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The UWI Prioritises Quality as “Everyone’s Business”
Posted: December 09, 2019
Staff and students across the regional University participate in UWI Quality Day
Principal Barriteau Awarded Barbados’ Highest Independence Honour
Posted: December 05, 2019
Professor V. Eudine Barriteau, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the Cave Hill Campus of The University of the West Indies (The UWI) has been awarded Barbados’ highest national honour – the Order of the Freedom of Barbados. She was among three who headed this year’s list of National Honourees to mark the 53rd anniversary of independence of Barbados.
The Hon Bruce Golding re-conferred title of Honorary Distinguished Fellow at The UWI
Posted: December 02, 2019
The University of the West Indies (The UWI) is pleased to announce that it has re-conferred the title of Honorary Distinguished Fellow on the Honourable Bruce Golding, former Prime Minister of Jamaica and Mona Campus alumnus, for another five years from November 11, 2019.
The UWI Recognised for World Class Climate Change Research and Activism
Posted: December 02, 2019
$2.5m in Donations to The UWI Mona
Posted: November 27, 2019
(L-R) President of the Guild of Students, Christina Williams; Deputy Principal, Prof. Ian Boxill; Prime Minister, Andrew Holness all pictured at the Handing Over hosted at The UWI Mona Campus, in the Council Room on Thursday, November 21, 2019.
$1.5 the JLP Education Fund; $1m from the Positive Jamaica Foundation
University of Miami and The UWI Partner for Hemisphere
Posted: November 18, 2019
Vice-Chancellor of The UWI, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles and President of the University of Miami, Dr Julio Frenk in conversation during the second meeting of the Hemispheric University Consortium (HUC) held at The UWI’s Regional Headquarters in Jamaica in October.
The Most Hon PJ Patterson ‘Statesman in Residence’ at The UWI
Posted: November 14, 2019
The legacy and future functions of The Most Hon PJ Patterson, former Prime Minister of Jamaica, received a historic endorsement during last week’s sitting of The University of the West Indies’ Regional Finance and General Purposes Committee. Since his official retirement from politics, Mr Patterson has emerged as a prominent figure in UWI alumni matters and serves as patron of the University’s Global Giving Programme—an initiative created four years ago to raise money regionally and globally for financially distressed but deserving students. In addition, Mr Patterson’s donation of US$100,000 established The PJ Patterson Endowment Fund to provide scholarships for students to spend up to a year at another UWI campus, to re-create the spirit of regional integration.
Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault: Towards a Safer Learning Environment for Colleges and Universities in Jamaica
Posted: November 14, 2019
Towards a Safer Learning Environment for Colleges and Universities in Jamaica
The UWI commends Antigua & Barbuda's investment in the OECS
Posted: November 13, 2019
The University of the West Indies (The UWI) applauds the Government of Antigua and Barbuda’s decision to offer 60 scholarships to students at The UWI’s new Five Islands Campus in Antigua.
According to a recent Cabinet statement, students from across six Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) countries—Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Montserrat—will qualify for tuition scholarships.
The UWI Climbs to Top 4%
Posted: October 22, 2019
At a media conference hosted at The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Cave Hill Campus on October 17, Vice-Chancellor, of The UWI, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles announced that the regional University had climbed the Times Higher Education (THE) rankings, following its debut last year.