Announcement

Join IREX on Thursday 22 October 2.00PM for a candid conversation on accountability and transparency in resourcing Kenya’s COVID – 19 Response! Register now at https://bit.ly/33ZcBvB to secure your spot and interact with the dynamic panel.

This webinar is the first in a series under the IREX implemented, Ford Foundation supported COVID - 19 Resourcing Data Project. The initiative seeks to improve the utilization of and accountability around resources in the context of Kenya’s COVID-19 response.

#KenyaCOVIDaccountability #KenyaCOVIDDashboard  www.kenyacovid19.org

Welcome to the 8th Boot Camp session organized by the Hult Prize UoN On Campus team. The speaker, Irene Mwihaki, is a seasoned startup coach and an entrepreneur. 

The Facilitator, Elsie Christine is the Assistant Director, Hult Prize UoN On Campus Program and a student at the University of Nairobi. 

Date: October 14, 2020

Time: 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Topic: ‘Virtual Proposition in Start-Up’

Click on the link below to register for the meeting: click here

The University of Nairobi will be hosting the first ever virtual Research Week from the 12th to 16th of October 2020. Due to the on-going COVID-19 Pandemic, the conferences will be held online. There are 868 registered participants from the 5 continents who will participate in the event.

This is the 3rd of the annual event and will comprise of 13 separate academic conferences. Expected are global participants from academia, government and industry. There are 347 presentations with 40 plus Keynote speakers.

There are 7 conferences on the first day, Monday the 12th. They are:

·         2nd International Conference on Open, Distance and E-Learning

·         2nd Annual International Conference of Project Management

·         3rd Annual Victimology and Victim Support Conference

·         3rd Annual Architecture and Engineering

·         Library and Information Science - Webinar

·         Value Creating and Critical Thinking in a Global World (Department of Literature)

·         5th DBA – AMR Conference

The second day, (Tuesday the 13th) will see the launch of the:

·         2nd Development Finance Conference

·         ICRIE Conference

Wednesday will have the most conferences taking place in any single day with 11 slotted. They will include:

·         CBPS Conference

·         3rd Annual Nairobi International Multidisciplinary Conference

·         3rd Annual Status of Women Conference

On the 15th, AIBUMA Conference will be the final conference to kick off and it will run for 2 day, closing on the 16th/10/2020, the last day of the event.

Research Week is an annual event hosted by the University of Nairobi in October each year. The week features different conferences covering a diverse range of academic disciplines, one of which is bound to meet your interest and area of expertise. The conferences provide a forum meant to enable you present your work, engage with your colleagues, and learn about the latest developments in your field.

The conference will be held on the Microsoft Teams platform. For a useful short video on how to use Teams, click on https://uonresearch.org/useful-short-video-on-how-to-use-microsoft-teams/

To find out more on the individual conferences, go to https://uonresearch.org/researchweek2020/

Here are the attached Programmes:

College of Biological and Physical Sciences programme

College of Education and External Studies programme

College of Humanities and Social Sciences programme

DBA Programme

DLIS Programmes

Finance programme

Literature programme

ODeL programme

The 2nd Annual International Conference of Project Management programme

Victimology programme

The University has research output with high potential for use in society and commercialization. Some of this research output has been identified and protected. The products and processes that have potential for commercialization are in various stages of development. Some need more research, prototyping, market research and others are ready for marketing. The IPMO proposes to train staff, students and researchers from various units of the University, so that these products and processes can be protected, moved along into the product development and commercialization phase for the benefit of the researcher, the University and the society.

The training is intended to be practical and therefore the resource persons are drawn from invention/innovation incubation based organizations, inventors with commercialized Intellectual Property and those with relevant business skills.

The training will be held using TEAMS® from 9.00 to 2.00 PM on Tuesday 10th November 2020. The resource persons will include Prof. Tom Ogada, Dr. Kenneth Chelule, Dr. Robert Karanja, Prof. Cyrus Iraya and Prof. Mary Kinoti.

Click here to register

Training Details Write up

The Institute for Development Studies (IDS), University of Nairobi, is pleased to invite you to a virtual event today, Friday, October 9, 2020 from 2.00 PM to 5.00 PM.

Prof. Sharon Fonn, Prof. Tade Aina and Prof. Fumni Olonisakin will discuss 'The Role of the Academy in the Development Processes: Dimensions and Perspectives at a critical juncture for Development.’

Register to attend the seminar through this link.

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Stephen Kiama, will give a virtual address to the University of Nairobi community today, Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 3.30 pm.

Follow the live address through the YouTube link.

In accordance with the provisions of Article 16 Subsection (1 and 2) of the UNSA Constitution (2017), I hereby announce that the UNSA online elections shall be held on Friday, November 13th, 2020.

 Prospective eligible candidates and students are advised to carefully familiarize themselves with the UNSA 2017 Constitution and the Rules and Regulations Governing the Organization, Conduct and Discipline of Students, which are available on the University of Nairobi Website http://www.uonbi.ac.ke/downloads. A soft copy of the UNSA Constitution has been circulated through your official University email address.

The attention of candidates, their supporters and the entire student fraternity is drawn to the UNSA Electoral Code of Conduct 2017 (Schedule 4 of the UNSA Constitution) and to the UNSA elections offences and penalties 2017 (Schedule 5 of the UNSA Constitution) for their information and compliance.

You are cordially invited to a Webinar session  to be hosted by Oracle in partnership with the University of Nairobi, Office of Career Services.

Oracle offers the world’s largest suite of enterprise class cloud applications (SaaS), platform technologies (PaaS) and Infrastructure Services (IaaS) delivering world-class functionality from state of the art data centers distributed all over the world. Oracle also offers a wide range of trainings in different areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things and Blockchain.

This Webinar session will focus on the ‘free online courses being offered by Oracle’.

Date: Thursday October 8, 2020

Time: 3.00pm

Webinar Platform: Zoom

Link: Zoom Link

All staff and students are welcome to attend.

The online version of the Varsity Focus September 2020 is out. The edition focuses on our activities for the first half of the year. In this issue we covered the installation of the 8th Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Stephen Kiama, who also shared his vision for the University. We have highlighted a special feature on the University’s key role in the concerted global initiatives in the fight against COVID-19.

Click here to get your issue. Happy reading.

The Institute for Development Studies (IDS), University of Nairobi, is pleased to invite you to a series of IDS Day seminars starting on Thursday, October 8, 2020. The seminars comprise presentations by leading African scholars and researchers.

Since its inception on October 8, 1965, IDS has carried out research on issues of development concern and has been collaborating with partners locally and globally to influence development policy and practice. The seminars will also pay attention to the Kenya debate of the 70s and 80s– ‘What went right’ and ‘what has gone wrong’.

The first virtual event will take place from 2:00 PM to 5.00 PM on Thursday, October 8, 2020, EAT. Prof. Anyang’ Nyong’o, Prof. Issa Shivji, and Prof. Ibbo Mandaza will discuss ‘Development Policy Debate 50 Years On’.

The second virtual event will also take place from 2:00 PM to 5.00 PM on Friday, October 9, 2020, EAT. Prof. Sharon Fonn, Prof. Tade Aina, and Prof. Fumni Olonisakin will discuss 'The Role of the Academy in the Development Processes: Dimensions and Perspectives at a critical juncture for Development. 

Kindly find attached the concept note and two posters of the event. The two have a live zoom link for registration purposes.

8th Webinar registration

9th Webinar registration