Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has recommended that all tourism studies at The University of the West Indies (The UWI) be amalgamated and offered from their new Western Jamaica campus, for which ground was officially broken at the Barnett Estate here on Friday...read more
The University of the West Indies (UWI) should have its first-ever Graduate School of Tourism up and running at its Western Jamaica Campus in Montego Bay by the beginning of 2020.
Speaking at the official groundbreaking for the new UWI Western Jamaica Campus at Barnett Oval in Montego Bay last Friday, Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett said that the university’s global recognition as a powerful intellectual institution will position it to make an even more substantive contribution to the development of the region through the school of tourism...read more
Clinical psychologist Georgia Rose said it is long overdue for stakeholders and policymakers to have extensive discussions on the psychological toll the overbearing pressure to get perfect academic scores is having on children...read more
The Univesity of the West Indies, Western Jamaica Campus, Week 2018. Click here to download
LASCO Nurse of the Year Denese Dacres Reeves collects her award from LASCO's Peter Mark Chin after copping the top prize at the National Nurse of the Year awards 2018-2019 yesterday at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in St Andrew. Another prize winner, Nursing Student of the Year, Desmond Campbell Jr (right) shows off his award, while Nurses' Association of Jamaica President Carmen L Johnson looks on ... read more
Desmond Campbell Jr was on Saturday named winner of the LASCO/Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) Nursing Student of the Year (NSOY) 2018-19 during an awards luncheon at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston ... read more
The Univesity of the West Indies, Western Jamaica Campus, Week in Review 20017. Click here to download
Trinidadian media magnate Kenneth Gordon delivered a riveting and insightful lecture at the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC) at The University of the West Indies, Western Jamaica Campus’ annual public lecture last week...read more
UWI, Mona - Western Jamaica Campus' Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication Public Lecture...read more
On May 8, the University of the West Indies, Western Jamaica Campus (WJC), was host to Greek visual artist and blogger Maria Papaefstathiou under the auspices of Sangster International's MBJ Airports Ltd.
The talk served as part career retrospective and part call to arms for Caribbean creatives in general, and Jamaican designers specifically, to raise the bar in quality and quantity of output.
Papaefstathiou, co-founder of The International Reggae Poster Competition, shared her artistic journey with CARIMAC students, offered her mentorship and unveiled plans for an exhibition of the finalists in this year's International Reggae Poster Contest on the grounds of Sangster International Airport...read more
Our 7 faculties and 12 professional schools offer more than 200 programmes to some 18,000 graduate, undergraduate and continuing studies students.
The UWI, Mona ranks first in Jamaica among accredited tertiary-level programmes. In 2012, the University was again one of Jamaica’s Top 100 Employers.
