b'Improving the Quality of Teaching, Learning and Student Development(contd)theirethicalandcharacterdevelopmentanda DevelopmentalWorkshopforFacultymembers todisseminateinformationontheRegulationsfor GraduateCertificates,DiplomasandDegrees.A fourth Developmental Workshop was held for faculty intheFacultyofMedicalScienceswhichincluded information on Regulations for Postgraduate Clinical Programmes.ThesocialdistancingrequiredfromMarch2020 onwardsmeantthattheCampushadtostepup efforts to ensure sustained contact with graduate students virtually and that events or activities that 44 were normally held face-to-face to engage students45witheachothersresearchwouldbesustained through a range of strategies.Research students in the School of Education wereWith the outbreak of COVID-19 and the suspension facilitatedtoattendTheQualitativeResearchofin-personactivities,departmentspivoted Conference(TQR)inFortLauderdale,Florida,toorganizingtheirweeklystaff/postgraduate ABOVE: Mr. Fabian Thomas,inJanuary2020.IntheSchoolofEducation,anseminars online, a process that was replicated in a transformational trainer,Association of Graduate Researchers in Educationall faculties. To enrich the learning experience of speaks to graduate students(AGRE) was founded to support research students.research students, and ensure the throughput rate about strategies neededTheseseeminglyroutineactivitiesthatwereingraduateprogrammes,acrosstheFacultyof to advance ethical and character development. replicatedinmanyotherdepartments,readilyHumanities and Education, there was a commitment demonstratedanunwaveringcommitmenttotoholdingstaff/postgraduateseminarsweekly. excellenceinteaching,studentcenteredness,FromMarch5throughJune18,theInstituteof andstudentdevelopment.AtTheUWIStudentCaribbean Studies held 10 online staff/postgraduate EvaluationofTeachingAwardsCeremonyonseminars while the Caribbean School of Media and LEFT: Mrs. Sandra Powell-November14,2019,organizedbytheCentreofCommunication held 13 such seminars from March Mangaroo engages FacultyExcellenceinTeachingandLearning(CELT)in4 to June 24. All of this meant that, despite the members in a discussion onassociation with the Office of the Deputy Principal,COVID-19pandemicandarguablyitsdebilitating Regulations for Graduate43membersofacademicstaffwererecognizedeffectsontheteaching,researchandlearning Certificates, Diplomas and Degrees. andhonouredforprofessing,practicing,andprocesses,therewasadoggedpersistenceto propagating these values within the Faculty. maintain a dynamic learning environment.ANNUAL REPORT 2019/20 Realigning our Resources with Resilience and Resourcefulness'