Vice-Chancellor's Report to University Council 2018/2019

ACCESS The OGA continued its regional engagement

UWI Affiliates Meetings were also held with UWI Affiliates such as the Sir Shridath Ramphal Centre; and American Foundation for The University of the West Indies (AFUWI). Other Meetings The PVC represented the Vice-Chancellor at the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Centre Board Meeting in London from November 1-9, 2018. Media PVC Bernal continued his weekly radio commentary of the global economy on Jamaican radio station Power 106 on Friday mornings. He was interviewed on December 6, 2018 on Nationwide 90 FM Radio on the death of former US President, George H.W. Bush. He also conducted interviews for airing on UWI tv . Speaking Engagements PVC Bernal was a speaker at the Tourism Resilience Summit of the Americas conference held at The UWI on September 13, 2018. He gave one of the keynote addresses at the Higher Education Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia from November 15-17, 2018 and gave the keynote address at the Caribbean Institute of Professional Military Education on November 24, 2018 at the JDF Training Camp, Moneague, St. Ann, Jamaica.

through the facilitation of franchise and articulation arrangements between The UWI and tertiary level colleges in the region, including the co-ordination and participation in monitoring visits for the BSc programme franchised to the Antigua State College and the BSc Nursing programme franchised to the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College in St. Kitts. A number of the agreements executed throughout the year included student and faculty mobility, and programme development. Work continued with the Board for Undergraduate Studies and the Board for Graduate Studies and Research to refine The UWI’s inter-institutional degrees policy and encourage more departments to engage in offering dual degrees with international partners.

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