The UWI Cave Hill Campus Annual Report to Council 2021/2022

120 | Research and Innovation

Widespread Appreciation for Cave Hill’s Programme on Bajan History Radio Programme – Today in Bajan History Today in Bajan History is a daily three minute radio programme in association with Starcom network, featuring short audio clips on aspects of Barbadian history. Students and lecturers are involved in researching and writing programmes that are produced by the technical team at Cave Hill and sent to Starcom to be aired three times daily on their four stations. The radio programme has entered its second year, having started on November 1, 2020. It continues to educate Barbadians and is a very popular programme which has succeeded in popularising the discipline of history. US radio stations have called to ask permission to air a few segments of the programme. Indeed, one Brass Tacks moderator, Mr Barry Wilkinson, recently described it as the ‘best programme on radio’. The 822 podcasts generated to date now form a massive repository for students, staff and the general public. (PHOTOS) There is a plan by the Sidney Martin Library to curate the audio tapes, but there is a lack of storage at the Campus. A coffee table book will be produced in 2023 on the best 365 stories from the series. It will be edited by Dr Henderson Carter and Professor Alan Cobley and published by Miller Publishing. Needs assessment for infiltration wells rehabilitation in the water-stressed areas of Barbados Dr Karl Payne (CERMES), Dr Avril Williams (Biological and Chemical Sciences), Dr David Yawson (CERMES) and Dr Peter Chami (Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics) were awarded a consultancy by the Green Climate Fund, which is administered by the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre. The researchers will perform a needs assessment for infiltration wells rehabilitation in the water-stressed areas of Barbados’ ground and surface water hydrochemistry. This consultancy, which showcases the diversity of researchers across the Faculty of Science and Technology, is valued at BBD 60,000.00 .

Professor Alan Cobley of the Faculty of Humanities and Education, The UWI Cave Hill Campus, reading a script from the Today in Bajan History Programme

Mr Randy Batson, one of the researchers for the programme, Today in Bajan History

THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES CAVE HILL CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT TO COUNCIL 2021/2022

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