ADMINISTRATION
C. William Iton
UNIVERSITY REGISTRAR
In the period under review, the Archives continued to fulfil its role in ensuring that the University’s records are managed and preserved in ways that ensure their authenticity, reliability, integrity and usability. There was the continuing development of the archives collection with the accessioning of records from programme stakeholders. The Archives also continued to make the holdings accessible to stakeholders and during the period, serviced 68 requests from internal, local, regional and international researchers while the Museum continued to build partnerships that led to the acquisition of objects. The OA coordinated the selection process for the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence for which 32 applications were screened at the local level. A University Selection Committee considered and reviewed 16 applications leading to the recognition of seven winners; five individuals and two project.
provisions, processes and procedures by which The UWI is governed. The University Registrar, who is this institution’s Corporate Secretary, gives legitimacy to the application and enforcement of the University’s statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations and procedures. It is conventionally, for this reason, that the Registrar and by extension, the Secretariat should be the first port of call to persons needing guidance and advice on institutional custom and practice. Despite its expansive scope of work, the services of the Secretariat provided support to the Chancellor’s Commission on Governance, which under the chairmanship of Sir Dennis Byron, former President of the Caribbean Court of Justice, has been conducting the decadal review of the University’s system of governance. To date, many stakeholder consultations have taken place and it is expected that the Commission will conclude its report in time for the Annual Business Meeting of Council in April 2020.
As the hub of the Vice-Chancellery with respect to service delivery, information and human resource management, the Office of Administration (OA) is the point of convergence for the campuses, centres, institutes and the myriad of regional and international entities with which the University engages. Having adopted Continuous Improvement as our creed, the OA prides itself in its capacity to encourage and promote transformative behaviour and attitudes through targeted staff engagement activities such as Health and Wellness Fairs, Movie Nights, and themed Employee Appreciation Days. In keeping with its role to provide corporate services, the Secretariat continued to support the University’s statutory boards and committees during the 2018/2019 academic year. Whereas these statutory functions are well established, there is another critical function, which is less known and generally underestimated at best. This is its duty to advise on the regulatory
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