The Caribbean Science Foundation (CSF), a non-profit organization promoting science and technology in the Caribbean, officially culminated its Fall 2018 Computer Coding workshop with a graduation held at The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill on December 17, 2018. The CSF Computer Coding Workshops were designed with the training and retraining of the Caribbean workforce of the future i...
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The diligence of six outstanding employees was recognised when they were presented with the Principal’s Award for Excellence at this year’s Annual Retiree and Staff Awards ceremony on Saturday, 15th December at the Cave Hill Campus. The 2018 honourees were Dr. Damian Cohall, Deputy Dean Preclinical, Faculty of Medical Sciences (FMS), Dr. Ian Craig, Head, Department of Language, L...
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From 70 to 100, with love. The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill ended its celebrations of the University’s 70th year with a Time Capsule Placement Ceremony. An initiative of the Faculty of Humanities and Education, the event was held on Wednesday, December 5, 2018 in the Quadrangle: the capsule’s home for the next 30 years. The vessel will be unearthed during the Universit...
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Vice-Chancellor urges Awards for Excellence winners to continue outstanding work The UWI Regional Headquarters Jamaica. November 29, 2018—Among its many achievements for 2018, The University of the West Indies (The UWI) celebrated the service and successes of its academic, senior administrative and professional staff members on October 29. Climate Scientists, a Marijuana Decriminalisatio...
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The Caribbean public health sector is poised to benefit from a US$1.1 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Fogarty International Center which will be handed over to the SUNY UWI Center for Leadership and Sustainable Development. The Center is a product of collaboration between two major educational institutions—State University of New York (SUNY) and The University o...
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Former Prime Minister of Barbados, The Right Honourable Owen Arthur, is among the Professors of Practice appointed at The University of the West Indies (The UWI), effective November 1, 2018. In his new role as Professor of Practice, former Prime Minister Arthur will oversee Economics of Development at The UWI Cave Hill Campus. The other distinguished Professors of Practice appointed across the...
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It was a dazzling, memorable event in the Winston Churchill Room of the University of London’s William Goodenough College. Hosted last Wednesday, November 28, by Professor Peter Kopelman, Vice-Chancellor of the University of London, in association with The Rt. Hon. Baroness Patricia Scotland, Secretary General of the Commonwealth, the historic reception brought together the leadership of the tw...
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Legislation has been touted as a possible avenue to encourage greater participation of women in politics – even if not always successful. Minister of Communications in the Republic of Ghana, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, gave examples of such measures that could be pursued during her public lecture titled, Women and Political Leadership in Ghana. She delivered the 24th annual Caribbean Women: C...
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A ‘coalition of the willing’ can be a force for ensuring gender parity in spaces of political leadership and other spheres of influence. This is the firm assertion of Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, MP, Minister of Communications in the Republic of Ghana. She made the point as she delivered the 24th annual Caribbean Women: Catalysts for Change public lecture, which is a lecture series hosted ...
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A joint master’s programme in Global African Studies is one of the major initiatives to be offered out of the new Institute for Global African Affairs, a collaborative effort between The University of the West Indies and the University of Johannesburg in South Africa. The Institute was launched on Monday, November 26, 2018 with a press conference and plaque unveiling in the Main Co...
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The Caribbean Science Foundation (CSF), which has its headquarters on the campus of The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados, has announced plans to organise Computer Coding workshops in Saint Lucia. In January 2018, the CSF, Scotiabank, and the U.S. Embassy to Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean, and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) partnered to launch a pilot Com...
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It is with deep regret that The University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus has learnt of the passing of former Professor of Economics, Michael Anyadike-Danes, who died at his home in Barbados on October 21st, 2018. Born in Sydney Australia, Michael graduated with first class honours in Economics from the University of Sydney in 1975. He later pursued a Masters of Economics degree in 1977 a...
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The Faculty of Social Sciences’ building has been renamed in honour of the late Alfred Wendell McClean, its first Dean. The renaming ceremony was held on Tuesday, October 27, 2018 near the Free Hill, St Michael entrance to the Campus. It was attended by McClean’s widow, Clotilda McClean, as well as siblings, relatives, friends and former coworkers. The move was hailed as one whi...
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The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill is responding to the needs of recently retrenched workers, through a suite of offerings from the Centre for Professional Development and Lifelong Learning (CPDLL) and the Sagicor Cave Hill School of Business and Management (SCHSBM). Interim Executive Director of the SCHSBM, Dr Justin Robinson, explained that this assistance will fall under three maj...
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There is a need for robust investment in Research and Development (R&D) to be made in and beyond the university. Director of Graduate Studies and Research, Professor Winston Moore, called for the development of a National Systems of Innovation (NSIs), which he believed could be a key element in building the capacity of small states to produce knowledge-intensive and high-tech goods and ser...
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