The University of the West Indies
St. Augustine Campus
Submission to the Ministry of Tertiary Education and Skills Training
Planned Programmes/Projects 2013/2014
Theme
Details of Activities
Expansion of Physical Capacity
Expansion of teaching and learning facilities, and office space:
1. Construction of the South Campus
2. Upgrade and expansion of Canada Hall
3. Senior common Room Upgrade and Expansion
4. Centre for Spiritual Life
5. Expansion of the School of Dentistry at the Faculty of Medical Sciences
6. New Bui lding for the Department of Creative and Festival Arts
7. Republic Bank building/ Commercial Parking Structure
8. Development of a Master Plan for the Orange Grove Campus
Teaching and Learning
Areas of priority:
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Continuous Curriculum Renewal,
with
each department ensuring that learning
outcomes and teaching and assessment methods are in line with the competencies and
characteristics of the distinctive UWI graduate.
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Implementation of the proposal for the development of Student Learning Outcomes
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Proposals for Programme Development :
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Theme
Details of Activities
Undergraduate – BA. Journalism, B.Sc. Geography, B.Sc. Math &Education , B.Sc. Biology
and Education, B.Sc. Physics and Education, B.Sc. Biomedical Technology, B.Sc.
Criminology
Postgraduate – M.Sc. Bio-Medical Physics and Bio Engineering, M.Sc. Renewable Energy
Technology
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Strengthening new faculties and departments – the re-engineering of the current
department of Behavioural Sciences; the intensification of the science and technology
capacity in the new Faculty of Science and Technology to drive national and regional
innovation systems; the emphasizing of food production towards improvement in food
security through strategic areas such as
agronomy, livestock production and
downstream food processing in the new Faculty of Food and Agriculture
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Deepening of the Blended Learning Initiative
to enhance teaching, learning and
research
Student Centredness
Continuous effort in creating a supportive, safe and secure environment for students through
specific initiatives
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Academic Advising
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Implementation of the First Year Experience Programme as the revised approach to
enhance orientation support to students
Graduate Studies
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Development of an integrated student services system
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Review and assessment of policies on graduate studies to facilitate the design and
implementation of an improved administrative system to support the enrolment of
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Theme
Details of Activities
postgraduate students
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Strengthening of efforts to increase the number of graduate full-time research
students
Research and Innovation
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Hosting of a Research Day to showcase impactful, enterprising research programmes and
projects
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Second call for proposals under the Research Impact and Development Fund with a
view to achieving greater impact and relevance to national and regional needs
Marketing and Branding
Funding the Enterprise
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Strengthening of administrative systems for support of research innovation
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Emphasis on moving innovative projects to commercialization
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Continuous circulation of publications – UWI Today, Pelican and STAN
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Continuing the series of Distinguished Lectures, Disciplinary conferences and workshops
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Continuous upgrade of the Campus Website
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Implementation of the Social Media Policy
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Support to various activities/events
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UWI SPEC 10th Anniversary Half Marathon
Research Expo & Symposium
Sports Conference (inaugural)
Communications Studies Conference (inaugural)
CIMFAUNA Conference (International Congress on the
Management of Amazonian and Latin American Wildlife)
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Expansion of income generating activities with emphasis on concessionaires, rental of
spaces and revenue generating graduate programmes
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Theme
Details of Activities
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increased engagement of private sector to identify opportunities for collaboration in
business.
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Other areas of effort will be targeted at cost containment and increased resource
mobilization through increased sensitization of staff on cost containment, and
rationalization of procurement practices to achieve cost savings
Employee Engagement and Development
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Initiate service quality enhancement programmes to improve the work culture and
processes towards student centredness and customer service at all levels
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Support for leadership and organizational development training activities with particular
emphasis on a competency- based management system
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Collaboration with the University Registrar on a university –wide initiatives to strengthen
strategic human resource management
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Theme
Details of Activities
Outreach
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Fundraising - Development of a Fundraising strategy for the St. Augustine Campus aimed at
increasing non-state contributions, including development of Fundraising tools (materials,
messages, etc.) and identification of priority target areas and targets.
Alumni Affairs - deepening Alumni relations through the development of a comprehensive
alumni registry and an alumni strategic engagement plan .
Internationalization
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Establishment of the Confucius Institute
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Continuation of the ‘UWI Discover Series’ as part of the Internationalization Agenda to
expose participants –staff and students to the countries of Brazil, Russia, India, China
and South Africa as global leading powers
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Continuation of the Caribbean Pacific Islands Mobility Scheme (CARPIMS) facilitating staff
and student mobilities
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