The School of Physical Sciences has held the 2015/2016 Dean’s Award Ceremony to honour 69 students who have distinguished themselves academically. Students from the various departments who attained Cummulative Grade Point Aggregate (CGPA) of 3.6 and above were presented with certificate at the ceremony.
An agreement has been signed between the University of Cape Coast and Institute of Accountancy, Ghana, (ICAG) for the establishment of an Accountancy Chair at the university.
The Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Professor George K. T. Oduro has said the Central region continues to remain poor because it has been neglected by its natives. He said the case of some educated natives migrating to the other regions of the country to work resulting in their development is worrying. According to him, some of the high performing institutions in the other regions are manned by natives of Central region to the detriment of their land. Also, he noted the absence of manufacturing industries in the region has also worsened the poverty situation of the area.
The College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, (CAN) has embarked on an outreach programme to educate students in some Senior High Schools (SHS) in the Central Region on academic prospects in the College. Schools that benefitted from the outreach programme by the College were, Gomoa SHS, Apam SHS, Methodist SHS and Ekumfi SHS.
A two-week workshop dubbed “Cape Coast Harmattan School 2016” has been opened at the University of Cape Coast. The workshop, which has the theme: “Re-Activating Gender Sensitive Research on Land” will seek to enhance the capacity of academics in the area of gender and also form a strong network of gender advocates in Africa and around the globe. It attracted participants from Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Ireland and Germany.
Teach for Ghana (TFG), a leadership organisation that focuses on recruitment and training of graduates to teach pupils in deprived schools in the country has expressed interest in collaborating with the University of Cape Coast College of Distance Education (CoDE).
The Centre for International Education (CIE), has organised the first Study Abroad Fair at the Student Representative Parliament Grounds, North Campus. The one-day Fair was intended to create awareness about opportunities available to students in the University of Cape Coast partner institutions outside Ghana.
The Centre for International Education (CIE), has organised the first Study Abroad Fair at the Student Representative Parliament Grounds, North Campus. The one-day Fair was intended to create awareness about opportunities available to students in the University of Cape Coast partner institutions outside Ghana.
The Director of the Centre for Gender Advocacy Research and Documentation (CEGRAD), Prof. Akua Britwum has led a delegation from Germany to pay courtesy call on the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Prof. George K. T. Oduro. The three visitors, Prof. Dr. White Schultz, Jill Philine Blau and Kwaku Arhin.
Northern Consortium, United Kingdom (NCUK), has expressed interest to partner the University of Cape Coast to facilitate training and admission of students to universities in the United Kingdom. This came to light when the Marketing Development Executive of NCUK, Mr. Andrew Straughan interacted with management and some heads of Department on the activities of NCUK at the Academic Board Chamber, North Campus.
