A few months ago in Parliament, the Minister of Education and Skills Development Dr Douglas Letsholathebe urged the University of Botswana to be innovative and create its revenue to wean dependence on government capital.
University of Botswana and Central University of Technology (CUT) in South Africa continue to explore new ways of collaborating and strengthening existing ties in different areas of Teaching and Learning and Research.
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Design Making Everyday Living Easy, this year’s University of Botswana Design Degree Show theme, could not have been coined at the right time following the launch of the new University strategic plan which seeks to, among others, make societal impact one of its key value propositions.
UB-CERC Continues to Impart More Knowledge on Solar Water Heaters
The University of Botswana Clean Energy Research Centre (UB-CERC) continues to equip more Batswana with knowledge on the design, build and install solar water heaters. UB-CERC recently held a two-day dissemination workshop on Solar Water Heaters: Design, Build and Installation. The workshop brought together 34 participants drawn from tertiary institutions, solar thermal companies, non-governmental organizations and private institutions took part in the workshop.
Organised by Southern African Solar Thermal Training and Demonstration Initiative (SOLTRAIN IV) project, the workshop was funded by Austrian Development Agency (ADA). In his opening remarks, the Dean of Faculty of Engineering and Technology, University of Botswana, Prof Edward Dintwa, reminded the participants of the importance of the new skills they acquired and urged them to use them to contribute to nation building. Participants were taken through the bas