Members of the Council of The UWI), along with guests met on Friday April 29 at The UWI St. Augustine Campus for what is considered the Council’s annual business meeting. At the meeting, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles presented the Vice-Chancellor’s Report to the Council on the major advancements across The UWI's four campuses during the last academic year and articulated his “Triple A Vision” for rekindling the activist university.

1. The Activist University: Rekindling the Caribbean Spirit
Presentation to University Council
April 29, 2016
Hilary McD Beckles
Vice-Chancellor

2. REAFFIRMING OUR ACTIVISM
• To Serve is to LEAD
• Empowering Engaged Citizens
• Sovereignty and Self-reliance
• Strategic Repositioning of Region
• Rekindling the Caribbean Spirit

3. LEADERSHIPTEAM

4. FORUM ON THE FUTURE OF THE CARIBBEAN
• May 5 – 7, 2015, Trinidad and Tobago.
Theme: Disruptive Thinking, Bold Action,
Practical Outcomes.
“… we must be prepared to open our
minds to new ideas, and to thinking
differently. Allowing ourselves to be
shaken out of our conventional thinking
modes and approaches is an essential
prerequisite in our quest for the future
development of the Region.”
Amb. Irwin Larocque
Secretary General, CARICOM

5. WEALTH CREATION AND CAPACITY
CONSCIOUSNESS
• Sluggish Recession Recovery
• 4th Phase of Industrialisation
• Stabilisation vs growth vs development
• Increasing poverty
• Campuses and Countries

6. IMF DOWNGRADES WORLD ECONOMIC
OUTLOOK FOR 2016

7. % Change in GDP (2015) and Projected % Change (2016)
2015 2016
Antigua and Barbuda 3.2 3.8
The Bahamas 1.5 2.4
Barbados 0.5 1.0
Belize 1.7 2.7
Dominica -2.7 5.2
Grenada 3.4 2.4
Jamaica 1.0 1.5
St. Kitts & Nevis 5.2 4.7
Saint Lucia 1.3 1.0
St. Vincent & the Grenadines 1.0 2.1
Trinidad and Tobago 0.2 0.6
Source:
ECLAC Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean. http://
repositorio.cepal.org/bitstream/handle/11362/39559/S1501386_en.pdf?sequence=94

8. POST 2015 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

9. BUILDING A 21ST CENTURY HIGHER
EDUCATION SYSTEM
• Expand, modernise, rationalise
• New Higher Education Regional System
• Competition and Capacity Building
• Foreign Institutions Initiative

10. INTERNAL ADJUSTMENTS
• COLLEGE OF THE UWI SYSTEM (CUWI)
• The UWI has invited all Governments already committed to establishing a
university college, to do so within The UWI system. The UWI has
declared its commitment to working with Governments in facilitating this
process
• Discussions have been held with inter alia:
• Antigua State College
• Sir Arthur Lewis Community College
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College
• MICO University College
• Jamaica Teachers’ Colleges
• Bethlehem Teachers’ College
• Response by the Colleges to the initiative, has been affirmative and
encouraging.
• Draft Ordinance prepared for consideration by appropriate University
Committees

11. CUWI
PVC BUS leads delegation to
Antigua for discussions with the
Government of Antigua and
Barbuda

12. MOBILISATION AND DEVELOPMENT
• New Ideas for Industry Initiatives
• Engaging CARICOM,HEIs and International Development
Partners
• 2030 Sustainable Development Goals
• Innovation, Research and Economic Resilience

13. NEW IDEAS FOR INDUSTRY INITIATIVES
International Breadfruit Conference, St. Augustine
July 2015
• International forum for sharing information on
entrepreneurial, research and development
activities that support increased utilisation of
breadfruit and breadnut for food and nutrition
security,
• Attended by regional and international
organisations: entrepreneurs in the food and
agriculture sector, including rural communities
• Highlighted research and development, product
utilisation and value chain activities
• forum for, to discuss key issues affecting the
commercial potential of breadfruit and breadnut,
• Provided opportunities for networking among public
and private sectors, rural communities and research
institutions.

14. INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC ALIGNMENT
• Relevance of Research
• Commercialisation of Campuses
• Professor of Practice
• Economic Failure of Wealth Inequality
• Academic Advocacy and Industry: New Paradigm

15. RESEARCH / INDUSTRY ALIGNMENT
• Cocoa Research Unit
• Project funded by the ACP Science & Technology Programme for
the establishment of an International Fine Cocoa Innovation
Centre - a modern processing facility to showcase and train
cocoa farmers in the emerging technologies to produce the best
quality cocoa, and also a cocoa factory to develop, brand and
find markets for the chocolate products produced.
• This is an excellent example of linking research to development of
an industry.

16. AUWI ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
PLAN FOR THE REGION
Establish a UWI Growth Commission

17. UWI-PANAMA LINK
• President of Panama, H.E. Juan
Carlos Varela visited the Cave Hill
campus on July 3, 2015 as part of his
meeting with the CARICOM Heads of
Government.
• Panama is seeking to send abroad
2,000 teachers each year for the next
four years, and about 1,300 students
annually to learn English
• Principal Barriteau assured the
President of The UWI’s proven
capacity to deliver English as a 2nd
Language
• 40 students currently at Cave Hill
PVC and Principal Professor
Eudine Barriteau greets H.E. Juan
Carlos Varela at their meeting at
the Cave Hill campus on July 3,
2015
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS

18. UWI-SUNY COLLABORATION
• Joint projects already
underway in several
areas:
• Marine Sciences
• Environmental Sciences
and Climate Change
• Health
• Distance Education
• Proposal being developed for a UWI-SUNY Centre for
Caribbean Leadership and Sustainable Development
• Centre will offer
• Double degrees at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels
• Joint research
• Professional training – certificate and continuing adult education

19. UWI-NEW BRUNSWICK COLLABORATION
• Double Degree (Msc) in Sports
Science in collaboration with
University of New Brunswick
• First graduates presented at Cave
Hill’s graduation ceremonies on
October 17, 2015

20. UWI-CHINA
GLOBAL INSTITUTE OF SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY (GIST)
• Agreement signed with Suzhou University for the establishment
of an Institute for Software Technology to be located at The
UWI
• Team visited in February to finalise curriculum and assess
infrastructure requirements to begin delivery in September
2016

21. AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE INSTITUTE SIGNED

22. UWI-SOPHIA COLLABORATION
• MOU signed on September 30, 2015 in the presence of the
Hon. Portia Simpson-Miller and H.E. Shinzo Abe, Prime
Ministers of Jamaica and Japan respectively. The MOU will
facilitate:
• Faculty/student exchanges
• 8 UWI students spent January
2016 in Japan on a short study
programme
• Joint research
• Faculty members from St.
Augustine will be spending time
at Sophia during this summer
conduction research
• Joint conferences

23. UK (BFUWI)
• Meetings held at Imperial
College regarding STEM
initiative
• BFUWI supporting STEM
coaching club for
Caribbean students in the
UK preparing for GCSE
examinations

24. THEACTIVIST UNIVERSITY
• Sargassum Threat: Tourism and Marine Economy
• Sargassum Conference, August 2015
• CERMES provides leadership
• Stakeholders Workshop
• SEA (Sargassum Emergency Agency)

25. REGIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ZIKA
• Regional Symposium held on March 4-5, 2016 in
Barbados
• Attended by:
• UWI Task Force (experts in: Health; Environment; Economics)
• CARICOM Secretariat, two Ministers (Health – Barbados; Tourism - Guyana)
• Technical experts from regional Ministries
• Caribbean Tourism Organization
• International health agencies: WHO/PAHO, CARPHA, CDC
• Diplomatic corps, US Congress

26. Damage wrought by Tropical Storm Erika in Dominica,August 2015
DOMINICA: UWI IN ACTION

27. DOMINICA: UWI IN ACTION
• Technical team led by Mr.
Jeremy Collymore and
comprising engineers, water
conservation experts sent in to
assist the Government of
Dominica and be involved in a
World Bank led reconstruction
effort.
• Report submitted with
recommendations for future
action.
• Thanks to PVC Wayne Hunte
for coordinating this effort and
to the Principal (Ag) of the
Open Campus, Dr. Luz
Longsworth and her team.

28. RALLY ‘ROUND DOMINICA!
• WICB-UWI Charity Match held at the
Kensington Oval on Saturday, September 26
• Fabulous support from regional sporting stars
– Brian Lara, Sir Curtley Ambrose, Stephanie
Taylor, Yohann Blake….
• Thanks to everyone who made this possible.
• It was a wonderful spirit of camaraderie in
support of Dominica.

29. DIABETES REVERSAL STUDIES IN BARBADOS
• Path-breaking work done by Professor Nigel
Unwin, CDRC in collaboration with Prof. Roy
Taylor from Newcastle University
• Study started in Barbados in January 2015
• Focussed on patients with Type II diabetes
between the ages of 20 and 70
• Partners: UWI (CDRC), Virgin Unite,
Diabetes Association of Barbados, Newcastle
University

30. FOOD SECURITY
• UWI Centre for Food Security and
Entrepreneurship (CFSE)
• Capacity Building of Artisan Chocolate
Manufacturers in the Caribbean
• Cocoa Research Unit at St.
Augustine
• Cassava Flour Project at Mona
Prof. Leonard. O’Garro
Executive Director
UWI Centre for Food Security and Entrepreneurship
Prof. Path Umaharan
Executive Director
Cocoa Research Centre
Dr. Ian Thompson
Principal Researcher
Cassava Flour Project

31. AGRICULTURE INNOVATION PARK,
ORANGE GROVE
• Partnership with the People’s Republic of China

32. RENEWABLE ENERGY
• ENERGY CRISIS ACROSS ALL CAMPUSES
• Cross-campus Research Cluster
• Efforts being made to reduce energy costs and examine
alternative, renewable energy sources
• Co-generation plant at Mona (China to assist with
completion to provide increased service to the campus)

33. WATER MANAGEMENT : MONA
Well being drilled on College Common that will
supply the Mona Campus’ water needs.
Collaboration with North Star Industries

34. UN SG at Fora on Youth, Sustainable Development
• On July 3, 2016 The UWI, hosted
an historic encounter between
the Secretary-General of the
United Nations and youth of the
region.
• Students were joined by video-
conference and other electronic
means from the campuses in
Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and
Tobago and from UWI Open
campus sites across the region.
• The Secretary General engaged
students on issues such as
climate change, crime and
violence, youth unemployment,
youth participation and NCDs.
FOCUS ON THE YOUTH

35. EMPOWERING YOUTH
• On April 9, 2015, The UWI
was the site for an historic
meeting between President
Barack Obama and Heads of
Government of CARICOM.
• The President also met with
students in a Town Hall
meeting on the Mona
Campus

36. OPEN CAMPUS BSC ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
• The programme will provide specific competencies required for
effective youth development work that will enable beginners as
well as experienced practitioners to develop and/or refine their
skills in Youth Development Work, particularly in developing,
implementing and evaluating policies and plans on behalf of
youth to ensure responsiveness to youth needs.

37. REACHING OUT…..
• Mona Social Services Project
• Greater August Town Film Festival
• Excellent response within Jamaica
• Project has been transported to Europe
and to Latin America

38. THE ETHICAL UNIVERSITY
• Toronto SickKids’ Global Child
Health Initiative
• 28 nurses from six countries in
the Caribbean – The Bahamas,
Barbados, Jamaica, St. Lucia,
St. Vincent & the Grenadines,
and Trinidad & Tobago.
• The program will enhance their
knowledge and skills to
effectively manage paediatric
cancers and blood disorders
like sickle cell disease.
• SickKids honoured at Toronto
Gala in 2014
Dr. Oscar Ocho, Head,
UWISON, St. Augustine

39. TRANSITIONAL LIVING PROGRAMME – OPEN CAMPUS
• Facility for children in state
care funded by USAID –
total of US$5.28M
• Separate residential
facilities for girls and boys
transitioning out of state
care.
• Ground-breaking
ceremony, November 2015

40. PROMOTING GLOBAL SOCIAL JUSTICE
• Distinguished Lecture at Harvard
University, January 2016
• Presentation and Book Signing at
Congressional Black Caucus
• Symposium hosted by Medgar Evers
College
• Lecture at University of Oxford

41. LEADING GLOBAL REPARATIONS

42. We need to increase the
functional coherence of our
institution and go into the wider
world with one voice and one
identity – a unified intellectual
force to serve Caribbean peoples
and the wider world, in the most
efficient and practical way.
Professor Sir Hilary Beckles
Vice-Chancellor
The University of the West Indies

43. ONE UWI TASK FORCE
Terms of Reference
• To review the Meeks Report (2011) with a view to seeing what follow-up action
is needed
• To examine all major administrative processes that relate to students, staff and
other stakeholders to determine the level of harmony and consistency
• To review our Enterprise Solutions that is, Banner Students and Finance and
PeopleSoft etc to determine the level of harmony and consistency.
• To make such recommendation as deemed as necessary to promote the
concept of the ONE UWI.
• To support strategies that will promote the perception by internal and external
communities of the ONE UWI.

44. ONE UWI TASK FORCE – CO-CHAIRS
• Dr. Wendy Grenade – Cave Hill
• Professor Densil Williams, Mona
• Dr. Joel Warrican, Open
• Dr. Hamid Ghany, St. Augustine

45. OPEN CAMPUS TASK FORCE
• Terms of Reference
• Examine and make recommendations on the
governance of the Open Campus and the extent to
which its current makeup is appropriate to discharge
its mandate
• Examine the current funding model of the Open
Campus and make recommendations for its
sustainability
• Examine the need for online, distance and outreach
education in the Caribbean and make
recommendations for the structures and strategies
required to fulfil those needs, and
• Re-evaluate the role and the functioning of the Open
Campus vis-a-vis the other three campuses and in
such Caribbean where University Colleges of The UWI
will be established,
Professor Alvin Wint
Chair
Open Campus Task Force

46. OPEN CAMPUS TASK FORCE UPDATE
• The Task Force has met regularly since September 2015.
• Consultations have been held with stakeholders within
and outside the University and a website was developed
to facilitate the receipt of inputs from any member of staff
interested in providing a perspective with respect to its
terms of reference. Website: http://www.uwi.edu/
opentaskforce
• Draft Report to be submitted to this Council Meeting.

47. NEW PARADIGM FOR COMMUNICATING
WITH STAKEHOLDERS
• Streaming and Screaming
• Broadcasting and Boasting
• UWI TV
• Diasporas as Domestic
• Meet the Media: Pressing the Press
• Principals and Public Relations
UWI TV

48. UWI TV
• MOU with Caribbean Media Corporation being finalised:
• Facilitates cooperation between the UWI and CMC in the creation
of a media platform for the promotion of the UWI in its regional and
global context
• Explores, creates and enhances opportunities for the promotion of
the UWI by assuring dedicated broadcast time for UWI
programming – coverage of conferences, symposia, distinguished
lectures, etc.
• Will also allow for co‐production opportunities between the parties
in the area of film, television and digital media.
• Broadcasts will begin in July 2016

49. ENGAGING WITH THE MEDIA
• All Presentations by Principals to Campus Council
Meeting will be streamed live and will accessible by the
media
• Press Conferences immediately after the meetings to
engage the media on issues of importance

50. CROSS CAMPUS TEACHING
• Revolution in Teaching
• Beginning with Caribbean Civilization in September
2016, foundation courses will be taught across
campuses with all students receiving lectures, tutorials,
and instruction from other campuses. This will be
followed by other Foundation Courses.

51. CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE IN SPORT:
FACULTY OF SPORT?

52. INAUGURAL UWI VICE-CHANCELLOR
ALUMNI SPORTS EXEMPLAR AWARD
Inaugural Award conferred on
The Hon. Usain Bolt OJ
October 29, 2015
• The award will be conferred
upon persons demonstrating:
• The highest commitment to quality
and excellence in their field,
• Positive values and principles of
good sportsmanship,
• Involvement in community and
youth activities during the
preceding three-year period of the
nomination.
• The following criteria will be
considered:
• Leadership/ Role Model in the field
• Driven by high standards
• Youth-centred
• Results oriented

53. EXPANDING AND MODERNISING OUR LAND
CAMPUSES
• Modernising for the Future:
• Mona on the Move (MoBay and
beyond)
• Cave Hill goes to Town (City Campus)
• St. Augustine goes South (Penal-
Debe)
• Crisis: Old Plant Syndrome (Public
Hospitals)

54. CAVE HILL – PARADISE PARK
Usain Bolt Sports Complex

55. ST.AUGUSTINE – PENAL-DEBE

56. UWI AS A NET CONTRIBUTOR TO HOST
COUNTRIES
• Moore report conducted in 2014 demonstrates clearly the
net contribution made by The UWI to Barbados’ economy
• Similar studies to be done in Jamaica and Trinidad and
Tobago
• Reality: The UWI is a full partner in development and not
a cost centre

57. THE MOORE REPORT
• Cave Hill Campus’ earnings of foreign exchange are almost 5 times that
of the sugar industry and just $11 million less than the earnings from the
entire rum industry.
• Estimated that the Campus accounted for 1.7 % of the Barbados Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) in 2009. By 2012 and 2013, this estimate had
risen to 2.2 % of GDP, approximately 0.5 of a percentage point higher
than in 2009.
• Study estimates that Cave Hill Campus generates approximately $200
million in additional economic activity on average (over 2 percent of
national GDP), and an estimated $80 million in foreign exchange
annually.
• The Cave Hill Campus is estimated to have generated approximately
$191 million in gross value added activities in 2013
• Campus’ overseas students would have contributed an estimated $43.8
million to overall national expenditure in the same year or approximately
0.5 % of GDP

58. Table 1
Student Registration by Campus, forAcademicYear 2014/15, as atApril 4, 2016
*Mona / Cave Hill do not include TLI’s
Source: Student Administrative System | Prepared by: Office of the University CIO

59. Table 2:
Undergraduate Student Registration by Campus forAcademic Years 2010/11 –
2014/15
as atApril 4, 2016
*Mona / Cave Hill do not include TLI’s
Source: Banner Student Administrative System | Prepared by: Office of the University CIO

60. Table 3
Postgraduate Student Registration by Campus forAcademic Years 2010/11 –
2014/15
as atApril 4, 2016

61. STRATEGIC PLANNING
• Visions, Budgets and
Operations
• Review of 2012-2017 Strategic
Plan
• Defining the 2017- 2022
Strategic Plan
• Alignment, Efficiency and
Accountability
• Rekindling the Spirit of
Responsibility and Self-reliance

63. STRATEGIC PLAN 2017-2022
Triple “A” Vision
• widening Access to tertiary education
• greater Alignment and
• Alertness to global possibilities.

64. AFUWI GALA, FEBRUARY 2016

65. TORONTO GALA,APRIL 2, 2016

66. DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI SERVING GLOBALLY
Dr. Renn Holness
• Will be honoured by the Canadian
Neurological Society with the Lifetime
Achievement Award in Quebec at the CNSS
Congress June 21-24, 2016.
• He is the first neurosurgeon in Canada to
perform fetal tissue transplants for
Parkinson's disease (1992).
• Former Dean of the UWI Clinical Training
Programme, Mona
Dr. Rosemarie Moodie
• African Canadian Achievement Award for
Excellence in Science.
• Dr Moodie spent 25 years as a neonatologist
and clinical teacher at Sick Kids, serves as a
Director on the Board of PACE, and is former
head of the Toronto YWCA.
• She is also a recipient of the Constance
Hamilton Award Moodie
• Has also served at Toronto SickKids
Hospital.

67. LAUNCH OF UWI GLOBAL GIVING WEEK

68. “EMANCIPATE, EDUCATE, DONATE”

69. Thank you!