b'Strategic Partnerships Strategic partnerships have become an increasinglytoJewelleryMaking;andSpanish:ALanguagebymanycountriestotranslateCOVID-19relatedThe ICS is also finalizing a report on the impact of important part of the university-industry landscape.of Inclusion. Building on this relationship with theinformation into the popular indigenous languagesCOVID-19ontheJamaicanEntertainmentSector Suchpartnershipsmayhavemanyorigins,withGleaner, focused short articles on the career choicesof their citizens.based on research conducted during the period June somesuccessfulonesemergingthroughpre- and successes of graduates were published underto August, 2020. Both projects utilized the skills of existingindividual-levelrelationships.Initiatingathe theme: Where are They Now? The Stellar GradsQuality Standards in Teacher Educationgraduate students in the ICS.strategic partnership can be rewarding once thereSeries.Thisinitiativeranfrom27to31October,The Heads of Agreement between the Jamaican is mutual value to be gained and the goal of win- 2019, and provided yet another platform to highlightMinistryofEducation,theeightcollegesNew Course Development win alliances on both sides.One of the reasons forthe job-market opportunities available to graduatesconstitutingTheTeachersCollegesofJamaica,TheFacultyofEngineeringcontinuedtobenefit strategic partnerships is to build the brand profile ofwith humanities degrees. andTheUniversityoftheWestIndies,whichisfrom partnership arrangements with New Fortress The UWI and its reputation within the society and thecurrently being revised with inputs from the FacultyEnergy (NFE). NFE sponsored the teaching of the region, to foster collaboration between researchersWomens Entrepreneurial DevelopmentofHumanitiesandEducation,clearlyrepresentsEPNG3012CryogenicEngineeringcourse,which and academics, and provide opportunities for newThe Institute for Gender and Development Studies,oneofthefinestexamplesofindustry/academicintroduces students to low-temperature engineering enterpriseinitiativesandprojects.ThefollowingMonaUnitcarriedoutaprojectinpartnershipalignment. This tripartite arrangement is intended,via the design, and analysis of cryogenic systems. 86 representdifferentexamplesofthestrategicwiththeJamaicaEmployersFederation(JEF)inamongotherthings:ToenablethedeliveryofItincludesthephysicsandengineeringprinciples87alignments that Faculties and staff have made withJamaicathatfocusedonWomensEntrepreneurialprogrammes by the participating colleges within anof cryogenic materials and fluids with emphasis on partners to advance the profile of The University ofDevelopment(WED)AssessmentinJamaica.Theestablished quality assurance framework approvedliquidnaturalgastechnology,rectificationsystem the West Indies.study identified enabling and inhibiting factors forbytheUniversityandsoenhancethequalityofdesign, and instrumentation. NFE provided nine (9) womens entrepreneurial development and confirmedteachereducationinJamaica,andtheawardofsets of three (3) text books for the course; provided the need for an increased national focus in digitaldegreesundertheaegisoftheUniversity.Inlicences for the software for use in the lab component Contributions to Socialliteracy programmes for female entrepreneurs. Theaddition to contributing inputs for the revision ofof the course (RefProp version 10); and established final report is to be published by the Internationalthe existing Heads of Agreement, the Faculty ofan internship position in their New York office for an Development Labour Organization (ILO). Humanities and Education, through the School ofEngineering student. This was, however, affected by Education and the Joint Board of Teacher Education,the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Reaching our stakeholdersLanguage Translation Serviceshas been participating in the implementation of that UnderanexistingarrangementwiththeSundayAs part of its contributions to the national effortsAgreement in order to maintain industry standardsData Processing Services Gleaner, The Faculty of Humanities and EducationagainstthespreadofCOVID-19,theJamaicanin teacher education in Jamaica. An online approach and methodology were required continuedtopublishshortnewspaperarticlesLanguageUnit(JLU)withintheDepartmentoftodeliverandadministertheexecutionofonline fortnightly highlighting the contemporary relevanceLanguage,LinguisticsandPhilosophy,translatedCulture and Entertainmentelections for the officers of the Guild of Students. This ofthehumanities.BetweenSeptember2019andpublichealthandsafetyprotocolswritteninTo achieve a more data-driven cultural and creativewas achieved by using a survey management and July2020,graduatesandacademicstaffoftheEnglish by the Ministry of Health and Wellness intoindustrieslandscapefordevelopmentinJamaica,data analytics platform to design and disseminate Facultypublishedelevensucharticles.SomeJamaicanPatois.Thiseffortwasconsistentwiththe Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS) partneredelectronic ballots to all students and then collate and ofthesewere:CriticalThinking,Creativityandthe activist spirit of the online petition seeking anwith the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainmentcount each vote and finally summarise the results of CompetenceinVisualCulture;OutsidetheBox:official status of recognition for Patois alongside theandSportonthepreparationofareportonthethe election. Creating a New Normal through Humanities; LifeEnglish language. It is also worth noting that thisimpact of Reggae Month 2020 based on research within the Humanities; My Journey from Literatureeffort by the JLU was part of a global undertakingconducted during the period February to May 2020.The Caribbean School of Media and Communication ANNUAL REPORT 2019/20 Realigning our Resources with Resilience and Resourcefulness'