IUM Appoints New Pro-Vice Chancellor for Administration and Management Dr. Demus K Makuwa has been appointed as the Pro-Vice Chancellor for Administration and Management at IUM with effect from October 2018. Dr Makuwa joined IUM in November 2013 as the Director of Quality Assurance and Management. Prior to that he was the Executive Director of…
IUM Bids Farewell To Outgoing Indian High Commissioner Professor Kingo Mchombu, Acting Vice-Chancellor of IUM, paid a courtesy visit to the High Commission of India in Namibia earlier this month to bid farewell to His Excellency Tuhin Kumar, the outgoing Indian High Commissioner, who completed his three-year diplomatic term of service. The purpose of the…
Science Is Everywhere At NUST Recently, staff of the Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences took part in the 2018 Science Week. The outreach initiative was organised by Goethe-Institut, and the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME), with support from various partners such as NUST. The Week aims to increase awareness of the role science…
NUST Wins National Cyber Security Competition 2018 NUST has once again won the annual Namibia National Cyber Security Competition (NNCSC). The competition, being held for the fourth time, is aimed at creating awareness for cyber security threats. The theme of the NNCSC was “Trust, But Verify,” which aimed at promoting responsible online behaviour within organisations….
NUST holds 1st National Students’ Research Symposium – 2018 Honourable Dr Becky Ndjoze-Ojo, Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Training and Innovation (front row, seventh from left), pictured with staff and students from the institutions that were represented at the Symposium. Nurturing Potential, Sharing Knowledge At NUST The first-ever National Students’ Research Symposium was held last…
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in partnership with the National Arts Council of Namibia (NACN), calls on all established and new poets to submit unpublished poems to UNAM Press for an anthology of Namibian poetry.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…
Maritime Engineering School mooted for UNAM The University of Namibia will soon have a Maritime Engineering school. The Institute has entered into a partnership with the Confederation of Namibian Fishing Associations. Through this partnership UNAM will gain access to the fishing industry for research purposes.
Paradigm shift needed to accelerate hygiene in informal settlements: University of Namibia WINDHOEK, 20 OCT – The City of Windhoek (CoW) is busy working with the University of Namibia (UNAM) to deploy health and criminal anthropologists to study the behaviour of communities of the Havana and Goreangab informal settlements here. This, according to CoW Health…
University of Namibia Innovation takes centre stage 2018 Under the theme ‘promoting strategic innovative research and development for Namibia’s industrialisation, the University of Namibia (Unam) Katima Mulilo campus held its annual research and innovation day on 16 October. The day serves as a platform for providing learning and knowledge-sharing opportunities for both upcoming and seasoned…