They wanted the campus experience, but their colleges sent them home to learn online during the coronavirus pandemic. Now, students at more than 25 U.S. universities are filing lawsuits against their schools demanding partial refunds on tuition and campus fees, saying they’re not getting the caliber of education they were promised. The suits reflect students’ […]
The Makerere University Gender-Responsive Researchers Equipped for Agricultural Transformation (GREAT) project in collaboration with USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Peanut has conducted a gender awareness training for students and scientist wo…
Farmers, Technicians and District Staff in Wakiso have expressed readiness to implement the Makerere University proposal to improve the piggery sector by upscaling the Pig Artificial Insemination (AI) Technology and improved genetics funded by Governme…
We are all now aware of the outbreak of the New Coronavirus, which was first detected in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Although the World Health Organization has not declared the outbreak of the virus a global pandemic, the virus has been detected in …
The Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH)-Uganda, World Health Organisation (WHO)-Uganda, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-Uganda and the African Field Epidemiology Netwo…
Stakeholders in the piggery sector in Kamuli have endorsed the proposal by Makerere University research team to integrate Artificial Insemination (AI) Technology and Elite genetics to transform the Pig Value Chain in the District. The farmers also agre…
World over, the role of a university has been expanding from teaching to research, innovation and outreach activities owing to the need for the contribution of Universities towards national and global development agenda. In Uganda, university graduate …
During its emergency meeting held on 4th March 2020, the University Council considered the report of the Legal, Rules and Privileges Committee on the matter of the proposed amendments to the Students Guild Election Regulations.Council noted:That during…
The dates for the World Health Summit Regional Meeting in Kampala are set for April 27th and 28th 2020 at the Speke Resort & Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort.Hosted by Makerere University, the 2020 World Health Summit Regional Meeting will be the first in …
The TOAfrica Summer School organized by Africanistic section of the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society at the University of Torino in Italy in collaboration with Makerere University is now online and can be accessed through https://www.toafri…
The First Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Lecture hosted by Makerere University on 27th February 2020 in the Main Hall has outlined a series of benefits that Uganda, Africa and the World stand to gain by embracing the largest infrastructure project ever…
At their advent on the UgandaKenya frontier in the late 80s and early 90s, many saw BodaBodas as a heavensent remedy to all the transport bottlenecks facing petty traders operating between the two East African Community (EAC) nations. One of Uganda’s c…
Environmental Economists from the Environment for Development-Makerere University (EfD-Mak) Centre on Thursday 20th February 2020 conducted a policy tour of Mukono District Local Government headquarters where they a had a dialogue with councilors on ho…