Event

The 2009 annual conference of the Association of Caribbean Higher Education Administrators will be held in Trinidad and Tobago from July 8 –11, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Port-of-Spain. The theme of this year’s conference is Higher Education and Sustainable Development. Given the current economic and global challenges, we as a Caribbean people are faced with; the theme is both relevant and timely for us all in the field of higher education.

Some of the areas of interest and sub-themes are: 

-Student Engagement: Access, retention and completion: Ensuring student success

-Strategic recruitment and human resource management: Can we compete?

-Creating and maintain sustainable campus communities

-Facilities design and maintenance

-ICTs: Can we afford to be on the cutting edge?

-Safety and security: Making our campuses green

-Breaking the cycle of poverty: Are our Institutions taking on the challenge?

-Curricular relevance, innovation and opportunities

-Governance for sustainable development: What is and what should be?     

Academics, Senior Professionals, Administrators and Staff members are invited to attend and participate in the conference.

You can contact Mrs. Sharon Tang Nain- Robinson – Administrative Assistant (Registry) at extension 2612/4289 or visit the ACHEA website at http://www.sta.uwi.edu/achea/ for additional information.

To view the details of this conference, please click on the following link:

https://sta.uwi.edu/media/documents/2008/ACHEA Annual Conference.doc