POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN LABOUR POLICY STUDIES (LPS)

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PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES:

The main aim of the Labour Policy Studies (LPS) programmme is to strengthen the capacity of African trade unions as partners in the development process in order to effectively influence the social, economic and political conditions under which people live and work.

TARGET GROUP:

The LPS caters for the education and training needs of trade union office holders, policy makers and advisers. In addition, since labour relations are interactive (involving three partners: trade unions, government and employers/mangers in the formal sector, and many more in the informal sector, e.g. women groups, NGOs, etc.) opportunities have been created for these social partners to enroll in the programmme. It is hoped that involving them in such an important learning process, a coalition for democracy and democratic participation may be forged.

The programmme is therefore of special relevance to:

Trade union office holders
Trade union policy makers or policy advisers
Trade union educators and researchers
Government officials and policy makers or advisers of management or employer organisations actively involved in labour and democratic participation
Researchers of NGOs, journalists, academics and researchers

VENUE AND DATE OF COMMENCEMENT:

The programme will be mounted in April to early July each year commencing from April 2008, at the Centre for Development Studies (CDS) of the University of Cape Coast.

PROGRAMME DURATION:

The programme is of 12 weeks intensive teaching and learning. It is designed in three modules: Foundations for Labour Policy formulation; Democratic Policy Formulation and Strengthening Democratic Participation. Lectures begin at 08.30 am and end at 4.30pm with one lunch hour.

FEES:

The programme is run on a fee-paying with each course participant paying circa GH¢1500.00 (Fifteen Million Cedis).

Participants will require enough pocket money to take care of their personal needs like stationery (for taking down notes during lectures and for submitting written assignments), recreation, communication, transportation on campus and within Cape Coast, etc.

BOARDING & LODGING:

No accommodation will be provided for course participants. However, there are a number of hostels in and around the University of Cape Coast which participants can use at their own cost. The hostel facilities offer standard rooms with shared bathroom and toilet facilities. Students clean their own rooms and provide their own bed linen. Students are responsible for their laundry. Accommodation costs at the various hostels range between GH¢400.00 to GH¢120.00; with standard meals costing between GH¢3.00 to GH¢10.00