Meet Mr. David Mugawe, the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Development and External Relations (DVC DER) at Uganda Christian University, who has this year celebrated 20 years of marriage to Deborah, with two children, Daniel (14) and Dorcus (11). The couple supports orphans and other needy children and are regular donors to mission work such as the […]
The Summer Training for the Agile Software Development course at Uganda Technology and Management University (UTAMU) has been concluded. The 10-Week course attracted 20 trainees from Makerere University, UTAMU, Kyambogo University, Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), Kampala International University (KIU) and KampaBits among institutions. The training was aimed at empowering the youth through […]
The giant secondary schools have continued to dominate admissions at the public universities. Schools like Kitende, Namugongo, Mengo, Gombe, Lubiri still top the list. St Mary’s SS Kitende takes the lion’s share with 370 students at Makerere university, 100 at MUBs, 28 to Mbarara university of science and technology, and 125 to Kyambogo university. St […]
Police have arrested the Guild President of Kyambogo university, Irumba Victor. Victor together with Tumusime Derek, the NRM party president of Nkumba University, Makerere University Business School (MUBS) Guild Vice president, Ojobile Augustine and over 10 other students from different universities are now behib bars at the Central Police station (CPS). They were arrested over […]
Researchers have been advised on the quality of the grant proposals they write for research funding. This was at the second day of the Faculty and Administrators Capacity Development Workshop organized by the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) and Makerere University. Convening in the Senate Building, Level 4 Conference Hall on 22-July […]
Busoga University: The University Chancellor, the Rt. Rev. Dr. Michael A. S. Kyomya recently appointed Dr. David Lameck Kibikyo and Steven Mugoya as the new Vice Chancellor, and Deputy Vice Chancellor respectively. This followed a recommendation from the University Council, after considering a report from the Search Committee composed of Council and Senate. While […]
From the look of her face, Sheila Malingu would pass for a shy high school teen. But when she opens up, inside this lady dressed in a white T-shirt and black pants is a calm, yet brilliant and confident persona. Malingu, 20, is this year’s winner of the Berkeley Prize, a travel fellowship award. She […]
Youth told to diagnose society’s problems:Â 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 […]