Two graduates of The University of the West Indies (UWI) have won the Rhodes scholarships for 2013. Vincent Taylor, a 22-year-old computer scientist from the Mona campus of The UWI, won the Jamaican Rhodes award, while Trinidadian Cornelius Kiron Neale, also 22, of the St Augustine campus, copped the Commonwealth Caribbean scholarship.
The University of the West Indies’ Regional Endowment Fund (UWIREF) has awarded full scholarships valued at a total of US$45,000 to six regional students for the academic year 2012-2013.
The recipients of the 2012-2013 UWIREF scholarships, which will cover tuition, living expenses and other incidentals are: Kenlyn Garraway and Denisha Hector of
The UWI, Mona-Western Jamaica Campus has organized an Open House for 6th formers and guidance counsellors on Thursday, November 29 starting at 9 am. There will be a special Guidance Counsellors' Seminar at 9 am to provide information on the range of programmes offered at UWI, Mona
The UWI, Mona-Western Jamaica Campus Open House on Wednesday, November 28 is designed for 5th form students, their parents and teachers. There will be a display of the range of programme offerings at the UWI, Mona-Western Jamaica Campus and counsellors on hand to give advice.
Neurological Diseases is the topic for discussion at the 18th annual Conference of the Association of Clinical Pathologists. The Conference is being organized with the Department of Pathology, The UWI, Mona and is slated to take place on Sunday, November 25, 2012 at 8:30 am at the
“Why We Are Poor” is the topic for discussion at the public Lecture hosted by the Department of Economics, UWI, Mona. Dr. Damien King, Senior Lecturer and Head of the department will deliver the Lecture. The event is slated for Thursday, November 22, 2012 at 5 pm at the Und
The Caribbean Child Development Centre (CCDC) at the Open Campus, The UWI in partnership with the Childhood and Youth Research Institute at the Anglia Ruskin University in England, will present a special public lecture entitled, “Children’s Rights, Gang Culture and Citizenship: Emp
The sixth annual Edward Baugh Lecture which will be delivered by Professor Carolyn Cooper is entitled, “Islands Beyond Envy: Finding Our Tongue in the Creole-Anglophone Caribbean”. The Lecture is scheduled to take place on Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 6:00pm at the Philip Sh
The sixth annual Edward Baugh Lecture which will be delivered by Professor Carolyn Cooper is entitled, “Islands Beyond Envy: Finding Our Tongue in the Creole-Anglophone Caribbean”. The Lecture is scheduled to take place on Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 6:00pm at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts, The UWI, Mona. The university and
The Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM) and the Caribbean Institute for Media and Communications will host the co-launch the Mona ICT Policy Centre and the book, “Ringtones of Opportunities: Policy, Technology and Access in Caribbean Communications”. The event is sch
The University of the West Indies, Mona will award over 140 employees for their dedicated service to the University during its Long Service Ceremony. Employees who have served for fifteen, twenty-one, thirty and forty years will be recognized on this occasion. The Ceremony takes
The Faculty of Law at The University of the West Indies, Mona will launch the Mona Law Series (MLS) on Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 4 pm in the Executive Conference Room. The Series will entail seminars led by the UWI Mona Law faculty on issues of interest to the wider University