Reviewing Centre operations: The Mitchell Committee

In the period under review, Dr. the Honourable Keith Mitchell, PM of Grenada, accepted the invitation to serve as Chair of a Special Committee of the UGC, established to examine the structure, operations and budgets of The UWI Centre (or Vice-Chancellery).

From its review, the Committee will make recommendations on the best strategies/ measures to reduce expenditure, increase revenue and improve the operations of the University Centre to achieve a balanced budget approach and maintain a cost structure that can be supported more efficiently by the University’s revenue.

Prime Minister Mitchell noted that, “the critical question is value for money and whether central functions can be delivered with a lower investment.”

"The critical question is value for money and whether central functions can be delivered with a lower investment."

This Special Committee comprises:

  • Dr. the Right Hon. Keith C. Mitchell – PM and Minister of National Security, Public Administration, Youth Development, Home Affairs, ICT and Disaster Management, Grenada – Chair
  • Dr. William Warren Smith – Former President, Caribbean Development Bank, Barbados
  • Mrs. Rosa Greenaway – Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Sports and the Creative Industries, Antigua and Barbuda
  • Mrs. Lorraine Armbrister – Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Bahamas
  • Mrs. Betty Alleyne-Headley – Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training, Barbados
  • Dr. Grace McLean – Permanent Secretary (Ag.), Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Jamaica
  • Mrs. Suzette Taylor-Lee Chee – Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Trinidad and Tobago
  • Ms. Carol Bickram – Acting Director of Research, Planning and Technical Services, Ministry of Education, Trinidad and Tobago