July 14 | Online
Have you completed your first degree in engineering or an engineering-related discipline and are considering furthering your education to develop your knowledge, skills, and competitive advantage in the job market or workplace? The Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering is hosting a virtual information session on their Master of Science programmes. The session will give attendees the info they need about the opportunities available for educational and professional development in these dynamic fields. This virtual event will be hosted on Zoom.
To register, go to https://bit.ly/DMMEmscinfosession. For more information, email mechanical.engineering@sta.uwi.edu or adminassistant.mecheng@sta.uwi.edu.
July 13 and 14 | Online
Creating a positive customer experience can result in greater sales opportunities, increased customer loyalty, and a strong brand reputation. This Business Development Unit workshop teaches participants about the new service environment and the changing needs of customers, and how to understand the importance of service excellence and customer experience (CX). They will also learn strategies for delivering service excellence, how to prepare and apply management tools for CX, and how to apply CX principles.
This two-day workshop will be facilitated by Dr Leslie-Ann Jordan-Miller, Senior Lecturer at The UWI St Augustine Department of Management Studies, Founder and Director of the Institute of Service Quality Management Ltd, and Certified Manager of Quality/Organisational Excellence (CMQ/OE) from the American Society for Quality (ASQ). The workshop will be delivered on Zoom.
Cost: TT$1,400/US$200
A 10 percent group discount is available for groups of three or more individuals attending from the same organisation, as well as members of The UWI campus community.
Online payment option available (bank charges of 3% applies).
Contact Dalaiah at sta-fssbdu@sta.uwi.edu, or visit https://sta.uwi.edu/fss/business-development-unit for registration details, or complete the registration form at https://uwi.jotform.com/221564395274865.
July 18 to 25 | Online
Careers in technology are in high demand globally and are expected to keep growing. The Department of Computing and Information Technology (DCIT) at UWI St Augustine is offering a web development boot camp that can prepare young people for a career in this exciting field. The boot camp is designed for secondary school students in forms 4, 5 and 6, and prospective undergraduate students with no programming experience. They will learn the fundamentals of web development - from design, to coding, and deployment. Participants will be taught web design and prototyping, HTML 5, CSS 3 and JavaScript Es6, web animation and web APIs. This online event will be hosted on Zoom, and gives students the opportunity to interact with UWI lecturers, guest speakers and mentors.
Cost: TT$625.00
10 percent discount available to groups of three or more individuals attending from the same organisation and members of The UWI campus community. The seminar is hosted by the Business Development Unit (BDU) of the Faculty of Social Sciences.
To register, visit https://sta.uwi.edu/fst/dcit/bootcamp/2022/home. For more information, email DCIT.Bootcamp@sta.uwi.edu or go to their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/dcitbootcamp.
July 22 | Online
This virtual seminar, hosted by The Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES), will feature demographer/statistician and survey research specialist Dr Godfrey St Bernard. Dr Bernard is the Acting Director of SALISES. His areas of focus are population and sustainable development, evidence-based decision-making in social policy, the wellbeing of youth, violence prevention and safety, vulnerability and resilience in small states, and return migration.
This webinar, hosted on Zoom, is part of the SALSES Spotlight Series, a project that showcases the outstanding scholarship and expertise of its fellows to the public. To register, visit https://bit.ly/policyagendasincaribbeansids. For more information, email salises@sta.uwi.edu.
July 24 | St Augustine Campus
The UWI Development and Endowment Fund (UWIDEF) is excited to announce Fête Champêtre – The Garden Party. There will be bubbly to excite patrons and the fashion is expected to be fun, garden glam with fascinators, feathers, and flowers for the tresses. All profits from this all-inclusive event will go towards providing bursaries to assist deserving students. Secure your early-bird tickets for Fête Champêtre and spread the word to your networks.
Cost: $750
Tickets available now at:
For updates, visit the UWI Fete Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/UWIFete/.
