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12 UWI (7 FSS) students selected for international Millennium Fellowship

Twelve undergrad students from The University of the West Indies (The UWI) are among the Millennium Fellowship Class of 2022, an international cohort of student leaders awarded fellowships to manage real-world projects that help advance The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Christine Powell (FSS), Gilani James (FSS), Moya Clarke (FSS), ...

FSS Welcomes First Female Dean

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When you walk the office hall of the Faculty of Social Sciences you are first greeted by a wall furnished with...

Professor Emeritus Trevor Munroe

Congrats on being conferred with the title of Professor Emeritus!

Trevor Munroe, one of the Caribbean’s leading public scholars, is currently the Principal Director of National Integrity Action, the Jamaican Chapter of...

FSS Gold Medal Winner!

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Dr Caryl James Bateman’s book, Traditional and Western Medicine: Voices from Jamaican Psychiatric Patients received an Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY Award). Her book received the gold medal in the category of Psychology/Mental Health.

Traditional and Western...

Commodore Antonette Weymiss-Gorman

Commodore Antonette Weymiss-Gorman

The Faculty of Social Sciences congratulates Commodore Antonett Wemyss-Gorman who has been appointed Jamaica’s first female Chief of Defence Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF). Her appointment will become effective January 2022 when she will be promoted to the rank of Brigadier.

Commodore Wemyss-Gorman is a distinction graduate of the MSc in National Security and Strategic Studies...

Anti-Cheating Campaign

Anti-Cheating Campaign

Listen up! UWI’s Assessment Regulations consider cheating to be one of the most egregious acts that a student can commit.  Cheating is considered to be any attempt to benefit oneself or another by deceit or fraud.  It threatens to devalue the status of one’s degree, and by extension, the status of the...

Academic Advising | Secure Your Future in 5 Simple Steps

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Your career begins today! And we are here to help you make the best decisions for your unique career path. Our 5 Step Process is designed to provide you with the fullest support and guidance in selecting your courses, so that you’re fully equipped to complete your programme of choice.

Schnell Malcolm shares her amazing experience at FSS

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Taking a risk, and deciding to enter Miss Social Sciences 2018 was one of the most life altering decisions I had ever made.  Being crowned the queen of the largest and most prominent Faculty of The U.W.I. Mona, has broadened my horizons. I was presented with many opportunities such as serving as an adjudicator for another other pageant and this served to further cement my love for the Arts. ...

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