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  • The UWI Five Islands Campus has a New Principal

    The UWI Five Islands Campus has a New Principal

    The University of the West Indies (The UWI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Densil A. Williams as Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of its Five Islands Campus, located in Antigua and Barbuda. His appointment was approved by the University Council at its meeting on May 13 and the Government of Antigua and Barbuda has indicated...

  • Telecoms providers grant UWI students free access to websites

    Telecoms providers grant UWI students free access to websites

    Over the next month, tertiary level students will sit their end of year and degree awarding examinations from the comfort of their homes for the first time in the island’s history of higher education. Starting tomorrow and running until mid-June, students at The University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus will undergo final assessments for the just concluded semester in an online or remot...

  • COVID 19 Presents Opportunity to Fix Underlying Race Class Issues in Health Systems

    COVID 19 Presents Opportunity to Fix Underlying Race Class Issues in Health Systems

    Regional Headquarters Jamaica. Wednesday, 06 May 2020. With over 3 million reported cases of COVID-19 worldwide, the virus’ impact on racial and ethnic groups is still emerging. However, internationally, reports have highlighted a disproportionate bearing of illness and death among racial and ethnic minority groups. On April 27, The Univer...

  • UWI scientists provide daily COVID-19 surveillance and monitoring

    UWI scientists provide daily COVID-19 surveillance and monitoring

    Daily surveillance and modelling of COVID-19 from the George Alleyne Chronic Disease Research Centre (GA-CDRC) at The University of the West Indies (The UWI) is now publicly available to provide evidence-based decision-making in the Caribbean. The Centre’s reports gathered currently from 20 Caribbean countries can be accessed at www.uwi.edu/covid19/surveillance.

  • Scientist lauds Region’s Early Response to COVID-19

    Scientist lauds Region’s Early Response to COVID-19

    Deputy Dean of Research at the George Alleyne Chronic Disease Research Centre, Dr Madhuvanti Murphy has commended the early intervention of Caribbean countries to contain the spread of COVID-19. Dr Murphy told an April 22 online discussion forum on the topic ‘UWI on the frontline: Combatting COVID-19 through Data’ that countries in the region had implemented a number of non-pharmaceutical in...