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CoMPASS Logo Competition for Students

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“Communicating Migration and Mobility – E-Learning Programs and Newsroom Applications for Sub-Saharan Africa” (CoMMPASS) is an Erasmus+ project to be funded by the European Commission. Its aim is to foster journalism higher education institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa to conceptualize and implement a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) curriculum on media and migration. The overall objective is to promote the quality of information and public discourse about migration and mobility in countries of origin, transit, and destination. Six universities from Burkina Faso, Malawi and Uganda) will participate in the project, together with the university of Dortmund in Germany, the university institute of Lisbon in Portugal and several other associated partners, including Unesco, the African Media Initiative, the Media Challenge Initiative, the European Journalism Training Association, the
World Journalism Education Council and eight other African universities.

Aims of the logo

As part of the upcoming launch, the CoMMPASS project is launching a competition open to African students to design its logo. This logo should reflect the image of CoMMPASS in its role as an international project aimed at building the capacity of higher education institutions in media reporting on migration. It should visually identify the project and arouse curiosity about it.

Logo features

The logo must respect the following characteristics:

  • innovation: the logo must reflect the innovation promoted by CoMMPASS, it should be modern,
    adapted to the new digital tools and in line with the target audience;
  • originality: the logo must not be a copy or an adaptation of an existing logo;
  • readability: the logo must be simple and readable in order to be functional, i.e. easily
    recognisable and understandable, while providing a graphic quality. Shadows and shading are
    not recommended.

Technical requirements

Each student may propose as many logo proposals as they wish, but each one should:

  • have a maximum of two (2) colours, with a specific percentage of colour mixes;
  • be reproducible, ensuring optimal quality for the black and white version;
  • fit into a square format;
  • incorporate the CoMMPASS acronym (with a lowercase “o”) but not necessarily its long name
  • be in JPEG format or equivalent, with adequate image resolution;
  • be transposable to various communication tools;
  • be accompanied by a separate description in English or French, explaining its contents and
    components (the fonts used in particular).

The logo can take the form of an emblem (a text enclosed in an abstract symbol), a monogram (made up of letters), a pictogram (made up of symbols only) or be in a combined format.

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Deadlines

Logo proposals should be sent by email only to commpassjury@gmail.com before 2nd June, 2023 at 5:00PM EAT, with the name and contact details of the artist (name, first name, gender, telephone number and e-mail address), the name of his/her university, a description of each of the logos sent, and an attestation on honour of being the original artist who produced them. The applicant shall ensure that a document proving his/her identity is attached to his/her submission.

Participation in the contest is entirely free of charge.

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Mature Age Scheme Exam Results for 2025/2026

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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 Aptitude Exam  Results for 2025/2026 Academic Year released in February 2025 can be found here.

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Directorate of Graduate Training Completes Training of First Cohort Training of Supervisors

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By Moses Lutaaya

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.

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CEDAT’s Department of Architecture to Undergo Major Studio Refurbishment with Industry Support

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R-L: Arch. Kenneth Ssemwogerere (Head of Department, Architecture), Dr. Kizito Maria Kasule (Deputy Principal, CEDAT), and Mr. Kayongo Daniel (Plascon Uganda National Sales Manager) during the official handover of a donation at the College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology (CEDAT), Makerere University, on Tuesday, 25th June 2025.

The Department of Architecture at Makerere University’s College of Engineering, Design, Art, and Technology (CEDAT) is set to begin a significant refurbishment of its design studios starting 1st July 2025. This initiative marks a pivotal step in enhancing the learning environment for architecture students and fostering innovation in design education.

The refurbishment project has received a significant boost from Kansai Placon Uganda Limited, which donated UGX 15 million worth of paint to support the transformation. This contribution highlights the growing partnership between academia and industry in shaping the future of architectural education in Uganda.

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