Dean’s Overview
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR The Faculty of Humanities and Education is a Faculty of eight departments and 3 affiliate institutions, which together offer over 50 undergraduate programmes (35 B.A., 11 B.Ed., 2 B.F.A., 1 Diploma, 2 Licentiates) and 50 postgraduate programmes (23 M.A., 14 M.Ed., 10 M.Phil. & Ph.D., 2 Diplomas, 1 D.Ed.). This is by far the broadest range of programmes offered by Faculties of Humanities & Education across the three landed campuses of The University of the West Indies. These programmes returned to the classroom in the 2022/23 academic year. After several years of online learning and teaching, this much anticipated change caused unanticipated levels of anxiety on the part of both staff and students. To mitigate against continuing fear of infection, staff were mandated to require the use of facemasks in their classrooms and offices, hand sanitizing stations were placed around the Faculty, and the use of fans and open windows was encouraged to allow for good air circulation. At the time of this writing, this all seems like a distant memory. But while the fear of infection dissipated over the course of the year, social anxieties came to the fore, prompting the hosting of several events focusing on wellness and mental health. The return to the classroom also meant the possibility of a return to in-person events. Thus, signature Faculty events were held either in-person or in hybrid mode, including: Signature event Title Date
Celebrating Students’ Academic Excellence
Annual Awards Ceremony
10 November 2022
Inaugural Lecture, Professor Loraine Cook of the School of Education Inaugural Lecture, Professor Canute Thompson of the School of Education Annual Faculty Distinguished Lecture, with keynote speaker Professor Shelome Gooden of the University of Pittsburgh Annual Research Symposium, launch of the Faculty’s first Research Index, and Photovoice Research Exhibition
Differences in the classroom: Deeper than you think or see Reimaginative leadership: Its implicatons for, and applications to (educational) policymaking and the role of the University Beyond Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences: Lessons from Linguistics
8 December 2022
11 May 2023
26 April 2023
Rooted, Ready & Rising through Research in Humanities and Education
2 June 2023
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