This article was first published in the New Vision on February 3, 2021 Tribute By, Prof. Eriabu Lugujjo Two years have passed since Prof. Eldard Banda passed on. Since his demise, the physics fraternity and its stakeholders have never paid tribute to this unique physicist. It is for this reason that on behalf of all […]
By Charles Etukuri Makerere University vice-chancellor Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe has broken his silence over claims they are among the local universities offering courses that are not accredited by the National Council of Higher Education (NCHE). Media reports on Monday indicated that this had led to the denial of admission to one or two of Makerere […]
This article was first published on the New Vision website on May 19, 2023 By John Masaba Six African universities, including Uganda Christian University (UCU) and Makerere University, are now part of a consortium to implement a sh3.3b (about € 799,974) project focused on building capacity for reporting migration and mobility across borders in Sub-Saharan […]
This article was first published in the New Vision on May 26, 2021 By Conana Busingye Makerere University chancellor Prof. Ezra Suruma conferred degrees and awarded diplomas to 12,550 graduands. The five-day ceremonies were conducted following government guidelines against the spread of COVID-19. Students of bachelors and diplomas, were asked to follow the proceedings of […]
By Carol Kasujja Adii KAMPALA – Makerere University through the School of Biosciences, College of Natural Sciences has created a Biology Society of Uganda to bring all biologists in Uganda together. After analysing the academic performance in Biology at UACE and UCE for nearly half a century, Makerere University has observed that for the last 4 […]
By Carol Kasujja Adii For about three consecutive years, statistics by the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) continue to show poor performance in science subjects, especially Biology. In comparison to Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics in the 2022 exams, Biology was the worst, done science subject. Biology was the worst, done subject with 40.8 per cent […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on July 27, 2022) Compiled by Titus Kakembo, Denis Nsubuga and Ivan Tsebeni Lively scenes of students performing poems, traditional dances and glowing tributes characterised an event held to mark the belated birthday of celebrated author Timothy Wangusa — the first Ugandan to get a PhD […]
This article was first published in New Vision in November 2022 Pascal Kwesiga It’s easy to give up after one or two rejections, but not for twenty-three-year-old Judith Amutuhire. When she completed A’level in 2019, she applied for a government scholarship to do a bachelor of science in electrical engineering at Makerere University. But Amutuhire, […]
By Andrew Arinaitwe The Makerere University Council has called for a report on the chaotic December 30 convocation elections. Some of the alumni were violently arrested by members of the military and police during the election. Chaos ensued after some of the top contenders for the position of the chairperson of the university’s convocation withdrew […]
The Inspector General of Government (IGG), Beti Kamya, has launched investigations into the alleged misuse of sh1.5b meant for Makerere University Convocation. The three Makerere dons being probed are the outgoing Makerere University Convocation chairperson, Dr Fredrick Tanga Odoi, the new chairperson Dr. Deus Kamunyu Muhwezi and Justus Niwajuna, the publicity secretary. The probe comes […]