A week’s workshop has been held for staff of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
The workshop was held to build the capacity of staff of the school.
A week’s workshop has been held for staff of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
The workshop was held to build the capacity of staff of the school.
The Strategic Plan sub-committee of the Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) has held a two-day retreat in Elmina to develop a strategic plan for the union.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, the National President of GAUA, Mr. Kwabena Antwi-Konadu, said the retreat was aimed at producing a strategic plan and framework that would provide the roadmap to align the union's functional activities to achieve their set goals.
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, has announced an increase in the Research Support Grants (RSG) and Best Research Awards (BRAs) from GH¢600, 000 to GH¢100,000 to motivate faculty to contribute meaningfully to society through cutting-edge research.
Prof. Boampong made this announcement at the Fifth Research Awards and Grants (RAG) Ceremony where 45 awards and grants were presented to academic and non-academic staff to carry out their research projects in specific areas.
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong has indicated that the University is reviewing its academic activities to give students practical experience to make graduate programmes relevant to socio-economic and technology development.
Prof. Boampong noted that the review would help empower the graduates to be more self-reliant to create their own businesses and employ others.
The University has held the 53rd Congregation for graduates who completed their programmes of study for the 2019/2020 academic year at the Cape Coast New Stadium.
The first day of the Congregation witnessed the conferment of Diploma and Degrees on graduates of the College of Education Studies and the College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences and the College of Humanities and Legal Studies.
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. James Oppong-Boanuh has reaffirmed the Ghana Police Administration’s commitment to its collaboration with the University to train highly skilled police officers in specialised fields of police operations.
Mr. Oppong-Boanuh said it was for this reason that the Ghana Police Service signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with UCC to begin the training of detectives in July 2020.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Water 4 Mercy, Ms. Nermine Khouzam Rubin, has expressed interest to collaborate with the University to commence an irrigation project.
Ms. Rubin made this known when she called on the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, at his office.
Ms. Rubin explained that the project dubbed “Water 4 Mercy School of Agriculture” (WAMSA) was aimed at training and developing a new generation of agronomists and growers to boost agricultural transformation.
The Indian High Commissioner to Ghana, His Excellency Mr. Sugandh Rajaram, has paid a working visit to the University to strengthen the collaboration existing between the High Commission and UCC.
Speaking at a meeting with the Vice-Chancellor, H. E. Mr. Rajaram expressed his preparedness to facilitate direct collaboration between UCC and Universities as well as other corporate organisations in India.
The University has expressed interest to partner with Venture Capital Trust Fund (VCTF) to pursue the entrepreneurship agenda of the University.
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, to pursue the entrepreneurship agenda of the University.
The Vice-Chancellor during his investiture pledged to transform UCC into a world-class entrepreneurial university with a global competitive edge.
A delegation from Zenith Bank led by Mr. Philemon Adiase, has paid a courtesy to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong to congratulate him on his appointment.