Mona Campus – Jamaica
RESEARCH DAYS
Health, Ageing, HIV Prevention, Medium Size Enterprises, Climate Change, and Mangroves and Environmental Management. Finance Minister, Dr. The Hon. Nigel Clarke, in his keynote address at the Opening Ceremony, emphasised the importance of research to social and economic development. To underscore the government’s commitment to research and development, a budget allocation will be made for research at the tertiary level. Research and development will also be included in Jamaica’s measurement of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as of September 2020.
The traditionally staged UWI Mona Research Day activities, led by the Director of Graduate Studies and Research, was held between February 6 and 8, 2019 under the theme Powering Development through Partnerships in Research & Innovation as the University celebrated 20 years of Research Days. Research Days provide an opportunity for The UWI to showcase research that is being done across the Campus. Over the years, the series of activities have sparked the interest of the government, the public and private sector, and other institutions that share The UWI’s mission of positively transforming the Caribbean and the wider world. Dr. Wayne Henry, Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), participated in this year’s event, presenting a paper which highlighted the contributions of 32 UWI academics to Vision 2030, Jamaica’s National Development Agenda, from concept stage and continuing through to the implementation, now. The event received tremendous support from The UWI community. There were over 100 posters on display and 53 interactive sessions covering areas including gender, the environment, marine science, community, energy, puppets in teaching, archaeology digs and natural products. A Policy Wall was also mounted which looked back at the contributions of UWI academics over the past 20 years to significant policies impacting Child
Professor Dale Webber, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of The UWI Mona Campus, and Dr. Wayne Henry, Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) during Dr. Henry’s Distinguished Lecture at The UWI Research Days 2019.
(Right) Finance Minister, Dr. The Hon. Nigel Clarke, with Professor Dale Webber and Professor Denise Eldemire-Shearer
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