The Sports Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (SporTT) and UWI St Augustine have entered a groundbreaking memorandum of understanding (MOU) for collaboration to increase the social impact of sport.
The MOU, virtually signed by SporTT CEO Jason Williams and UWI St Augustine Campus Principal Professor Brian Copeland, seeks to formalise cooperation between the two institutions to enable knowledge exchange and partnership. The agreement will also seek to create an environment for the transition from students to sport professionals ready to impact the industry upon graduation.
Speaking at the ceremony, Mr Williams noted that this new MOU “recognises that for the nation to drive towards positive change in sport development, there needs to be more collaboration, more so, in times of limited resources. As such, partnerships like this one will assist in increasing the potential for greater achievement.”
As part of the agreement, SporTT will work with UWI St Augustine to develop and research concepts and proposals to acquire relevant data for the industry. They will also explore ways to provide scholarships or financial grants to encourage uptake of programmes by national governing bodies of sport and their administrators.
Professor Copeland said the MOU will “create an environment to foster sports professionals, grow the industry, improve training and raise the profiles of UWI and SporTT as regional players and leaders in the development of the sector”.
The UWI’s Faculty of Sport reaches across the campuses through Academies of Sport established at the Cave Hill, Mona, St Augustine and Open Campuses. These academies are responsible for academic activities, sports at all levels, as well as outreach to communities through sport. The faculty provides high-quality education in sports with emphasis on application via research, and development of the sports and athletes of the region.
