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Development of an Online Course Catalogue/ Repository which houses all approved course outlines Definition of the characteristics of “Underserved Community” for broader access Pre-requisite assessment and streamlining Development of a framework for The UWI Academic Enterprise that includes process mapping of a holistic Teaching and Learning environment, curriculum re-design for a holistic education, review of processes for course design, delivery and assessment, and re-engineering of all processes, including registrarial and bursarial support processes Enhancing the graduate profile through a revised, more comprehensive transcript, aligning student expectations with defined graduate attributes and an electronic student portfolio
UWI Seal It Ltd. Manufacture and sale of asphalt based coatings and lubricants using IP developed in the Department of Chemistry. Board of Directors to be expanded. o IFCIC (approved for incorporation but with a name change). Manufacture and sale of fine chocolate and fine chocolate manufacturing inputs. Pending Spinoffs o Panadigm Innovations Ltd: Manufacture and sale of the PHI electronic pan. o Service provision, sale and licensing of fingerprinting technology.
In 2017 the Campus put together the elements of an Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) Ecosystem that establishes an effective pipeline for moving faculty and student ideation to economic impact. The long-term goal envisaged by the Campus is that its efforts would significantly contribute to the creation of a strong and vibrant net foreign exchange earning SME sector across the Caribbean by 2034. The I&E Ecosystem incorporates four main components: the network of Faculties, the Entrepreneurship Unit (EU) in the Faculty of Social Sciences, the St. Augustine Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (STACIE) and UWI Ventures. At the time of writing, the ecosystem is fairly well established and has achieved the following to date:
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Asphalt coating and lubricant derivatives to Lake Asphalt of Trinidad and Tobago. Royalty payments have started. Face shields to Label House Ltd. Royalty payments have started.
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UWI Ventures Ltd is a holding company for UWI start-ups and spinoffs. VenturesApp launched: An online digital support platform to register and support inventors, attract investors and track IP from ideation to commercial entry. The App received 50 registrants 1 week after launch. Expressions of interest received to fund projects for commercialisation. Signed MOU with Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI) to collaborate on building out the national and regional I&E system.
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In 2019/2020 curriculum review exercises were initiated or were underway for at least 10 programmes offered by five faculties – Food & Agriculture, Humanities & Education, Law, Science & Technology, and Social Sciences.
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Phillips, L., et al., Fingerprint Classification System and Method using Regular Expression Machines, US 2017/0220836 Al.
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• The Student Administration System completed a review of pre-requisites for each course listed in the faculty booklets commonly used by students in the registration process, to ensure alignment with what has been approved by the Board of Undergraduate Studies (BUS) and with the information stored in the online Banner Registration System.
Ramsubhag, A., et al., Novel class of antibiotic adjuvants to treat drug resistant bacteria
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o Ignacio, D., et al., Novel treatment of Prostate Cancer using extracts prepared from a Caribbean plant o Singh-Gryzbon, S., Method to Minimize the Likelihood of Thrombosis in Heart Valve Implementation
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