Postgraduate Teaching Assistants (PTAs) take up their positions on or soon after 1 September. Postgraduate Teaching Assistants (PTAs) are students working towards a PhD who carry out up to 75 hours of small group teaching of undergraduates on Birmingham Law School’s LLB programmes. The School p aplications are welcome from well-qualified graduates working in […]
Equitas International Human Rights Training Program: The International Human Rights Training Program is a three-week participatory training on human rights education conducted around June of every year for human rights educators. The training is conducted in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The annual three-week training session brings together approximately 120 participants from over 60 countries. The International […]
The World Bank in partnership with the Agency for Promoting Sustainable Development Initiatives (ASDI) and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development will tomorrow, February 1, 2012 launch a pilot project for the promotion of bioelectricity in Uganda at Kayei Landing Site, Akokoro Sub-County, Apac District. Over 100 households in the area around Kayei Landing Site […]
The United Nations has called for more efforts to combat desertification which is increasingly affecting more and more people. The international development agency says scientific and financial resources are needed to counter the growing risks of droughts that all too frequently lead to famine and poverty. This was at the opening of a two-week session […]
News Release Global production of biofuels increased 17 percent in 2010 to reach an all-time high of 105 billion liters, up from 90 billion liters in 2009. High oil prices, a global economic rebound, and new laws and mandates in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, and the United States, among other countries, are all factors behind […]
Most In-Depth Exploration To Date of China’s Green Economy Finds Huge Potential for Job Growth. Inconsistent Methodologies, Fast-Growing Industries, and Incomplete Data Make Measuring Job Creation Difficult China’s massive and fast-growing economy could create millions of new green jobs over the next eight years, according to a new report from the Worldwatch Institute. The study is […]
The Metrology department is predicting that most parts of the country may not receive rainfall until the month of September. The department public relations officer Kalid Muwembe says the months of July and August are generally going to be dry in most of the parts of the country including the east, west, central and the […]
The government has advised all schools and the private sector to put in place lightening conductors on their buildings to avoid being struck by lightening. According to commissioner meteorology Nkalubo Micheal, teachers and the general public should also avoid taking shelter under trees during rainy times, in addition to walking in open places like playing […]
At the close of UN climate talks in Bonn that failed to address the huge shortfall in emission targets compared to what the science suggests is necessary, Ambassador Pablo Solon of the Plurinational State of Bolivia called for a high-level meeting to discuss how to drastically reduce climate pollution. “In order to have success at […]
The minister of Water environment and Forestry Maria Mutagamba has denied allegations that the Mabira forest was sold off as alleged. Mutagamba says there were negotiations between the officials of the National Forestry Authority and a company identified as Midland, which wanted the authority to swap between Mabira and Rwamunda, which they claimed was bigger. […]