University of Malawi (Unima) has advertised for the position of Vice Chancellor in the local media. The move follows the University Council’s decision permitting the search process to begin. According to the advert in the press issued by the Registrar of Unima, the academic office in Zomba said the position currently held by Dr Emmanuel […]
The High Court in Blantyre on Friday vacated the injunction obtained by Chancellor College and Polytechnic students against the closure of the two colleges and ordered the students to vacate the campuses by 4:00pm on Saturday May 25th, 2013. Students from the two colleges want the injunction they obtained restraining the authorities to close the two […]
Students Union of Chancellor College (SUCC) has dismissed claims that the students on Sunday afternoon voted against their sit-in currently going on at their campus in Zomba. In an interview with Nyasa Times on Monday, SUCC president Israel Masiyano said the students who voted on Sunday did not form a quorum as stipulated in the […]
Chancellor College, the country’s largest academic establishment of the four constituent colleges of the University of Malawi, will next month commemorate four decades of academic excellence and service delivery and will at the same time hold a grandiose alumni get-together at its modern day Chirunga Campus in the old colonial capital, Zomba. According to Chancellor […]
Some Chancellor College’s (Chanco) students, a constituent college of the University of Malawi (Unima), say they see no progress in their continued class sit-in and have since called on the college’s student union to call off the sit-in. But Chanco’s Student Union body has accused those students pressing for resumption of classes of orchestrating divisions […]
Students from Polytechnic, a constituent college of the University of Malawi, have obtained a High Court injunction to keep the college and Chancellor College open after authorities announce they had been shut down following students’ continuing class-boycott, to force the authorities to increase their monthly upkeep allowances and also reduce tuition fees. The students are […]
Human rights campaigners have criticized ‘heavy-handed’ Malawi Police officer who went to the offices and hostels of Chancellor College of the University of Malawi in Zomba during student demonstrations against high tuition and low allowances firing teargas anyhow. Chipulumutso Asabuni a student who was assaulted by Police after he had tried to rescue a blind student […]
Students Union of Chancellor College (Succ) president Israel Masiyano, and three other student activists were arrested in Zomba on Thursday morning for leading students to present a petition to the office of the district commissioner in demand for government to increase their living allowances in line with cost of living. The students are also demanding that the tuition […]
Government has rejected concerns raised by self-sponsored students of Chancellor College, a constituent college of the University of Malawi (Unima) in their petition over reduction of tuition fees as well as increasing their living allowance (MALSWITCH). A Nyasa Times source said the decision was communicated to the students through the Council for the University of […]
Students from Chancellor College, a constituent college of the University of Malawi (Unima) in the eastern city of Zomba on Friday marched to the District Commissioner’s offices to voice their anger against a hike in tuition fees for self-sponsored students of the college. The students presented a petition, saying the fees would put students off continuing studies to […]
The Chancellor College Academic Staff Union (CCASU) has petitioned government to protest against the new University Bill scheduled for debate during the current sitting of parliament, saying it threatens academic freedom, the best interests of the University and the principle of the autonomy of institutions of higher learning. A week ago the Civil Society Education […]
Chancellor College Academic Ataff have described the recently gazetted University of Malawi Bill of 2012, which Parliament is expected to deliberate, as a ‘heinous’ document meant to stifle academic freedom and kill unionism. The most contentious issue in the 50 paged document which former Attorney General Ralph prepared with input from the University Council is […]
The University of Malawi has been losing its reputation of late. Unnecessary administrative scuffles, student demonstrations and poor funding are not uncommon. Its graduates too are half-baked; at least, that’s what employers out there are alleging. And, then, there is this one matter that hasn’t received much attention and publicity. It has been safely tucked […]
The administration of Chancellor College one of the constituent colleges of the University of Malawi is strongly denying reports that the institution is closed. Recent media reports had indicated that the institution was closed due to financial problems and students who were on Chritsmas holiday were recalled to take their luggage back home until the […]
Students at Chancellor College, a constituent college of the University of Malawi (UNIMA) on Friday afternoon staged a demonstration in reaction to government’s delay in paying their book and stationery allowances. The students held the protests to push forward the issues that have not been addressed ever since the school was opened. The issues include […]
Football player Israel ‘Mashego’ Masiyano is now Students Union of Chancellor College (SUCC) president following elections which took place at the campus on Friday. Masiyano, who plays for Chanco FC as a striker, replaces outgoing SUCC president Patrick Phiri and eventually went on to win the elections by beating four other contestants in the race. […]
There is fevered speculations that the governing People’s Party (PP) has fielded candidates for the December 7 elections of Students Union of Chancellor College (SUCC), a constituent college of the University of Malawi (UNIMA) in Zomba – the home of academic freedom. An inside source confided to Nyasa Times on Monday that almost every position […]
A second year Bachelor of Education student at Malawi’s main constituent of the University of Malawi, Chancellor College, has died after he excessivelydrinkinsg sachets of high-potent spirits., Nyasa Times has established. Several sources Nyasa Times talked to confirmed the death of Victor Juma. It is reported that the student met his fate at populous Chikanda Township in Zomba where he […]