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UWI TODAY
– SUNDAY 8TH MAY, 2016
The Centre for Excellence
in Teaching and Learning
(CETL) celebrated its 20th anniversary on April 11, 2016.
In that time, the Centre has positioned itself as a leader
in the scholarship of teaching and learning for higher
education, offering both a Master’s and a post-graduate
certificate. Courses and workshops have been conducted
across the Caribbean (including the British Virgin Islands).
The Centre’s latest initiative in blended-learning rounds out
the various delivery methods offered at UWI St. Augustine.
The Centre began as the Instructional Development
On September 15 and 16, 2015
, the Centre for Language
Learning opened its doors to representatives of the Japan
Foundation, founded in 1972 with the sole mandate of
promoting and realising intercultural exchanges between
Japan and the rest of the world.The Japan Foundation is also
keenly interested in Japanese-language education overseas.
Subsequent to its visit at the CLL, during which the
representatives were particularly impressed by the high-
calibre of the CLL’s Japanese programme and the number
of students participating in the JET programme, the
representatives invited the Centre to join its JF Nihongo
or “Sakura” Network. This network, inaugurated in 2008,
consists of 127 core organisations who work collaboratively
to ensure the quality of Japanese-language education
worldwide.
The CLL’s invitation to join the “Sakura” network
is a milestone worthy of praise since it establishes itself
as the only Caribbean institution to have ever done
so. Its membership status is also significant due to the
increased opportunities for professional and/or academic
development for teachers and students of Japanese both
locally and in Japan.
Japanese is one of the 10 foreign languages taught at
the CLL and one of the 4 credit-bearing courses offered.
Registration for Semester I classes 2016/2017 will begin on
August 22, 2016. Find out more about Japanese at the CLL
CAMPUS NEWS
Unit (IDU) under the direction of Ms. Betty Rohlehr.
From its tiny physical space and facilities, the IDU was
responsible for sparking awareness among the teaching
staff of the link between research and teaching. For its
Excellence in Service to the University, the IDU received
the Vice-Chancellor’s Award in 2004. Strengthening its
commitment to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning,
the Caribbean Scholar was launched in 2011 under Dr.
Anna-May Edwards-Henry’s leadership. In 2015 the IDU
moved to the Teaching and Learning Complex and assumed
its current name:The Centre for Excellence in Teaching and
Learning. Its new Director is Dr. Margo Burns.
To celebrate its 20 years of success, the Centre will be
launching 20 new initiatives over the next academic year
beginning with the movement of student evaluations to an
online format. Follow the Centre’s website
.
edu/cetl/ to see how you can participate.
The Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) marks 20 years
Supporting Economic Diversification along the Cocoa Value Chain
CONGRATULATIONS!
THE
Trinbago-Japanese
CONNECTION
From left: Mr. Tsuyoshi Osone of the Japan Foundation; Ms. Shiho
Arakawa, a Japanese Tutor at the Centre for Language Learning;
Ms. Fumie Yanashima, a Senior Lecturer, Japan Foundation,
Japanese-Language Institute, Urawa; Ms. Tsubura Kawasaki-Tull,
Japanese Coordinator, CLL.
CLL Director, Dr. Beverly-Anne Carter presents Bephyer
Parey with a pen as a personal gift for her support as a research
assistant during their Language and Competitiveness event in
January. Bephyer is completing her PhD in the Social Sciences.
Minister in the Ministry of Agriculture
, Land and
Fisheries, Clarence Rambharat, says his Ministry pledges
to implement good governance and structure as the driving
forces for the growth of the cocoa industry. The Minister
spoke atThe UWI’s Cocoa Research Centre’s (CRC) second
symposium, organized by the CRC’s International Fine
Cocoa Innovation Centre (IFCIC) on April 6, and he said
the goal is strengthening Trinidad and Tobago as a
Cocoa
Centre of Excellence
dedicated to technology and innovative
development.
The symposium presented the CRC’s work by its
scientists, associates and graduate students in research
and development. It included subjects like cashing in on
the International Cocoa Gene Bank’s location in Trinidad,
building resistance to disease, climate change mitigation,
quality management and certification in the industry
and along the value chain, understanding genetic origin,
diversity and food and beverage product development.
Among the presenters at the symposium,
“Supporting
Economic Diversification along the Cocoa Value Chain
through Research Innovation,”
were Dr. Rikhi Permanand,
CEO, Economic Development Advisory Board, who shared
the work of the Ministry’s Central Experimental Station
towards organising and supporting 12 cocoa clusters
throughout Trinidad. Ms. Karen Lee Lum, Project Manager
of the IFCIC presented a Labour ResolutionModel coming
out of consultation with small, medium and large estates.
Ms. Jude Lee Sam of the Montserrat Cocoa Growers’
Cooperative shared their model. Ms. Ashley Parasram, of
the Trinidad & Tobago Fine Cocoa Company Ltd, shared
lessons from a private sector perspective. Mr Shyamal
Chandradathsingh of InvesTT shared his agency’s focus
on being a transformative force in the cocoa sector by
bringing both local and foreign investment to the sector and
strengthening our presence in the export market. Dr Darin
Sukha of the CRC shared the Centre’s many programmes
targeted at building the quality and developmental capacity
of micro and small entrepreneurs in value addition, not the
least of which is building value chain connectivity.
Clarence Rambharat, Minister in the Ministry of Agriculture,
Land and Fisheries
