The Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Cape Coast, Mrs. Julia Selman-Ayetey, has called on African leaders to emphasise the need for significant investment in the African space industry to reduce reliance on foreign space service providers.
The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) has granted the University of Cape Coast,UCC, a full-fledged membership.
The move makes it possible for researchers at the University of Cape Coast to participate in all ARUA activities including conferences, workshops, training programmes and research projects. Member universities are obliged to be active in all the affairs of the network, as well as in the work of the Centres of Excellence, as well as expected to participate fully in the development and restructuring of graduate and research programmes across the region.
A 21-year-old final-year student of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Ms Selasi Ama Domi-Kuwornu has been crowned winner of the 2
The Directorate of Research Innovation and Consultancy (DRIC) has organised a seminar on grant proposal writing.
It was on the theme " Structure and essentials of a winnable grant proposal ".
The Director of Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience (ACECoR), Denis Aheto, has urged the working class to invest in professional development to advance their career.
A professor of Religion and Environment, Prof. Samuel Awuah-Nyamekye, has tasked religious leaders to devote much time to conscientise their followers on the need to conserve the environment.
That, he noted, would go a long way to safeguard the environment and promote sustainable growth.
The University of Cape Coast and the Institute for Global Food Security, Queens University Belfast (QUB) in Ireland are undertaking a joint research project to boost the production of quality palm oil production for local consumption and export.
The 15-months project which is being funded through the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programme of the United Kingdom Research and Innovation aims at developing a novel, rapid, non-destructive, handheld test to determine the integrity and quality of palm oil and palm cream concentrate.
The Pro-Vice Chancellor, Prof. Rosemond Boohene, has received the Programme Manager of Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP), United Kingdom, Mr. Richard Lamp, who is on a working visit to the University.
The Chief of the Entomology Branch of the Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dr. Audrey Lenhart, says inadequate funds is hampering the fight against malaria eradication.
She is, therefore, calling on governments across the globe to have the political will to increase funding for malaria control activities in their countries.
She said malaria elimination was feasible with adequate resources.
Dr. Lenhart made the call at a Seminar organised by the Department of Biomedical Sciences.
The School of Business has rolled out MBA programmes for personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) on sandwich module.
The move was hinged on a collaboration between the School of Business of University of Cape Coast and the Training School of Finance of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF).