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Elsevier Builds Capacity of Senior Members

03 Nov, 2017 By louis Mensah


The Directorate of Research, Innovative and Consultancy (DRIC), in collaboration with the Elsevier, has organised a capacity-building workshop for Senior Members to enhance their knowledge in research and publication.
 
Addressing participants, the Director of Journal Services at Elsevier Publishing Development, Mrs. Annette Leeuwendal, urged academic staff to continously publish in order not to perish in the academic sector. Mrs. Leeuwendal told the participants to do proper evaluation of their research areas and also find out which journal was right for their articles, before submission.
 She entreated them to visit elsevier.com to find the right journal's home page with aim and scope, accepted types of articles, readership, current hot topics and guide for authors.
 
Mrs. D. Leeuwendal advised participants to consider content, style and language seriously before submitting their articles for publication and added that editors do not waste time on poorly prepared manuscripts. The Director of Journal Services took participants through the ‘dos’ and ‘don'ts’ of authorship and the necessary sanctions that would be meted out to offenders by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE.).
 
Mrs. Leeuwendal said some of the sanctions included rejection of submission, notification of funding body and many others. She explained that the purpose of peer review was to ensure that best quality papers were selected and also to detect plagiarism and fraud.
 
 The Speaker admitted that many publishing houses, including Elsevier, have " failed to make an effort to keep authors , researchers abreast of whatever is happening in the process of peer review ". “The principle of peer review included impartiality, transparency and confidentiality”, she said.
 
Mrs. Leeuwendral noted that fabrication, falsification and plagiarism were core ethical problems on scientific research and also advised researchers to refrain from acts like salami slicing. She encouraged researchers to share their works on social media platforms and mendeley stats so as to get their papers noticed across the world. She advised all researchers to register with Elsevier on www. publishingcampus.elsevier.com/workshops.
 
Prof. Paul  Ahiatograh,  of the College of Distance Education (CoDE),who chaired the workshop, thanked the resource person for her insightful presentation and called on academic staff to do away with all forms of plagiarism during research.

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Hundreds Participate in Breast Cancer Walk in Cape Coast

03 Nov, 2017 By louis Mensah

Dozens of residents in the Cape Coast Metropolis have participated in a breast cancer awareness health walk to sensitise Ghanaians on the dangers of the disease.   Organised by the Breast Screening Services, an organisation made up of lecturers of the School of Medical Sciences (SMS), the walk was also to climax the month-long activities lined up to mark the breast cancer awareness month (October)   Amidst brass band music, the walk also brought together a cross-section of students from some second cycle institutions in the metropolis. The participants undertook the 16-kilometre walk from the Siwdu Park through some principal streets of Cape Coast and ended up at the Jubilee (Victoria) Park.   Speaking to journalists after the walk, a Senior lecturer at the SMS and a member of the Breast Screening Service, Dr. Akwesi Anyanful, said breast cancer was highly treatable and curable if diagnosed early.As a result, he entreated both men and women to take proactive measures to stay alive to support the development of the country.   After the breast screening exercise, which covered both young and adult females, Dr. Anyanful disclosed that 15 women were found to have lumps in their breast. Seven of the cases, he continued, had reached stage three, while the rest were stages one and two respectively.   The Senior lecturer observed that stage three of a lump indicated a critical state, whilst stages one and two had higher chances of survival. Nonetheless, Dr. Anyanful added that every stage demands attention and noted that those diagnosed with serious conditions had been referred to the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital for effective treatment. He advised men to encourage their wives to go for breast screening since early detection and treatment was important to the welfare of women and the society.   The Regional Director of the Department of Gender, Mrs. Thywill Kpe,pledged the support of the Department towards combating breast cancer among children of school-going age.  She said breast cancer was curable with early detection and called for the concerted efforts by all stakeholders to  join forces to campaign against the disease in order to save precious lives.   She appealed to women to make themselves available all the time  for regular breast screening at reputable health facilities.

Hundreds Participate in Breast Cancer Walk in Cape Coast

03 Nov, 2017 By louis Mensah

Dozens of residents in the Cape Coast Metropolis have participated in a breast cancer awareness health walk to sensitise Ghanaians on the dangers of the disease.
 
Organised by the Breast Screening Services, an organisation made up of lecturers of the School of Medical Sciences (SMS), the walk was also to climax the month-long activities lined up to mark the breast cancer awareness month (October)
 
Amidst brass band music, the walk also brought together a cross-section of students from some second cycle institutions in the metropolis. The participants undertook the 16-kilometre walk from the Siwdu Park through some principal streets of Cape Coast and ended up at the Jubilee (Victoria) Park.
 
Speaking to journalists after the walk, a Senior lecturer at the SMS and a member of the Breast Screening Service, Dr. Akwesi Anyanful, said breast cancer was highly treatable and curable if diagnosed early.As a result, he entreated both men and women to take proactive measures to stay alive to support the development of the country.
 
After the breast screening exercise, which covered both young and adult females, Dr. Anyanful disclosed that 15 women were found to have lumps in their breast. Seven of the cases, he continued, had reached stage three, while the rest were stages one and two respectively.
 
The Senior lecturer observed that stage three of a lump indicated a critical state, whilst stages one and two had higher chances of survival. Nonetheless, Dr. Anyanful added that every stage demands attention and noted that those diagnosed with serious conditions had been referred to the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital for effective treatment. He advised men to encourage their wives to go for breast screening since early detection and treatment was important to the welfare of women and the society.
 
The Regional Director of the Department of Gender, Mrs. Thywill Kpe,pledged the support of the Department towards combating breast cancer among children of school-going age.
 She said breast cancer was curable with early detection and called for the concerted efforts by all stakeholders to  join forces to campaign against the disease in order to save precious lives.
 
She appealed to women to make themselves available all the time  for regular breast screening at reputable health facilities.

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03 Nov, 2017

The School of Graduate Studies is collaborating with the College of Humanities and Legal Studies (CHLS), College of Distance Education (CoDE) and Graduate Students Association of Ghana-UCC (GRASAG) to organize a seminar for Graduate Students, Advisors, Supervisors and Examiners for the aforementioned Colleges. The aim is to enhance capacity for postgraduate research.

The seminar will discuss ethical issues in research, data collection and management skills, development of research instruments and statistical tools, their application and underlying assumptions.

For further details download the attached file:

03 Nov, 2017

COMMUNIQUE

CONFERENCE ON FISHERIES AND COASTAL ENVIRONMENT

Scientists from Ghana’s universities and research institutions, civil society, private sector, fishermen and fishmongers, government ministries and agencies, representatives from the USAID Sustainable Fisheries Management Project (SFMP) of the University of Rhode Island, USA in all numbering 240, convened in Accra for the first Conference on Fisheries and Coastal Environment (CFCE), referred to as the Accra Conference 2017.

Find attached the full communique of the conference.

UCC Catering Services Restaurant Commence Operation

03 Nov, 2017 By louis Mensah

The University Catering Services Unit (UNICAT) Restaurant, has formally been inaugurated to provide catering services to the University Community and the general public.

UNICAT popularly known as (Bungalow 124) used to provide meals for official meetings and events of the University.  The new restaurant will serve both local and continental dishes as well as special meals on designated days.  Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Prof. George K. T. Oduro, was happy that the restaurant has finally been opened to staff of the University and the general public. He said it was management’s agenda to expand the facility by completing the sheds under construction to make the place more attractive and lively. Prof. Oduro called on workers at the facility to be professional in their duties. “We don’t want to come here and wait for an hour or more before food is served. You have to reduce waiting time to the barest minimum,” he cautioned. The dignitaries and individuals present at the function had the opportunity to taste the variety of local and continental food on display.

UCC Catering Services Restaurant Commence Operation

03 Nov, 2017 By louis Mensah

The University Catering Services Unit (UNICAT) Restaurant, has formally been inaugurated to provide catering services to the University Community and the general public.

UNICAT popularly known as (Bungalow 124) used to provide meals for official meetings and events of the University.  The new restaurant will serve both local and continental dishes as well as special meals on designated days. 

Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Prof. George K. T. Oduro, was happy that the restaurant has finally been opened to staff of the University and the general public. He said it was management’s agenda to expand the facility by completing the sheds under construction to make the place more attractive and lively.

Prof. Oduro called on workers at the facility to be professional in their duties. “We don’t want to come here and wait for an hour or more before food is served. You have to reduce waiting time to the barest minimum,” he cautioned.

The dignitaries and individuals present at the function had the opportunity to taste the variety of local and continental food on display.

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02 Nov, 2017

Mats Rosengren – Tuesday, November 7, 2017 A new understanding of knowledge – doxology as a rhetorical epistemology. Despite the intense debates, concerning the question of what knowledge is or can be, in the human- and social sciences over the last decades, we still have not seen a deep-going investigation of the possibilities opened up by epistemological and social constructivism. It may seem as if we are facing a double either/or-situation: Either we accept the traditional, classical notion of Knowledge as true, justified belief, or we have to commit to total relativism in epistemic matters.  Or, the inverted version: either we accept that all we think we know is actually only habit and human, arbitrary construction or creation, or we commit to the classical, universalistic notions of Knowledge, Truths and Facts. Patrik Mehrens- Wednesday November 8, 2017 The Rhetoric of Narrative Film - Movies as a Way to Understand Contemporary Media Communication Film has often been described as a markedly rhetorical medium, especially because of its appeal to emotion and its multi-channel mode of communication. In this lecture, I will briefly outline three rhetorical dimensions of narrative film: cinematic projections of rhetoric, cinematic thematizations of rhetoric, and cinematic utilizations of rhetoric, with special attention to the latter. Particular focus will be given to the use of dramatic irony as one important rhetorical device in cinematic narration. Dramatic irony, i.e. the projection of ignorant characters on stage and in film, has traditionally been connected with strong emotional effects on the audience.

First Deputy Speaker of Parliament Bemoans Indiscipline in Ghana

01 Nov, 2017 By louis Mensah

The first Deputy Speaker, Hon. Joseph Osei Owusu, has expressed grave concern about the growing phenomenon of indiscipline among the Ghanaian populace despite several enactment of laws in the country. He decried the attitude of some drivers failure to observe road traffic regulations; public officials who indulged in corrupt practices;  politicians who engaged in acts of impunity;  security officials inability to enforce the laws; among many others, as some of the indiscipline in the country.

He said following the exponential growth in the faculties of law in the country, many heads of agency or department in the public sector were receiving legal education and wondered “why the laws of the country are so often observed in breach.” Hon. Owusu stated these remarks during a roll call ceremony organized by the Faculty of Law to formally induct 63 students into the Faculty. Accordingly, he admitted that,” It appears the increase in the number of people obtaining legal education is inversely proportional to the number of people applying the law to our everyday activities.” In his view, legal education and practice should generate in every law graduate, academic or professional “a gargantuan sum of loyalty to the law”, noting that “At least that is what my legal education and practice has generated in me. I cannot suffer a breach of the law without consequences through due process”.   Hon. Owusu, who is the Member of Parliament for Bekwai, suggested that legal education should, as part of its content, have courses and practices that deliver ethics and values which every law degree holder or professional lawyer should hold dear and be willing to die protecting. He underscored that law enforcement could increase the revenue stream of the national kitty and also reduce revenue losses, maintenance costs and many others.   He added that loyalty to the law as a value advertised by every law graduate would thrive on purposeful programmes carefully inculcated in students and, pointedly nurtured and mentored to grow as a tool of law enforcement right from the beginning of legal education. He admonished the law students that their loyalty to their training should not end with the oath of Junior Member, but they should remind themselves with every content of the oath. He charged the students to be guided by character, competence and care in all their endeavours. “By all means be competent at the law, study hard, get all the values but be fair and honest in all your dealings with all persons and finally empathize with all people especially the people who are weak and vulnerable,” he advised. For his part, the Dean of the Faculty, Mr. Kujo E. McDave, congratulated the new students on their admission and urged them to take their studies seriously. He told the fresh students that their training was, therefore, to prepare them in a comprehensive way to enable them to place the requisite value on their clients and all persons they would deal with.   Mr. McDave advised them to inculcate in themselves the nobility of rendering service to persons who may not be able to afford the prescribed professional fee. That, he noted, would ensure that their achievements as professional lawyers were not only just for their personal interest, but also to benefit the society at large. “So in your church, in your family, in your districts, in your interaction with humanity at large, endeavour to take up some cases that you will do free of charge: Pro bono cases”, he added. The ceremony- which saw His Lordship Justice George Koomson, Commercial Court, Accra, administer the oath to the students - was also used to reward deserving students on the Dean’s Honor list for their academic performance. The event was chaired by Prof. Francis Amuquandoh, the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences.

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First Deputy Speaker of Parliament Bemoans Indiscipline in Ghana

01 Nov, 2017 By louis Mensah

The first Deputy Speaker, Hon. Joseph Osei Owusu, has expressed grave concern about the growing phenomenon of indiscipline among the Ghanaian populace despite several enactment of laws in the country.

He decried the attitude of some drivers failure to observe road traffic regulations; public officials who indulged in corrupt practices;  politicians who engaged in acts of impunity;  security officials inability to enforce the laws; among many others, as some of the indiscipline in the country.


He said following the exponential growth in the faculties of law in the country, many heads of agency or department in the public sector were receiving legal education and wondered “why the laws of the country are so often observed in breach.”

Hon. Owusu stated these remarks during a roll call ceremony organized by the Faculty of Law to formally induct 63 students into the Faculty. Accordingly, he admitted that,” It appears the increase in the number of people obtaining legal education is inversely proportional to the number of people applying the law to our everyday activities.”
In his view, legal education and practice should generate in every law graduate, academic or professional “a gargantuan sum of loyalty to the law”, noting that “At least that is what my legal education and practice has generated in me. I cannot suffer a breach of the law without consequences through due process”.
 
Hon. Owusu, who is the Member of Parliament for Bekwai, suggested that legal education should, as part of its content, have courses and practices that deliver ethics and values which every law degree holder or professional lawyer should hold dear and be willing to die protecting. He underscored that law enforcement could increase the revenue stream of the national kitty and also reduce revenue losses, maintenance costs and many others.
 
He added that loyalty to the law as a value advertised by every law graduate would thrive on purposeful programmes carefully inculcated in students and, pointedly nurtured and mentored to grow as a tool of law enforcement right from the beginning of legal education. He admonished the law students that their loyalty to their training should not end with the oath of Junior Member, but they should remind themselves with every content of the oath.

He charged the students to be guided by character, competence and care in all their endeavours. “By all means be competent at the law, study hard, get all the values but be fair and honest in all your dealings with all persons and finally empathize with all people especially the people who are weak and vulnerable,” he advised.
For his part, the Dean of the Faculty, Mr. Kujo E. McDave, congratulated the new students on their admission and urged them to take their studies seriously. He told the fresh students that their training was, therefore, to prepare them in a comprehensive way to enable them to place the requisite value on their clients and all persons they would deal with.
 
Mr. McDave advised them to inculcate in themselves the nobility of rendering service to persons who may not be able to afford the prescribed professional fee. That, he noted, would ensure that their achievements as professional lawyers were not only just for their personal interest, but also to benefit the society at large. “So in your church, in your family, in your districts, in your interaction with humanity at large, endeavour to take up some cases that you will do free of charge: Pro bono cases”, he added.
The ceremony- which saw His Lordship Justice George Koomson, Commercial Court, Accra, administer the oath to the students - was also used to reward deserving students on the Dean’s Honor list for their academic performance.

The event was chaired by Prof. Francis Amuquandoh, the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences.

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