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UWI TODAY
– SUNDAY 22 JANUARY, 2017
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UWI CALENDAR
of
EVENTS
JANUARY – MARCH 2017
The all-inclusive
c o r n e r s t o n e
event of The UWI
D e v e l o pm e n t
and Endowment
Fund: UWI Fete
2017: Wanderlust
– Taste the World
takes place from
no on t o 8 pm
at the grounds
of the Office of
t h e C a m p u s
Principal. You can
look forward to
live performances
byMachel Montano and his full band, Roy Cape All-Stars, Dil-e-
Nadan. Dishes from six territories –Africa, China, India, France,
Italy, Mexico and so much more. Regular tickets cost $1250 at
select Republic bank outlets, from the University and online at
ticketfederation.com. Special alumni tickets are available for
UWI St. Augustine Alumni Association members for $1000.
For details, please visit
HUMAN RIGHTS OPEN DAY
January 26, 2017
The UWI St. Augustine
The Faculty of Lawhosts the EU-HumanRightsOpenDay under
the project, Growing Local Capacity for elevating Trinidad and
Tobago to International Human Rights Standards. The Human
Rights Open Day will showcase the project’s work with a focus
on human rights issues such as gender, LGBTI, and the death
penalty.There will also be activities such as performances, video
presentations, symbolic representations, spoken word art pieces
and more. The Open Day takes place on January 26 from 10am
to 4pm at the Faculty of Law, Noor Hassanali Auditorium and
Greens.
For more information, please visit the Campus Events Calendar
at
BASIC SURGICAL SKILLS
WORKSHOP
March 18 and 19, 2017
The UWI St. Augustine
TheFacultyofMedical Sciences,Department
of Clinical Sciences in conjunction with
the Royal College of Surgeons are hosting
the Basic Surgical Skills Workshop with course directors from the
UK including Eric Drabble and Professor Michael Parker. The local
course director is Michael James Ramdass. The workshop takes place
at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mt. Hope and costs
$9000TT. Registration continues to be open until February 26, 2017.
For more information, please visit the Campus Events Calendar
at
LEARN A LANGUAGE WITH CLL
Don’t miss your chance to learn a new language with the Centre for
Language Learning (CLL) in 2017! Courses are offered in a variety
of languages from Arabic, Mandarin, French, German and more.
Registration for the Mid-Year programme will run from April 24 to
28 so save the date to learn a language now!
For more information, please visit
CALL FOR PAPERS –
DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES
POSTGRADUATE CONFERENCE
Online
The Department of Behavioural Sciences (DOBS) presents their 3rd
Biennial Postgraduate Conference under the theme,The Importance of
Interdisciplinary Social Science Research in the Caribbean: Alleviating
Inequalities/Integrating Approaches. The conference is carded for
March 22 to 23, 2017 at the Learning Resource Centre (LRC). They
have issued a call for papers with the deadline January 23, 2017.
Possible paper topics include, Social and Community Studies, Regional
Security, Gender and Sexuality and several others.
For more information, or to submit a proposal,
please email
UWI FETE
January 29, 2017
The UWI St. Augustine
