6 | Principal’s Overview
CAVE HILL UNDER NEW LEADERSHIP Following the retirement of Professor The Most Honourable V Eudine Barriteau on July 31, 2021, I assumed the lead- ership of the Campus on August 01, 2021, as its fifth Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal, having previously served as Pro Vice-Chancellor, Board for Undergraduate Studies, The UWI, and as Deputy Principal, as well as Director, George Alleyne Chronic Disease Research Centre, Cave Hill. On assumption of duty, I outlined my vision for the Campus, which is rooted in the aspirations of the National Strategic Plan of Barbados 2006 to 2025, with the goal of achieving “a fully developed society that is prosperous, socially just and competitive”, coupled with the theme of the UWI Triple A Strategic Plan, “Revitalising Caribbean Development”. My vision for Cave Hill is anchored on four broad themes: 1. Internationalisation – to see the Campus leverage its unique advantages to attract international students. The advantages identified include: highly prized tropical destination; the UWI’s top tier ranking; and programmatic accreditation. 2. Innovation/Industry Partnerships – to propel the Campus’ evolution beyond traditional teaching, learning and research and to enhance its role as a driver of local and regional innovation and entrepreneurship. Innovation structures will be strengthened internally through innovation competitions with mentoring support for staff and students, and externally by fostering a robust tri- partite relationship between university/government/ private sector with the goal to help research translation into commercially-viable innovation products. 3. Academic Publications – to see the Campus advance it publications thrust and disseminate its work through avenues such as public lectures/public debates, public communiques for the most topical/ relevant outputs, and radio/TV digests of research to reach wider audiences; to see all academic staff populating their UWIScholar profiles, thus making themselves “discoverable” to maximise academic and consulting opportunities.
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Professor Dwayne Devonish’s Professorial Lecture was streamed by UWI tv
Following the ease in national COVID-19 protocols, admin- istrative and other non-teaching staff returned to full face- to-face duties on February 28, 2022, the first time since the Campus transitioned to remote work on March 24, 2020.
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES CAVE HILL CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT TO COUNCIL 2021/2022
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