Universities’ representativesa and other participants at the launch and research agenda setting workshop of ARUA in Lagos, last week. Makerere University has entered a partnership together with other fifteen African Universities to carry out research purposed towards eradicating poverty. Through the research, the universities intend to address issues of huge unemployment and other associated problems […]
Three Makerere University students have been suspended for allegedly stirring and engaging in yesterday’s tuition increment demonstrations and breaching the University Students Regulations. Mr Obbo Johnson Emmanuel, a student of Bachelor of Arts in Education, Frank Bwambale a student of Journalism and Communication and David Musiri a student of Bachelor of Office and Information Management […]
By Dan Bosco Mutaawe, Makerere university. Makerere university students have staged a strike against the recently passed tuition increment. The strike started at around 8:00am with the students chanting slogans that demand for the scrapping of the new tuition structure. A group of around forty students started off from Lumumba Hall and headed […]
After numerous criticism from the teaching and non-teaching staff, Makerere university has resolved to make changes in the university council. Makerere University Council’s four-year tenure will expire in December this year and a plan to put new members is and the process is underway to constitute a new one. Ms Ritah Namisango,the university’s spokesperson, confirmed […]
While at the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), China pledged to offer more support to Africa in the arenas of higher education and vocational training for development. The Chinese government vowed to provide Africa with 50,000 government scholarships and 50,000 training opportunities for seminars and workshops as well as inviting 2,000 […]
The academic registrar of Mbarara University of Science and Technology has announced that the 25th Graduation Ceremony will be held on 27th October 2018. Martha Kyoshaba Twinamasiko said the function will be held at Kihumuro Campus Grounds starting at 8:00 am. She notes that graduands should pay shs. 82,750= (Eighty Two Thousand, Seven Hundred and Fifty Shillings Only) bank […]
Universities in Africa have developed a new model for Transforming Employability for Social Change in East Africa (Tescea). The new model aims at preparing undergraduates with adequate skills to enable them compete favourably in the job market. Four East African Universities are already involved. These include Gulu University, Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi, in Uganda, University of Dodoma, […]
Makerere university assistant lecturers have filed a notice of intent to sue the university over their unpaid salaries. Through their lawyers, Kesiime & Co.Advocates, the lecturers demand that the university pays their dues worth to Shillings 38.5b. Over 547 lecturers claim that they have not received any payments from the academic year 2015/16 to date […]