10/09/2020
Following a one-week delay to the start of classes, and a significant investment in technological and infrastructural upgrades, since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities at The University of the West Indies Cave Hill campus say all systems are go for teaching to get underway on Monday, September 14 for the 2020/21 academic year.
04/08/2020
The UWI Regional Headquarters, Jamaica. Tuesday, August 4, 2020 — The University of the West Indies (The UWI), through the International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Sciences (ICENS) has brokered a deal for a welcomed donation of COVID-19 testing resources for...
31/07/2020
The UWI Regional Headquarters, Jamaica. Friday, July 31, 2020. —A handbook outlining ethical principles to guide the responses of Caribbean governments and policymakers in managing the COVID-19 pandemic is now available. It was authored by two members of The UWI COVID-19 Task Force. Dr Anna Kasafi Perkins, an ethics specialist, together with Professor R. Clive Landis, a cardiovascular research expert—who...
29/07/2020
The UWI Regional Headquarters, Jamaica. Wednesday, July 29, 2020. — August is Global Giving month at The University of the West Indies (The UWI). The regional University is calling on its community of alumni, partners and friends regionally and internationally to support students whose finances, and that of...
22/07/2020
Regional Headquarters, Jamaica, Wednesday, 22 July 2020. Following a meeting of its Executive Management Team (EMT) on Wednesday, July 15, 2020, The University of the West Indies (The UWI) has determined its policy regarding the upcoming academic year 2020/2021. The UWI EMT resolved that...
27/05/2020
Regional Headquarters Jamaica. Wednesday, May 27, 2020. Following the quarterly meeting of its Board for Undergraduate Studies (BUS) on Tuesday May 19, 2020, The University of the West Indies (The UWI), formally announces its decision to modify the...
11/05/2020
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 Monday, May 11th and running until mid-June, students at ...
02/05/2020
Regional Headquarters Jamaica. Saturday, May 02, 2020. The senior executive leadership of The University of the West Indies (The UWI)—the Vice-Chancellor, Campus Principals, Pro Vice-Chancellors, University Bursar and University Registrar—have all committed to allocating a percentage of...
30/04/2020
Regional Headquarters Jamaica. Thursday, April 30, 2020. 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...
25/04/2020
Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. 25 April 2020. 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...
25/04/2020
Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. 25 April 2020. UWI lecturer in Public Health and Epidemiology, Dr Natasha Sobers, has reiterated a call for the public to rely only on credible sources for information on COVID-19. Addressing an April 22 online forum hosted by...
25/04/2020
Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. 25 April 2020. Scientific researchers at The UWI Cave Hill Campus have highlighted the need for Caribbean countries to follow the guidelines set by the World Health Organisation (WHO) regarding how to lift restrictions that were put in place to...
25/04/2020
Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. 25 April 2020. A Cave Hill Campus medical research scientist has advised that the Caribbean is still in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic and surveillance remains critical as regional governments consider changes to...
22/04/2020
The UWI Regional Headquarters Jamaica. Wednesday, April 22, 2020—Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, the Honourable Dr. Keith Rowley has called on experts from The University of the West Indies (The UWI) to join a Cabinet-appointed ‘Post COVID-19 Road Map to...
16/04/2020
The UWI, Cave Hill Campus, Bridgetown Barbados. Thursday, April 16, 2020. Students at The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus have been given an assurance that the upcoming period of examinations and final assessments to bring formal closure to semester two, will be fair and...
15/04/2020
The UWI, Cave Hill Campus, Bridgetown Barbados. Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Dozens of medical students enrolled at The University of the West Indies Cave Hill are lending critical support to Barbados’ fight against the coronavirus pandemic as authorities gear for a possible surge in the number...
13/04/2020
Five Islands, Antigua and Barbuda. Monday, April 13, 2020. The University of the West Indies’ new Five Islands Campus in Antigua and Barbuda, crossed yet another milestone on Monday, April 6, 2020, when its Council met for the first time. In a virtual meeting setting, members of the...
09/04/2020
The UWI Regional Headquarters, Kingston, Jamaica, Thursday, 9 April, 2020. Four new members have joined The UWI COVID-19 Task Force, bringing expertise to address the clinical aspects of the virus. They are Professor Terence Seemungal, Pulmonologist and Dean of the Faculty of...
08/04/2020
The UWI, Cave Hill Campus, Bridgetown Barbados. Wednesday, April 8, 2020—Researchers have cautioned that workers under 35 years old are least likely to adhere to measures proposed to halt the spread of the coronavirus, COVID-19. In addition, they say the disease’s impact on ...
06/04/2020
The UWI, Cave Hill Campus, Bridgetown Barbados. Monday, April 6, 2020. As Caribbean countries grapple with the threat of Covid-19 to their sustainable development, the Caribbean Sociological Association (CASA) is hosting a virtual public forum titled “Covid-19 & the...
05/04/2020
The UWI, Cave Hill Campus, Bridgetown Barbados. Sunday, April 5, 2020. After an approximate three weeks interruption due to COVID-19, semester two at The University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus resumes tomorrow. Teaching will take place online for all students, wherever possible, including...
05/04/2020
The UWI, Cave Hill Campus, Bridgetown Barbados. Sunday, April 5, 2020. A Public Health Research Team from The UWI Cave Hill Campus has highlighted the need for behavioural change in order to contain the spread of COVID-19 in...
05/04/2020
The UWI, Cave Hill Campus, Bridgetown Barbados. Sunday, April 5, 2020. As countries institute quarantine measures to contain the spread of COVID-19, they are being given early warning to be prepared to deal with the associated...
05/04/2020
The UWI, Cave Hill Campus, April 5, 2020. Clinical care specialists and medical researchers at The University of the West, Cave Hill Campus, are actively engaged in the fight to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Barbados and across...
02/04/2020
The UWI Regional Headquarters Jamaica. Thursday, April 2, 2020. Among the ways that The University of the West Indies (The UWI) is leveraging its expertise to assist in the Caribbean response to COVID-19 is by providing support to...
24/03/2020
The UWI Regional Headquarters, Kingston, Jamaica. Tuesday, March 24, 2020—As the COVID-19 virus continues to spread worldwide, creating grave health and economic challenges, the Caribbean is particularly vulnerable to its impact. However, the pandemic has...
17/03/2020
Regional Headquarters, Jamaica. March 17, 2020—Recognising the science associated with post trauma stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic, The University of the West Indies (The UWI) has taken the additional step of establishing a special operational unit within its regional UWI COVID-19 Task Force...
15/03/2020
FIVE ISLANDS, Antigua and Barbuda. Sunday, March 15, 2020—The leadership of The UWI Five Islands Campus in consultation with the Vice-Chancellor and other authorities in responding to today’s announcement by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, has taken the decision to suspend all classes from tomorrow, Monday, March 16 until Friday, March 27...
13/03/2020
ST. AUGUSTINE, Trinidad and Tobago. Friday, March 13, 2020—The leadership of The UWI St. Augustine Campus in consultation with the Vice-Chancellor and other authorities in responding to today’s announcement by Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago, Dr. The Honourable Keith Rowley, has decided to suspend classes from tomorrow, Saturday, March 14 until Saturday, March 21...
13/03/2020
Regional experts discuss preparedness and economic impact for the Caribbean at Vice-Chancellor’s Forum.
The UWI Regional Headquarters, Jamaica. Friday, March 13, 2020—Chairman of The UWI COVID-19 Task Force, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Professor Clive Landis, notes that solidarity across the Caribbean in the face of the common threat from COVID-19 has been heartening to witness...
12/03/2020
The UWI Regional Headquarters Jamaica. Thursday, March 12, 2020—The leadership of The UWI Mona Campus in consultation with the Vice-Chancellor of the University and other authorities has taken the decision to suspend all classes at both the Mona and Western Jamaica Campuses for four weeks, effective March 13, 2020...
28/02/2020
The UWI Regional Headquarters Jamaica. Friday, February 28, 2020. Once again, The University of the West Indies (The UWI) is launching a Task Force to assist with the mobilisation of the region’s public health providers to deal with an incoming virus. Four years ago...