UWI TV GLOBAL TO THE RESCUE
UWItv has been central to the institution’s ability to pivot with agility to seamlessly operate within a virtual environment, providing essential services to enable business continuity amid the constraints of the COVID-19 pandemic. UWItv has centred itself within the successful hosting of significant, ‘first-ever online’ projects and initiatives inclusive of Graduation andVice-Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence Ceremonies, University and Campus Councils and other critical governance meetings. UWItv has also powered an exciting suite of public education content in support of major outreach programmes such as The UWI’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. UWItv has offered innovative products and services to support the University’s broader outreach agenda in myriad ways.
Nations (UN) to provide a rebroadcast of the daily World Health Organization and UN press briefings on its website and cable channel. Coupled with similar content from the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the UWItv website provides audiences across the region and the world with a centralised repository of up-to-date COVID-19 information.
UWItv continues to provide public information services and education and training programmes that reflect the roles and responsibilities of The UWI as the premier intellectual engine of the region. The primary objective of UWItv is to present critical analyses of the common issues, concerns and socio-economic priorities in our region and the wider Caribbean diaspora. During the reporting period, UWItv embarked on a series of initiatives strategically aligned with The UWI Triple A strategy 2017–2022. These are evidenced by UWItv’s internal and external partnerships agreements and working relations with faculty, staff, numerous governments and stakeholders both regionally and internationally. 24-hour Cable TV Channel In October 2019, UWItv embarked on a ground-breaking industry-academic partnership agreement with FLOW which provided The UWI with its own 24/7 cable channel across 15 regional territories including: Grenada, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Lucia, Jamaica, Cayman, Anguilla, The Bahamas, St. Kitts and Nevis, Turks & Caicos, Dominica, British Virgin Islands, St. Vincent and The Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda and Curaçao.
Through this partnership agreement, academia and industry have been strategically linked. With the UWItv- Flow Evo connection, The UWI’s integration through education mandate is now intensified, as classrooms and living rooms can now converge, and quality Caribbean centred educational content can be shared unapologetically and uninterrupted throughout the region. Access through social media platforms UWItv has also ensured greater access through its social media platforms. During the period, its Facebook page reached over 651,000 people with over 213,000 engagements. UWItv has also increased its access through its presence on Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn and Instagram. UWItvWebsite Similarly, the UWItv website (https://uwitv.org/) facilitates live-streamed and recorded public lectures, conferences, symposiums, faculty interviews and other pertinent events hosted by the wider UWI community.
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, UWItv has utilised its partnership agreement with the United
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