The UWI/Guardian Life ‘Premium’ Teaching Awards 2008

2008 marks the tenth anniversary of the groundbreaking collaboration between The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine and Guardian Life of the Caribbean Limited.  This year we take a look back to rediscover our achievements and chart the way forward.  To mark the occasion, we have specially selected as Feature Speaker one of our very own, the renowned Prof. Bridget Brereton.  Prof. Brereton is the first local speaker to grace the UWI/Guardian Life series of events.  The theme is Ten Years On: Making SoTL Real.  While our focus would be honouring the 2008 winners, our retrospective will include narratives from past awardees whose viewpoints are a rich resource that can only advance teaching and learning on campus.  This is directly in keeping with the 2007-2012 Strategic Plan which has teaching and learning as one of the pillars of the UWI.  The ceremony takes place on Friday 26th September at 5.00 p.m. at the Learning Resource Centre (LRC), St. Augustine, and the public is invited to attend.

As a precursor to the teaching awards and in celebration of our milestone, the IDU is hosting a forum entitled Towards Teaching Excellence and Higher Learner Outcomes which specifically targets sixth form schools in Trinidad and Tobago.  Teachers and students will have the opportunity to hear from and interact with past UWI/Guardian Life ‘Premium’ Teaching Awardees.  The purpose of the forum is to inform students and teachers about the recognition of tertiary level teaching and learning excellence and the role of incoming UWI students in enhancing their university experience.  The forum will run from 2.00 to 4.00 p.m. on the same day as the awards.  Invitations will be soon issued to schools.