REPORT TO TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE UNIVERSITY CENTRE E. Nigel Harris, MPhil, MD, DM Vice Chancellor February 2007 The University of the West Indies Office of the Vice Chancellor

ORGANIZATIONAL CHART Vice Chancellor Administration Finance Board for Undergraduate Studies Board for Graduate Studies Research Centres/ Institutes TMRI SALISES Education Disaster Reduction Crime and Criminal Justice Board for Non Campus Countries SCS Distance Education TLIU Other Strategic PlanningManagement Audit Legal UnitProject Office Institutional Advancement Division

UNVIERSITY CENTRE PRESENTATIONS 1)Vice Chancellor Special Initiatives 2)Professor Wayne Hunte Board of Graduate Studies & Research 3)Mr. Winston Bayley University Centre 4)Professor Hazel Simmons-McDonald Fourth Campus (presentation this a.m.)

How can we strengthen what we are doing within the context of the Strategic Plan (education, research, technical/policy advise and outreach)? How can we better provide services to the “Non- Campus” Countries (UWI-12) How do we finance our growth given limitations in the ability of our governments to fund that anticipated growth? How can we enhance meaningful partnership with government and business to advance growth and development of the region? Vice Chancellor -Special Initiatives (2007)

1)Regional Centre for Criminal Justice and Security 2)Health Research – Tropical Metabolism Research Institute (TMRI) 3)Strengthening Regional character of UWI (Caribbean Integration Programme) 4)Quality Assurance Programmes 5)Other – e.g. Archives Specific Initiatives

Partnership with Government and Business for Regional Growth & Development Regional Centre for Criminal Justice and Security Regional Centre for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Biotechnology Alternative Energy ICT Other

Regional Centre for Criminal Justice and Security Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice (St Augustine) Centre for the Study of Public Safety and Justice Crime and Criminal Justice Centre at Cave Hill

Regional Centre for Criminal Justice and Security (Professors Anthony Harriott, Barry Chevannes, and Ramesh Deosaran) Research into causes, prevention, and successful examples of intervention in crime and Research in areas of security and the justice system Delivery of Education and Training to Regional Law Enforcement personnel Consultancy and Policy Advice to Regional Governments

Regional Centre for Criminal Justice and Security Caribbean Institute for Studies in Law Enforcement and Security (CISLES) CARICOM Security Task Force Co-ordinate the existing in-country law enforcement training centres and units Rationalize and standardize their curricula Complement their training needs Establish a common platform for certification and accreditation

Regional Centre for Criminal Justice and Security CECSJ and CISLES will work together Letter of Intent submitted through CARICOM to Secretary General to EU Retreat/Proposal Preparation - August 6,7 (2005) in St Lucia

Regional Centre for Criminal Justice and Security Wealth Production Other Regional Centres (to be initiated) Biotechnology (Biodiversity and Protection of Genetic Resources and Intellectual Property under International Law) ICT Alternative Energy

Tropical Metabolism Research Institute 1. CHILD DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH UNIT (3 Senior Lecturer/Lecturer posts) (1 Secretary) 2. SICKLE CELL DISEASE UNIT (4 Senior Lecturer/Lecturer Posts)

3. OBESITY AND CHRONIC DISEASE 1 Professor/Director 3 Senior Lecturer/Lecturer posts 1 Administrator 1 Secretary 1 Driver 2 Cleaners Tropical Metabolism Research Institute

Strengthening Regional Character of UWI Caribbean Integration Programme

The University of the West Indies must play a leading role in the Caribbean Integration Process – intellectually, spiritually, and in practical ways. Proposal: Formal Programme for an exchange of students between Campus countries and from UWI-12 countries, for periods of two weeks to one academic year. Caribbean Integration Programme

Problem: While there has been remarkable growth of student numbers on the three main campuses, they are increasingly confined to campuses in their own territories Caribbean Integration Programme

Campus Total Enrolment % of Total Enrolment from Each Country Barbados % Jamaica % Trinidad & Tobago %UWI-12 Cave Hill 5, Mona11, St. Augustine11,

Caribbean Integration Programme Campus Total Enrolment % of Total Enrolment from Each Country Barbados % Jamaica % Trinidad & Tobago %UWI-12 Cave Hill 5, Mona11, St. Augustine11,

Project Goal: Secure sustainable funding to assist students in off-setting incremental costs associated with study in another Caribbean country Caribbean Integration Programme

Approach: Formation of Committee (administration, student services, student representatives) to plan and implement programme (Guild of Students leadership endorsement obtained and students will play integral role in formulating and marketing the programme Specific programmes to be formulated on each Campus to promote full awareness of the social, cultural economic and topographic features of the country being visited as well as programmes to enhance knowledge about the Caribbean as a whole Caribbean Integration Programme

Campus Programmes: Structured programme of curricular and extra-curricular activities (as discussed previously) Student-specific campus orientation programme Mentorship Cross-campus participation in cultural and sports-related activities Caribbean Integration Programme

Additional Components of Exchange Programme: Cultural immersion summer programmes Internships in selected private and public sector entities Caribbean Integration Programme

Phased Approach: 10 Students from each Campus initially (option for additional numbers to go, utilising their own finances) Caribbean Integration Programme

Budget: Students will be assessed same tuition fees as on home campus Incremental costs will be: assistance with return airfare, accommodation and living expenses (over and above that of home country) Caribbean Integration Programme

Quality Assurance Programme Need to build capacity to serve Quality Assurance of UWI undergraduate and graduate programmes Quality Assurance that can be a major contributor to National and Regional Tertiary Higher Education Institutions

Other

Summary Initiatives designed to address pressing Caribbean problems (crime, security, disaster preparedness, etc.) to enhance integration of campuses and to improve Quality Assurance of University Undergraduate and Graduate Teaching Programmes