A delegation from the Education Department of Hunan Province in China has been treated to tasty doses of both Chinese and Ghanaian traditional performances at the 2023 Chinese Cultural Week celebration. The event was hosted by the Confucius Institute at the University of Cape Coast (CI-UCC).
A training workshop to build the capacity of participants in Advanced Module Vector Biology and Control in Ghana is underway at the University of Cape Coast (UCC).
The eight - day workshop, which will end on June 27, 2023, is aimed at enhancing the capacities and capabilities of the participants in practical experience of essential techniques, as well as significant theoretical knowledge.
Foreign students at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) displayed the rich culture of their respective countries at a cultural day celebration organised by the Office of International Relations (OIR-UCC).
The Centre for Gender Research, Advocacy and Documentation of University of Cape Coast (CEGRAD-UCC) has officially outdoored its 10th anniversary celebrations on the theme: "Yesterday, Today and the Future: Gender Activism at UCC and Beyond."
Several activities including fundraising, documentary production, Open Day, among others, have been lined up to mark the Centre’s decade of existence.
The Vice President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana, Mr. Kwabena Asante Offei, has implored pharmacy students to leverage growing digital technology to address health problems in the country.
"…when we do that then, our profession will be distinguished and we (Pharmacists) will also be distinguished. The necessary reward will come later" he added.
Management of University of Cape Coast has applauded the sports contingent of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) Basic School for their sterling performances at the 2023 Basic School Sports Association (UBaSSA) Games held at the University of Ghana.
The pupils, who participated in the various track and field events, as well as soccer, competed with their counterparts from the basic schools of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), University of Ghana (UG) and the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT).
A ground breaking ceremony has been performed for the construction of a three-storey Primary School Block at the Basic School Annex of University of Cape Coast.
The project, which comprises classrooms on the ground floor, first floor and second floor, will also come with a computer laboratory, kitchen, snack shop, and bookshop. Other facilities include washrooms, administration block, media centre, offices, science laboratory, a library and other ancillary facilities.
The Registrar of Free State University (FSU), South Africa, Mr. Nikile Ntsababa, has paid a working visit to the University of Cape Coast to familiarise himself with the administrative system of UCC.
At a meeting with the Registrar of UCC, Mr. Jeff Teye Onyame, Mr. Ntsababa stated that the visit was to follow up on the implementation of an existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between UCC and FSU in Education with the Faculty of Science and Technology.
Fresh students of University of Cape Coast pursuing various undergraduate and post graduate courses at the College of Distance Education (CoDE) have been cautioned to commit themselves to achieve academic excellence and be well disciplined in order to sustain the legacy of the Institution.
The Vice-Chancellor of UCC, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, gave the advice at a matriculation ceremony which saw a total of 8, 475 fresh students take the oath of matriculation for the 2022/23 Academic Year.
A Senior Citizen, Mr. Yaw Opoku Asiama, has raised alarm over the increasing spate at which young people are engaging in illegal mining (popularly called galamsey) to the detriment of agriculture.
He expressed dismay over the urge by the youth to indulge in illegal mining instead of farming where more hands are needed. He said many individuals engaged in extensive commercial farming were far advanced in age and physically weak hence, the youth should be more interested in that field.
