In an era that is characterized by accelerated change, overwhelming complexity and tremedous competition, one must be equiped with the right skills to be accommodated. But what are some of these skills that one should perfect in order to stay relevant in the world today.

Well core skills, sometimes referred to as deep learning skills or 21st century learning skills, are the essential skills young people need to be fully prepared for life and work in a global economy

The...... Read More

Reference is made to a letter to the editor titled: “MPs who visited Namulonge fields did not get clear picture”, published in the New Vision of December 24, 2016. 

The writer questioned the capacity and qualifications of Members of Parliament to learn and understand issues surrounding biotechnology and genetic engineering so that they can correctly decide on the pending Biotechnology and Biosafety Bill. The writer, a university don, questions whether the honourable MPs have...... Read More

Anyone who is assigned a project at school or you have seen this advert in the magazine calling for students to submit in essays about a certain topic You know how easy it is to spend several long days followed by late nights on a piece of work, and still not feel totally satisfied.

The reason for this is because you are chasing an idea of perfection that cannot be reached. At first, this feels like the well-placed desire to create something of...... Read More

For many graduates and those completing university, the most dreaded moment of their lives is that job Ad that requires 3 years experience.

They wonder, what in the world wrong with employers? For those 3 years they were in a classroom preparing for this job. Isn’t that experience enough?

Well, not for so many jobs in Uganda. Your degree or diploma is not good enough to get you that job. You need to have practiced what you...... Read More

In every field of life and practice, things change over the course of time. But like the proverbial “upcoming artist” some things offer so much in terms of potential but grow so slowly that hope seems to die out. One such trend is wireless electricity.  The area of wireless power transmission is very interesting. The technology is in its infancy but the overall benefits from its maturation could be significant to society as a whole.

You would be surprised...... Read More

The largest cathedral you know started with a single block. This is also true for everything else, the pyramids, the obelisks, the white house, your home, the Mapeera house, name it. After the first block, then followed the consistency of placing several others over that one in a systematic manner.

The best movie you have watched started with a single syllable on a piece of paper and then followed a comma, then a sentence, then a paragraph, a chapter and...... Read More

In Uganda, when you hear Electrical engineer the first thing that comes to mind is usually UMEME. The name, the word and the brand have for a long time in this country become synonymous with the electrical engineering profession.

When I, and most definitely a large number of my classmates, joined university almost a decade ago now, many of us dreamt of one day working in UMEME. Often, I conversation with one of my village elders, when I had completed...... Read More

I once watched a man play the piano. He touched each key with such poise that the strings within respected his very demeanour. The notes rose from within to touch the air pieces in ways that tickled my ears with the very finesse of music hence prompting a rush of cold air around me. The chills that filled my body as I watched, listened and wondered at the same time ensued that the master had a crowd beyond the world....... Read More

Thomas Edison the man who invented the light bulb went to school for only three months in his life time. He went ahead all the same and made perhaps one of the most profound inventions of the 20th century. The man himself had a desire to learn. He had the desire to make a difference just like the person you are.

The list of great men, whose only forms of school were the world they lived in and the people...... Read More

The Sydney opera house stands out at the Sydney harbour as the jewel of Australia. It bears with it marks of a monument and is in itself a masterpiece. It has to this day become a symbol of what is fine in architecture and a very representative of what is great in Sydney Australia beside the Harbour bridge.

The building which is no just building stands of the coast like something out of another era. The inspiration for the design...... Read More

The Obama campaign perhaps took this slogan to another level. There was a sense of invincibility during that time that seemed to catch the world like a sweet disease. The people ranted behind this African American from Kenya to be specific. He like a strong wind out of nowhere swept across the masses with his calm rhetoric and articulated speech like a Shakespeare reborn. His word resonated in our ears like the song you have always wanted to hear one...... Read More

School is often boring, let us face it. It even becomes an absolute inconvenience at times. We would all rather wake up and remain in bed or play video games, watch television hang out with friends but well, no one ever gets to do that. After all that’s life. It is full of responsibilities and less interesting things that require us to wake up and be somewhere or do something.

For many, the most helpful things in school are outside...... Read More

Algorithms are running some of the coolest social media technologies on the web right now.

Algorithm is a fancy word for a set of rules to solve a problem. It is a math equation.

Everything from what products Amazon.com thinks you will like to the AdAge 150 blog rankings are determined by an algorithm. These formulas pull in constantly changing data points from around the web, weight the information, and give you a filtered result.

Why should we care?

To...... Read More

When it comes to hiring or promoting talent, law firms and legal departments have shifted 180 degrees in the partnerships they are seeking.  In just a handful of years, we have gone from the scenes of the 90s and early 2000s, when the economy was booming and organizations were just happy to get warm bodies in the door – to a strong, immediate reaction of downsizing and cutting out development programs – to today, where we see an increased internal...... Read More

 Law is one of the most popular career paths that students dream of pursuing.In Uganda,it is the mandate of National Council of Higher Education to grant charters to Universties that have met the requirements to teach a specific degree program.Here is a list of Universities that have the mandate to teach law in Uganda

1 Makerere University Kampala

2 Islamic University in Uganda - Mbale

3 Uganda Christian University - Mukono

4 Kampala...... Read More