The Glass Blowing Unit of the University has been equipped with the state-of-the-art equipment worth GH ¢3 Million to produce different types of glassware to serve the needs of laboratories in Health Facilities, Senior High Schools and Tertiary Institutions in the country.
In pursuance of its mandate of improving teaching and learning in higher education, the Centre for Teaching Support (CTS) of the College of Education Studies of UCC has extended its services to faculty of the School of Medical Sciences, University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS-SMS).
The Centre for Teaching Support organised a week training workshop for 35 faculty of UHAS-SMS on the theme “Improving Teaching Methodologies: Andragogical approaches and Strategies with Information & Communication Technology (ICT)” at Ho in the Volta Region.
The UCC Sam Jonah Endowment Fund has presented a 33-seater Toyota Coaster bus to the Faculty of Law at a ceremony at the forecourt of the Main Administration Block. The gesture was in response to an appeal made by the Faculty for a bus to transport law students to observe both civil and criminal proceedings at various law courts to enable them to get practical knowledge of the Ghanaian legal system.
A three-member delegation from Botswana Accountancy College led by Serty Leburu (Executive Director), Mpho Victoria Mokgosi (Head of Marketing and Corporate Communications) and Galamoyo Male (Academic Director, School of Computing and Information Systems) paid a visit to the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Small Enterprise Development (CESED).
A send-off ceremony has been held for the 2016/17 National Service Personnel posted to the University of Cape Coast (UCC). The personnel, numbering 750, were posted to the University after completing their tertiary education to undertake their mandatory national service. Organised by the Directorate of Human Resources, the ceremony was aimed at recognising personnel for their tireless work and services to the University. In an address read on his behalf by the Provost of the College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, Prof. L.K Sam Amoah, the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Prof.
An Assistant Director, Centre of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education, North Carolina Agricultural and Technological State University, Prof. Kosi Delali Edoh, has stressed the need for academic institutions in Ghana to produce graduates in the area of Data Science.
A training workshop on the theme “Gender Sensitive Ethical Practice in Health Care Delivery” has been held for health practitioners and managers at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH).
A training workshop on the operation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) for scientific analysis and coastal environmental planning is currently underway at the Centre for Coastal Management (CCM). The purpose of the training is to build the capacity of UCC staff in all aspects of UAV operations. The training covers Ghanaian flight regulations, flight safety, UAV handling and flight control, mission planning and image acquisition and post-processing.
The Co-ordinator of Auburn University Outreach Global, Ms. Elizabeth Quansah together with Prof. Dr. Forbes, and two Ph.D students, (Kristine Nicole, and Ashley Mills Duffy) have interacted with IEPA academic staff and post-graduate students. This was a follow up on discussions held with IEPA in May, 2015 when a delegation from Auburn University visited IEPA and the Director’s reciprocal visit to Auburn University on 13th March, 2017. The discussions were mainly on the outreach service learning programme being planned between Auburn and IEPA.
A team from the Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (IEPA) paid a working visit to the Deputy Minister for Pre-Tertiary Education in the person of Honorable Dr. Osei Adutwum. Led by the Dean of the School of Educational Development and Outreach (Prof. Ernest Davis), the team visited the Minster to re-establish the relationship that exists between the Ministry of Education and IEPA.
