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Media Statement from The UWI St. Augustine Campus | Wednesday, April 5, 2023

For Release Upon Receipt - April 5, 2023

St. Augustine


The UWI St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago. Wednesday, April 5, 2023- The Campus Executive Management Team of The UWI St. Augustine Campus is aware of continued protest actions by the West Indies Group of University Teachers (WIGUT) at the St Augustine Campus.

 Over the last few weeks, every effort has been made to minimize the impact on students but WIGUT’s escalated actions are understandably frustrating for them. The latest Operation Blackout entails ‘complete inaction’. This means that WIGUT’s action has therefore extended beyond the classrooms, tutorials, upload of the results of course work assessments to other Campus operational areas such as no innovation and grant initiatives, entrepreneurial activities and systems support.

 Salary negotiations for all staff, that is, Daily and Weekly Rated Workers, Monthly paid Administrative Technical and Service staff (ATSS), Estate Police, and Academic, Senior Administrative and Professional staff (ASAP) of the campus are ongoing with the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago via the Chief Personnel Officer (CPO). 

 Campus management has shared with all staff that it is awaiting word on the remits to enable the process to go forward and notes that there have been ongoing discussions with the CPO to secure these remits. Management will continue to engage with unions and provide updates to staff as they become available. 

 The UWI Management team is cognizant of the anxiety surrounding the need for the settlement of these negotiations and hopes that this process can proceed in a productive manner to a speedy conclusion.

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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 for the past 75 years.

 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: Monain Jamaica, St. Augustine in Trinidad and Tobago, Cave Hillin Barbados, Five IslandsinAntigua and Barbuda and itsOpen Campus, and 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). 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 in the World University Rankings, it is also in the top 25 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.

 2023 marks The UWI’s 75th anniversary. The Diamond jubilee milestone themed “UWI at 75. Rooted. Ready. Rising.” features initiatives purposely designed and aligned to reflect on the past, confront the present, and articulate plans for the future of the regional University.

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