Three outstanding lecturers from the St Augustine campus of UWI were honoured at the annual UWI/Guardian Group Premium Teaching Awards at the held at the Learning Resource Centre on September 22.
They were Dr Suzanne Burke from the Faculty of Humanities and Education; Dr Amy Deacon of the Faculty of Science and Technology; and Dr Bephyer Parey of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies.
The Premium Teaching Awards is part of the university’s commitment to provide a dynamic, student-centred learning environment in which student learning is pursued as a primary goal of the academy, and excellence in teaching is recognised and rewarded.
The biannual event has honoured teaching excellence at the St Augustine campus since 2000. This year’s theme was Ready, Set, Click: Negotiating Quality in the Blended/Online Teaching and Learning Environment, emphasising the ability of the campus to successfully engage in blended/online teaching and learning.
[caption id="attachment_980796" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Professor Rose-Marie Belle Antoine, pro vice-chancellor and campus principal, The UWI St Augustine Campus addresses the audience at The UWI/Guardian Group Premium Teaching Awards Ceremony 2022. -[/caption]
Prof Rose-Marie Belle Antoine, pro vice-chancellor and campus principal, congratulated all the nominees who willingly put their work and themselves out for independent review and feedback. She also extended her gratitude to the team at the Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CELT) who ensured the essential quality of online and blended teaching and learning approaches during the campus closure due to the pandemic.
“As a way of addressing teaching and learning continuity at the UWI St Augustine Campus, CETL designed and implemented a number of workshops and capacity-building activities to support teaching and learning in the emergency remote-teaching setting. These activities served to foster a much-needed sense of readiness among faculty and students,” Antoine explained.
Marcos Rehberg, vice president,finance, Guardian Life of the Caribbean Ltd, noted that its partnership with UWI started in 2000 and the relationship is deeply rooted in developing and promoting academic excellence, with leadership and innovation in mind.
“We can agree that quality is a value that should not be compromised, as we provide a promise to deliver, whether it be education or life insurance. Managing these expectations, while navigating through a blended environment requires a paradigm shift and agility in order to remain relevant,” he pointed out.
[caption id="attachment_980795" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Awardees from The UWI St Augustine Campus: Dr Suzanne Burke dead of Department Literary, Cultural and Communication Studies Faculty of Humanities and Education, Dr Bephyer Parey post-doctoral, Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies and Dr Amy Deacon Lecturer, Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology at The UWI/Guardian Group Premium Teaching Awards Cerem
