The University of the West Indies (The UWI), Professor C. Justin Robinson officially assumed the role of Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the Five Islands Campus this past Saturday. With a vision set on a transformative “Revenue Revolution,” Professor Robinson aims to position the university for financial sustainability and global competitiveness.
Addressing his colleagues at the inauguration ceremony, Professor Robinson emphasized the need for change and the embrace of a Revenue Revolution.
He acknowledged the difficulty of change, quoting an adage that suggests only babies with wet diapers welcome change willingly. Nevertheless, he stressed the imperative for both the institution and the region to adapt and thrive in the evolving landscape of higher education.
“We must do this for ourselves and the region to execute on this Revenue Revolution so that we close the funding gap between what our governments can pay, what our students can pay, and what is required to fund a globally competitive University in the Caribbean,” Professor Robinson stated.
The key strategy outlined by the new Pro Vice-Chancellor involves a concept developed collaboratively between the Global Campus and regional headquarters.
This concept aims to market UWI’s products globally, with the university having successfully pitched it to international financial institutions.
Professor Robinson confidently expects to sign financing agreements and launch this initiative within the next few weeks.
The UWI’s push for financial sustainability extends to various campuses, each focusing on commercializing knowledge in different sectors. Professor Landis, for instance, leads a project on diabetes reversal at the St Augustine Campus, while Rosemary spearheads a cocoa commercialization project at the Mona Campus.
Additionally, PVC Williams is engaged in an innovative liabilities management exercise at the Five Islands Campus to free up cash for strategic endeavors.
Professor Robinson urged colleagues and leaders within The UWI to embrace these ventures, emphasizing the necessity of such initiatives for the institution’s continued excellence. He also extended an invitation to corporate leaders and civil society to join forces in crafting these ventures.
Expressing the urgency of his role, Professor Robinson sees financial sustainability as the foundation for the university’s future endeavors. He intends to instill a culture of financial independence at the Five Islands Campus, reducing reliance on government financing.
Regarding the choice of Antigua for the new landed campus, Professor Robinson highlighted two critical reasons – the need to move away from elitism and the creation of a critical mass of capable human resources to make a quantum leap in improving the quality of life in the Eastern Caribbean.
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Look, UNLESS U PLAN TO MIGRATE NORTH, higher Ed is a RIP off.
So many institutions say get a good job, get a promotion with our degrees, it’s all bullocks.
Can anyone say rip off!
Unless a specific degree is needed for a job eg nursing or a specific career path eg head of IMF, please Caribbean pppls save your money.
In the end, it’s never about what degrees you have but whom you are willing to sleep with or whose arse you are willing to lik
Hello, Prof.
Do you understand what you are getting yourself into? Did you compare notes with Beckles? Did he give you the whole story? Right now, you are like the new kid on the block. You are doing financial analysis for the government and you are in tight like Lucinda.
The FIC is a doomed enterprise, lasting as long as the reign of the current local dictator. You and your chancellors are just men trying to make find your afternoon after you lost your marning. You know something is not right with this campus.
This is not how the UWI character is run. You don’t buy a UWI franchise for your country. This is what this fool did, and you and all the others, starting with Beckles, are just as guilty. You all want your name to go down in history, so you are taking away the hard earned money from the people of Antigua because Antigua is paying out of its pocket just to say it got a university. Just like the Alfa Niro.
What you all are doing is wrong. You and the stem cell dawg and the ATM church very close. You just come. You don’t know much. If you really bright you will ask other people questions. Don’t know how you plan to get financial sustainability.
Half the students there for free and none here from other islands that are serious about their education. I give you about one and a half years to still be around here as principal.
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