Uganda especially in the Albertine in the west, Teso and Mt Elgon in the east are prone to climate vulnerability characterized by recurrent landslides and floods that have fatal results like the destruction of crops, destruction of residential areas including loss of lives. In October, over 200 lives and property were lost, following a landslide that occurred in 2010 (Kitutu, 2010).
The DAAD Alumni seminar scheduled for May 27th-1st June 2019 aims to work together with the local communities and district stakeholders to understand the key drivers of vulnerability and adaptive capacity of the Bududa communities to climate shocks and stresses.
Objectives
The objectives of the seminar are to;
support the thematic exchange and the networking and cooperation both among the alumni and with scientific, political, social, cultural, and economic institutions in the country and region.
together with the local community, district stakeholders engage in deliberate polling to come up with copying and adaptive sustainable measures that will increase community resilience to climate variability within identified hot spots areas.
extend and actively contributing to the alumni's competencies for meeting global challenges and promote the relationship of alumni with the DAAD and Germany.
create awareness on how to mitigate the climate shocks and stresses (landslides).
build capacity to appreciate the economic value of ecologic functioning of watersheds and support the sharing of experiences with the next generation of scholarship holders.
Profile of Participants
Eligible for participation are persons, who meet the following requirements:
DAAD alumni from East and Northeast African countries that have received a scholarship from DAAD for a period of at least 3 months. This might have been for study programmes in Germany or In-Country/In-Region programmes has to be proven.
Residencies from the most landslide prone sub-counties in Bududa (Bubita, Bududa, Bulucheke and Bushika areas) and Manafwa district.
Development partners from within the district, implementing restoration projects, and cultural leaders
Cost Coverage:
The project covers costs for:
Return flights (economy) or bus travel to Kampala / Uganda against receipt of the actual cost. Please provide tickets and boarding pass upon arrival
Accommodation and part of living expenses for the period of the seminar
Bus travel is included in the seminar excursion (from Kampala to Mbale District and back to Kampala)
Visa costs against receipt
Working material during the seminar
Health insurance has to be organized individually.
Note: All other costs, such as transport costs from participants´ home to the airport or travel cost for visa application in the home country have to be borne by the participants
For any further questions please contact the organization team via:
The results for the 2025/2026 special entry examination for the Diploma in Performing Arts held on Saturday 17th May, 2025. Candidates who scored a final mark of 50% and above passed the Examination and have been recommended to the university’s Admissions Committee for consideration.
The Office of Academic Registrar, Makerere University has released full results for the Mature Age Entry Scheme Examinations for the Academic Year 2025/2026 held on Saturday 14th December, 2024.
The Candidates who scored a final mark of 50% and above passed the examination and have been recommended by the Pre-Entry & Mature Age Committee to the University’s Admissions Board for Consideration.
The Directorate of Graduate Training (DGT) has in collaboration with Centre for Teaching and Learning completed the training of the first cohort of Graduate Supervisors.
Participants were academic staff from two colleges namely, College of Engineering, Art and Design (CEDAT) and the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES).
The three-day training that took place at the Telepresence Centre, Senate Building ended on Friday 20thJune 2025.
In his closing remarks to the participants, the Director of Graduate Training Prof. Julius Kikooma said, “This is the first cohort we are working together with the Center for Teaching and Learning to put together continuous professional development Program so that we are able to enforce the new teaching and learning policy.”
He said that before lecturers are allocated students for supervision, they must first go through this form of formal teaching and learning training to equip them thoroughly with certification required of supervision of graduate students.
“We are coming up with process to ensure that the certificates earned by participants allow you to supervise graduate students. This is the direction of the university and we must ensure that such trainings are concluded and completed successfully by all participants”, Prof. Kikooma.
Prof. Julius Kikooma – Director of Graduate Training
“We can only have you certified upon completing all the exercises in the training process. This is when you will be eligible to receive the work load for supervision”, He added.
“This training of Supervisors is going to be continuous so that all academic staff in colleges and schools are equipped. This first cohort is going to be our building block to the future trainings in the colleges.”
With such capacity building trainings, Prof. Kikooma said that the university is on the right path to achieving its targets in the new strategic plan of increasing the number of graduate students while progressively reducing the under graduate students.
He further hinted that, “We are in the process of writing a curriculum on this, which will be presented for approval before it is rolled out.”
He echoed all participants to share the knowledge they have acquired adding, “Share all you have learnt, do not keep it. Be open minded, have proper communication channels and the sky will be the limit for you.”
Dr. Robinah N. Kulabako, The Head of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at CEDAT welcomed the training adding, “This training is very pertinent. I have had the opportunity to supervise Masters and PhD students for over 15 years and I must say that the need to be subjected to this training cannot be over emphasized because there is need to learn, unlearn and relearn many aspects involved in the supervision process.”
She added, “We are moving towards knowledge-based supervision rather than experience-based supervision. This means we must be informed and equipped to be able to advise, guide and mentor to be able to lead a successful supervision journey for both supervisor and supervisee.”
Dr. Andrew Gilbert Were – a lecturer at CEDAT and a participant said, “It is important that all supervisors of graduate students receive this certification from Makerere University through a systematic training process that enables them to attain diverse skills to facilitate learning of graduate students from diverse cultures and with unique set of circumstances.”
“This training is long overdue. In fact, it was an oversight that we could be allowed to supervise students without undergoing supervisors’ training.”
Dr. Dorothy Ssebowa, The Director Centre for Teaching and Learning support- CEES said, “The training this time round has had a mix of early career professionals including Lecturers, Supervisors and Professors share experiences. We have learnt a lot more from experienced supervisors who have shared practices on how they have done supervision over the years.”
“The knowledge and experience-based approaches have made this collaboration very active, interactive and learner centered which has resulted into a collaborative learning from the interdisciplinarity of staff from CEDAT and CAES. The issue now is to continue with professional development across all levels.” She added.
The Makerere University Directorate of Graduate Training (DGT) in collaboration with the Centre for Teaching and Learning completed the training of the first cohort of Graduate Supervisors. This activity was supported by the iCARTA – Institutionalization of Advanced Research Training in Africa, a NORHED II Project at Makerere University.