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A Gift of Knowledge : Professor Emeritus Ramesh Deosaran donates collection of books to The UWI

For Release Upon Receipt - August 11, 2022

St. Augustine


Deputy Campus Librarian, (The UWI) St. Augustine Campus, Miss Allison Dolland expresses her thanks to Professor Emeritus Ramesh Deosaran for the donated books 

ST. AUGUSTINE, Trinidad and Tobago. Thursday, August 11, 2022 – “The education system and its vulnerabilities are open to forces of social contact and social class,” said Professor Emeritus, Ramesh Deosaran (ORTT) as he donated a collection of his books to The University of the West Indies (The UWI) St. Augustine Campus School of Education Library on 27th July 2022. 

Professor Deosaran encompasses a wealth of experience and expertise in teaching, research and policy development emphasizing crime and justice, institutional development, and education. He is a former Independent Senator in the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago, former Director of The UWI Centre of Criminology and the Psychological Research Centre as well as the President (Acting) and Programme Professor in Public Safety of the University of Trinidad and Tobago. 

Among the books donated in his collection were, Inequality crime and education in Trinidad and Tobago: Removing the masks; Education, race, class, and politics in post-colonial Trinidad and Tobago; Psychonomics and poverty; A society under siege; Eric Williams-The man, his ideas and politics; Cultural Diversity-Politics, education and society; Race and politics in a divided nation; The dynamics of community policing; and Social psychology in the Caribbean. 

In handing over the collection, Professor Deosaran explained that these forces “work against the ideal of education” and while deepening social stratification it creates a challenge in closing the gap created by such inequalities. 

Receiving the books on behalf of the Library was the Deputy Campus Librarian, (The UWI) St. Augustine Campus, Miss Allison Dolland, who expressed gratitude for the gift and underscored the Library’s role in preserving such publications for current and future scholars. 

Professor Jerome De Lisle, Director, School of Education, in accepting the gift, also praised Professor Deosaran for producing scholarly work that had had significant social impact in our small society. 

Please click the following link to view a recording of Professor Deosaran’s address at the hand over https://youtu.be/sy_ZboWyTxc

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The UWI has been and continues to be a pivotal force in every aspect of Caribbean development; residing at the centre of all efforts to improve the well-being of people across the region. 

From a university college of London in Jamaica with 33 medical students in 1948, The UWI is today an internationally respected, global university with near 50,000 students and five campuses: Mona in Jamaica, St. Augustine in Trinidad and Tobago, Cave Hill in Barbados, Five Islands in Antigua and Barbuda and its Open Campus, and 10 global centres in partnership with universities in North America, Latin America, Asia, Africa and Europe. 

The UWI offers over 800 certificate, diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate degree options in Culture, Creative and Performing Arts, Food and Agriculture, Engineering, Humanities and Education, Law, Medical Sciences, Science and Technology, Social Sciences, and Sport. As the Caribbean’s leading university, it possesses the largest pool of Caribbean intellect and expertise committed to confronting the critical issues of our region and wider world. 

The UWI has been consistently ranked among the top universities globally by the most reputable ranking agency, Times Higher Education (THE). In the latest World University Rankings 2022, released in September 2021, The UWI moved up an impressive 94 places from last year. In the current global field of some 30,000 universities and elite research institutes, The UWI stands among the top 1.5%. 

The UWI is the only Caribbean-based university to make the prestigious lists since its debut in the rankings in 2018. In addition to its leading position in the Caribbean, it is also in the top 20 for Latin America and the Caribbean and the top 100 global Golden Age universities (between 50 and 80 years old).  The UWI is also featured among the leading universities on THE’s Impact Rankings for its response to the world’s biggest concerns, outlined in the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including Good Health and Wellbeing; Gender Equality and Climate Action. For more, visit www.uwi.edu.(Please note that the proper name of the university is The University of the West Indies, inclusive of the “The”, hence The UWI.) 

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