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.

As The University of the West Indies (The UWI) enters phase two of its Triple A Strategic Plan (2022-2027) focused on “THE REVENUE REVOLUTION”, Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles has reached out to global development partners in an attempt to secure support for the University’s financial sustainability and readiness to lead the post-COVID, economic transformation of the region.

Infectious Disease Specialist, Dr Farley Cleghorn donates US $250,000 

Infectious Disease Specialist, Dr Farley R. Cleghorn has responded to the announcement of an endowment established by The University of the West Indies Medical Alumni Association (UWIMAA), with a generous donation of US $250,000. It is the endowment’s largest donation to date as the UWIMAA seeks to raise US $1.5 million toward medical sciences programmes in honour of The UWI’s 75th and the Association’s 33rd anniversary in 2023.

The University of the West Indies (The UWI) is pleased to announce the conferral of the title of ‘Emeritus’ on seven retired Professors. The decision on the conferrals was made during a virtual University Finance and General Purposes Committee meeting held in late October.

‘Emeritus’ designation is given to persons who retired in the rank of ‘Professor’—in recognition of their distinguished and exemplary careers—and generally allows these individuals to retain their titles. The list of new Professors Emerti follows.

At an investiture ceremony held on December 4, 2021, Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda, His Excellency Sir Rodney Williams, conferred the Governor General's Faithful and Meritorious Award's highest honour, the Cross and Plaque, upon Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (The UWI), Professor Sir Hilary Beckles. The Award recognises Vice-Chancellor Beckles’ 40 years of distinguished service to The UWI and the Caribbean.

The University of the West Indies, joins the region and the world in congratulating Barbados on this remarkable milestone in its history. The island’s achievement of Republic status and the appointment its first President, Her Excellency the Most Honourable Dame Sandra Mason is a proud moment for The UWI as an indigenous Caribbean university. The University community salutes the people of Barbados and Prime Minister, The Honourable Mia Amor Mottley on the bold move to leave the country’s colonial past behind, and elect a Barbadian Head of State, on their 55th anniversary of Independence.