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Symposium: The Logistics hub: The Economy vs the Environment?

Event Date: 
Nov 9 2013 - 9:00am

The University of the West Indies, Mona  in association with Caribbean Maritime Institute is organizing a series of symposia to provide objective information, increase awareness and facilitate discourse on the much discussed issues related to the development of a Jamaica logistics hub. The first of these will be held on Saturday, November 9, 2013.  at the  under the theme The Logistics Hub: The Economy vs. The Environment? It aims to provide a forum for discussion, collaboration and intellectual exchange for all participants.

Venue: 
University of the West Indies Regional Headquarters, Mona Road
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Inaugural Academic Conference on International Football

Event Date: 
Apr 16 2014 (Time To Be Announced) - Apr 17 2014 (Time To Be Announced)

The Centre for Leadership and Governance (Department of Government) and the Institute of Caribbean Studies, University of the West Indies (Mona Campus) will host the Inaugural Academic Conference on International Football on April 16 – 17, 2014. The Conference will be sited on the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies at venues to be announced. The theme for this year’s Conference reads Ideology, Culture, Politics and Everyday Life and seeks to capture critical areas of focus surrounding the sport and its development and application in Jamaica, the Caribbean and the world.
All are invited to participate.

Venue: 
University of the West Indies Mona campus
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Contact Information
Institute of Caribbean Studies and The Centre for Leadership and Governance (Dept. of Government)
Tel: 
977-5935, 935-8633

Symposium: Changing the Landscape of Education within Under-resourced Urban Schools

Event Date: 
Oct 31 2013 - 8:30am - 4:00pm
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Nov 1 2013 - 8:30am - 4:00pm

School of Education, UWI Mona in collaboration with Operation Save Jamaica presents 'Changing the Landscape of Education within Under-resourced Urban Schools'. Keynote Speaker is Professor Annette Henry, University of British Columbia, Canada. Registration closes Oct 24, 2013. Download event flyer HERE.

Venue: 
Gold Room, Mona Visitors’ Lodge,UWI Mona
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Staff
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Contact Information
Sonia Roberts
Tel: 
876) 927 0221

Lunch & Learn Seminar - Designing and Teaching a course with a critical thinking focus

Event Date: 
Oct 30 2013 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Venue: 
CETL's Training Room (upstairs the Inter-Faculty Lecture Theatre)
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Staff
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Contact Information
Damian Facey/Metz Peterkin
Tel: 
935-8341 or extensions 2341, 2730

How The Brain Learns: Implications for Teaching & Learning

Event Date: 
Oct 24 2013 - 2:00pm - 4:30pm
Venue: 
CETL's Training Room (upstairs the Inter-Faculty Lecture Theatre)
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Staff
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Damian Facey/Metz Peterkin
Tel: 
935-8341 or extensions 2341, 2730

Creative Writing Workshop in Prose Fiction

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Oct 8 2013 - 6:00pm - Nov 5 2013 - 8:00pm

The Department of Literatures in English UWI, Mona will offer a five week creative writing workshop in prose fiction to be led by Distinguished author and Writer-In-Residence Dr. Erna Brodber. The workshop will be held on Tuesdays from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.

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Faculty of Humanities and Education (Details to follow)
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Contact Information
Tel: 
927-2217

Jamaica Statistics Symposium

Event Date: 
Oct 31 2013 - 8:30am - Nov 1 2013 - 4:30pm

Jamaica Statistics Symposium 2013  is open to all persons who analyse data; wish to learn how to analyse data; use or wish to learn to use the results of data analysis in order to make decisions and improve processes. 

Venue: 
TMRU Seminar Room, University Hospital of the West Indies, Kgn 7
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Staff
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Jamaica Statistics Symposium Secretariat
Tel: 
977 0746 ext 227

Jamaica Statistics Symposium - Pre-Conference Workshop

Event Date: 
Oct 30 2013 - 8:30am - 4:30pm

A hands-on workshop that will equip participants to carry our basic and advanced data analysis using Microsoft Excel  2007/2010.   

Venue: 
Hopwood Computer Centre, Medical Library, UHWI, Mona
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Staff
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Jamaica Statistics Symposium Secretariat
Tel: 
977 0746 ext 227

National Conference on Cyber Security and Digital Forensics

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Sep 30 2013 - 9:00am - 5:00pm
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Oct 1 2013 - 9:00am - 12:30pm

The ‘National Conference on Cyber Security and Digital Forensics’ is being organized by the Mona ICT Policy Centre, UWI, in collaboration with the Internet Society based in Washington DC, USA and Henlin Gibson Henlin, Attorneys at Law. The conference will be held under the theme “Protecting Identity, Banking and Citizen Networks”. The conference is free and open to the public. Interested persons are encouraged to register early in order to secure a place.  Download event flyer HERE.
 

Venue: 
UWI Regional Headquarters, Mona Road
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Staff
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Students
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Contact Information
Allison Brown
Tel: 
977 6035 ext. 394

Jamaica Statistics Symposium & Pre-Conference Workshop

Event Date: 
Oct 30 2013 (Time To Be Announced) - Nov 1 2013 (Time To Be Announced)

The Jamaica Statistics Symposium (JSS) Secretariat of the Epidemiology Research Unit in the Tropical Medicine Research Institute presents a One-day Microsoft Excel workshop and a Two Day Jamaica Statistics Symposium.

October 30, 8:30a.m. to  4:30 p.m.: Microsoft Excel Workshop at the Hopwood Computer Centre, UWI, Mona Campus, 

October 31st - November 1st: Jamaica Statistics Symposium, at the Knutsford Court Hotel

Special features include: Basic/Advanced Data Management & Analysis; Special short Computer Technology workshops as Symposium Presentations; Exposure to Career Development opportunities in the field of Statistics; Expose’ on Appropriate Use of Statistical Methodology.

 

Venue: 
Hopwood Computer Centre, UWI, Mona Campus & Knutsford Court Hotel
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Staff
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Contact Information
Jamaica Statistics Symposium Secretariat
Tel: 
977-6151-2 ext 227 or 927 1660-9 ext 2457

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