University of Malawi second year Bachelor of Arts Degree student at the Polytechnic College, Suzan Mkwezalamba, is desperately trying to raise funds so she can go for treatment abroad for her tumor diagnosed in her left jaw. Mkwezalamba is poorly at her home in Domasi, Zomba with the hope that her classmates will help raise […]
University students and riot police clashed in Malawi’s commercial capital Blantyre on Wednesday following a protest demanding allowances and loans. Students at Polytechnic, a constituent college of the University of Malawi are demanding allowances and students loans but the cash-strapped government has not paid them . As the students went into the streets to stage […]
It was all cheering by the engineers in making at the Polytechnic campus in the Main Lecture Theatre while receiving their first prize as champions of the principal’s trophy at the Polytechnic a constituent college of the University of Malawi (UNIMA). The tournament had been taking place for two weeks starting from April 05, 2015 […]
Business Communications students from the Malawi Polytechnic on Thursday conducted a sweeping exercise in Limbe Commercial Business District in response to the Keep Blantyre Clean initiative. Mayor of Blantyre City Councillor Noel Chalamanda, wh joined the sweeping exercise together with Councillors Louis Ngalande of Misesa Ward and Nellie Nseula of Limbe Central Ward, said the […]
Some members of the Polytechnic Alumni have started meeting to strategize on raising funds for rehabilitating infrastructure at the constituent college of the University of Malawi. The first meeting took place at Ryalls Hotel in Blantyre on Monday evening where In attendance were the Vice Principal Dr Nancy Chitera, Registrar Margaret Longwe, The Students Union […]
Premier Service provider, TNM has announced the sponsorship of about K1 million towards Polytechnic Students’ Social weekend slated for the weekend of 6th to 7th March 2015. The sponsorship is under ‘Smart data” campaign which aims at giving TNM customers absolute power to choose from a wide scope of TNM Smart data offerings. TNM Smart […]
Polytechnic students who are studying under the Joyce Banda Foundation International (JBFI)multi-million Kwacha Edith Mtila Scholarship programme have expressed gratitude to former President and JBFI Founder, Joyce Banda, for giving them a chance to access higher education. The students were speaking when JBFI officials paid them a visit at the campus for some inspirational talk; […]
Students at Polytechnic a constituent college of the University of Malawi on Thursday abandoned classes for Mulanje district in southern Malawi where they distributed relief items worth about K2millon to people of Ntata Village who are affected by floods. President of Polytechnic Students Union (PSU) Jaston Bulaula told Nyasa Times that the students thought it […]
Malawi Polytechnic Principal Grant Kululanga, of a constituent college of the University of Malawi (Unima) will on Thursday be unveiled as first Malawian professor in engineering circles. He will also deliver inaugural lecture which will dwell on much challenges stifling engineering profession and the way forward. Kululanda, who two years ago received a Gold medal in the […]
Students at the Polytechnic, a constituent college of the University of Malawi are asking the institution’s management to stop what they call the unreasonable extension of their holidays. President of the Polytechnic Students Union Jaston Bulaula told Nyasa Times that the students are deeply concerned with the current move taken by the institution’s management to […]
Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) in Scotland has plans to develop joint delivery of postgraduate programmes with University of Malawi’s Polytechnic. This was disclosed when Malawi-Scotland Partnership (Masp) donated 425 textbooks for Polytechnic Library in Quantity Surveying, Real Estate, Project Management, Infrastructure Asset Management, Engineering, Computing and Statistics disciplines among others valued at about MK13 million. Masp board chairperson […]
Quipo Theu, a 21 year old student of the Polytechnic, a constituent college of the University of Malawi has emerged victorious in a young people’s essay writing competition organised by the Free Expression Institute (FEI). Theu was announced as competition winner at the Freedom of Expression Awards Night in Lilongwe . FEI organised an essay writing […]
Mobile telecoms services provider Airtel Malawi has signed an agreement with the University of Malawi’s The Polytechnic, under which engineering undergraduates will be attached to the company to acquire practical skills.Airtel’s Chief Commercial Manager Charles Kamoto said Airtel realizes the need for students to gain the much needed practical work experience that employers look for. […]
All is set for the launch of Polytechnic Catholic Students Choir’s first ever DVD Tipembedze Mulungu this Sunday afternoon at St Pius Catholic Church hall in Blantyre. The choir’s coordinator, Trevoir Dambe, told Nyasa Times in an interview they were geared up to mesmerize Blantyre gospel music goers with a rewarding performance. “We are set for our long […]
Polytechnic students of the University of Malawi (Unima) have expressed dismay with the prolonged delay in opening the college, threatening unspecified action should the powers-that-be remain stock-still on the matter. Nyasa Times reported last week that Unima constituent colleges – Chancellor College and the Polytechnic – had failed to open for the 2013/2014 academic year due […]
Lecturers at Polytechnic, a constituent college of the University of Malawi have agreed to resume teaching next Monday after being assured of safety when carrying out duties. The lecturers staged a sit-in for fear of their lives after irate student, who have been boycotting classes on unresolved allowance issues, stormed lecturer rooms and start harassing […]
Polytechnic students in Malawi’s commercial capital Blantyre fought running battles with riot police on Monday morning after a protest demanding increment of their university upkeep allowances turned violent Armed police rushed to disrupt a protest the scholars were staging in Masauko Chipembere Highway demanding an increment on their monthly meal and upkeep allowance from K40, […]
Students at Polytechnic, a constituent college of the University of Malawi, are protesting against a recent increment of meals and upkeep allowance, saying it is not keeping pace with the current economic situation Malawi is going through. Malawians have been experiencing economic hard times due to ever increasing commodity prices on the market especially after devaluation of Malawi Kwacha […]