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.

Prof. Kocku von Stuckrad, a distinguished Professor of Religious Studies of the University of Groningen in the Netherland, visited the Department of Religion and Human Values of the University of Cape Coast (5th-9th February 2018) to organise seminars for graduate students.  The visit was part of the MoU between the University of Groningen and University of Cape Coast.  The visit was facilitated by the Centre for International Education (CIE), University of Cape Coast and the Department of Religion and Human Values.

Five postgraduate students of the Department of History are on exchange programme at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) for a semester.

The exchange programme forms part of the Norpart Project between NTNU and three universities in Ghana namely Department of History, UCC, Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies and the Department of History, University of Ghana.

The beneficiary students are Mr. Bruno Osafo, PhD candidate, Ms. Justina Akansor, Mrs. Julian Mensah Quaye, Mr. Kingsley Agyapong and Mr. Paul Kofi Dadzie all M. Phil candidates.

The Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (IEPA) held a Colloquium on the theme, 21^st Century Skills for Educational Administrators at the University of Cape Coast Auditorium on Wednesday, 6^th June, 2018. The Colloquium came out with a Communique as follows:

The Confucius Institute at the University of Cape Coast has inaugurated a Chinese Language Laboratory to promote the teaching and learning of Chinese language and culture.

The Laboratory, also called HSK Centre, will also afford the Institute the opportunity to organise HSK Tests for students who hitherto write the test at the University of Ghana, Legon. 

The Deputy Minister of Education in charge of Basic and Secondary Education, Hon. Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has called on educational administrators to make decisions that are data driven to promote academic excellence.

Dr. Adutwum underscored the need for educational administrators to make use of technology to collect data and analyse them to make informed decisions concerning their schools.

He expressed worry about the rising rate at which some heads of educational institutions were not abreast of the statistical performances of their schools to make cogent decisions.

The Deputy Minister of Education in charge of Basic and Secondary Education, Hon. Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has called on educational administrators to make decisions that are data driven to promote academic excellence.

Dr. Adutwum underscored the need for educational administrators to make use of technology to collect data and analyse them to make informed decisions concerning their schools.

Discussants at a colloquium on modern skills for educational administrators have called for the involvement of all major stakeholders in the educational value chain in the implementation of government policies.