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

Cave Hill Campus – Barbados

2019/2020, to welcome the first cohort of students from that institution, who will spend a semester at Cave Hill as fee-paying study abroad students. Partnerships have also been established with the University of Illinois in the US, with Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Canada and Murdoch University, Australia. Confucius Institute (CI) In academic year 2018/2019, the CI continued to be the main conduit for the Campus’ outreach to China and to this end continued to explore opportunities for cooperation between the Campus and interested counterparts in China.

CurriculumDevelopment The CI collaborated with faculties during the 2018/2019 academic year in the development of new courses. With the Faculty of Law, the CI assisted with the development of a course titled Introduction to Chinese Law and Institutions. In collaboration with the Faculty of Humanities and Education, a Minor in Chinese was introduced and with the Faculty of Science and Technology, the teaching of Chinese language and culture through The UWI China Institute of Information Technology (UWI-CIIT) programme. The CI also worked with the Department of Language, Linguistics and Literature on the development of a level two course

titled CHIN 2200 Introduction to Contemporary China which is expected to come on stream in academic year 2019/2020. Related activities by the CI included facilitation of staff exchanges, the International Moot Court and the Debating Championship. Minor in Chinese (Mandarin) The CI continued to provide support for the Minor in Chinese developed in collaboration with the Department of Language, Linguistics and Literature. Students registered for the Minor were afforded the opportunity to participate in the annual 3Bs summer camp, a three-week programme held in China

Graduating Class – Participants in the ESL with Tourism Programme celebrate with faculty and staff of CEL.

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