ARUA Center of Excellence for Non-Communicable Diseases - Mini-Grants 2020-2021

Introduction and Purpose UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) through the Global Challenges Research Fund has awarded the University of Nairobi on behalf of the ARUA Center of Excellence for Non-Communicable Diseases (ACE-NCD) a capacity building grant. Part of the funds is to provide mini-grants in support of scoping studies and pilot studies that lead to strengthening research collaboration among researchers in the ACE-NCD universities, and strengthen proposals submitted by ACE-NCD teams to conduct cutting-edge research that addresses one of the thematic areas listed below.

KUCCPS INTER-INSTITUTION TRANSFER IS NOW OPEN.

The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service has opened the online application system for inter-institutional transfer applications. The application is open for KCSE(2019) candidates who have been successfully placed in various universities and TVET institutions but wish to transfer to other institutions. The students  portal for inter-institution application will be open for a period of two (2) months from June 16, 2020 to August 16, 2020.

Aftermath of Covid-19 requires Africa to be bold in its path to recovery

Quoting the late American civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr., Songwe said Africa needs to remain awake and help find solutions to the pandemic as restrictions put in place to curtail the virus begin to be eased.

“This is a time to be bold. It is a time when we need to come together to ask if we are responding to the call of the youth,” she said.