A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the Queen’s University Belfast (QU), Ireland and the University of Cape Coast for the establishment of a Centre of Excellence for Food Safety, Fraud and Research Centre to be hosted by the School of Agriculture.
The workshop on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Young People has ended with stakeholders calling for the need to intensify education on sexual reproductive and rights of Young People.
Among the issues discussed were the mandates and the core objectives of the various bodies they represented at the workshop and their main activities relating to sexual and reproductive health of young people. Others were interventions developed and implemented by these bodies and their outcomes, and the sister institutions they do partner with.
A total of 2,687 fresh students have been admitted to pursue various programmes at the University for the 2017/2018 Sandwich year.
Out of this number, 1,865 are postgraduate students and the remaining 822 are pursuing undergraduate programmes.
The Pro-Vice-Chancellor,Prof. George K. T. Oduro, has called on National Service Personnel who were posted to the University of Cape Coast for the 2017/2018 academic year to explore avenues of creating jobs for themselves after their national service period.
A delegation from the Virtual University of Cote d’Ivoire has paid a working visit to the University to explore possible areas of collaboration.
The delegation was made up of Prof. Mian Bi Sehi Antoine, Prof. Fernand K. Kouame and Mr. Bakouan Mamadou.
Introducing the delegation, the Director of Information Communication Technology Services, Dr. Regina Gyampoh, said she met the officials of UVCI at a conference in Lome, Togo and through interaction, they expressed interest in collaborating with UCC to share best practices and experiences.
The first African Youth Festival has been opened at the University by the Provost of the College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, Prof. L. K. Sam-Amoah, on behalf of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah.
Management of the University and Student Leadership has been held the second retreat for the 2017/2018 academic year in Takoradi.
The three-day retreat was aimed at reviewing activities of the University since the last retreat in February; and also outline measures that would help provide a conducive academic environment for members of the University Community.
A three-day workshop has been held for the newly-elected student leaders for the 2018/2019 academic year to equip them to function effectively in their respective leadership roles. The workshop organised by the Office of the Dean of Students’ Affairs, was aimed at training the student leaders on Public Sector Financial Management and other student’s leadership issues.
A workshop on Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights of Young People has been held at the Institute of Education Conference Hall.
The three-day workshop was under the theme “Legal and Policy Arrangement on Sexual, Reproductive Health and Rights of Young People.”
Explaining the rationale for the workshop, the Head of Department of Community Medicine, Dr. Sebastian Eliason, said it was to deepen the understanding of participants and stakeholders on the issues of sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people.
The 4th International Conference for Postgraduate students has taken place at the University with a call on universities to innovate to avoid repeating the mistakes of previous educational programmes and strategies.
