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The UWI St. Augustine Enforces its No Thoroughfare Policy

For Release Upon Receipt - September 2, 2022

St. Augustine


ST. AUGUSTINE, Trinidad and Tobago. Friday September 2, 2022 – In 2016 The University of the West Indies (The UWI) St. Augustine implemented a No Thoroughfare Policy which restricted access to the Campus to only staff, students and persons conducting authorised business on the Campus. With face-to-face classes scheduled to resume at the Campus on Monday September 5, the Campus announces that it will be reinforcing its No Thoroughfare Policy.

Campus Registrar, Dr. Dawn-Marie De Four-Gill explained, “At the St. Augustine Campus the safety of our students and staff is of utmost importance and the enforcement of the no thoroughfare zone policy  is meant to significantly reduce the possibility of unauthorised individuals on our campus. We ask our campus community, our other stakeholders and the general public to cooperate with the directions from our campus security as well as the national police and traffic management authorities, as we seek to ensure a safer and secure campus for all.” 

Vehicular access to the Campus will be permitted as follows:

AUTHORISED VEHICLES: Only vehicles displaying valid UWI Permits for the 2021/2022 (allowed only until September 30, 2022) and the 2022/2023 academic years will be granted vehicular access to the campus through the Administration and South Gates (gates off of the Eastern Main Road and Churchill Roosevelt Highway, respectively).

UNAUTHORISED VEHICLES: Vehicles, which do not display the requisite Permits, will be classified as “unauthorised” and will be required to use the Visitors’ Gate, accessible along St. Augustine Circular Road (East of the campus, obliquely opposite the Freedom Hall) where they will be subject to screening from Campus Security before being allowed access to the Campus.

VISITORS: All visitors, suppliers and other members of the general public doing business on the campus, whose vehicles do not display valid permits, must use the Visitors’ Gate, accessible along St. Augustine Circular Road (East of the campus, obliquely opposite the Freedom Hall), to enter the campus. 

The Campus’s North Gate (the gate closest to The UWI Republic Bank branch) will remain closed, due to construction works in the area. 

This policy will be enforced in order to achieve greater control and monitoring of persons and vehicles entering the Campus, and to enhance the level of safety and security for all its users. Members of the general public who routinely use campus roads as a thoroughfare are encouraged to seek alternative routes.  

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About The University of the West Indies 

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. 

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