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TEACHING, LEARNING AND STUDENT DEVELOPMENT Across the campuses, students were challenged with poor internet connectivity in the cross campus teaching of the undergraduate programmes among the Cave Hill, Mona, Open and St. Augustine campuses. Lecturers at Mona had late access to the Moodle platform as contracts were finalised after the start of teaching. The Open Campus Academy experienced challenges with the integration of the cross-campus facility into the administrative arrangements of the APAD department. Recordings had to be made available to the students who had difficulty joining the streamed classes due to work commitments. A career exposition organised specifically for students in the Faculty was held in June 2023. The session was planned in collaboration with the Office of Placement & Career Services, Mona and was open to students across the Faculty. The students were very appreciative of the session. One recommendation going forward was for the Career Services Unit from all the campuses to collaborate on future sessions to highlight country specific information. Programme Development The Executive Master’s European Caribbean High Performance Sport Management was approved by BUS in February 2023. This was the product of a grant from the Association of French Universities valued at €15,000.00. Additional funding will be sought to ensure a January 2024 start of teaching. Preliminary approval was received from Rajasthan Royals to use the UWI FSP body of knowledge on Sport Science and Nutrition in a short course on its educa- tional platform. A MOU is expected to be signed in the first quarter of 2023/2024 to formalise the partnership. The Open Campus Academy Head pursued a partnership with Pan Am Sports Organisation and CANOC for the development and offering of a certificate course in sport administration management. It is expected that an agreement will be signed off during the next year.
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RESEARCH AND INNOVATION Research in the Faculty was hampered this year due to increased administrative duties by the Heads as well as one being on leave for a semester. Nevertheless, we maintained our presence in the two newspaper columns, Sport Matters and Sport Pulse , in the Trinidad Guardian and the Jamaica Gleaner respectively. Over forty
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