Dr. Kofi Amegah, a lecturer at the Department of Biological Sciences, has suggested to University Management to reserve some positions for leading researchers in the University.
“Maybe, we can adopt Goodall’s suggestion by reserving some positions for leading researchers in the University so that if you aspire to that position you know what it takes. For instance, we can have two Vice-Deans and two Pro-Vice-Chancellor positions - one for academics and the other for research,” he said.
The Provost of the College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, Prof. Livingstone K. Sam-Amoah, has observed that any country that depends on agricultural production as basis for industrial development is most likely to fail if irrigation is not part of the development plan.
“Indeed in some parts of the world, irrigation remains the dividing line between abundant food and no food at all. Irrigated agriculture represents 20 percent of the total cultivated land, but contributes 40 percent of the total produced worldwide,” he noted.
The UCC Faculty of Law placed second in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court qualifying Competition held at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) recently.
UCC was also adjudged the best in oral presentation and research documents for the competition.
The Head of Institutional Affiliation (IAO), Mr. Justice Agyenim Boateng, has underscored UCC’s commitment to assist its affiliate institutions to offer quality academic services.
He noted that in order to ensure quality service delivery, management of UCC through the Institutional Affiliation and Centre for Teaching Support (CTS) has organised a training programme for all UCC affiliate institutions.
Prof. Denis Worlanyo Aheto, the Director of the Centre for Coastal Management of the University of Cape Coast has been invited by USAID/Ghana Mission Director Ms. Sharon Cromer, on behalf of the US Government to serve as a member of the Advisory Group to guide the planning and follow up for the U.S Government’s led Global Food Security Strategy for Ghana.
Twenty-Six (26) pupils from Cours Lumière, Republic of Togo, have arrived at the University Primary School for a two-week exchange programme.
The pupils were welcomed by some officials of UCC, headteachers of the four Basic Schools, host parents and pupils of the Primary School.
The book, titled: ”Crossing the Divide: Precarious Work and the Future of Labour ” was edited by Prof. Emeritus Edward Webster, University of Witwatersrand in South Africa; Prof. Akua Opokua Britwum, UCC; Sharit Bhowmik, Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai, compares precarious work in India, Ghana and South Africa.
The 280-page book shows how innovative organisational strategies are emerging in the Global South to bridge the widening divide between the formal and informal economy.
The Centre for International Education held a Study Abroad fair at the ground floor of the C. A. Ackah Lecture Theater Complex on the 8th of February, 2018.
The Dominion University College (DUC), has hosted the fourth series of workshop for institutions affiliated to the University of Cape Coast in Accra.
Other institutions that participated in the three-day workshop were Academic City College and Baldwin College.
The Dominion University College (DUC), has hosted the fourth series of workshop for institutions affiliated to the University of Cape Coast in Accra.
Other institutions that participated in the three-day workshop were Academic City College and Baldwin College.
