University of Malawi selects 74 into Diploma in Law Programme: Full List

CHANCELLOR COLLEGE FACULTY OF LAW  DIPLOMA IN LAW PROGRAMME 2014/15 Enrolment into the Diploma in Law Programme The Faculty of Law at Chancellor College is pleased to inform the following that they have been admitted into the first year of the Diploma in Law Programme: 1. Amosi Gloria F 2. Baluti McDonald M 3. Banda Lloyd […]

Chanco student develops TV station in Malawi

Innovation is happening across Africa, in all different sectors, from education to energy, banking to agriculture and in television broadcasting. In Malawi, a university student has created a community TV station called “analog TV project” one that he hopes will transmit all social events taking place on campus. Chisomo Daka is a student at the University […]

Chanco shut down over University of Malawi staff strike

A constituent college of the University of Malawi, Chancellor College (Chanco) in the eastern city of Zomba  has been abruptly closed due to strike  academic  and support staff. Support staff at Chanco are withdrawing labour  to force government to increase their perks. Unima support staff, through the University Workers Trade Union (UWTU), are demanding not […]

Mutharika to be installed Chancellor of University of Malawi Nov 19

President Prof. Peter Mutharika will be installed as Chancellor of the University of Malawi (Unima)during this year’s first Congregation on 19th November, 2014 at the Great Hall, Chancellor College in Zomba, Unima has announced . According to the statement, all organizations wishing to send congratulatory messages on His Excellency’s installation should do so by contacting […]

Malawi’s Kabaza’ charger ‘scientist’ in global innovators competition

A scientist from the Physics Department, Chancellor College, a constituent college of the Malawi University (Unima), has been shortlisted for this year’s Global Scientific Innovators Award. Mixon Faluweki, a third year student pursuing Bachelor of Education Science degree, majoring in physics, developed a bicycle charger,which he named the ‘Padoko Charger’. His innovation allows people who […]

Chanco students push Malawi govt to promote fine arts

Chancellor College (Chanco) students, a constituent college of the University of Malawi (UNIMA) have asked government and the corporate world to take an active role in the promotion of fine arts in the country. Speaking during the Chanco Fine Art Exhibition held at the campus over the weekend, President of Chanco Fine Arts Students Association, […]

Malawi govt to support ICT services, PS assures Chanco students

Government has assured the graduating students of the 2014 Bachelor of Computer Science Class at Chancellor College (CHANCO), that it is doing all it can to promote Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the country. Principal Secretary for the Ministry of Information, Tourism and Culture Chimwemwe Banda who represented Vice President Saulosi Chilima, made the […]

Two Chanco students convicted for fighting over a girl

Zomba Senior Magistrate Court has convicted and  fined K135, 000 two Chancellor College of the University of Malawi students for unlawful wounding, malicious damage and theft in an incident where they beat a man over a girl. Senior Magistrate Jean Kaira fined the two third year student Thokozani Meke 26 years old and Wilfred Mwambira, […]

USaid donates K7m audiovisual equipment to Chanco

The United States Agency for International Development (USaid) through the SSDI-Communication project has  made a donation of various audiovisual equipment worth K7 million to Chancellor College in Zomba. The donation aims at supporting the teaching and learning of undergraduate and graduate studies in communication-related programmes at the tertiary institution. The equipment comprised of state-of-the-art video […]

Chanco demo flops, students bay for union leader’s blood

Instability returned to Chancellor College (CHANCO) in the eastern city of  Zomba on Thursday after students failed to deliver a petition to the District Commissioner (DC) following a confusion that erupted between the College Students’ Union (CCSU) and the students. The students had planned to march to the DC’s office to present a petition against government’s delay […]

Chanco students for demos against allowances

After a fairly peaceable phase, volatility is likely to re-emerge at Chancellor College in Zomba, a constituent of the University of Malawi (UNIMA), following students’ plans to hold demonstrations Thursday, December 12. Chancellor College Students Union President, Israel Masiyano, confirmed the development saying they have planned to go into the streets to protest against government’s […]

Chisi delivers public lecture at Chanco: Pledges 50 universities, 15 ministers

Opposition Umodzi Party (UP), led by Professor John Chisi, says it will open 50 universities across Malawi if voted into power next year. The UP leader made the pledge when he gave a public lecture at Chancellor College (Chanco), a constituent college of the University of Malawi (Unima) in Zomba last Thursday. A Unima lecturer […]

University of Malawi withdraws 116 unperforming students at Chanco

University of Malawi’s (UNIMA) constituent college Chancellor College has withdrawn a record 116 students on poor performance grounds after failing to satisfy university standards. The withdrawal of the students comes two weeks after another Malawian university the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, formerly Bunda College of Agriculture under the UNIMA, also announced the […]

Chanco elects new union leaders: Chiziwa replaces Madise as president

The Chancellor College Academic Staff Union (CCASU) has elected  new  leaders with Dr Symon Chiziwa who was secretary being ushered into the top leadership  role replacing  one of Malawi’s renowned trade unionists and industrial relations experts Sunduzwayo  Madise. Madise a law lecturer and Deputy Head of Department of Practical Legal Studies at Chanco is on […]

Chanco fails to open for 2013/14 academic year: University of Malawi

Chancellor College of the University of Malawi in the eastern city of Zomba has failed to open for the 2013/14 academic year for unspecified reasons. The college was supposed to open this month but it has communicated to its students that it will not open. “Chancellor College wishes to inform all its continuing and first […]

Chanco students petition management over accommodation: Protest relocation to other hostels

Male students occupying Khondowe and Chilembwe Hostels at Chancellor College in Zomba, a constituent college of the University of Malawi have refused to bulge to management’s decision of having them relocated to other hostels at the campus to pave way for female students in the next academic year. According to a communication from the office […]

Two Chanco students given court bail over assault charges

The Chief Resident Magistrate’s Court in Zomba has granted bail to two students from Chancellor College (Chanco), a constituent college of the University of Malawi (UNIMA) for alleged charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Eastern Region Police spokesperson Thomeck Nyaude said on Wednesday the court heard that the two students, Ackim Kamtambe and Charles […]

Malawi Uni Chanco-Poly reopening: End of welfare pedagogy,student unionism

The University of Malawi (UNIMA) has long been associated with academic excellence and all the positives associated with higher education.  Almost certainly, all the good about it can be said to be a glorious past perhaps never to be re-lived again. This is so if infamous events as the eight month old academic freedom saga, […]