RU celebrates World Book Day with children from Becky School, Kibera.
The World Book Day was first officially celebrated in 1995, when UNESCO selected April 23rd as the date to mark the event. The date coincides with the birth and deaths of famous authors, including the death of William Shakespeare (April 23, 1616) and Miguel de Cervantes (April 22, 1616) and Josep Pla (April 23, 1981) […]
RU Obtains Oracle institutional Membership
Riara University main objective is to provide a rigorous, robust academic curriculum that sparks curiosity and imagination while teaching critical knowledge and skills to its students. This has led to us joining and receiving recognition as an Oracle Institutional Member. Our students will now be able to access courses designed to provide foundational knowledge and […]
Role of Mother Tongue Education: Chapter Contribution, Dr. Margaret W. Njeru
Chapter Author: Dr. Margaret W. Njeru (Senior Lecturer, Riara School of Education) Book Chapter Title: Teach Our Children in Their Mother Tongue Book Title: Kenya after 50: Reconfiguring Education, Gender, and Policy (African Histories and Modernities) Editors: Koster, M.M., Kithinji, M.M. & Rotich, J.P. Publisher Detail: New York: Palgrave Macmillan (1st edition) Year of […]
RLS students at the WTO (ELSA) Moot 2016 Edition
[metaslider id=6909]Riara Law School participated in the just concluded African round of the European Law Students’ Association (ELSA) moot court competition on the World Trade Organization (WTO) Law at Rhodes University in South Africa. The University was represented by law students, Alphonce Ogwel and Boru Gollo who were accompanied by Mr. Eric Kibet, a faculty […]
Prioritise gender parity efforts ahead of 2017 elections by RLS Faculty Florence Shako
Kenya joined countries around the world to mark the International Women’s Day on March 8.The 2016 theme is Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step it up for Gender Equality. This year, individuals around the world have pledged to take action to help accelerate gender parity. There is a perception that progress has been made because women […]
Riara School of Business Students Excel at the Capital Markets University Challenge 2015-2016
The Nairobi County Capital Markets University Challenge ran from October 2015 to March 2016 targeting all universities within Nairobi County and its environs.The Riara University School of Business duo, comprising Susan Lekanaiya and Bill Kinoti, did us proud by taking the second an eighth position respectively. Susan, the first runners – up won Ksh […]
March 2016 Monthly Students Innovation Forum
The Monthly Students Innovation Forum held on 30/03/2016 had great engagements. Students from school of Computing Sciences unveiled a “robotic car.” Led by Bhagyashree Halai, they demonstrated their skills in mechanics and electronics based on the knowledge acquired on Mobile Robots in the previous forums and their core areas of study. Pauline Wambeti from Softlink […]
Training & Capacity Building Programme at RU
The Riara University faculty (both full time and adjuncts) on 18th March 2016 concluded a six-week Certificate in Teaching at the University (CTU) training programme on effective learner-centred pedagogical approaches. The programme was led by the Riara School of Education and facilitated by various resource persons drawn from RSE, RLS, SOB, RSF, SCS & Library. […]
