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Dr. (Mrs.) Grace Ofori-Abrebrese

Current Faculty Examination/Registration Officer, School of Economics

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07 Jun, 2019

The University of Cape Coast invites applications from experienced, results-oriented and highly motivated individuals for the position of Director, Directorate of Public Affairs.

Key Responsibilities

The Directorate of Public Affairs is responsible for building and maintaining the University’s corporate image and relationship with key publics, as well as managing events and communication with the University’s stakeholders.

Specific requirements:

Two-Year Post-graduate degree in Public Relations/Affairs, Mass Communication or Journalism with relevant public relations field experience. The applicant must be an accredited member of a recognized relevant professional body. Must have 10 years of post-qualification senior level experience as practitioner and possess considerable strategic, interpersonal and collegial skills, and be able to function within the Higher Education Sector. High-level analytical skills, business sense as well as a deep understanding and appreciation of the strategic and operational issues and challenges in top-level University management and administration.  Interested candidates must have served or must be serving as Deputy Registrar/Deputy Director or analogous grade in a university or analogous institution.

Specific Roles

The Director shall head the Directorate of Public Affairs and shall be responsible to the Registrar  for University protocol, organising official University events, documenting University history, culture and symbols as well as oversight of the University’s Campus Broad Casting Services.  He/she will be the central spokesperson for the University and shall plan and implement the strategic and operational aspects of the Public Relations and Corporate Affairs of the University.

Tenure of Office

The position, which is full time, is for a four-year term, renewable for a second term only.

Conditions of Service

Salary and fringe benefits attached to the position are attractive.

Mode of Application & Closing Date

1.   Interested applicants who meet the above criteria should please submit completed application forms (obtainable from the DHR (Senior Members Section) or from the University website: Senior Members Application Form - Non Teaching and curriculum vitae, together with relevant supporting documents and a Vision Statement to:

The Registrar

University of Cape Coast

Cape Coast

  1. Applicants should request three (3) referees to submit written reports on them directly to the above address
  2. The closing date for the receipt of applications is 28th June, 2019.

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Mrs. Esther Rhoda Ababio

Current Faculty Officer, Faculty of Social Sciences

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Mr. Fred Peniana

Current Faculty Officer, School of Physical Sciences

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07 Jun, 2019

The University of Cape Coast invites applications from experienced, results-oriented and highly motivated individuals for the position of Dean for the Faculty of Law which will become vacant on 1st August, 2019.

Key Responsibilities

The Dean is the Academic and Administrative Head of the Faculty and is responsible to the Vice-Chancellor through the Provost for providing leadership to the Faculty and for maintaining and promoting the efficiency and good order of the Faculty in accordance with policies and procedures prescribed by the University of Cape Coast Law, 1992 (PNDCL 278), the Statutes and/or as may be determined from time to time by the University Council, the Academic Board, the College Board and the Faculty Board.

Qualification and Experience

  1. Applicants must be of a Professorial rank or a Senior Lecturer status. 
  2. Must be a Lawyer in good standing with a national/international Law association.

Applicants must also show evidence of the following qualities: 

  1. demonstrated capacity to manage a Faculty and to foster and promote good internal and external relations
  2. proven ability to provide strong visionary leadership and innovation and to project a Faculty locally and internationally through research, graduate output and extension
  3. proven ability to raise funds to support the activities of a Faculty

Tenure of Office

The Dean shall hold office for a period of three years and shall be eligible, upon completion, for reappointment for second consecutive term only. Applicants should be able to complete the first term of three years before reaching the retirement age of sixty (60) years.  Where a Dean is not of Professorial status, he or she shall hold office for two years and shall be eligible for re-appointment.

Conditions of Service

Salary and fringe benefits attached to the position are attractive.

Mode of Application & Closing Date

  1. Interested applicants who meet the above criteria should please submit their applications and comprehensive curriculum vitae, together with relevant supporting documents and a Three-Page Vision Statement to:

The Registrar

University of Cape Coast

Cape Coast

  1. Applicants should request three (3) referees to submit reports on them directly to the above address
  2. The closing date for the receipt of applications is 28th June, 2019

Application forms are obtainable from the Senior Members Section, Directorate of Human Resource, University of Cape Coast. The forms could also be downloaded here Senior Members Application Form - Teaching

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Mr. Godwin Kwesi Yawotse

Current Faculty Officer, School of Biological Sciences

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Prof. D. D. Kuupole autographing a copies of the book

A Book in Honour of Prof. D. D. Kuupole Launched

07 Jun, 2019 By louis Mensah

A book that chronicles the background, life journey and leadership of Prof. Domwini Dabire Kuupole, a former Vice-Chancellor of the University has been launched on campus.

The 131-page book titled “Managing the Contemporary Ghanaian University: Reflections of a former Vice-Chancellor” provides a historical background of the University, touches on the person and profile of Prof. Kuupole, career journey through UCC and his achievements and challenges he encountered during his term as Vice-Chancellor. It also spells out some lessons learnt and the way forward.

Managing a University is Complex

The guest speaker for the launch, Prof. Clifford Nii Boye Tagoe, noted that the modern-day university has not only become large but complex in structure and organisation.  He indicated that managing a modern university anywhere in the world was not a joke especially in Africa where funding was a major problem. In the face of these complexities, he noted that a Vice-Chancellor must show leadership to manage the university to fulfill its mandate. “The Vice-Chancellor must, therefore, be versatile as much as possible to keep the ship afloat to move it forward all the time.”

Prof. Tagoe who is a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Legon, posited that “Each Vice-Chancellor brings to office certain unique attitudes, knowledge and leadership styles".  He, therefore, recommended that the story of each Vice-Chancellor must be told stressing that “each one must be told separately” .

The former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana commended the authors for coming out with the book which he described as timely. “There is a lot which the current and future generation of University leaders can learn from Prof. Kuupole’s experiences, achievements, ideas, and challenges as Vice-Chancellor,” he urged.  He also commended Prof. Kuupole for allowing his life story to be chronicled as a University leader for others to learn valuable lessons from him. “I believe your effort will be an encouragement to former Vice-Chancellors who are yet to write their own books,” he noted.

Achievements of Prof. Kuupole as Vice-Chancellor

The Reviewer of the book, Dr. Paul Effah, commended Prof. Kuupole for developing a comprehensive research plan for UCC and creating the Directorate of Research, Innovation, and Consultancy as well as the introduction of an award scheme aimed at improving research in the University. He also praised him for the introduction of the Collegiate system and embarking on various infrastructural development and other Income Generating Funds (IGF) projects during his term as Vice-Chancellor.

Dr. Effah who is the President of Radford University College recommended to the authors to adequately address human resource development especially on Continuous Professional Development that took place under Prof. Kuupole’s administration in subsequent editions of the book.

Background of the Book

Making a remark, Prof. Kuupole said the concept to write the book was mooted by Mr. Moses Maclean Abnory when he was about exiting office as Vice-Chancellor in 2016. According to him, the book was to serve as a source of reference and motivation for people in the higher education enterprises who might one day want to learn something about different shades of leadership and management challenges and successes through the lenses of someone who has held different leadership positions in a Ghanaian University. He added that it had the potential of inspiring future university leaders. “Up and coming leaders can take inspiration from the leadership strategies that could be adopted or adapted to improve the systems in which they work,” he said.

Appreciation to Authors

Prof. Kuupole thanked the team of authors led by Mr. Abnory for digging deep into his life story to his amazement. He remarked “I thought I knew myself well but reading through pages of the book, the lenses with which colleagues subordinates friends and indeed my family viewed me as a person and also my leadership style, I realised that I never precisely know who I was nor my leadership styles. I must admit that I have learnt much more about myself from reading this book than I ever thought possible”.

Launching of Book

The President of the Presbyterian University College of Ghana, Prof. Emmanuel Adow Obeng, who officially launched the book, said the book would serve as a guide to current leadership of Universities in the country. Prof. Obeng who is a former Vice-Chancellor of UCC noted that the current scene of the tertiary educational landscape was very cumbersome and therefore, the lessons and experiences that had been shared in the book could help address some challenges in the system. “When I was Vice-Chancellor, there were only five Universities but now they are about 10 and everybody is struggling to understand the system,” he averred.

 The first 10 copies were auctioned for GH ¢2, 000.

Prof. Joshua Danso Owusu-Sekyere

Prof. Joshua Danso Owusu-Sekyere

A former Vice-Dean of the School of Agriculture of the University of Cape Coast, Prof. Joshua Danso Owusu-Sekyere, has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of Cape Coast Technical University (CCTU).                                

Prof Owusu-Sekyere was appointed by the Governing Council of the University at its regular meeting held on Friday, April 12, 2019, to serve a four-year term.

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Prof. Owusu-Sekyere is a Professor of Agricultural Engineering with rich experience in university management and leadership.  He has also conducted extensive research into deficit irrigation, water saving irrigation, crop water requirement under a changing climate and water control for crop production.

He began his academic career as an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Engineering at the University of Cape Coast in 1998 and rose through the ranks to become a full Professor. He was promoted to the rank of Senior Lecturer in 2007, Associate Professor in 2010 and full Professor in 2012. He obtained his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Agricultural Engineering from Cranfield University in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2006.

In the course of his career, he occupied various positions including serving as the Head of the Department of Agricultural Engineering at the University of Cape Coast from 2008 to 2015 and Vice-Dean of the School of Agriculture between 2013 to 2015 at the same university.

He has also served as the Rector of Perez University College (PUC) from August 2016 to July 2018 while on sabbatical leave. Rev. Prof Owusu-Sekyere is married to Mrs. Bernice Owusu-Sekyere with two children.

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Some PhD graduates at the 17th Session of the 51st Congregation

UCC Introduces Plagiarism Policy

06 Jun, 2019 By louis Mensah

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, has announced that the University has instituted measures to reduce the level of plagiarism in postgraduate research work.

In view of this, he noted that the Academic Board has approved a Plagiarism Policy to be implemented in the 2019/2020 academic year.

Prof. Ampiah made the announcement at the 17th Session of the 51st Congregation held for graduates of the School of Graduate Studies (SGS).

In addition to this, the Vice-Chancellor indicated that the University has purchased the “Turnitin software” to help reduce the level of plagiarism and increase the potency and originality of research output.  “Currently, staff and postgraduate students are being trained in the use of the ‘Turnitin software’, he added.

Statistics of Graduating Students

On the statistics for the congregation, Prof. Ampiah said a total of 1, 183 graduates comprising 61 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), 186 Master of Philosophy (M.Phil), 10 Master of Commerce (M.Com), 9 Master of Nursing(MN), 633 Master of Business Administration (MBA), 160 Executive Master of Business Administration(EMBA), 4 Master of Education (M.Ed), 6 Master of Science (M.Sc), 51 Master of Arts(MA), 54 Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PgDE) and 9 Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PgCE). He noted that out of this number, 495 students received their training through Distance from the College of Distance Education.

The Vice-Chancellor said Management of the University had not relented on its effort to improve on teaching and learning facilities on campus. He indicated that Graduate Programme Coordinators have been appointed in the Colleges, Faculties and Schools to facilitate postgraduate programmes. He mentioned that seminars on e-learning for postgraduate students were mounted on a consistent basis and had been made user-friendly. “At least once in each academic year, special seminars aimed at improving graduate studies and ensuring completion of programmes on schedule are organised for graduate students where Senior Faculty members take them through the essentials of graduate research work” he reported.

Research Grants

Speaking on Research Grants, Prof. Ampiah said the Samuel and Emelia Brew-Butler GRASAG-UCC fund was established in response to increasing demand by students and SGS for the production of high-quality graduate research and early completion of graduate degree programmes. “The Fund provides financial support to alleviate the financial burden students go through in undertaking their research projects and to produce high-quality research within approved programme duration” he explained.  He said 40 students made up of 33 MPhil and 7 PhD students received a total of GH ¢120, 000 as grants to support their data collection.

Future of Postgraduate Studies

On the future of postgraduate studies in the University, the Vice-Chancellor said SGS would increase the enrolment of students into the various postgraduate programmes and also make delivery of courses more flexible. “SGS will continue to bridge the gender gap by rolling out more flexible, career-oriented programmes through our various modes of delivery to make it possible for all who are willing to enrol” he added. He assured that the University library facilities especially, e-library would be expanded for students on campus and off campus. “Contracts will soon be awarded for a state-of-the-art Graduate Resource Centre and Research Commons and we envisage that this will boost graduate studies. We look up to these, alongside the refurbishment of the Main Library building for the next academic year,” he announced. Prof. Ampiah further noted that the University shall continue to explore both local and international collaboration to boost graduate education delivery.

Postgraduate Researchers Are Major Drivers of Innovation and Growth

The Chancellor, Sir, (Dr) Sam Esson Jonah, observed that the advanced knowledge and skills of postgraduates and postgraduate researchers, in particular, were major drivers of innovation and growth. “Products of postgraduate education are, therefore, needed to staff Research and Development Institutions, to drive scientific innovations, as well as high technology manufacturing firms,” he observed.  According to him such institutions and firms were the main vehicles through which the results of the research were infused into the local economy, transforming the technical bases of agricultural and manufacturing production.  “Postgraduate programmes are essential for training university professors and thus improving the quality of tertiary education, today and for future generations” he stressed.

SGS Producing More Graduates

The Chancellor commended SGS for providing strategic leadership and administrative structures within a diverse group of students and faculty in the graduate field.  “The School of Graduate Studies continues to enhance the intellectual life of the University by enabling graduate and professional students to undertake scholarly study and advanced research and to prepare for professional work” he noted.

Sir Jonah reminded the graduands that more innovative ways of doing business and spectacular technologies were emerging and therefore, advised them to be among the 21st Century think thanks who engineer such progress. “The University has empowered you with generic and discipline-specific research, knowledge and skills, employment-related skills and competencies. We will be looking forward to receiving feedback from your communities and the nation as a whole on how you have impacted society with these resources” he implored.

The Chancellor urged the graduates to consider investing in the agriculture sector which according to him has great potentials.

03 Jun, 2019

The University of Cape Coast invites applications from experienced, results-oriented and highly motivated individuals for the position of Dean, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The Dean shall be the Academic and Administrative Head of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences responsible to the Vice Chancellor through the Provost of the College of Health & Allied Sciences for providing leadership to the School and for maintaining and promoting the efficiency and good order of the School. He or She shall be responsible for creating and delivering on a dynamic and innovative vision, developing, fostering and nurturing collaborative relationships with relevant partners of the School and achieving viability of the programme. In addition, the Founding Dean shall be responsible for facilitating the recruitment of other faculty members, leading the School in Strategic Planning and identifying and cultivating opportunities for research and collaboration.

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE

Applicants must be scholars of high repute and of professorial status. They must possess a PhD in Pharmacy or related field. In addition, applicants must be Registered Professional Pharmacists. They must be individuals of stature and high integrity with strong leadership, interpersonal and communication skills capable of executing the responsibilities outlined above.

In addition, applicants must also show evidence of the following qualities:

  1. Understanding, commitment and ability to promote the mission of the University, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and its Departments
  2. Ability to inspire the Faculty and articulate a clear vision that showcases the school’s strengths while developing new levels of excellence.
  3. Proven ability to work effectively with academic administrators, faculty, students, alumni, donors, health system and health professionals to foster effective teaching, learning and research.
  4. Proven ability  to build consensus and effectively manage conflicts
  5. Ability to foster an inclusive environment that welcomes faculty, staff and students of diverse backgrounds  and experiences

TERM OF OFFICE

The Dean of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences shall hold office for a period of three (3) years and shall be eligible for re-appointment for another term only.

CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

Salary and Fringe benefits attached to the position are attractive and will be specified in the letter of appointment.

Mode of Application & Closing Date

  1. Interested applicants who meet the above criteria should please submit applications and  comprehensive curriculum vitae, together with relevant supporting documents, and a Three-Page Vision Statement to:

The Registrar

University of Cape Coast

Cape Coast

  1. Applicants should request three (3) referees to submit reports on them directly to the above address
  2. The closing date for the receipt of application is Friday, 21st  June, 2019

Application forms are obtainable from the Senior Members Section, Directorate of Human Resource, University of Cape Coast. The forms could also be downloaded at Senior Members Application Form - Teaching

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