How Depression Has Become Contagious to Makerere Students

How Depression Has Become Contagious to Makerere Students

Over the years, Makerere University has registered many cases of students’ death and suicides over the depression. A more recent case is that of Joshua Asiimwe, a fourth year student at the school of Forestry who ended his life with poison on September 16, 2018. Other cases In April 2011, Francis Kigenyi, 23, a final […]

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MUBS To Host 4th National Inter-university Skills Expo

MUBS To Host 4th National Inter-university Skills Expo

Makerere University Business School is to host the 4th National Inter University Skills Expo and debate Championship slated next week from Wednesday 20thto 21st September 2018. The two day’s event will be centered under the theme ‘Youth Economic and Political Inclusion: The role of young men in the Africa we want’. The expo is aimed at providing a platform to […]

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Makerere, 15 other African Universities Partner On Research to Fight Poverty

Makerere, 15 other African Universities Partner On Research to Fight Poverty

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 […]

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Uganda to face USA in World University Netball championships

Uganda to face USA in World University Netball championships

The host country Uganda is to face USA, Singapore and Kenya in Pool A. Defending champions, SouthAfrica will play in pool B with Namibia, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka. The Federation of International University Sports – FISU has already released draws for the September 2018 World University Netball Championships scheduled to take place at Makerere University. […]

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500 Makerere students risk missing graduation

500 Makerere students risk missing graduation

Lecturers from the School of Statistics and Planning at Makerere University have withheld results of over 500 students over failure by the university management to have their dean ejected from office.This has put the students at a risk of missing out on graduation. The lecturers accuse Dr Robert Wamala of mismanagement, under performance, corruption and […]

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Full-Time & Part-Time MBA Scholarships at Brunel University London, UK 2018-19

Full-Time & Part-Time MBA Scholarships at Brunel University London, UK 2018-19

The Brunel Business School (BBS) are offering a number of prestigious scholarships for UK/EU and international applicants joining the Brunel MBA in September 2018 and January 2019 of the 2018/19 academic year. Successful awardees will be expected to undertake specified duties as Brunel Ambassadors for the Brunel Business School (BBS). Activities might involve representing the MBA […]

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2018 University Football League launched

2018 University Football League launched

The University Football League (UFL)  2018 was officially launched at Kati Kati Restaurant in Kampala on Tuesday August  28, 2018. This marks the seventh(7th) edition of the Pepsi University Football League. This year’s total prize money to be shared by all the teams has increased from Shs 15M to Shs 24M. Over 16 universities are set […]

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Police Arrests Makerere Student Over own kidnap

Police Arrests Makerere Student Over own kidnap

A Makerere University student identified as Jane Francis Nampijja has been arrested and detained at Nansana for allegedly faking her own kidnap and demanding a five millions ransom from her friends and family. The  23 year old  student is a resident of Nsumbi, Kyebando Nansana Municipality, Wakiso District. The family of the accused claims that […]

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