Tag: UNIMA

Polytechnic lecturers end strike, accept a 25% stepped salary increment

Published on September 17, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Lecturers at Malawi Polytechnic have accepted a 25 percent salary increment offer and have since called off their strike, a […]

Divisions rock Chanco over Unima Council’s 25% offer

Published on September 12, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Divisions have emerged within the academic staff membership at the University of Malawi’s Chancellor College in Zomba over a 25 […]

Poly students will not demonstrate against lecturers’ strike

Published on August 25, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Students of the University of Malawi’s polytechnic resolved not to demonstrate on Friday against a continued strike by their lecturers. […]

Govt tells university to reduce sponsored students

Published on August 23, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi Government has advised the University of Malawi (Unima) to reduce State-sponsored students to 900 to enable the institution manage […]

University lecturers give 21 days notice for industrial action

Published on August 19, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Lecturers at the self-declared home of academic freedom, the Chancellor College (Chanco), have declared dispute, giving government 21 days to […]

Poly students worry of academic calender disruption

Published on August 13, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The academic calendar of the Polytechnic, a constituent college of the University of Malawi in Blantyre, faces an immediate crisis […]

University of Malawi students file a US$212,000 lawsuit against the university council

Published on August 12, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

University of Malawi students have sued the institution’s council for losses they incurred during an eight-month academic freedom protest by […]

UNIMA Lecturers strike continues as government says is looking into the matter

Published on August 12, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Lecturers at of the University of Malawi (UNIMA) strike which started on Tuesday, August 7, 2012 is still going on […]

UNIMA lecturers threaten strike, demand 113% salary increment

Published on August 7, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Lecturers of the University of Malawi (UNIMA) on Monday threatened to take an industrial action against their employers if their […]

UNIMA Vice Chancellor slams politicians

Published on July 28, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Vice Chancellor of the University of Malawi, Emmanuel Fabiano, has bashed politicians and other able Malawians for not rising up […]

Bunda students boycott classes over UNIMA degrees

Published on July 17, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Students at Bunda College in Lilongwe on Monday started boycotting classes in a bid to force college authorities to assure […]

Bunda college students petition JB over degrees

Published on July 14, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Students of the Bunda College of Agriculture have written President Joyce Banda asking her to intervene in a dispute over […]

University of Malawi sues Jessie Kabwila and Attorney General

Published on July 10, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The Council of the University of Malawi which was complicit in the Mutharika’s academic freedom saga has dragged to court […]

Chasowa Inquiry: Chasowa was killed hours before meeting Hajat

Published on June 12, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Information emerging from an investigation by the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) suggests that Polytechnic student activist Robert Chasowa was […]

Malawi Polytechnic gets new campus

Published on June 11, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The Malawi Polytechnic , a constituent college of the University of Malawi officially received a new campus in Chichiri, Blantyre, […]

Public Universities’ students not ready for fee hike

Published on June 9, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Students from the tow public universities in Malawi have bemoaned the idea to institute a committee to look into the […]

Chanco denies looting at Catholic University

Published on May 22, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Chancellor College has categorically denied looting foodstuffs worth about K300, 000 from the cafeteria at the Catholic University of Malawi […]

Demonstrations loom at Chanco as Govt devaluates kwacha

Published on May 7, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The recent decision by the Malawi government to devalue the kwacha , may lead to demonstrations by Chanco students if […]