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UWI TODAY
– SUNDAY 6th JULY, 2014
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UWI Calendar
of
Events
JULY – AUGUST 2014
Looking In, Looking Out
9am-5pm
July 8, 2014
The UWI St. Augustine
The Institute for Gender and Development
Studies is hosting a one-day media workshop
designed to respond to the desire expressed by
Caribbean journalists to hone their analytical and
writing skills in such a way as to represent gender
issues accurately and to avoid misrepresenting
them through learned techniques which produce
sensationalist texts which are biased and
damaging.
For more information,
please contact the IGDS at 662-2002 ext.
83566/83572, or
Music Therapy Conference
9am-1pm
August 16, 2014
The UWI, St. Augustine
The UWI Musical Arts Unit in conjunction
with the MusicTherapy Association of Trinidad
and Tobago hosts the Inaugural Music Therapy
Conference: Healing through Rhythm and
Sound, at the UWI Open Campus Auditorium.
Registration deadline is Saturday July 26, 2014,
at 4pm. Early registration: $25 (students), $50
(general public), $75 (registration at the door).
For further information,
call 776-8756 (Mr. Satanand Sharma),
or 464-2870 (Ms. Martina Chow).
AmazonianWildlife
August 17-22, 2014
The UWI St. Augustine
The 11th XICIMFAUNA Conference on
Management of Amazonian Wildlife will take
place for the first time in an English-speaking
country. The themes include management for
the Conservation of Utilized/Exploited species,
Wildlife Conservation Laws and Policy, Health,
Finance and Economics of Neo-tropical Animals,
Tourism, and other areas that can be found via
For further information,
662-2002 ext. 83328
The New Urgency
July 10-12, 2014
The UWI, Cave Hill, Barbados
The 13th Annual Conference of the Association
of Caribbean Higher Education Administrators
(ACHEA) takes place from July 10-12, 2014,
at the Roy Marshall Teaching Complex, UWI
Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. Theme - Creating
a Sustainable Lens for Higher Education: The
New Urgency.
For more information, please visit
Conference on the Economy
Call for Papers
Deadline: August 31, 2014
The UWI St. Augustine’s Department of Economics
Annual Conference on the Economy (COTE)
2014 is scheduled for October 9-10, 2014, at the
Learning Resource Centre (LRC) Auditorium,
UWI St. Augustine Campus. A call for papers has
been issued and all interested persons are invited
to submit abstracts by August 31 on any of the
sub-themes.
For further information,
please visit
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The UWI’s Discover Series – Brazil
August 3-16, 2014
The UWI’s DISCOVER series takes you on an
exciting journey through the BRICS. The St.
Augustine campus presents study tours that
provide immersion in the culture, history,
politics, architecture and people of promising
economies and rich cultures, led by expert
academic tour guides. From August 3-16, The
UWI lets you discover Brazil.
For more information,
please visit
UWI Life Support
6pm-8pm
August 28, 2014
The UWI St. Augustine
UWI welcomes all new students to the Campus
with its official annual orientation programme,
UWI Life. The UWI Life Support Network
targets the parents, guardians and spouses of
all first-year students, to equip them to better
assist the students as they make the transition
into university life.
UWI Life Student and
Information Village
9am-3pm
August 29, 2014
The UWI St. Augustine
The UWI Life Student and Information
Village orientation session targets all first-
time undergraduate, evening, part-time and
postgraduate students.This event ismeant to ease
students’ transition to campus life by providing
them with relevant and timely information, as
well as a relaxing and enjoyable atmosphere.
UWI Life Prime
6pm-8pm
August 30, 2014
The UWI St. Augustine
UWI Life Prime is the final event of UWI Life
and targets all first-year postgraduate students
and first-year part-time evening and mature
undergraduate students. This event aims to
provide the more mature students with the
necessary tools to balance work, family and
academics and help them shift from the work
arena to student life.
For more information,
please visit
