Students, e-mentorship can facilitate your academic and professional growth. It allows UWI graduates to give you up-to-date professional and academic advice via email - and alumni from all over the world have already signed up to participate!
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A contingent of students and faculty from the University of Costa Rica are visiting the UWI, Mona Campus as part of the annual exchange programme from January 19 to February 2, 2013.
The Graduate Nurses Association Canada was formed in 1983.
They host an annual fundraising event ad have given funds to assist students with scholarships and provide equipment such as fibrulators and incubators to the UWI.
The University of the West Indies (UWI) Museum is a space for the university to recall its heritage and affirm its continuing relevance to the Caribbean region and beyond. It is located in the UWI Regional Headquarters Bulding, on Hermitage Road, Kingston 7, Jamaica.
The Museum's aim is to to engage with the university’s widespread audiences and to enhance learning within and without. To do this, we will collaborate with stakeholders within the university, with alumni and with the broader community.
Dr. Suzanne Francis-Brown, is the Museum's curator.
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The International Centre for Caribbean Language Research (ICCLR) is a research working group with a regional focus. With its operations based within the office of the Jamaican Language Unit on the UWI, Mona campus, the ICCLR will be networking with its regional membership, to carry out a number of projects; namely:
"New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become" (Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions 1973)
The University of the West Indies is proud of its reputation as a leading research university. Our graduates and scholars have already made a significant impact, not only on our region, but on the world. Our alumni include leaders of industry, governments and organizations around the world. "Research for Development" is our mantra, in support of the "enduring mission of The University of the West Indies... to propel the economic, social, political and cultural development of West Indian society through teaching, research, innovation, advisory & community services and intellectual leadership" (UWI Strategic Plan 2007-2012).
To learn more, visit the following Research Centres and Units:
Research at the UWI must serve to provide a continuous flow of critical thought, scientific data and insights that can help policy-makers to make informed decisions on a wide range of matters with a bearing on national and regional development and the quality of life of our populations.
The British Foundation for The University of the West Indies (BFUWI) is a UK registered charity. It was formally established in London in January 2009 as a UK registered charity (no. 1127408).
It is working to build partnerships and collaborations with UK universities and colleges as it expands its global footprint and to make The UWI well known in the United Kingdom. It also seeks to attract benefactor donations and corporate funding to finance student scholarships nstitutional strengthening and more. It continues to proudly support the UWI as it srives to become firmly recognised globally or all things Caribbean.
OBJECTIVES:
The objectives of the British Foundation for The University of the West Indies are:
To establish, promote and develop mutually beneficial relationships with key UK universities, colleges and corporations.
To innovate diverse ways of translating the support of well-wishers in the UK into tangible benefits for the University and the Caribbean Region
To raise funds for the UWI from the UK in a tax efficient manner from all possible sources – individuals, companies, organizations, partnership arrangements
To facilitate positive and informed awareness-raising of the UWI and the wider issue of Caribbean development in the UK context
To work with and encourage the support of alumni in the UK through the UWIAA UK for BFUWI activities and events
Address:
Barbados High CommissionSr
1 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3ND,
United Kingdom
The American Foundation for The University of the West Indies is the principal link between the University of the West Indies, which is the leading educational institution in the Caribbean, and the many groups in the United States who value and support the University's work.
The International Centre for Caribbean Language Research (ICCLR) is a research working group with a regional focus. With its operations based within the office of the Jamaican Language Unit on the UWI, Mona campus, the ICCLR will be networking with its regional membership, to carry out a number of projects; namely:
