As part of promoting Chinese language and culture in Ghana, the UCC Confucius Institute has celebrated the third Spring Festival on campus.
The Spring Festival is an annual event held in China and in Chinese communities around the world. This massive event takes place on different dates each year, but it typically begins during the beginning of February and continues until the middle of the same month.
The Centre for Gender Research, Advocacy and Documentation (CEGRAD) has organised a training programme for students of the University Practice Senior High School (UPSHS) to enlighten them on adolescent health development and sexuality.
The programme was aimed at educating the students to recognise the various factors in the foundational stages of adolescence which make young people vulnerable to undesired sexual behaviours.
A representative from Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has paid a courtesy call on the Pro Vice Chancellor, Prof. Dora F. Edu-Buandoh.
A delegation from Iowa State University, in the United States of America (USA) has called on the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Dora F. Edu-Buandoh at her office.
The leader of the delegation, Dr. William Graves said the purpose of the visit was to explore possible collaboration with the University and hoped the University would open its doors in that direction.
In an attempt to address risk-taking in farming and land matters in the country, the School of Agriculture has organised a “Public Lecture” to discuss “Land Conflicts in Ghana: Causes, Effects and Resolution” and Farmers Adaptation to Extreme Drought: Do Risk Attitudes and Perceived Risk Probability Matter?”
Drought is a Major Challenge Farmers
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, has called on researchers to interrogate the role of Microfinance in attaining the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) One .
The SDG one focuses on eradicating extreme poverty and hunger.
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, has launched the UCC-African Intellectual Database for Development and Excellence (AIDDE) Extended Library and Digitisation Project to help staff and students of the University to have easy access to educational materials.
Access to over 50,000 Educational Materials
Hundreds of students of the University patronized the Centre of International Education’s (CIE) 2019 Study Abroad Fair to inquire about opportunities to study in partner institutions of UCC.
UCC has several partner institutions in Africa, Europe, Asia, North America, South America and Australia where faculty, staff and students embark on exchange programmes. CIE has been holding the Study Abroad Exhibitions on biannual basis for students of the University and the 2019 event was held at the ground floor of the C. A. Ackah Lecture Theatre Complex.
A delegation from the Department of Forensic Sciences and the Institutional Affiliation Office of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has inspected facilities at the Detective Training Academy (DTA) of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at the Ghana Police Training School in Accra.
The visit formed part of processes leading to the affiliation of DTA to UCC through the Department of Forensic Sciences to run programmes at the certificate, undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Management of the University Basic School has presented an award the School won at the Star Life Ghana Blooming Minds Young Writers Competition to the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Professor Francisca Dora Edu-Buandoh.
The University Junior High School was represented by Dzisenu Edoh-Torgah, a JHS 1 pupil in the competition. For her prize she received a cash prize of GH ¢2, 000 and some educational materials.
