Office address:

Department of Research Methodology, Measurement and Data Analysis

Faculty of Behavioral Sciences

University of Twente

P.O. Box 217

7500 AE Enschede

The Netherlands

Building: Chalet (building no. 39)

room no. 0.13

Telephone: (53) 489 3864 (office)

Email: c.v.nshemereirwe@utwente.nl

Connie Vivien Nshemereirwe, PhD.

Position:

PhD – student (NUFFIC Scholar under the so-called Sandwich Mode)

Research Topic:

Teaching and Assessment Practices in Pre-University Education and the Quality of Entrants into the University System in Uganda

Education and Professional Experience:

2010 – Continuing

PhD Student, Faculty of Behavioural Sciences, Universiteit Twente, The Netherlands

2008 - Continuing

Senior Lecturer, Faculty of the Built Environment, Uganda Martyrs University, Uganda

2005 – 2008

External Examiner, Civil and Building Engineering program, Kyambogo University, Uganda

2004 – 2007

Lecturer, Uganda Martyrs University, Uganda

2003 – 2004

Master of Science (Education and Training Systems Design), University of Twente, The Netherlands

2001 – 2003

Assistant Lecturer, Uganda Martyrs University, Uganda

1999 – 2001

Civil Engineer, BABCON (U) Ltd (Building and Engineering Contractors)

1994 – 1998

Bachelor of Science (Civil Engineering), Makerere University, Uganda

Recent publications:

Nshemereirwe, C.V. (2011) Characterising Entrants into the University System in Uganda, 29th Association for Educational Assessment in Africa (AEAA), Nairobi, Kenya, August 1-5

Nshemereirwe, C.V. (2009) Managing Changes in Academic Staff Workload at a Private African University (Poster Presentation), 4^th International Inquiring Pedagogies Conference iPED, Coventry UK, September 14- 15.

Nshemereirwe, C.V. (2007) Two Routes to Poor Learning (Poster Presentation) Standing Conference on University Teaching & Research for the Education of Adults SCUTREA, Belfast, July 3 – 5.

Olweny, M.R.O. and Nshemereirwe, C. V. (2006) “Educating Built Environment Professionals: Perspectives from Uganda.” Paper presentation at the 2^nd Built Environment Education Annual Conference BEECON, September 2006.

Nshemereirwe, C.V. and Rugumayo, A.I. (2006) “Training for Real: Starting in the University” In Kayaga, S. (ed.) 31^st Water Engineering and Development Centre WEDC International Conference – Maximizing the Benefits from Water and Environmental Sanitation, Kampala, October 31 – November 4 2005, pp122-129.

Nshemereirwe, C.V. (2005) “Improving teaching and learning in higher education in Uganda: A report on the first inter-university workshop. In Proceedings of the South African Association for Research and Development in Higher Education SAARDHE 13th Conference - The African University in the 21st Century, Durban June 27-29.

Hobbies:

Volleyball, History and Philosophy, Travelling