By Asenath Were
photography by Andrew Bugembe and William Opio
The UCU annual career exhibition was held on Saturday 16 under the topic ‘NAVIGATING HORIZONS: A Journey Through Diverse Careers,’ with the primary goal of providing students with career guidance through the displays. It also served to market UCU, as evidenced by the presence of high school students who may be inspired to join the university.
Exhibitors voices
Faculty of Engineering, Design, and Technology
These were the winning exhibitors of the 2024 career exhibition.
Asiimwe Edmond, an alumnus, said that the knowledge acquired enables learners to benefit from their talents and skills even before they leave the university since they exhibit practical products such as graphics, pottery, sculpture, painting, fabric, space design, and interior design, among other things.
Career Mapping Forum
These were the first runners-up. The forum‘s Edrine Setimba explained that the career mapping forum is here to bridge that gap between the marketplace and the students. This aims to address
the accelerating rate of unemployment among the youth,
School of law
These ones took third place.
As one of the speakers at their legal clinic, Joram Edonu, a law student in his fourth year, said, “As much as they were very happy about their win, it was not just about winning but creating impact. “Our position never defined us, and we hoped we could do better than that; however, it is about how best you can derive solutions and make ends meet.” he said.
Faculty of Divinity and Theology
Dorothy Cherop, a student of theology, said that this exhibition enabled them to advertise their products, which included liquid soap with olive oil as an additive, an unknown product. Cherop is happy that some of the products were purchased. “They now know that there is liquid soap within the university,” she exclaimed.
Agricultural Science.
Lillian Muzaki, a student from Agricultural Sciences in her fourth year, pointed out that through the exhibition, she realized there is a big knowledge gap between science and the actual world, and from it, she got to understand that as scientists, they must learn to relay every scientific activity to the local people.
