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Irish students stunned by Genocide history

Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and University College Dublin (UCD) students who are at the National University of Rwanda (NUR) for their post graduate research visited the Genocide Memorial site of Murambi and were shocked to learn what happened in Rwanda in 1994. After visiting the memorial site the students expressed their sorrow over the atrocities [...]

Third batch of Irish students join NUR

TCD during induction The National University of Rwanda (NUR) hosts year students of Master’s Development Practice (MDP) at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) since 2011. The students come in Rwanda during summer to carry out their internship program whereby they get induction to different sectors of life for one week period. The third group of students [...]

Take advantage of the regional bloc to improve your communities, students told

The Secretary General of the East African Community Dr. Richard Sezibera has called on students in the region to take advantage of the opportunities created through the East Africa Community (EAC) integration to improve their communities and their lives. Sezibera said this while addressing students at the East African Community Students Union Conference in Arusha, [...]

IBIDUKIKIJE: Imihindagurikire y’ikirere ngo yaba yaragiriye akamaro abakurambere

Harimo ibyo guhinga, guhiga, imitako y’abagore, intwaro, insyo, ingasire n’ibindi Abantu babaga muri Africa y’Epfo mbere y’uko amateka atangira kwandikwa (pre-histoire) mu gihe ubuzima bwari bushingiye ku bikoresho byo mu mabuye (Middle Stone Age), ngo bashobora kuba baragiye batera imbere mu ikoranabuhanga n’umuco mu bihe by’imvura, nk’uko byemezwa n’ubushakashatsi bwashyizwe ahagaragara n’abahanga bo muri kaminuza yo [...]

Rwanda to partner with Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Rwanda is considering partnering with policy innovators from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a way of building on the country’s development success. Researchers and academics from The Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), based at MIT joined Rwandan policy makers at a Decision Science Symposium this Tuesday, May 21, 2013. They discussed best practice policy [...]

Quality assurance experts discuss EAC varsities’ future

The East African Quality Assurance Forum which works under the Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) is meeting in Kigali to discuss issues of quality in EAC Universities. The forum was conceived in 2010 to promote sustained dialogue on quality assurance issues, practices and challenges. It is organized in collaboration with the National Commissions and [...]

NUR shines in capital market university challenge

The national University of Rwanda NUR emerged as the best overall winner during the Market Authority (CMA) university challenge. The CMA embarked on a new epic campaign, targeting students in tertiary institutions through the University Challenge. The University Challenge is an engaging competition for students at universities and other higher institutions of learning in the [...]

KIE don dies mysteriously

Fallen Don Dr. Jean de Dieu Baziruwiha A long serving senior lecturer at the Kigali Institute of Education (KIE) died on Monday on his way to work. Dr. Jean de Dieu Baziruwiha, was 49, and the Dean of the Faculty of Sciences at the Institute. He was born in Matyazo Sector of Ngororero District. He [...]

The new student loan scheme to ensure a sustainable future for tertiary education

SFB 2011 graduation: Government has introduced a new students’ loan scheme for university students  The government has established a new student loan scheme for university students with a sustainable financing mechanism that will cope with increased demand for tertiary education. According to a government paper explaining the new scheme, the mechanism will be maintain quality [...]

Umuntu wahimbye bwa mbere mu Rwanda Kandagirukarabe ubu abarizwa i Gicumbi

Umugabo witwa Twagirumukiza Emmanuel niwe wahimbye bwa mbere mu Rwanda igikoresho cya Kandagirukarabe mu rwego rwo gushaka kugabanya indwara zikomoka kumwanda. Uyu mugabo asanzwe akora akazi ko muri Raboratoire yo mukigo nderabuzima cya Muhondo mu murenge wa kageyo kurii uyu wa 3/4/2013 yadutangarije uburyo yagize igitekerezo cyo guhimba Kandagirukarabe. Avuga ko yabitewe n’uko yapimaga ibizamini [...]