UWI Professor leads discussions in Washington DC oninnovation-driven growth in the Caribbean The University of the West Indies’ (The UWI) Professor John Agard joined international thought leaders and high-level policy-makers from the Caribbean region for the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) Annual Consultation of Caribbean Governors. The two-day engagement took place on Febr...
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This Valentine’s day, amidst a universal focus on love, a group of Cave Hill students showed compassion for people living with HIV and AIDS and their families, through a donation to the HIV/AIDS Food Bank. The donation was made by Semester I students in the Social Planning course offered by the Department of Government, Sociology, Social Work and Psychology. The goods were handed over to...
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In a tradition, now in its 20th year, The University of the West Indies (The UWI) will host a 50-over match which will see a UWI Vice-Chancellor’s XI team face the touring England teamon Sunday,February17, 2019at the 3Ws Oval, The UWI Cave Hill Campus in Barbadosfrom 11:00 am(Eastern Caribbean time). Known as the Vice-Chancellor’s XI Cricket Match, the game will serve as a prelim...
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The International Association of Universities (IAU) selected The University of the West Indies (The UWI) as its global leader in the mobilisation of research and advocacy for the achievement of a climate-smart world. The IAU designated The UWI in recognition of the University’s decades of world class research on climate change and sustainable development. At its meeting at UNESCO’s...
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The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill campus has provided Caribbean entrepreneurs with another avenue to improve their skills.Today, the Centre for Professional Development and Life-long Learning (CPDLL) and Lumin Consulting Inc. (formerly UWI Consulting), signed a Memorandum of Understanding to govern the delivery of short courses and certificate programmes over the next five years. Und...
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There is a need for adequate legislative changes to permit greater research into cannabis, that could benefit the medical industry. According to Dr. Damian Cohall, senior lecturer in Pharmacology in the Faculty of Medical Sciences, the lack of an enabling legal environment has hampered the ability to conduct in-depth research on the potential uses of cannabis. He has therefore suggested that ...
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Holder, Chase, Dowrich, Roach, Hetmyer. West Indian cricket supporters will remember those names for their historic Test win against England this January in Barbados. The University of the West Indies is doubly proud to join the international community in celebrating this victory. In that resounding defeat, records were set and new names were etched into our West Indian annals. We are very h...
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Dr. Subira Franklin is this year’s recipient of the Arnott Cato Foundation-City of Bridgetown (COB) Credit Union Ltd award. The Master’s in Public Health (MPH) student received the $5,000 sponsorship cheque during an awards ceremony at the Errol Walrond Building, Clinical Skills Complex, Jemmotts Lane, Bridgetown recently. An emotional Franklin said she was looking forward to fu...
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The Cave Hill Campus is exploring the training of local and regional teachers to teach Chinese language and culture. So said Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Professor Eudine Barriteau, during remarks at the second annual Confucius Institute Lecture, held at the Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination (EBCCI) last Monday evening. “It has become apparent that we must rapidly incre...
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Empowering youth today for the jobs of tomorrow. RBC, in collaboration with The UWI, has launched a forum to help youth prepare for the changing world of work – the RBC Future Launch Forum. The launch was held on Tuesday, January 22, 2019, in the Walcott Warner Theatre of the Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination. The discussion was led by Lauragaye Jackson, and featured the insi...
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The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill campus in collaboration with RBC Royal Bank (Barbados) Limited, has launched the registration period for the 2019 edition of RBC Race for the Kids. The launch took place on Wednesday, January 23 at the Campus. The race is scheduled for Sunday, March 10, at 4 p.m. and starts outside the 3Ws Pavilion at The UWI Cave Hill. This is the third in...
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Approximately 90 students have signed up as volunteers under the Digital Acceleration Ambassadors Programme, coordinated by the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Smart Technology (MIST). The pilot project will see The UWI Cave Hill students assisting taxpayers with registering for the Barbados Revenue Authority’s (BRA) online tax system, TAMIS. They will be working alongside BRA staff ...
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The School of Education at Cave Hill is creating several initiatives aimed at changing the face of teacher education in the Caribbean. Among these are the implementation of new degree programmes and other courses for continuing education, the franchising of existing ones to national colleges in the OECS, and partnering with funding institutions, educational bodies and international and regional...
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Ten participants from almost as many countries began training this week in the inaugural English in the Caribbean for Interpreters workshop, an initiative of the Centre for English Language Learning, at Cave Hill. Officer-in-charge of the Centre, Dr Stacy Denny, said the 11-day course was created in order to fill the knowledge gap about issues concerning the Caribbean at international conferen...
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