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

Cave Hill Campus – Barbados

New Student Accommodation During the year, representatives of Cave Hill Campus and the Government of Barbados broke ground for the construction of a new student accommodation block with a capacity to house 97 persons. ALIGNMENT The Campus continued to make strides in 2018/2019 on the goal of Alignment . A review of the KPIs under this goal showed that the Cave Hill Campus had exceeded the target of 50% of its staff serving on external bodies as projected in the Strategic Plan. Data collected showed that in 2018/2019 over 80% of the staff were serving on external bodies. This was indicative of the Campus’ ongoing contribution to national and regional development. Another KPI which was met and exceeded was the number of regional and international collaborative seminars and symposia hosted by the Campus. Among those taking place in 2018/2019 were: • The OAS-sponsored “International Business Law and Inclusive Economic Development: Law as an Engine for Development”workshop, held on March 29, 2019, which was the first of its kind to be held in the Caribbean. The workshop was hosted by the Cave Hill Faculty of Law and held in partnership with the Faculty of Law of Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada. It brought together legal scholars from across the region and the broader hemisphere. Previous OAS-sponsored workshops were held in South America and Central America. Jean-Michel Arrighi, Secretary for Legal Affairs, OAS,

and the WTO; Emmanuelle Ganne, Counsellor, WTO; Michael Roberts, Aid for Trade Coordinator, WTO; and Stephen Fevrier, Head of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires of the OECS Permanent Delegation in Geneva. The interviewers were Neil Paul and Dr. Jan Yves Remy. MITP alumna Jeanelle Clarke, then WTO intern, was the co-host of the series with Dr. Remy. In pursuit of the strategic initiative AL2 – Increase and improve academic/industry research partnerships, in 2018/2019, the Cave Hill Campus entered into various types of collaborative agreements and other strategic partnerships as part of its thrust towards greater university-industry engagement. Select agreements are listed below. • MOU between Hyuna International Ltd. and The UWI, Cave Hill Campus through the Department of Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics which provides for the promotion of joint educational and cultural collaboration through guest lecturing and/or delivery of course content opportunities

expressed the hope that the workshop would pave the way for an Inter-American system of law. In his welcome remarks, Deputy Principal, Professor Clive Landis affirmed that the workshop represented a strengthening of ties between Cave Hill, the OAS, and Queen’s University. • The Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Wellness, hosted “Training for Healthcare Providers in Therapeutic Prescribing of Medicinal Marijuana Products”workshops on May 21-22 and June 26, 2019. The workshops were attended

by 125 participants from the Barbados Drug Service, the Drug Formulary Committee, the Psychiatric Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the Barbados Pharmaceutical Society, Barbados Pharmacy Owners Inc., Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners and the St. Michael District Hospital, as well as other members of the public and private sectors. Hosted by the Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy & Services, in partnership with UWI tv , “Talking Trade – Caribbean at the WTO” Interview Series was a four-part series which featured interviews with key WTO experts and Geneva-based Caribbean trade professionals on the hot-button discussions and negotiations taking place at the WTO, bringing a unique Caribbean perspective. The interviewees included: Ambassador Chad Blackman, Permanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations

for Hyuna; internship, scholarship, coaching, career development and social development opportunities and the sharing of educational materials and resources. MOU between the Government of Barbados through the Ministry of the Public Service and The UWI, Cave Hill through the Faculty of Social Sciences, and the Centre for Professional Development and Life-Long Learning (CPDLL) which provides for strengthening of their partnership in training and research.

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