Strategic HIGHLIGHTS
Policies on Disabilities and Bullying The Campus paused the revision of its own disability policy to participate in a University-wide Disability Policy Committee established in April 2021. The St Augustine Campus is represented on the Committee which is tasked with ensuring that there is compliance with national laws and international agreements; that there is adequate accommodation, care and consideration afforded to disabled constituents; and that there is institutional affirmation and acknowledgment of the disabled community and its contribution to the life of the University. In December 2021, the Student Life & Development Department (SLDD) hosted a virtual International Day for Persons with Disabilities (IDPD). The theme of this year’s event was Leadership and participation of persons with disabilities toward an inclusive world post COVID-19. For the first time, all the speakers at this annual event were all people with disabilities and included students, alumni and staff presenting national, regional and international perspectives.
Meanwhile, the Office of the Deputy Principal, together with the Human Resources Division and Mr Daren Dhoray, founder of Cyber Safe Trinidad & Tobago and Enterprise Applications Support Manager at the St Augustine Campus IT Services (CITS), completed the first draft of an anti-bullying policy. The draft will form the foundation for discussions with stakeholders towards the completion of a final document.
Health Services COVID-19 Vaccinations & Mitigation
In the 2021/2022 academic year the Health Services Unit (HSU) continued its COVID-19 vaccination drive having been approved as a vaccination site by the Ministry of Health. A total of 10,288 persons availed themselves of the Covid-19 vaccines being offered at the HSU for the period 2021/2022 - a 79% increase compared with the 2020/2021 academic year. In March 2022, the HSU introduced Antigen Testing administered by the nursing staff who had been trained according to standards set by the World Health Organization (WHO). Between March and July 2022, a total of 205 antigen tests were conducted.
As the Campus reopened physically, students were required to wear masks indoors and even outdoors everyone was encouraged to social distance and practice hand hygiene.
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