Major goal was to test the material developed at HKA, University of Pretoria and University of Nairobi so far, involving both target groups – lecturers and students. The Kenyan team was particularly developing teaching/ learning tool and materials on ground truthing aspect.
The tracer study focuses on the destination of engineering graduates, with the following goals: (a) to establish the employability of graduates, and (b) to provide feedback to inform the curriculum development and review process. The tracer study is part of the Ministry of Education’s concerted effort to improve the quality and relevance of engineering and applied science training in local universities.
The department over years has been holding the end of the year party .The main agenda is to bring the staffs together and to have a moment of reflecting how the year has been.This year ,the department has marked remarkable milestone as part of its mandate.
This year the department had a privilege to sent 6 students and two members of staff to Germany for for an exchange programme themed has "Learning from each other during the preparation of digital teaching material for blended learning at three universities – Germany, South Africa and Kenya"
This years celebration was bigger and better compared to the previous celebrations.It was widely attended by proffessionals all over the various organisations practicing Geospatial in the country.Among them were representatives from:Orkar services limited,RCMRD,LIMA LABS,NEMA,ISK,among others.
There's a lot in-store, including but not limited to:
- Networking sessions with other students and potential employers
- Exhibitions from top geo-tech companies
- Panel discussions with seasoned experts in the industry
and much much more🔥
Please register using the link for planning purposes:
‘Cognitive Geomatics – Digital teaching to create awareness of intercultural differences in sense of place using Germany, South Africa and Kenya as case studies’ is part of the BadenWürttemberg-STIPENDIUM for University Students – BWS plus, a programme of the BadenWürttemberg Stiftung. The project schedule is from March 2022 to February 2025 with a financial capital of 140,000 €.
The university of Nairobi encourages the students wherever they go ,they should take time and give back to the community.
This year,the department of Geospatial and Space Technology choose to visit a children home in kilifi county during its trip to coast to carry out hydrographic mapping.In addition,the students encouraged the young ones to put more efforts and consinder taking Engineering course in the university.
The visit was aimed at familiarizing the students with industrial aspects of Hydrographic Survey, Satellite Techniques related to Geospatial Engineering and Nautical Charts.
During the visit, the 44 students attended a brief session at the Kenya Navy Maritime Operations Center where they were apprised by Captain Mwikali on Hydrography in the Kenyan context with a bias of its role in training and securing the kenyan waters..
The department of Geospatial and Space Technology always conduct this exercise ones in a year to the fourth year students before they begun their attachment.
Ninety percent of the people added to the planet over the next 30 years will live in African and Asian cities, and a large portion of these populations will reside in deprived neighborhoods defined by slum conditions, informal settlement, or inadequate housing. The four current approaches to neighborhood deprivation mapping are largely siloed, and each fall short of producing accurate, timely, and comparable maps that reflect local contexts. The first approach, classifying “slum households” in census and survey data, reflects household-level rather than neighborhood-level deprivation.
