Vice-Chancellor’s Report
UWI tv UWI tv continues to provide public information services, education and training programmes that reflect the roles and responsibilities of The UWI as the premier intellectual engine of the region. The primary objective of UWI tv is to present critical analyses of the common issues, concerns and socio-economic priorities in our region and the wider Caribbean diaspora. During the period under review, UWI tv embarked on a series of objectives that are strategically synced with The UWI’s Triple A Strategy . In 2016, UWI tv established a partnership arrangement with the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC), which catered for UWI- generated content to be aired for six hours daily. This partnership proved uniquely advantageous for The UWI, and laid the foundation for the UWI tv ’s transition to a full 24-hour cable TV channel in 2019. Its channel, available on the Flow Evo network, covering 15 Caribbean markets, is complemented by active and popular social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram. Through these, UWI tv facilitates ongoing dialogue with students, alumni and youth across the Caribbean and the world. Among its social media accounts, UWI tv’ s official Facebook page has the largest following with over 15,000 likes and is strategically utilised to enhance visibility, reach and access to the UWI tv ’s content, campus events and happenings. The ‘One UWI News’ on the UWI tv ’s website, www.uwitv.org, aggregates and integrates the daily announcements of events and activities on all five campuses.
UWI was the broadcast arrangement between UWI tv and the United Nations (UN) in May 2019, which allows for the use of UN broadcast material that includes free- to-air content for television broadcast across the region, the United States and Canada. Among the projects that UWI tv provided media service included: • The United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) – Blue Talk • The launch of the United Nation’s Blue Economy Conference • The 48 th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) • Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Annual News Conference • Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) Connects • The Inauguration of the CCJ’s Third President – Caribbean Supreme Court (CCJ) Some notable content aired during the 2018-2019 review period included coverage of: • The MOU signing for the Glasgow-Caribbean Centre for Development Research • CCJ Hearing on Landmark Cases – Guyana Elections Commission • The Opening Ceremony of the 40 th CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting • The Town Hall Meeting at the 40 th CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting • The Closing Press Conference of the 40 th CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting • Media conference on The UWI Five Islands Campus, Antigua and Barbuda • The Blue Talk Barbados with the UNDP
UWI tv continued to facilitate the broadcasting of livestreamed videos, recorded videos, public lectures, conferences, symposia, faculty interviews and other pertinent events and activities hosted across The UWI system. Similarly, UWI tv serviced the needs of government, non-governmental and international actors through numerous strategic arrangements and negotiated media partnerships with the following agencies that were built and/or maintained during the review period.
They are: •
United Nations (UN)
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The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
CARICOM
Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB)
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UWI tv provided a vital platform for these entities to more effectively engage in their public education and service mandates. In particular, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) partnership in 2018 confirmed UWI tv as a media partner for the CDB and provided an additional platform for UWI tv , and by extension The UWI, to expand its regional and international reach through CDB’s extensive network. UWI tv also worked closely with the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) to host a series entitled ECCB Connects, which is an outreach initiative for the group of eight island economies namely – Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. UWI tv ’s international collaborations have also enlarged the university’s global footprint. One of the most significant partnerships that has raised the profile of The
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