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UWI TODAY
– SUNDAY 5TH JULY, 2015
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UWI Calendar
of
Events
JULY–AUGUST 2015
ACHEA: Re-visioning,
Re-assessing, Re-Committing
July 9-11
UWI, St. Augustine
The Association of CaribbeanHigher Education
Administrators (ACHEA) presents their
14th Annual Conference from July 9 to 11,
2015 at the Teaching and Learning Complex
under the theme Re-visioning, Re-assessing
and Re-Committing for Success in Higher
Education. Pre-register for sessions such
as: A Librarian’s Forum, Technology-Driven
Software Engineering CurriculumDevelopment
Workshop and The Work Integrated Education
(WIE) Forum.
For further information, visit
The Faculty of Social Sciences Department of
Behavioural Sciences will be hosting a workshop
on Law, Negotiation and the Mediation Process
at the Faculty of Social Sciences Lounge. Learn
about how businesses have become more aware
of the litigation and mediation processes and
how to avoidmajor pitfalls in business especially
involving legal disputes.
For further information visit
.
Improving learning
for special needs children
July 24
9am to 3pm
UWI, Family Development Centre (FDC)
The Faculty of Humanities and Education -
Family Development Centre (FDC) hosts its
2nd Interactive Learning Event Part of their
Enhancing Professionalism Series with the
topic Teaching students with special needs:
Improving learning and work performance in
the classroom. This event takes place The UWI,
FDC 1st Floor, Conference Room and will
feature guest speakers: OccupationalTherapists,
Christopher Ristic and Tara Riley. The cost is
TT$600.
For further information,
please email
.
VEME
August 10-14
UWI, St. Augustine
The 20th International BioinformaticsWorkshop
onVirus Evolution andMolecular Epidemiology
(VEME) will open at the Teaching and Learning
Complex, St. Augustine Road on 10 August.The
keynote speaker is Professor Edward Holmes
an internationally renowned research scientist
studying the mechanisms by which pathogens
cross species boundaries to emerge in humans.
For further information,
please email
IGDS Short Courses
July and August
UWI, Institute for Gender and Development
Studies (IGDS)
Register early to reserve a spot in any of the
exciting courses being offered in July andAugust
by Gender Studies on topics such as Critical
Sexuality Studies, Looking in: Looking Out,
Gender in the News and The Law and Women.
Final deadlines for registration and payment of
all short courses are three working days prior to
the start of the course so register now.
For further information,
visit:
Breadfruit Exhibition & Festival
July 10
9am to 6pm
UWI, St. Augustine
The Faculty of Food and Agriculture (FFA)
will host the 2015 International Breadfruit
Conference under the theme Commercialising
breadfruit for food and nutrition security; and
as part of the conference, will host a Breadfruit
Exhibition & Festival.This free event takes place
at the JFK Auditorium and Quadrangle and
is open to the public. Look out for interactive
displays on food; breadfruit and breadnut
(chataigne) products; processing equipment;
educational material and breadfruit-themed arts
and crafts. Experience breadfruit like you never
before in unique dishes like breadfruit pizza,
pastelle even ice-cream.
For more information,
please visit the Campus Events Calendar
at
Law, Negotiation
& the Mediation Process
July 20-21
8.15am to 4pm
UWI, St. Augustine
