UNAM Conferences 3rd Multi/Interdisciplinary Research Conference 2019 The Multi/Interdisciplinary Research Conference which was instituted in 2015 was the first bi-annual conference hosted by the University of Namibia’s Multidisciplinary Research Centre (MRC). This bi-annual conference was a means for MRC to fulfil its vision, mission and strategy. The key mission of the MRC is to “promote,…
University of Namibia (UNAM) Calling All Poets 2018 UNAM Press, in partnership with the National Arts Council of Namibia (NACN), calls on all established and new poets to submit unpublished poems to UNAM Press for an anthology of Namibian poetry. Send us well-crafted poems that employ skilful and imaginative use of language, metre and rhyme…
Short Courses On Offer – Certificate In Financial Risk Management (CFRM) 2018 The Department of Mathematics in the Faculty of Science at the University of Namibia presents the following short course to professionals at various financial institutions and/or individuals for the year 2019: CERTIFICATE IN FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT (CFRM) 18 February – 17 May 2019…
University of Namibia Callings All Poets UNAM Press, in partnership with the National Arts Council of Namibia (NACN), calls on all established and new poets to submit unpublished poems to UNAM Press for an anthology of Namibian poetry. Send us well-crafted poems that employ skilful and imaginative use of language, metre and rhyme and experiment…
German Universities seek to rewrite history with UNAM A German delegation of 11 from Frieburg/Baden- Wurttenberg this week, visited the University of Namibia on a fact finding mission for possible cooperation between various German universities and the University of Namibia. The main areas of collaboration will focus on Namibian and German History, culture and heritage….
UNAM News Professor Zappen-Thomson sets off to Rollins College A senior academic from the German Department has been invited to speak at the Thomas P. Johnson Distinguished Visiting Scholars Programme at Rollins College. Her talk, titled “Return to the Unknown: Namibian children return from East Germany” focuses on the socio-linguistic re-adjustment process of Namibian children…
UNAM News Mover and Shaker In online learning UNAM Director of the Centre for Open and Distance e-Learning, Dr Maggy Beukes-Amiss made it on the list of the one hundred most influential people in online learning in Africa.
UNAM Conferences 6th Annual Science Conference Conference Background A terrific idea suggested by Dean Gideon (now UNAM PVC: Academic Affairs) and his team early in 2013 was the establishment of the Faculty of Science (FoS) Annual Research Conference. The proposition was tabled and overwhelmingly approved by the faculty. The cardinal aim of the conference was…
Namibian Media and Communication Industry Conference Conference Background The conference will feature presentations on the history, development and current status of the Namibian media and communication industry. This would involve traditional media – radio, TV and newspaper -, film, social and new media, adjuncts of the media such as advertising and public relations entities, regulatory…
University of Namibia International Conference on Agriculture and Natural Resources – (ICANR 2018) Conference Background International Conference in Agriculture and Natural Resources (ICANR) was developed in 2017 by the University of Namibia, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, as a yearly event. It was established as a platform for discussing strategies for improving food and…