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any campus of The UWI. There were 56 UGC-funded regional scholarships awarded through OBUS in 2022–2023, with an approximate total value of BDS$1,698,242 million. In addition, BDS$50,133 was allocated to university bursaries across three physical campuses, namely Mona, St. Augustine and Cave Hill. The following scholarships were offered: • The UWI Open Scholarships (42) • The UWI/ Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Scholarships (14) The total number of donor-sponsored scholarships, bursaries, and grants administered during the 2022/2023 academic year was over 394 with a total value of approximately J$79,284,672.13 or US$512,364.87:
Student Members of Quality Assurance Review Teams (SMQARTs) Students were trained by the QAU to participate as members of the Quality Assurance Review teams and were deployed with honoraria since Semester 2, 2021– 2022. No new students have been trained. This best practice is one for which the QAU has observed great potential and tangible benefits during the time it was initiated. Scholarships During the year, OBUS continued to offer and administer a range of regional undergraduate scholarships. These were important means of supporting the brightest and best students from across the region wishing to attend
The UWI Quality Week Celebrations World Quality Week was commemorated from November 7–11 2022. The theme was“Quality Conscience: Doing the right thing”. As is customary, for each day of the week the spotlight was turned to one of the five campuses, with a focus on doing the right thing as a quality consideration. Activities at the various campuses are available at https:// www.uwi.edu/quality/pg-qualityday2022.php. On November 10, 2022, Officers also constituted a World Quality Week Panel Discussion organised by the Caribbean Quality Institute: “The UWI: The Journey from a focus on Quality Assurance to Quality Improvement”. Maintaining Quality Post Pandemic The QAU continues to conduct hybrid, and in most cases, completely online quality assurance reviews and evaluations. The move to virtual reviews has limited to some extent the range of professionals upon whom the QAU can draw, because of time zone differences, while the inability to offer travel to the region had somewhat affected the attractiveness of the process for external professionals. However, officers of the QAU continue to support quality-related matters on the campuses, such as the Campus Quality Management Teams (CQMT), Quality Policy implementation, Academic Quality Assurance Committees and Accreditation activities, as necessary. The QAU has also been at the forefront of drafting new policies and processes. These include the proposal on a risk-based approach to quality assurance at The UWI and the concept paper, “Towards Agility in Course and Programme Approval at The UWI”. The early conceptualising of these initiatives commenced in the period under review.
PVC BUS meets OBUS Staff, October 2023 (L-R: Ms. Nichole Crosedale, PVC Derek Chadee, Mrs. June Wheatley-Holness, Ms. Sandrea Mclean, Dr. Anna Kasafi Perkins, and Ms. Vinessa Henry. (Missing: Mrs. Janet Grant))
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