{"id":522,"date":"2022-09-08T11:52:47","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T10:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fhe-lll\/colombia\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T13:48:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T12:48:44","slug":"colombia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fhe-lll\/programmes\/disciplines\/modern-languages\/colombia\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombia"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h1 class=\"page-header\">UWI-ICETEX Colombia Exchange Programme &#8211; English Language Assistantship<\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAs part of the UWI-ICETEX Collaboration Agreement, students in the final year of the Major or Minor in Spanish may apply to be English-Language Assistants&nbsp;for nine months upon completion of their UWI programme. The following information is intended as a general guide; this year&#8217;s full <em>Convocatoria<\/em>&nbsp;issued by ICETEX, together with further information, will be circulated to interested students in due course.&nbsp;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Assistantship is part of an official exchange partnership between the&nbsp;ICETEX&nbsp;representing the Colombian State and The UWI representing CARICOM. Candidates are pre-selected by each UWI campus, with pre-selected applicants forwarded to the Latin American Caribbean Centre (LACC) at UWI Centre in Jamaica for formal submission to the&nbsp;ICETEX, which then assigns each formally selected candidate to a Colombian educational institution.<\/li>\n<li>The period of employment is August to May inclusive.<\/li>\n<li>The teaching load is 18 hours per week; any increase must be agreed through the&nbsp;ICETEX.<\/li>\n<li>The Assistant is not a substantive employee of the educational institution and should be supervised by a substantive employee whilst at work.<\/li>\n<li>The Assistant must be paid a monthly stipend totaling a net amount of three times&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.salariominimocolombia.net\/\">the official Colombian minimum wage<\/a>, with no amount discounted by the educational institution.<\/li>\n<li>Assistants are required to pay their own return airfare. They are also strongly advised to take at least two-months the salary amount to defray initial expenses.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Applicants are expected to have fully completed their undergraduate programme at the point of application.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Cave Hill selection process entails:&nbsp;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Submission of a motivation letter, two references, CV in English and Spanish, a digital copy of your passport bio page and your UWI transcript.<\/li>\n<li>An interview with members of Spanish (and possibly other units) to confirm your aptitude<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOnce you have been selected, you will participate in orientation sessions offered by both ICETEX and UWI Coordinators of the programme.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYou may express an interest in participating at any time during your final year of study, or ask any questions, by emailing Cave Hill Coordinator Dr. Ian Craig at <a href=\"mailto:ian.craig@cavehill.uwi.edu\">ian.craig@cavehill.uwi.edu<\/a>.&nbsp;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><script>\n\/\/ Set the date we're counting down to\nvar countDownDate = new Date(\"Jun 15, 2022 15:37:25\").getTime();<\/p>\n<p>\/\/ Update the count down every 1 second\nvar x = setInterval(function() {<\/p>\n<p>  \/\/ Get today's date and time\n  var now = new Date().getTime();<\/p>\n<p>  \/\/ Find the distance between now and the count down date\n  var distance = countDownDate - now;<\/p>\n<p>  \/\/ Time calculations for days, hours, minutes and seconds\n  var days = Math.floor(distance \/ (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));\n  var hours = Math.floor((distance % (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24)) \/ (1000 * 60 * 60));\n  var minutes = Math.floor((distance % (1000 * 60 * 60)) \/ (1000 * 60));\n  var seconds = Math.floor((distance % (1000 * 60)) \/ 1000);<\/p>\n<p>  \/\/ Output the result in an element with id=\"counter\"\n  document.getElementById(\"counter\").innerHTML = days + \"d \" + hours + \"h \" + minutes + \"m \" + seconds + \"s \";<\/p>\n<p>  \/\/ If the count down is over, write some text \n  if (distance < 0) {\n    clearInterval(x);\n    document.getElementById(\"counter\").innerHTML = \"EXPIRED\";\n  }\n}, 1000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UWI-ICETEX Colombia Exchange Programme &#8211; English Language Assistantship As part of the UWI-ICETEX Collaboration Agreement, students in the final year of the Major or Minor in Spanish may apply to be English-Language Assistants&nbsp;for nine months upon completion of their UWI programme. 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