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Chanco Ladies FC: Challenging Sporting Stereotypes
November 2, 2016   Chanco Bulletin
One would think the existence of Chancellor College Football Club has been kept a secret, since the team rarely receives the same sort of publicity that teams in men’s football and basketball usually do. In part, this is due to misconceptions t...
Dean of Social Science participates in the Launch of PANGeA-Ed
October 6, 2016   Social Science
The dean was among deans of faculties of humanities and social sciences from eight African universities that form the Partnership for Africa's Next Generation of Academics (PANGeA).  The launch was also attended by the Deputy Head of Mission of...
PAS Department Book Launch: Women in Politics in Malawi
October 3, 2016   Chanco Bulletin
The Department of Political and Administrative Studies (PAS) at Chancellor College had their moment of pride on 30th September, 2016, when they launched a book, entitled Women in Politics in Malawi, at Capital Hotel in Lilongwe. The function was atte...
Chanco Staff attend Labour Rights Organisation Seminar
September 28, 2016   Chanco Bulletin
Chancellor College management therefore recently took advantage of a seminar that was organised by the Labour Rights Organisation (LARO) on “Building Effective Labour Dispute Prevention and Resolution Systems (Practical Legal and International...
Mdindo: the environmentally friendly stove
September 23, 2016   Chanco Bulletin
The most recent research product from the college is a product that is being tentatively called Mdindo stove. This is the brainchild of Vincent Sinalo, a third year student, majoring in Geography and minoring in Fine Art (Ceramics). The stove, which...
World Bank Mission visits Chanco for SDP progress update
September 21, 2016   Chanco Bulletin
The leader of the delegation, Dr Innoncent Mulindwa, pointed out that, for all projects being funded by the World Bank, it is a requirement that they receive progress reports every 6 months. In this case, the mission was aimed at receiving a comprehe...
CATS hosts Seminar on Using Indigenous Chichewa Terminologies for Mathematics Education
September 16, 2016   Chanco Bulletin
The paper, which was based on Mr Bwanali’s research proposal, had already been presented in Scotland. It was being presented in Malawi as the researcher was aware that his audience might be more familiar with his chosen context of study –...
Creating a staff publication database
September 8, 2016   Chanco Bulletin
The Special Collection Librarian, Mrs Nancy Mpekansambo, explains that this process has a number of advantages for all users of the library. “People will be able to access this information and know what staff in different departments have publi...
World Bank SDP Project commences Tracer Study
September 5, 2016   Chanco Bulletin
Under this activity, there has been development of Science Teacher programmes by the Faculties of Science and Education. Additionally, two cohorts of Education Science students have already been enrolled at Chancellor College. In order to support the...
Education Scholars discuss national development
August 8, 2016   Chanco Bulletin
Speaking during the opening ceremony, the Vice Principal of Chancellor College, Prof. Samson Sajidu, welcomed all the participants to the campus and expressed the wish that the papers would extend their relevance beyond academic circles. The conferen...
Humanities scholars attend ACLALS conference
July 20, 2016   Chanco Bulletin
The 17th Triennial Conference of the Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (ACLALS), held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, from 10 to 15 July, 2016, attracted scholars from all over the globe. Among these were six lecturers from...
Chanco LEDEMA and CHAPRES host public seminar
July 4, 2016   Chanco Bulletin
The aim of such charity work was to control vegetative loss through charcoal burning and firewood fetching by bringing an alternative source of energy to the community members. On the last day of their visit to Malawi, the three-member team, comprisi...