Kessben College (KC), Kumasi, has expressed interest to seek affiliation from UCC for its Bachelor of Arts in Media and Communications programme.

In view of this, a team of Assessors from UCC visited the College to review its documents for affiliation and also inspect infrastructural facilities.

The University has introduced nine Bachelor of Education programmes at the undergraduate level through the sandwich mode to promote academic excellence.

The programmes include Bachelor of Education (Social Sciences), Bachelor of Education (Arts), Bachelor of Education (Mathematics), Bachelor of Education (Science) and Bachelor of Education (Social Studies).

A five- year Strategic Plan for the University of Cape Coast,UCC, has been launched at a ceremony at the School of Medical Sciences (SMS) Auditorium.

The current  Strategic Plan, also called Third Plan, builds on the two previous Strategic Plans  ( 2003-2008, 2012- 2017) and seeks to continue with aspects of the previous plan which could not be achieved but were still relevant and the introduction of new initiatives. It also takes cognizance of the experiences and developments in the University, in the country and in the world over the last decade.

Distance Students Association of Ghana (DESAG) has held its Inter-Centre sports games to hunt for talented sports men and women across  the 10 regions of Ghana.

The games, under the theme: "Strengthening DESAG unity through sports," was also to increase cohesion among the various centres.

The School of Business has launched its Development Fund in the Western Region to provide a solid financial-base to enable the School  deliver on its mandate.

The School of Business is mandated to provide high quality teaching, research and outreach in business and applied disciplines.

The establishment of the fund also dovetails into the vision of the School to be the best Business School in Africa. The fund, which was first launched in Accra in 2016, is expected to cover the School's infrastructural project, Student Support and Teaching and Research activities.

The Centre for National Culture, Cape Coast in collaboration with the Department of Music and Dance, UCC, has honoured three personalities for promoting Fante music in Ghana and abroad.

The three personalities were Mr. Jonathan Anfoh, Mr. Moses Okyir and Mr. Kwamena Pra. These three personalities had not only promoted Fante Folk Music but had trained both students and lecturers from both local and international universities. Each of them received a citation, a bouquet of flowers and other undisclosed gifts in recognition of their meritorious creative works.

The worldwide attitude of ambivalence towards the creation and usage of insult is not double standards but rather a delicate balancing act for the attainment of psyco-social goals such as catharsis and entertainment on one hand and the moderation of the social conflicts caused by verbal and non-verbal insults.

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