The Curriculum Review Team met and interacted with the Provost, Deans, Directors and Heads of Department of the College of Humanities and Legal Studies. The workshop took place at the Elizabeth Adabbor conference room of the Institute of Education, University of Cape Coast.
The Centre for Gender Research, Advocacy and Documentation (CEGRAD) under the auspices of the Vice-Chancellor has held a launch of an Advisory Board. The primary function of the advisory board is to give strategic directions to the Centre.
A delegation from the National Service Secretariat (NSS) in Cape Coast led by the Central
Reginal Coordinator, Mrs. Jennifer Appiah Bempah, has paid a courtesy call on Management of
the University of Cape Coast.
The purpose of the visit was to officially introduce themselves to University Management and
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong has announced that the newly-constructed School of Graduate Studies Complex will become operational by the end of 2021.
Prof. Boampong stated that the new complex has state-of-the-art facilities that would help enhance postgraduate work within the University. He added that the structure represents one of the largest investments in postgraduate education in the University in recent times.
The Centre for Gender Research, Advocacy and Documentation (CEGRAD), University of Cape Coast, has held a special programme for the University Primary School pupils to mark the International Day of the Girl Child 2021. The theme of the event was “My Voice - Our Equal Future” with a sub theme “Digital Generation – Our Generation”.
The Centre for Gender Research, Advocacy and Documentation (CEGRAD) in collaboration with Freie Universität Berlin has held a Workshop at the University of Cape Coast For Equality Officers Trainers of Trainees. The theme of the training was Equal Opportunities in Higher Education: Partnership for Institutional Change (EQUIP).
The maiden Farmer’s Market event kicked started the UCC`s World Food Day celebration. The World Food Day is an international day celebrated every year worldwide on 16th of October to commemorate the date of the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in 1945. The day is celebrated widely by many other organizations concerned with hunger and food security, including the World Food Program, the World Health Organization and the International Fund for Agricultural Development.
University of Cape Coast celebrated the annual International Breast Cancer awareness month. As part of the awareness campaign a free breast cancer screening was organized for the staff of the University. This was the ninth time the Breast Cancer screening was arranged on campus.
The Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences held a week-long outreach programme at Ampenyi M/A Basic School from 18th to 22nd October, 2021. The outreach programme dubbed “Environmental Education towards the Conservation of Biodiversity in the Brenu Lagoon, Ghana” was funded by the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) under their 2021 Global Outreach Initiative.
The Student Representative Council in collaboration with the school of business held the second edition of Africa’s Biggest Idea Challenge themed “Growing Ghana Beyond Aid Through Enterprise Development: Student Entrepreneurship in Focus.” 100 contestants who pitched their business ideas were downlisted to 11 finalists. Through the program the students were inspired and helped to take their business idea to the next level.
