Announcement
The online version of the special edition of Varsity Focus December 2020 is out. The edition focuses on our achievements and milestones made in the last five decades. Here is a glimpse of the historical journey of the University for the last 50 years. Click this link to get your issue https://uonbi.ac.ke/varsity-focus-december-2020
Enjoy reading and feel free to give us feedback on pr@uonbi.ac.ke.
The Office of Career Services' mission is to produce employable, skilled, innovative and market-ready graduates through the development of Technical, Leadership and Soft Skills of students, linking students to Industry partners for job and internship opportunities, mentorship & counselling services, graduate tracking services, high school recruitments, students exchange programs, apprenticeship services and alumni networking among others.
The Office of Career Services would like to track all the 2020 graduates to enable us to share available job and internship opportunities. Please take a moment to fill the form on the link below.
Register here: https://forms.gle/jvTmKcq4s8wyuhgG9
Happy Holidays
The Centre for Pedagogy and Andragogy, College of Education and External Studies invites you to a 2–day webinar.
When: Tuesday 15th December and Wednesday December 16th December 2020 at 10:30am-1pm.
Topic: The Trends in Higher Education Pedagogy
Registration Link:
Register in advance for this meeting: After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
More information on the webinar:
Tuesday: 15th December 2020
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Beatrice Muganda- Ag. Executive Director, Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR)
Chief Guest: Prof. Stephen G. Kiama- Vice-Chancellor, University of Nairobi
Wednesday: 16th December 2020
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Khaemba Ongeti- Moi University
Chief Guest: Prof. Julius A. Ogeng’o- Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic Affairs
PANELISTS
1) Prof. Esther Sakyi-Dawson - University of Ghana
2) Dr. Jared Ongaro - University of Nairobi
3) Prof. Natasja Holtzhausen - University of Pretoria
4) Prof. Susan Kilonzo - Maseno University
5) Prof. Patrick O. O. Digolo - University of Nairobi
6) Prof. Samson Ondigi - Kenyatta University
7) Mr. Simon Wanda- UNESCO, Paris
The University of Nairobi will officially launch the Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub (WEE Hub) on December 16, 2020. The Hub is a partnership between the University of Nairobi and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The WEE Hub is housed at the African Women Studies Centre (AWSC) in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
The vision of the WEE Hub is the full realization of Women’s Economic Empowerment and the mission is to be a thought- leader in producing cutting-edge, innovative, rigorous, and accessible evidence through research for impacting policy formulation, implementation and up-scaling for full realization of women’s empowerment
The WEE Hub intends to achieve this by producing cutting edge, innovative, rigorous, and accessible research in Affirmative Action Funds and Entrepreneurship; Women in formal and informal employment and women’s economic empowerment; childcare and women’s work and women’s movement and policy advocacy for women’s economic empowerment.
The WEE Hub is multi-disciplinary and multi-sectoral and will serve as a research and evidence hub, with the aim of strengthening the generation and use of evidence to advance women’s economic empowerment (WEE) and gender equality in Kenya.
The WEE Hub will officially be launched by Prof. Margaret Kobia, Cabinet Secretary for Public Service and Gender. Join us during this historic event.
For the pre-launch seminar, kindly use the details below:
You are invited to a Zoom webinar.
When: Dec 16, 2020 01:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Topic: WOMEN ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT HUB PRE LAUNCH PROGRAMME
Register in advance for this webinar here: After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
For the official launch, kindly use the details below:
You are invited to a Zoom webinar.
When: Dec 16, 2020 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Women Economic Empowerment Hub Launch
Huawei UniTech Talk 4th Edition：When ICT Meets the Wild Nature
Date: 15th December 2020, 10:00AM-11:30AM
The online lecture will feature 3 Kenyan students who participated in the Huawei ICT Competition Innovation Competition.
Registration Link Registration Deadline: 14th December 2020, 10:00AM
About UniTech Talk:
UniTech Talk is a series of ICT tech online lecture hosted by Huawei which is free and open to all university students.
Follow Huawei Kenya official Twitter @HuaweiKenya and Facebook @huaweitechnologieskenya for more information.
For any question please contact: huaweikenya@huawei.com
Welcome to a webinar presentation of the Nano Satellite Platform for University of Nairobi (NaSPUoN) Project: Sponsored by KSA Research Chair Grant.
When: Dec 16, 2020 - 03:00 PM
Register in advance for this meeting on this link:zoom registration
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Are you a Kenyan studying French and would like to become an English Language Assistant in France for 7 months?
The recruitment campaign for English language assistants in France for the 2021-2022 school year is now open until 8th January 2021.
About 50 English assistant positions in metropolitan France and the French Overseas Communities are offered to Kenyan students for the 2021-2022 academic year. Worldwide, approximately 5000 positions are open to more than 50 nationalities of candidates.
Why?
This program is designed to give Kenyan students the opportunity to discover a new region and culture by working alongside an English teacher in a French school environment. It is not aimed at experienced teachers, and whether or not students intend to become language teachers, it is a fantastic opportunity to gain seven months of international professional experience.
This program is open to students of all disciplines who can demonstrate a competence in French, and who are seeking to increase their linguistic and cultural proficiency.
50 Positions are available to Kenyan nationals.
What is the Role of the Assistant?
• Participate in language training for students in and out of class. Leading study on themes of civilization and, in general, aiming to interest students and teachers in the language and culture of Kenya.
• Provide help in the classroom with oral and written English for small groups of students. Working either with a teacher in their class, or leading a variety of exercises with a small group of students, or conducting a variety of activities outside of school hours, accompanying the teachers. The assistant will be expected to organize oral expression activities on their own with small groups of students or to work alongside the supervising teacher with the whole class.
• Provide linguistic and cultural assistance to teachers. The assistant can help the teachers on many extra occasions: visits, exchanges, exhibitions, drama groups, publication of a newspaper, school correspondence, club activities, creation of didactic material.
Who is eligible?
• Candidates must be KENYAN citizens. Permanent residents are not eligible.
• Candidates must be between 20 and 35 years of age at the time of taking up their positions
• Candidates must have completed their secondary education in KENYA.
• Candidates must be enrolled at an KENYAN university at the time of application.
• Candidates must have completed at least two years of university studies.
• A minimum Level B1 in French is required
• Candidates must be native English speakers.
• Candidates should preferably be single, as the salary of an assistant is not adequate to support dependents.
Conditions of exercise
Duration: 7 months from 1 October 2021 to 30 April 2022. The duration of the stay may not be shortened or modified at the candidate’s discretion, except in cases of force majeure. Assistants enjoy the same holidays as French students and teachers.
Weekly service of 12 hours in class and preparation time for courses and activities to be scheduled of about 12 hours also. A "club" at the meridian break may also be asked to lead for one hour a week.
Positions available in primary and secondary schools. This service can be spread over one, two or three establishments.
Remuneration: currently, the net monthly salary of an assistant working in metropolitan France is €795. Please note that your first salary will be paid at the end of November 2021. You must therefore be able to advance your expenses (housing, insurance, rental deposit, telephone subscription, living and installation expenses) during the first two months in France. We strongly recommend that you provide a sum of money equivalent to at least 1500 euros for your first two months in France before receiving your first allowance.
Social security coverage: The assistants are covered by the French Social Security for the duration of their contract. A civil liability insurance and a mutual insurance will be required.
Your visa: The French embassy in Kenya grants a free visa.
Transport: International transport to France is the responsibility of the assistant.
The French Embassy will offer 3 tickets to those who present the best results to the DELF/DALF.
Your accommodation: Accommodation in France is the responsibility of the assistant. It is therefore essential to find out about the rental property price in France (rents) and the disparities between the different academies. In order to statistically increase your chances of benefiting from accommodation provided by the host institution, it is advisable to focus on the following academies: Nancy-Metz, Besançon, Limoges, Caen, Rennes. Also note that the cost of living differs from region to region.
You will find all the information on the guide for the language assistant in France.
How?
Applications must be completed online by Friday January 8th, 2021.
Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted.
You will find all the information on the guide for language assistants in France
https://www.ciep.fr/en/foreign-language-assistants-in-france /
https://www.ciep.fr/sites/default/files/atoms/files/assistants-langues_informations-pratiques_en.pdf /
https://www.france-education-international.fr/sources/assistants-etrangers-france/guide-assistant-de-langue-en-france-2020-2021/
APPLICATION FORM ONLINE:
The application form must be filled in electronically: https://www.france-education-international.fr/sites/default/files/atoms/files/dossier-candidature-unique-alve-2021-2022.pdf
You can download the tutorial by clicking here
Your application should be sent to application2020alveke@gmail.com and in hard copy to the French Embassy P.O.Box 41784 – 00100, Nairobi
For any supplementary information or questions, kindly get in touch with julie.briand@diplomatie.gouv.fr
The Institute for Climate Change and Adaptation, College of Biological and Physical Sciences, invites you to a webinar titled: ‘A Crisis of Climate or Choice? Risks and response to improving water security for the poor.’
The lecture is on the climate crisis from the perspective of social choices in rural Africa and Asia. We situate the discussion in terms of the risks and responses people face in their lives and livelihoods at home, work and school. Drawing upon inter-disciplinary research with practitioners in multiple countries, we review multi-decadal data which provides insights into the structural inequalities which constrain the daily chores of rural people. A legacy of well-meaning but poorly executed policy and investments demand new thinking in allocating water security risks and responsibilities between communities, markets and states. We discuss emerging responses including the launch of performance based funding for rural water services for over one million people in the Central African Republic, Burkina Faso, Kenya and Uganda.
Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Time: 4.00 pm
Zoom Link Kindly register in advance
The School of Law invites you to the 8th CB Madan Prize and Memorial Lecture on the Rule of Law and Development, which will be delivered by His Excellency Prof. Kivutha Kibwana, Governor of Makueni County and a former dean of the School of Law. The lecture will form part of the intellectual discourse that the University is having to commemorate its 50th anniversary.
During the event, the post-doctoral legal scholars of the University of Nairobi's School of Law will be awarded the 8th CB Madan Prize of 2020 for their commitment and outstanding scholarly contribution to constitutionalism and the rule of law in Kenya.
The CB Madan Prize is awarded by the Platform Magazine to individuals who have demonstrated significant effort to support constitutionalism and the rule of law. It is the most prestigious legal award in the country and former recipients of the award include: Hon. Chief Justice David Maraga (2017); former Chief Justice Willy Mutunga (2016); Hon. Lady Justice Mumbi Ngugi (2018); and Hon. Mr. Justice John Michael Khamoni (2015).
The recipients of this year’s prize are the Bachelor of Laws alumni who have attained their Doctor of Philosophy degrees (PhDs) between 1970 and 2020. Kindly find attached the CB Madan Citation for the Post-Doctoral Legal Scholars, which was published in the November and December issues of the Platform Magazine.
Apart from advancing public policy goals of societal transformation, the CB Madan Memorial Lecture will bring together distinguished scholars and stakeholders who have been promoting the rule of law in the last 50 years.
Date: December 8, 2020 (Tuesday)
Time: 2:00 PM EAT
Register in advance for this event:Zoom registration
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.