COMMITTEE REIMAGINES THE UWI BEYOND 2021
Membership of the Committee Senator Lisa Cummins.................................. Co-Chair Dr Canute Thompson.................................... Co-Chair
Taking account of the challenges faced by The UWI, in April 2020, Vice-Chancellor Beckles appointed a committee to advise the university on “Imagining The UWI for the 2020/21 Academic Year”. The expectation was not merely that The UWI survives the COVID-19 pandemic, but thrives despite the challenges posed. The committee, co-chaired by Senator Lisa Cummins and Dr. Canute Thompson, and comprising a cross section of staff across multiple areas, provided its final report on June 30, 2020. Appreciating its mandate of “re-imagining”The UWI and that inevitably, its recommendations would impact not just the 2020/21 academic year, the committee focused on “Re-imagining The UWI beyond 2020/21” and proffered an overall view that the COVID-19 pandemic presented the university with an opportunity to fast track the embedding of online delivery in its teaching and learning enterprise and to adopt virtual platforms to support all areas of its operations. Its final report presented under the theme “Engaging People, Enhancing Processes, Expanding Possibilities” offered sixty- five recommendations covering the areas of staff and student engagement; digital transformation; teaching and learning; management and administrative support services; halls of residence; financial stabilization; diversification strategy and the entrepreneurial university.
Dr Mairette Newman..................................... Commonwealth of Learning Mr Raymond Campbell................................ KPMG Advisory Services
Professor Justin Robinson........................... Cave Hill Professor Opal Adisa....................................... Centre Mrs Brigitte Collins.......................................... Centre Dr Rhonda Jaipaul-O’Garro........................ Centre Dr Stacy Richards-Kennedy....................... Centre Mr Hyram Forde................................................ Five Islands Professor Paul Brown.....................................Mona Dr Heather Ricketts.........................................Mona
Senator Lisa Cummins
Mr Danny Roberts............................................Open Campus Dr Cheryl Sloley.................................................Open Campus Mr Navneet Boodhai...................................... St Augustine Dr Hamid Ghany............................................... St Augustine Dr Katija Khan..................................................... St Augustine Mr Troy Eustace................................................. Student Representative, St Augustine Mrs Marvette Facey-Thompson.............. Administrative Support
Dr Canute Thompson
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