“It is the job of each  artist  to believe in
the possiblility of meaningful, substantial, and sustainable change”
ERIC MAISEL – AUTHOR OF SEVERAL BOOKS ON WRITING, CREATIVITY AND THE ARTS
“Universities have a role in challenging orthodoxies,
in refuting traditionally held concepts, and in creating new theory.
At  the university therefore,
we must not only believe in change, we must lead change”
DR. BHOENDRADATT TEWARIE – PRO-VICE-CHANCELLOR & CAMPUS PRINCIPAL
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The process of meaningful transformation at The University
begins with a clear focus on those areas that require change,
that is, a proper assessment of our progress in light of past goals,
before determining what steps to take into the future.
The Pink Line, Edward Bowen, 1999-2006, 5 sq. ft.
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As the world around us changes, we at The University of the West Indies face the 
challenge of mapping our own process of transformation, both internally and for the 
region which we have a special mandate to serve. This is why, on the cusp of a new five 
year strategic plan, we must pause to honestly assess where we currently are, to consider 
the past that has brought us here and continues to live on through us in an enduring 
West Indian tradition. 
In our strategic planning for 2007-2012, we recognize that lasting change is a 
collaborative process that must include all of our stakeholders. Every student, guardian, 
alumnus/a, staff member, contracted worker and benefactor is important to the whole. 
Thank you for your ongoing contribution. We invite each of you to join us in identifying 
and achieving clearly defined goals for The University, and to ask yourself: How do I need to change and become an agent 
of change in this context? 
Increasing our focus on students, regional relevance and specific, strategic goals will guide our evolution and enable us to 
have a greater, more sustainable impact through teaching, research and outreach, in the wider community. 
As we usher in the new, one of our challenges is maintaining quality in the face of growing demands. Our current reality 
includes managing the highest ever student enrolment, which puts increased pressure on our staff and physical resources. 
Step by step, we are working to ease this pressure through investing in infrastructure, technology and human resources. To 
continue in this direction, we must find creative ways to source the necessary funding to support this growth. At the same 
time, our will to change must extend beyond the outer face of the campus, to the way The University functions; moving 
toward greater accountability, efficiency, and a customer-friendly environment. 
Change is difficult but necessary. Let us, individually and collectively, make every effort to become more responsive to our 
fellow stakeholders, meeting their needs, so as to continue the process of becoming an effective catalyst for positive change 
throughout this region and the world. 
MR. MICHAEL MANSOOR
Chairman – Campus Council
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As educators, in and out of the classroom, it is our job to prepare for and enable positive
change in others and in our environment. But in order to succeed, this process must
begin with ourselves and the institutions which we serve - in this particular case, The
University of the West Indies, St. Augustine. Whether we take on the role of teacher or
work to create and sustain the systems, spaces and services dedicated to supporting
those endeavours associated with teaching and learning, we must not underestimate
our contribution or the significance of meaningful intervention.
The St. Augustine Campus has been part of the higher education landscape since 1924
when the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture was established in Trinidad. The
University of the West Indies as a whole will celebrate its 60th anniversary next year.
What have we achieved over the past six decades? What do we need to celebrate? What
mistakes did we make and what can we learn from? What is the transformational leap that we must make to propel ourselves
forward? This is an appropriate time to ask such questions as we formulate our strategic plan for 2007-2012.
Looking back at the last academic year reveals both challenges and accomplishments that must be taken into account as
we move forward. Despite the relative stabilisation of our student intake, our enrolment figures reached an unparalleled
high of over 13,000 students. This was in keeping with our decision to give access to as many qualified students as possible,
including those who, thanks to the Government Assistance for Tuition Expenses (GATE) programme and University financial
aid, were now able to benefit from tertiary education and, by extension, benefit their communities. Several of our students’
academic performance, all-round development and involvement in campus life, continued to make us optimistic about
their future contribution to the wider society. It is very likely that we will meet our full-time target of 12,000 undergraduates
as we enter the 2007-2008 academic year.
In light of this growth in our student numbers, The University intensified its efforts to develop the required resources and
infrastructure, through hiring additional staff and building new spaces for learning, living and administration. These
investments highlighted our ongoing need to source and generate additional funding. In this regard, appreciation is due to
our Alumni Association, individual as well as corporate benefactors, and the indefatigable members of the Development &
Endowment Fund. Much-needed revenue was also generated through the outreach arms of The University such as the
Business Development Office and our specialized centres and units.
Our focus for the future goes beyond structures however, to enhancing our systems, attitudes and approaches. To this end,
the Management Audit Unit, Campus Procurement Committee and Registry were all involved in assessing and, where
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principal’s review
necessary, revamping our operations. Campus IT Services and students, faculty and the general public. We believe that this
our network of Libraries worked assiduously to enable us to turnaround can be achieved through sourcing adequate
connect with greater ease to each other, to current sources funding, offering incentives like adjusted teaching schedules
of information, and the world. to faculty researchers, encouraging entrepreneurship and
making links to government, industry and international
These advances were not about technology for its own sake organisations to intensify the creation of a sustainable
however, but instead were in the interest of the people who research culture.
are at the core of our purpose here at The UWI St. Augustine.
Students, in particular, are central to this purpose, so This is the change we are seeking to be and to bring about:
significant attention was paid to upgrading the reach and The University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus - a
quality of our student services. Our goal is to support all of community of lifelong learners who are empowered to create
our students, with sensitivity to their diverse backgrounds, innovative knowledge that finds effective solutions to real-
responsibilities and special needs, from the minute they are world challenges, with a global vision and Caribbean focus.
enrolled, to the first steps on their desired career paths.
Special mention must be made here of those among our As we look at how far we have come, we also take note of
Administrative, Technical and Support (ATS) staff who not what has brought us to this point, in order to identify what
only reflect a customer-service framework, but are also must change, and to secure what must not. All the while
constantly looking for ways to improve their working bearing in mind Brazilian educator, theorist and activist Paulo
systems and their own skills. In the last academic year, these Freire’s notion that:
persons took advantage of the increased training and
support provided for all categories of staff. “Education [should be]...the practice of freedom, the means
by which men and women deal critically and creatively with
Most of our faculty members also continued to go beyond reality and discover how to participate in the transformation
the call of duty, in order to offer quality instruction and of their world.”
guidance to their students, deliver new programmes, and
create their own work, while still making the time to offer
their expertise locally, regionally and internationally.  Their
research and outreach initiatives, often undertaken with
DR. BHOENDRADATT TEWARIE
students, continue to be relevant, directly addressing many Pro-Vice-Chancellor & Campus Principal
of the challenges faced by our region and indeed, the world.
At the same time, with the vast majority of our postgraduate
students enrolling in taught programmes, more needs to be
done to encourage interest in research at the level of
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the management team
Dr. Bhoendradatt Tewarie Professor Gurmohan Kochhar
Pro-Vice-Chancellor & Campus Principal Deputy Principal
Mrs. Lylla Bada Dr. Margaret Rouse-Jones Mr. Jeremy Callaghan
Campus Bursar Campus Librarian Campus Registrar
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strategic planning process The formal launch of the strategic planning process took
place at the Mona Campus in May 2006. The plan will seek to
focus on a smaller number of goals, concentrating significant
effort and resources on their achievement. Emphasis will be
A new phase of growth is unfolding within The University of
placed on measurement and accountability, in order to
the West Indies, as it moves toward developing a strategic
accurately gauge the progress being made at regular
plan for 2007-2012.
intervals. By September 2007, the strategic plan should be in
implementation mode. With ongoing assessment and review,
The first step was to assess The University’s current status vis
effective leadership and meaningful resource allocation,
à vis the implementation of the existing strategic plan.  The
successful execution is anticipated.
Office of Planning presented a report to this effect, to the
Strategy Committee in January 2006. It addressed, among
other things, undergraduate and postgraduate enrolment
relative to targets, the student mix, graduate output, quality
maintenance and enhancement, the modernization of
management systems, and the diversification of income
sources.
Then, in conjunction with a team of Planning Consultants
engaged by The University, a framework was developed for
the strategic planning process. Five Planning Task Force (PTF)
Groups were given the responsibility of organizing extensive
stakeholder consultations. The Office of Planning facilitated
a milestone Sense-Making Conference at the St. Augustine
Campus, in order to discuss the outcome of these university-
wide consultations. A Steering Committee, comprised of the
PTF Chairpersons and UWI’s Executive Management Team,
was established to guide the overall preparation process.
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For The University, positive change can only be sustained
if it is internally driven through the ongoing evolution of our people, finances,
spaces, systems and services, in keeping with the demands
of top-quality tertiary education.
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people This year’s undergraduate class included many of the tophigh school students in Trinidad & Tobago and the region,
based on their performance in the CAPE and Cambridge/
Our Students London Universities Advanced Level Examinations. The Cam-
The future of this region will be determined, in large part, by pus was also proud to welcome leading achievers in the
those who have the knowledge and skills to provide agile world in several subject areas, as well as 124 national schol-
leadership in a changing global environment. arship winners - just over 50% of the 236 scholarships
awarded by the Government of Trinidad & Tobago.
Therefore, in light of the rising demand for tertiary educa-
tion, The UWI St. Augustine has been increasing access to Our Graduates
qualified applicants, resulting in an exponential growth in In November 2006, over 2500 students joined the wider UWI
student intake over the past five years. Total enrolment community in celebrating their past achievements and look-
reached an unprecedented high of more than 13,000 stu- ing forward to the future. About 24% of graduates gained
dents in 2005-2006, of which over 2,800 (22%) were post- postgraduate degrees and advanced diplomas.
graduate and advanced diploma students.
As in the previous year, four graduation ceremonies were held
However, bearing in mind issues of capacity and resources, over two days to accommodate the large number of gradu-
overall intake was kept at 4,436 new students, which resulted ates. This year also saw the first cohort of graduates from the
in a relatively small 4.5% increase in the total number of stu- following programmes:
dents enrolled at the Campus.
Bachelor of Applied Technology (with University of Trinidad
A more detailed look at enrolment reveals that although the & Tobago); Bachelor of Science – Nursing; Certificate in
majority of students on campus are undergraduates, there Speech and Language Pathology; Postgraduate Diploma in
was only a 3% increase in undergraduate enrolment from Telecommunications Regulation and Policy; Master of Sci-
the previous year, while enrolment in certificate and diploma ence in Telecommunications Regulation and Policy
programmes increased by 32%. There was a decline in the
number of new MPhil and PhD students and the 5% increase If their academic performance is any indication, we can look
in enrolment in postgraduate degrees and advanced diplo- forward to great things from the class of 2006. Over 10% of
mas, was in relation to taught programmes. postgraduate students received honours and distinctions in
their programmes and more than 53% of undergraduates
earned first and second class honours degrees.
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Our Staff (Chemistry), Prof. Kit Fai Pun (Mechanical Engineering), Prof.
People are the St. Augustine Campus’ chief resource. The Jonas Addae (Human Physiology), and Prof. Zulaika Ali (Child
academic, administrative, technical and support staff all make Health).
a significant contribution to the life of The University.
Increasingly, the Human Resource Section has been The Human Resource Section also facilitated the needs of
undertaking staff orientation, training and review activities over 1,400  Administrative, Technical and Support (ATS) staff,
in addition to the recruitment, appointment and general as well as hourly-paid workers and the Estate Police.
stewardship of all University staff members. Significant effort was devoted to orientation and training
activities for these members of staff.  Several people did
Faculty recruitment was challenging for areas such as Medical themselves and The University proud by continuing their
Sciences and Engineering, in part because of the need to education and professional development.
make salaries more competitive on an international level.
Wherever possible, several part-time lecturers were taken on Our Alumni and Benefactors
to help meet the needs of the growing student body. In fulfilling their motto “We Give Something Back to UWI”,  The
University of the West Indies Alumni Association (Trinidad &
Academic, Professional and Senior Administrative staff Tobago Chapter) has, to date, donated $255,000 in bursaries,
numbered 524 persons in the year under review.  Of these $67,000 toward the Library, and its first postgraduate
staff members, 25 persons left The University through scholarship of $36,000 to The UWI St. Augustine Campus. This
resignation, retirement or sadly, death-in-service. Sabbatical represents a total of $358,000 in direct contributions towards
leave and leave for scholarly activities was awarded to 13 students and The University as a whole.
staff members and 37 others were promoted.
To achieve its goals, the Alumni Association has entered into
Numerous members of staff received University, regional and strategic partnerships with the business community. This
international awards that are listed in detail in the Faculty includes partnering with bpTT LLC to co-sponsor The UWI
Report 2005-2006. The Professorial Inaugural Lecture Series, Alumni Distinguished Lecture Series, featuring the work of
for instance, highlighted the work of senior lecturers Prof. faculty from the St. Augustine Campus who have benefited
Balswaroop Bhatt (Mathematics & Computer Science), Prof. from bpTT Fellowships.
Godwin Isitor (Veterinary Anatomy), Prof. Lincoln Hall
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leading the future
The valedictorians of The UWI It must be evident by now The University at debating
St. Augustine graduating class that these two young women competitions in Barbados,
of 2005 are as different as do have one thing in common Jamaica and Canada. Crista,
chalk and cheese. Or interro- (besides the fact that they’re who has been a secondary
gating Caribbean constructs of both from South Trinidad) – school teacher for the past
masculinity and debugging they are both brilliant. Crista’s eight years, commuted to St.
microprocessor-based applica- résumé, which unassumingly Augustine after working all
tions. lists headings like “Commu- day with students in her
nity Service” next to “Cabinet hometown of Point Fortin.
Crista Mohammed graduated Appointments”, identifies her
from the Faculty of Humanities as the holder of the Common- It’s no wonder that they were
& Education with a BA in wealth Youth Award for 1999. selected to represent their
Literatures in English and Kersha’s academic back- class at the packed graduation
minors in Communication ground includes ten distinc- ceremonies in November. And
Studies and Gender Studies. tions at Ordinary Level, three just in case there was still any
She was recognized by the distinctions at Advanced Level doubt, here are Kersha’s words
Centre for Gender & Develop- and first class honours at UWI. concerning her fellow stu-
ment Studies for having dents: “It’s extremely critical to
earned straight A’s in 2005. Refreshingly, their university know what your peers are
Kersha Edwards captured the lives entailed far more than thinking because these are
Raytheon Canada Prize after academics. Kersha choreo- the people who are going to
emerging as the top Level 3 graphed and danced on be leading society in years to
student doing the computer behalf of her fellow “Gremlins” come...” If these two achievers
option in the Department of at Trinity Hall, participated in are any indication, our future
Electrical and Computer the Inter-Varsity Christian is in good hands.
Engineering. Fellowship and represented
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This also led to bpTT making a commitment to sponsor a
bursary and postgraduate scholarship, funding research in
Steelpan Technology.  Alstons Marketing Company Limited
(AMCO), Trinidad Hilton and Conference Centre, American
Airlines Limited, Trinidad & Tobago National Petroleum
Marketing Company Limited, and Sanch Electronix all helped
to ensure the success of the 11th edition of our Annual
International Wine and Cheese Festival.
In 2005, the Head of the Alumni Association T&T,  Mr. Frederick
Bowen, represented the alumni at the Orientation,
Matriculation and Graduation ceremonies of the St.
Augustine Campus. The Association also coordinated their
3rd Independence Night Boat Cruise, 2nd National Debating
Competition for Corporations, a fund-raising Raffle, and the
Cultural Rhythms II fundraiser with The UWI Development
and Endowment Fund. More information about the
Association’s activities is available on its website at
http://www.sta.uwi.edu/alumni/index.asp.
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Pursuing Happiness
“Once students are Perhaps this is why he was Joining Byer in winning the
happy…I’m happy.” selected as one of the winners MEEAP award for 2005 were
of the Most Enterprising Gloria Baptiste of the Main
Glen Byer is one of those rare Employee Award Programme Library, Melissa Gonsalves
souls - a man who finds (MEEAP) which seeks to from the Instructional Devel-
satisfaction in doing his job reward qualities such as opment Unit, and Alicia
well, even after 23 years. vision, creativity, willingness to Broomes Julien, formerly at
engage in lifelong learning, the Office of the Campus
As a senior maintenance sensitivity, integrity, leader- Registrar and now at the
assistant in the Department of ship and communication Faculty of Humanities &
Chemistry, he may not be in a skills, among UWI’s Adminis- Education Office.
high-profile position at The trative, Technical and Support
University, but his role, which Staff. Yet as important as it is “to
requires liaising with staff and recognize and reward out-
students to manage the Needless to say, winning this standing performance by
upkeep of the teaching and award is no small feat. Candi- employees”, for those who
learning infrastructure, is a dates are screened at the level receive it, this award may be
crucial one. And for Byer, it’s of their Department, Faculty no more than icing on the
more than just a duty. and then by a Campus cake, because as Glen Byer
Committee. shares: “The driving force is
the students.”
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FINANCES Throughout the year, Bursary staff increased their efforts toimprove the level of service offered to the Campus and other
stakeholders.
Income & Expenditure
The total income received by the Campus during the year in The Balance Sheet
review was $614 million, 48% of which was paid by the The Campus’ cash balances fell by $45 million from $335.7
contributing governments, while 31% came from sponsors million to $290.7 million. This was offset by an increase in
of special projects for teaching and research. Tuition and money received from student accounts and advances.
examination fees accounted for 14% of revenue and 7% was
from miscellaneous sources. The income from tuition fees Government Assistance for Tuition Expenses (GATE)
increased by $12 million and reflected the continued growth payments for tuition fees were paid to the Campus in August,
in student registration. At the same time, the proportion of after the end of the financial year. In addition, no provision
total income from Government Remittances continued to was made in the National Estimates last year for the
decrease. It declined from 54% in 2004-2005 to 48% in the construction of the three University buildings that were to
last academic year. be funded under the Public Sector Investment Programme.
The Campus therefore had to meet the claims submitted by
The Income and Expenditure statement recorded a surplus the contractors from its own funds, as construction had
of $42,056,514 for the year. In accordance with International already begun on these projects. The accounts therefore
Financial Reporting Standards, the funds used for capital show that total advances amounted to $25.2 million by year’s
expenditure, to upgrade facilities and increase the stock of end. These funds were received from the Government in
library books, were excluded from this statement. The actual October 2006. GATE payments, the amount given to offset
income received was reported without any adjustments for the advances paid, and the arrears of contributions, have
the capital aspects of additional property, plant and effectively reduced the amounts reported as receivable at
equipment expenses, giving rise to the reported surplus. See the balance sheet date, by $91.9 million.
the Facts & Figures section of the Annual Report for further
details.
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The monthly contributions from governments for recurrent • Disclosing the Campus’ pension liability for
expenditure have been received in a timely manner and the academics and senior administrative staff, as well
Government of Trinidad & Tobago continues to demonstrate as the total cost of vacation leave for all categories
its commitment to The University by increasing its of staff.
remittances, thereby reducing its share of the outstanding
balance of contributions due from regional governments. • Defining capital grants as the amounts given to the
Campus exclusively for the acquisition or
Special project advances of $81.6 million were shown construction of fixed assets. Funds which do not
separately on the balance sheet from the special project meet this criteria are now included with the general
receivables of $8.6 million. It should be noted that this figure reserves. Any amounts spent on capital which were
for receivables does not include the deficit for the Faculty of not specifically granted for that purpose can no
Medical Sciences, which now stands at $68.6 million. longer be reported with the other expenses.
International Reporting Standards Business Development
Preparing the financial statements according to the An entrepreneurial spirit is being fostered at the St. Augustine
principles of International Financial Reporting Standards Campus, in part through the efforts of the Business
requires that the Campus Bursary make estimates and Development Office (BDO) under the guidance of Dr. David
assumptions which affect The University’s reported assets Rampersad (Director). Staff members routinely come to the
and liabilities at the balance sheet date, as well as its BDO to discuss ideas for funding or new projects.  By the same
statement of income and expenditure for that period. This token, the private and public sectors recognise the Office as
now entails: an important means of accessing the expertise available at
The University.  Private sector companies, both locally and
• Showing special project advances separately from internationally, seek to engage The University as a partner in
receivables; the special project receivables are later bids for various consultancies. Fostering and maintaining key
reimbursed. Balances represent the expenditure relations, alliances and partnerships externally, on campus
that had not yet been reimbursed by the sponsors and in the wider University, enables the BDO to be receptive
by the balance sheet date. and responsive to the changing needs of UWI stakeholders.
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investing in education
Arthur Lok Jack, Chairman of that it is not just about the state-of-the-art campus in
Associated Brands (Invest- money. He sees his role, and October 2005 at Mt. Hope,
ments) Ltd. (ABIL), is a man that of the Arthur Lok Jack Trinidad, with facilities on par
with the golden touch when it Graduate School of Business, with top business schools
comes to business and as building up our country around the world. Today, the
entrepreneurship. And he has and region; a commitment region’s leading Business School
extended this hand to The that requires “think[ing] long offers seven postgraduate
University of the West Indies term...creating a legacy that programmes, including two
as no local entrepreneur has will last.” internationally accredited MBA
done before. A founding programmes, and has also
member of The UWI Institute Therefore, to Lok Jack, a gift of fostered research linkages with
of Business, Lok Jack made a this kind is an investment – entities such as the World
personal donation of TT$20 developing the educational, Economic Forum, the Fraser
million to the Business School managerial and entrepre- Institute and the Harvard
and committed himself to neurial infrastructure of the Business School.
raising TT$10 million more - a Caribbean in a way that, as in
pioneering gift that resulted in the case of the Eastern Tigers Here’s hoping that this entrepre-
the School being renamed in and Silicon Valley, works to neur’s contribution, in keeping
honour of his philanthropy. benefit business people as with a lifetime of leadership, is a
well as the wider society. catalyst for our evolving culture
But this son of a Chinese of philanthropy. After all, as Lok
immigrant, whose financial So thanks in part to Lok Jack’s Jack points out, giving brings a
successes have taken on vision, the Graduate School of sense of satisfaction that money
almost legendary status, insists Business formally opened its just can’t buy.
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The BDO works with a range of departments and units to Revenue Generating Activities
identify and develop proposals, provide budgetary advice, Sourcing additional finances is crucial to supporting the
manage projects and interact with external partners.  It also development of The University’s people, systems, spaces and
plays an important oversight and quality assurance role in services. To this end, the following projects and proposals
the execution of projects. In 2006, for instance, the Office has are being facilitated by the Business Development Office.
overseen consultancies and projects worth approximately
TT$4 million.  In collaboration with the Office of the Campus BDO Ongoing/Completed Projects
Principal and other Departments, the BDO also solicited • National AIDS Coordinating Committee (NACC) Rapid
Mapping Exercise
major gifts for strategic initiatives and has raised
approximately TT$2 million through these efforts. • Environmental Management Authority (EMA) Nariva Wa-
ter Resources Management
The Office developed several relationships of benefit to The
• NACC HIV/AIDS Baseline Survey
University, including a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)
between The UWI and the Trinidad & Tobago Regiment and • Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources
Fire Services Association (Second Division) to facilitate (MALMR) Fisheries Policy
training programmes for its staff. Also, an MOA with the
• Grenada HIV/AIDS Baseline Study
Forestry Division, Ministry of Public Utilities and the
Environment, enables collaboration with The University on • Chamber of Commerce Review and Assessment of
environmental issues. Chronic Disease Assistance Plan (C-DAP) with particular
reference to Type II Diabetes
The BDO has also helped to shape the campaign effort for • CARICOM Design and Production of Anti-Stigma Toolkits
the following strategic initiatives:
• Centre for Biological Diversity • Design of customized Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees
• Centre for Entrepreneurship for the Trinidad & Tobago Regiment
• Film, Animation and Media Laboratory
• Teacher Training in Tertiary Education
• The Education Leadership Institute for Teaching and
Entrepreneurship
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Urgent requests put some strain on the Unit’s human
SYSTEMS resource capacity, but overall the year was a rewarding one,
as significant strides were made toward improving
Financial Accountability operations at the St. Augustine Campus.
In keeping with its commitment to accountability, the St.
Augustine Campus’ Management Audit Unit conducted 33 Project Efficiency
operational, financial and follow-up audits of the following Implementing more efficient and transparent Campus
offices and schools: Marketing & Communications, the Procurement Procedures is of top priority to the St. Augustine
Registry, Bursary, Bookshop, Student Activity Centre, Distance Campus. Serious consideration is being given to revamping
Education Centre, School of Education and School of the role, function and procedures of the Campus
Continuing Studies. The Guild of Students, University Field Procurement Committee (CPC), in order to make it more
Station and Journal of Tropical Agriculture were audited, responsive to the needs of the campus.
along with campus-owned vehicles and consultancy funds.
In 2005-2006, three of the six members of the Procurement
The Unit, led by Campus Management Auditor Ms. Verona Committee, including its secretary, came from the Campus
Daisley, also provided assistance to the firm of Projects Office (CPO). The Committee had an oversight role,
PricewaterhouseCoopers as they conducted an external with the Faculties/Departments being primarily responsible
audit of Campus IT Services (CITS). Year-end stock counts for procurement. Nevertheless, there was still significant
were done, as well as cash counts in TT Post, the Faculty of pressure on CPO operations resulting from departmental
Medical Sciences, the Main Library, Student Activity Centre, requests for assistance in procurement exercises. The
School of Pharmacology and School of Continuing Studies Committee was also responsible for drafting procurement
Library. procedures, forms and templates. However, given the CPO’s
current workload, this may require the temporary
Recommendations were made to improve the efficiency of engagement of additional professional staff, or the hiring of
these arms of The University, after which follow-up audits procurement consultants.
were conducted within three to six months, to gauge the
degree of implementation.
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Some of the more significant procurement activities in which Administrative Support
the CPO played a major role during this period include: LAN/ The Registry provides a range of administrative services that
WAN systems for the Faculty of Medical Sciences, a spare gas- support the academic work of The University, specifically:
fired engine for the SPEC Air-Conditioning system, a fibre
optic system for the Faculty of Medical Sciences, an upgrade • The admission, registration and academic progress
of the Distance Education Centre’s telecommunications of students
infrastructure, replacing Library Systems, and sourcing • University examinations and graduation
internal items such as furniture and appliances for Milner Hall, • The recruitment, appointment, training and
the Institute of Critical Thinking and the Student development of all categories of University staff
Administration Building. • The maintenance of University records
• Secretariat services
The Procurement Committee is currently developing a • Computerized student administrative systems, e.g.
register of pre-qualified Contractors and Suppliers for the Banner
Campus, which will simplify the process of selecting cost-
effective contractors for future projects. Work will also A number of computerized systems support the work of the
commence shortly on a CPO website on The UWI Intranet, Registry Sections. For instance, PeopleSoft continues to add
streamlining communication with the wider campus value to all Human Resource (HR) processes. A great deal of
community. Staff training, research and international sharing effort was put into extending the functionality of the Banner
in Project Management and relevant IT applications, continue Student Administration System and, in spite of significant
to be a major focus of the CPO, as it seeks to improve the challenges, the positive outcome of this process is already
efficiency of the Campus’ project and procurement systems. evident in many of our operations. The systems to support
class scheduling have proved particularly useful.
The Secretariat Unit reviewed and improved its committee
servicing processes, assisted by online access to committee
documents. New arrangements were made for course
approval and modification.  Through the Backlog Clearance
Project, the Records Unit made inroads into a mass of
documentary material essential to The University’s
functioning.
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The Registry, led by new Campus Registrar Mr. Jeremy Wider internet access - CITS initiated a project to provide
Callaghan, is committed to continuing its internal Wireless LAN support for 4000 users and implemented a
transformation to a customer service culture. The new wireless link to the Centre for the Creative & Festival Arts
Student Administration Building will be the physical (CCFA), with support for the Seismic Research Unit and School
manifestation of this new approach to administrative of Continuing Studies. They conducted a pilot for Virtual
services. Private Network (VPN) access to the Campus using a Public
Key Infrastructure (PKI).
Advanced Technology
In this academic year, under the leadership of Campus IT Improved staff services - Staff bandwidth was increased by
Services (CITS), The UWI St. Augustine’s Information and 216% and a more user-friendly online vacancies system put
Communications Technology (ICT) systems were taken to in place. There was also a rollout of the Content Management
another level. The CITS team was led by Mr. Nazir Alladin System to staff.
(Director), ITO Enterprise Application Support Manager Mrs.
Claire Craig, Mr. Marlon Raghunanan (ITO Technical Services Improved student services - The first phase of an integrated
Manager), IT & Business Alignment Manager Ms. Monica student portal was completed. Students now access their
Ramjattan and Webmaster Mr. Daren Dhoray. campus email, Banner Student and other services, solely
through the MySTA portal. Furthermore, student internet
Significant advancements changing the way people learn access is now managed even more effectively through the
and communicate on the St. Augustine Campus include: implementation of Total Traffic Control (TTC). The Graduate
Studies Office took steps to improve the postgraduate
On-line applications and registration - The Banner Student student completion rate with the design and
Administration System was prepared for online registration implementation of an internal database to track student
in the following academic year. The Graduate Studies Office progress.
also did significant work improving the School of Graduate
Studies & Research’s website and facilitating online
applications to postgraduate programmes.
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More courses and resources for learning - A project was New websites - The University Consortium website,
initiated to move online courses to Moodle - a cutting-edge www.myucsis.com, is up and running. The UWI St. Augustine’s
Learning Management System. CITS also assisted the Main first ever eJournal www.sta.uwi.edu/crgs, Caribbean Research
Library in facilitating off-campus access to online resources. for Gender Studies, was launched, as well as a website for
Multimedia systems are now in use at the Institute for Critical Disability Studies.
Thinking, Natural Sciences Building, the Student
Administration Building and Lecture Theatre Classrooms. Easier financial transactions - The infrastructure for
eCommerce solutions was established.
Enhanced web security and harmony - The Microsoft Active
Directory that manages all user logon credentials and access
rights was made even more secure. CITS also worked with
the Marketing & Communications team to develop a
university-wide manual, with style guidelines for all UWI web
pages.
Ongoing IT Training - CITS created training materials,
conducted training and provided support for several
software applications. The Microsoft IT Academy Team also
attended a team-building exercise facilitated by the Arthur
Lok Jack Graduate School of Business.
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Networking Learners
We live in an age where drew the attention of which will offer MOS Certifica-
information moves at the Microsoft Caribbean, which tion to the university commu-
speed of light and computers offered to partner with us in nity as well as to primary and
are no longer an optional part providing guidance and secondary school teachers
of learning. Keeping on the support to other educational and students.
cusp of these advancements institutions throughout the
in Information and Communi- Caribbean. Mr. Angel Dubon, Microsoft
cation Technology (ICT) is part Academic Programmes
of The UWI St. Augustine’s Out of this partnership, the Manager, had no doubt that
commitment to maintaining Microsoft Academy, first of its the Academy will greatly
quality systems for administra- kind in the English-speaking benefit the wider education
tion, teaching and campus life. Caribbean, was launched in sector, as The University of the
Our campus, for instance, now September 2006. Currently, 11 West Indies, in the words of
has the largest wireless members of staff have been Campus Principal Dr.
network in the country. trained as Microsoft Office Bhoendradatt Tewarie,
Specialists (MOS), including “become[s] a network of
The University’s technical one Microsoft Master Instruc- learners…that is itself a model
expertise and progressive tor. They are the core pool of for other learning communi-
approach, spearheaded by lecturers for the Academy, ties to emulate.”
Campus IT Services (CITS),
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spaces washroom facilities. The classrooms are separated by
operable acoustic partitions which, when open, create one
large area that is ideal for examination purposes. They are
Steady progress is being made toward enhancing the St. outfitted with the latest audio and multi-media systems to
Augustine Campus’ learning, living and administrative enhance the interactive learning experience. The total cost
environments. Given labour and material shortages in the of this project is approximately $3.5 million.
rapidly expanding T&T construction sector, some projects
geared for completion in 2005-2006, were delayed.  In Management Studies classrooms were converted into offices for
addition, the estimated cost of projects in planning and Faculty of Social Sciences teaching staff.
design phases is increasing. However, construction will begin
on a significant number of projects during the 2006-2007 For Living
academic year. During the year in review, several key A new dormitory building at Milner Hall was built to house
improvements were made to campus infrastructure, 150 male and female students, with 22 self-contained rooms
managed by the Campus Projects Office (CPO) under the for postgraduate students. The rooms are primarily for double
oversight of Senior Projects Officer Mr. Alfred Reid. occupancy, with common washroom, kitchen and laundry
facilities provided in the building. Construction cost
For Teaching & Learning approximately $16.5 million.
Phase II of the expansion of the Centre for Language Learning
(CLL) moved beyond the addition of a first floor with more The new Tennis Court Spectator Stands are now complete. The
space for the CLL, to include a second floor designated for covered stands can seat approximately 250 spectators. The
the Institute of Critical Thinking. Construction is substantially facilities also include washrooms for players and spectators,
complete and the total cost is currently estimated at along with storage areas and rooms to be used as a club
approximately $11 million. house, office and teaching areas.  The estimated cost of this
project is $2.8 million.
Temporary Classroom Building #2, located between the
Natural Sciences building and Department of Surveying, is
fully air-conditioned and contains three classrooms
accommodating 140 students each, as well as two offices and
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Thinking Critically
The ability to think clearly A Critical Thinking Symposium of Cambridge, and Dalhousie
may be a faculty most of us in 2004 featured thinkers and University. Following the
take for granted. interlocutors from diverse conference, the Institute
sectors in society. Then in invited Lord J.C.R. Hunt,
However, critical thinking or January 2007, educators from Director of the Lighthill
what Campus Principal Dr. across the country were able to Institute of Mathematical
Bhoendradatt Tewarie refers attend workshops featuring Dr. Sciences and Professor of
to as “the ability to think Howard Gardner, the Harvard/ Climate Modeling at the
clearly, analytically and Boston University psychologist University College London, to
creatively”, is garnering and neurologist, known around give a lecture on
attention in educational the world for his theory of “Mathematics Applied to the
circles as a skill that needs to multiple intelligences. Environment”.
be taught rather than
assumed. The Institute of Critical Thinking The Critical Thinking Institute,
has since been launched, for which space has been
What began in many ways as hosting a conference on created one storey above the
a think tank on the issues of Mathematics and its newly refurbished Centre for
quality teaching and learning applications in the fields of Language Learning, is about
in our society, has grown into medicine, biology, petroleum much more than talk. The
a full-fledged Institute to engineering, hydrology, the focus will be on practical work
foster pedagogy that is environment and epidemiology, and research in a Caribbean
oriented toward enhancing with a special session for context, developing insights
this ability in learners at all secondary school teachers. into this important aspect of
levels. Conference speakers included human learning and
professors from The University cognition, then sharing them
of the West Indies, the University with the world.
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For Administration Individual contractors were also used to provide a wide range
A Student Administration Building accommodating all the of these services and a total of 216 contracts were prepared
student-related functions of the Registry, Bursary and to the sum of over $10 million. Over $1.8 million was paid to
Archives and Records Management is near completion. The 875 petty contractors for maintenance and service jobs
Building should be ready for occupancy in early 2007. ranging in cost from below $500 to $2,500.  The majority of
Construction costs are approximately $24 million, not these contracts were for maintenance of the campus grounds
including fittings and consultant services. and servicing the air-conditioning systems.
In the main Student Administration Building, handicap lifts and The Housing unit continued to maintain the 66 houses
associated building and electrical works are to be completed owned by The University and to liaise with landlords for the
shortly, at a cost of $1.2 million. maintenance of rented properties.
The Student Guild offices were upgraded and new container
facilities provided for Security.
Campus Works
The hard-working staff of the Works Department is primarily
responsible for maintaining our built and natural
environment. In 2005-2006, they responded to 4,766 requests
for a wide range of services including plumbing, carpentry,
transport, masonry, painting, electrical and mechanical
services (such as air-conditioning systems), grounds
maintenance, and telephone-related issues. The progress of
these requests was monitored weekly at meetings using
work request order summaries, which were generated from
the computerized maintenance management system. About
199 estimates totaling over $2.5 million were prepared,
ranging in value from under $500 to over $100,000.
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Remembering Ourselves
The papers of a gifted carnival death. Out of his legacy, as por- Indian Winner of the medal of the
and stage designer, a stellar trayed in a BBC documentary, Bienal de Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Marxist intellectual and a Pan- Christian’s children and grandchil-
Africanist lawyer and politician, dren have risen to prominence in Then in June 2005, the CLR James
have been deemed significant Dominica, Ghana and the UK. His Collection joined the Library’s Eric
historical documents to be papers were officially donated to Williams and Derek Walcott Collec-
preserved for future genera- The UWI Special Collections by his tions as part of the UNESCO
tions in The UWI St. Augustine granddaughter Estelle Appiah, Memory of the World Register, to
Main Library’s Special Collec- Head of Legislative Drafting in the “be protected for the benefit of all
tions. Attorney General’s Department in humanity.” CLR James (1901-1989),
Ghana. has become an international icon
George James Christian (1868- of anti-imperialism, independence
1940), born in humble circum- “We don’t have anything like this in movements, Marxism, and Pan-
stances in Dominica, was called terms of Carnival and stage design,” Africanism. He is perhaps best
to the bar at Gray’s Inn, London, Dr. Glenroy Taitt of the Library’s known for The Black Jacobins, his
where he delivered a noted West Indiana Division pointed out, groundbreaking history of the
speech at the first ever Pan- referring to the unique collection Haitian Revolution.
African Congress in 1900. of work by Carlisle Chang (1921-
2001), acclaimed Trinidadian Without a doubt, as David
He went on to become a painter, art teacher, carnival cos- Rampersad of the Business Devel-
leading criminal and conces- tume and stage designer. opment Office pointed out, these
sions lawyer in the former Gold collections highlight the need for
Coast (now Ghana), consul for Among his numerous achieve- additional resources to ensure that
Liberia for 30 years, and a ments, this visionary artist, the son The UWI Library remains “the
member of the Legislative of immigrants from China and leading reference library on the
Council from 1930 until his British Guiana, is still the only West West Indies.”
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services UWI Life Support Network was a separate event aimed at
sensitising parents, spouses, family members and those
giving critical support to students. A trained psychologist and
The university experience should not only be focused on counselor provided valuable information to help family
academic pursuits, but should also enable holistic personal members support students during their course of study.
growth and community-building. Through Student Advisory
Services, the Health Services Unit, Faculties and the Guild of These events were coordinated by the Marketing &
Students, UWI St. Augustine offers a variety of programmes Communications  (M&C) Office, guided by M&C Director Mrs.
and activities that contribute to students’ intellectual, Dawn-Marie De Four-Gill. The Student Services team,
physical, social and cultural development. coordinated by Ms. Deirdre Charles, also had specially
designed orientation events for regional and international
Orientation students (Check In), including transportation from the airport
UWI Life is an opportunity, at the beginning of the first to their accommodation. There was even a programme for
semester, for new students to hear the experiences of their evening, part-time and full-time students aged 25 years and
older colleagues, meet members of the faculty and over (UWI Life – An Extension), which took place at the
administration, and learn how to make a successful transition Learning Resource Centre. Past and present students shared
to university life. The 2005 programme, held at the Sport & real life experiences with 360 of their colleagues, related to
Physical Education Centre, was hosted by local media surviving financially and juggling family, academic and
personalities Lisa Wickham and Nikki Crosby and featured employment responsibilities.
performances by 3 Canal, DJ Excaliber and local performing
arts group, Arts in Action. Interactive workshops during the In order to give students a “one-stop shop” for information
morning session examined critical life issues such as Time on the services each Department/Faculty provides, Student
Management; Safety and Security (preventing and dealing Services coordinated its first Information Village, at the
with Sexual Assault); Study Skills; and Health and Fitness beginning of the first semester. Booths were set up at the
(including Mental and Sexual Health). The afternoon Sport & Physical Education Centre representing 27 Faculties
Icebreaker session featured product giveaways from and Departments.
corporate sponsors and an interactive game aimed at
broadening students’ knowledge of Trinidad and The UWI.
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To provide more long-term support for first years, Student The original completion date (August 2006) for the Milner
Services devised the Student to Student Assistance Scheme Hall expansion project was not realized and as such, 33
(SSAS) which matches new students with their counterparts students who were initially offered accommodation on
in second and third year, according to their academic Milner Hall could not be housed there. Student Advisory
background and co-curricular activities. Services therefore made arrangements for these students to
stay at the Caribbean Lodge in St. Augustine. It was agreed
Accommodation that The University would subsidize the cost of those rooms
The new selection criteria for on-campus accommodation, up to $300 per student, for the period September 1st to
implemented one year earlier, worked well for 2005-2006. December 31st, 2006, at which time they were relocated to
First year foreign and local students were given priority the new wing at Milner Hall.
access to on-campus accommodation, and first year local
students were prioritized according to their home address, Health Care and Counseling
relative to the Campus’ location. Students with special cases The Health Services Unit (HSU), led by Dr. Neil Singh and Dr.
were also considered as priority applicants, for example those Cherrita Ramsaran (Medical Officers), is concerned with the
with disabilities and other personal circumstances which overall well-being of students and staff, and the prevention
would make off-campus accommodation very challenging. as well as treatment of illnesses.
Returning students who had lived on Hall in previous years,
were then selected based on the selection criteria outlined During UWI Life and the Guild of Students’ Orientation Week,
above. Unfortunately, in order to accommodate the highest new students were given information about accessing
number of first year students seeking on-campus housing, healthcare services. In collaboration with The UWI HIV-AIDS
some third year students who were formerly on Hall were Response Programme (HARP), the HSU commemorated
asked to seek alternative accommodation. Student Advisory World AIDS Day on November 30, 2006 with a formal launch
Services maintained a database of suitable off-campus of The UWI Health Policy, together with a health fair open to
housing to assist students with finding accommodation in students and staff.  They also conducted weekly Health
the St. Augustine area. Promotion Clinics in a number of areas pertinent to
maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
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Immunization The Family Planning Association of Trinidad & Tobago (FPA
A total of 1070 vaccines were given to the student population T&T) has extended its services to women at The University
through the Immunization Clinic - an increase of 100% from of the West Indies.  This outreach programme was held
the previous year. throughout the academic year and a total of 332 pap smears
and breast examinations were conducted.
Fitness & Healthy Eating
The Focus on Fitness clinic ran from February to April 2006. During the months of February and March an HIV/STI
Weekly appointments were made, during which clients were Outreach Programme was undertaken by the HSU in an effort
given expert advice regarding an appropriate diet and to further sensitize the student population about this issue.
exercise programme. A partnership was formed with the The 184 participants were advised concerning HIV and STI
Sport & Physical Education Centre (SPEC) to give clients an transmission and testing. An outreach programme was also
exercise routine by trained gym instructors.  A total of 50 done on Canada Hall prior to Carnival 2006 on the topic
students attended, and 18 participated in the follow-up “Sexually Transmitted Diseases – The Secret Epidemic”.  It was
sessions.  This year, a support group will be formed in an effort well-received by the 35 students in attendance.
to maintain clients’ motivation.
The Health Services Unit was appointed a consultancy in the
Women’s Health Rapid Mapping Exercise within the National AIDS
Offered once weekly, the Women’s Clinic provides Coordinating Committee (NACC)/UWI Rapid Mapping
information about sexually transmitted infections (STI’s), Project, to design and develop a comprehensive inventory
contraception, breast examination and pap smears. There and database of all NGOs, Community Based Organisations
were 32 participants over the three month period (February and other community-group stakeholders that are actively
to April) and 21 pap smears were conducted. involved in HIV-AIDS work. This project is ongoing and geared
for completion in March 2007.
Sexual and Reproductive Health
The Nurse at the HSU conducted a Family Planning Clinic
twice weekly.  The number of students to make use of this
service was 333, with the majority of clients being female.  In
addition, condoms were placed at strategic locations at the
HSU for access by the student population.
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being there
You may have seen the signs - leth- The University’s mental health “The best person to recognize a
argy, exaggerated emotional re- support system is therefore a student with a problem is a stu-
sponses, dramatic weight loss or multi-tiered response involv- dent,” confirmed Medical Of-
gain, isolation, feelings of helpless- ing students, Campus ficer and Head of the Health
ness or hopelessness. These are only Counselors, Academic Advisors, Services Unit, Dr. Neil Singh. This
a few of the indications that some- the Health Services Unit and is what makes the Peer
one may be having serious emo- the Psychiatry Department at Counselor Association so critical
tional or psychological difficulty. the Eric Williams Medical Sci- and why 100 new counselors
ences Complex. have been trained by UWI’s
Head of Student Services, Deirdre Counseling and Psychological
Charles, believes that the factors A key point of intervention is Services in the last academic
contributing to some students’ communication among stu- year alone. They provide the first
mental ill health are “wide and var- dents. The Student Services’ line of support, through which
ied”, ranging from money to exam Student to Student Assistance students with serious difficulties
woes. Dr. Farid Youseff, Assistant Scheme is one such initiative. can be referred to a hall official
Residence Manager at the Joyce Curtis Mike, now Resident Serv- or Campus Counselor. By look-
Gibson Inniss Hall in Mt. Hope, ices Manager for the Halls, has ing out for their classmates, the
points out that in addition to aca- also been working to introduce Peer Counselors are crucial to
demic pressures, students have to a Resident Advisor (RA) system ensuring that at the St. Augus-
adjust to the increased independ- and other student-based pro- tine Campus, when a student is
ence and social demands of cam- grammes, to help residents in trouble, someone is there to
pus life. cope with the challenges of help.
university life.
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General Medical Services The Peer Counselling programme continues to be a crucial
Nurses at the HSU offer a wide range of services to the safety net for fellow students each academic year. In the year
campus community including but not limited to: under review, 100 new peer counselors graduated from the
• Blood pressure and blood sugar tests training programme.  This group remains extremely active
• Cholesterol tests throughout the year and has supported CAPS’s outreach
• Pregnancy tests efforts through workshops and lectures dealing directly with
• Dressings students on issues of AIDS, alcoholism and healthy sexual
lifestyles.
A total of 2380 visits were made to the nurses (this includes
460 visits during the evening sessions). Financial Assistance
Tertiary education should be more than a dream for those
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) with the ability and desire to pursue it. In keeping with this
Student Counselor Dr. Sarah Chin Yuen Kee is an integral part commitment, the Admissions Office at UWI St. Augustine
of the Health Services Unit. In the academic year 2005-2006, facilitated the distribution of 383 scholarships and bursaries
287 new students received counseling for a variety of issues to undergraduate students. A total of 424 first-time and
ranging from simple academic concerns to more complex renewable awards were available, up to US$7,500 in value.
psychological issues. This year 211 students used the self The Graduate Studies Office also administered about 20
referral facility, 25 were referred by the Faculties around exam scholarships to postgraduate students.
time, 15 were referred by Peer Counselors and 15 by the
Medical Officer with referrals to the Psychiatry Clinic, Eric Over the years The UWI Development & Endowment (D&E)
Williams Medical Sciences Complex (EWMSC). This year 19 Fund has been making a significant contribution toward
students had to be referred to the psychiatric panel at the helping students achieve their dream of higher education.
EWMSC for a variety of conditions including depression, As a direct result of The UWI Golf Challenge which was
bipolar disorder, anxiety states and psychoses. Mr. Anthony introduced on Republic Day 2005, the Fund was able to
Jackman focuses on students with these and other increase the number of annual bursaries from 100 to 150, a
challenges, and manages a service hub for student problems. total value of $750,000.
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The number of students to benefit from these bursaries in Augustine Campus, distributing $5,995,000 in scholarships
all Faculties was as follows: and bursaries to date and looking forward to giving many
more.
Faculty of Engineering - 34
Faculty of Humanities & Education - 12 Academic Advising
Faculty of Law - 1 Faculty Academic Advisors are available year-round, from
Faculty of Medical Sciences - 29 Year I to graduation, to meet with students in order to enable
Faculty of Science & Agriculture - 22 them to define their educational goals, to inform them about
Faculty of Social Sciences - 52 required and recommended classes for their programmes,
help plan their degree and assist them through academic
On Wednesday January 15, 2006 at the Office of The Principal, difficulties.
D&E Fund Members and Fund Chairman Mr. Ronald Harford,
the Campus Principal, Deputy Principal, Deans of Faculties, For academic advice, and issues relating to time
Senior Administrative Staff and parents came out to celebrate management, exam stress and study skills, there is also an
the presentation of these awards. Academic Advising and Disability Unit headed by Student
Counselor Mr. Anthony Jackman, which offers free and
The annual UWI Fete continues to be the Fund’s flagship confidential advice and support.
event for raising support for deserving students.  It was held
on Sunday January 22, 2006 and, once more, was a social and Guild of Students
financial success. Also, due to the valuable contribution of The Guild of Students enhances the campus experience by
the Private Sector and Professional Bodies of over $1.5 facilitating student activities and life beyond the classroom.
million, the Fund was able to offer 139 additional scholarships In 2005, students elected a new Guild Council which took
and bursaries. These awards ranged in value from $144,000 steps to improve the following areas of importance to
to $2,500 and were available to nationals of Trinidad & students:-
Tobago and other CARICOM countries. In addition, recipients
of bursaries between 1993 and 2000 were directly
approached to give something back to the next generation
of students. As a result of these cumulative efforts, the Fund
now provides 72% of the annual awards offered by the St.
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Communication with student clubs, associations and the A new Guild Constitution was drafted and ratified by students
general student body through a complaints system processed on the second attempt, but requires confirmation from The
by students, the monthly “Your Guild” Magazine, General and University Administration to become operational.
Inter-Club Committee Meetings held regularly in accordance
with the Guild Constitution and the reactivation of the Sport & Recreation
Student Senate made up of all club and association In addition to regular activities by student clubs and
presidents. associations, the Guild of Students hosted events such as
Orientation Week, Campus Carnival, Caribbean Week and Mr.
Cross-campus collaboration among students: The Inter- & Mrs. UWI-verse. A Sports Week was spearheaded by the
Campus Guild Council was activated, so that Guild meetings then Guild Treasurer in partnership with the Sport & Physical
held on all campuses were shared and issues collectively Education Centre (SPEC). Students came out in their numbers
presented to University Management at meetings such as to enjoy eleven different types of sporting events including
the Board of Undergraduate Studies. cricket, football, athletics, tennis and volleyball.
Financial responsibility: An official financial code was SPEC also collaborated with Student Services to offer credits
implemented to help bring more transparency to the for co-curricular activities in 2005-2006. Students may now
Council’s financial practices. After Guild funds were allocated be awarded credit for participation in sport within the
at the beginning of the year, two general meetings were held Minding SPEC co-curricular module. The indoor facility, which
(just after Orientation week and in March 2006) to inform is currently open from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., is in use by
the student body of income and expenditure up to that point. staff and students five days a week.  Students work in the
weight room and attend aerobic dance classes and spin
Upgraded Council facilities: Significant resources were cycling sessions. There are also lunchtime programmes which
invested in upgrading the Guild Council facilities, including cater exclusively to faculty and staff. The UWI community also
refurbishing the office space and constructing a committee uses the outdoor fields for cricket, football, track & field, rugby
room dedicated primarily to the many student clubs, and hockey, as well as the tennis courts on the main campus
societies and associations on campus. Several computers which now have newly upgraded athlete and spectator
were purchased for use by Guild Councilors as well as other facilities.
students. The Office also took on an additional member of
staff.
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Career Guidance and Placement At the WOW Seminar, most students found the presentation
The process of charting a career and making the transition by feature speaker, Mr. Derek Chin to be very inspiring in
from university into the working world, is challenging to say encouraging them to become entrepreneurs.  Ms. Denise
the least. UWI St. Augustine has established several initiatives Demming’s and Ms. Quentrall-Thomas’ presentations on
in order to help students find their way to the place where Corporate Etiquette and Resumes & Interviews respectively,
self-discovery and meaningful employment meet. were also well received.  WOW Mock Interviews, conducted
by UWI Alumni, Staff and other corporate volunteers, were
World of Work (WOW) held with the aim of allowing students to develop interview
WOW is a three-part programme coordinated by Student skills and self-confidence, as well as utilize what they learned
Advisory Services and the Marketing & Communications in the Seminar sessions.  This feature of the WOW programme
Office, in conjunction with sponsor Republic Bank Limited. was commended for its realistic format by both students and
The programme is targeted primarily to final year students, interviewers. In preparation for the Recruitment Fair, students
but also offers opportunities to second and first years. received a booklet with company profiles and employment
information. A total of 48 local, regional and international
The three main aspects of WOW are the Seminars, Mock corporations participated in this invaluable event, which
Interviews and Recruitment Fair. In December 2005, Resume affords UWI students opportunities for vacation and
Writing Workshops were offered and in January 2006, for the graduate employment.
first time, a Resume Writing Seminar facilitated by Ms. Lara
Quentrall–Thomas, Managing Director of Regency WOW continues to grow annually, with over 900 students
Recruitment Agency, was held in addition to the WOW participating in the 2006 activities. Feedback received from
Seminar. This received positive feedback from students as students via evaluation forms, indicated that all the various
they were able to absorb more of the useful guidance offered. components of WOW 2006 were of great benefit to them in
sourcing employment and embarking on their future careers.
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Cooperative Training Programme Career Advice Programme (CAP)
Fondly known as the “Sandwich” programme, the CAP is designed to provide information and advice, via
Cooperative Training Programme is geared toward providing workshops, to students in all year groups, regarding Career
students with the opportunity to acquire structured Planning and Development. The 90-minute workshops were
exposure to the world of work before graduation. The held on Thursday 28th September and Thursday 5th October
programme involves attachments with various companies 2006. More than 162 students were in attendance.
for a one-year period in addition to the length of time needed
for their course of study. The 2005-2006 programme received Nine (9) companies/organisations were invited to make
9 applicants, of which only 4 were available by the presentations to students about career options in their
implementation date. respective organisations. Red Stripe, Cast-a-way Caribbean,
Guardian Holdings, the Ministry of Education, Global Insights,
This low level of participation can be largely attributed to the Ministry of Agriculture, CCN/TV 6, Prestige Holdings, and
the limited response from the corporate sector and the the CSME Secretariat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, each
unwillingness of students to extend their course of study by facilitated presentations of great interest to students.
one year. Student Services will continue to collaborate with
Faculties to find ways of encouraging students to participate
in this programme.
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f o c u s  e v o l u t i o n  i m p a c t

Those of us at The University make change far beyond its walls
by the impact of our teaching, research, outreach and engagement,
on the Caribbean and the wider world.
Letters of Comfort, Edward Bowen, 1999-2006, 5 sq. ft.
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teaching The IDU’s of the St. Augustine, Mona and Cave Hill Campuses,
jointly produced a Student Assessment Essentials Handbook
at the request of the Examinations Implementation Task
At the heart of any academic community is its teaching. This Force commissioned by the Vice Chancellor.
is one of the primary means through which The UWI St.
Augustine impacts our students and, by extension, their From December 5-9, 2005, the IDU hosted their annual series
growing spheres of influence. of workshops celebrating University Teaching Week. Focused
on Technology and Effective Pedagogy, workshop facilitators
Instructional Development Rakesh Bhanot and Harold Fricker exposed lecturers to the
The Instructional Development Unit’s (IDU) mission is to possibilities and challenges of using ICTs to facilitate the
equip academic staff with the skills and techniques for learning process for diverse students. Participants were
enhancing student learning and achievement, as well as particularly excited about the web conferencing technology
strategies for learning about pedagogical developments in that was demonstrated.  Presentations by UWI lecturers Dr.
higher education. The Campus Principal takes a special Kim Mallalieu (Department of Electrical and Computer
interest in the IDU and supports this Unit vigorously. Engineering), Dr. John Campbell (Department of History) and
Mrs. Charisse Griffith-Charles (Department of Surveying and
In keeping with the IDU’s mission, they have conducted a Land Information), who currently employ technology
variety of workshops, consultations and special initiatives. innovatively in the classroom, were also very well received.
One of their most critical interventions in 2005-2006 was the Throughout the academic year, shorter workshops were
completion of a pilot programme leading to a Certificate in offered on an ongoing basis to academic staff.
Tertiary Level (University) Teaching. This pioneering initiative
was developed in response to lecturers’ calls for certifiable As a capstone to the year’s initiatives, in collaboration with
teacher training and the need, in some departments, for a Guardian Life of the Caribbean Ltd. and Guardian Holdings
means of training and selecting qualified tutors. Twenty-six Ltd., the IDU invited Dr. Keith Trigwell of the University of
lecturers participated in the programme; fifteen of whom Oxford to deliver the biennial UWI/Guardian Life Premium
submitted their teaching portfolios for grading and were Open Lecture 2005 on Quality Teaching for the 21st Century.
awarded certificates.
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New Programmes Faculty of Medical Sciences
As a quality assurance mechanism, all proposed courses must • MSc Clinical Psychology
now come through the IDU before being brought to the • DM in Urology
Academic Board.  This has led to a substantive increase in
requests for consultations to review courses. Faculty of Social Sciences
• New Majors in Accounting and International
Tourism
The following new programmes were launched or approved
• BSc Psychology Special
in 2005-2006:
• MSc Aviation Management
• MPhil and PhD in Psychology
Faculty of Engineering • MPhil and PhD in Criminology and Criminal Justice
• MSc in Chemical and Process Engineering
• MSc in Reservoir Engineering Evening University
• BSc Banking and Finance
Faculty of Humanities & Education
- School of Education Sport & Physical Education
• Postgraduate Diploma in Interpretation Director of the Sport & Physical Education Centre (SPEC), Dr.
• Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Technology Iva Gloudon received approval from the Board for
(with the Secondary Education Modernisation Undergraduate Studies for three new academic programmes,
Programme – SEMP) to be implemented in 2007:
• Master of Education (Science Education) • Bachelor of Science in Sport & Exercise Science
• Master of Education (Health Promotion) (under the Faculty of Medical Sciences)
• Bachelor of Education in Physical Education for
- School of Humanities Secondary School Teachers (under the School of
• Certificate Programme in Speech-Language Education)
Pathology (with Faculty of Medical Sciences) • Certificate in the Art & Science of Coaching -
• Postgraduate Diploma in Conference Interpreting
Discipline Specific (under the School of Education)
• BA Film
• MA in Cultural Studies
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teaching stars
In Astronomy, as in any subject, Gender and Science. It is this human element that
good teaching fosters passion Recognition by her peers is Dr. Haque believes plays a
and excitement in students. an added bonus to a job crucial and irreplaceable role in
that is more like an avoca- the process of learning. She
Dr. Haque, lecturer in the tion. herself has become a student
Department of Physics, shared again, pursuing an MPhil in
this view with the Presidents of  “The awards give you the Psychology to complement her
17 Canadian and US universi- confidence to keep trying teaching skills. Learning is a
ties upon receiving a Distin- your wacky methods!” Like process that she believes
guished Teacher Award in 2004 an entire class of first years should be driven by fun and
from the Association of Atlantic throwing balls at a big and fascination rather than “a
Universities. This was one in a small Pooh Bear to demon- torturous process of memori-
series of pedagogical honours strate photoelectric effect. zation and passing exams” in
conferred on Dr. Haque, which order to get a job – “learning
included a UWI Guardian Life However, for her, good without the ‘l’.” Her aim is to
Premium Teaching Award teaching also extends “teach people to question, to
(2002) and a UWI Vice Chancel- beyond the classroom. have an original thought”
lor’s Award for Excellence in “Students are people too rather than simply trying to
Teaching in 2005. and many times they’re lost. plug in correct answers.
One on one you can actu-
Her secret to good teaching is ally reach out to them. After  “Great scientists make many
deceptively simple: “I love my they graduate many of blunders…the thing in life is to
subject area and my students!” them become my lifelong never stop learning.”
In addition to Astronomy, Dr. friends.”
Haque also teaches courses in
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research Served as the focal point in The University for putting
together cross-campus teams to engage with international,
regional and national organisations with regional
Research Development development mandates.
Developing its research capacity and output in areas of
critical importance to the Caribbean and international Inter-Institutional Collaboration
community, is a major priority of The UWI St. Augustine Funded and managed the Community of Science (COS)
Campus. The mandate and vision of the School for Graduate Network at The University, which has a global membership
Studies & Research (SGS&R) is to develop the quality and of about 500,000 persons.
relevance of graduate education and research at The
University of the West Indies and to establish The UWI as the Continued to support individual UWI researchers involved
internationally recognised research leader in selected focal in collaborative research with staff from other Universities
areas relevant to developing countries in tropical areas of international repute.
globally.  In order to fulfill this mandate, The School for
Graduate Studies & Research engaged in the following Researcher Development
activities:- Collaborated with the Instructional Development Units on
all three campuses, to conduct Workshops on Graduate
Inter-Campus Collaboration Student Supervisor Development on all campuses.
Maintained electronic UWI-based Research Networks in
Environmental Studies, Cultural Studies, Disaster Developed a 4-part series of Training Workshops – (i)
Management and Biotechnology, linking researchers of Conducting Research – The First Steps; (ii) Accomplishing
similar interests across the three campuses. Research; (iii) Writing-up Research; (iv) How to be a Successful
Research Student – aimed primarily at younger UWI
Developed University-wide Masters Programmes in selected researchers.
focal areas, taught collaboratively by staff from all campuses.
For instance, the programmes in Environmental and Natural Appointed Honorary Fellows to the School, with an emphasis
Resource Management and Cultural Studies were delivered on developing synergies between The University and the
in 2005-2006 and the programme in Biotechnology was public sector in medical research. Notable appointments
designed in that year. included Dr. Peter Figueroa and Dr. Deanna Ashley.
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Research Funding Developed a document entitled “Guidelines for Submission
Communicated with academic Units and staff on the three of Taught Graduate Programmes Proposals” to standardize
campuses, matching their research funding requirements to the information available to the Board when considering new
the mandates of potential donor agencies, and issuing them graduate programmes for approval.
with funding alerts.
Commissioned a Management Audit of the Registerial
Facilitated the development of cross-campus research Offices administering graduate studies, in an effort to
proposals for submission to donor agencies. enhance their effectiveness.
Administered the Ford Foundation Grant for Cultural Studies Focus Areas
and the Lighthouse Foundation Grant for Marine Biodiversity The University of the West Indies in its strategic plan 2002-
Conservation and Use in the Grenadines. 2007, identified eight Research Pillars:
Approved a total of 62 Student Research Grants, amounting 1. Biotechnology
to over TT$1.25 million, as well as 75 Staff Research Awards 2. Cultural Studies
totaling more than TT$1.5 million. 3. Education
4. Health and Wellness
Policies and Procedures 5. Hospitality and Tourism
Revised The University of the West Indies Policy on Research 6. Information Technology
Ethics and established a Research Ethics Board at Cave Hill 7. Social and Economic Studies
for the first time. 8. Sustainable Environmental Studies
Engaged with other UWI stakeholders to assess the feasibility The St. Augustine Campus identified a ninth:
of establishing a policy of differential teaching loads for staff
with different levels of research output. 9. Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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developing people
Remember “Colours Again”, a toward the construction of the The alliance will involve coop-
Carnival favourite sung by auditorium at the Arthur Lok eration with Yara’s Hanninghof
Destra and played by eight Jack Graduate School of Centre for Plant Nutrition and
steelbands in Panorama 2006? Business. The world’s largest Environmental Research in
Well the composer, Mark supplier of mineral fertilizers, Dulmen, Germany.
Loquan, a UWI honours gradu- Yara International ASA has also
ate, avid pan player and Presi- partnered with The University On a different note, Loquan is
dent of Yara Trinidad Limited, is in research, education, training also a founding Chairman of
a man of many talents. Not least and outreach, centred around the not-for-profit NGO Music
of these is his ability to bring a making Caribbean agriculture Literacy Trust and has
local perspective to the multi- more profitable and sustain- partnered with The UWI Centre
national company formerly able. for the Creative and Festival
known as Hydro Agri. For him, Arts in developing electronic
this approach to corporate In November 2005, they scores and recordings of music
citizenship translates into a signed a Memorandum of by local composers such as Jit
long-term commitment “…to Understanding (MOU) with Samaroo and Ray Hollman, for
benefit the community you are The University’s Department of teaching purposes locally and
living in.” Food Production, establishing internationally.
an alliance known as the Yara-
For this reason, Yara Trinidad UWI Community Assistance Mark Loquan, Yara Trinidad Ltd.
Ltd. continues to fund student Programme in Agriculture. and The UWI - developing not
bursaries at The University, YUCAPA, which among other only our region’s industry and
including an MPhil scholarship initiatives, helps give farmers culture, but the people who
of US$10,000 for two years. They access to Yara’s fertilizer make them possible.
also made a $3 million donation application technology.
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The St. Augustine Campus has also identified a number of • Cultural Studies – Multidisciplinary Approaches;
focus areas for research. Faculties have been encouraged to Multicultural Focus;  Culture and Entrepreneurship;
make every effort to develop these research niches, through Culture and Development; Rethinking Cultural
mobilizing faculty and postgraduate students, and Theory; Aspects of Caribbean Culture
organizing teams of post-doctoral researchers in these areas.
TT$500,000 has been allocated to each of the following seven • Education with an emphasis on Teacher Education
areas, for postgraduate student scholarships, funding post- – Teaching and Learning Issues and Challenges;
doctoral work and contributing additional support to Learning Environments; Improving Primary and
funding sourced outside of The University system. Based on Secondary Education Quality; Curriculum Design
success indicators, this initial amount will be increased to and Development; Socio-economic Challenges in
ensure the sustainability of this endeavour. The niche Educational Development; Holistic Education for
research areas are as follows: Caribbean Reality in an Interconnected World.
• Tropical Medicine and Tropical Veterinary Medicine There are also a number of Specialised Units and Centres (in
some cases within the Faculties, in others, independent of
• Tropical Biodiversity and Environmental Issues them), which are actively involved in research at the St.
related to Small Island Developing States Augustine Campus.
• Energy Studies Agriculture
Cocoa Research Unit
• Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Design The National Herbarium
University Field Station
• Tropical Agriculture - Best Practices; Food Security;
Biotechnology and WTO related issues in the field Arts and Humanities
of Agriculture Centre for Creative & Festival Arts
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Engineering Graduate Enrolment and Study
Engineering Institute There has been a decline in graduate enrolment and a sharp
Centre for Geospatial Studies decline in enrolment in research degrees in 2005-2006.
Centre for Enterprise Research Integration Interestingly however, up to that year, graduate enrolment
Geotechnical Support Centre at The University of the West Indies had been increasing more
MRP Telecommunications rapidly than the growth target (6.2% annually) set in the
2002–2007 Strategic Plan. The average increase in graduate
Geosciences and Environmental Management enrolment across The University between 2002 and 2005 was
Centre for Caribbean Land and 13.3% annually, with an average 8.3% increase in enrolment
  Environmental Appraisal Research from the 2003-2004 to 2004-2005 academic year.
Medical Sciences For reasons that must be explored further, this trend changed
Cardiopulmonary Unit in the 2005–2006 academic year. The Mona Campus’s overall
graduate enrolment rose by only 3.8%. At the St. Augustine
Pure & Applied Sciences Campus, graduate enrolment fell by about 1.8% from the year
Electronics Lab before, and at Cave Hill, it fell by 12.3%.
Seismic Research Unit
In any case, much of the growth in graduate enrolment was
Social Sciences driven by taught Masters programmes. Enrolment in
ANSA McAL Psychological Research Centre graduate research degrees had also been increasing up to
Arthur Lok jack Graduate School of Business the 2004–2005 academic year, but at about half the rate of
Caribbean Centre for Monetary Studies the increase in enrolment numbers for taught programmes.
Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice In the 2005–2006 academic year, these figures also dropped.
Centre for Gender & Development Studies At the Mona Campus, enrolment in research degrees fell
Health Economics Unit marginally (1%). At St. Augustine it fell by 12.3% and at Cave
Institute of International Relations Hill, by about 15%. Moreover, the proportion of graduate
Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of students who are full-time has begun to decrease, falling
  Social & Economic Studies from 35% in 2004–2005 to 31% in 2005–2006.
Sustainable Economic Development Unit
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TT$5 million in grants from the Government of Trinidad & Tobago’s (T&T) Research Development Fund went to the
following projects:
GOVERNMENT OF T&T RESEARCH FUND GRANTS
Projects Researchers
Faculty of Engineering
Reinforcement of an Embankment using Vegetable Fibres Dr. Mwasha Abrahams
Dr. Richard Dean
Self-Starting Wind Turbines for Remote Homes Dr. Krishpersad Manohar
Faculty of Humanities & Education
An Evaluation of Education Practice within Primary Schools Dr. Jerome De Lisle
that Perform Despite Complex and Challenging Circumstances
Animated Films: A Pedagogical Tool for Exploring Dr. Godfrey Steele
Conflict Management, Gender and Culture Ms. Zara-Noelle Joseph
Caribbean Cultural Dynamics and the Globalisation of Culture Prof. Barbara Lalla and others
Correlates of Learning Outcomes in Trinidad & Tobago Dr. June George and others
Haiti’s Cherie: Edwidge Danticat and Haitian Literature Dr. Martin Munro
Self-Construal, Communications and Culture Dr. Godfrey Steele
Using Role-Play to Develop Science Concepts in a Dr. Rawatee Maharaj-Sharma
Primary School Science Classroom
Faculty of Medical Sciences
Comparison of Traumatic Symptomologies in Children from Dr. Meryl Price
Communities with Varying Degrees of Violence
Epidemiological and Molecular Characterisation of Emerging and Dr. Christine Carrington
Re-emerging Mosquito-borne Viruses of Public Health Importance
in Trinidad & Tobago
Investigation of the Metabolic Syndrome in Trinidad, using Prof. Lexley M. Pinto-Pereira
High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein and Steroid Sensitivity Dr. Shivananda N. Bijoor
as Markers to Study the Metabolic Syndrome in its Prof. Surujpal Teelucksingh
Association with Obstructive Lung Disease Dr. Terence A. R. Seemungal
Investigation of Traditionally-Used West Indian Medicinal Plants Dr. Yuri Clement
to treat Hypertension in Animal Models
Leptospirosis in Trinidad & Tobago:  Epidemiology and Prof. Abiodun A. Adesiyun
Development of an Effective Vaccine for use in Dogs and others
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Preganglionic Parasympathetic Innervation of the Dr. Abayomi Odenkunle
Gastrointestinal tract and its Associated Glands in the Agouti
Prevalence and Risk Factors for Dementia in Trinidad & Tobago Dr. Nelleen Baboolal and others
Faculty of Science & Agriculture
Analysis of Resting Biomedical Potentials for the Prof. Ramsey Saunders
Evaluation of Health and Wellness and others
Bioactive Compounds from the Caroni Swamp Dr. Anderson Maxwell, Dr. Adash Ramsubhag
Corrison Science at The UWI: Evaluation of Pipeline Coating Dr. Albert Schulte
by Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Dr. Lebert Grierson
Development of an Aquaponics Research System Dr. Indar Ramnarine and others
Development of a Competitive Anthurium Industry Dr. Pathmanathan Umaharan
through the Development of Novel Bloom Colours Dr. Adrian Lennon
and Nematode Resistance
Development of New and Novel Control Approaches for the Dr. Dave D. Chadee
Dengue Vector Aedes Aegypti Mosquitoes in Trinidad & Tobago
Ethylene and Propylene Polymerisation and Oligomerisation Catalysts Dr. Andrew J. M. Caffyn, Dr. Lebert Grierson
Options to Support the Expansion of the Cocoa Industry Dr. David Dolly
in Trinidad & Tobago through a Technical Vocational Programme
Sea Turtles in Tobago Dr. Adrian Hailey
The Pairing Mechanism in High Temperature Superconductors Mr. Colin Gopaul (MPhil), Dr. Roger Andrews (Superv)
The Precessing Binary Black Hole Model, using the Mr. Hayden Rampadarath (MPhil)
Historical Record of OJ287 Prof. Ramsey Saunders (Superv)
Faculty of Social Sciences
The SONDAI Project Dr. Adele Jones, Mrs. Jacqueline Padmore
Mrs. Karene Nathaniel
Centre for Gender and Development Studies (CGDS)
Gender, Caribbean Sexual Culture and the Implications for HIV-AIDS Prof. Rhoda Reddock and others
Seismic Research Unit (SRU)
Experimental Study of Three-Phase Magma Rheology and Flow Dr. Jocelyn Knight, Dr. Nicolas Fournier
and its Implications for Persistent Volcanic Activity in the Region Dr. Heidi Mader, Ms. Deborah Robertson
Strong Ground Motion Studies in Trinidad & Tobago Ms. Rosemarie Mohais, Mr. Lloyd Lynch
Dr. Richard Robertson, Mr. Arvind Mohais
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Other challenges include the low throughput-rates of Government Research Funds
research students and low publication rates and patent- The Government of Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) is the first
application rates of academic staff. The publication rate in contributing government to approve a grant specifically for
2005–2006 remained well below the annual target set in the funding research at The University of the West Indies. In its
2002–2007 Strategic Plan. These trends indicate that the National Estimates for the 2005-2006 fiscal year, the
Campus must rapidly increase its efforts to address all the Government made provision for a research development
obstacles that keep The University from achieving its stated grant of $5 million, to be followed up with a grant for the
goal of becoming a more research-driven institution. same amount in the following year.
The School of Graduate Studies & Research is assisting MPhil This grant will significantly assist The University to:
and PhD students to complete their degrees in a timely
fashion, by focusing on the quality of supervision, the • Improve the quality of research undertaken at the
provision of equipment and facilities, and the identification St. Augustine Campus
of reliable, available External Examiners. They have designed
and implemented a database recording all equipment • Use research to inform policy and practice
purchased through funding from the Campus Research &
Publication Fund from the year 2000. They have also created • Increase the number of postgraduate students,
a database of all External Examiners for courses, projects and post-doctoral scholars and research-active
theses. Research Workshops were offered by the School’s academic staff
Coordinator, Professor Serwan Baban, and 25 MPhil and PhD
students from all Faculties, took advantage of this learning • Increase income from research activities
opportunity.
• Intensify the impact of research on the
development process in the region and increase The
University’s contribution to global knowledge
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The Review Committee for the Fund is made up of the Grants cover one year of work, but additional funding can
Campus Principal (who serves as Chairman), a representative be requested for subsequent years if research progresses
of the Ministry of Science, Technology & Tertiary Education, according to plan. As a condition of the grant, researchers
two members of the Campus Research and Publications are required to develop proposals to seek funds from
Committee, two representatives of the private sector, a senior regional and international funding agencies and other
member of The University’s academic staff, the Director of external sources. These grants can also be used to
the Business Development Office, the Campus Bursar, and a supplement funding provided by other University sources.
member-at-large from the community, with an interest in
research or related issues. The Research Development Fund stands to benefit graduate
students as well, since staff can use part of their project
In the year under review, the Committee reviewed 60 funding to support post-doctoral fellows. Furthermore, the
research proposals from staff, amounting to a total request Review Committee determined that, in the future, each
for over $14 million. Grants were initially approved for 28 student who graduates with first class or upper second class
research projects, at a total cost of over $4,900,000. The honours will be offered a scholarship of $60,000 per annum,
Research Funds were allocated across all Faculties as after having signed a contract confirming her/his intention
indicated in the table below:
Government Research Development Fund Grants
Requested (TTD) Approved (TTD)
Faculty of Engineering  939,100 440,000
Faculty of Humanities & Education  1,812,095  460,000
Faculty of Medical Sciences 1,869,320  1,006,000
Faculty of Science & Agriculture  6,826,390  2,066,000
Faculty of Social Sciences 1,583,360  260,000
Units and Centres  1,161,450 676,800
Total 14,191,715 4,908,800
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to undertake full-time research within an identified research • Fostering dialogue on the potential impact of
cluster. Successful candidates will be expected to support increased student enrolment on research capacity
teaching activities in their second and third years. and output in the formulation of the 2007-2012
Strategic Plan.
By December 2006, the Committee approved 6 additional • Completing the formation of a University-wide
grants following a more intensive review of 8 proposals. Researcher Database.
Submissions were then invited for additional research • Overseeing the establishment and
proposals to be reviewed by the Committee in March 2007. operationalisation of Research Ethics Boards on all
campuses.
Future Directions • Conducting an Intellectual Property Audit at UWI,
In order to build a more solid research base at the St. with the Legal Unit, to sensitise staff and students
Augustine Campus, the Board for Graduate Studies and to Intellectual Property Rights issues, and to assess
Research, led by Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research Prof.  Wayne the institutional arrangements within The University
Hunte, is:- for the transfer of research findings to business and
industry.
• Driving the process of re-assessing economic costs • Determining, with the Office of the Board for
and tuition fees for research students and having a Undergraduate Studies (OBUS) Quality Assurance
system of reduced costs and fees approved. Units, how best to take action in response to the
• Working to increase scholarship funds Reviews of Departmental Research Output,
competitively available to research students. including meeting the staffing needs of the Quality
• Seeking to establish a Caribbean Research and Assurance Units.
Competitiveness Funding Agency in collaboration • Working with the Management Audit Office and the
with the CARICOM Secretariat and other Office of Graduate Studies to conduct an audit of
stakeholders. the Offices administering graduate studies and
• Formalizing procedures with respect to the research on all three Campuses to determine how
frequency of meetings between research students the efficiency of current procedures may be
and their Advisory Committees. improved, what size and level of staff are required,
• Making fully operational policies, guidelines and and how articulation between the School and the
procedures aimed at alleviating the impact of Registry in the administration of graduate
teaching on research time available to staff. programmes may best be achieved.
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• Prof. Aisha Khan, Associate Professor of
outreach Anthropology at New York University - “Harmonious
Multiculturalism: Tossed Salad vs. Melting Pot
Models”.
Public Education
The University has taken its mandate to educate and uplift Other public lectures included:
the people of the West Indies, beyond the context of the • The Centre for Gender & Development Studies
traditional academy and into the wider community of which Lunchtime Seminar Series featuring Cuban
it is a part. Toward this end, the St. Augustine Campus has filmmaker Gloria Rolando’s movie “Eyes of the
hosted a series of lectures and conferences open not only to Rainbow” about Black Panther Assata Shakur; A
the academic community, but also to interested members Roundtable Discussion on the Gender Policy of T&T
of the public. and; A presentation by Dr. Nicole Roberts on “Race
and Identity: Interpreting Black Female Identity in
One such initiative is the Distinguished Open Lecture Series Hispanic Caribbean Poetry”.
which featured:
• Prof.  John Hearnshaw, Director of Mt. John • The Sonny Ramadhin Distinguished Cricket Lecture
University Observatory, New Zealand –  “Time and (hosted by the Faculty of Social Sciences and
Evolution in the Cosmos”. Guardian Life of the Caribbean) delivered by Mr.
Sunil Gavaskar, renowned test cricketer.
• Prof. Steve Sparks, Director of the Research Centre
for Environmental and Geophysical Flows, University • The Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business
of Bristol, UK – “Volcanic Eruptions and their Impact annual Distinguished Leadership Series which took
on Societies”. place in January 2006, featuring Prof. Kathleen
Eisenhardt from Stanford University, and the Women
• Prof. William Francis Keegan, Professor of in Leadership Series held in May 2006, featuring
Anthropology at the University of Florida - Shoya Zichy, author of the internationally acclaimed
“Columbus & the Tyranny of History: An Color Q model.
Archaeological Perspective”.
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A plethora of conferences were planned by faculty members  at for general education, technical vocational skills, IT training,
the St. Augustine Campus on topics as diverse as: professional enhancement and personal enrichment.
Arts Education Business Studies, Health Sciences, Education Studies,
Business, Banking and Finance Information Technology, Mass Media & Communications and
Caribbean Archaeology Social Sciences are the areas of study available in Further
Chronic Disease and Disability Education Programmes I and II. Associate degrees are offered
Crime and Justice in Administrative Professional Office Management, Business
Globalisation and Free Trade Management, Paralegal Studies and Public Sector
History and Development Management. In addition, preliminary courses for the
Industrial Engineering and Management Faculties of Science & Agriculture and Medical Sciences have
Masculinity and Gender now been divested to the SCS.
Philanthropy
Regional Economic Integration The School, directed by Prof. Lawrence D. Carrington, Pro-
Religion, Ecumenism and Social Responsibility Vice-Chancellor, Board for Non-Campus Countries & Distance
West Indian Literature Education, also serves a critical role as a publisher of
Caribbean fiction and non-fiction. Recent publications
Continuing Education include several plays, as well as books on issues as diverse as
The School of Continuing Studies (SCS), one of the main West Indian literature, Childhood Education, Ageing, and the
outreach arms of The University, provides professional Indo-Caribbean Diaspora.
development and continuing education opportunities for
young people and adult learners at centres throughout Distance Education
Trinidad & Tobago. The UWI Distance Education Centre (UWIDEC) serves to
widen the community’s access to The University’s
SCS offerings include tuition for international examinations, programmes. This is done through the enhanced use of
further education courses with an occupational focus and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the
courses that allow for matriculation into UWI’s Bachelor’s creation of new learning and working environments. Course
programmes. They also offer a range of non-credit courses delivery is usually based on a hybrid mode, combining
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lectures via the audio-conferencing system, face-to-face Management System (LMS), Moodle.  On September 4, 2005,
tutorials, and a web-based component. The Centre has also UWIDEC launched 10 course websites and added 6 more in
embarked on several collaborative projects with local and January 2006, as part of the blended learning pilot project.
international organizations. This pilot project was managed by a joint team comprising
members of the Course Development team and
In light of The University’s decision to stop offering Certificate Telecommunications Unit, coordinated by Dr. Olabisi Kuboni
programmes through the UWIDEC system, the Certificate in (Coordinator, UWIDEC). In order to prepare students for the
Education is no longer available to persons wishing to qualify online experience, an orientation course entitled Improving
for entry to the Bachelor of Education (Education Your Study Skills was held from July 18-August 24, 2005.
Administration).  As a result, intake into this degree
programme was considerably reduced. UWIDEC therefore The new UWIDEC website http://www.dec.uwi.edu, driven
embarked on a 2-year initiative to offer Level 1 of the BEd by the UWIDEC Management Information System (MIS), was
(Ed. Admin.) programme to over 50 students at the Mayaro launched on August 22, 2005. The MIS, developed by  systems
and San Fernando sites. engineer Reeve Ramharry, is made up of a Programme/
Course database, Student Records System (SRS), Staff
Enrolment at UWIDEC sites has been steadily increasing in database, Learning Management System (LMS) - Moodle, and
the last four years, from 342 students in 2002-2003, to 679 individualised student and staff portals (My-UWIDEC).
students in 2005-2006. Of the 72 BSc Management Studies
graduates, 32 received first and upper second class honours. Finally, UWIDEC also offered the following training
There were two graduates from the BEd Educational programmes both on and off-campus:
Administration programme, and 20 graduates from the • An E-Learning Workshop for St. Augustine Campus
Certificate programmes in Public Administration and Staff facilitated by Dr. Olabisi Kuboni, Mr. Christopher
Business Administration. Elfick and Dr. Waweru Ronald Mwangi.
In 2004, UWIDEC took the decision to use modes of • A training programme for members of the Trinidad
interaction that did not require synchronous communication. &Tobago Defense Force (TTDF), in collaboration
The most important change has been a shift from face-to- with the SCS, the School of Education and the
face to online tutoring using the open source Learning Faculty of Social Sciences. The Business
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Development Office initiated this contact based on Community-building through Sport
a Memorandum of Understanding signed between The Sport & Physical Education Centre (SPEC) was home to
the Office of the Campus Principal and the TTDF. The several landmark community events during the year in
training will be offered at the degree level, as well review, including The UWI Half Marathon which attracted a
as at the certificate level, enabling members of the huge crowd of spectators, over 500 local and international
TTDF to meet the matriculation requirements for athletes, and sponsorship from a number of key corporate
entry into The University. supporters in Trinidad & Tobago.
• Certified Cisco Academy Instructors (CCAI) training The demand for use of SPEC facilities continued to be very
offered to 21 instructors in 15 UWIDEC Centres high. As a result the Centre not only staged International
throughout the Caribbean through the Regional Sporting Tournaments (Volleyball, Basketball, Table Tennis,
Cisco Academy, based at The UWI Faculty of Futsal), but also seminars and workshops, The UWI
Engineering. These instructors are expected to Graduation Ceremonies, Orientation and World of Work
graduate at the end of 2007 and will conduct Cisco programmes, the St. Augustine Chamber Orchestra’s launch
Academy courses in their local communities. of the Trinidad & Tobago Youth Philharmonic, as well as dance
and creative arts shows.
• A training workshop for lecturers and administrative
staff in Moodle and Blended Learning Systems, The newly upgraded, world-class cricket pitch was put to
offered under the auspices of a UNESCO/UWI good use as SPEC hosted the Vice Chancellor’s Cricket Match,
project for the Enhancement of Human Resource the Trinidad & Tobago National Team, along with The UWI
Development in Distance Teaching. Cave Hill and BWIA Cavaliers Touring teams. The ICC Cricket
World Cup 2007 recently awarded SPEC the honour of being
a World Cup practice and warm-up venue.
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running ahead
Twenty-seven year old Katie Many of the runners dropped Participation increased by
Ryan from Michigan (USA) is their finishing times from the 100% from 2004, as more
studying dentistry here in the previous year. Kenyan John than 600 runners competed
Faculty of Medical Sciences, Muriethi Muriuki won the race for over $120,000 in prizes. It
but on the road she runs like for the consecutive year with also grew in scope, featuring
a professional athlete. Like a time of 1:07:26.1, shaving runners from Canada,
many serious runners, she over a minute off his former Venezuela, the Ukraine, USA,
competes primarily against time. Pamenos Ballantyne of Russia and the Caribbean.
herself and the clock. At the St. Vincent represented the
2nd annual UWI SPEC Half region well, moving up from Since the race is both AIMS
Marathon in 2005, this focus 3rd to 2nd place this year. Firaya certified and International
earned Ryan gold in the Sultanova-Zhdanova also Amateur Athletics
female student category and retained her title as top Federation (IAAF)
5th place among all the female runner, finishing in accredited, any records
women competitors. 1:16:09.0 according to the broken here will be
new electronic timing mat recorded worldwide. One
University staff also made a used for the race. more reason for runners like
good showing, led by Katie Ryan to keep training
returning champion Elizabeth Like these runners, the Half hard for next year’s race, as
Walcott-Hackshaw and her Marathon also moved to the they seek, once more, to
colleague Darrin Grenade. next level of popularity and surpass their best.
Antoinette Sankar, Simone efficiency, establishing itself
Roberts, Augustus Joseph and firmly in the Caribbean
Ali Shah, were the top calendar of long-distance
finishers among the staff. events.
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Coaching programmes, led by part-time coaches in 10 • Giving schools access to the facilities (indoor and
disciplines, are attracting a high level of participation. During outdoor courts) to conduct their weekly Physical
the year in review, the following sport and fitness activities Education classes.
were available at the Centre: Abdominal Exercises, Aerobics,
Aqua Aerobics, Badminton, Basketball, Cricket, Football (for This outreach is all part of SPEC’s stated mission to foster
Men & Women), Futsal, Gym, Hockey, Karate, Martial Arts, “healthy minds in healthy bodies” for the holistic
Massage, Netball, Rugby, Stretch Classes, Spin Classes, Table development of Caribbean people and our societies.
Tennis, Taekwando, Track & Field, Volleyball and Yoga. In
conjunction with trained professionals, SPEC also offered Community-building through the Arts
short courses in basketball, schools’ netball and hockey. Faculty and students based at The UWI Centre for the Creative
& Festival Arts (CCFA) crafted several artistic productions
The Sport Information Resource Centre is now open, including the musical “Fiddler on the Roof”, the Centre’s first
providing information services to The University of the West major dance show, plays such as “Ogun Iyan as in Pan”, musical
Indies, teachers, athletes, regional and international agencies productions like “Voices and Steel” by The UWI Festival Steel
and Sport & Physical Education Majors. Ensemble and The UWI Festival Arts Chorale directed by Mr.
Jessel Murray, and visual arts exhibitions by students as well
SPEC’s other community-based sport initiatives were: as artists and University lecturers Mr. Kenwyn Crichlow and
• Providing a location for the Protective Services of Mr. Steve Ouditt.
Trinidad & Tobago’s Physical Training Instructors
(PTI) programme. CCFA is also one of the benefactors of Story-Telling for Early
• Working with several National Sporting Childhood Parenting Support (STEPS). This initiative is part
Organisations. of a larger regional programme reaching out to “at risk”
• Offering technical support and a training facility for children in Belize, Guyana, Dominica, Suriname and Trinidad
several national elite athletes. & Tobago. The programme, coordinated by Samantha Pierre,
• Regularly hosting a Developmental Cricket Day, was developed by the Caribbean Support Initiative (CSI),
which gives secondary schools access to the Sir which focuses on Early Childhood Development and is
Frank Worrell Cricket Pitch for competition games.
So far Hillview College, Tunapuna Government
Secondary and The UWI Sixth Form have taken
advantage of this opportunity.
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supported by the Bernard van Leer Foundation in the Community-building through Health Care
Netherlands and the Caribbean Centre for Development A unique collaboration between the School of Humanities
Administration (CARICAD). and the Faculty of Medical Sciences gave rise to the new
Speech-Language Pathology programme. A significant
Although storytelling has long been an integral part of offshoot of this initiative was a Speech-Language Pathology
Caribbean history and tradition, its presence has been eroded Clinic located at Campus House on the Eastern Main Road in
through time, the centrality of foreign media and the St. Augustine. The Clinic attracted a large clientele of young
globalisation process. Now, through STEPS, parents, teachers children with language and learning disabilities. This ground-
and caregivers of young children are being encouraged to breaking outreach owes much to the efforts of temporary
use this means of educating their children about positive staff member and graduate student, Ms. Kathy-Ann Drayton,
values, traditions and life in general. The project also aims to a Speech-Language Pathologist. Plans are underway to
create a pool of trained storytellers who will be able to use establish this Clinic permanently in 2007.
the arts in education. To this end, a training manual with 120
traditional and contemporary Caribbean stories is being The Pharmacy Programme held its annual continuing
compiled. education seminars in May 2006. The seminars attracted a
wide cross-section of local practicing pharmacists who
Arts in Action, The University’s popular theatre arts group, is benefited from presentations by visiting External Examiners
closely involved with the STEPS programme, conducting on topics such as “Sport and Over-the-Counter Medicines”,
workshops in different parts of the island, entertaining and and “In-vitro Screening for Antidiabetic Agents from
educating parents, teachers and children alike. Botanicals”.
Since January 2005, the staff of the Radiology Unit has
provided the primary support for the Government of Trinidad
& Tobago in its initiative to provide free medical imaging
services to all medical institutions under the Regional Health
Authorities. Studies looking at the appropriate use of new
imaging modalities, along with interesting case reports,
continue to be of benefit to Radiology students, even as they
provide an invaluable service to others.
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Marketing and Communications Some of the publications produced by the M&C Office
Established in 2002, the Marketing & Communications (M&C) include the Campus’ Annual and Faculty Reports, St.
Office, led by Director Dawn-Marie De Four-Gill, is a dynamic Augustine Newsletter (STAN), Undergraduate and
team committed to promoting The University of the West Postgraduate Prospectii, Handbooks for prospective and new
Indies. In light of this, the M&C Office helps to coordinate local students, and the Faculty Regulations and Syllabii Booklets
and regional recruitment activities such as the Open Days, used for registration.
College Fairs, School Visits and Campus Tours. The Office is
also the primary coordinator of the UWI Life Orientation Publications Awards
events for undergraduate students. The Office was recently awarded two prizes for its
publications by the Association of Commonwealth
In addition to these activities, M&C staff are also key members Universities (ACU), an organisation founded in 1913, with 50
of a number of planning committees on campus, helping to member institutions around the globe.  The 2006-2007
plan and promote hallmark events such as the Distinguished Undergraduate Prospectus, designed by graphic artist
Open Lecture and Professorial Lecture Series, the World of Shayam Karim, with art direction and editing from Rhonda
Work programme, The UWI-SPEC International Half- Jaipaul (then Publications Coordinator) and Alake Pilgrim
Marathon and numerous other conferences and special (former Marketing & Communications Assistant), topped the
events. “Prospectus and Student Recruitment Category”.
The Office assists the campus community through creating STAN magazine, edited by Communications Coordinator
and executing marketing plans, producing feature articles, Anna Walcott-Hardy and designed by Sean Lai-Leung, with
brochures and advertisements and developing the Campus cover design by Shayam Karim, won in the “Bulletins and
website and intranet.  Through these and other initiatives Newsletters” category. STAN received top marks for
such as the E-News (electronic newsletter), ‘UWI on Stage’ innovation, creative thinking and a good understanding of
radio segments and several publications, the M&C office reader interests.
facilitates communication among the campus and university
communities, the media and the general public, both here Rhonda Jaipaul and Anna Walcott-Hardy received the awards
and abroad. on behalf of the Office on July 18, 2006 during the ACU’s
Public Relations, Marketing and Communications Conference
in Toronto, Canada.
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visiting kenya
For many Trinbagonians, a trip corporate sponsors, and and Technology, highlight-
to East Africa might seem as far members of the public, joined ing the range of pro-
away as one to the moon. with The University in provid- grammes offered at The
Despite our links to the African ing much needed sponsorship University of the West
continent, as Tyehimba for the group. Indies.
Salandy points out, “a lot of our
interests and relationships In Bungoma, a village near to Having opted to shift their
have traditionally been fo- the Ugandan border and gaze and open themselves
cused in the direction of the hours away from Kenya’s to another worldview, these
United States and Europe.” capital city Nairobi, the students returned with
students participated in stories, photographs, life-
Salandy was one of 18 UWI St. cultural exchanges, including changing experiences and
Augustine students chosen to visits to primary schools. Most a fresh perspective on
visit Kenya in June 2006, by a of their time, however, was Caribbean society and our
faculty selection panel. The spent at the Mabanga Farmers’ global village. They shared
visit was initiated by the Training Centre, assisting with elements of their experi-
Kenyan Volunteer Develop- KVDS agro-forestry projects. ence at a series of events,
ment Services (KVDS), an Then for two weeks in the including a session at the
international NGO. The Govern- nearby town of Kakamega, National Library. And a
ment Ministries of Public they engaged in more hands- Steering Committee
Utilities and the Environment, on re-afforestation and tree headed by one of the
Social Development, Sport & nursery projects. They also student travelers, Sherline
Youth Affairs, Science, Technol- visited a number of secondary Chase, is already helping to
ogy & Tertiary Education, the schools and the Western coordinate part two of The
Tobago House of Assembly, University College of Science UWI in Kenya journey.
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develop study abroad programmes and to increase incoming
international and outgoing exchanges. Emphasis was placed on
engagement establishing the infrastructure and systems for the Office to
function effectively under its new streamlined structure.
“Caribbean focus, Global vision” are The UWI St. Augustine’s
watchwords concerning its international connections. Over International Students
the last year, the Office for International Collaboration and The International Office sought to intensify its marketing
thrust in order to increase the Campus’ international student
Partnerships concentrated on the following areas:
• intake. At the same time, the Office activated Memoranda ofInstitution to institution exchange of students
Understanding/Agreement (MOU/A) with partner
on a reciprocal basis.
institutions, in the interest of increasing the number of UWI
• Study abroad programmes at the St. Augustine
students who could benefit from opportunities abroad.
Campus tailored to student groups from During this period, 10 new MOUs were signed by The UWI St.
collaborating institutions. Augustine Campus with foreign academic institutions such
• Faculty collaboration on research which could as the Winston-Salem University, the University of South
simultaneously facilitate postgraduate student Florida, Albany State University, and Syracuse University in
exchanges. the US, the School of Engineering in France and the University
• Close collaboration with the International of Oslo in Norway.
Offices at Mona and Cave Hill.
• Strong relations with International Offices at In 2005-2006, the Campus welcomed 424 international
partnering universities. students, representing 40 countries outside of the region. The
• Specialized study abroad programmes at The largest number of students came from Botswana and the
USA, followed closely by students from Canada, India, Nigeria
UWI St. Augustine, targeted to the international
and Venezuela. Several universities sent exchange students
teaching fraternity.
to St. Augustine, including the Universities of Hamburg and
Albert-Ludwig (Germany), the University of Oslo (Norway),
The International Office was brought directly under the
Dalhousie University (Canada), University of Toronto
Office of Campus Principal, and Executive Assistant to the (Canada), Queen’s University (Canada), Pacific Lutheran
Campus Principal, Mrs. Indrani Bachan-Persad, was given the University (USA), the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA),
additional duties of International Collaboration and Colgate University (USA), Connell University (USA) and Trinity
Partnerships. Two officers were assigned specifically to College (USA).
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The International Office also developed study abroad in the 16th International Festival of Youth and Students in
programmes for those students who wished to spend short Caracas, Venezuela, participating in the Harvard Model
periods focused on special areas of study at the St. Augustine United Nations debate in February 2006, or going on a
Campus. In this regard, they have successfully marketed a volunteer trip to Kenya, East Africa, in June.  These
Caribbean Studies programme among universities interested opportunities for service, dialogue and debate, not only
in cultural immersion.
helped make students more culturally sensitive and
knowledgeable about world affairs, but also enhanced
Study and Service Abroad
international awareness of The University of the West Indies
One of the goals of the International Office is to increase the
and the wider Caribbean.
flow of students both to and from the Campus and foreign
universities, offering regional students an international
Multilingualism
educational experience. Consequently, 21 students took up
Translation and Interpreting Services
exchange opportunities at York University, Queen’s University
Communicating across multiple languages has become a
and the University of Toronto (Canada), the University of
necessary part of academic, business and professional life.
Wisconsin Madison and University of Albany (US), London
In order to assist people and organisations in this regard, the
Metropolitan University (UK), and Université Michel de
Caribbean Interpreting and Translation Bureau (CITB) was
Montaigne Bordeaux 3 (France). Several students also
recently established at The UWI Centre for Language
participated in regional exchanges with sister campuses in
Learning (CLL). The CITB provided interpreting services at a
Cave Hill and Mona. As the International Office intensifies its
number of high profile events in the business and public
marketing strategy, it is expected that an even greater
sectors, for instance the ARPEL Emergency Response
number of students will be taking up similar exchanges in
Planning Working Group Meeting, the Ministry of Housing’s
the future.
2006 Colloquium, and the 31st Annual Caribbean Studies
Association Conference.
French tutor at the Centre for Language Learning (CLL), Gina
Ward-Quash, led a group of 15 participants on a study tour
The CITB has also translated marketing and promotional
to the French cities of Paris and Dijon, from June 29 to July
material for several state and private sector organisations
13, 2006. The Guild of Students also arranged for UWI
including, eTecK, Tourism Development Co., Blue Waters,
students to have significant international experiences over
Petro-Canada Ltd., and the Caribbean Health Research
the last year, either through representing Trinidad & Tobago
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Council, as well as official documents for individuals. The Also, in keeping with the Ministry of Trade’s Spanish as the
Centre is managed by a Faculty Steering Committee First Foreign Language (SAFL) initiative, there is a growing
comprised of Dr. Eric Maitrejean and Dr. Nicole Roberts interest among public and private enterprises in Spanish
(Liberal Arts, Faculty of Humanities & Education), María Pilar tutoring for their employees. In light of this, the CLL continued
Gea-Monera and Dr. Beverly-Anne Carter (CLL).  Dr. Eric to offer offsite programmes in Business Spanish at a number
Maitrejean, with administrative support from Charlene of companies and Government ministries, including Unilever
Butcher, coordinates the day-to-day work of the Bureau. Caribbean Limited and the Petroleum Company of Trinidad
& Tobago (Petrotrin). Then, in partnership with Camilleon
Language Learning and Cultural Awareness Consulting Limited and the National Association of
The Centre for Language Learning (CLL) on campus offers Administrative Professionals, they conducted a series of
an impressive array of courses in over 10 languages, often Spanish language training seminars during Administrative
taught by native speakers, with flexible teaching patterns and Professionals Week.
schedules. During the year in review, the CLL’s teaching
portfolio was extended to include the Teaching English as a Other activities hosted by the CLL in order to enhance The
Second Language ( TESOL) programme, which was University community’s understanding of different cultures,
transferred from the Department of Liberal Arts. were a Yoruba Culture Week organized by Ile Iwe Yoruba and
a Japanese Cultural Exhibition planned with the assistance
Mr. Xu (Patrick) Yuan made a valuable contribution to CLL’s of the Japanese Embassy.
programme in Mandarin Chinese, offering his teaching skills
through an MOU between The University and the Embassy
of the People’s Republic of China in Trinidad & Tobago. In
addition, a short course in the “German Language for Football
Fans” was developed specially for Trinidad & Tobago fans
attending the FIFA World Cup in 2006.
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Caribbean Focus, Global Vision HIV-AIDS
Several faculty members visited universities in the US, UK and The Health Economics Unit (HEU), led by Prof. Karl Theodore
further afield, to conduct research, teach for short periods, formulated a proposal for the United Nations Development
or to be guest lecturers. Units, Departments and Faculties at Programme (UNDP) which resulted in a grant of US$140,000
The UWI St. Augustine also undertook joint projects with for a project on HIV and Human Development in the
regional and international institutions. While it would be Caribbean. The project, which is being funded by the UNDP
impossible to list every area of study, collaboration and under its HIV-AIDS Regional Programme for Latin America
outreach, here are some examples: and the Caribbean, is designed to boost the effectiveness of
HIV-AIDS response programmes in the Caribbean.
Disaster Management
The Sustainable Economic Development Unit conducted a The Faculty of Social Sciences successfully negotiated an
case study of Grenada to develop “Alternative Options for academic relationship between the University of KwaZulu-
Risk Management” in preparing for natural disasters in the Natal (UKZN) in Durban, South Africa, in order to create a
Caribbean. research bridge between the Caribbean and South Africa on
the subject of HIV-AIDS and related issues. To this end, a
ICT’s and Distance Education student agreement with UKZN was signed by The UWI Vice-
CUPIDE is a UNESCO/UWI project for the Enhancement of Chancellor and the Faculty arranged for a graduate Social
Human Resource Development in Distance Teaching, Work student, Ms. Tracie Rogers, to do a practicum placement
Administration and Materials Distribution, funded through at UKZN from July to September, 2006, as part of the SONDAI
the Japanese Funds in Trust for Capacity Building. Its overall initiative in Social Work.
goal is to develop the human resource within the region
through enabling each of the five participating universities
(The University of the West Indies, University of Technology
(Jamaica), the University of Guyana, the University of
Suriname and the University Quisqueya (Haiti), to better
develop and deliver quality distance education programmes
using ICTs.
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staying connected
After completing her PhD in At Dr. Brian Copeland, her Head of online instruction. The semi-
Optics (the physics of light) at Department’s request, she also nars have been attended by
University College London, Dr. helped revitalize the Real Time virtually all of the MRP stu-
Kim Mallalieu had no intention Systems Group, explicitly linking dents from over 30 develop-
of returning to the Caribbean for the unit’s revenue-generating ing countries, including Papua
more than a year. Then she activities to the Communications New Guinea, Tunisia, the
began teaching in the Depart- teaching programme. Seychelles, Nepal and many
ment of Electrical Engineering at West and South African
The UWI St. Augustine in 1987 In discussions with the Caribbean countries.
and “as you can guess,” she says, Telecommunications Union (CTU)
laughing, “I really loved it here.” and the Caribbean Association of The third and final cohort
National Telecommunications enrolled in January 2006 and
In order to be relevant to the Organisations (CANTO), Dr. the first MRP students gradu-
place she had made home, Dr. Mallalieu was told of the need for ated in November of that year.
Mallalieu began looking for an a roadmap for the liberalisation Regarding the MRP’s future, Dr.
area that was both important to of the telecoms industry. This was Mallalieu is in discussions with
the region and close to her the impetus for the ground- the CTU on how the pro-
background in Optics. Telecom- breaking Master’s in Telecommu- gramme’s work can feed into
munications fit the bill. So she nications Regulation and Policy, the Centre of Excellence they
designed a Communications funded by the Cable and Wireless are currently developing, to
Systems programme that Virtual Academy in its first year, ensure continued servicing of
attracted 80% of student sub- then financially self-sustaining. the telecommunications
scription to the department, industry’s changing human
featuring study abroad with the The programme itself involves a resource needs.
Lucent Wireless Networks Group. mix of face-to-face seminars and
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Development Poverty Eradication
“Localising the Millennium Development Goals in the The Sustainable Economic Development Unit for Small Island
Caribbean” is a project funded by UN-Habitat, which focuses Developing States (SEDU-SIDS) continued to implement its
on the local government authorities in the capital cities of major regional project on behalf of the United Kingdom’s
Guyana (Georgetown), St. Lucia (Castries) and Trinidad & Department for International Development (DFID), on a
Tobago (Port of Spain), with the aim of capacity building for sustainable livelihoods approach to poverty eradication.
the pursuit of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Led by UWI Lecturer Dr. Bishnu Ragoonath, the first phase of Sustainable Agriculture
the project entailed the development of profiles outlining The Department of Agricultural Economics & Extension
the current state of affairs in the various cities. The second participated in an “Open Days and Trade Show” in St. Kitts and
phase entails the development of action plans and the third Nevis in October 2005. Participants were informed about the
phase will involve implementation, as well as evaluating and opportunities offered by the Department and The University.
measuring the progress made by the cities in relation to the Discussions were held with the Resident Tutor of The UWI
MDGs. School of Continuing Studies regarding ways in which the
Faculty of Science & Agriculture could assist with St. Kitts’
Rights of the Child agricultural diversification efforts and youth training in
Ms. Michele Sogren represented the Vice Chancellor at the Agribusiness and Nutrition.
First CARICOM Task Force Meeting on “Social Justice and
Protection for Children” in July 2006, in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Students and lecturers took part in an Exchange Programme
coordinated by the Caribbean Council of Higher Education
Immigration in Agriculture (CACHE) at the St. Augustine Campus, from July
In March 2006, a team comprising Ms. Michele Sogren, Dr. 23-29, 2006. CACHE is a non-profit organization, consisting
Adele Jones, Mrs. Jacqueline Padmore and Dr. Linda Hadeed of 13 member states, that is committed to human resource
planned and conducted a joint UWI/Barry University development for sustainable agriculture in the region.  The
Symposium in Miami on “Social Work Interventions with 16 participants in the programme came from Barbados, the
Caribbean Immigrants”, with a special focus on immigrants Dominican Republic, Guyana, Suriname and other Caribbean
living in the Miami/Broward county area. countries.
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Caribbean Single Market and Economy Gender
The Centre for Monetary Studies completed a review of the The Centres for Gender & Development Studies (CGDS) at
progress of the CARICOM region towards the attainment of the St. Augustine and Mona Campuses completed gender-
convergence targets since the establishment of the training programmes for UN staff in Barbados at the request
Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) in 1991. The of the United Nations Fund for the Empowerment of Women
submissions were presented at the Council of Central Bank (UNIFEM). CGDS was also contracted to manage the training
Governors Meetings in Belize (December 2005) and in aspects of the project “Gender Mainstreaming in HIV-AIDS
Guyana (May and November 2006), by Anthony Birchwood Programming in the Caribbean”, coordinated by UNIFEM and
and Dave Seerattan respectively. The reports examine the supported by The Commonwealth Secretariat/Dalhousie
movement of regional economies towards the attainment University, UNAIDS, UNFPA, the Caribbean Coalition of
of convergence targets (such as inflation, exchange rates, National AIDS Programme Coordinators (CCNAPC) and the
import cover, fiscal stance and debt service ratio) that were Caribbean Coalition of People Living with HIV and AIDS.
identified by the CARICOM Heads of Government, to gauge
the region’s degree of readiness for the introduction of a Prof. Patricia Mohammed and Ms. Deborah McFee completed
single currency. the National Gender Policy of the island of Dominica and
presented it to that country’s parliament in March 2006. The
Crime Prevention and Justice draft Trinidad & Tobago National Gender Policy was revised
The Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice was retained by Prof. Mohammed on instruction from the Hon. Minister
by the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Joan Yuille-Williams of the Ministry of Community
Prevention (UNODC) as an International Expert for a South- Development, Culture and Gender Affairs, and delivered to
South Crime Prevention Project for the development of Safer the Government of Trinidad & Tobago in June 2006.
Cities and Best Practice Evaluations, as well as for the
development of an Urban Crime Prevention Manual for
international distribution. The Centre is also a member of an
International Working Group of Experts and Scholars in
Criminal Justice on (i) an International Violence Against
Women Survey, a research project based at the UN
Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI),
and (ii) Use of Force by Police, a research project based at
the Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela.
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Tsunami Warnings Modelling Volcanoes
Senior Technical Representatives from various Seismic The Seismic Research Unit (SRU) is currently engaged in a
Networks around the Caribbean Basin attended a workshop collaborative research project with the Université des Antilles
at The UWI St. Augustine Campus from April 4-6, 2006 to make et de la Guyane (UAG) in Guadeloupe.  The project’s main
plans for establishing an early warning system for Tsunami objective is to accurately model debris avalanches, dome
and Coastal Hazards for the Caribbean and adjacent seas.  The collapses and pyroclastic flows in the Lesser Antilles in order
workshop was hosted by The UWI Seismic Research Unit to better assess volcanic hazards, especially during an
(SRU). Twelve seismological institutions from Puerto Rico, the eruption.  The project has tremendous potential for
Eastern Caribbean (English and French-speaking islands) improving our understanding of explosive eruptions, both
Venezuela, Panama, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Dominican terrestrial and aquatic, and will assist in assessing possible
Republic, Jamaica and the USA were represented. There was volcanogenic sources of tsunamis.  The principal scientists
unanimous support for Puerto Rico to be transformed into on this project are Dr. Nicolas Fournier of the SRU and
the regional warning centre. Delegates also expressed the Professor Auran Randrianasolo, Head of the Department of
view that a number of secondary warning centres should be Earth Science at UAG.
established as soon as adequate resources become available
to do so. Another important outcome of the workshop was
the consensus that the current overall quantity and quality These are only some of the ways in which The UWI St.
of instrumentation and communication systems in the Augustine Campus is impacting the region and the world.
region is inadequate to build an efficient seismic component
of the Tsunami Warning System.
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watching volcanoes
Eleven years after the Soufrière Saba is subject to the direct modeling of volcanoes
Hills volcano erupted, the threat of volcanic eruptions, throughout the Eastern
island of Monsterrat is still and islands such as Antigua, Caribbean, including another
reeling from the effects of one Barbados and Trinidad & live Soufrière volcano, on the
of the most active volcanoes in Tobago are close enough to island of St. Vincent. This
the Caribbean, which sent the face hazards such as severe ash project is supported by the
majority of the country’s fall and volcanically-generated Research and Publications
population into exile and tsunamis. Funding Committee, the
rendered two-thirds of the Petroleum Geoscience Unit
island uninhabitable. The In July 2005, the Seismic and the Departments of
volcano’s recent activity has Research Unit (SRU) collabo- Chemical Engineering and
posed a further threat, prompt- rated with the Monsterrat Surveying & Land Informa-
ing the evacuation of even Volcano Observatory to mark tion.
more people from the island. the 10th anniversary of the
eruption with a conference Building geological models
Now, with state-of-the-art that attracted international will help improve our ability
technology, The UWI Seismic scientists, emergency manage- to monitor these volcanoes,
Research Unit is taking a closer ment personnel, health officials thereby reducing the risk of
look at this and other volca- and educators. disasters resulting from
noes throughout the Lesser volcanic activity in the
Antilles. This is a research area On an ongoing basis, the SRU Caribbean.
of crucial importance, since team of staff and research
every island from Grenada to students is undertaking 3D
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We move forward into the future, committed to our vision that The UWI will continue
to undergo  “a fundamental qualitative and quantitative change into a 21st century
higher education academy with a  global reputation for excellence and a global reach,
while retaining its commitment to regional development and continuing to reflect the
distinctive character  of the  Caribbean  society it was set up to serve.”
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principal officers of the university of the west indies
Chancellor Pro-Vice-Chancellors
The Hon. Sir George Alleyne Prof. Lawrence Carrington
MBBS, UCWI, FRCP, FACP, DSc BA Lond-UCWI, PhD UWI
Vice-Chancellor Prof. Marlene Hamilton
The Hon. E. Nigel Harris BSc, MA Ed, PhD, Dip Ed, HDip Ed UWI
BA Howard, MPhil Yale, MD UPenn, DM UWI
Prof. Wayne Hunte
Chairmen, Campus Councils BSc UWI, PhD UWI, Post Doctoral Fellow
Sir Neville Nicholls – Cave Hill Dalhousie, Canada
KA, BA Cantab, LLB Lond, Dip in Diplomacy Col, Hon. LLD UWI
Prof. Errol Y. St. A. Morrison
The Hon. Don Brice – Mona MD Malta, MSc Lond, PhD UWI, FRCPGLas, FACP
OJ CD, BA Lond-UCWI
Mr. Michael Mansoor – St. Augustine Deputy Campus Principals
CA, MBA W. Ont Prof. Leo Moseley – Cave Hill
BSc, MSc UWI, PhD Univ. Coll. Cardiff
Campus Principals & Pro-Vice-Chancellors Mr. Joseph Pereira – Mona
Prof. Hilary McDonald Beckles – Cave Hill BA, Dip Ed UWI, MA Qu
BA, PhD Hull
Prof. Gurmohan Kochhar – St. Augustine
Prof. Elsa Leo-Rhynie – Mona BE Baroda, MS Wis, PhD UWI, MASHRAE, FAPE, MASME
BSc, Dip Ed, PhD UWI
Dr. Bhoendradatt Tewarie – St. Augustine University Registrar
BA Northwestern, MA Chicago, PhD Penn State Mrs. Gloria Barrett-Sobers
BA Lond-UCWI, MA Ed Columbia, MBA Miami
University Bursar
Mr. Winston Bayley
BSc Lond-UCWI, FCCA
University Librarian
Dr. Margaret Rouse-Jones
BA UWI, MA Johns Hopkins, PhD Johns Hopkins,
Dip Library & Information Studies Lond
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principal officers of the st. augustine campus
Campus Principal
Dr. Bhoendradatt Tewarie
BA Northwestern, MA Chicago, PhD Penn State
Deputy Campus Principal
Prof. Gurmohan Kochhar
BE Baroda, MS Wis, PhD UWI, MASHRAE, FAPE, MASME
Campus Registrar
Mr. Jeremy Callaghan
BA York, MA Reading
Campus Bursar
Mrs. Lylla Bada
BA (Economics & Accounting) Bristol, FCCA, CA (T&T)
Campus Librarian
Dr. Margaret Rouse-Jones
BA UWI, MA Johns Hopkins, PhD Johns Hopkins,
Dip Library & Information Studies Lond
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facts & figures– graduation
Based on data available as of Jan. 2007
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facts & figures – enrolment
Based on data available as of Jan. 2007
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facts & figures – income
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profile and dimensions of enrolment & output growth: 2001-2006
CAMPUS ENROLMENT BY PROGRAMME LEVEL & DELIVERY MODE
2001/2002 2004/2005 2005/2006 % Increase
in enrolment
01/02-05/06
Full-Time First Degree Programmes 4,647 7,027 8,219
Part-Time First Degree Programmes 713 1,499 1,663
Total Enrolment in First Degree Programmes 5,360 8,526 9,882 102.4
Certificate and Diploma Programmes 430 549 508
Total On-Campus Undergraduate Enrolment 5,790 9,075 10,390
Higher Degree and Advanced Diploma Programmes 1,851 2,659 2,891
Total On-Campus Enrolment 7,641 11,734 13,281 87.9
Ratio of Female/Male Students – On-Campus Enrolment 3:2 11:7 5:3
Trinidad & Tobago Students as a Percentage of On-Campus Enrolment 88.2% 91.6% 90.9%
UWIDEC and Online Programmes 418 781 791
Affiliated Institutions & Other Tertiary Level Institutions 127 241 170
Total Enrolment: On-Campus/Distance/Online/Affiliated Institutions 8,186 12,756 14,242 88.1
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profile and dimensions of enrolment & output growth: 2001-2006
DISTRIBUTION OF CAMPUS ENROLMENT BY FACULTY
Degree Programmes & Advanced Diplomas (On-Campus only)
2001/2002 2004/2005 2005/2006
Engineering 1,424 1,966 2,089
Humanities and Education 1,409 2,187 2,459
Law 45 60 52
Medical Sciences 1,002 1,247 1,389
Science & Agriculture 1,457 2,324 2,770
Social Sciences 1,859 3,385 4,000
Total 7,211 11,185 12,773
OUTPUT OF GRADUATES
2001/2002 2004/2005 2005/2006
First Degrees 1,240 1,580 1,896
Higher Degrees and Advanced Diplomas 397 373 655
Total Output of Graduates 1,637 1,953 2,551
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CAMPUS SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM DISTANCE EDUCATION CENTRE
B. Tewarie T. Chen
• Member, National Advisory Board on Tertiary Education Policy • Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
• Member, CXC Council (IEEE)
• Member, International Association for the Study of Business • Associate Member, Association of Professional Engineers of
and Society Trinidad & Tobago (APETT)
• Member, World Future Society • Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Board Member, CL Financial Limited
• Board Member, Republic Bank Limited
• Board Member, Trinidad Publishing Company Limited O. Kuboni
• Board Member, UWI/Florida Friendship Society
• Deputy Programme Director, Specialized online course, “Local
E-governance in the Caribbean” (offered in collaboration with
UNESCO)
G.S. Kochhar • Chairperson, Constitutional Reform Forum of Trinidad &
• External Examiner, Faculty of Technology, University of Guyana Tobago
• Member, Board of Engineering, Trinidad & Tobago Committee
on Heating, Ventilating, Air-conditioning Code
• Member, Cabinet-appointed Steering Committee to review D. Thurab-Nkhosi
policy on Tertiary Education, Training, Distance Education and
• Member, Caribbean Area Network for Quality Assurance in
Lifelong Learning
Tertiary Education (CANQUATE)
• Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Design, Engineering and
• Member, Board of the National AIDS Hotline
Technology (DETECH), Faculty of Technology, University of
Guyana
INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT UNIT
M. Rouse-Jones
• Member, Editorial Board, Library and Information Association A. M. Edwards-Henry
of Jamaica (LIAJA), LIAJA Bulletin • Chair, Radiological Sciences Advisory Committee, COSTAAT
• Caribbean, Transition Delegate, Online Computer Library • Chief Examiner, Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), Biology
Center (OCLC) Members Council • Member, Belmont Junior Secondary Local School Board
• Vice President, Regional Committee for Latin America and the
Caribbean for the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme
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public & professional service of staff
MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
D. M. De Four-Gill
• Member, Steering Committee of the Association of C.Greaves
Commonwealth Universities (ACU) Public Relations, Marketing • Chairman, Audit Committee of the Central Bank of Trinidad &
& Communications Network Tobago
• Member, Core Planning Committee, UWI/Guardian Life • Member, Board of Directors, Central Bank of Trinidad & Tobago
Premium Teaching Awards
• Member, Organising Committee, UWI-SPEC International Half-
Marathon OFFICE OF THE CAMPUS PRINCIPAL
• Member, Public Relations Association of Trinidad & Tobago
(PRATT)
• Member, Research and Advocacy Group of the Association of I. Bachan-Persad
Female Executives of Trinidad & Tobago • Coordinator, Annual Christmas Party for Underprivileged
• Vice President Communications, International Association of Children
Business Communicators (IABC) Trinidad & Tobago Chapter • Liaison with Children’s Homes for delivery of Medical and
Dental services to children on an annual basis
A. Walcott-Hardy
• Contributing Writer, the T&T Review
• Member, Core Organising Committee for the Royal Opera SPORT & PHYSICAL EDUCATION CENTRE
Chamber Ensemble Visit/Performance, Trinidad & Tobago
• Member, Core Planning Committee, UWI/Guardian Life I. Gloudon
Premium Teaching Awards • Chairperson, International Alliance for Human Advancement
• Member, Organising Committee, UWI-SPEC International Half- • Lectured at schools, organizations, national sporting bodies in
Marathon the area of Sport & Physical Education
• Member, The Patrons of Queen’s Hall
• Member, UWI Distinguished Open & Professorial Lectures
Committee
• Member, Women in Art Association
• Member, International Association of Business Communicators
(IABC) Trinidad & Tobago Chapter
R. Jaipaul-O’Garro
• Member, Association of Caribbean Higher Education
Administrators (ACHEA)
• Member, Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)
Public Relations, Marketing & Communications Network
• Member, Communications Sub-committee, International
Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Trinidad &
Tobago Chapter
• Session Chair, Association of Commonwealth Universities
(ACU) Public Relations, Marketing and Communications
Conference (July 2006)
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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING FACULTY OF HUMANITIES & EDUCATION
B. Copeland Department of History
• Chairman, Trinidad & Tobago National Training Academy (NTA)
B. Brereton
• Chair, Cabinet Appointed Committee on the Trinity Cross and
S. Gift Other National Symbols and Observances
• President, Rotary Club of St. Augustine West • UWI Representative, Cabinet Appointed Government
Scholarship Committee
• Chair, University Archives & Records Management Committee
• Member, University Appointments Committee
C. Griffith-Charles • Member, University Finance & General Purposes Committee
• Vice President, Fulbright Alumni Association of Trinidad & (F&GPC)
Tobago • Member, Board for Graduate Studies & Research
• Member, Campus Committee for Graduate Studies & Research
• Member, Committee appointed by The UWI Chancellor to
C.A.C. Imbert review comments on the Governance Task Force Report
• Chairman, Metal Industries Company (MIC)
H. Cateau
A. Lutchman • Executive Member, Association of Caribbean Historians
• Chairman, IEEE Trinidad & Tobago Sub-Section
C. Fergus
W. Mellowes • Member, North-East Zonal Council of the Trinidad and Tobago
• President, Caribbean Academy of Sciences (CAS) Cricket Board
• Member, President’s Committee for National Self-Discovery
C. K. Sankat (Faculty Dean)
• Chairman, Cabinet Appointed Committee on the Establish- K. Haraksingh
ment of a Council on Science, Technology and Innovation • Personal Representative, Secretary-General of CARICOM on
CARICOM Mission to Selected European Community capitals
(2006)
• Conciliator and Arbitrator, CARICOM under Art. 8 and Art. 10A
A. K. Sharma of Protocol IX (Dispute Settlement) to the Treaty establishing
• Editor, West Indian Journal of Engineering CARICOM
• Commonwealth Secretariat and CRNM Consultant, Draft EPA
Treaty between Cariforum and the European Community
• Caribbean Lead Negotiator, Legal and Institutional Issues
• Member, CARICOM/Cariforum College of Negotiators
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public & professional service of staff
R. Pemberton R. Mansoor
• Member, Trinidad Lake Asphalt La Brea Museum Committee • Guest Editor, “Contexto” Journal of the Universidad de los
Andes in Venezuela
B. Reid
• Faculty Representative, Amerindian Project Committee I. Robertson (Faculty Dean)
• Chair, 21st Congress of the International Association for • Member, University Council
Caribbean Archaeology (IACA)
• Board Member, International Association of Caribbean
Archaeology (IACA) G. Steele
• Executive Member, West Indies Group of University Teachers
(WIGUT), St. Augustine
Department of Liberal Arts
F. Aiyejina V. Singh
• Chair, Local Organizing Committee, The International Society • President, WIGUT, St. Augustine
for the Oral Literatures of Africa (ISOLA) Sixth Conference
• Editorial Adviser, Journal of West Indian Literature
E. Walcott-Hackshaw
J. Antoine • Coordinator, Academic Advising, School of Humanities
• Member, Lobbying Group to enhance the lives of those with
disabilities in the Caribbean
• Chair, Clarity Special Olympics Club, Co. Cavan, Republic of School of Education
Ireland
M. Byron
• Chair, National Curriculum Council
J.S. Ferreira • Member, National Textbook Committee
• Member, Textbook Evaluation Committee
• Head, Department of Phonetics and Phonology for “Curso de
Linguistica e Missiologia” Summer Programme, Brazil (2005)
• Secretary-Treasurer, Society for Caribbean Linguistics
• Guest lecturer, “History of Portuguese emigration to the Z. Francis
Caribbean”, University of Madeira (June 2006) • Organiser, Workshop on “Redefining the Curriculum: Reflective
Thinking, Development of Critical Thinking Skills and the
Humanistic Approach in Midwifery”, facilitated by Dr. Huguette
B. A. Lalla Comerasamy, Principal Lecturer, Brighton University, UK
• Campus Orator, St. Augustine Campus, UWI
• Member, Senate Committee for Ordinances and Regulations
• Co-Chair, Cultural Studies Initiative J. George
• Member, Campus Committee for Graduate Studies • Member, National Textbook Committee
• Member, Research and Publications Committee • Member, Textbook Development and Research Committee
• Editorial Board, Caribbean Quarterly and Journal of Pidgin and • Member, Advisory Committee, NIHERST/NGC National Science
Creole Linguistics Centre
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W. James J. Rampersad
• Member, National Textbook Committee • Member, Regional Working Group for Health and Family Life
• Member, Textbook Development and Research Committee Education coordinated by CARICOM and UNICEF
• Member, Textbook Evaluation Committee • Member, Regional HFLE Curriculum Advisory Committee
• Facilitator, PAHO/CARICOM/PANCAP training workshop for
HFLE tutors of teachers’ colleges
A. Joseph
• Member, Advisory Committee, COSTAATT
P. Worrell
• Member, National Curriculum Council
V. Jules • Member, CXC National Committee
• Member, Textbook Development and Research Committee
Centre for Creative & Festival Arts (CCFA)
G. Otway
• Member, Textbook Development and Research Committee K. Crichlow
• Collaborator, Writing Major in Tropical Landscaping, Faculty of
Science & Agriculture, Department of Food Production (July
D. Plummer 2006)• Collaborator, Writing Visual Arts component in Creative Arts
• UWI Representative, Tripartite mission between UNESCO, the Curriculum, Creative Arts Centre, Department of Language,
World Bank and the UWI Chair which recommended that a Linguistics and Literature, Barbados (July 2006)
special meeting of the Caribbean Council on Human and
Social Development (COHSOD) be held. The Council produced
the ‘Port of Spain Declaration’ which articulated the commit-
ment of the Caribbean Education Ministers to deepening the R. Gibbons
response of the education sector to HIV • Member, University of Trinidad & Tobago Executive
• Presenter and Caribbean delegate, World meeting of the • Member, Trinidad & Tobago National Commission
‘Education for All’ Working Group, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris for UNESCO Board (July 2006)
• Member, Partnership to establish the Caribbean Network of • Examiner, CSEC Theatre Arts, CXC
HIV Coordinators in the Education Sector
• Facilitator, Global AIDS Alliance Workshop “STI in Vulnerable
Populations”, Antigua and St. Kitts (July and September 2006) H. Headley
• Facilitator, UWI Centre for Gender and Development Studies • Examiner, Solo Steelpan Performance Examinations,
and UNIFEM Train the Trainer Workshops “Gender and HIV”, Trinidad (from inception in 1995-present)
several Caribbean locations • Leader/Arranger, TIPICA Steel Orchestra
D. Lyndersay
• Examiner, International Baccalaureate Theatre Arts
• Member, CSEC Standing Committee, Theatre Arts
Curriculum
• Director, the Cropper Foundation (2004-2007)
• Director, Signal Hill Limited (2004-2007)
• Coordinator, Creative Writers Residential Workshop,
UWI and the Cropper Foundation
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public & professional service of staff
J. Murray S. Sharma
• Music Director, Orchestral Society of Trinidad & • Presenter, Seminar on Adjudication for the
Tobago Workshop, St. Augustine Steelband Panorama Competition 2006, for Carnival
• Conductor, National Sinfonia in concert with piano Institute and Pan Trinbago - recorded and broadcast
concerto soloist Sothie Durasammy, Beethoven’s on national television (February 2006)
Piano Concerto #3 (Aug. 2005) • Facilitator, Workshop on Steelband Playing for
• Conductor, National Sinfonia, Gala opening of the Festivals of Trinidad &Tobago, Programme for
Trinidad & Tobago Music Festival, Queen’s Hall, St. Graduate Students of the University of Louisville
Ann’s (July 26, 2006)
• Choral Consultant, Trinidad Theatre Workshop’s • Member, Board of Music Literacy Trust
production of Derek Walcott’s Steel, Queen’s Hall, St. • Member, Steering Committee for the Regional Arts
Ann’s (Oct. 2005) Educators
• Piano Recitalist and Vocal Performer, Caribbean • Consultant, Ministry of Community Development,
Union College Music Faculty Performance, Maracas Culture and Gender Affairs in the establishment of
St. Joseph the Trinidad & Tobago National Steel Symphony
• Producer/Piano Tutor/Piano Accompanist, Jiselle (TTNSS)
Warner and Friends in Concert, St. Xavier’s Private • Interviewee, Documentary “Dis is Pan”, written and
School, St. Joseph (Nov. 2005) produced by Camille Granger for CCN Six Produc-
• Vocal Coach and Piano Accompanist, Bella Voce II - tions (February 2006)
three tenors in concert, Holy Cross Chapel, Arima
• Musical Director/Conductor, Oliver, Amherst,
Massachusetts (Jan. 2006)
• Musical Director, I am Alive, Strand Cinema, Port-of- Centre for Language Learning (CLL)
Spain
• Adjudicator and Official Accompanist, Trinidad & B. Carter
Tobago Music Festival, Queen’s Hall, St. Ann’s • Chief Examiner, CSEC French, Caribbean Examinations Council
• Accompanist, Devotion: Tenor Marlon De Bique in (CXC)
concert, Christchurch, Cascade (May 2006) • Convenor, Modern Language Panel, CAPE, Caribbean Examina-
tions Council
• Member, Steering Committee, Spanish as a First Foreign
J. Remy Language Initiative, Trinidad & Tobago
• Judge, Panorama, Medium Band category • Member, Language Planning Committee, Spanish as
• Judge, Pan down Memory Lane (2006) a First Foreign Language Initiative, Trinidad &
• Arranger, Trinidad & Tobago Music Festival (27th Tobago
Music Festival, 2006) - Over 6 winning arrangements
• Arranger, Junior Music Festival - Over 6 perform-
ances ranked top-3 in their category
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FACULTY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES P. Pitt-Miller (Faculty Dean)
• Deputy Chairperson, North Central Regional Health Authority
J. Addae
• Scientific Advisor, Caribbean Science Forum
• Chairman, UWI Open Lectures Committee D. Ramdath
• Chairman, Essential National Health Research Council of T&T
• Scientific Secretary, Caribbean Health Research Council
Z. Ali
• Member, National AIDS Coordinating Committee (NACC)
• Chair, Sub-Committee on Research and Surveillance, NACC S. Teelucksingh
• Visiting External Examiner, Guy’s, King’s & St. Thomas, University
of London
N. S. Baboolal
• Member, Ministry of Health Special Tribunal for Mental Health
FACULTY OF SCIENCE & AGRICULTURE
C. Carrington
• Selection Officer and Founding Member, United World Department of Agricultural Economics
Colleges (T&T) Trust & Extension
St. C. Barker
E. M. Davis • Member, The Association for International Agricultural and
• Honorary Consul, Commonwealth of Bahamas Extension Education
• Associate Member, The American Association of Rural
Sociologists
H. Maharajh
• Member, Transcultural Psychiatry Society of Trinidad and
Tobago D. Dolly
• Leader/Member, Regional Chapter for the Association for
International Agricultural and Extension Education
G. N. Melville • Gender Advisor, 2004 National Agricultural Census, Central
Statistical Office, Trinidad and Tobago
• Chairman, Vision 2020 Sub Committee on Health
• Agriculture Sector Specialist, National Policy on Gender for
Trinidad & Tobago, Ministry of Community Development,
Culture and Gender Affairs
K .G. Pillai • Special Extension Advisor, Morvant Laventille Youth Agricul-
• Member, Drug Advisory Committee, Food and Drugs Division, ture Network and the Caura Valley Farmers Association
Ministry of Health
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public & professional service of staff
I. Granderson K. Pierre
• Member, Programme Advisory Committee for the Associate • Member, Vision 2020 Sub-Committee on Health
Degree in Applied Science in Food Science, College of Science, • Member, Nutrition and Dietetics Board (Trinidad & Tobago)
Technology & Applied Arts of Trinidad & Tobago (COSTAATT) • Member, American Dietetics Association
• Member, Trinidad and Tobago Association of Nutritionists and • Member, Institute of Health Service Managers (UK)
Dieticians • Secretary, Caribbean Association of Nutritionists and Dietitians
• Member, Caribbean Agro-Economic Society • Member, Board of Directors, St. Mary’s Children’s Home
• Member, American Dietetic Association
• Member, American Overseas Dietetic Association
S. Ragbir
• Secretary, Caribbean Agro-Economic Society
S. Hutchinson • Member, The Association for International Agricultural and
• Member, International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Extension Education
Trade (IIFET)
• Member, American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA)
• Member, Caribbean Agro-Economics Society (CAES) J. Seepersad
• Country Member, Global Environmental Change and Food
• Member, The Association for International Agricultural and
Systems Scenarios Development (GECAF)
Extension Education
• Member, Association of Professional Agricultural Scientists of
Trinidad & Tobago
S. Nichols
• Member, North American Society for the Study of Obesity
(NAASO USA) R. H. Singh
• Member, Institute of Biologists (UK)
• Chairperson, Vision 2020 Sub-Committee on Agriculture
• Member, Society for Epidemiological Research (USA)
• Member, Board of Governors, COSTAATT
• Member, Nutrition Society (UK)
• Member, Programme Advising Committee: Global Environ-
• Honorary Member, Tobago Hypertension Society
mental Change and Food Systems Scenarios Development
(GECAF)
• Member, Management Committee: Project on Invasive Species
C. A. Pemberton in the Caribbean (Collaboration with University of Florida, UWI,
• President, Latin American and Caribbean Agricultural CARDI, IICA, FAO, CARICOM)
Economics Association (ALACEA) • Chairman, National Agricultural Marketing and Development
• Director of Publications, Caribbean Agro-Economic Society Corporation (NAMDEVCO)
• Member, Editorial Board, Tropical Agriculture
• Member, Southern Agricultural Economics Association
• Member, Association of Environmental and Resource Econo-
mists
• Member, American Agricultural Economics Association
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Department of Chemistry Department of Food Production
A. Maxwell N. Badrie
• Moderator, CSEC Chemistry, CXC • Executive Member and Public Relations Officer, Caribbean
Academy of Science (CAS)
• Member, Third World Organization of Women in Science
D. Narinesingh (Faculty Dean) (TWOWS), Trieste, Italy
• Executive Member and Director of Publications, Caribbean
• Member, Board of Directors, CARIRI
Agri-Economic Society (CAES)
• Chairman, Advisory Committee, National Science Centre
• Member, Caribbean Food Crops Society (CFCS)
• Examiner, Caribbean Examination Council (CXC)
• Reviewer of the following Journals:
• Member, Board of Governors, University of Trinidad & Tobago
- International Journal of Consumer Studies,
Caerphilly, UK
- Journal of Food Engineering, Dublin, UK (October
R. Pingal 2005)
• Editor and Writer, 2nd Bonne Adventure Scout Group 40th - Journal of Food Science, Institute of Food Technolo-
Anniversary Magazine gists, Chicago, USA
- Tropical Agriculture (Trinidad) Journal
R. Ramsewak
• Coordinator, Cambridge GCE Advanced Level Practical I. Bekele
Examination in Chemistry, for the Ministry of Education • Member, Institute of Mathematical Statistics
• Coordinator, London Advanced Level Practical Examination in • Member, International Biometrics Society
Chemistry, for the Ministry of Education • Member, Royal Statistical Society
• Member, American Association for the Advancement of
Science
G. Singh • Member, American Mathematical Society
• Reviewer, Tropical Agriculture Journal, Trinidad
• Associate Editor, Archive of Organic Chemistry (ARKIVOC)
• Peer Reviewer, American Chemical Society
• Assessor, American Petroleum Fund
• Assessor, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council R. A. I. Brathwaite
(EPSRC) • Facilitator, Anguilla Agricultural Exhibition and Farmer
Workshop (April 20-25, 2006)
• Data Collector, Aspects of crop production and protection
from Barbados farmers and Ministry of Agriculture (April 27-
May 3, 2006)
• Facilitator, Integrated Pest Management Workshop in
Suriname, Food and Agriculture Organization (May 7-20, 2006)
• Facilitator, Follow-up Workshop with Fairtrade farmers in St.
Vincent and the Grenadines (May 28-31, 2006)
• Participant, Meeting of Coordinating Group of Pesticides
Control (CGPC) Boards of the Caribbean in Bridgetown,
Barbados (June 19-26, 2006)
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public & professional service of staff
G. Eudoxie M. Mohammed
• Reviewer, Government’s draft policy on Land Degradation • Convener, CXC Agricultural Science: Review of Agricultural
•     Programme Developer, Caribbean Crop Nutrition Programme Science Syllabus
    (CCNP) which aims to improve crop nutrition through • Member, Technical Committee of NAMDEVCO Fresh-cut fruit
     exposure to innovative techniques and systems and vegetable project
• Member, Technical Committee of School Nutrition Company
Fresh-cut fruit project
M. Knights • Reviewer of the following Journals:
- Journal of Applied Horticulture
• Member and President, Association of Professional Agriculture
- Journal of Food Science
Scientists of Trinidad & Tobago (APASTT)
- Tropical Agriculture (Trinidad) Journal
• Member, Caribbean Small Ruminant Network (CASRUNet)
• Advisor, Sugar Cane Feeds Centre
• Advisor, Good Agricultural Practices in Livestock Production,
Ministry of Agriculture, Antigua L. Roberts-Nkrumah
• Consultant, Farmers in Trinidad and Antigua • Member, Curriculum Advisory Committee for the COSAATT
• Advisor, Reproductive Management Practices in Small Associate Degree in Ornamental Horticulture
Ruminants, Ministry of Agriculture, Barbados • Member, Citrus Task Force for Trinidad & Tobago
• Member, Working Group on Dairy Improvement, in collabora- • Member, Management Committee of the Horticultural Society
tion with Mr. A. Hosein, Nestle, CARDI and the School of of Trinidad & Tobago
Veterinary Medicine
• Fostered discussion in symposiums on:
- Water Management issues
- Bird Flu (Avian Influenza) issues R. Stone
• Disseminated information on these and other topics through: • Member, National Engineering Technician Diploma (Agricul-
- Television interviews (Morning Edition) ture) Planning Committee
- Radio and newspaper interviews and • Reviewer, Tropical Agriculture (Trinidad) Journal
Newspaper articles (UWIToday)
C. H. O. Lallo L. Wickham
• Member, National committee on Small Ruminant Network
(CASUNET) • Caribbean Regional Coordinator, European Union Concerted
• Technical Service Provider, Central Farms Limited – the largest duck Action Project: Safe and High Quality Food Chains (activities
producer in Trinidad completed)
• Technical Resource, Caribbean Broiler Association in the area of
nutrition, feeding and research
• Member, Technical Advisory Committee for the Sugarcane Feeds L. A. Wilson (Professor Emeritus)
Centre • Member, University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) Committee
• National Consultant, Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) TCP/ concerning the advisability of establishing an Institute of Food
RLA/3009 project with the MALMR Small Ruminant Development in Production Technologies
Trinidad & Tobago • Member, APASTT Council
• Facilitator, Training of Trainers Workshop for MALMR extension • Chair, Friends of the Botanic Gardens of Trinidad & Tobago
officers in Small Ruminant Management and Developmental Issues, (FOBGTT) Committee
in conjunction with FAO and MALMR
• Participant, Regional Workshop on Small Ruminant Development,
hosted by FAO in Barbados (August 2006)
• Member, The UWI Consulting Team, CARICOM Commodity competi-
tiveness study on the Small Ruminant Industry
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Department of Life Sciences • Reviewer of the following journals:
- Acta Tropica
John Agard - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and
• Chairman, Board of Directors, Environmental Management Hygiene
Authority of Trinidad & Tobago (EMA) - Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology
• Technical Editor, Journal of Caribbean Marine Studies - Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
• Lead Author, Chapter 16, Small Islands Inter-Governmental - European Journal of General medicine
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 4th Assessment Report, to be - Journal of Insect Behaviour
published by Cambridge University Press - Journal of the American Mosquito Control
• Coordinating Lead Author, Chapter 9, UNEP Global Environ- Association
mental Outlook (GEO-4), to be published by Earthscan - Journal of Medical Entomology
Publishers - Journal of Vector Ecology
• Member, Editorial Advisory Board, the Journal of Experimental - Medical and Veterinary Entomology
Marine Biology & Ecology (JEMBE), ELSEVIER SCIENCE B.V.,
Amsterdam and The Netherlands • Member, Editorial Board of Journals:
- Annals of Medical Entomology
- Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
M. Alkins-Koo - European Journal of General Medicine
• Reviewer, Caribbean Journal of Science
E. Julian Duncan
D. Chadee • Advisor, National Institute of Higher Education (NIHERST), on
• Member, Laboratory Accreditation Committee, Trinidad & matters related to Biotechnology
Tobago Bureau of Standards • Representative from Trinidad, Board of Governors of the
• Advisor, Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health, Trinidad & International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnol-
Tobago ogy (ICGEB), Italy
• University Representative, Working Group to determine the • Honorary Life Member, Board of Asa Wright Nature Centre
Implications of Global Warming, Climate Change and Sea Level • Member, Editorial Board of Tropical Agriculture Journal
Rise, for the EMA • Member, Advisory Committee on the establishment of The
• Member, Expert Committee on Lymphatic Filariasis Centre for Biological Diversity
Xenomonitoring
• Member, Regional Programme for the elimination of Lym-
phatic Filariasis in the Americas J. Gobin
• Member, CARICOM-appointed Task Force on Environmental • Member, Board of the Asa Wright Nature Centre
Health programs • Member, the Education and Research Committee of the Board
• Environmental Commissioner, appointed to the First Environ-
mental Commission of Trinidad & Tobago
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public & professional service of staff
A.  Hailey A. Mohammed
• Member, Biodiversity Advisory Council of Trinidad & Tobago • Member, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
• Member, The World Conservation Union (IUCN) Species • Facilitator, Collaboration between the USGS and USEPA
Survival Commission (Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist • Peer Reviewer, Marine Pollution Bulletin
Group)
• Managing Editor and Guest Editor, Applied Herpetology, Brill, .
The Netherlands M. Oatham
• Member, Committee to prepare UWI plan of research for a
• Member, Cabinet-appointed committee on Trinidad & Tobago’s
wildlife census of Trinidad & Tobago, for the Wildlife Commit-
commitment to the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation
tee and Wildlife Section of the Forestry Division
• Consultant, Environmental Management Authority, on
• Founder and Member, Pawi Study Group, UWI St. Augustine
designation of species under the Environmentally Sensitive
• Advisor, bpTT Conservation Programme (USA Office), on
Species Act
developing projects for young conservationists in Trinidad &
Tobago
• Referee for the following Journals:
- African Zoology (South Africa) D. A. T. Phillip
- Amphibia-Reptilia (Italy Office) • Technical Advisor, Community Based Organizations:
- Chelonian Conservation and Biology (USA) - Stakeholders Against Destruction (SAD) of Toco (Proposal
- Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology development and implementation)
(Canada Office) - Blanchisseuse Environmental Art Trust (BEAT)
- Herpetological Journal (UK) • Director/Chairperson, Board of Directors of Foster-Solutions for
- Journal of Tropical Ecology (UK) Sustainable Ecosystem Development Ltd
- Living World (Trinidad) • Reviewer, Ecography and Caribbean Review of Gender Studies:
Open Access on-line Journal
• Member, International Water Association (IWA) – Specialist
A. Khan group on Water and Health
• Member, International Association of Impact Assessment (IAIA)
• Fellow, Royal Entomological Society, London
– Specialist groups on Social and Health Impact Assessment
• Life Member Society, Biocontrol Advancement, India
• Member, Network of Tropical Fisheries Scientists
• Life Member, Society of Pesticide Science, India
• Member, Centre for Caribbean Land and Environmental
• Life Member, Association for the Advancement of Entomology,
Appraisal Research (CLEAR), UWI St. Augustine
India
• Member, Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology, Japan
• Member, International Society for Pest Information, Germany
• Member, Caribbean Integrated Pest Management Network I. Ramnarine
• Member, PROCICARIBE Technical Advisory Board • Vice President, Aquaculture Society of Trinidad & Tobago
• Member, CARINET (the Caribbean Division of BIONET Interna- • Member, Fisheries Monitoring and Advisory Committee of the
tional) Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources
• Advisor, Farmers throughout Trinidad, on pest management in • Member, National Wetlands Committee
crops • Reviewer for the following journals:
• Consultant, Petrotrin - Aquaculture
- Journal of Fish Biology
- Tropical Agriculture Journal
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G. Sirju-Charran Department of Mathematics
• Reviewer, Tropical Agriculture Jourmal
• Founding Member, Bioethics Society of the English Speaking & Computer Sciences
Caribbean (BSEC)
• Member, Advisory Board, Caribbean Review of Gender Studies H. Ali
• Moderator, CAPE, Caribbean Examinations Council
P. Umaharan
• Member, Cabinet-appointed National Biosafety Committee, E. J. Farrell
T&T • Chairman, Examinations Committee of the Trinidad & Tobago
• Member, National Coordinating Committee for the Cartagena Mathematics Olympiad (TTMO)
Biosafety Protocol
• Member, National Committee for the Protection of Plant
Varieties (UPOV) M. Hosein
• Member, National PROCICARIBE Steering Committee • Assistant Chief Examiner, CAPE (Computer Science), Caribbean
• Member, Organizing committee of the NIHERST Agricultural Examinations Council
Conference • Reviewer, Journal of Information, Information Technology and
• Member, CARICOM-appointed Committee on Biotechnology, Organizations
coordinated by CARDI
• Member, Consultative group for Agricultural Biotechnology,
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
• Member, Regional Biotechnology Forum, coordinated by the K. Rahaman
Scientific Research Council (SRC), Jamaica • Executive Committee Member (Treasurer), Latin American and
• Member, Caribbean Plant Genetic Resources Network Caribbean Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
(CAPGERNET) • Moderator, CAPE (Applied Mathematics), Caribbean Examina-
• Associate Member, Regional Hotpepper Association tions Council
• Member, Caribbean Anthurium Industry Development
Association
• Co-Governor and T&T Representative, International Center for Department of Physics
Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (Trieste, Italy)
• T&T Representative, Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk S. Haque
Assessment Montreal, Canada • Executive Director, The Caribbean Institute of Astronomy
• Member, Editorial Board, Tropical Agriculture Journal (CARINA)
• National Liaison, Caribbean group in International Astronomi-
cal Union
• Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society (RAS)
• Member, American Astronomical Society (AAS)
• Participant, International Conference on Statistics, Mathemat-
ics & Related fields, Hawaii (Jan. 18-20, 2005)
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public & professional service of staff
R. Saunders Department of Behavioural Sciences
• Member, Board of Governors, The Caribbean Industrial
Research Institute (CARIRI)
• Member, Caribbean Meteorological Organization, assisting in I. Cambridge
the CMO Doppler Radar Programme which is a European • Member, Planning Committee for the Caribbean
Union Project to provide better weather information Symposium on Population Ageing
• Developer, Standards for tints of glass on motor vehicles, • Distinguished Lecturer, Annual Celebrations of the City
Trinidad & Tobago Bureau of Standards of San Fernando (2004)
• Participated in 5 television and radio programmes, as well as
public meetings, sensitizing the public to the potential hazards D. Chadee
of cell phone base stations (January-July 2006) • Member, Mediation Board of Trinidad & Tobago,
appointed by His Excellency President George
Maxwell Richards TC
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES B. Ragoonath
• Board Member, Commonwealth Local Government Forum
H. Ghany (Faculty Dean) M.  Sogren
• Writer, Sunday column in the Guardian newspaper, on current • Cabinet-appointed Member, Committee to Examine the Status
affairs (twenty years) of the Institution of the Family
• Member, Mediation Board of Trinidad & Tobago, appointed by
His Excellency President George Maxwell Richards, TC
• Member, Board of Directors and Constitution Reform sub- Department of Economics
committee of the Principles of Fairness, Inc.
• Co-author, Draft constitution, with Mr. Tajmool Hosein QC, for M. Franklin
the Principles of Fairness Group - the draft was widely • Faculty Representative, Planning process for the launch of the
circulated, is hosted on the web site of the Parliament of 2005 Household Budgetary Survey, coordinated by the
Trinidad and Tobago and has become the subject of much Ministry of Social Development
public debate • Member, National Coordinating Committee for the INTRA
• Member, American Political Science Association Study
(APSA) • Technical Support Provider, Nature Seekers, re putting its
• Member, International Political Science Association Strategic Plan into action
(IPSA) and its Research Committee of Legislative • Technical Support Provider, Ministry of Science, Technology
Specialists (RCLS) and Tertiary Education, on the design of a Means Test for the
• Lecturer, Eleventh Annual Sir Arthur Lewis Memorial continued implementation of Government Assistance for
Lecture, Castries, St. Lucia (January 28th, 2005) Tuition Expenses (GATE)
• Continue to give interviews and analyses on politics in Trinidad • Continued to work on behalf of the Health Economic Unit
& Tobago for various media houses (HEU) in the implementation of Activities for the Caribbean
Regional Network for Persons Living with HIV-AIDS - a project
being funded by the Global Fund for HIV-AIDS, TB and Malaria
(GFATM)
• Assisted the Business Development Office (BDO) in updating
its proposal to Atlantic Energy for the development of an
Education, Training and Development Plan for the Borough of
the Point Fortin
• Assisted the BDO in preparing a proposal to the National AIDS
Coordinating Committee (NACC) for a national Knowledge,
Attitudes, Practices and Beliefs (KAPB) Study
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L. Henry R. Mc Lean
• TV Commentator, National Budget, Cable News Network • Member, Board of Directors of the Trinidad & Tobago Family
(September) Planning Association
• Lecturer, “Race and National Unity”, NUGFW Symposium on • Member, Population Council of Trinidad & Tobago
“Ethnicity, Racism and Workers’ Solidarity”, Port-of-Spain • Member, Regional Technical Advisory Group on Cervical
(November 7, 2005) Cancer
• Assistant Secretary, Trinidad & Tobago Economics Association • Vice Chairman, Trinidad & Tobago Vision 2020 sub-committee
• Commented on “White Paper: Reform of the Financial Sector in on HIV/AIDS
Trinidad & Tobago” • HEU and Department Representative, Planning Committee for
the Regional Ageing Network
• HEU Representative, the Caribbean Regional Network for
R. Hosein People Living with HIV/AIDS Global Fund Project
• Member, Vision 2020 team in the field of Tertiary education • HEU and Department Representing, Planning Committee for
• Member, Labour Market Council of Trinidad & Tobago the Annual HIV/AIDS Symposium – sponsored by the NACC
D. Pantin
D. Mahabir • Chairman, Regulated Industries Commission of Trinidad &
• Liaison, Standard & Poors (S&P), on Trinidad & Tobago’s Tobago
upgrade • Deputy Chairman, Organisation of Caribbean Utility Regulators
• Commentator, Today’s Money Ltd., Jamaica, on Development in • Deputy Chairman, Constitution Reform Forum of Trinidad &
the Trinidad & Tobago Economy Tobago
• Budget Analyser, Radio stations Power 102FM and 100.7, and
TV stations CNC 3, TV6 and CNMB
• Commentator, Analysis of Inflation and policy responses, S. Teelucksingh
Express Daily Newspaper • Lecturer, “A Place for the Environment in the Development of
• Lecturer, St. Joseph’s Convent and Lakshmi Girls High School, Trinidad & Tobago” at Forum entitled “Poverty in Prosperity”,
on the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) held in South Trinidad (January 2006)
• Lecturer, The University of the West Indies Hindu Society,
Hinduism and Orthodox Economic Analysis - Conflict or
Convergence? K. Theodore
• Board Member, National AIDS Coordinating Committee (NACC)
- policy monitoring and development with respect to National
G. McGuire HIV/AIDS Strategic Plan
• Member, Board of Directors, TTPOST • Commissioner, Caribbean Commission on Health and
• Member, Board of Governors, CARICOM Climate Change Centre Development (CCHD) - prepared two papers for Final Report to
Heads of Government
• Member, Multi-Sectoral Taskforce for Vision 2020, Ministry of
Planning and Development - contributed to development of
initial Vision Statement to guide the process
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public & professional service of staff
Department of Management Studies A. Lewis
• Member, Board of Directors of the Trinidad & Tobago Hospital-
ity and Tourism Institute, Tobago Campus
S. Arjoon • Member, Board of Directors, Scripture Union of Trinidad &
• Vice President, Trinidad & Tobago Economics Associa- Tobago, St. Augustine
tion • Member, Committee to assess the Draft Secondary School
• Ad Hoc Referee for the following journals: Social Studies Curriculum (Forms 4 & 5) for the Ministry of
- Journal of Management Studies, UK Education, Trinidad – selected by the Dean of the Faculty of
- Journal of Business Ethics, Netherlands Social Sciences, UWI St. Augustine
- Social and Economic Studies, Jamaica • Student Advisory Liaison Officer, Department of Management
- Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies, Barbados Studies
• Adjudicator, Ministry of Tourism “Pen Your Passion” Essay
R. G. Baptiste Writing Competition (July 2006)
• Consultant, Water and Sewerage Authority, re the establish-
ment of the Water Institute of Trinidad and Tobago (2006) B. Pacheco
• Consultant, National Insurance Property Development Co. Ltd., • Coordinator, Departmental Seminar Series
re the establishment of a system for Performance Manage- • Course Writer, Distance Education Course Package (MKTG 2001
ment (2005) – Principles of Marketing)
• Consultant, Port Authority of Trinidad & Tobago, re the Port’s • Faculty Representative, Student Liaison Committee
restructuring (2005) • Secretary, Fulbright Alumni Association of Trinidad & Tobago
S. Fraser M. Raghunandan
• Member, Faculty Distance Education Committee • Member, CXC National Committee of Trinidad & Tobago
• Member, UWI Bookshop Management Committee
L. A. Jordan-Miller • Department Representative, Faculty Entrance Committee
• Board Director, Trinidad Restaurant, Hotel and Tourism • Department Representative, Faculty Students Liaison
Association (July 2006-present) Committee
• Board Director, Inter-School/Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, • Assisted CAPE on Examination matters
Curepe (Jan. 2004-present)
• Member, ISO/TC 228 Technical Committee on Tourism and P. Ramlakhan
Related Services (June 2006-present) • Director, Credit Union Stabilization Fund of Trinidad & Tobago
• Allied Member, Caribbean Hotel Association (May 2006- • Director, Financial Engineering Designs and Solutions
present) • Participant, Radio programme on finance and investment
• Member, Faculty of Social Sciences Events and Prizes Commit-
tee (Sept. 2005-present) E. Simms
• Chairman, Methodist School Board of Management, Trinidad &
Tobago
• Member, Board of Directors, Trinidad and Tobago Hospitality
and Tourism Institute
• Chairman, Academic Committee, Trinidad and Tobago
Hospitality and Tourism Institute
• Member of Council, Institute of Banking and Finance of
Trinidad & Tobago
• Member, Board of Directors, UWI Press
• Chairman, Management Group, UWI Bookshop and Central
Stationery Stores, St. Augustine Campus
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CENTRES AND UNITS I. Ramdhanie
• Member/Representative, Centre for Criminology and Criminal
Justice, Cabinet Appointed Inter-Ministerial Committee to
ANSA McAL Psychological Treat with Ex-Prisoners, Ministry of Social Development,
Research Centre Trinidad & Tobago• Member/Representative, Centre for Criminology and Criminal
• Member, Mediation Board of Trinidad & Tobago Justice, Cabinet Appointed Parole Introduction Committee,
Ministry of National Security, Trinidad & Tobago
• Member/Representative, Centre for Criminology and Criminal
Centre for Criminology Justice, Vision 2020 Sub-Committee on National Security andPhysical Safety, Ministry of National Security, Trinidad & Tobago
and Criminal Justice
R. Deosaran Centre for Gender Studies
• Member, Ethics Committee, Ministry of Health, Trinidad and
Tobago G. Hosein
• Chairman, Joint Select Committee of Parliament to Enquire • Advisor, Young Women’s Christian Association (YMCA), on the
and Report on Service Commissions and Municipal introduction of Gender Training Programme
Corporations (with the exception of the Judicial and Legal
Services Commission), Trinidad and Tobago D. McFee
• Independent Senator, appointed by the His Excellency the
• Trainer, Civilian Conservation Corps, Gender Sensitivity Training
President, Republic of Trinidad & Tobago to the Eight
Programme, Ministry of National Security
Parliamentary Session
• Vice Chairman and Advisor, Caribbean Task Force on
Community Policing established by the Association of P. Mohammed
Caribbean Commissioners of Police (ACCP), Barbados • Member, President’s Committee for National Self-Discovery
• Advisor, CARICOM Regional Task Force on Crime and Security, • Member, Executive Council Caribbean Studies Association
based in Trinidad & Tobago • Membership on editorial boards of the following journals:
• Advisor, Government of St. Lucia’s National Crime Commission - Caribbean Review of Gender Studies (Online Open Access
• Member, Editorial Board, A Critical Journal of Crime, Law and Journal of the CGDS)
Society (April 2003-present) - CGDS Cave Hill Working Paper Series
• Editorial Consultant/Reviewer, Police Practice and Research: An - Feminist Review
International Journal (November 2000-present) - Global Networks, A Journal of Transnational Affairs
• Editor, Caribbean Journal of Criminology and Social - Small Axe: A Journal of Caribbean Criticism
Psychology (January 1996-present)
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public & professional service of staff
R.E. Reddock Health Economics Unit
• Member, Mt. Hope Patients Trust Fund • Participant, UWI HARP Research Meeting at Mona Business
• Member, President’s Committee for National Self Discovery School, Jamaica - held to formulate a research agenda which
• Member, Editorial Board Feminist Africa, African Gender will inform the response programmes to HIV at the local and
Institute, University of Cape Town regional levels (January 2006)
• Contributing Editor, WADA BAGEI: A Journal of the Caribbean • Member, National Health Insurance (NHIS) Steering Committee
and its Diaspora • Participant, Extraordinary Meeting of the Project Management
• Contributing Editor, Gender and Society Group & Project Advisory Group of the Strengthening the
• Associate Editor, Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Institutional Response to HIV/AIDS/STI in the Caribbean
Ethnic Studies (SIRHASC) Project in the Dominican Republic - presentation of
• Membership on editorial boards of the following journals: reports by the implementing agencies (September 2005)
- Caribbean Journal of Social Sciences (Online Open Access • Member, Regional Technical Advisory Group on Cervical
Journal- Faculty of Social Sciences) Cancer
- Caribbean Review of Gender Studies (Online Open Access • Member, Board of Directors of the Trinidad & Tobago Family
Journal of the CGDS) Planning Association
- Feminist Economics • Member, International Social Security Association (2003-
- Gender, Science and Technology present)
- Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power • Member, Vision 2020 HIV/AIDS Sub-committee, Ministry of
- Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies Planning and Development
Cocoa Research Unit National Herbarium
D. Butler
• Reviewer, Tropical Agriculture Journal Y. Comeau
• Member, Committee for the establishment of a Biodiversity • Council Member, International Pteridological Society (2005-
Centre 2011)
• Member, International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) panel of • Member, Herbal Sub-committee, Drug Advisory Committee of
experts on fine or flavour cocoa the Chemistry, Food and Drug Division, Ministry of Health
• Member, Caribbean Association of Researchers and Herbal
Practitioners (CARAPA)
• Member, Wildlife Conservation Committee (WLCC), Wildlife
F. Bekele Section of the Forestry Division, Ministry of Public Utilities and
• Editor, INGENIC Publications the Environment
• Reviewer, Tropical Agriculture Journal, Trinidad • Member, Advisory Committee to the Minister of Legal Affairs
for the Protection of Plant Varieties and Species
• Member, Global Strategy for Plant Conservation Committee,
A. D. Iwaro Ministry of Public Utilities and the Environment
• Technical Coordinator (CRU), CFC/ICCO/IPGRI cocoa productiv- • Member, Management Committee for the Aripo Savannas
ity and quality improvement project Strict Nature Reserve, appointed by the EMA (March 2006)
• Reviewer, Tropical Agriculture Journal, Trinidad • Member, Working Group to develop a National Herbal Institute
• Reviewer, Crop Protection, UK of Trinidad & Tobago
D. Sukar
• Technical Coordinator (CRU), CFC/ICCO/INIAP cocoa flavour
project
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public & professional service of staff
Sir Arthur Lewis Institute R. E. Mohais
of Social and Economic Studies • Member, American Geophysical Union• Member, American Mathematical Society
• Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
G. St. Bernard
• Member, Cabinet-appointed Population Council of Trinidad & R. E. A. Robertson
Tobago • Vice-Chair of Working Group 3: Warning, Dissemination and
Communication of the IOC Intergovernmental Coordination
Seismic Research Unit Group for the Tsunami and other Coastal Hazards Warning
System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE –
EWS)
S. Edwards • Member, Board of Directors of the Montserrat Volcano
• Member, International Geoscience Education Organisation Observatory
Council • Member, Technical Advisory Team on Disaster Management in
• Member, International Oceanographic Commission  (IOCARIBE) Trinidad & Tobago
Working Group 4 • Member, The Montserrat Scientific Advisory Committee
• Member, The University School Parent-Teacher-Network • Member, International Association of Volcanology and
Executive Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior
• Member, The University School Association • Member, American Geophysical Union
• Member, Geological Society of London
N. Fournier
• Member, International Association of Volcanology and Sustainable Economic Development Unit
Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior
• Member, American Geophysical Union
M. Attzs
E. P. Joseph • Consultant, InterAmerican Development Bank (Washington) -
primary role to coordinate the Natural Disasters Network in the
• Member, International Association of Volcanology and
Sustainable Development Dep’t of the IDB
Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior
• Coordinator, the Caribbean’s submission for consideration
• Member, American Geophysical Union
under the IDB’s Regional Public Goods initiative to mainstream
• Member, International Volcanic Health Hazard Network
Disaster Risk Management in the regional Tourism Industry
J. L. Latchman W. Rennie
• Member, Geological Society of Trinidad & Tobago • Project Manager, Organisation of Caribbean Utility Regulators’
• Member, Seismological Society of America pursuit of the establishment and sustained operations of a
Regulatory Research Centre that is university-based and which
L. Lynch will facilitate both research and the training/teaching agenda
• Member, The University School Council
• Member, APETT sub-committee for seismic provision for the
Building Code
• Member, Intergovernmental Oceanic Commission Tsunami
Group of Experts
• Member, Working Group 2: Monitoring and Detection Systems,
Warning Guidance of the IOC Intergovernmental Coordination
Group for the Tsunami and other Coastal Hazards Warning
System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE –
EWS)
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