The UWI Aligns to Global Business Needs

UWI St. Augustine News

The University of the West Indies (The UWI), St. Augustine has entered in an historic agreement with the Trinidad and Tobago International Financial Centre Management Company Limited (TTIFC) through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Wednesday, July 5, 2017. The MOU will ensure that UWI graduates are better prepared to work with global businesses invited to invest in Trinidad and Tobago. The execution of the MOU will be piloted in the Department of Management Studies. TTIFC’s mandate is to help diversify the economy of Trinidad and Tobago by attracting foreign companies to set up operations locally and to hire individuals to work for foreign clients of those companies. It will help to create jobs while earning the country foreign exchange. A further area of focus is on developing a scalable industry by facilitating a continued flow of skilled employees for the benefit of local and international financial firms seeking to establish shared service centres, banking, financial services, and insurance business process outsourcing centres, as well as finance and accounting outsourcing operations in Trinidad and Tobago. At today’s signing, Campus Principal, Professor Brian Copeland reiterated his vision which forms part of The UWI’s new strategic focus on access, alignment and agility. He stressed the significance of this MOU as the Campus plans to ensure that what is taught engages with business and commerce in the country. Professor Copeland further emphasised The UWI’s commitment to creating an innovative and entrepreneurial University, a vital partner to industry and to governments in Caribbean development. The St. Augustine Campus, he said, can be a major catalyst in economic diversification through its teaching and outreach programmes. As a higher education institution established to contribute to national and regional development through the provision of relevant educational programmes producing industry-ready graduates, The UWI is industry’s ideal partner to achieve that objective. One ...

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