the United Kingdom, Nigeria, Ghana and the United States of America sought to bring to the fore the need to apply and enforce ethical regulations in the handling of animals used for research.
A delegation from the University of Cape Coast has visited Mrs. Matilda Amissah-Arthur and the family to commiserate with them on the death of the former Vice President, Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur at Ridge in Accra.
The delegation led by the Chancellor, Sir Dr. Sam Jonah was made up of the Chairman of the Governing Council, Mrs. Nancy Thompson, Registrar, Mr. John Kofi Nyan, Provost, College of Humanities and Legal Studies, Prof. Dora Edu-Buandoh; Deputy Registrar in charge of Welfare, Mrs. Florence Opare and Ag. Director of Public Affairs, Major Kofi Baah-Bentum.
A delegation from the University of Cape Coast has visited Mrs. Matilda Amissah-Arthur and the family to commiserate with them on the death of the former Vice President, Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur at Ridge in Accra.
The delegation led by the Chancellor, Sir Dr. Sam Jonah was made up of the Chairman of the Governing Council, Mrs. Nancy Thompson, Registrar, Mr. John Kofi Nyan, Provost, College of Humanities and Legal Studies, Prof. Dora Edu-Buandoh; Deputy Registrar in charge of Welfare, Mrs. Florence Opare and Ag. Director of Public Affairs, Major Kofi Baah-Bentum.
The 2018 International Summer School has been opened under the auspices of the Centre for Gender Research Advocacy and Documentation (CEGRAD) at Pempamsie hotel.
The summer school will examine the connection between land policies and politics of belonging and how these shape gender relations and influence women’s access to land.
It is also aimed at deepening the understanding and skills that incorporate feminist epistemology and methodology in research.
The Department of Environmental Science of the School of Biological Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences (CANS) has received equipment from one of its partners in Denmark—the Copenhagen Business Academy (CPH).
A consultative meeting has been held to finalise discussions on the intended top-up Diploma for Nurse Assistant Clinicals (NAC) and Nurse Assistant Preventive(NAP) Midwifery programme which has been developed by the University of Cape Coast.
The discussions were aimed at putting in place modalities to ensure that the programme commenced in 2018 without any hindrances on the part of the key stakeholders.
The chairman of the National Peace Council, (NPC) Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Asante, has launched a report on the 2016 Elections on campus.
The Senior Staff Association of the University Cape Coast (SSAUCC) has taken delivery of a number of vehicles for its members on hire purchase.
The vehicles will facilitate movement of members to and from work. The Director of Human Resource, Rev. Isaac Baafi Sarbeng, received the vehicles on behalf of the Union.
The Ag. Chairman of the SSAUCC, Mr. Charles Amos Odoom, said the Association has entered into an agreement with Tecede Auto Sales Limited to supply vehicles to interested members of the union.
The wife of a past student of the University, Mrs. Felicia Danso, has presented some books to the School of Business.
The books presented, belonged to her late husband, Mr. Ernest A. Danso, who studied B.A Social Science (Economics option) and completed in 2001. He served as a Teaching Assistant at the Department of Economics and later went to the University of Ghana for his Masters degree.
Mr. Danso moved to the United States to further his studies and had been working there until his demise.
The newly elected executives of the Teachers and Education Workers Union (TEWU), have been sworn into office at a ceremony on campus.
The newly elected chairman, Mr. Stephen Williams, thanked members of the union for the conduct of the election and their massive turn out. He said they were very grateful for the trust reposed in them by members of the union to lead them.
He assured that they would work hard to champion their concerns, He therefore called for their support to enable them succeed as a union.
