News Releases

Annually, the business meeting of The University of the West Indies’ highest governing body, the University Council, provides an opportunity for reflection and planning forward. This opportunity was amplified at the meeting of the University Council on Wednesday April 26, as The UWI celebrates its 75^th Diamond jubilee anniversary (1948-2023).  

Prime Minister of Barbados, The Honourable Mia Amor Mottley will deliver the keynote address at a workshop entitled Trade and Climate Action: Shifting the Paradigm for a Just Transition and Sustainable Development on May 2-5, 2023, at the Hilton Barbados Resort.
 

To mark its 75^th anniversary (1948-2023), The University of the West Indies has made a call for indigenous entrepreneurs and small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to partner with the University on a UWI 75^th Anniversary Signature Collection. 

It was with deep sadness that I learned of the passing of Dr. The Honourable Harry Belafonte on April 25, 2023. We at The University of the West Indies (UWI) mourn with his widow, children and grandchildren, and extend to them and their immediate and wider circle our sincere condolences and hope that the tremendous global outpouring of affection will help to sustain them in their time of loss. 

A recent economic impact study is projecting that The University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus will contribute an estimated BDS $325 million to the local economy during the current academic year.   

Another Cave Hill academic has entered The University of the West Indies professorial ranks.  Professor of Supramolecular Chemistry and Nanotechnology, Dr. Avril Williams, is one of five new UWI professors recently announced.   

A vibrant roadside mural near the main entrance to The University of the West Indies at Cave Hill now helps to depict the history of a leading credit union against a backdrop of rural Barbados.  

Two of the region’s key economic sectors are expected to be severely disrupted by heavier than usual influxes of Sargassum seaweed across the Eastern Caribbean in the coming months. 

The University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus has achieved a historic first in becoming the inaugural tertiary institution in the region to offer specialty language teaching for aviation professionals.

 Across the region, the diaspora and internationally the public joined an important conversation on finance mobilization for climate change. The University of the West Indies’ virtual Vice-Chancellor’s Forum on The Bridgetown Initiative held on Thursday, March 30, 2023 placed expert stakeholder voices and Caribbean citizens at the same table.