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As the Caribbean grapples with rising rates of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), The UWI Cave Hill campus has reaffirmed its commitment to contributing to shaping health policy in the region.
 
Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Law, Nicole Foster, gave that commitment at a recent virtual panel discussion jointly hosted by the UWI and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on the topic ‘Health Policy Development in the Caribbean: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities’.

At the sitting of its University Finance and General Purposes Committee (U-F&GPC) on October 27, 2021, The University of the West Indies (The UWI) ratified the Naming Committee’s decision to convert the P.J. Patterson Centre for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy into a University Institute.

Two lecturers at The UWI Cave Hill Campus have been recognised for outstanding work during this academic year by the Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL). Lecturer in Chemistry in the Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Dr. Leah Garner-O’Neal, and Lecturer in Management, Sonia Mahon, received the CETL Partner Award on Tuesday during the Centre’s Virtual Teaching and Learning Week, for going beyond the call of duty to work in partnership with CETL.

Educators meet in a global forum next week to share cutting-edge research and consult on how best they can effect reform in that sector when the UWI Schools of Education conference is held June 15 – 16.

Students at The University of the West Indies (The UWI), Cave Hill Campus will have a unique opportunity to sit and chat with managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva in a town-hall styled meeting next week. The event is slated for June 16 at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre.