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11 Feb, 2020

Applications are invited for a full-time PhD fellowship at the Department of Soil Science of the School of Agriculture, University of Cape Coast in collaboration with Aarhus University, Denmark. The position is available from September 2020 to October 2024.
    

Title
Improving soil health and carbon sequestration with oil palm empty fruit bunch

Project background

Vegetable production in Ghana is increasing in many rural and peri-urban areas because of excess local demand. Vegetable production, therefore, plays important socio-economic roles such as income generation, while at the same time providing much-needed nutrients for rural and urban dwellers. Thus, it has a high potential for reducing food and nutrition insecurity, and also to generate employment for smallholder farmers in Ghana. Despite these advantages, vegetable production is constrained by several factors including declining soil fertility, drought and heat stress, and prevalence of pests and diseases. The PhD will focus on restoring the soil fertility, while other aspects of the project will focus on crop yield improvements, increased resilience to pests and diseases, etc.

For resource-poor areas, using local organic resources such as empty fruit bunch (EFB) of oil palm to improve soil fertility is a more sustainable option compared to inorganic fertilizers. Palm oil plantation produces huge amount of biomass waste in the form of empty fruit bunches (EFB). In Ghana, local artisanal processors produce about 60% of the nations’ palm oil, generating huge volumes of EFB. EFB has high moisture content and it could be milled and used as an alternative and cheaper organic fertilizer in vegetable farms. However, until now the fertilizer value of EFB has not been investigated in Ghana. Such knowledge is important for large-scale implementation of EFB as a soil conditioner. EFB can also be pyrolyzed and applied to enhance soil water and nutrient retention. Thus, producing pyrolyzed EFB can promote more sustainable management and utilization of EFB in Ghana. However, the application of EFB potentially increases soil carbon storage but the benefits may be offset by increased greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and this also needs to be investigated. 


The PhD project will, therefore, focus on the potential of EFB as a soil amendment to improve soil functional properties, restore ecosystem services, mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and improve carbon quality and storage.

 
The profile of the potential candidate should include:


•    MPhil / M.Sc in Agriculture, Soil Science, Environmental Science or related disciplines
•    Experience in an academic or a research institution with a strong motivation for academic learning and scientific excellence;
•    Evidence of agriculture-related skill training will be an advantage
•    Enjoy working in an international and interdisciplinary context;
•    Good English writing and presentation skills and the zeal to develop further;
•    An understanding of basic statistics will be an advantage.


Interested candidates should submit a motivation (maximum 2 pages), copies of their CV, certificates, transcripts and 2 references to the Head of Department of Soil Science by e-mail: kfrimpong@ucc.edu.gh by March 20, 2020.

The position is part of the project “Building vegetable farmers resilience to climate change” funded by the DANIDA. 

Age limit is 35 years

Only shortlisted applicants would be contacted for an interview.
 

Law Students with the Speakers and Vice-Chancellor

Law Students Urged to Uphold High Sense of Integrity

11 Feb, 2020 By louis Mensah

A Supreme Court Judge, Her Ladyship Gertrude Torkornoo, has advised law students to aspire to become professionals with integrity.      Justice Torkornoo gave the advice at the 5th Legal Luminaries Platform organised by the UCC Law Students' Union. The theme for the event, which was held at the C. A. Ackah Lecture Theatre, Auditorium 900 was on the theme, “Finding a Balance between Personal Achievements and Social Responsibilities, Lessons for the Law Students" 

Person's with Integrity

Justice Torkornoo noted that a person with integrity was full of candour and truth and would not engage in nefarious practices such as duplicity and deception. She noted that integrity was only possible if one lives around the strong core of values, dreams and goals, which according to her described one’s identity. According to her, integrity demanded that law students spent quality time to identify where they were going, their aspirations in life, as well as jealously guarding the journey to their destiny. She continued:" It is the commitment of integrity in your identity that will help you to avoid wasting time on activities and people that will be beneficial to their cause,” she advised.

Skills Development of Law Students

Touching on skills development, Justice Torkornoo urged them to strive to acquire the skills of research, writing, listening, hearing and the skill of technology. She admitted that the subject of skill development was not much tackled as part of the learning process of law students in the country. She, therefore, encouraged the students to invest in skills with their personal resources, pointing out that “Skills lead to excellence and will allow you to accomplish tasks easily and also put them on a higher pedestal ahead of their peers”. She encouraged them not to be intimidated but firm and assertive of their personality by not wasting time on situations that would be inconsistent with their life. She enjoined them to value time in all their endeavours because time was not renewable.

“If you do not understand how important time is and the management of any case in court, you will lose the case," Justice Torkornoo said.

Appointments and Promotions of Judges

She used the occasion to clarify a popular misconception among Ghanaians that appointments and promotions of Judges to the bench were guarded by political considerations. Using herself as a classic example to discard that notion, she said her appointment to the High Court was during President John Agyekum Kufour’s era while she gained promotion to the Appeals Court when Mr. John Dramani Mahama was President. I am currently a Justice of the Supreme under President Akufo-Addo’s presidency.

 ”So which Party do I vote for?” she queried, maintaining that it was not relevant because any of the three (3) presidents could have taken his decision based on a particular situation. She reiterated that judges always got their promotions based on merit and integrity.

Social Responsibility

A Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Ghana, Dr. Sena Dei Tutu, who spoke at the function made a clarion call to the law students to be socially responsible in all spheres of their lives. She said being socially responsible was all about behaving ethically and sensitive towards social, environmental and economic situations. “It is about being accountable for your actions and being conscious about the impact of your actions", she added.

Dr. Tutu catalogued some of the things that would make law students socially responsible, which included partaking in community development, joining community volunteer groups, amongst others. She advised them to balance their lives and not to limit themselves to only law books.

"In your quest to be a lawyer, let there be a balance, don’t let it all be about the law, but also be consciously aware of where you are. Basically, you don’t have to wait to be whatever you set out to be before you can become socially responsible. Even in law school, study and make time for your friends," she advised.

The Law Students’ Union later presented a Citation of Honour to Justice Torkornoo in appreciation of her demonstration of knowledge in law and skills in writing whiles Dr. Tutu was honoured for her invaluable contributions towards Legal Education in the country.

 

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Course Code: 
EIT 814
No. of Credits: 
3
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Level 800
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Programming Language for Education

The course provides students with the knowledge and skills needed to develop applications in Microsoft Visual Basic.net, C# and PHP MySQL. 

Course Code: 
EIT 816
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Assessment Strategies in Education and Training

This course provides students with knowledge of the principles, forms and strategies for assessing learning of various kinds, especially those involved with cognitive skill development. 

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Computers as Learning Tools

In this course, the student will learn how to:  identify computer applications that could function as Mind tools, and use a number of mind tools to construct knowledge bases or

to interpret information about a skill/activity/topic in the course of teaching:

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No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
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Design of Computer Networks

This course provides fundamental concepts of computer networking. The learners will design effective networks for educational purposes. 

Course Code: 
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Course Semester: 
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Information Technology

Modalities of Technology for Education and Training

This course will enable the educational practitioners to act as a consultant during the construction and implementation of computer-based applications according to different modalities of technology for education and training.

Course Code: 
EIT 804
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 800
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Second Semester
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Information System Project Management

The course exposes students to the fundamentals of Project Management

Course Code: 
IT 811
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
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Information Technology

Research Methods in Information Technology

This course is designed to provide students with advanced knowledge in educational research and its application to Information Technology.

Course Code: 
EIT 809
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
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Course Semester: 
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Information Technology

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