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The Deputy Vice-Chancellor in charge of Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) Professor Madara Ogot invites applications for capacity building grants from permanent academic members of staff at the University of Nairobi for the ARUA Center of Excellence for Non-Communicable Diseases (ACE-NCD). The mini-grant is in support of scoping studies and pilot studies that lead to strengthening research collaboration among researchers in ACE NCD Universities: Makerere University, University of Ghana, University of Ibadan, University of Nairobi, and University of the Witwatersrand.

The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has opened the mobile phone system for the Undergraduate 2020/2021 Loan Applications. HELB has announced that subsequent undergraduate loan application via the HELB App ➡️https://t.co/xqZISB9Gh8 will be awarded based on previous loan allocation. Students who may experience a challenge with the HELB App or don’t have smartphones have been advised to apply for the Undergraduate 2020/2021 subsequent loan via USSD *642#

Mrs. Mary Mumbi Kariuki is calling on all Heads of Departments and Directors at the University of Nairobi to submit their Procurement Plans for the Financial Year 2020/2021. The deadline for submission of the Procurement Plans 2020/2021 was on 12th June 2020. In her communication to all heads of departments, Mrs. Kariuki states that the preparation of procurement plans is a statutory requirement and must be in place before the commencement of a financial year.

Amb. Simon Nabukwesi has directed all Vice-Chancellors and Principals of universities to come up with re-opening plans for their institutions. In the plan, Amb. Nabukwesi requests them to ensure that provision of minimum requirements for the prevention of Covid-19 transmissions is provided for all the campuses. Amb Nabukwesi is the Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Education in the State Department for University Education and Research.

The University of Nairobi Director of ICT Mr. Paul Kariuki wishes to notify all students that the Students Management Information System, SMIS Students’ portal now supports password reset for students who might have forgotten their passwords. In his communiqué through email on 16th June 2020 he states that if a student cannot remember their password, all they need to do is click on "Forgot your password?" link and then follow the instructions given.

The Dean of Students Office invites applications for the Chinese Ambassador’s Scholarships 2020/2021. The applicants must be University of Nairobi registered needy students with an excellent academic record and not have benefitted from any other scholarship in the previous and current academic year. The application form must be accompanied by scanned copies of the national and university identity cards and academic transcripts.

The Public Service Commission (PSC) has announced the recruitment of six thousand (6,000) interns scheduled to take place in the month of August 2020. For an appointment to this position, a candidate must have a Bachelor’s degree in any discipline of not earlier than 2015. The duration of the internship is twelve months with a paid stipend determined by the PSC.

The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) has opened the online application system for inter-university transfer applications. The application is open for KCSE 2019 candidates who have been successfully placed in various universities but wish to transfer to other institutions. The portal for inter-institution application will close on August 15, 2020, at 4:00 pm. Students are requested to acquaint themselves with the requirements before commencing the application for the transfer process by logging into the KUCCPS Student's Portal.

The University of Nairobi Vice-Chancellor Professor Stephen Kiama on 11th June 2020 chaired the East and Southern African (ESA) Regional Committee. The newly formed ESA Committee is a regional committee for the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) whose headquarters are in London, United Kingdom. The ACU has over 500 member universities in 50 countries across the Commonwealth with network coverage of over 10 million students and more than 1 million academic and professional staff. The main objective of ACU is to strengthen regional and international collaboration across the Commonwealth universities.

Dr. Joseph Kimani Wanjeri is appealing for staff and students to exercise online etiquette during meetings in the wake of the Covid-19. He says online etiquette is correct or acceptable conduct while interacting or communicating online and that appropriate online etiquette should be observed depending on the type of interaction the type of forum or as spelled out by the group, company, or institution involved. He has further elucidated that prior planning is required before joining formal online forums and microphone and video camera should be switched off immediately after joining in order to avoid embarrassing moments.