THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES School for Graduate Studies and Research STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY
• Explore the feasibility of establishing a structured mechanism (annual meeting) whereby The UWI research outputs relevant to regional development can be exposed to policy makers. • Continue to profile The UWI’s research productivity to stakeholders through the implementation of Research Days to which potential regional and international donors can be invited. Continue to provide incentives to productive researchers in the form of fiscal prizes and awards, and recognition through marketing. • Develop and implement strategies to assist active researchers manage their administrative and teaching loads. Possible approaches include: o Implementing The UWI’s approved Differential Workload Policy to reduce the teaching and administrative loads of active researchers o Implementing The UWI’s approved Policy on Inclusion of Research Supervision Time in the Calculation of Staff Contact Hours o Creating non-teaching periods in the teaching timetables of staff, where feasible, to generate time availability for focused research. • Increase research collaboration within The UWI and with other universities through supporting mentorship programmes and actively pursuing university partnerships.
May 09, 2023
This Paper was co-authored by Dr. Lyn R. Keith and Ms. Varsha Persaud of the School for Graduate Studies and Research. It benefitted from the encouragement and guidance of PVC Graduate Studies and Research, Professor Aldrie Henry Lee and from reviews of an earlier draft by: Former PVC Research Emeritus Professor Wayne Hunte; Former PVC Graduate Studies and Research Emeritus Professor Stephan Gift; Former PVC Graduate Studies and Research and Principal of Mona Campus Professor Dale Webber; Deputy Principal of Cave Hill Campus Professor Winston Moore; Dr. Graham King (Director) and Ms. Lauren Boodhoo from the St. Augustine Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (STACIE); Dr. Michael Campbell, Chair of the Cave Hill Research Ethics Committee; Directors, Research Institute and Centres; and Deputy Deans, Research at the
11
Made with FlippingBook flipbook maker