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The Chairman of The University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus Council, Sir Dwight Venner, andthe Management and staff of the UWI Open Campus deeply regret the passing of Council Member and fr

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{gallery}http://www.flickr.com/photos/theuwi/sets/72157629637865856/{/gallery} The Open Lectures Committee at The UWI, St. Augustine hosted the second panel discussion in commemoration of the country's 50th Independence Anniversary, titled 'Trinidad and Tobago: Our Place in the Region.'

Chaired by Sir Shridath Ramphal, the discussion took place on Thursday 3rd May, 2012, at the Naparima Bowl, San Fernando, at 5:30pm, and featured panelists Ambassador Paulo Sergio Traballi Bozzi of the Brazilian Embassy, Mr. Arthur Lok Jack, Dr. Michelle Reis and Professor Hollis Liverpool.

The event is part of The University's initiative to reach out to communities beyond its walls and to join the national community in celebrating fifty years of independence. This panel stimulated debate on topics such as culture, commerce, trade and society in the present context.

{gallery}http://www.flickr.com/photos/theuwi/sets/72157629636689538/{/gallery} Fifty graduates from The University of the West Indies (UWI) have begun year-long internships from April 15th, 2012, at the Ministry of Food Production, Land and Marine Affairs and its subsidiaries. This was announced by Minister Vasant Bharath, at a ceremony at the St. Augustine Campus on Wednesday 4th April, where The UWI signed an agreement with the Trinidad and Tobago Agribusiness Association (TTABA). The agreement, according to TTABA Chairman, Winston Borrel, can make a difference in the agribusiness sector within three years.
Through the Life Sciences Department of the Faculty of Science and Agriculture at The UWI, St. Augustine, the two parties have signed an agreement to fulfil a number of services as it relates to the cassava tissue culture planting material and its multiplication/cloning. The UWI is performing the contract at the request of TTABA, and in so doing is contributing to the food security of the country, a stated goal of both The UWI and the Government of Trinidad and Tobago.
Saying that the Ministry has recently published and launched “The National Food Production Action Plan 2012-2015” the Minister said he hoped every aspect of agriculture which The UWI aims to look at within the next few years would align itself to the Action Plan in order to reduce the cost of food in Trinidad and Tobago, provide jobs in the agricultural sector and reduce the outflow of foreign exchange, in addition to providing a substitute for the oil and gas industry.
Closing remarks were given by the Dean of the Faculty of Science and Agriculture, Professor Dyer Narinesingh, who presented a DELL computer to Minister Bharath, as an initiative of the Caribbean Council for Higher Education (CACHE) programme. The Ministry holds responsibility for updating the database of human resource in the agricultural sector, in order for planning as it relates to academics and employment in the agricultural sector

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