The University of the West Indies (The UWI) has partnered with the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) to offer a new certificate programme, in Sports Marketing.

In today’s digital age, we all have concerns with privacy, confidentiality and control of our personal data.  It is of such signal importance in fact that the Council of Europe, since 2007, established Data Protection Day to annually recognise and raise awareness of the rights to personal data protection and privacy. Today, January 28 marks Data Protection Day, (also called Privacy Day outside Europe) and is now commemorated globally in over 30 countries.

The following statement is issued by Most Hon P.J. Patterson, Statesmen-in Residence at the PJ Patterson Centre for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy at The University of the West Indies (The UWI).

As Martin Luther King Day approaches, The P.J. Patterson Centre for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy adds its voice to the call once again for the posthumous exoneration of the Rt. Honourable Marcus Garvey.  

The University of the West Indies (The UWI) is pleased to announce its six newest Professors, that include a Legal Scholar, Political Scientist, Educational Psychologist, Natural Products Researcher, Microbiologist and Tourism Specialist.

The University of the West Indies (The UWI) is deeply saddened by the passing of Mr. James (Jimmy) Moss-Solomon, former Executive in Residence at the Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM).

Mr. Moss-Solomon was a business stalwart, whose positive impact has been felt by numerous organisations across Jamaica and the wider Caribbean. It is for his trailblazing contribution to business leadership that he was conferred with the Order of Distinction (Commander Class) by the Government of Jamaica in 2012.

The management of The University of the West Indies (The UWI) and the West Indies Group of University Teachers (WIGUT - Jamaica) met this morning to discuss the outstanding items of claim including the matter of the 4 per cent salary item. Several advancements were made in relation to key outstanding claim items, including the salary item. Consequently, WIGUT (Jamaica) agrees to suspend its industrial action with the expectation of concluding negotiations without further delays.

The parties hope to have all outstanding items resolved and concluded by the end of January.

The University of the West Indies (The UWI) joins the global community in mourning the passing of Hollywood’s revered star, Sir Sidney Poitier, who passed away on January 7, 2022.

The pioneer Bahamian American actor and film director, Sir Sidney Poitier, was the recipient of the University’s Legacy Award, bestowed in 2001 at the American Foundation for The University of the West Indies (AFUWI) annual gala. Sir Sidney was among a group of Caribbean luminaries who were saluted at the University’s foremost fundraising initiative.

Professor Michael Taylor, The University of the West Indies, (The UWI) Mona Campus’ Professor of Climate Science, Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology and a world renowned expert in climate science has been named among Apolitical’s 100 Most Influential Academics in Government.

The University of the West Indies’ Dr Donovan Campbell, Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Geography and Geology at the Mona Campus and Dr Aidan Farrell, Senior Lecturer in Plant Physiology, Department of Life Sciences at the St Augustine Campus, are among a global network of researchers who have coauthored and published a Global Stocktake of evidence on human adaptation to climate change.  The United Nations since 1988 warned that “certain human activities could change global climate patterns, threatening present and future generations with potentially severe economic and social

The Mona Ageing and Wellness Centre  (MAWC) at The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, will be closed on Friday, December 17, 2021, and will re-open on Monday, January 3, 2022. MAWC is one of the vaccination sites approved by the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW), its closure means the site will not be accessible to the public for persons to receive vaccines for this period.