The University of the West Indies Press (UWI Press) is pleased to announce that three of its books have been recognized as Finalists in the 25th annual Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards.

A collaborative project undertaken by The University of the West Indies (The UWI) together with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management (FS) to support MSMEs through upskilling and digitalization, was announced as a winner of the 2022 Caribbean Sustainable Tourism Awards.

During the Western campaign to illegalise the trans-Atlantic Trade of Africans in the 19th century, traders and their allies argued that African commercial and political interests were their business partners. According to Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (UWI) and Chair of the CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC), Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, “Since then, this perspective has gained global traction, becoming the dominant narrative, particularly in the Caribbean and the Americas.

In a show of unwavering support for The University of the West Indies (UWI), all 17 of its contributing countries were represented at the kick-off of the two-day annual budget meetings on March 7, 2023. The third iteration of virtual Technical Advisory Committees (TACs) meetings since 2019 and the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2023 budget sessions were hosted by the contributing country, Belize.

The University of the West Indies (The UWI) has conferred ‘Emeritus Professor’ titles on Professors Brian Copeland and John Agard, both of the St. Augustine Campus in Trinidad and Tobago. Both conferrals are with immediate effect.

The title of Emeritus Professor (or, Emerita Professor, for women) refers to retired professors who are recognised and honoured by their universities for notable contributions to academia. Aside from the special title, an Emeritus status gives distinguished professors extra privileges at the University.

The University of the West Indies (The UWI), St Augustine Campus, invites you to view and participate virtually in its 2023 Campus Council Meeting tomorrow Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 10:00am via Zoom. At this meeting, the leadership team will present its Annual Report for the academic year 2021-2022 to the Campus Council, the governing body of The UWI St. Augustine Campus,

The University of the West Indies, Mona wishes to advise the public of the sudden passing of a male student on the Elsa Leo-Rhynie Hall of Residence. We are deeply saddened by this news and extend our condolences to the family, friends and hall-mates of the deceased student.

Upon being notified all protocols were activated. The parents of the deceased and the police were contacted, and the body of the student has been removed.

American Author, Harriet Beecher Stowe said, “Women are the real architects of society.”

As we continue to grow as a global university rooted in the Caribbean, our ambitions have grown in equal measure. As Principal of the Mona Campus, it has always been my goal to create opportunities for women to fulfil their potential and be leaders. This has translated into the Mona Campus having more female Professors and Deans. Since 2018, of the 27 Professors appointed, 14 were women and four of the Deans appointed were women.

The first point in the Caribbean-led reparatory justice programme jointly championed by The University of the West Indies (The UWI) and CARICOM calls for ‘formal and sincere apology’ as a precondition of healing for descendants of enslaved peoples.

The Trevelyan Family apology on Monday, February 27, during a forum co-hosted by the Grenada National Reparations Committee (GNRC) and The UWI shows the successful application of this framework, which has come to be known as the “Ten Point Plan”.

A high-level delegation of royal African traditional leaders from AIDO Network International, is visiting Jamaica from February 28 to March 6 for a series of activities hosted by the CARICOM Reparations Commission, in collaboration with The University of the West Indies (UWI), and its Centre for Reparation Research and PJ Patterson Institute for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy.