Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, will be the guest speaker at the Opening Ceremony of the annual Research Day activities at The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, which takes place on Thursday, January 28 at 9 am.  The two-day exhibition takes place January 28-29, under the theme “Education for a better nation, a stronger region”.

Research Day will feature over 100 exhibits mounted in the Assembly Hall, UWI, Mona and in Tent City, on the lawns adjacent the Senate building. Tours will be conducted throughout the Faculties of Humanities & Education, Medical Sciences, Pure & Applied Sciences and Social Sciences which will be hosting Open Days. In addition, cultural and heritage tours of the Mona Campus will take place to introduce persons to its rich and varied past.

There will be a number of public lectures and seminars taking place over the two days at the Undercroft of the Senate Building. On Thursday, January 28 at 11.00 a.m. there will be seminar: “Dealing with Violence and Aggression in Select Schools.” At 2.00 p.m.  the TVET Forum “New Directions in TVET at the UWI” will take place and then at 5.30 p.m. the annual AFJ/Sue Cobb lecture titled, “Understanding the Development of Criminal Behaviour in Children: Prescription and Solution” will be delivered by Dr. Claudette Crawford-Brown, Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Sociology and Social Work.

On Friday, January 29, the first lecture in the Mona Law Series entitled, “Gender Equality, Sociology and Corporate Governance” will be delivered at 10.00 a.m. by Dr. Kola Abimbola, Lecturer in Company and Commercial Law, University of Leicester. At 12 noon, the Mona Campus will host a Research Forum for all high school and college principals.

Research Day is designed to showcase the groundbreaking research conducted by members of the academic community at Mona and allow members of the public to interact with many of the award-winning individuals whose work will be on display. The public is invited to attend all these events.

http://myspot.mona.uwi.edu/researchday/2010