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UWI TODAY
– SUNDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER, 2016
CAMPUS NEWS
In mid August the Estate Police
Association (EPA) and The St. Augustine Campus
of the University of the West Indies (UWI), signed a Memorandum of Agreement
(MOA) on behalf of the Estate Police Persons employed by The UWI St. Augustine
Campus. The agreement is for the period 1 August 2011 to 31 July 2014 for an overall
increase in salaries of 8% broken down as follows: 1% for the first year, 1% for the
second year and 6% for the third year. The MOA also included increases in the
following: Allowances; Cost of Living, Subsistence and Call out\Call Back Allowance.
The signing took place at the Office of the Campus Principal.
The negotiation took just over two and a half years to complete and agreement
was reached at the bilateral level without the intervention of a third party. Stephen
Sheppard, Director of Division of Human Resources said, “This agreement is
important because it is for a period long past. Our hard-working Estate Police
persons are still being paid at 2011 rates in 2016 while prices are going up every day,
thus negatively affecting their standard of living. Many other organisations and their
unions already have agreements in place for this period so it was important for us
to treat our staff fairly. The signing represents revised terms and conditions of work
for the Estate Police Persons”.
Welcome!
NewMembers of Staff
REVISEDWORK TERMS FOR UWI ESTATE POLICE
(L-R) Stephen Sheppard - Director of Division of Human Resources, Professor Indar
Ramnarine - Ag. Deputy Campus Principal, David Weeks - Assistant General Secretary, EPA,
Professor Brian Copeland - Pro Vice-Chancellor and Campus Principal, Andrea Taylor-Hanna
- Campus Bursar and Richard Saunders - Campus Registrar.
The Staff Orientation Programme
aims to engage new
staff and reinforce to current staff and the community,
the University’s mandate and services, and to inform and
reinforce general knowledge at all levels (University, Campus
and country). The event was designed for and is open to
persons who are new to the Campus or who have never
benefitted from this type of orientation.
The opening ceremony comprised of a welcome and
introduction to The UWI by the Acting Deputy Campus
Principal, followed by a presentation by the HR Director.
This presentation provided a brief introduction to the
staff and student administration offices. An interactive
presentation by the Arts in Action group ended the short
formalities and the day’s events continued outside on the
grounds of the Daaga Auditorium with an orientation fair.
Another key part of staff orientation took place at the
Centre for Excellence in Teaching & Learning (CETL). This
took the formof an interactive workshop designed to orient
teaching staff to the foundations of teaching and learning at
the university level as they relate to the competencies of the
distinctive UWI graduate. Participants were introduced to
the University’s blended learning programme and learning
management system, and will explore how scholarship of
teaching and learning can become part of their research
agenda.
Whatever they saw in the ‘red book’, staffers were quite pleased
Staff taking a minute to socialise and enjoy complementary corn soup
at the orientation fair
An immigration officer was on hand to assist expats employed at The
UWI with regularising their status
The Tourism Development Company gave tips to all staff, new and
continuing, on where to go to enjoy our country
The happy staff of the Marketing and Communications department,
at the service of their colleagues
Not behind the books: Campus Librarian Frank Soodeen and Dep.
Campus Librarian Allison Dolland
The event was designed
for and is open to persons
who are new to the
Campus or who have
never benefitted from this
type of orientation.
PHOTOS: ANEEL KARIM
