The University Of The West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago

Sunday, August 13, 2006


News Students benefit from Vet Outreach Programme Six students from secondary and University levels are currently gaining an insight into biomedical research... Gloria Barrett-Sobers Honoured at ACHEA 2006 Conference The Registrar and Director of the Administration at UWI was recently honoured for her contribution to the professionalisation of higher education administration... Households be warned – don’t overspend: CDB President Prof. Compton Bourne speaking on the topic “Making The Best of An Economic Boom,”... HEU Receives UNDP Support The Health Economics Unit of UWI has received a grant of US$140,000 for a project on “HIV and Human Development in the Caribbean.” Planting a seed for sustainable development In October 1996 a few researchers committed to identifying solutions for the sustainable development of Caribbean countries... Building Mediation Skills Conflicts which arise in Caribbean societies have traditionally been resolved through the process of litigation... Nurses graduate in November The first batch of 32 students from the newly established School of Advanced Nursing Education will be graduating with the BSc Nursing degree... Jamaican Students visit St Augustine Lilieth Nelson, Senior Programme Officer, International Programmes, UWI Mona Campus, and a group of high school students from Jamaica...		Collaboration St John’s and the UWI strengthen collaborative ties The joint hosting of an international conference on masculinity at St. Augustine and the development of a three-week study abroad ... Conferences The role of International Relations in Caribbean development “Critical Perspectives on Caribbean Development: The Unanswered Questions of ‘Development’ in the Caribbean,” was the theme of a one-day symposium... Research Reproductive freedom: An Ethical, Social and Biological Conundrum Reproductive freedom has always been enjoyed by males as their birthright, along with the many other freedoms bestowed on them... Understanding family issues Parenting the adolescent can be a formidable task but it is not one that we, as parents and guardians need to do alone... Other Articles UWI graduate rises to the CMMB challenge Since joining the staff of CMMB three years ago, there has not been a day that 25-year-old UWI graduate Nesha Debysingh let slip by without learning something new. More can achieve higher standards: Campus Principal Campus Principal, Dr. Bhoendradatt Tewarie, expressed the views that to increase the number of achievers in a society was not to lower the bar of achievement...

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