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Come and test us before you apply.

Every session below is free and answered by staff, not by a slide deck. Where a date depends on accreditation or building handover, we publish the status rather than a placeholder.

What's on

9 ways to see how Forward works.

Forward publishes recurring sessions and their real status. Where a date depends on accreditation or construction handover, the status is published instead of a placeholder date.

An applicant asking a question during a university information session
Recurring, book a slot

Forward Information Session

A live walkthrough of how Forward actually works, run in rotating time bands rather than on a Kampala-only schedule. Questions are answered by admissions staff, not by a slide deck.

When
Weekly, in three time bands so every region can attend live
Where
Online

For: Applicants, parents and sponsors, anywhere

Agenda

  • • The two pathways: Term Model and Block Model
  • • The Forward Core, and what every graduate carries
  • • The compulsory twelve-month paid cooperative-education placement
  • • The refusal list: what Forward will not teach, and why
  • • Fees, funding and the payment rules, with figures labelled pending
Request a session slot
Prospective students examining plans and prototypes during a programme clinic
Recurring, book a slot

Programme Clinic

A small-group clinic on one School at a time: what the competency register contains, what the assessments look like, and which employers the placements sit with.

When
Fortnightly, by School
Where
Online

For: Applicants deciding between programmes

Agenda

  • • The School's departments and first-wave programmes
  • • Sample rubrics and assessment formats
  • • Placement sectors and employer expectations
  • • Entry routes, including the Higher Education Certificate bridge
Pick a School first
International applicants speaking with an adviser beside a world map
Recurring, book a slot

International Applicant Briefing

Documentation, study-permit sequencing, fee estimates in local currency, and what onshore arrival support covers.

When
Monthly, in two time bands
Where
Online

For: Applicants outside Uganda

Agenda

  • • Qualification equivalence and document verification
  • • Study permit sequencing and timelines
  • • Fee estimates and permitted payment channels
  • • Arrival, accommodation and the first two weeks
International student hub
Prospective students and families touring a university campus
Confirmed with the accreditation wave

Campus Open Day

A walk through the founding campus as built, not as rendered. Forward will publish the date when the building is ready to be walked through, and not before.

When
Date published once construction phase one is handed over
Where
Kampala campus

For: Applicants, families, employers, media

Agenda

  • • Phase one facilities as handed over
  • • Studios, labs and assessment spaces
  • • Meet admissions, mentoring and cooperative-education staff
See the campus plan
Employers and university representatives discussing cooperative education placements
Scheduled with the intake

Cooperative Education Employer Roundtable

Placement capacity, assessment design for work-integrated learning, and how employer co-assessment feeds the capability transcript.

When
Quarterly, ahead of each placement cycle
Where
Online and Kampala campus

For: Employers and placement partners

Agenda

  • • Placement capacity per sector and cycle
  • • Employer co-assessment and the C1 to C12 capabilities
  • • Agreements, supervision and student pay
Cooperative education
Prospective students presenting a prototype during the five-day challenge
Recurring, book a slot

The Free Five-Day Challenge

Five days of real Forward work, free, assessed against a published rubric so you can see the standard before you apply.

When
Runs continuously, start any Monday
Where
Online

For: Anyone considering Forward

Agenda

  • • Day one to four: real tasks with published rubrics
  • • Day five: feedback against the standard
  • • An honest readiness verdict, not a sales call
Start the challenge
Students and an instructor auditing an AI-enabled robot in a computing lab
Recurring, book a slot

AI Practice Lab: build, then audit

A working session on the AI and Digital Practice Spine every Forward student carries: you build something with agents and models, then you audit what it produced against a published rubric.

When
Monthly, one evening in each of the three time bands
Where
Online

For: Applicants and current students in any School

Agenda

  • • Using agentic tools on a real task, not a demo prompt
  • • Auditing machine output: sources, errors and silent failures
  • • Where the AI and Digital Practice Spine sits in your programme
  • • The rule behind all of it: software never issues a mark
See the AI tools
A public panel discussing AI ethics with a university audience
Recurring, book a slot

AI Ethics and Refusal Forum

An open forum on the week's AI news and what it means for teaching: safety codes, industry standards bodies, calls to slow development, and the work Forward refuses to do.

When
Quarterly, following the AI Oversight Board meeting
Where
Online and Kampala campus

For: Students, staff, employers and the public

Agenda

  • • This quarter's AI news, read against the refusal list
  • • The AI Oversight Board's incident register
  • • Who is accountable when a model gets it wrong
  • • Open questions from the floor
The refusal list
A facilitator demonstrating a voice-enabled learning assistant to applicants
Recurring, book a slot

Mwalimu Open Lab

A live look at Mwalimu, the learning assistant, answering real programme questions with its sources shown, and at LEO on the admissions side.

When
Fortnightly, alternating time bands
Where
Online

For: Applicants who want to see the learning assistant working

Agenda

  • • How Mwalimu is grounded, and what it will not answer
  • • Fees and eligibility questions answered with citations
  • • Voice mode, and the privacy rules around it
  • • What a named academic remains accountable for
Meet Mwalimu

Time bands

Three bands, so you attend live.

Sessions rotate through three time bands rather than running on a Kampala-only schedule.

Band A

09:00 East Africa Time (UTC+3)

East & Southern Africa, Gulf, South Asia

Focus: Programme scope, Forward Core, entry requirements

Band B

14:00 East Africa Time (UTC+3)

West & Central Africa, Europe, United Kingdom

Focus: Cooperative education, employer expectations, fees

Band C

19:00 East Africa Time (UTC+3)

Americas, Caribbean

Focus: Study permits, timelines, remote and hybrid study

Questions

Attending, answered.

Are Forward information sessions free?
Yes. Information sessions, programme clinics, international briefings and the five-day challenge are free, and there is no obligation to apply afterwards.
When is the campus open day?
The date is published once phase one of the founding campus is handed over. Forward will not schedule a walkthrough of a building that cannot be walked through.
Can I attend from outside Uganda?
Yes. Sessions run in three rotating time bands specifically so applicants outside East Africa can attend live rather than watching a recording.
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