The Activist University: Rekindling the Caribbean Spirit Presentation to University Council

April 29, 2016 Hilary McD Beckles

Vice-Chancellor

REAFFIRMING OUR ACTIVISM • To Serve is to LEAD • Empowering Engaged Citizens • Sovereignty and Self-reliance • Strategic Repositioning of Region • Rekindling the Caribbean Spirit

LEADERSHIP TEAM

FORUM ON THE FUTURE OF THE CARIBBEAN •  May 5 – 7, 2015, Trinidad and Tobago.

Theme: Disruptive Thinking, Bold Action, Practical Outcomes.

“… we must be prepared to open our minds to new ideas, and to thinking differently. Allowing ourselves to be

shaken out of our conventional thinking modes and approaches is an essential prerequisite in our quest for the future

development of the Region.” Amb. Irwin Larocque

Secretary General, CARICOM

WEALTH CREATION AND CAPACITY CONSCIOUSNESS

• Sluggish Recession Recovery •  4th Phase of Industrialisation

• Stabilisation vs growth vs development •  Increasing poverty • Campuses and Countries

IMF DOWNGRADES WORLD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR 2016

% Change in GDP (2015) and Projected % Change (2016)

2015 2016 Antigua and Barbuda 3.2 3.8 The Bahamas 1.5 2.4 Barbados 0.5 1.0 Belize 1.7 2.7 Dominica -2.7 5.2 Grenada 3.4 2.4 Jamaica 1.0 1.5 St. Kitts & Nevis 5.2 4.7 Saint Lucia 1.3 1.0 St. Vincent & the Grenadines 1.0 2.1 Trinidad and Tobago 0.2 0.6

Source: ECLAC Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean. http://repositorio.cepal.org/bitstream/handle/11362/39559/S1501386_en.pdf?sequence=94

POST 2015 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

BUILDING A 21ST CENTURY HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM

• Expand, modernise, rationalise • New Higher Education Regional System • Competition and Capacity Building • Foreign Institutions Initiative

INTERNAL ADJUSTMENTS • COLLEGE OF THE UWI SYSTEM (CUWI)

•  The UWI has invited all Governments already committed to establishing a university college, to do so within The UWI system. The UWI has declared its commitment to working with Governments in facilitating this process

•  Discussions have been held with inter alia:

•  Antigua State College •  Sir Arthur Lewis Community College •  St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College •  MICO University College •  Jamaica Teachers’ Colleges •  Bethlehem Teachers’ College

•  Response by the Colleges to the initiative, has been affirmative and

encouraging.

•  Draft Ordinance prepared for consideration by appropriate University Committees

CUWI

PVC BUS leads delegation to Antigua for discussions with the

Government of Antigua and Barbuda

MOBILISATION AND DEVELOPMENT • New Ideas for Industry Initiatives • Engaging CARICOM,HEIs and International Development

Partners •  2030 Sustainable Development Goals •  Innovation, Research and Economic Resilience

NEW IDEAS FOR INDUSTRY INITIATIVES International Breadfruit Conference, St. Augustine July 2015 •  International forum for sharing information on

entrepreneurial, research and development activities that support increased utilisation of breadfruit and breadnut for food and nutrition security,

•  Attended by regional and international

organisations: entrepreneurs in the food and agriculture sector, including rural communities

•  Highlighted research and development, product

utilisation and value chain activities •  forum for, to discuss key issues affecting the

commercial potential of breadfruit and breadnut, •  Provided opportunities for networking among public

and private sectors, rural communities and research institutions.

INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC ALIGNMENT • Relevance of Research • Commercialisation of Campuses • Professor of Practice • Economic Failure of Wealth Inequality • Academic Advocacy and Industry: New Paradigm

RESEARCH / INDUSTRY ALIGNMENT • Cocoa Research Unit

•  Project funded by the ACP Science & Technology Programme for the establishment of an International Fine Cocoa Innovation Centre - a modern processing facility to showcase and train cocoa farmers in the emerging technologies to produce the best quality cocoa, and also a cocoa factory to develop, brand and find markets for the chocolate products produced.

•  This is an excellent example of linking research to development of an industry.

A UWI ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE REGION

Establish a UWI Growth Commission

UWI-PANAMA LINK •  President of Panama, H.E. Juan

Carlos Varela visited the Cave Hill campus on July 3, 2015 as part of his meeting with the CARICOM Heads of Government.

•  Panama is seeking to send abroad

2,000 teachers each year for the next four years, and about 1,300 students annually to learn English

•  Principal Barriteau assured the

President of The UWI’s proven capacity to deliver English as a 2nd Language

•  40 students currently at Cave Hill

PVC and Principal Professor Eudine Barriteau greets H.E. Juan Carlos Varela at their meeting at the Cave Hill campus on July 3,

2015

GLOBAL CONNECTIONS

UWI-SUNY COLLABORATION

•  Joint projects already underway in several areas: •  Marine Sciences •  Environmental Sciences

and Climate Change •  Health •  Distance Education

• Proposal being developed for a UWI-SUNY Centre for Caribbean Leadership and Sustainable Development

• Centre will offer •  Double degrees at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels •  Joint research •  Professional training – certificate and continuing adult education

UWI-NEW BRUNSWICK COLLABORATION • Double Degree (Msc) in Sports

Science in collaboration with University of New Brunswick

•  First graduates presented at Cave

Hill’s graduation ceremonies on October 17, 2015

UWI-CHINA GLOBAL INSTITUTE OF SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY (GIST) •  Agreement signed with Suzhou University for the establishment

of an Institute for Software Technology to be located at The UWI

•  Team visited in February to finalise curriculum and assess infrastructure requirements to begin delivery in September 2016

AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE INSTITUTE SIGNED

UWI-SOPHIA COLLABORATION • MOU signed on September 30, 2015 in the presence of the

Hon. Portia Simpson-Miller and H.E. Shinzo Abe, Prime Ministers of Jamaica and Japan respectively. The MOU will facilitate:

•  Faculty/student exchanges •  8 UWI students spent January

2016 in Japan on a short study programme

•  Joint research •  Faculty members from St.

Augustine will be spending time at Sophia during this summer conduction research

•  Joint conferences

UK (BFUWI) • Meetings held at Imperial

College regarding STEM initiative

• BFUWI supporting STEM coaching club for Caribbean students in the UK preparing for GCSE examinations

THE ACTIVIST UNIVERSITY

• Sargassum Threat: Tourism and Marine Economy • Sargassum Conference, August 2015 • CERMES provides leadership • Stakeholders Workshop • SEA (Sargassum Emergency Agency)

REGIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ZIKA • Regional Symposium held on March 4-5, 2016 in

Barbados •  Attended by:

•  UWI Task Force (experts in: Health; Environment; Economics) •  CARICOM Secretariat, two Ministers (Health – Barbados; Tourism - Guyana) •  Technical experts from regional Ministries •  Caribbean Tourism Organization •  International health agencies: WHO/PAHO, CARPHA, CDC •  Diplomatic corps, US Congress

Damage wrought by Tropical Storm Erika in Dominica, August 2015

DOMINICA: UWI IN ACTION

DOMINICA: UWI IN ACTION

•  Technical team led by Mr. Jeremy Collymore and comprising engineers, water conservation experts sent in to assist the Government of Dominica and be involved in a World Bank led reconstruction effort.

•  Report submitted with

recommendations for future action.

•  Thanks to PVC Wayne Hunte

for coordinating this effort and to the Principal (Ag) of the Open Campus, Dr. Luz Longsworth and her team.

RALLY ‘ROUND DOMINICA! •  WICB-UWI Charity Match held at the

Kensington Oval on Saturday, September 26 •  Fabulous support from regional sporting stars

– Brian Lara, Sir Curtley Ambrose, Stephanie Taylor, Yohann Blake….

•  Thanks to everyone who made this possible. •  It was a wonderful spirit of camaraderie in

support of Dominica.

DIABETES REVERSAL STUDIES IN BARBADOS •  Path-breaking work done by Professor Nigel

Unwin, CDRC in collaboration with Prof. Roy Taylor from Newcastle University

•  Study started in Barbados in January 2015 •  Focussed on patients with Type II diabetes

between the ages of 20 and 70

•  Partners: UWI (CDRC), Virgin Unite, Diabetes Association of Barbados, Newcastle University

FOOD SECURITY • UWI Centre for Food Security and

Entrepreneurship (CFSE) •  Capacity Building of Artisan Chocolate

Manufacturers in the Caribbean

• Cocoa Research Unit at St. Augustine

• Cassava Flour Project at Mona

Prof. Leonard. O’Garro Executive Director

UWI Centre for Food Security and Entrepreneurship

Prof. Path Umaharan Executive Director

Cocoa Research Centre

Dr. Ian Thompson Principal Researcher Cassava Flour Project

AGRICULTURE INNOVATION PARK, ORANGE GROVE • Partnership with the People’s Republic of China

RENEWABLE ENERGY • ENERGY CRISIS ACROSS ALL CAMPUSES

• Cross-campus Research Cluster • Efforts being made to reduce energy costs and examine

alternative, renewable energy sources • Co-generation plant at Mona (China to assist with

completion to provide increased service to the campus)

WATER MANAGEMENT : MONA

Well being drilled on College Common that will supply the Mona Campus’ water needs. Collaboration with North Star Industries

UN SG at Fora on Youth, Sustainable Development •  On July 3, 2016 The UWI, hosted

an historic encounter between the Secretary-General of the United Nations and youth of the region.

•  Students were joined by video-

conference and other electronic means from the campuses in Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and from UWI Open campus sites across the region.

•  The Secretary General engaged

students on issues such as climate change, crime and violence, youth unemployment, youth participation and NCDs.

FOCUS ON THE YOUTH

EMPOWERING YOUTH •  On April 9, 2015, The UWI

was the site for an historic meeting between President Barack Obama and Heads of Government of CARICOM.

•  The President also met with

students in a Town Hall meeting on the Mona Campus

OPEN CAMPUS BSC ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT •  The programme will provide specific competencies required for

effective youth development work that will enable beginners as well as experienced practitioners to develop and/or refine their skills in Youth Development Work, particularly in developing, implementing and evaluating policies and plans on behalf of youth to ensure responsiveness to youth needs.

REACHING OUT…..

• Mona Social Services Project • Greater August Town Film Festival

•  Excellent response within Jamaica •  Project has been transported to Europe

and to Latin America

THE ETHICAL UNIVERSITY •  Toronto SickKids’ Global Child

Health Initiative •  28 nurses from six countries in

the Caribbean – The Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, and Trinidad & Tobago.

•  The program will enhance their knowledge and skills to effectively manage paediatric cancers and blood disorders like sickle cell disease.

•  SickKids honoured at Toronto

Gala in 2014

Dr. Oscar Ocho, Head, UWISON, St. Augustine

TRANSITIONAL LIVING PROGRAMME – OPEN CAMPUS

•  Facility for children in state care funded by USAID – total of US$5.28M

• Separate residential facilities for girls and boys transitioning out of state care.

• Ground-breaking ceremony, November 2015

PROMOTING GLOBAL SOCIAL JUSTICE

• Distinguished Lecture at Harvard University, January 2016

• Presentation and Book Signing at Congressional Black Caucus

• Symposium hosted by Medgar Evers College

•  Lecture at University of Oxford

LEADING GLOBAL REPARATIONS

We need to increase the

functional coherence of our institution and go into the wider world with one voice and one identity – a unified intellectual

force to serve Caribbean peoples and the wider world, in the most

efficient and practical way.

Professor Sir Hilary Beckles Vice-Chancellor

The University of the West Indies

ONE UWI TASK FORCE Terms of Reference •  To review the Meeks Report (2011) with a view to seeing what follow-up action

is needed

•  To examine all major administrative processes that relate to students, staff and other stakeholders to determine the level of harmony and consistency

•  To review our Enterprise Solutions that is, Banner Students and Finance and PeopleSoft etc to determine the level of harmony and consistency.

•  To make such recommendation as deemed as necessary to promote the concept of the ONE UWI.

•  To support strategies that will promote the perception by internal and external communities of the ONE UWI.

ONE UWI TASK FORCE – CO-CHAIRS

• Dr. Wendy Grenade – Cave Hill • Professor Densil Williams, Mona • Dr. Joel Warrican, Open • Dr. Hamid Ghany, St. Augustine

OPEN CAMPUS TASK FORCE •  Terms of Reference

•  Examine and make recommendations on the governance of the Open Campus and the extent to which its current makeup is appropriate to discharge its mandate

•  Examine the current funding model of the Open Campus and make recommendations for its sustainability

•  Examine the need for online, distance and outreach education in the Caribbean and make recommendations for the structures and strategies required to fulfil those needs, and

•  Re-evaluate the role and the functioning of the Open

Campus vis-a-vis the other three campuses and in such Caribbean where University Colleges of The UWI will be established,

Professor Alvin Wint Chair

Open Campus Task Force

OPEN CAMPUS TASK FORCE UPDATE •  The Task Force has met regularly since September 2015. • Consultations have been held with stakeholders within

and outside the University and a website was developed to facilitate the receipt of inputs from any member of staff interested in providing a perspective with respect to its terms of reference. Website: http://www.uwi.edu/opentaskforce

• Draft Report to be submitted to this Council Meeting.

NEW PARADIGM FOR COMMUNICATING WITH STAKEHOLDERS

• Streaming and Screaming • Broadcasting and Boasting • UWI TV • Diasporas as Domestic • Meet the Media: Pressing the Press • Principals and Public Relations

UWI TV

UWI TV

• MOU with Caribbean Media Corporation being finalised: •  Facilitates cooperation between the UWI and CMC in the creation

of a media platform for the promotion of the UWI in its regional and global context

•  Explores, creates and enhances opportunities for the promotion of

the UWI by assuring dedicated broadcast time for UWI programming – coverage of conferences, symposia, distinguished lectures, etc.

•  Will also allow for co‐production opportunities between the parties in the area of film, television and digital media.

•  Broadcasts will begin in July 2016

ENGAGING WITH THE MEDIA • All Presentations by Principals to Campus Council

Meeting will be streamed live and will accessible by the media

• Press Conferences immediately after the meetings to engage the media on issues of importance

CROSS CAMPUS TEACHING • Revolution in Teaching

• Beginning with Caribbean Civilization in September 2016, foundation courses will be taught across campuses with all students receiving lectures, tutorials, and instruction from other campuses. This will be followed by other Foundation Courses.

CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE IN SPORT: FACULTY OF SPORT?

INAUGURAL UWI VICE-CHANCELLOR ALUMNI SPORTS EXEMPLAR AWARD

Inaugural Award conferred on The Hon. Usain Bolt OJ

October 29, 2015

•  The award will be conferred upon persons demonstrating: •  The highest commitment to quality

and excellence in their field, •  Positive values and principles of

good sportsmanship, •  Involvement in community and

youth activities during the preceding three-year period of the nomination.

•  The following criteria will be considered: •  Leadership/ Role Model in the field •  Driven by high standards •  Youth-centred •  Results oriented

EXPANDING AND MODERNISING OUR LAND CAMPUSES • Modernising for the Future:

• Mona on the Move (MoBay and beyond)

• Cave Hill goes to Town (City Campus) • St. Augustine goes South (Penal-

Debe) • Crisis: Old Plant Syndrome (Public

Hospitals)

CAVE HILL – PARADISE PARK

Usain Bolt Sports Complex

ST. AUGUSTINE – PENAL-DEBE

UWI AS A NET CONTRIBUTOR TO HOST COUNTRIES

• Moore report conducted in 2014 demonstrates clearly the net contribution made by The UWI to Barbados’ economy

• Similar studies to be done in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago

• Reality: The UWI is a full partner in development and not

a cost centre

THE MOORE REPORT •  Cave Hill Campus’ earnings of foreign exchange are almost 5 times that

of the sugar industry and just $11 million less than the earnings from the entire rum industry.

•  Estimated that the Campus accounted for 1.7 % of the Barbados Gross

Domestic Product (GDP) in 2009. By 2012 and 2013, this estimate had risen to 2.2 % of GDP, approximately 0.5 of a percentage point higher than in 2009.

•  Study estimates that Cave Hill Campus generates approximately $200

million in additional economic activity on average (over 2 percent of national GDP), and an estimated $80 million in foreign exchange annually.

•  The Cave Hill Campus is estimated to have generated approximately

$191 million in gross value added activities in 2013

•  Campus’ overseas students would have contributed an estimated $43.8 million to overall national expenditure in the same year or approximately 0.5 % of GDP

Table 1 Student Registration by Campus, for Academic Year 2014/15, as at April 4, 2016

*Mona / Cave Hill do not include TLI’s Source: Student Administrative System | Prepared by: Office of the University CIO

Table 2: Undergraduate Student Registration by Campus for Academic Years 2010/11 –

2014/15 as at April 4, 2016

*Mona / Cave Hill do not include TLI’s Source: Banner Student Administrative System | Prepared by: Office of the University CIO

Table 3 Postgraduate Student Registration by Campus for Academic Years 2010/11 –

2014/15 as at April 4, 2016

STRATEGIC PLANNING • Visions, Budgets and

Operations • Review of 2012-2017 Strategic

Plan • Defining the 2017- 2022

Strategic Plan • Alignment, Efficiency and

Accountability • Rekindling the Spirit of

Responsibility and Self-reliance

STRATEGIC PLAN 2017-2022 Triple “A” Vision

• widening Access to tertiary education • greater Alignment and • Alertness to global possibilities.

AFUWI GALA, FEBRUARY 2016

TORONTO GALA, APRIL 2, 2016

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI SERVING GLOBALLY

Dr. Renn Holness

•  Will be honoured by the Canadian Neurological Society with the Lifetime Achievement Award in Quebec at the CNSS Congress June 21-24, 2016.

•  He is the first neurosurgeon in Canada to

perform fetal tissue transplants for Parkinson's disease (1992).

•  Former Dean of the UWI Clinical Training

Programme, Mona

Dr. Rosemarie Moodie

•  African Canadian Achievement Award for Excellence in Science.

•  Dr Moodie spent 25 years as a neonatologist

and clinical teacher at Sick Kids, serves as a Director on the Board of PACE, and is former head of the Toronto YWCA.

•  She is also a recipient of the Constance

Hamilton Award Moodie •  Has also served at Toronto SickKids

Hospital.

LAUNCH OF UWI GLOBAL GIVING WEEK

“EMANCIPATE, EDUCATE, DONATE”

Thank you!