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Call for Participation in Student Hackathon on Designing for Sustainable Development

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Participants in the online professional leadership programme - Managing Innovation for Sustainable Health at their first physical meeting in Uganda in May 2022. Photo: CESH.
Participants in the online professional leadership programme - Managing Innovation for Sustainable Health at their first physical meeting in Uganda in May 2022. Photo: CESH.

The Center of Excellence for Sustainable Health, through its project on Building Capacity for sustainable development in fragile states, is soliciting applications from STUDENTS, both undergraduate and postgraduate, for a combined short mentorship program and hackathon. This activity aims to gather a multisectoral student group to equip them with tools to experiment designing practical and creative solutions to everyday challenges in their communities as they work towards realizing the sustainable development 2030 agenda.

How to apply: We require students to write short concepts describing their creative approach to solving development challenges in their communities. Submissions should be made using the template provided via this link before August 19th, 2023.

What to expect: Successful applicants will receive a free training and mentorship on essentials of innovation in designing practical solutions to local development challenges conducted by a team of experts. The participants will then participate in a hackathon, using the skills, knowledge, and available tools to design and rapid prototype (develop early testable samples/models of the solution) creative solutions.They will then pitch to compete in groups and a prize will be awarded to the best team at the end of the program.
Important dates

  1. Application deadline: August 18th, 2023, 23:59 Hrs
  2. Training program: August 28th – September 30th, 2023 (1 day per week)
  3. Hackathon: October 2nd – October 18th, 2023 (1 day per week)
  4. Mentorship workshops: October 21st, 2023 – November 20th, 2023

    Please contact Irene Wanyana iwanyana@musph.ac.ug (0774968944) or Rawlance Ndejjo rndejjo@musph.ac.ug (077778397) or Tonny Muwonge tonysteinn25@gmail.com (0753414942)

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    The dissemination event held on Wednesday 29th November 2023 follows the successful completion of two MakRIF supported Research projects namely; Development of rice husk based granular activated carbon for point-of-use water treatment systems and Development of zeolite-based nanocomposite filters for drinking water treatment.

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    Apac District gains from CEDAT’s Research on Piloting a Rural Broadband Connectivity Model and Efficacious patient management system

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    The findings of the research sponsored by the Government of Uganda through the Makerere University research and Innovation Fund(MakRIF) were disseminated during a dissemination seminar held in the College on Friday 24th November 2023, where it was revealed that  Apac the host District greatly benefited from the services that not only led to the increased uptake of internet services but also gained through other socio economic areas.

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    Application Forms for Admission to Public Universities 2024/2025

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    November 30, 2023

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    The Academic Registrar, Makerere University informs all Head Teachers of A ‘Level schools that application forms for admission to public universities for senior six candidates (UACE 2023) for the 2024/2025 academic year will be ready for collection from the university from Monday 4th December, 2023.

    The application forms should be collected from the Office of the Academic Registrar, Senate Building, Level 3, Makerere University.

    Issuing of the application forms will start on Monday, 4th December 2023 on payment of a non-refundable application fee of Uganda Shs. 52,000/=(fifty two thousand Uganda shillings only) per application form.

    You are advised to get a pay reference number (PRN) using the ACMIS system (http://pay.mak.ac.ug) to enable you pay the application fees in any bank used by Uganda Revenue Authority (URA).

    The forms are for Ugandans only.

    Please note that only Head Teachers or their authorized representatives will be served.

    The closing date for submitting the completed application forms will be Wednesday 31st January, 2024.

    Prof. Buyinza Mukadasi
    ACADEMIC REGISTRAR

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