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DAPQA Trains Faculty and Departmental Examination Officers

07 Sep, 2021 By DIS

The Directorate of Academic Planning and Quality Assurance (DAPQA) has organised a two-day training workshop on the theme: “Training stakeholders involved in the conduct of examinations” for Faculty Registration and Examination Officers (FREOs) and Departmental Registration and Examination Officers (DREOs). The main objective of the workshop was to train the various stakeholders involved in the conduct of examinations in the University, to play their respective roles diligently and appropriately. The workshop was expected to serve as a platform for all the stakeholders to present their challenges and to stimulate ideas, and strategies to support the work of the Examination Unit, the Directorate of Academic Planning and Quality Assurance and the Directorate of Public Affairs of the University of Cape Coast.

In his welcome remarks, Prof. Emmanuel Kofi Gyimah, the Director of DAPQA, briefed the audience about the activities of DAPQA. According to him, DAPQA’s major mandate is to conduct academic researches to support quality improvement in all aspects of the University. Importantly, Prof. Gyimah disclosed the purpose of the workshop which was to share the observations, challenges and the way forward as far as the conduct of examinations in UCC is concerned.

The main speakers of the workshop were: Prof. Emmanuel Gyimah, the Acting Director of DAPQA who presented on “General observations by DAPQA on conduct of Examinations in the University of Cape Coast”; Mr. Gideon Abbequaye, the Director of Directorate of Academic Affairs who presented on “Responsibility of examination officers in the conduct of examinations”; and Prof. Eric Anane, the Programmes Coordinator for College of Education Studies, who presented on “Moderation of examination questions”.

The presentations were followed by discussion of key issues that emerged in the presentations and a question and answer session.

 It is expected that the outcome of the training workshop will lead to the generation of ideas and key inputs to shape the conduct of future examinations in the University. 

 

CEGRAD Holds Retreat

06 Sep, 2021 By DIS

The Centre for Gender Research, Advocacy and Documentation (CEGRAD) has held a Retreat for it’s staff to reflect on the Centre’s mandate and progress.

 

The Director of the Centre, Dr. Georgina Yaa Oduro, reminded the participants that as a group CEGRAD has to unite with other departments and faculties. She took pride in the fact that although the Centre is quite small, it has become very visible. She expressed her gratitude to the staff for their contribution.

 

The participants were led through a reflection practice which yielded fruitful conversation about the present state and future aspirations of the Centre. The participants contributed with many innovative ideas to improve upon the services that CEGRAD provides.

 

Prof. Francis Eric Amuquandoh, Provost, of the College of Humanities and Legal Studies, addressed the participants about the College expectations on CEGRAD. He reminded participants that the success of the Centre is the success of the College, which leads to the success of the University and finally the country and the world at large. He underlined the need to pause and take stock of what has been done, to know whether the Centre, the University and the nation is deteriorating, standing still or moving forward.

 

Dr. Dickson Okoree Mireku of the Directorate of Academic Planning and Quality Assurance (DAPQA) addressed Quality Assurance in CEGRAD’s operations. He stated that “DAPQA recognizes the role of gender mainstreaming in inclusive quality education and is prepared to work with CEGRAD to ensure gender inclusive quality education in UCC.”

 

Other speakers covered various topics during the retreat namely: Faculty Expectations by Prof. Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme, the Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences; Integrating CEGRAD’s role and responsibilities into HR Practice, the role of Research Fellows, by Rev. Isaac Baafi Sarbeng, Director of Human Resource; The Place of CEGRAD in DRIC’s Agenda by Prof. Frederick Ato Armah, Director of Directorate of Research Innovation and Consultancy; Winning Research Grants/Managing Research Projects in the 21st century: Role of Research Fellows, by Dr. Might Kojo Abreh of IEPA; and Orientation on UCC Finance System, by Mrs. Elizabeth Obese, Director of Finance.  

Candidates reading their manifesto

SRC AND LOCAL NUGS ASPIRANTS PRESENT THEIR MANIFESTOS

06 Sep, 2021 By DIS

The Office of the Dean of Students has held a Face-to-Face Manifesto Reading for the 2021/2022 Student Representative Council (SRC) and Local National Union of Ghanian Students (NUGS) Candidates.

 

The Candidates will compete for the positions of SRC President and Vice-President, Secretary, Public Relations Officer, General Sports Secretary, and Treasurer. The Local NUGS positions include President, Secretary, and Womens’ Commissioner.

 

Members on the panel during the presentation were Dr. Edem Amenumey, Vice Dean of Students; Ms. Millan Ahema Tawiah, Chair of Electoral Commission; and Mrs. Afua Anima Ntow, Assistant Registrar, Office of the Dean of Students.

 

The event was streamed live by TV UCC. The proceedings can be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5q8W0oJIzY

UCC Receives Publicity

06 Sep, 2021 By DIS

Ghanaian Times has reported favourably about UCC's achievement in THE World University Rankings 2022 report.

Three UCC Faculty members ranked in the top 50 Scholars in Ghana

Three UCC Faculty members ranked among the top 50 Scholars in Ghana

03 Sep, 2021 By ernest Agorde

Three UCC faculty members, namely Prof. David Teye Doku, Prof. Frederick Ato Armah, and Prof. Kofi Awusabo-Asare have been ranked among the top 50 scholars in Ghana in the first ever release of the AD Scientific Index (Alper-Doger Scientific Index) - https://bit.ly/3n3psXx

Professor Doku, Professor Armah, and Professor Awusabo-Asare were ranked 11th, 25th and 28th in Ghana respectively.

Prof. Doku is a Public Health Scientist; Prof. Armah is an Environmental and Sustainability Scientist and Prof. Awusabo-Asare is a Population Studies and Adolescent Reproductive Health Scientist.

The institution-specific ranking for UCC scholars can be found here: https://bit.ly/38A6v6e

The AD Scientific Index, unlike other systems that provide evaluations of journals and universities, is a ranking and analysis system based on the scientific performance and the added value of the scientific productivity of individual scientists. Furthermore, it provides rankings of institutions based on the scientific characteristics of affiliated scientists.  

This new index has been developed by using the total and last 5 years’ values of the i10 index, h-index, and citation scores in Google Scholar.  In addition, the ratio of the last 5 years’ value to the total value of the above mentioned indexes is used. Using a total of nine parameters, the “AD Scientific Index” shows the ranking of an individual scientist by 12 subjects (Agriculture & Forestry, Arts, Design and Architecture, Business & Management, Economics & Econometrics, Education, Engineering & Technology, History, Philosophy, Theology, Law / Law and Legal Studies, Medical and Health Sciences, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences and Others), 256 branches, 11,700 institutions of employment, 186 countries, 11 regions (Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America, Oceania, Arab League, EECA, BRICS, USAN and COMESA) and in the world. The “AD Scientific Index” is the first and only study that shows the total and the last five-year productivity coefficients of scientists based on the h-index and i10 index scores and citations in Google Scholar. In other words, the “AD Scientific Index” provides both the academic ranking and analysis results.

One of the major differences of the AD Scientific Index is the provision of the last five years’ scores and the total scores of the h-index and the i10 index, and the total and last five years’ number of citations. Other unique differences of the AD Scientific Index include rankings in all fields and subjects of scientific interest and the emphasis on the scientific productivity of the scientist. Thus, scientists and universities can obtain their academic rankings and monitor developments in the ranking over time.

SHAEA PROJECT

Strengthening Higher Agricultural Education for Agri-Food System Transformation in Africa

02 Sep, 2021 By ernest Agorde

The University of Cape Coast is participating in a Call for application for funding for a project dubbed “Strengthening Higher Agricultural Education for Agri-Food System Transformation in Africa (SHAEA)”. The SHAEA Project is a US$30million, five-year regional initiative that is being developed by the World Bank in partnership with African governments and the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM).

The main objective of this proposed project is to develop competent and relevant human resources required to accelerate agri-food systems transformation in Africa through strengthening:

(i)                  agri-food related education and training enhanced with transdisciplinary approaches, experiential learning and applied research at selected African regional anchor universities;

(ii)                (ii) university linkages to the regional agricultural sector - its priorities, needs and stakeholders; and

(iii)               (iii) university partnership with private and public entities related to agri-food both within and outside Africa

If successful, UCC will become the Regional Anchor University (RAU) to lead the preparation of skills and capacity to transform African agriculture and national economies and to embrace systemic change that addresses the chronic lack of relevant, high-level skills in Africa.

Prof. Ahmed Abu Jinapor

Current Representative of GTEC, University of Cape Coast

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Mr. Robert Ipiin Gnankob

Current Representative of Post-Graduate Students, University of Cape Coast

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Cape Coast, September 2, 2021: On Thursday 2nd September 2021, Times Higher Education (THE) released the 2022 world ranking of universities. The ranking this year is unique and historic because this is the first time the University of Cape Coast is ranked. UCC is the highest ranked new entrant out of 138 universities that made their debut on the global universities ranking league table this year.

UCC is the topmost ranked university in Ghana and 4th highest ranked university in Africa. UCC is also ranked number one globally in terms of field weighted citation impact (research influence) of our scholarly research outputs. The formidable reputation of our scholarly research outputs each year is indicative of the solid track record of UCC during the past six decades and definitely contributed to this achievement. By this feat, UCC has demonstrated that its pedigree in higher education and the impact of its scholarly research are unparalleled in Ghana and Africa.

The annual Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings (WUR) is the most prestigious global ranking. It aims to provide the definitive list of the best universities (1622 institutions in 99 countries in 2021), evaluated across five key areas of Teaching, Research, Citations, International Outlook and Industry Income. It is the only global university rankings league table to judge research-intensive universities across each one of their core missions: teaching (the learning environment); research (volume, income and reputation), international outlook (staff, students and research); citations (research influence); and industry income (knowledge transfer).

Times Higher Education (THE) uses 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons, and all data are independently audited by professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), making the Times Higher Education World University Rankings the only global university rankings, which is subjected to full, independent scrutiny of this nature. 

Times Higher Education’s data are trusted by governments and universities and is a vital resource for students, helping them choose where to study.  The rankings are also widely used by faculty to inform career decisions, by university leaders to help set strategic priorities and by governments to help monitor policy. Some funders also use the rankings for institutional funding decisions.

The entire University of Cape Coast fraternity particularly the Chancellor, Chairman of the University Council, past and present university management, the Vice-Chancellor, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Registrar, the Director and staff of the Directorate of Research, Innovation and Consultancy (DRIC), the Times Higher Education ranking committee, faculty, administrators, students, alumni, friends and family, local and international partners are very proud of this remarkable achievement that positions UCC as a university that is breaking new grounds in higher education. 

This achievement gives expression to the vision of UCC—To be a University with a worldwide acclaim that is strongly positioned for innovative teaching, research, outreach and professional development. 

SIGNED

Major Kofi Baah-Bentum (Rtd.) Psc. APR

DIRECTOR (PUBLIC AFFAIRS)

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ABOUT UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST

The University of Cape Coast is one of the rare sea front universities in the world.  It was established in October, 1962 as a result of a recommendation of an international commission appointed by the Ghana Government in December, 1960 to advise on the future of University Education in the country and the possibility of establishing a third University at Cape Coast. The College was formally inaugurated on December 15, 1962 and placed in special relationship with the University of Ghana.

 In 1964, the government assigned to each of the country’s three Public Universities specific fields of operation, and in line with the emphasis then being placed on Science Education, the College was renamed ‘The University College of Science Education’ and entrusted with the task of training graduate teachers in Arts and Science, but especially the latter for secondary schools, teacher training colleges, polytechnics and technical institutions in Ghana. In 1966, following a change of government, the College reverted to its original name of ‘University College of Cape Coast’.

The University of Cape Coast Act, 1971 (Act 390) was promulgated for granting full university status to the College with effect from October 1, 1971. This was later re-enforced with the University of Cape Coast Law, 1992 (PNDC Law 278).

The University of Cape Coast has restructured its degree programmes by de-coupling the study of professional education courses from the main degree courses.

The University is organised into five (5) Colleges headed by Provosts, namely: the College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences; College of Humanities and Legal Studies; College of Education Studies; College of Health and Allied Sciences, and College of Distance Education

Mr. Abraham Norman Nortey

Current Representative of Undergraduate Students, University of Cape Coast

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