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Female lecturers in the Faculty of Science Education (FSE), University of Education, Winneba (UEW), have helped the Effutu Municipal Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) organise the first-ever science fair for girls to inspire basic school girls to pursue science in higher education.

The University of Education, Winneba (UEW) chapter of the Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA), with support from the National Executives of GAUA, from Thursday, August 4 through to Saturday, August 6, 2022, held the 2022 GAUA National Congress at the Jophus Anamuah-Mensah Conference Centre, UEW. 

The congress, which was also spiced on the sidelines with fun-based activities such as health walk and aerobics, and theatre performances, ended with a handing-over ceremony and dinner on August 7, 2022.

The Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Prof. Andy Ofori-Birikorang, has said that universities advance not just through efficient administration but also the efforts of diligent, professionally-minded administrators.

He highlighted the pivotal role of the Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) in the development of tertiary education in the country.

The outgoing Principal of the College for Distance and e-Learning (CODeL), University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Prof. Francis Owusu Mensah, has held an interactive meeting with the staff of CODeL at the North Campus Mini-Conference Room in Winneba ahead of his exit.  

The Principal, whose term of office expires in early August 2022, worked his way up through the College's ranks, starting as a lecturer and progressing to a coordinator for field services, head of the Centre for Distance Education, and founding principal of CODeL.

The University of Education, Winneba (UEW), is privileged to be representing Ghana in the trio of Mr. Francis Frimpong, Mr. William Amponsah, and Ms. Gifty Kwakyewaa Oku, all of the Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Sports (HPERS) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

The Games leverage the transformative and connecting power of sports to bring together and unite a third of the world’s population as citizens of the nations and territories of the Commonwealth.  

The Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Sports (HPERS), University of Education, Winneba (UEW), has received a set of two-way 15-inch active speaker portable karaoke systems from the National Sports Authority (NSA), Central Region, to facilitate teaching and learning.  

The brief event was held at the Department on UEW's North Campus. The donation came after a week-long coaching and officiating intermediate course for handball students organised by the Department of HPERS in partnership with the Central Regional Handball Association.

As part of an ongoing research project that is investigating "the early education for young deaf children and their caregivers in Ghana," the Department of Special Education (SPED), University of Education, Winneba (UEW), has organised an impact workshop to present the project findings so far and solicit feedback from key stakeholders.

The School of Business, University of Education, Winneba (UEW), has held a maiden seminar for its graduate students at the Amu Theatre, Central Campus, Winneba. 

The seminar was under the theme “Career Development and Mentorship for Graduate Students”. Participants were equipped with strategic learning and researching approaches, academic integrity, and the effective use of library resources to support learning and research.   

The Faculty of Social Science Education (FSSE), University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has held its 6th Biennial Social Science Conference under the theme, “Bringing the Gown to Town: Reflections on Africa’s Development in the Face of Pandemics”. 

The two-day event took place at the Jophus Anamuah-Mensah Conference Centre, North Campus, Winneba on Wednesday, 20th and Thursday, 21st July, 2022. 

The University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has hosted the Annual Youth in Tourism Festival (YOTOFEST). The event was under the theme “The youth, Tourism, and Sanitation”. 

The festival, which was held at the Jophus Anamuah Conference Centre on the North Campus of Winneba, aimed to enhance the problem-solving abilities of the youth to ensure their active involvement in the achievement of sustainable development targets by the year 2030 as well as empower younger generations to initiate more sustainable tourism opportunities.