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The Minister for Railway Development, Joe Ghartey has stated that government does not have money to embark on infrastructure development and will therefore invite private sector to help. This he said, must however be backed by a robust law to manage such investment by the private sector. The minister was speaking at the 4th Jurists’ Confab organised by the Faculty of Law of the College of Humanities and Legal Studies of the University.

A four-member delegation from Access Bank has paid a courtesy call on the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Prof. George K.T Oduro. The delegation, which was led by Mr. Kafui Bimpe, the Group Head, Business Banking, came to discuss ways of developing a collaboration that will be beneficial to both institutions. Mr. Bimpe said the bank would want to put up a branch office on campus to serve the University community. He said the bank was ready to partner the University in the area of collection of School fees, project development assistance and provision of mortgage facilities to staff.

Daniel François Díaz, the Director & International Student Advisor of the Study Abroad Office at Guilford College, paid a visit to the ºÚÁÏÉçfrom 16th to 17th March, 2017.  Guilford College, North Carolina, USA, and ºÚÁÏÉçhas had a long history of exchanges which has made such a partnership a very successful one. Among the many reasons for this visit included;

1. To get acquainted and become familiar with all involved in the Guilford-ºÚÁÏÉçProgramme. 2. To discuss the decline in the number of students coming to ºÚÁÏÉçfrom Guilford College.

The ºÚÁÏÉç (UCC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Auburn University (AU), USA, to deepen the collaboration between the two institutions. By the MoU, the two institutions will encourage and support faculty and student exchanges; training of faculty and students through outreach and in conjunction with UCC; teaching and research through Educational Foundations.

The College of Distance Education will commence a top up in M. Phil and M. Com programmes from October 2017. This will therefore present opportunity to those who have obtained M. Ed and MBA degrees to enroll. Meanwhile, accreditation is also being sought to enable the College introduce M. Phil in IT Education to upgrade the existing M.Ed. IT programme. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof.

The ºÚÁÏÉç (UCC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Johann Wolfgang (JW) Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main in Germany. The MoU is to facilitate students and faculty exchange, as well as collaborative research projects and curriculum development between the Department of Ghanaian Languages and Linguistics, ºÚÁÏÉçand the Institute of African Languages of Goethe University.

The Western Regional Fire Commander, ACFO Obeng Dankwa Dwamena, has advised students of Valco Hall to contribute positively towards society even in the face of constraints. ACFO Dwamena noted that the important role of alumni of the hall in national development could not be overemphasized. He therefore urged the students to balance their academic work with voluntary community service. The Western Regional Fire Commander gave the advice at a grand durbar to climax the 25th Hall Week celebration.

The Dean of the School of Biological Sciences, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong has opened a five-day short course on Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Training at the Samrit Hotel, Cape Coast. The programme which is being organised by the Centre for Coastal Management seeks to provide practical experience to participants which include Ph. D students from the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences of the ºÚÁÏÉç, District Assemblies and the Fisheries Commission. Welcoming participants to the workshop, Prof.