A Professor of Environmental Chemistry, Prof. David Kofi Essumang of the Department of Chemistry of the University of Cape Coast, has stated, that pesticides have become an inevitable food additive in Ghana.

The eminent chemistry scholar, made the above statement when he delivered his inaugural lecture on the theme An Environment In A “DITCH” at the university.

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) and the Transforming Teacher Education and Learning (T-TEL) Programme has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to review  the Diploma in Basic Education Curriculum for Colleges of Education in Ghana.

The Deputy Director of the Medical and Dental Council, Dr. Divine Ndonbi Banyubala has called on policy makers to pay attention to cultural dynamics of society before they come up with rules and regulations.

This was contained in a presentation made on his behalf by Dr. Justice Bawole of the University of Ghana Business School at the opening of the 2nd Faculty of Arts Colloquium with the theme “The Humanities and Indigenous Knowledge In Health”.

The Counseling Centre of the University has organised its maiden Counselling Awareness Week under the theme “Counselling: An Effective Tool for Promoting the Academic, Career and Socio-Personal Development of Students”.

A Professor of Management Studies at San Jose State University in California, United States of America, Anne T. Lawrence has called on multinational companies to prioritise social, ethical and environmental issues arising in the global supply chain in their operations.

Prof. Lawrence called on organisations to put in place systems to prevent dangerous working conditions, discrimination, excessive overtime, low wages, environmental pollution and the use of child and forced labour.

The Deputy Director of the Medical and Dental Council, Dr. Divine Ndonbi Banyubala has called on policy makers to pay attention to cultural dynamics of society before they come up with rules and regulations.

This was contained in a presentation made on his behalf by Dr. Justice Bawole of the University of Ghana Business School at the opening of the 2nd Faculty of Arts Colloquium with the theme “The Humanities and Indigenous Knowledge In Health”.

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. D. D. Kuupole has noted that understanding the health needs of rural communities form an integral part of the training of medical students at the University of Cape Coast School of Medical Sciences (UCCSMS).

Prof. Kuupole explained that UCCSMS through the Community Based Experience Service Programme (COBES) enjoins the medical students to experience rural life and also assess the factors that affect the health of the people in order to find solutions to them.

The University of Cape Coast Parliament represented by Paul Addah and Awutunde Awosika won silver at the recent Common Wealth Debate which was organised by the Parliament of Ghana for six universities in the country at the International Conference Centre, Accra.

Participating Universities were the University of Cape Coast (UCC), University of Ghana (UG), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). The rest were University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), University for Development Studies (UDS) and the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR).