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.
The Directorate of University Health Services (DUHS) at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has commemorated the 2025 World Tuberculosis Day with a community outreach programme to raise awareness about the disease and promote early detection and treatment.
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.
The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has graduated 63 inmates of the Nsawam Medium Security Prison in the Eastern Region who have successfully completed their undergraduate programmes through the College of Distance Education (CoDE).
Of the number, three (3) students passed out with first class in Bachelor of Education (JHS Education), while 10 students came out with Second Class Upper Division, 19 with Second Class Lower Division and six (6) with third class, as well as one (1) with pass.
The Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Prof. Denis Worlanyo Aheto, has led a delegation on a working visit to some affiliate institutions in the Greater Accra Region.
The visit, which marks the first leg of the Pro Vice-Chancellor’s tour to affiliate institutions, forms part of UCC’s commitment to strengthening its ties with affiliate institutions.
The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Szeged, Hungary, to establish academic collaboration in vocational and technical education, economics and tourism.
The agreement is in line with UCC’s vision of establishing strategic global partnerships to enhance teaching, research, and capacity-building.
A team from the University of Cape Coast (UCC) TAGDev 2.0 Programme has embarked on a collaborative visit to its partner institutions in the Northern and Bono regions of Ghana.
The partner institutions are University for Development Studies (UDS) and the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR).
The immediate past Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Prof. Ellis Owusu Dabo, has challenged universities in the country to explore ways of facilitating interdisciplinary work among postgraduate students.
That, according to him, would address one of the major gaps that many postgraduate programmes face as regards the lack of interdisciplinary opportunities.
