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Innovators and Researchers recognized at the 2022 National Communications Conference

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Part of the audience at the conferenve held at the Yusuf Lule Teaching Facility

St Mary’s Kisubi (SMACK) emerged the best in the School ICT Clubs Competition and were awarded a cash prize of ten Million Uganda Shillings. SMACK through its innovation, “School Eye” tussled it out with five schools that participated in the National Competition having won at their respective regions.

“The Eye” project is aimed at solving problems in the education sector that include inadequate monitoring of the syllabus, the high dropout rates, failure to meet the goals of the syllabus as well as the imbalances in the coverage of the syllabus.

The competition and awards were part of the 7th National Conference on Communications hosted by the College of Engineering, Design, Art and technology (CEDAT) and sponsored by the Uganda Communication Commission (UCC), the Research and Education Network for Uganda (RENU) and other stakeholders.

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Summer School Series 2025–2027

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May 8, 2025

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CEDAT embarks on revolutionizing Teaching, Research, and Innovation to Meet Societal Needs

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The College of engineering, Design, Art and Technology (CEDAT) embarked on the process for reviewing the ways of teaching and learning, research and innovation in order to produce graduates that are well shaped to meet the needs of the society.A two-day strategy workshop was convened from 14th to 15th April 2025 at Imperial Resort Beach Hotel in Entebbe, bringing together academia and others stakeholders, under the Theme; ‘Advancing Education, Research, Innovation for a transformative Future in Engineering, Design, Art and technology’.

The engagement was aimed at advancing the institution’s leadership, management practices, and its core academic functions and discussed strategies for driving excellence and preparing graduates for the job market.  It centered on three main objectives: promoting a better understanding of the roles of Academic Leaders and Administrative Heads in carrying out the University’s core functions, enhancing college management through effective customer care, communication, and documentation practices, and advancing teaching, research, and innovation to produce job-ready graduates.

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Industry Academia Exchange: Strengthening Collaboration for Skills Development and Innovation

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Realizing a gap between the Academia and Industry, the School of Engineering hosted a workshop on 16th, April 2025 aimed at strengthening the collaboration for Skills Development and Innovation to ensure that the engineering graduates have the relevant skills needed for the labor market and can contribute effectively to national development.

The workshop was officially opened by the Dean, School of Engineering Dr. Dorothy Okello who emphasized improving the relationship between the academia and industry by having continuous engagement and regularly inviting industry representatives to contribute to the curriculum. She proposed this engagement to be happening every two to three years, with a focus on regular discussions to enhance opportunities and align more closely with market needs aiming on collaboratively increasing productivity and improve the ultimate development for the involved parties.

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