The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Leeds to promote academic excellence.
The focus of the new collaboration between UCC and the University of Leeds is to promote the development of collaborative research projects, and the exchange of publications and other materials of common interest.
The School of Medical Sciences (SMS) of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has inaugurated standing committees to enhance the efficient running of the School.
They are the Curriculum Review Committee, Resource Mobilization Committee, Research and Grants Committee, Laboratory Management Committee, Quality Assurance Committee, Community-based Experience and Service (COBES) Committee and Events Committee.
The immediate past Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, has advised teachers to take advantage of Artificial intelligence (AI) to prepare lesson notes.
According to him, hours spent by teachers to prepare lesson notes would be reduced significantly when they utilize AI.
The staff of the Confucius Institute at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), as well as officials of the Chinese Embassy in Ghana, led by the Ambassador, His Excellency Mr. Lu Kun, has visited Elmina Castle in the Central Region and the Kakum National Park to boost domestic tourism.
The move by the Chinese nationals formed part of the Ghana Tourism Authority's ‘Experience Ghana, Share Ghana’ campaign.
A total of 1,868 graduates of the Institute of Education of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) have been equipped with knowledge and skills to enable them to contribute towards the manpower development of the country effectively.
"We are confident that you have been empowered with knowledge and skills to enable you to make a positive impact in society, and the world at large," said the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, addressing the graduands at the 11th Session of the 56th Congregation.
A total of 1, 198 postgraduate students who pursued various postgraduate programmes for the 2022/2023 academic year have graduated at the 56th Congregation of the University of Cape Coast (UCC).
They included 19 PhD; 51 MPhil, 9 MCom, 4 MSc, 575 MED, 59 MBA, and 121 MA. The rest were 4 Master of Nursing, 12 Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE), and 344 postgraduate Diploma in Security Studies.
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, has advised university graduates against joining the Graduates Unemployed Association because opportunities abound to make them self-reliant enough to employ others.
He, therefore, told them to use the knowledge and skills they had acquired throughout their studies at the university to start new businesses.
A new Faculty Commons has been inaugurated for post-retirement contract lecturers at the College of Education Studies of the University of Cape Coast (CES-UCC).
The facility, equipped with a television set, furniture, internet connectivity, and a computer among others will allow the retired lecturers to have a comfortable place to assess the dissertations of their students.
The facility, which is situated within the CES Library, will be managed by the staff of Sam Jonah Library of the University.
A Senior Lecturer at the Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast (UCC), Dr. Francis Tanam Djankpa, has donated assorted medical-based books to the School of Medical Sciences (SMS).
Making the presentation, Dr. Djankpa explained that the gesture was made possible through Dr Aviva Symes, a pharmacology academic at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in the USA.
The School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has received books on pharmacy to enhance research and learning.
The benevolent gesture was extended to the School by a US-based Philanthropist, Prof. Nelson Kofie, and the Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Cape Coast, Dr. Elijah Yin.
