VICE-CHANCELLOR’S REPORT TO COUNCIL 2022—2023
IDB and Clara Lionel Foundation In December 2023, The UWI closed its first project with the CLF. However, through the work of this Office, we were able to secure new grant resources in an estimated sum of US$600,000 to facilitate a new project between UCLA and The UWI. This is the first grant that is programmatic in nature which means it will comprise two separate projects spread over a two-year period. The start date for the new project is January 2024. AGILITY Global Institute for Climate Smart Resilient Development (GISCRD) The Office completed the operationalisation of GICSRD in the 2022/2023 academic year. Assistance was provided to complete the operational guidelines, the convening of the full management committee and the advisory board, the development of a workplan, the development of a call for project ideas, sharing of potential opportunities and partner identification. While operations were fully assumed by GICSRD in December 2022, the OGA continues to provide strategic support per the request of the Director and the Vice-Chancellor. Database of Agreements During the year under review, the OGA continued to maintain the database of agreements between The UWI and other institutions. At present, the database includes more than 500 agreements with other institutions including educational, governmental, development agencies and private companies.
The MoU was signed by The UWI Vice-Chancellor on May 15, 2023 and on July 3, 2023 by the Director of the Mexican Agency for Cooperation (AMEXCID), Ms. Laura Elena Carillo Cubillas. QUALITY ASSURANCE The UWI Office of Global Affairs and The UWI Quality Assurance Unit (QAU) continued initiating and establishing collaborative arrangements with regional Tertiary Level Institutions (TLIs) through the facilitation of franchise and articulation arrangements. During this academic year, the Quality Evaluations continued to be held virtually with a return to face-to-face evaluations in the upcoming academic year 2023/2024. Renewed Franchise Arrangements • Brown’s Town Community College franchised BSc Nursing with The UWI School of Nursing (UWISON) • St. Vincent and The Grenadines Community College franchised Bachelors in Education and Postgraduate Diploma in Education with The UWI Cave Hill School of Education – June 21–23, 2023 Franchise Agreements Signed The following agreements were fully executed during the academic year under review. • Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College and Faculty of Social Sciences, St. Augustine Campus • Knox Community College and Faculty of Science and Technology, Mona Campus • Brown’s Town Community College and UWI School of Nursing (UWISON)
universities in Latin America: University of Los Andes, Colombia and University of Havana, Cuba. Similarly, LACC spearheaded the formalisation of relations with the University of Miami (UM) and played a pivotal role in promoting The UWI’s participation in the Hemispheric University Consortium (HUC). On April 26, 2023, the LACC was notified of its successful bid to be the Regional Community Convenor (RCC) for the region of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in the global project, Connecting Climate Minds. This project, managed by Imperial College London and funded by Wellcome, was undertaken to ensure that the global climate and mental health community can become strongly connected, with a shared understanding and vision across diverse disciplines, and develop into a thriving global eco-system better equipped to respond to barriers and opportunities.
This project has committed £84,000 to The UWI as Regional Community Convenor for LAC.
LACC successfully negotiated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico through the Embassy of Mexico in Jamaica, an MoU Renewal of the Mexican Chair at The UWI Mona. Under the Memorandum, a scholar would offer classes and conduct research at the Mona Campus of The UWI in one of seven disciplines: Engineering, Humanities and Education, Law, Medical Sciences, Science and Technology, Social Sciences and Sports. Since its inception in 2016, two professors have held the chair in History and in Climate Change Resilience. This has now been expanded to cover other academic disciplines.
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