I can see brief case universities coming up

I have never understood the criteria UNCHE uses to licence these mushrooming brief-case universities that spring up every other day in Uganda. By brief case university,I mean those institutions that have one long building that serves as main administration block,main hall,halls of residence,lecture rooms,library and laboratory at the same time situated on a 2 acre […]

When you can't locate the lecture room

When you can't locate the lecture room

She thought the lecture room had migrated, indeed she was lost. I always thought it was only toddlers who could get lost. The other groups I had exempted from not getting lost were those who take the M-Pigs to parliament because of unemployment, the members who belong to the Drunkards Association who mistake enguuli for bushera, the villagers who […]

University students end training on crime prevention course

University students end training on crime prevention course

Youth told to diagnose society’s problems: President Yoweri Museveni has urged the university students to participate in diagnosing the challenges in their societies and help wake the population to exploit the available land resource for wealth creation. The President made the remarks on Saturday 14th June while giving a lecture to over 600 students from Makerere […]

Cut off points for public universities released

Cut off points for public universities released

Cut off points released: Public Joint Admission Board (PUJAB) has increased the cut off points for science courses at public universities. For one to qualify for Bachelor of medicine at Gulu University, a student requires at least 47.8 points from their best done three subjects. Mbarara University of science and technology (MUST) cut-off points for […]

S.Sudan students to pay same fees at universities like Ugandans

S.Sudan students to pay same fees at universities like Ugandans

The Government is planning to let university students from South Sudan studying in Ugandan to pay the same amount of tuition fees like their Ugandan counterparts. The proposal was tabled by the government of South Sudan through the Minister in charge of science and technology, Bol Makueng Youl. John Chrysostom Muyingo, the State minister for higher […]

Mountains of the Moon University hosts health conference

Mountains of the Moon University hosts health conference

Mountains of the Moon University Public Health Students Association held the annual health conference at Lake Saaka campus on 12th and 13th of May 2014. Different presenters from Save the Children, African Rural University, Reproductive Health Uganda,Health Environment Water and Sanitation (HEWASA) participated. “Public Health as an integral opportunity to embrace challenges in achieving Millennium Development […]

Apply for QMU International Scholarships in UK, 2014-2015

Scholarships: Queen Margaret University offers international scholarships to pursue undergraduate or postgraduate degree in the academic year 2014/2015. Scholarship is granted as a reduction of the tuition fee and is available to students who are self-funding with an international tuition fee of more than £9,000 for a single year of study only. Applications can be made by students […]