Welcome to the Office of Institutional Advancement and Internationalisation (OIAI)
The OIAI fosters partnerships with premier institutions within the Caribbean and around the world to enhance UWI’s standing as a world class institution. In tandem with UWI’s vision of becoming a leading global university centred in the Caribbean, OIAI has developed meaningful engagements with various stakeholders and has fostered interactions and collaborations in areas that benefit our students, staff and stakeholders.
Our Mission and vision embodies UWI strategic thrusts of promoting the UWI brand name regionally and internationally as we raise the awareness of our student and staff. Additionally, OIAI engages UWI faculties and Centres to enhance processing services that facilities various activities on the St Augustine Campus.
Meet the Director
Mr. Julian Henry is an Alumnus of the University of the West Indies St. Augustine with a Bachelors in Agribusiness Management and a Masters (with Distinction) in Marketing Management from The UWI St. Augustine. He has over 25 years experience in managing entreprise development programmes in the Caribbean Region including managing SME finance companies, business start-up accelerators and, through programme engagement, has impacted hundreds of innovators, entrepreneurs and start-up companies within the region across a broad mix of sectors including agri-business, light manufacturing, the creatives sector, services sector and innovative technologies.
As the Interim Director of the OIAI, Mr. Henry leads a team that is dedicated to facilitating exchange opportunities with The UWISTA’s foreign university partners and promoting beneficial engagements with our UWI Alumni whilst providing strategic support to several innovation projects and commercially oriented initiatives from faculty and departments of The UWI. When not proffesionally engaged, Mr. Henry dedicates his spare time in the pursuit of sporting excellence and can often be seen jogging around the UWI Campus after working hours. He has represented Trinidad and Tobago in regional tournaments in the sport of Squash and in Archery (regional developmental tournament) and is also a UK certified level-2 squash coach.
We are the Caribbean’s leading university and possess the largest pool of Caribbean intellect and expertise committed to confronting the critical issues of our region and the wider world.
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