I am writing concerning the article dated 30th September 2025, which detailed an incident where a student allegedly experienced a seizure in a class at UWI-FIC and claimed the University was unresponsive.
Perhaps it is only a striking coincidence that this individual had a seizure just as my own daughter did on the said day. If, by some chance, the author truly had this personal experience, I say this to you directly: there are other channels available to register your medical condition and ensure the University can, in fact, assist you and make your educational journey better.
While your immediate instinct might have been to seek public accountability, the decision to bypass established, internal channels was a regrettable choice. Demonstrating strong emotional intelligence in an academic environment means understanding the correct procedures for advocacy. This public approach unfortunately overlooks the powerful, constructive partnership that can be built by working directly through the University’s system first.
My deeper concern arises from the possibility that you were, perhaps impersonating, referencing my daughter’s incident, attempting to relay what you saw, without the necessary, truthful details.
If in fact you were referencing her experience, you have done two great disservices. Firstly, you have invaded our privacy, and secondly, you have relayed an experience that is untrue.
First let me share, once a person has experienced a seizure, recapping the event so clearly would simply not have been possible, making the accuracy of the reported details highly suspect.
Crucially, your article risked tarnishing a relationship that has been established for over three years—a relationship built to ensure my daughter successfully completes this portion of her education. If not for my credibility, and for persons who know what I stand for and could have vouched for me as her parent, you would have disrupted a well-established support system built collaboratively between the UWI and our family.
In fact, as an educator, I see our arrangement as a model that can be used to support others, to ensure genuine inclusion and equity at the highest level of the education system in our region.
What would have been far more productive than sharing a potentially inaccurate or incomplete account would have been to capture the truth and build the much-needed awareness about this illness. You could have provided the education necessary to support the community, instead of using the opportunity to needlessly criticize this incredible University.
As a past student of the UWI, I am very proud as a Black person and a West Indian to have graduated from this institution. In fact, I now pursue my PhD studies at UWI-FIC. Also, in my capacity as an educator and an advocate for quality, ready access to education, I work with the University in many ways at both the local and regional levels towards the maintenance of excellence, building new partnerships, programmes to ensure its sustainability.
We have so much to be proud of in this region. We have an entity to secure—a giant of a university—that guarantees the sustainability of this region and allows our people to stand competitively on the global stage. We, as a people, from slavery, have had to work with sweat, blood, and tears to attain the success we have today. So why destroy, why tarnish, why pursue this agenda?
Antigua and Barbuda and the OECS subregion need UWI-FIC. I know this personally, as I could only enter tertiary studies at age 25, leaving my husband and a nine-month-old baby to travel abroad. By the way, at the time, I was pregnant with this very child you chose to impersonate—a “UWI baby” I would reference her as.
I implore you to desist from trying to relay the incident concerning my daughter, as what was said is far from the truth. If you did, in fact, have your own experience, there are measures you can take internally.
No one wins in this current situation. My daughter is now left to clear her name, and UWI—the entire chain—can experience a ripple effect, tarnishing the great brand they are seeking to build for the future of this region. For you, dishonesty is not an attribute you want to be associated with.
I would therefore encourage you to retract the article and to apologize publicly for the sake of both my daughter, who is being looked upon differently, and for UWI-FIC, an entity that has been misrepresented.
A concerned mother.
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All ah you lie NF
We all know that they did NOT want a branch of the University opened and successfully functioning here in Anigua despite their recent feigned support and shameless denials. Those who don’t KNOW, are highly suspicious of the motivations and intentions of the original complainant re the University’s failure to address “his/her” daughter’s medical condition satisfactorily. That “original ” complaint bears all the markings of its source and intentions – just another whopper from their cesspool. They don’t seem to realize the damage they are doing to their own rapidly diminishing credibility and are content with their base of noisy, under-educated, simpletons for support! Useless Pathetic People!
I highly commend this mother for her proactive stance on this issue.
From her discourse I can discern that she is well educated
I would also join her in advocating that, if indeed, there were two such occurrences on the same day and they were treated so differently then the student who apparently was left to suffer did not aquaint the school with her illness, which can strike anywhere and at anytime.
If not, then she needs to issue an apology, retract the statement and ask for forgiveness for irreperable harm.
The media house also needs to implement their due diligence and not just take stories told to them at face value.
So in one breath you’re telling the person she was wrong for going on social media and then in the same breath you want to call her a lier ON SOCIAL MEDIA???
Hypocrite.
Aru just want fah shut people up. When neglect Happens anywhere in Antigua. THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO KNOW
When I first read tge article about the student medical situation, and the bad treatment met to her, I was the only one who voice my opinion about the false report. I went as far to say, if you know what you are saying is true, why not sign your name instead of signing Respectfully. I did encourage readers to confirm the other side of the story before making comments. Some derogative comments were made about the University without knowing the truth. For those who didn’t want the university here it is now here so embrace it. No university would see it students in such a condition and play a blind eye. Stop you all politics and be supportive for once. Antiguans always try to destroy their own. Shame on you all .
Is the university in Antigua doing good, so is tome for all you to bring it down, Jesus man , r we no appreciate nutten good tarl tarl,
Everything in Antigua seems to be so dramatic and over the top as wannabe til tok influencers parading in front of a computer.
The fact that I can tell you used AI to write this 😂😂 also, there are witnesses. You’re hoping corruption will prevail. You literally discussed the situation with your students after it happened and you did not mention thinking it was fake then so why are you insinuating that it is now? Seems like you’re trying to cover yourself but you might end up making the outcome way worse than it needed to be.