Education

UGANDA: Feeding Makerere is like feeding a child with diarrhea, says University

KAMPALA (@UG_EDGE) – Makerere University Academic Staff Association [MUASA] chairperson, Dr. Deus Muhwezi, says staff need a living wage that changes according to living factors. He was discussing the reported decision to scrap evening classes programme at NTV “Fourth Estate” programme on Sunday. According to Muhwezi, evening programmes were not scrapped like the media has been reporting, they have been made business of colleges and the university will only manage the day program that runs from 8am to 5pm. “These pronouncements were made to the media without enough consultation and we (MUASA) didn’t have knowledge about it, and that’s not right. Even senate Read More

UGANDA: A great education is a privilege, not a right

Some Ugandans think when such a thing is mentioned, you are an elites who does not know suffering. Rubbish. Uganda is selling young university graduates into slavery to Arabs. The Read More

Today in History – February 15 February 15, 2019 at 09:00AM — Library of Congress

Today in History – February 15 On February 15, 1898, an explosion of unknown origin sank the battleship U.S.S. Maine in the Havana, Cuba harbor, killing 266 of the 354 Read More

Wikipedia article of the day for February 15, 2019 No Way Out (2004)

The Wikipedia article of the day for February 15, 2019 is No Way Out (2004). No Way Out (2004) was an American professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Read More

“Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one.”

An Interview with Jane Sánchez, Law Librarian of Congress and Acting Deputy Librarian for Library Collections and Services “Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you Read More

African-American History Month: A Forgotten Tribute to President Abraham Lincoln — Library of Congress

African-American History Month: A Forgotten Tribute to President Abraham Lincoln By Wendi Maloney Published February 14, 2019 at 12:35PM This is a guest post by Lavonda Kay Broadnax, digital reference Read More

African-American History Month: A Forgotten Tribute to President Abraham Lincoln — Library of Congress

African-American History Month: A Forgotten Tribute to President Abraham Lincoln By Wendi Maloney Published February 14, 2019 at 12:35PM This is a guest post by Lavonda Kay Broadnax, digital reference Read More

African-American History Month: A Forgotten Tribute to President Abraham Lincoln — Library of Congress

African-American History Month: A Forgotten Tribute to President Abraham Lincoln By Wendi Maloney Published February 14, 2019 at 12:35PM This is a guest post by Lavonda Kay Broadnax, digital reference Read More

African-American History Month: A Forgotten Tribute to President Abraham Lincoln — Library of Congress

African-American History Month: A Forgotten Tribute to President Abraham Lincoln By Wendi Maloney Published February 14, 2019 at 12:35PM This is a guest post by Lavonda Kay Broadnax, digital reference Read More

African-American History Month: A Forgotten Tribute to President Abraham Lincoln — Library of Congress

African-American History Month: A Forgotten Tribute to President Abraham Lincoln By Wendi Maloney Published February 14, 2019 at 12:35PM This is a guest post by Lavonda Kay Broadnax, digital reference Read More

UGANDA: Legislators ask @MakerereU’s VC to resign – OR JUST FIRE HIM AND REDEEM THE SCHOOL

MPs tell Makerere VC Nawangwe to resign KAMPALA (edge.ug) – Members of Parliament have asked Makerere Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, to do the needful and resign for the country’s Read More