Spire Education is doing it again, this coming Friday Startup Weekend is happening again – another great opportunity to help entrepreneurs turn their ideas into businesses. Previous events have seen great ideas being challenged by experienced entrepreneurs and startup coaches. The event challenges the young entrepreneurs to think different by…
Mr Mbeki said serious intellectual input is required for social-economic development of the continent. He observed that universities must produce critical-thinking and knowledgeable youths to bring out a stable society and drive out political violence adding that his vision is to have guns silenced in the continent by the year…
The Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho: MEXT) Scholarship program for 2018 is now open. Two seminars will be held to facilitate sharing of information regarding the scholarships. Both seminars will be held at the Japan Information & Culture Centre, Embassy of Japan from 2:00 pm on May 3, 2017, and May 6,…
Mitsubishi Corporation has awarded 14 University of Nairobi students scholarships through its annual Mitsubishi Corporation International Scholarships Programme. The selected students, drawn from the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies and the School of Biological Sciences (BSc degree in Environmental Conservation and Natural Resources Management), come from needy backgrounds and…
Vending machines are selling increasingly novel items: cupcakes, live crabs and fresh baguettes. In China, you can now add HIV testing kits to that list. China is piloting the use of vending machines that sell HIV testing kits on university campuses. The goal is to reach students who may be…
Sharing on Facebook is an everyday thing for its 1.8 users. And while a political rant or tribute to your beloved may draw a flurry of “likes”, few people would call them literature. But now Delhi University begs to differ – and hopes to add “Facebook post writing” to its English…
The elite Brooklyn Technical HS is gaining a reputation for sleazy teachers. A fourth staffer in two years has engaged in an “inappropriate relationship” with a student, investigators charge. English teacher David Lo, 39, bombarded a girl with e-mail messages, nudging her to meet him outside of school — and…
The gap between the skills people learn and the skills people need is becoming more obvious, as traditional learning falls short of equipping students with the knowledge they need to thrive, according to the World Economic Forum report New Vision for Education: Fostering Social and Emotional Learning Through Technology. Today’s…
Students who completed exams as early as August 2016 haven’t received their transcripts this is because according to a senior university official the university has procured neither ink cartridges and toners to print the examination transcripts. This is a shocking revelation raising eyebrows as to how students are allowed to…
The Pre ultimate Varsity Awards is set for 28th of April, 2017. There will be awards for winners in the various categories. Moi University entertainment segment is set to have more this. awards to nurture talent and encourage talented youths not to leave their talents to waste. It has been said that…