Everybody agrees that better education and improved skills, for as many people as possible, is crucial to increasing productivity and living standards and to tackling rising inequality. But what if everybody is wrong? Most economists are certain that human capital is as important to productivity growth as physical capital. And to some degree, that’s obviously […]
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The Coady International Institute at St. Francis Xavier University invites applications for its seven weeks Global Change Leaders Program. The program is available for emerging women leaders from developing countries who are working on development issues. Successful candidates will receive a full scholarship to participate in this program, including the cost of economy-class travel, tuition, […]
11th October marks the International Day of the Girl Child, a United Nations led initiative supporting the more than 1.1 billion girls worldwide who are a powerful force for shaping a sustainable world. The Day aims to highlight the fact too many girls around the world have their potential and dreams thwarted by violence, discrimination […]
The King’s College, Cambridge and TRACE International offer a TRACE studentship to pursue LLM (Master of Law) programme for the 2017-2018 academic year. Applicants from Kenya, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan are eligible to apply for this studentship. TRACE International and TRACE Incorporated are two distinct entities with a common mission to advance […]
Former Executive Director of the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), Dr. Aryamanya Mugisha, will today deliver the Dr. Bagoora Memorial Lecture at Makerere University, starting 02:00 pm. The lecture themed, “Environmental Regulatory and Institutional Framework in Kenya: Practical Challenges to Sustainability”, is organised by the Department of Geography, Geo informatics and Climatic Sciences (DGGCS), College […]
In 1994, the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) proclaimed 5th October to be World Teachers’ Day, celebrating the great step made for teachers on 5 October 1966, when a special intergovernmental conference convened by UNESCO in Paris adopted the UNESCO/ILO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers, in cooperation with the ILO. This […]
Earlier this week, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kenya Rt. Hon. Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda hailed Prof. Maria Musoke for her tremendous work in bridging the gap between health and information. The praise came during the high profile launch of Prof. Maria Musoke’s book Informed and Healthy: Theoretical and Applied Perspectives on the Value […]
With the advent of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the World Economic Forum predicts that over a third of the most important workplace skills will change in the next five years. Educators the world over are faced with the daunting task of preparing students for the workplace of the future. A recent study by the IDC […]
The recently established Duke-Makerere University BME Partnership will connect students and faculty of the College of Health Sciences at Makerere University, Kampala with their counterparts in the biomedical engineering (BME) program at Duke University, North Carolina in the United States. The objective of the partnership is to build teaching capacity and design skills. The program, initiated […]
A delegation from Muntuyera High School-Kitunga last weekend visited Kigali to formalise a collaborative partnership with alumni who now live and work in Rwanda. The 45-member delegation comprised of members of the governing board, as well as teaching and non-teaching staff. According to the school head teacher, Stephen Atuhaire Tweheyo, the team came to Rwanda […]