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 feedback on the English language by someone I mentor

UGANDA: The English Language. ONE OF THE CUTEST FEEDBACK EVER If only one out of 1,000 listens to my advice and follows it, then my work is done. CHECK THIS Read More

Today in History – January 24 — Library of Congress

Today in History – January 24 On January 24, 1848, James W. Marshall discovered gold on the property of Johann A. Sutter near Coloma, California. Continue reading. Click here to search Read More

Wikipedia’s Article of the Day January 24, 2020: Decipherment of ancient Egyptian scripts

Image may be subject to copyright The decipherment of ancient Egyptian scripts was accomplished in the early nineteenth century by several European scholars, especially Jean-François Champollion (pictured) and Thomas Young.Read More

Wikipedia’s Article of the Day January 23, 2020: Suillus luteus

Image may be subject to copyright Suillus luteus is a bolete fungus common in its native Eurasia and widely introduced elsewhere. English names such as “slippery jack” refer to the Read More

Today in History – January 23 — Library of Congress

Today in History – January 23 On January 23, 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell graduated from Geneva Medical College. She was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United Read More

UGANDA: Graft is costing you a lot

LeeAnnWomack #IhopeYouDance https://youtu.be/RV-Z1YwaOiw This song always reminds of my great friend Noelle Kemmler from Switzerland. She used to give me $1,000 yearly for my project of buying school supplies for Read More

Researching the U.S. Supreme Court at the Library of Congress — Library of Congress

Researching the U.S. Supreme Court at the Library of Congress By Wendi Maloney Published January 22, 2020 at 11:00AM The Supreme Court hearing a case in 1986. Artist: Marilyn Church.Read More

Researching the U.S. Supreme Court at the Library of Congress — Library of Congress

Researching the U.S. Supreme Court at the Library of Congress By Wendi Maloney Published January 22, 2020 at 11:00AM The Supreme Court hearing a case in 1986. Artist: Marilyn Church.Read More

Researching the U.S. Supreme Court at the Library of Congress — Library of Congress

Researching the U.S. Supreme Court at the Library of Congress By Wendi Maloney Published January 22, 2020 at 11:00AM The Supreme Court hearing a case in 1986. Artist: Marilyn Church.Read More

Today in History – January 22 — Library of Congress

Today in History – January 22 On January 22, 1912, the nearly twenty thousand residents of the city of Key West, Florida, located on a small island some 128 miles Read More