Media Release - The University of the West Indies (The UWI) St. Augustine Campus congratulates the recipients of Trinidad and Tobago’s 2022 National Awards, which were hosted by the Office of the President on Republic Day, Saturday, 24 September 2022. The UWI community is proud to
UN News - The UN chief on Monday issued a statement expressing deep sadness at the death of 15 people, including 11 children, at a school in the Russian city of Izhevsk, following an attack by a lone gunman who killed himself at the scene. Two dozen
Fourteen candidates from Grenada, Barbados, Dominica, St Lucia, St Kitts and Nevis and St Vincent and the Grenadines were awarded the prestigious Chevening Scholarship. British High Commissioner to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, His Excellency Scott Furssedonn-Wood, is very pleased with the recent announcement. “I am delighted
The Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) is reforming its national education and labour sectors to build the human capacity of its people and has turned to The University of the West Indies (The UWI) to strengthen its relationship with the regional academy. On
Four years ago, the students of the Ross University School of Medicine in Dominica, along with the staff, had to leave the island and move to the main campus in Barbados to continue with their studies. Hurricane Maria left the island in ruins in 2017,
Media Release - Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (The UWI), Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, has been elected by his peers across the international academic community to serve on the governing Council for the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU). The announcement was made on July 29
Media Release - Two solidarity projects promoted by professors and students from two universities in Argentina and Chile have been distinguished with the Uniservitate Award 2022 in the Latin America and Caribbean region. The awarded experiences correspond to social impact initiatives carried out by the Catholic University of
On Thursday, July 21, The Full Reform of Education in Jamaica Report, 2021, better known as the Orlando Patterson Commission Report will be examined during a Vice-Chancellor’s Forum hosted by The University of the West Indies (The UWI) in collaboration with the Caribbean Centre for
A group of experts has said there is a learning crisis in the Caribbean and Latin America, and building better school infrastructures could help address the problem. An article published by the World Bank said that "good-quality infrastructure can change the learning environment for many boys and girls",
UN NEWS—The dramatic real-life effects of shutdowns of the internet on people’s lives and human rights are vastly underestimated, the UN human rights office warns in a report released on Thursday. When major communication channels and networks are slowed down or blocked, this means thousands, even
