The UWI named among winners of the Caribbean Sustainable Tourism Awards

The UWI named among winners of the Caribbean Sustainable Tourism Awards

A collaborative project undertaken by The University of the West Indies (The UWI) together with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management (FS) to support MSMEs through upskilling and digitalization, was announced as a winner of the 2022 Caribbean Sustainable Tourism Awards. In 2021, The UWI and FS […]

Statement from Professor Sir Hilary Beckles: Marcus, Martin, and Minneapolis

Statement from Professor Sir Hilary Beckles: Marcus, Martin, and Minneapolis

Marcus, Martin, and Minneapolis. Regional Headquarters, Jamaica, June 1, 2020. The following statement is issued by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice-Chancellor of The UWI, President of Universities Caribbean, and Chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission. Martin Luther King Jr, when he felt he could not breathe came to Jamaica. When the threats to his life […]

Schools in Antigua Closed; Classes At UWI Campus Suspended in Response to COVID-19

Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. Christopher Tufton

Schools in Antigua Closed; Classes At UWI Campus Suspended in Response to COVID-19

By Caribbean360 ST JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, Monday, March 16, 2020 – All schools in Antigua and Barbuda closed today, while classes at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Five Islands Campus have been suspended, in an effort to mitigate against the spread of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). There has been one confirmed case of […]

Focused on Food Sovereignty and Entrepreneurship – UWI to host Eat Local Day!

Focused on Food Sovereignty and Entrepreneurship – UWI to host Eat Local Day!

Strengthening the linkages among education, research and outreach; the Faculty of Food and Agriculture will strategically partner with the National 4-H Leaders Council to build a “farm to school” movement by supporting several aspects of capacity building, resource development and sharing, professional development, policy development and advocacy in the local food and agriculture sector. Dean […]