Seven staff members and one department at The University of the West Indies (The UWI) will be honoured at 2020/2021 Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence. One of the highlights on the University’s calendar, the Awards recognise high achievement by academic, senior administrative and professional personnel throughout the regional university. The 2020/2021 Awards, which marks the 28th year, will be held virtually—similar to last year’s ceremony—due to regional COVID-19 restrictions and protocols and will take the total number of awardees to 161.

A new book addressing the challenges of the Coronavirus in the CARICOM region features chapters written by experts from The University of the West Indies (The UWI).

Newly inducted Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of The University of the West Indies at Cave Hill, Professor Clive Landis has pledged to draw on The UWI’s strategic vision of driving Caribbean development to position the Cave Hill Campus as a pillar of innovation in Barbados.

The Norwegian, Statsraad Lehmkuhl sail training vessel enters the English-speaking Caribbean leg of its historic 55,000-mile, ‘One Ocean Expedition’ this weekend.

On Saturday, November 13, the 107-year old, 98-metre long sail ship docks at Port Royal in Kingston, Jamaica. Onboard for this extraordinary research expedition, are two postgraduate researchers from The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Mona Campus, Chauntelle Green from the Department of Life Sciences and Deron Maitland from the Department of Physics.

The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus wishes to advise the public that the Undergraduate Applications for January 2022 Admission in some programmes are now open until November 22, 2021.

The University understands the many hurdles prospective students and their families have had to overcome due to changes within school communities island-wide and the unprecedented challenges presented by COVID-19. Further, with CSEC and CAPE results recently released, the Mona Campus has taken the decision to provide options for high school graduates to pursue further studies. 

The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Open Campus recently launched Phase One of its partnership with UNESCO’s Transcultura Programme for persons from Spanish-speaking Caribbean countries.

The programme titled “Integrating Cuba, the Caribbean and the European Union through Culture and Creativity,” is being implemented in collaboration with UNESCO’s Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean and funded by the European Union.

Professor Clive Landis will be formally welcomed into his role as the new Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus at an Induction Ceremony on Saturday, November 13.

Xan-Xi Bethel is a product of the Simmons-Hall families from Middle Caicos in the Turks and Caicos Islands, and the Bonamy-Munnings-Woodside families of Andros and Cat Island in the Bahamas. She also comes out of the Sands, Adderley, Benebee, and Bethel families of Eleuthera and Long Island in the Bahamas. These were families that held fast to notions of belonging, nation building, and service. They were an industrious and ambitious people who worked and contributed as farmers, educators, scholars, sailors, businesspeople, suffragettes, and adventurers.

Vice-Chancellor Beckles describes as the ‘post-COVID takeoff’.

The University of the West Indies (The UWI) has penned an agreement with Sandals Resorts International (SRI) and Florida International University’s (FIU) Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management, solidifying a landmark industry-academic alignment partnership to establish a world-class tourism training institute based at the University.

Mikeann Channer is a young medical doctor with a track record of excellence. Born and raised in Montego Bay, St. James, the 24-year-old has consistently maintained a high standard in all her endeavours. Born on October 16, 1997, Mikeann was raised in a single-parent household. The love and support of her family have played an integral part in her becoming the person she is today. She is especially close to her mother who inspires and encourages her to pursue her dreams and goals. She attributes her success to date largely to God, who has been a guiding force in her life.