A two-day workshop aimed at empowering heads of  Public and Private Basic schools and School Improvement and Support Officers (SISOs) on leadership skills has ended at the University of Cape Coast.

Organised by the Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (IEPA), the participants were taken through exemplary leadership, learning-focused management, intensive practical sessions on role modelling, and practical learning.

Faculty members from the College of Education Studies (CoES) at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), who benefited from the Erasmus Getting on Together (GOT) Project, have commenced a three-day workshop designed to share the knowledge and skills they acquired in digitalization and pedagogy with their colleagues.

In the spirit of celebrating Ghanaian culture and tradition, the University Junior High School, University of Cape Coast, has held a Traditional Day Celebration.

The day was used to showcase the traditional clothes of the various ethnic groups in the country to inculcate in the pupils the need to value the Ghanaian traditional fashion. The students made merry with traditional Ghanaian dishes and beverages.

The College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences (CANS) of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has presented a Citation of Honour to the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Denis Aheto, following his appointment and investiture as the Pro Vice-Chancellor.

The Provost, Prof. Moses Jojo Eghan, presenting the citation, expressed delight at the appointment of Prof. Aheto and encouraged him to remain steadfast in his role, urging him to build on the successes he had encountered.

The Directorate of Research, Innovation, and Consultancy (DRIC) at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has held a day’s seminar on "Ethics in Scholarly Work".

The seminar consisted of a presentation by the Editor in Chief of Elsevier's Social, Science and Medicine journal, and a Professor and University Research Chair at the Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo, Canada, Prof. Susan J. Elliott.

A delegation from the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS) has paid a working visit to the University of Cape Coast (UCC) to learn from its best practices.

The leader of the MUBAS delegation, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ishmael B.M. Kosamu, indicated that the University of Cape Coast was chosen after a search across Africa for institutions where they could learn the business of university administration.

Some Nigerian student leaders have undergone a leadership training programme to equip them with the requisite skills and knowledge to impact others.

The workshop, organised by the Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (IEPA) at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), also aimed at enhancing the leadership competencies, skills, practices, and attitudes of student leaders from African universities to empower them to serve as role models.

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The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, has led a delegation to the Jubilee House to pay a courtesy call to the Vice President, Her Excellency Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang.

The visit was to formally congratulate Prof. Opoku-Agyemang as Ghana's first female Vice President. Prof. Opoku-Agyemang, herself a trailblazer in academia, was the first female Vice-Chancellor of a public university in Ghana, having served at UCC from 2008 to 2012.

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