Director of The Centre of Excellence for IT-Enabled Business Innovation Dr Maurice McNaughton, started his career in engineering. However, shortly after pursuing his masters in electronics engineering in the Netherlands, he joined the team at Alcan Jamaica. He recounts the job as his first mainstream job in tech, “working with a great team and having the most enriching experience”.Subsequently, McNaughton served as the chief information officer at the Jamaica Public Service (JP ››Read More

  Stakeholders to present a united front and showcase strong support for tourism resilience and recovery at Caribbean virtual event to celebrate World Tourism Day. Leading regional and international agencies from the public and private sectors, as well as nongovernmental partners in academia, health and other interests, have partnered to jointly host a high-level virtual conference on the future of Caribbean tourism. The day-long event will be held on Monday, September 27 in obs ››Read More

  As the pandemic stretches on, our University community continues to rally together in anticipation of a resilient, post-COVID Caribbean. With a renewed sense of purpose and urgency, UWI Global Giving kicked off on August 1 and will run until September 30. The 2021 campaign focuses on funding scholarships and bursaries for students who may fall by the wayside through no fault of their own, but because of poverty and marginalisation.  Let us do our best to avoid the risk of youn ››Read More

                    The University of the West Indies (The UWI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Patrick Anglin as the University Data Protection Officer, with effect from August 1, 2021. The University Data Protection Officer (UDPO) will serve as the advisor to University's leadership teams, committees, and governing bodies on all strategic and operational matters relating to data protection and associated compliance issues.  The primary point of contact fo ››Read More

                          We are pleased to share with you the current schedule of the MSBM Consulting’s Executive Education Series. No matter where you are in your career, there is a programme to support you on your journey! MSBM Consulting’s Executive Education Series offers a variety of programmes to help you excel. See our full schedule. Contact Us: - Annabelle Graham | annabelle.graham02@uwimona.edu.jm - Ingrid Bennett | msbm-psu@uwimona.edu.jm - Mobile | (8 ››Read More

In horseracing there are escalating forms of placing wagers and the basics are fairly simple. There is place; win; and quinelas (first and second). After that the bets become more complex but the winnings are larger in keeping with the risks. I admit that I am no expert (in deference to several learned and experienced writers in Public Opinion). But I have chosen to use this simple example to highlight disasters, and again ask the question; where is the ship? In recent weeks ther ››Read More

Special congratulations to Mona School of Business and Management's (UWI, Mona) BSc. Accounting student Candice McLeod on her bronze medal in the women's 4x400m relay at the Tokyo Olympics. ››Read More

The University of the West Indies Mona Campus wishes to remind all students and members of the public that the campus will be closed for face–to–face business on the dates below in keeping with the announcement made by the Government of Jamaica that there will be no movement days to curb the latest surge in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Jamaica. This announcement was made on, Wednesday, September 1, 2021. Members of the UWI community are being asked to continue to check their U ››Read More

Mona School of Business & Management (MSBM) hosted the “World’s Most Influential Mathematician (2018)” Dr Nira Chamberlain in a virtual session for the UWI Mona Community on Thursday, July 29, 2021, where he explored the topic “Mathematics, Critical Thinking & Development.” Dr. Nira Chamberlain, born to Jamaican parents, is the first Black Mathematician to appear in the Who’s Who. The holder of  two (2) doctoral degrees in Mathematics (a PhD from Portsmouth University and a ››Read More

In Jamaican folklore we have been told by Granny that “bad luck always comes in threes”, and even though some may doubt this, recent events may be seen as some kind of portent of impending danger. In these scenarios of somewhat measurable probabilities there is a strong possibility of three variables coinciding, so this is one reason for actuarial calculations.  So in early June I wrote about the need for reassessment of variables in elements of disaster likelihood, and the outco ››Read More