The UWI hosts Africa-CARICOM Day celebration

Ms Sandrea Maynard, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Global Affairs at The UWI chairs the Africa-Caricom Day proceedings while Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice-Chancellor, The UWI and the Most Honourable P.J. Patterson, Statesman-in-Residence, The UWI look on from the head table.

Caricom has been designated as the sixth region of the African continent. The region commemorated the second annual Africa-CARICOM Day on September 7, signaling an ongoing commitment to strengthened relationships between the two populations.

The UWI Honorary degree recipients for 2023 announced

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Fourteen eminent persons are to receive honorary degrees from The University of the West Indies (The UWI) during its upcoming Class of 2023 graduation ceremonies, starting October 7.

The annual tradition of conferring honorary degrees, which coincides this year with the regional university’s 75th jubilee celebrations will commemorate the outstanding contributions made by these individuals to their communities and the wider society.

The Inaugural Staging of The UWI Mona VM Group Distinguished Lecture to address “The Middle Income Technology Trap

Antonio Andreoni, Professor of Development Economics at School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London

The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, in collaboration with the VM Group, is thrilled to announce the highly anticipated launch of, ‘The UWI Mona VM Group Distinguished Lecture Series’. The series aims to provide a platform, through thought-leadership, for insightful discussions, intellectual discourse, and the exchange of ideas to nurture change on local, regional and global scales.

Statement from the PJ Patterson Institute for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy on the commemoration of September 7 as Africa-CARICOM Day

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September 7, 2023, marks two years since the first CARICOM Africa Union (AU) Summit, hosted by Kenya. The first Summit of Heads decided to establish for celebration, September 7 of every year as Africa-Caricom Day. The P.J. Patterson Institute for Africa-Caribbean Public Advocacy strongly supports the opportunity it presents for activities geared at greater African and Caribbean unity.   

September 7 is Africa-CARICOM Day

The UWI marks the celebration with hybrid public forum and cultural dress day

Thursday, September 7, 2023 will mark Africa-CARICOM Day. This is in keeping with a 2021 decision taken at the Inaugural Africa-CARICOM Summit for an annual acknowledgement to signal an ongoing commitment to strengthened relationships. The pace of initiatives to strengthen Africa-CARICOM’s cooperation has quickened, following the Summit, in areas of strategic importance to the both regions. Among the initiatives, an official day of observance, celebrating their formalised unity.

The UWI leads Regional dialogue on Climate Change and Mental Health

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The Latin American-Caribbean Centre (LACC) of The University of the West Indies (The UWI) hosted an inaugural regional dialogue on the impact of climate change on mental health on August 23.

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The UWI Mona and VM Group partner to host Distinguished Lecture Series

The UWI Mona and VM Group partner to host Distinguished Lecture Series

The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Mona Campus is excited to announce its partnership with the VM Group to host its Distinguished Lecture Series for the next 5 years.  While complementing the vibrant scholarly discourse at the department and faculty levels, this Campus-wide initiative establishes an institutional architecture for spotlighting The UWI Mona Campus' academic contributions under a single umbrella, to the broader society. The Launch was hosted at the Faculty of Medical Sciences Teaching and Research Complex on Friday, August 18, 2023.

The UWI Press Honoured by The UWI Main Library | 75 Books to Read During 2023

The UWI Press Honoured by The UWI Main Library | 75 Books to Read During 2023

Please visit https://libguides.uwi.edu/Books-You-Should-Read to peruse the full list.

Procurement Notice

Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)

Call for Expressions of Interest for the provision of consultancy services for The University of the West Indies Digital Transformation Project

The University of the West Indies (The UWI) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) towards the cost of The University of the West Indies Digital Transformation Project and intends to apply a portion of the proceeds of this financing to eligible payments under a contract for the provision of the following consultancy services.

UWI Senior Lecturer selected by American Association of Geographers for inaugural Elevate the Discipline programme

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The American Association of Geographers (AAG) has announced its first-ever cohort of the new “Elevate the Discipline” programme, which will train and showcase geographers in action—in the media, as voices for public policies, and in advocating for change—on this year’s theme of Climate and Society.

The selected participants drawn from across 11 US states and the West Indies represent the rich and diverse range of practice within the discipline, including hydroclimatology, political ecology, climate and health, disaster geography, geoinformatics, soil science, and more.

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