OPEN CAMPUS REPORT
Consortium for Social Development and Research (CSDR)
for quality operations across The UWI, streamlining the process for future tool improvements and enabling precise comparative analysis of results across all campuses as students from various campuses respond to the same evaluation questions. School for Graduate Studies and Research The Open Campus Research Strategy extended the reach of the Office of the Director of Graduate Studies and Research to include a focus on improving graduate education at the Campus level and institutionalising the processes and structures for such improvement. The Office took up its responsibility for defining and implementing the research agenda of the Campus and the concomitant facilitation, monitoring, evaluation and management of the Campus research strategy. The draft Open Campus Research Strategy was presented and approved by the Open Campus Executive Management Committee (OCEMC) on August 5, 2022. The three main initiatives of the Strategy include creating an enabling environment for development of the research culture, increasing grant funded research for revenue growth, and developing collaborative research that facilitates inter-departmental, cross-campus and graduate student research.
Review 2022: Contextualizing Workers’ Perceptions” was submitted to SALISES Social and Economic Studies (SES) for review.
Hugh Shearer Labour Studies Institute (HSLSI) In the area of research, the HSLSI, in collaboration with Brock University, started a study entitled “Achieving Decent Work for Domestic Helpers in Jamaica”. The research and report were presented to the International Labour Organization at their headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on July 12, 2023, and will be launched in Jamaica on October 12, 2023, at the headquarters of the Jamaica Household Workers Union (JHWU). A study entitled “Jamaica Public Sector Compensation
Women and Development (WAND) Unit
WAND was actively engaged in several research projects during the academic year. Concurrently, the Unit initiated preliminary work on the research project entitled “Femicide in the Region”. To support this research, an intern from the Give Back Programme in Barbados was assigned. The research programme is conducted in collaboration with the Canadian Observatory for Femicide Research and Equality Bahamas.
Academic Programming and Delivery (APAD) Division
The implementation of CETL will contribute to the quality and quantity of high impact research through participation in local, regional, and international conferences, the production of research output/ publications in relevant areas and facilitating the establishment of an online journal or similar online publication.
Members of Jamaica Household Workers Union)
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