The following statement is issued by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies on behalf of the university community, on the passing of Professor of Practice, Ambassador Dr the Hon. Richard L. Bernal, OJ.

The University of the West Indies Mona wishes to advise that it will be carrying out a scheduled upgrade of critical electrical infrastructure that will result in a shutdown of the Campus' ICT Services from Wednesday, December 28th at 1:00 am to Saturday, December 31st at 10 pm.

The Office of Administration at The University of the West Indies (The UWI) is pleased to announce the promotion of five members of staff to Professors, the highest academic rank at the institution.

Eleven (11) of Jamaica’s brightest students competed for one of the oldest, and most prestigious international scholarship programmes, the Rhodes Scholarship this year, and on November 10, 2022, David Salmon was announced the victor.

The highly anticipated annual festival of Carols – The University Chapel Annual Carol Service will take place on Sunday, December 11, 2022 at 7:00 pm at the University Chapel, UWI, Mona.

All proceeds from the Service will go towards the University Chapel restoration fund.