Directorate of Academic Affairs

Welcome Address

Thank you for taking the time to visit the webpage of the Industrial Liaison Office (ILO) under the Directorate of Academic Affairs, University of Cape Coast. We are devoted to excellence for coordinating experiential learning (Internship/Externship) and career advice needs to develop our students to make a difference globally.

ILO is not only focused on getting students to job roles and experiences but also focused on positioning students to understand how to use those experiences (assets) to efficiently launch their careers. As part of the ILO's area of focus, our team of dedicated staff are ready to assist students in shaping their career paths. Thus, there is a sense of collaboration and an environment that emphasizes learning and the development of confidence and skills in areas of concentrated interest and general areas of interest.

Welcome to our official webpage. we hope you find information on the ILO and its activities/programmes helpful and informative.

Our Setting

The Industrial Liaison Office is a section under the Directorate of Academic Affairs established in January 2022 to coordinate all existing internship programmes and expand the field experience to cover every student of the University. The office also offers career advice services (career mentoring and coaching, externship, internship tours, job fairs, career seminars, and workshops) to students.

Mission

The aim of the Industrial Liaison Office is to give every student the opportunity to partake in experiential learning. This gives students an opportunity to discuss their goals, and expectations and to design and redesign their job duties to ensure a holistic experience. The ILO ensures that skills acquired at the end of the internship programme give interns an advantage with respect to the world of work. The design of the internship programme does not only guarantee a comprehensive combination of job roles but answers the question “what is next after the internship?”

Guiding Principles

The ILO is guided by the principle of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) contextualised to suit its mandate. The guiding principle falls in line with the philosophy of the Directorate and the mission of the University.

Area of Focus

The cornerstone of the ILO is its student-centered approach to internship. The ILO supports students to design unique learning contracts (goals and objectives) for their internship experience. The ILO makes available supervisors, career coaches and mentors to harness the intern’s potential.

Why Internship with ILO

• Allocate students to real job settings aligned to their study area or career interest
• A complete transformation and value addition to students
• Performance Appraisal, Onsite support and feedback
• Corporate grooming
• Networking avenue for students and departments

Collaborations

The Industrial Liaison Office collaborates with Colleges, Schools/Faculties, Academic Departments and industry to monitor and evaluate all internship and career advice programmes. The ILO provides a platform for research to meet industry demands, industrial seminars, job trade fairs, industrial visits, and database services to complement tracer studies efforts by sister agencies.

Activities and Responsibilities

The Industrial Liaison Office has firmly established four assiduous units that have propelled the office to carry out its mandate, which is to give every student the opportunity to partake in experiential learning. These units are Administration, Outreach, Career Advice and Research. Each of these units has its distinctive responsibilities, but they also work together to ensure that the ILO can carry out its operations. Some of the responsibilities of the various units include: