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The exchange pupils and headteachers of the University Basic Schools with the Central Regional Minister, Mr. Kwamina Duncan

UCC Library Organises Reading Clinic for Basic Schools

16 Nov, 2015 By louis Mensah

The University Library in collaboration with the Information Literacy Skills Unit has organised a four-day reading clinic for five basic Schools in some communities around the University.

The event was organised as part of activities marking the 3rd National Library and Information Week celebrations held in the last week of October, 2015.

Schools that benefitted from the reading clinic were; Presby Model Basic School and Imam Khomeini Basic School in Amamoma; M/A Basic School, Apewosika; M/A Basic School, Kwaprow and Catholic Basic School, Okyeso.  As part of the package, each of the schools received 150 books to start their own libraries. A similar presentation was also made to the Children’s Library at the Southern Campus (Old site) to beef up their collection.

Explaining the rationale behind the reading clinic and presentation of books, the Acting Deputy Librarian, Mrs. Paulina Afful-Arthur said the programme was aimed at inculcating the habit of reading in children within the University’s catchment area. She commended the selected schools for showing interest in the programme.

Sixteen staff from the University Library provided assistance during the four-day programme.

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The exchange pupils and headteachers of the University Basic Schools with the Central Regional Minister, Mr. Kwamina Duncan

UCC Tops Public Universities in Inter-University Cross Country Competition

16 Nov, 2015 By louis Mensah

The University of Cape Coast was crowned the overall winners of the 20th edition of the inter-university cross country competition which was hosted by the University of Education, Winneba (UEW).

Eight public universities participated in the competition with UCC winning gold in both the men and women categories to emerge champions.

The eight Universities were, University of Cape Coast (UCC), Cape Coast; University of Ghana (UG), Legon; Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi; University of Education, (UEW), Winneba; University for Development (UDS), Tamale. Others were University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa; University of Professional Studies (UPSA), Accra and the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR), Sunyani.

At the end of the race, the host university, UEW placed second, winning silver in both the men and female categories. The defending champions, UG was third while the KNUST took the fourth position. UDS and UPSA were tied up in the fifth position whilst the UMaT took the seventh position.

UENR which made its first appearance at the competition and placed eighth. Both men and women covered twelve and eight kilometres respectively.

For the individual awards, Godwin Adukpo of UEW won gold, Emmanuel Duah of UCC took silver while the bronze medal went to Justice Kwadwo Quarshie also of UEW.

The gold and silver in the women's division went to Agnes Mariah and Beauty Abini all of the UEW whilst Misiso Yayra Mensah of UG, the defending champion, took bronze.

The exchange pupils and headteachers of the University Basic Schools with the Central Regional Minister, Mr. Kwamina Duncan

There’s More Meaning to “Ghanaian English” Prof. Owusu –Ansah

16 Nov, 2015 By louis Mensah

A Professor of English at the Department of English, University of Cape Coast, Lawrence Kodwo Owusu-Ansah has stated that “Ghanaian English means more than just the English spoken by Ghanaians.”

The statement was made at an inaugural lecture held at the university on the topic “Does Ghanaian English Mean More than Just the English Ghanaians speak or not? Sic Et Non”.

The lecture provided a background to the origin of the question in the title and interpreted the question within the context of negative attitude to non-native varieties of English such as Ghanaian English.

Prof. Owusu-Ansah examined the argument that if the English spoken and written by Ghanaians was not different from other varieties of English, notably British English and other native varieties of English, then there was no need to recognise it as a distinct variety.

The Lecture also discussed the various linguistic features that cut across a number of varieties of English and the several unique ways in which Ghanaians use the English language indicating, “There are differences in Ghanaian English and native English”.

Prof. Owusu-Ansah cited some examples of the use  of words such as ‘impartation” to mean spiritual healing in the Ghanaian context, “private” to mean a toilet facility, “shine” to mean bright, “queen mother” to mean a queen among others. “You will agree with me that these are unknown to the native English”, he stated.

He mentioned for example the term “title” in the country’s political field “honorable” as a sign of respect for people in political office adding that “Now even the wives of people in political office are referred to as honourable, but it is only used during parliamentary sittings by the native speakers”.“If the Ghanaian wants to say some one should not be taken seriously, he says do not mind him ‘he is doing concert’ but to the original speakers it is a musical performance”.

Another notable example of Ghanaian English is the reference to any beverage be it chocolate, oval tine, milo or coffee as “tea”. “Any breakfast including coffee is described as “tea” in Ghanaian English”, he declared.According to the eminent scholar, the Ghanaians always come out with new norms everyday, and even use more verbs plus ‘ings’,  concluding  that “The Ghanaian English is much more than the English spoken by Ghanaians”.

 

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The exchange pupils and headteachers of the University Basic Schools with the Central Regional Minister, Mr. Kwamina Duncan

College of Health and Allied Sciences Inaugurates Two Schools

16 Nov, 2015 By louis Mensah

A tape cutting ceremony has been held to officially inaugurate the School of Nursing and Midwifery and the School of Allied Health Sciences under the auspices of the College of Health and Allied Sciences.

Tracing the background of the two schools, the Provost of the College of Health and Allied Sciences, Rev. (Prof.) Harold Amonoo-Kuofi explained that the establishment of the two schools formed part of the Collegiate System, which was adopted by the University of Cape Coast in 2014. He said the College of Health and Allied Sciences was created to run all health related programmes, hence the upgrading of the then Department of Nursing to a School status. He further indicated that the Department of Optometry and the Department of Medical Laboratory have also been put together to form the School of Allied Health Sciences.

Rev. (Prof.) Amonoo-Kuofi commended the Vice-Chancellor for playing an instrumental role in the realisation of the two schools. He also thanked Unibank and Urban Logistics for furnishing the offices of the two schools. He finally expressed gratitude to both teaching and administrative staff for cooperating with leadership of the College to bring the two schools into existence.

Inaugurating the two Schools, the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Prof. John Nelson Buah expressed delight for the effort to establish the two schools. He paid glowing tribute to the leadership of the College for their effort and charged the founding Deans of the two new schools to work assiduously towards projecting the College of Health and Allied Sciences as the best among institutions that offer similar programmes in the country and beyond.

Prof. Buah pointed out that the School of Medical Sciences which started very small has now gained recognition beyond the boundaries of Ghana as far as the training of medical doctors was concerned. He singled out the significant contribution of the Provost of the College of Health and Allied Sciences, Rev. (Prof.) Harold Amonoo-Kuofi for the creation of the two new schools and called on the teaching and administrative staff to help to achieve the vision and mission of the college.

Currently the College of Health and Allied Sciences can boast of three schools namely; the School of Medical Sciences; School of Nursing and Midwifery and the School of Allied Health Sciences.

 

 

The exchange pupils and headteachers of the University Basic Schools with the Central Regional Minister, Mr. Kwamina Duncan

UCC Signs MoU with ETI and ACC

16 Nov, 2015 By louis Mensah

The University of Cape Coast has signed two separate Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Entrepreneurship Training Institute (ETI) and the Academic City College (ACC) at a memorable ceremony on campus.

Explaining the rationale for the signing, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. D. D. Kuupole, noted that the MoU was intended to officially strengthen the collaboration between UCC and the ETI institutions. He gave the assurance that UCC would do its possible best to provide ETI with the necessary support and direction as their mentor institution. He further indicated that “We are delighted to be tying the knot finally between UCC and these two institutions since it provides us the framework for our discussions”.

In his remark, the Rector of ETI, Prof. Agyemang Badu Akosah, noted that they were glad that the relationship had been formalised and pledged his institution’s readiness to abide by the terms stipulated in the document.Prof. Kuupole and Prof. Akosah later initialed for their respective institutions.

Addressing the team from the Academic City College, Prof. Kuupole noted that it was a great pleasure for the College to have decided to do business with the University of Cape Coast, describing the decision as “an honour and a show of confidence in UCC’. He remarked that once they have chosen to do business with UCC, the University would do everything within its power and the rules and regulations laid down by the National Accreditation Board (NAB) to assist them to grow”.

Prof. Kuupole reminded the team that the University was also under the scrutiny of the National Accreditation Board (NAB) and would therefore apply the rules to the latter. He called for exchange of knowledge and experience sharing to ensure a win-win situation for the two institutions.

Responding, the Chairman of the Governing Council of the Academic City College, Dr. Kapil Gupta commended UCC for the level of competence exhibited and also promised that ACC would go by all the regulations stated in the agreement.

Present at ceremony was the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Prof. John Nelson Buah; Registrar, Mr. John K. Nyan; Deputy Registrar, Division of Academic Affairs, Mr. Jeff Onyame and Coordinator of the Institutional Affiliation Office, Mr. Justice Agyenim Boateng.
 

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PhD Proposal Defence

09 Nov, 2015 By Anonymous (not Verified)

Six PhD students of the Department of Music and Dance are scheduled to defend their proposals on the 9th of November, 2015 at the Faculty of Arts Conference Room from 10:00 am. The proposals will be assessed by the members of the Departmental Graduate Board. The general public is warmly invited.

06 Nov, 2015

DRIC has launched a maiden event to award outstanding researchers. Three categories of awards are on offer for the following categories of researchers: Best Evolving Researcher, Best Evolved Researcher and Outstanding Researcher. Respectively, the awardees will receive Five Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢5,000.00), Ten Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢10,000.00) and Fifteen Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢15,000.00). A formal ceremony will be organized for the awardees to present their ‘best’ research findings in December 2015. Members of the general public will be invited to the ceremony with the aim of further making UCC more visible.

WORKSHOPS

06 Nov, 2015 By Anonymous (not Verified)

DRIC-UCC organised the following workshops that were aimed at promoting research activities in the University. They are as follows:

  1. Workshop on Researcher Visibility for staff and students of the University, at the School of Medical Sciences Auditorium, University of Cape Coast, on 30th September, 2014. The facilitators were Dr. Enu-Kwasi, Dr. Simon Mariwah and Dr. Akwasi Anyanful.
  2. Workshop on Research Advancement and Administrative Responsibilities for all Academic Senior Members holding Administrative Positions in the University at the Sasakawa Conference Centre, University of Cape Coast, on 15th January, 2015. The workshop was aimed at building the capacity of the participants with skills and knowledge to effectively combine their administrative responsibilities with research activities. The facilitator was Prof. Kobina Yankson. 

IEPA MPhil Viva

06 Nov, 2015 By Anonymous (not Verified)

On the 2nd and 3rd of November 2015,  twelve IEPA M.Phil. students having completed their thesis, successful defended their work to a Viva voce panel of assessors.

The students were David Wilson Amponsah, Michael Arku-Asare ,Jerry Yao Atakpa, Eric Kafui Bansah, Gideon Appiah-Adjei, Usman Baidoo, Agyeman Boafo, Alhassan Yao Bukari, Monica Nkkrumah,Damilola S-Deen Jimah, Daishonin Baah-Koranteng,Sampson Amponsah

The exchange pupils and headteachers of the University Basic Schools with the Central Regional Minister, Mr. Kwamina Duncan

CoDE Hosts "British Council Education UK Science and MBA Fair”

05 Nov, 2015 By louis Mensah

An Educational exhibition dubbed “The British Council Education UK Science and MBA Fair” has taken place at the conference room of the College of Distance Education (CoDE), University of Cape Coast.

The exhibition, which was run concurrently with seminars, was aimed at creating opportunities for both staff and students of the university to gain admission to some UK universities for further studies. Some of the participating Universities for the fair were University of Aberdeen, University of Southampton, University of Hull, London Metropolitan University, University of Nottingham, the University of the West of England and the University of Westminster.

Opening the fair, the Vice–Chancellor, Prof. D. D. Kuupole indicated that the relationship between the British Council and the University of Cape Coast dated back to the early 2000s, when some departments in UCC were involved in the Developing of Partnerships in Higher Education programme.He said management of the university was in full support of the event, especially at a time when internationalization of Higher Education has become very crucial for all universities. He reiterated that “the University of Cape Coast remains committed to becoming a university with a world-wide acclaim.”

 In pursuing this agenda, Prof. Kuupole noted that management has put in place structures for making the university more internationally visible. He mentioned the establishment of the Centre for International Education (CIE) to serve as link for research and academic collaboration with institutions within Ghana and abroad”.

The Vice-Chancellor commended the universities that have travelled from the United Kingdom to come and interact with lecturers, staff and students about educational prospects in their respective universities.

 

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