University of the West Indies at Cave Hill is a public research university in Cave Hill, Barbados. It is one of five general campuses in the

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system. It was the third campus to be established by the UWI System, following the Mona campus in Jamaica and the St. Augustine campus in Trinidad and Tobago. The Cave Hill campus is also the headquarters of the Open Campus, which is responsible for UWI programmes in the non-campus territories. The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus' academic programmes offer diversity at both the undergraduate and graduate level. There are 7 faculties with supporting academic departments; various research units & centres; and two graduate institutions.

Codrington College Codrington College is an Anglican theological college in St. John, Barbados now affiliated with the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill. It is one of the oldest Anglican theological colleges in the Americas. It was affiliated to the U ...

, the oldest educational institution in the Caribbean, is affiliated with Cave Hill, while the School of Education works with

Erdiston Teachers' Training College The Erdiston Teachers' Training College is located in Pine Hill, Bridgetown, Barbados. It is affiliated with the School of Education of the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus. History Around 1912, Codrington College, under the dire ...

to provide pre-service and in-service training to teachers in Barbados and other parts of the Caribbean. Since 2004, the Cave Hill campus is the site of the

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University of the West Indies, Barbados-1

History

The university was founded in 1948, on the recommendation of the Asquith Commission through its sub-committee on the West Indies chaired by Sir James Irvine. The Asquith Commission had been established in 1943 to review the provision of higher education in the British colonies. Initially in a special relationship with the

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, the then University College of the West Indies (UCWI) was seated at Mona, about five miles from Kingston, Jamaica. The University College achieved independent university status in 1962. The St Augustine Campus in Trinidad, formerly the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture (ICTA), was established in 1960.

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, then Vice-Chancellor of the independent UWI, wanted to expand the university beyond Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago to serve the "little eight" - the eastern Caribbean islands. The "little eight" comprised Grenada, Dominica, St. Kitts, and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Montserrat. These islands, smaller than either Jamaica or Trinidad and Tobago, had been members of the

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but upon its dissolution, were isolated and in need of regional support. A proposal was developed and submitted in February 1963 to the University Council for a campus in Barbados. It was approved and was initially housed in a site near the Bridgetown Harbour. The Campus opened just over half a year later with 118 students. It subsequently moved to Cave Hill, its present location, in 1967. Initially, it was called the College of Arts and Sciences and received significant support from the Government of Barbados in the form of free university education for its citizens.

Enrolment, graduation and research data

According to th
2015/2016 Cave Hill Campus Annual Report to Council
on 29 November 2016, there were 5,507 students on the Cave Hill Campus. This represented a 9% decline from the previous year, largely due to a change in policy by the Government of Barbados resulting in students having to pay university tuition fees. Previously, Bajan students only had to pay limited charges. The Faculty of Social Studies had the largest enrolment, followed by the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Medical Sciences and finally the Faculty of Humanities and Education. Graduate studies comprised 703 students. In the 2015/16 academic year, 1,216 undergraduate degrees were awarded along with 473 postgraduate credentials (including doctorates, masters and advanced diplomas) for a grand total of 1,689 awards. During the 2015/16 academic year, BD$268,402.79 was awarded by the Campus to postgraduate students for conference attendance and research. In the same year, BD$316,974 was provided to faculty members for research and attending conferences. Cave Hill faculty members published eleven books, 42 book chapters, thirty technical reports and 137 journal articles during this time.

Campus

The original, temporary campus, then known as the College of Arts and Science, was located at the Trade Fair site, at the

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. The permanent campus was established in Cave Hill (from which the campus takes its name),

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, with the

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laid on 26 January 1966. The campus was designed by Captain William Tomlin and consists of a total of 39.7 ha. 17 ha overlooks the city of

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while a further 13 ha of adjacent land is situated with a view of the Caribbean Sea. The campus has two other off-campus sites in progress. One is the Dukes Lands in the

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of St. Thomas. Activities at the Dukes Lands include training in various areas of agro-business, such as producing leather goods and manufacturing chocolate, research and support for entrepreneurial initiatives. A second is an incubator for digital entrepreneurship in Bridgetown. It occupies the Mutual Building, the former headquarters of

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, from which UWI leased the building. Other suggestions for a further satellite campus within Barbados have included moving or establishing a portion back to Bridgetown.

Faculties

* Culture, Creative & Performing Arts * Humanities and Education * Law * Medical Sciences * Science and Technology * Social Sciences * Sport

Accreditation

In 2019, UWI Cave Hill (as a whole) was re-accredited by the Barbados Accreditation Council for the maximum term, ending in 2026. The three UWI medical schools are accredited together, despite differences in curriculum, and are currently accredited with conditions by the

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(CAAM-HP).

Faculty of Culture, Creative and Performing Arts

Departments

* Department of Cultural Studies * Department of Creative and Performing Arts (formerly Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination)

Faculty of Humanities and Education

Departments

* School of Education * Department of History and Philosophy * Department of Language, Linguistics & Literature

Specialised units and centres

* Centre for Caribbean Lexicography * Centre for Language Learning Centre

Affiliated colleges

Faculty of Law

Specialised units and centres

* Caribbean Law Institute Centre (CLIC), twinned with the Florida State University

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Faculty of Medical Sciences

Specialised units and centres

* George Alleyne Chronic Disease Research Centre

Faculty of Science and Technology

Departments

* Department of Biological & Chemical Sciences * Department of Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics

Specialised units and centres

* Centre for Resource Management & Environmental Studies (CERMES)

Affiliated centres

Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology The Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology was established in 1967 by the member states, all current and ex-British colonies, of the Caribbean Meteorological Organisation (CMO). It was amalgamated with the Caribbean Operational Hydrol ...

Faculty of Social Sciences

Departments

* Department of Economics * Department of Government, Sociology, Social Work & Psychology * Department of Management Studies

Academic units and centres

* Shridath Ramphal Centre - International Trade Law, Policy and Services * CLR James Cricket Research Centre * Sagicor Cave Hill School of Business and Management

Affiliated research units and centres

* Institute for Gender and Development Studies - Nita Barrow Unit * Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social & Economic Studies (SALISES)

Faculty of Sport

Academy of Sport

Student life

The Cave Hill Academy of Sport, now a unit of the new Faculty of Sport, provides a range of sporting activities for participants, nicknamed the

UWI Blackbirds The UWI Blackbirds or Cave Hill Blackbirds, are the official athletic teams of the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill. Sports The following thirteen sports are offered. * Aerobics * Basketball * Chess * Cricket * Football (soccer) * ...

. There are many clubs and associations at the university, divided into categories such as: cultural, academic, religious and service. One popular artistic student group is the

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Campus principals and pro vice-chancellors

* Mr Leslie R.B. Robinson, founding principal of the College of Arts and Science * Sir Sidney Lancelot Martin (1964 - 1983) * Sir Woodville Marshall * Sir Keith Hunte (1983 - 2002) * Professor Sir

Hilary Beckles Sir Hilary McDonald Beckles KA (born 11 August 1955) is a Barbadian historian. He is the current vice-chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI) and chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission. Educated at the University of Hull ...

(2002 - 2015), currently UWI vice-chancellor *

Eudine Barriteau Violet Eudine Barriteau, FB, GCM (10 December 1954), is a professor of gender and public policy, as well as Principal of the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill. She was also the president of the International Association for Feminist Ec ...

(2015 - 2021) * Professor R Clive Landis (2021 - present)

Notable alumni

Sandra Mason Dame Sandra Prunella Mason (born 17 January 1949) is a Barbadian politician, lawyer, and diplomat who is serving as the first president of Barbados since 2021. She was previously the eighth and final governor-general of Barbados from 2018 to 2 ...

, first and current

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Paula-Mae Weekes Paula-Mae Weekes (born 23 December 1958) is a Trinidadian politician and jurist who is the sixth president of Trinidad and Tobago. She is the first female President of Trinidad and Tobago, as well as the second female head of state in Trinidad an ...

, current President of

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Timothy Harris Timothy Sylvester Harris (born 6 December 1964) is a Saint Kittitian and Nevisian politician, who served as the third prime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis from 2015 to 2022. He previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 10 August 2 ...

, current Prime Minister of

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, current Prime Minister of

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Owen Arthur Owen Seymour Arthur, PC (17 October 194927 July 2020) was a Barbadian politician who served as the fifth prime minister of Barbados from 6 September 1994 to 15 January 2008. He is the longest-serving Barbadian prime minister to date. He also s ...

, former Prime Minister of Barbados *

Denzil Douglas Denzil Llewellyn Douglas (born 14 January 1953) is a Saint Kittitian and Nevisian politician and the longest-serving prime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, in office from 1995 to 2015. Subsequently he has been Leader of the Opposition. He was ...

, former Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis *

Freundel Stuart Freundel Jerome Stuart, OR, PC, SC (born 27 April 1951) is a Barbadian politician who served as seventh Prime Minister of Barbados and the leader of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) from 23 October 2010 to 21 February 2013; and from 21 Febru ...

, former Prime Minister of Barbados * David Thompson, former Prime Minister of Barbados *

Kenny Anthony Kenny Davis Anthony (born 8 January 1951Government page on Anthony
.) is a

, former Prime Minister of

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Tracy Davidson-Celestine Tracy Petulia Davidson-Celestine (born 20 September 1978) is a Tobagonian politician who is the former Secretary of Health, Wellness and Family Development, as well as a former Councillor in the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) becoming one of t ...

, former

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of the

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and former Trinidad and Tobago Ambassador to Costa Rica *

Marion Vernese Williams Marion Vernese Williams Order of Barbados, GCM, is a Barbados, Barbadian economist, banker, accountant and diplomat. She is a recipient of the Order of Barbados, Gold Crown of Merit. Early life and education Williams was born Marion Mottley, th ...

, former Governor of the

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* John Holder, former Anglican Archbishop of the

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* Adrian Saunders, President of the

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* Sir.

Derek Walcott Sir Derek Alton Walcott (23 January 1930 – 17 March 2017) was a Saint Lucian poet and playwright. He received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature. His works include the Homeric epic poem '' Omeros'' (1990), which many critics view "as Walc ...

, Poet Nobel Laureate *

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, former Governor of the

Mia Mottley Mia Amor Mottley, (born 1 October 1965) is a Barbadian politician and attorney who has served as the eighth prime minister of Barbados since 2018 and as Leader of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) since 2008. Mottley is the first woman to hold ...

, current Prime Minister of Barbados.

References

External links

*
The Cave Hill School of Business

Satellite view of the Cave Hill campus

Map of the UWI Cave Hill Campus
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History

Enrolment, graduation and research data

Campus

Faculties

Accreditation

Faculty of Culture, Creative and Performing Arts

Departments

Faculty of Humanities and Education

Departments

Specialised units and centres

Affiliated colleges

Faculty of Law

Specialised units and centres

Faculty of Medical Sciences

Specialised units and centres

Faculty of Science and Technology

Departments

Specialised units and centres

Affiliated centres

Faculty of Social Sciences

Departments

Academic units and centres

Affiliated research units and centres

Faculty of Sport

Academy of Sport

Student life

Campus principals and pro vice-chancellors

Notable alumni

See also

References

External links