The Campus’s significant achievements during the year under review included: • expanded delivery of the blended modality by enhancing and improving access to, and the quality of teaching and learning
• organization of programmes to prepare faculty for transformational teaching
• introduction of new or improved academic courses and programmes to achieve better alignment with student and industry demands, and • roll-out of programmes to address student and staff welfare and needs. The increase in student admissions during this academic year is testament to the success of these seminal initiatives undertaken by Principal Webber and Mona’s committed faculty and staff. As expected, the return of students to the classroom in 2022/2023 led to an increase in operating expenses of $20 Billion over the $17.7 Billion in 2021/2022, returning a total deficit of $1.7 Billion for the year, which is in stark contrast to the net positive income of $1.55 Billion for 2021/2022. The new principal, Professor Densil Williams, and his team will be challenged to find creative ways to return The UWI Mona Campus to profitability and to make it the university of choice for all peoples of the Region and the Diaspora. Professor Williams is no stranger to this Campus, having served as executive director of the Mona School of Business and Management, chair of the Mona Strategic Planning Task Force (2012/2017), Pro Vice-Chancellor planning, and more recently, Principal, and Pro Vice- Chancellor of the Five Islands Campus. An accomplished academic and administrator with considerable knowledge of business success and wealth creation, he is perfectly positioned to lead the Campus along its national and regional development trajectory. It will be my pleasure to work with him.
CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT
DR THE HON. EARL JARRETT, OJ, CD, JP, The UWI, Mona Campus Council
D uring the second year of the operationalization of The UWI 2022/2027 Strategic Plan, the Mona Campus achieved several milestones towards the delivery of its foundational mandate to fuel national and regional development. The year was one of unprecedented challenges as the Campus reopened its doors for face-to-face operations following the two-year online modality occasioned by the COVID-19 global pandemic. The Campus was faced with consistent yearly declines in student registration numbers, a concomitant reduction in student fees, and the continued downward trend in government contributions to the overall Campus income. Under the leadership of Principal, Professor Dale Webber, the Mona Campus faculty and other employees set about refashioning its research, teaching, and administrative processes to re-engage returning students and staff towards realizing the Strategic Plan’s stated mission to advance learning, create knowledge, and foster innovation .
Professor Densil Williams, and his team will be challenged to find creative ways to return The UWI, Mona Campus to profitability, and to make it the university of choice for all peoples of the Region and the Diaspora.
5 UWI MONA ANNUAL REPORT 2022/2023
4 UWI MONA ANNUAL REPORT 2022/2023
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