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April 2014
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Going Global brings together Higher Education Institutes (HEI) representatives from around the world to share best practices, network and strategies about the future of Higher Education and presents an opportunity to showcase The UWI and the higher education system of the Caribbean to a highly relevant audience of international policymakers and HEIs, in collaboration with the British Council. Vice-Chancellor Harris has been invited to serve on three panels: Strategic Partnerships and Inclusive Internationalisation and on the final wrap-up panel. Strategic partnerships will consider the major role of international partnerships in driving innovation and delivering impact and the models that have been developed in this regard. The session will consider models from The UWI and universities of Warwick and Monash and Swansea. Inclusive internationalisation focuses on internationalisation as a hallmark of, and a path to, quality in higher education. The panel will question whether inclusive internationalisation has been achieved, what distance remains to be travelled and the measures needed to reach this objective at institutional and policy levels. Vice-Chancellor Harris sees The UWI’s singular focus at Going Global as positioning the University in the global landscape as an authority in small-island state development and an ideal global partner. “The UWI, as the largest university in the English-speaking Caribbean, and as one of just two regional (multi-country) universities worldwide, is well placed to take advantage of regional and international partnerships to strengthen its mandate as an engine of development in teaching, research and public service,” he said. The UWI will also have a booth and host a breakfast meeting for selected stakeholders. Caribbean Export Development Agency, the only regional trade and investment promotion agency in the African, Caribbean and Pacific group, is the main sponsor ensuring The UWI’s participation at Going Global. Going Global 2014 takes place in Miami from April 29 to May 1, 2014. |
Professor E. Nigel Harris, Vice-Chancellor of The UWI has been invited to speak at Going Global, the annual flagship conference of the British Council, in Miami this month.