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  University of the West Indies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The University of the West Indies, also known as UWI, is an autonomous regional institution supported by and serving 16 countries and territories in the Caribbean - Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St.
The aim of the university is to help "unlock the potential for economic and cultural growth" in the West Indies.
UWI began as a University College in special relationship with the University of London in 1948.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/University_of_the_West_Indies   (494 words)

  
 History of The University of West Indies, Mona   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The University of the West Indies is a dynamic, international institution serving the countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua/Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Christopher-Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
The University began at Mona, Jamaica, West Indies in 1948 as a College of the University of London.
University Centres in the non-campus countries ensure that a wide cross section of the population has access to a variety of educational resources and services and there is also an innovative distance education facility.
www.mona.uwi.edu /about   (241 words)

  
 University of the West Indies - Seismic Research Unit
The Seismic Research Unit of the University of the West Indies is the agency responsible for monitoring earthquakes and volcanoes for the English-speaking islands of the Eastern Caribbean as well as the Dutch islands of Saba, St. Eustatius and St. Martin.
JAMAICA: U.W.I. Bookshop, Mona Campus, University of the West Indies.
University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies
www.uwiseismic.com   (713 words)

  
 The University of the West Indies, Mona. Development and Endowment Fund.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
When the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies was devastated by Hurricane Gilbert in 1988, a small, dedicated team of Jamaican businessmen formed the Jamaica Appeal Committee.
It is believed that the future of the West Indies no longer rests with exporting traditional raw materials or exploiting cheap labour.
The University of the West Indies Development and Endowment Fund is committed to support the advancement of the University of the West Indies, as the Caribbean region's leading intellectual centre of teaching and research.
www.uwifundmona.org.jm   (325 words)

  
 Barbados Education and Educational Facilities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The University of the West Indies (UWI) comprises three campuses spread across the Caribbean - Cave Hill (Barbados), St. Augustine (Trinidad) and Mona (Jamaica).
The University offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, diplomas and certificates in areas such as the humanities, science and technology, computer science, engineering, education, medicine, law and agriculture.
University of the West Indies (Cave Hill Campus)
www.barbados.org /educate.htm   (514 words)

  
 University of the West Indies Medical School   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Founded as the University College of the West Indies, under the auspices of the University of London, the Faculty of Medical Sciences has the distinction of being the first established faculty of what later became the University of the West Indies (UWI).
Today, the University of the West Indies as a whole, has the unique status of being a truly international university, serving as the principal tertiary educational institution for 14 Caribbean countries.
The Basic Medical Sciences (BMS), Department of Advanced Nursing (DANE) and Community Health are located on the campus whilst the 5 clinical departments are situated on the Northern end of the University, during along with the FMS Administrative offices and the 550-bed University Hospital of the West Indies.
www.valuemd.com /uwi.php   (532 words)

  
 university of the west indies cave hill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Lucia Dr Kenny Anthony, Barbados' Minister of Tourism Noel Lynch, and principal of the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies Professor Hilary...
Professor Paul Sutton spoke on the topic of improving public sector reform in the region at the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus.
THE UNIVERSITY of the West Indies, Cave Hill, has developed a range of new master's programmes geared to meeting the needs of the changing global business...
www.cave.today-search.info /university-of-the-west-indies-cave-hill.htm   (282 words)

  
 The University of The West Indies, St. Augustine Campus - School of Veterinary Medicine
The University of The West Indies, St. Augustine Campus - School of Veterinary Medicine
Greetings from The University of the West Indies (U.W.I.), School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM).
We are situated in TRINIDAD, the southern-most island of the Caribbean.
www.uwivet.edu   (130 words)

  
 Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Faculty of Law of the University of the West Indies
The Faculty of Law was established at the University of the West Indies in 1970 with headquarters at the Cave Hill Campus.
Dean of Law, Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, P.O. Box 64, Bridgetown, Barbados.
law.uwichill.edu.bb   (429 words)

  
 UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The UWI is an international university which draws most of its students from the Commonwealth Caribbean.
In addition to its three main campuses in Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, The UWI maintains centres in the Bahamas and in the participating non-campus countries where adult education and other outreach programmes of the University are co-ordinated.
The UWI started in Jamaica in 1948 as the University College of the West Indies, in special relationship with the University of London.
mainlibrary.uwichill.edu.bb /uwi.htm   (133 words)

  
 The Tertiary Level Institutions Unit
Originally called the Office of University Services (OUS), established at the express wish of the Caribbean Heads of States to serve the needs of the non-campus countries (NCCs), the name was later changed in 1996 to the Tertiary Level Institutions Unit.
The TLI Unit is one of the three executing arms of the Board for Non-Campus Countries and Distance Education established to promote, manage and deliver the work of the University in the non-campus countries, in off-campus centres and tertiary institutions in the campus countries.
During 1998-2002 the TLI Unit was contracted by the OECS to assist in the development of Associate Degrees and articulation of these associated degrees with the UWI.
www.uwichill.edu.bb /tliu   (426 words)

  
 The University of the West Indies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The University of the West Indies is an autonomous regional institution supported by and serving 15 different countries in the West Indies - Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts/Nevis, St. Lucia, St.Vincent and The Grenadines, Republic of Trinidad and
The University was founded in 1948 at the Mona campus in Jamaica, as a University College in a special relationship with the University of London.
The courses and examinations for general degrees of the University are common to all three campuses.
www.uwi.edu /about.html   (236 words)

  
 Glasgow ePrints Service - Perceived competency at graduation among dental alumni of the University of the West Indies
Perceived competency at graduation among dental alumni of the University of the West Indies
Rafeek, R.N. and Marchan, S.M. and Naidu, R.S. and Carrotte, P. Perceived competency at graduation among dental alumni of the University of the West Indies.
The aims of this study were to describe levels of self-rated competency of dental graduates from the University of the West Indies (UWI) and to investigate relationships with gender and the effect of curriculum change.
eprints.gla.ac.uk /2506   (269 words)

  
 University of the West Indies - Seismic Research Unit
Earth Science Week is an event that was started in October 1998 by the American Geological Institute to help the public gain a better understanding and appreciation of Earth Sciences and to encourage stewardship of the Earth.
For the first time this year, the Seismic Research Unit teamed up with the Geological Society of Trinidad and Tobago (GSTT) and the Association of Petroleum Geoscience Students of the University of the West Indies (aka 'Soca Sandstones') to celebrate this week.
The booth was manned by members of the Association of Petroleum Geoscience Students of the University of the West Indies.
www.uwiseismic.com /Outreach/eo_esw.html   (620 words)

  
 UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES, CAVE HILL CAMPUS: MAIN LIBRARY: ACCESSIONS LIST (CURRENT)
Jamaica : University of the West Indies Press, c2005.
LE15.C38 A85 2005 BACCALAUREATE ADDRESSES--UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES (CAVE HILL,BARBADOS).
LE15.C38 H35 2005 BACCALAUREATE ADDRESSES--UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES (CAVE HILL,BARBADOS).
mainlibrary.uwichill.edu.bb /mlacc.htm   (4995 words)

  
 University of the West Indies BookShop   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
After graduating from the University of the West Indies, he read English at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford.
He is currently a Reader in West Indian Literature at the University of the West Indies.
He has been a visiting academic at the Universities of Kent at Canterbury (1972-3) and Hull (1983), and a UK Arts Council visiting writer in residence at the South Bank Centre (1992).
bookshop.uwimona.edu.jm /exam.htm   (285 words)

  
 Cayman Net News: University of the West Indies conference
University of the West Indies School of Continuing Studies continued its bi-annual Country Conferences on Thursday and Friday, 27 and 28 May, with the theme, Beyond Walls: Multi Disciplinary Perspectives, which explored the possibilities arising from approaching issues relevant to the Cayman Islands in a multidisciplinary way.
During his opening remarks, Professor Lawrence Carrington, Pro Vice Chancellor of the UWI in non-campus countries, outlined the UWI’s vision for provision of tertiary educational facilities in non-campus countries since it began in 1948.
“The University must be the vitality of the non-campus countries, as much as it is the vitality of the campus countries,” he said.”
www.caymannetnews.com /2004/06/667/uwi.shtml   (424 words)

  
 The Faculty of Social Sciences University of the West Indies
The Faculty of Social Sciences University of the West Indies
The teaching of Social Science subjects: Economics, Political Science and Sociology at the University of the West Indies, began in 1959 in the Faculty of Arts at the
This school is a joint collaborative effort of the University of the West Indies and the University of Guyana and is located at the Mona Campus, UWI.
socsci.uwichill.edu.bb /about.htm   (623 words)

  
 Religions Of The West Indies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The University Of The West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobag
Bhoe Tewarie to use The University of the West...
This native of the West Indies is one of the ancient Cycads...
www.ledfeather.com /religionsofthewestindies.html   (283 words)

  
 The University Of The West Indies, Mona Campus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The University Of The West Indies, Mona Campus
A modern laboratory with multi media equipment allows experimental demonstrations to be shown to large classes live as well as simultaneously on and off campus.
The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Kingston 7, Jamaica, West Indies.
www.mona.uwi.edu   (79 words)

  
 INASP | Publishing Support Initiatives | CARINDEX   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Prepared and maintained by the University of the West Indies Library.
Priority is given to indexing materials of immediate relevance to the teaching and research at the three campuses of the University of the West Indies.
It is prepared and maintained by the Library of the University of the West Indies (UWI).
www.inasp.info /iah/index.shtml   (227 words)

  
 Macmillan Publishers Caribbean, General Interest - The University of the West Indies
The University of the West Indies tells the story of the founding and development of the U.W.I. over the past four decades.
With ceremony or fanfare, the first office of the University College of the West Indies was opened in Kingston, Jamaica in February 1947.
He is a full professor at the University, Director of Extra-Mural Studies and Artistic Director of the National Dance Theatre company of Jamaica.
www.macmillan-caribbean.com /Books/General/History/univerwest.htm   (212 words)

  
 University of the West Indies Cooperative Agreement
The University of Florida (UF) through the Food and Resource Economics Department (FRED) of the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS).
The University of the West Indies (UWI) through the Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension (DAEE) of the Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Sciences (FANS).
Inter-institutional transfer of project-generated funds received by FRED, CARDI, or DAEE as a the lead unit are distributed to collaborating units according to mutually agreeable terms and procedures.
international.ifas.ufl.edu /coopwindies.html   (639 words)

  
 WOVO: Seismic Research Unit, University of the West Indies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Seismic Research Unit is responsible for monitoring earthquakes and volcanic activity in the volcanic Lesser Antilles (except Guadeloupe and Martinique) and earthquakes only in the rest of the English-speaking Caribbean.
The Seismic Research Unit is part of the University of the West Indies and is supported by eleven (11) governments in the Caribbean area.
Seismic Research Unit University of the West Indies St.
volcano.und.nodak.edu /vwdocs/wovo/north_america/seismic.html   (207 words)

  
 University of the West Indies
'Legacy of education' emphasized at 2006 University of West Indies gala
Leewards defeats University of West Indies by nine wickets in Red Stripe match
Powell to be honored by the University of the West Indies
www.infoplease.com /ce6/society/A0930663.html   (246 words)

  
 University of the West Indies Student Endeavours   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
UWISE (University of the West Indies Student Endeavours) has been created to represent all of the interests, and needs of university students.
Our activities will encompass all areas of a student’s life, combining social and sporting activities with those that have a positive impact on our members’ development...
The mission statement of the University of the West Indies Student Endeavours is to create well rounded individuals, creating a transformation in students - who were once considered indifferent.
www.uwise.org   (117 words)

  
 Tectonics and Volcanoes of the West Indies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The volcanoes of Central America are the result of subduction of the Cocos Plate beneath the west edge of the Caribbean Plate.
Seventeen volcanoes have been active in the West Indies in the Holocene (the last 10,000 years).
Space Shuttle photo 068-0231-0013 looking west across the central part of the volcanic arc of the Lesser Antilles.
volcano.und.nodak.edu /vwdocs/volc_images/north_america/west_indies.html   (312 words)

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