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  • October 5, 2023

    NCF Digital Music Distribution Boost For Local Artistes & Managers

  • "This is a spectacular performance," Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Hilary Beckles noted. "While we have maintained our number one position in the Caribbean, and top 1% of the best in Latin America and the Caribbean, the surge to the top 1.5% in the world gives us a considerable degree of professional satisfaction as a management and leadership team," Sir Hilary added. "The top global tier is where we set out to position our university and we have reached there," he concluded.
    January 26, 2023

    Professor Sir Hilary Beckles honoured by American Peers

  • Regarded internationally as a visionary, distinguished academic, thought leader, and global public activist, Sir Hilary who is a Professor of Economic History and Economic Development, was first appointed to serve as Vice-Chancellor of The UWI in May 2015. Vice-Chancellor Beckles has been a leading voice on higher education not just in the Caribbean region, but across the hemisphere and internationally. Most recently, he was named as a Visionary Expert for UNESCO IESALC's Futures of Higher Education project to help to chart the course ahead for the global industry. This latest appointment by the specialised UN institute follows former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon's 2013 invitation to serve as a Special Advisor and inaugural member of a Science Advisory Board on Sustainable Development.
    May 10, 2021

    Professor Sir Hilary Beckles to begin 2nd term as UWI Vice-Chancellor on August 1

  • At the international level, Professor Agard has served on a number of global working groups. He has been a Lead Author of the UN Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 4th and 5th Assessments and a Review Editor on the 6th Assessment Report.
    November 20, 2020

    UWI Scientist, Professor John Agard appointed by UN Secretary-General to co-chair 2023 Global Sustainable Development Report team

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    December 13, 2016

    Former Principal lambastes Education Ministry and cites ‘No Leadership’ as its Ruin

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    July 2, 2015

    “How Eve Survives the Adam-less Urban Rainforest” (Loretta Collins Klobah’s The Twelve-Foot Neon Woman, a book review) by Faizah Tabasamu

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    June 8, 2015

    The UWI mourns Nicholas Liverpool: visionary, pioneer, builder of people and institutions

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    January 12, 2014

    St. Martin books in USA and Trinidad universities for 2014