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ACADEMIC DIARY2015/2016

Academic Diary 2015/2016

The University of the West Indies

Open CampusCave Hill Mona St Augustine

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Dates for Academic Diary 2015/2016

Graduation Dates

Saturday October 10, 2015 Open Campus to be held inAntigua and Barbuda

Saturday October 17, 2015 Cave Hill

Thursday October 22–Saturday 24, 2015 St Augustine

Friday October 30 –Saturday 31, 2015 Mona

Semester I Dates 2015/2016

Semester I begins Sunday August 23, 2015

Teaching begins Monday August 31, 2015

Teaching ends Friday November 27, 2015

Examinations Wednesday December 02–Friday December 18, 2015

Semester I ends Friday December 18, 2015

Semester II Dates 2015/2016

Semester II begins Sunday January 17, 2016

Teaching begins Monday January 18, 2016

Teaching ends Friday April 15, 2016

Semester Break Sunday April 17–Sunday April, 24, 2016

Examinations Monday April 25–Friday May 13, 2016

Semester II ends Friday May 13, 2016

University Meetings

Cross Campus Meetings at St Augustine – September 21–September 24, 2015

University Finance and General Purposes Committee, Wednesday October 28, 2015

Cross Campus Meetings at Mona – February 01–05, 2016

Cross Campus Meetings at Cave Hill – May 23–27, 2016

Annual Business Meeting of Council at Cave Hill – Friday April 29, 2016

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Saturday 1 Public Holiday in the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, St Vincent & TheGrenadines and Trinidad & Tobago – Emancipation Day

Sunday 2 Public Holiday in Anguilla – Carnival Celebrations

Public Holiday in Antigua and Barbuda – Carnival Sunday

Public Holiday in The Commonwealth of Dominica and Montserrat –August Sunday

Monday 3 Public Holiday in Antigua and Barbuda – Carnival Monday

Public Holiday in Barbados – Kadooment Day

Public Holiday in The British Virgin Islands – Festival Monday

Public Holiday in Grenada – Emancipation Day

Tuesday 4 –

Wednesday 5 Public Holiday in Anguilla – Carnival Celebrations

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AUGUST 2015

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Wednesday 5 (cont’d) Academic Quality Assurance Committee (AQAC), Mona

Thursday 6 Public Holiday in Anguilla – Constitution Day

Public Holiday in Jamaica – Independence Day

Friday 7 –

Saturday 8 –

Sunday 9 –

Monday 10 Centre for Excellence in Teaching & Learning (CETL), Mona: SummerTraining Institute – Assessment in Higher Education Workshop

Tuesday 11 –

CETL, Mona: Summer Training Institute – Assessment in HigherEducation Workshop

Wednesday 12 Academic Board Sub-Committee on Student Matters, Mona

CETL, Mona: Summer Training Institute – Assessment in HigherEducation Workshop

Thursday 13 CETL, Mona: Summer Training Institute – Assessment in HigherEducation Workshop

Friday 14 CETL, Mona: Summer Training Institute – Assessment in HigherEducation Workshop

AUGUST 2015

Saturday 15 CETL, Mona: Summer Training Institute

Sunday 16 CETL, Mona: Summer Training Institute

Monday 17 Campus Examiners’ Meeting, Mona

CETL, Mona: Summer Training Institute – Theory to Practice Workshop

Orientation to University Teaching, St Augustine

Tuesday 18 Campus Examiners’ Meeting, Mona


Faculty Day, Faculty of Social Sciences (Mona)


Wednesday 19 Campus Examiners’ Meeting, Mona


Security Committee, Mona, 2:30 p.m.


Orientation for Parents, Mona

Academic Board Sub-Committee on Student Matters, Open Campus

Thursday 20 Campus Examiners’ Meeting, Mona


AUGUST 2015


Thursday 20 (cont’d) Board, Faculty of Food & Agriculture (St Augustine), 1:30 p.m.


CETL, Mona: Summer Training Institute – Course Design SummerWorkshop

Orientation for Undergraduate Students, Mona


Friday 21 Orientation for Undergraduate Students, Cave Hill

Campus Examiners’ Meeting, Mona


Orientation for Undergraduate Students, Mona


Saturday 22 CETL, Mona: Summer Training Institute

Sunday 23 Semester I begins

CETL, Mona: Summer Training Institute

Monday 24 CETL, Mona: Summer Training Institute

Orientation for Undergraduate Students, Western Jamaica Campus,Mona

AUGUST 2015

Tuesday 25 Orientation for Graduate Students, Cave Hill

CETL, Mona: Summer Training Institute – Teaching with 21st CenturyTechnologies Workshop

Orientation for Undergraduate Students, Western Jamaica Campus,Mona

Wednesday 26 CETL, Mona: Summer Training Institute – Teaching with 21st CenturyTechnologies Workshop

Academic Quality Assurance Committee (AQAC), Open Campus

Thursday 27 Campus Appointments Committee Mona, 9:30 a.m.

Campus Audit Committee, Mona

CETL, Mona: Annual New Faculty Orientation to Teaching at the UWIExercise

Orientation for Graduate Students, Mona

Friday 28 Matriculation Ceremony, Cave Hill

CETL, Mona: Annual New Faculty Orientation to Teaching at the UWIExercise

Campus Committee on Examination, Mona

Orientation for Graduate Students, Mona


AUGUST 2015


Saturday 29 –

Sunday 30 Orientation for New Academic & Senior Administrative Staff, Mona

Monday 31 Public Holiday in Trinidad & Tobago – Independence Day

Teaching begins

Orientation for New Academic & Senior Administrative Staff, Mona

AUGUST 2015

Tuesday 1 Campus Committee on Examinations, Cave Hill


Wednesday 2 Academic Quality Assurance Committee (AQAC), Mona


Teaching begins, Open Campus

Thursday 3 Matriculation and Welcome Ceremony, Mona

Orientation for New Academic & Senior Administrative Staff, MonaBoard, Faculty of Engineering, St Augustine, 1:30 p.m.

Friday 4 Orientation for New Academic & Senior Administrative Staff, Mona

Board, Faculty of Law (Cave Hill), 9:00 a.m.

Saturday 5 –

Sunday 6 Welcome Service, Mona

Monday 7 Grounds, Buildings and Premises Committee, Mona, 2:30 p.m.

Tuesday 8 Academic Quality Assurance Committee (AQAC), St Augustine, 1:30 p.m.

Campus Evaluation and Promotions Committee for Senior Administrativeand Professional Staff, Mona

Campus Committee for Graduate Studies & Research, Mona, 9:30 a.m.


SEPTEMBER 2015



Academic Board, Open Campus

Thursday 10 Campus Appointments Committee, St Augustine, 10:00 a.m.

Board, Faculty of Medical Sciences (St Augustine), 1:30 p.m.

Board, Faculty of Law (St Augustine), 1:30 p.m.

Board, Faculty of Medical Sciences (Cave Hill), 2:00 p.m.

Campus Research Awards Fund Committee, Cave Hill

Friday 11 Information & Communications Technology Committee, OpenCampus, 10:00 a.m.

Board, Faculty of Science & Technology (Cave Hill), 2:00 p.m.

Board, Faculty of Social Sciences (Cave Hill), 2:00 p.m.

Saturday 12 –

Sunday 13 –

Monday 14 Campus Committee on Graduate Studies & Research, Cave Hill

Tuesday 15 Campus Committee on Graduate Studies and Research, Open Campus

Academic Quality Assurance Committee (AQAC), Cave Hill, 10:00 a.m.

SEPTEMBER 2015

Wednesday 16 Steering Committee of Academic Board, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.

Housing Committee, Mona, 2:30 p.m.


Thursday 17 Board of Studies, Institute for Gender & Development Studies, Cave Hill

Academic Board, St Augustine, 1:30 p.m.

Academic Board, Mona, 2:30 p.m.

Campus Appointments Committee, Open Campus

Friday 18 Academic Board, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.

Academic Quality Assurance Committee, Cave Hill, 10:00 a.m.

Saturday 19 –

Sunday 20 –

Monday 21 Committee of Deans at St Augustine, 9:00 a.m.

Tuesday 22 Board for Undergraduate Studies at St Augustine, 9:00 a.m.

Wednesday 23 University Appointments Committee at St Augustine, 9:00 a.m.

Campus Finance & General Purposes Committee, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.

Campus Finance & General Purposes Committee, Mona, 2:30 p.m.


SEPTEMBER 2015


Thursday 24 Public Holiday in Trinidad & Tobago – Republic Day

Board for Graduate Studies & Research at St Augustine, 9:00 a.m.

Board, UWI Press at St Augustine, 4:00 p.m.

Campus Appointments Committee, Cave Hill, 9:30 a.m.

Campus Appointments Committee, Mona, 9:30 a.m.

Board, Faculty of Humanities & Education (Mona), 2:30 p.m.

Board, Faculty of Medical Sciences (Mona), 2:30 p.m.

Friday 25 Campus Finance & General Purposes Committee, St Augustine, 1:30 p.m.

Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning: UWI / Guardian Group“Premium” Open Lecture, St Augustine

Saturday 26 –Sunday 27 –Monday 28 –

Tuesday 29 Campus Audit Committee, Mona

Wednesday 30 –

SEPTEMBER 2015

Thursday 1 Board, Faculty of Social Sciences (St Augustine), 1:30 p.m.

Board, Faculty of Social Sciences (Mona), 2:30 p.m.

Friday 2 Board, Faculty of Humanities & Education (Cave Hill), 2:00 p.m.

Submission deadline for Mona’s Departmental Reports

Saturday 3 –Sunday 4 –


Tuesday 6 –


Thursday 8 UWI Management Audit Meeting at Cave Hill Board, Faculty of Food & Agriculture (St Augustine), 1:30 p.m.Board, Faculty of Humanities & Education (St Augustine), 1:30 p.m.Board, Faculty of Science & Technology (St Augustine), 1:30 p.m.Board, Faculty of Law (Mona), 2:30 p.m.

Board, Faculty of Science & Technology (Mona), 2:30 p.m.

CETL, Mona: The UWI Guardian Group Premium Teaching Lecture

Friday 9 Board of Studies, Institute for Gender & Development Studies, Mona,10:00 a.m.


OCTOBER 2015


Friday 9 (Cont’d) Board, Faculty of Science & Technology (Cave Hill), 2:00 p.m.CETL, Mona The UWI Guardian Group Premium Teaching Workshop

Saturday 10 Graduation Ceremony, Open Campus to be held in Antigua andBarbuda

Sunday 11 –Monday 12 Faculty of Medical Sciences (Mona), Student Awards CeremonyTuesday 13 Academic Board Sub-Committee on Co-Curricular Credits,

St Augustine, 1:30 p.m.Wednesday 14 Academic Board Sub-Committee on Student Matters, MonaThursday 15 Campus Appointments Committee, St Augustine, 10:00 a.m.

Academic Board, Mona, 2:30 p.m.Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence Ceremony in LT1 of the RoyMarshall Teaching Complex at Cave Hill at 5:00 p.m.

Friday 16 Board, Faculty of Social Sciences (Cave Hill), 2:00 p.m. Joint Board of Teacher Education, MonaPrincipal’s Dinner for Honorary Graduands, Cave Hill

Saturday 17 Graduation Ceremony at Cave Hill, 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

Sunday 18 –Monday 19 Public Holiday in Jamaica – National Heroes’ Day

OCTOBER 2015

Tuesday 20 Campus Research & Publications and Graduate Awards Committee,Mona, 9:30 a.m.

Wednesday 21 Security Committee, Mona, 2:30 p.m.

Thursday 22 Graduation Ceremony at St Augustine, 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

Annual Evaluation and Promotion Exercise, MonaBoard, Faculty of Humanities & Education (Mona), 2:30 p.m.Board, Faculty of Medical Sciences (Mona), 2:30 p.m.

Friday 23 Graduation Ceremony at St Augustine, 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

Annual Evaluation and Promotion Exercise, Mona

Saturday 24 Graduation Ceremony at St Augustine, 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

Sunday 25 – Monday 26 –

Tuesday 27 Academic Quality Assurance Committee (AQAC), St Augustine, 1:30 p.m.

Wednesday 28 Finance and General Purposes Committee at Mona, 9:00 a.m.

Thursday 29 –

Friday 30 Graduation Ceremony at Mona, 10:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Saturday 31 Graduation Ceremony at Mona, 10:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.


OCTOBER 2015


Sunday 1 –


Tuesday 3 –


Meeting of the Administrative, Technical & Service Staff, Open Campus,10:00 a.m.

Thursday 5 Academic Board, St Augustine, 1:30 p.m.


Faculty of Humanities & Education (Mona), Student Awards Ceremony



Monday 9 Annual Evaluation and Promotion Exercise, Mona

Tuesday 10 –

Wednesday 11 Public Holiday in Trinidad & Tobago – Divali

Research Day, Faculty of Medical Sciences (Mona)

Academic Board Sub-Committee on Student Matters, Mona

NOVEMBER 2015

Thursday 12 Research Day, Faculty of Medical Sciences (Mona)


Board, Faculty of Humanities & Education (St Augustine), 1:30 p.m.


Board, Faculty of Law (Mona), 2:30 p.m.


Friday 13 Information & Communications Technology Committee, Open Campus,10:00 a.m.


Campus Committee on Curricular Credits, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.

21st Catalysts for Change Lecture, Cave Hill

Annual Evaluation and Promotion Exercise, Mona

Research Day, Faculty of Medical Sciences (Mona)

Campus Finance & General Purposes Committee, St Augustine, 1:30 p.m.

Saturday 14 –

Sunday 15 CB Group/UWI (Mona), 5K Run/Walk


NOVEMBER 2015


Monday 16 –

Tuesday 17 –

Wednesday 18 Housing Committee, Mona, 2:30 p.m.


Thursday 19 Board of Studies, Institute for Gender & Development Studies, Cave Hill

Board, Faculty of Engineering (St Augustine), 1:30 p.m.

Board, Faculty of Food & Agriculture (St Augustine), 1:30 p.m.


Board, Faculty of Science & Technology (St Augustine), 1:30 p.m.


Friday 20 Board, Faculty of Social Sciences (Cave Hill), 2:00 p.m.

Campus Library Committee, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.

Saturday 21 –

Sunday 22 –

Monday 23 Academic Quality Assurance Committee (AQAC), Cave Hill, 10:00 a.m.

Tuesday 24 –

NOVEMBER 2015



Faculty of Social Sciences, Mona, Graduate Students Awards


Thursday 26 Campus Appointments Committee, Mona, 9:30 a.m.

Campus Appointments Committee, St Augustine, 10:00 a.m.




Teaching ends

Saturday 28 –

Sunday 29 –

Monday 30 Public Holiday in Barbados – Independence Day


NOVEMBER 2015


Tuesday 1 CETL, St Augustine: Celebrating University Teaching WeekWednesday 2 Semester I Examinations begin

Academic Quality Assurance Committee (AQAC), MonaCETL, St Augustine: Celebrating University Teaching Week

Thursday 3 Campus Appointments Committee, Cave Hill, 9:30 a.m.Board, Faculty of Humanities & Education (St Augustine), 1:30 p.m.Board, Faculty of Social Sciences (St Augustine), 1:30 p.m.Campus Finance & General Purposes Committee, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.Board, Faculty of Social Sciences (Mona), 2:30 p.m.CETL, St Augustine: Celebrating University Teaching Week

Friday 4 CETL, St Augustine: Celebrating University Teaching Week

Saturday 5 –Sunday 6 Nine Lessons and Carols, Cave Hill

Carol Service, Mona, Western Jamaica CampusMonday 7 Grounds, Buildings and Premises Committee, Mona, 2:30 p.m.Tuesday 8 Campus Committee for Graduate Studies & Research, Mona, 9:30 a.m.

Academic Quality Assurance Committee (AQAC), St Augustine, 1:30 p.m.Campus Committee for Graduate Studies and Research, Open Campus

DECEMBER 2015


Thursday 10 Board, Faculty of Law (Mona), 2:30 p.m.


Long Service & Staff Awards Ceremony, Mona

Friday 11 Long Service Awards, Cave Hill

Board of Studies, Institute for Gender & Development Studies, Mona10:00 a.m.


Saturday 12 –

Sunday 13 Carol Service, Mona

Monday 14 –

Tuesday 15 Campus Committee on Graduate Studies & Research, Cave Hill


Thursday 17 Campus Research Awards Fund Committee, Cave Hill




DECEMBER 2015


Friday 18 Academic Quality Assurance Committee (AQAC), Open Campus

Semester I Examinations end

Semester I ends

Saturday 19 –

Sunday 20 –

Monday 21 –

Tuesday 22 –

Wednesday 23 –

Thursday 24 –

Friday 25 CHRISTMAS DAY

Saturday 26 BOXING DAY

Sunday 27 –

Monday 28 –

Tuesday 29 –

Wednesday 30 –

Thursday 31 –

DECEMBER 2015

Friday 1 NEW YEAR’S DAY

Saturday 2 –

Sunday 3 –

Monday 4 –

Tuesday 5 –



Thursday 7 Board, Faculty of Engineering (St Augustine), 1:30 p.m.

Friday 8 Informations & Communications Technology Committee, Open Campus, 10:00 a.m.

Saturday 9 –

Sunday 10 –

Monday 11 Board of Examiners’ Meeting, Cave Hill


CETL, Mona: Annual Teaching with 21st Century TechnologiesWorkshop



JANUARY 2016


Tuesday 12 Board of Examiners’ Meeting, Cave Hill



Wednesday 13 Board of Examiners’ Meeting, Cave HillAcademic Board Sub-Committee on Student Matters, MonaCampus Examiners’ Meeting, MonaCETL, Mona: Annual Teaching with 21st Century TechnologiesWorkshopMeeting of the Administrative, Technical & Service Staff, Open Campus10:00 a.m.

Thursday 14 Board of Examiners’ Meeting, Cave HillBoard, Faculty of Medical Sciences (Cave Hill), 2:00 p.m.Campus Examiners’ Meeting, Mona



Faculty of Social Sciences (Mona), Undergraduate Students’ AwardsCeremony

JANUARY 2016

Friday 15 Academic Quality Assurance Committee (AQAC), Cave Hill, 10:00 a.m.

Board of Examiners’ Meeting, Cave Hill




Joint Board of Teacher Education, Mona


Saturday 16 –

Sunday 17 Semester II begins

Monday 18 Teaching begins

Tuesday 19 Campus Committee on Examinations, Cave Hill




Academic Board, Open Campus


JANUARY 2016


Thursday 21 Public Holiday in Barbados – Errol Barrow Day







Academic Board, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.

Saturday 23 –

Sunday 24 –

Monday 25 –

Tuesday 26 –

Wednesday 27 Campus Finance & General Purposes Committee, Mona, 2:30 p.m.

Thursday 28 Campus Appointments Committee, Cave Hill, 9:30 a.m.


JANUARY 2016

Thursday 28 (cont’d) Board, Faculty of Medical Sciences (St Augustine), 1:30 p.m.



Friday 29 –

Saturday 30 –

Sunday 31 –


JANUARY 2016


Monday 1 Committee of Deans at Mona, 9:00 a.m.

Grounds, Buildings and Premises Committee, Mona, 2:30 p.m.

Tuesday 2 Board for Undergraduate Studies at Mona, 9:00 a.m.

UWI Management Audit Meeting at Cave Hill

Academic Board Sub-Committee on Co-Curricular Credits, St Augustine, 1:30 p.m.

Wednesday 3 University Appointments Committee at Mona, 9:00 a.m.

Academic Quality Assurance Committee (AQAC), Mona

Thursday 4 Board for Graduate Studies & Research at Mona, 9:00 a.m.


Board, Faculty of Social Sciences (Mona), 2:30 p.m..

Friday 5 Finance and General Purposes Committee at Mona, 9:00 a.m.

Joint Committee of the Council and Senate on the Award of HonoraryDegrees (immediately following F&GPC)

Board, Faculty of Humanities & Education (Cave Hill), 2:00 p.m.

Saturday 6 –

Sunday 7 Commemoration Service, Mona

FEBRUARY 2016

Monday 8 Commemoration Celebrations, Mona

Carnival Monday in Trinidad and Tobago

Tuesday 9 Commemoration Celebrations, Mona

Carnival Tuesday in Trinidad and Tobago

Wednesday 10 Public Holiday in Jamaica – Ash Wednesday

Thursday 11 Commemoration Celebrations, Mona



Board, Faculty of Social Sciences (St Augustine), 1:30 p.m.



Friday 12 Commemoration Celebrations, Mona

Board of Studies, Institute for Gender & Development Studies, Mona,10:00 a.m.


Campus Committee on Examinations, Mona

Saturday 13 –


FEBRUARY 2016


Sunday 14 –Monday 15 –


Academic Quality Assurance Committee (AQAC), St Augustine, 1:30 p.m.

Wednesday 17 Research Day, Mona begins

Campus Finance & General Purposes Committee, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.




Thursday 18 Research Day, Mona



Board of Studies, Institute for Gender & Development Studies, Cave Hill

Friday 19 Research Day, Mona ends


FEBRUARY 2016

Saturday 20 –

Sunday 21 –

Monday 22 –

Tuesday 23 –


TORONTO GALA





Friday 26 –

Saturday 27 –

Sunday 28 –

Monday 29 –


FEBRUARY 2016


Tuesday 1 –




Sports Day, Mona

Friday 4 Campus Council (Mona), 9:00 a.m.

Board, Faculty of Humanities & Education (Cave Hill), 2:00 p.m.

Campus Finance & General Purposes Committee (St Augustine), 1:30 p.m.



Tuesday 8 –


Thursday 10 Board, Faculty of Humanities & Education (St Augustine), 1:30 p.m.



MARCH 2016

Friday 11 Campus Council, Cave Hill, 9:30 a.m.

Information and Communications Technology Committee, OpenCampus, 10:00 a.m.


Saturday 12 –

Sunday 13 –

Monday 14 –

Tuesday 15 –

Wednesday 16 Meeting of the Administrative, Technical & Service Staff, Open Campus,10:00 a.m.






Faculty of Science & Technology (Mona), Student Awards Ceremony,4:00 p.m.


MARCH 2016


Friday 18 Campus Council, Open Campus

Academic Quality Assurance Committee (AQAC), Cave Hill, 10:00 a.m.


Saturday 19 –

Sunday 20 –

Monday 21 –

Tuesday 22 Campus Council, St Augustine, 10:00 a.m.






Friday 25 GOOD FRIDAY

Saturday 26 –

Sunday 27 EASTER SUNDAY

Monday 28 EASTER MONDAY

MARCH 2016

Tuesday 29 –

Wednesday 30 Public Holiday in Trinidad & Tobago – Spiritual Baptist Liberation Day

Thursday 31 –


MARCH 2016



Saturday 2 –

Sunday 3 –


Tuesday 5 Student Awards Ceremony, Cave Hill

Academic Board Sub-Committee on Co-Curricular Credits, St Augustine, 1:30 p.m.



Thursday 7 Board, Faculty of Humanities & Education (St Augustine), 1:30 p.m.




Board of Studies, Institute for Gender & Development Studies, Cave Hill

Friday 8 Board, Faculty of Science & Technology (Cave Hill), 2:00 p.m.

Board, Faculty of Humanities & Education (Cave Hill) 2:00 p.m.

APRIL 2016

Saturday 9 UWI, Mona Annual Student Awards Ceremony

Sunday 10 –

Monday 11 CETL, Mona: Teaching with 21st Century Technologies MiniConference/Showcase

Tuesday 12 Campus Committee for Graduate Studies & Research, Mona, 9:30 a.m.


CETL, Mona: Teaching with 21st Century Technologies MiniConference/Showcase

Campus Committee for Graduate Studies & Research, Open Campus


CETL, Mona: Teaching with 21st Century Technologies MiniConference/Showcase






APRIL 2016


Friday 15 Teaching ends



Joint Board of Teacher Education, Mona

Saturday 16 –

Sunday 17 Semester Break begins

Valedictory Service, Mona

Monday 18 –

Tuesday 19 Academic Quality Assurance Committee (AQAC), Cave Hill, 10:00 a.m.


Security Committee, Mona, 2:30 p.m.Academic Board, Open Campus

Thursday 21 Academic Board, St Augustine, 1:30 p.m.Academic Board, Mona, 2:30 p.m.


Saturday 23 –

Sunday 24 Semester Break ends

APRIL 2016

Monday 25 Semester II Examinations begins

Tuesday 26 –


Thursday 28 Public Holiday in Barbados – Heroes’ Day




Friday 29 Annual Business Meeting of Council at the Regional Headquarters,Mona, 9:00 a.m.

Saturday 30 –


APRIL 2016


Sunday 1 –

Monday 2 Public Holiday in Barbados – May Day

Grounds, Buildings and Premises Committee, Mona, 2:30 p.m.

Tuesday 3 Campus Research Awards Fund Committee, Cave Hill

Wednesday 4 Campus Finance & General Purposes Committee, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.

Academic Quality Assurance Committee (AQAC), Mona




Campus Library Committee, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.



Saturday 7 –Sunday 8 –Monday 9 –

Tuesday 10 Campus Committee on Graduate Studies & Research, Cave Hill

MAY 2016

Wednesday 11 Meeting of the Administrative, Technical & Service Staff, Open Campus,10:00 a.m.


Thursday 12 Board, Faculty of Medical Sciences (Cave Hill), 2:00 p.m.






Friday 13 Campus Appointments Committee (Cave Hill), 9:00 a.m.

Board of Studies, Institute for Gender & Development Studies, Mona,10:00 a.m.

Information and Communications Technology Committee, Open Campus, 10:00 a.m.

Semester II Examinations end

Semester II ends

Saturday 14 –


MAY 2016


Sunday 15 –

Monday 16 Public Holiday in Barbados – Whit Monday




Thursday 19 Board, Faculty of Medical Sciences (St Augustine), 1:30 p.m.



Friday 20 Campus Committee on Curricular Credits, Cave Hill, 2:00 p.m.

Saturday 21 –

Sunday 22 –

Monday 23 Public Holiday in Jamaica – Labour Day

Committee of Deans at Cave Hill, 9:00 a.m.

Tuesday 24 Board for Undergraduate Studies at Cave Hill, 9:00 a.m.

University Archives and Records Management Committee at Cave Hill,3:00 p.m.

MAY 2016

Wednesday 25 University Appointments Committee at Cave Hill, 9:00 a.m.



Thursday 26 Public Holiday in Trinidad and Tobago – Corpus ChristiBoard for Graduate Studies & Research at Cave Hill, 9:00 a.m.

Campus Appointments Committee, Mona, 9:30 a.m.Board, Faculty of Food & Agriculture (St Augustine), 1:30 p.m.Board, Faculty of Humanities & Education (Mona), 2:30 p.m.Board, Faculty of Medical Sciences (Mona), 2:30 p.m.

Friday 27 Finance and General Purposes Committee at Cave Hill, 9:00 a.m.

University Selection Committee for Vice-Chancellor’s Award forExcellence at Cave Hill (immediately following F&GPC))

Campus Committee on Examinations, Cave Hill

Saturday 28 –

Sunday 29 –

Monday 30 Public Holiday in Trinidad and Tobago – Indian Arrival Day

Tuesday 31 Regional Planning and Strategy Committee of the Institute for Gender &Development Studies at St Augustine


MAY 2016



Regional Planning and Strategy Committee of the Institute for Gender &Development Studies at St Augustine

Academic Staff Appraisal, Mona begins

Thursday 2 UWI Management Audit Meeting at Cave Hill

Friday 3 Board of Examiners’ Meeting, Cave Hill


Saturday 4 Board of Examiners’ Meeting, Cave Hill


Sunday 5 Board of Examiners’ Meeting, Cave HillCampus Examiners’ Meeting, Mona


Campus Examiners’ Meeting, MonaGrounds, Buildings and Premises Committee, Mona, 2:30 p.m.

Tuesday 7 Board of Examiners’ Meeting, Cave HillCampus Examiners’ Meeting, Mona


JUNE 2016

Wednesday 8 Board of Examiners’ Meeting, Cave Hill



Thursday 9 Board of Examiners’ Meeting, Cave Hill






Saturday 11 –

Sunday 12 –

Monday 13 UWI Management Audit Meeting at Cave Hill

Tuesday 14 –


Thursday 16 Academic Board, St Augustine, 1:30 p.m.



JUNE 2016


Friday 17 –

Saturday 18 –

Sunday 19 Public Holiday in Trinidad and Tobago – Labour Day (to be observed onMonday June 20, 2016)


Public Holiday in Trinidad and Tobago – Labour Day observance

Tuesday 21 Board of Examiners’ Meeting, Cave Hill

Wednesday 22 Board of Examiners’ Meeting, Cave Hill


Thursday 23 Board of Examiners’ Meeting, Cave Hill




Campus Finance & General Purposes Committee, St Augustine, 1:30 p.m.

Saturday 25 Board of Examiners’ Meeting, Cave Hill

Sunday 26 –

JUNE 2016

Monday 27 –

Tuesday 28 –

Wednesday 29 –

Thursday 30 Academic Staff Appraisal, Mona ends


JUNE 2016


Friday 1 Campus Committee on Examinations, Mona

Saturday 2 –

Sunday 3 –

Monday 4 –

Tuesday 5 Public Holiday in Trinidad and Tobago – Eid-ul-Fitr


Thursday 7 –

Friday 8 Joint Board of Teacher Education, Mona

Information and Communications Technology Committee, OpenCampus, 10:00 a.m.

Saturday 9 –

Sunday 10 –

Monday 11 –

Tuesday 12 –


Meeting of the Administrative, Technical & Service Staff, Open Campus,10:00 a.m.

JULY 2016

Thursday 14 –

Friday 15 –

Saturday 16 –

Sunday 17 –

Monday 18 –

Tuesday 19 –



Thursday 21 –

Friday 22 –

Saturday 23 –

Sunday 24 –

Monday 25 –

Tuesday 26 –

Wednesday 27 –



JULY 2016


Friday 29 –

Saturday 30 –

Sunday 31 –

JULY 2016

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