The UWI, Cave Hill and Deloitte formalise partnership
10 August 2022
The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus and Deloitte & Touche (Barbados) Limited have formalised their longstanding partnership in support of students of The UWI.
Representatives of the two entities signed a Memorandum of Understanding at Deloitte’s office on Monday August 8 to undertake development programmes under Deloitte’s WorldClass Initiative, the company’s social responsibility programme.
The three main areas covered by the MOU are the enhancement of the workforce readiness and soft skills of UWI students, the creation of a BDS $5,000 scholarship to incentivise outstanding students, and increasing Deloitte’s brand presence on campus.
The Deloitte Excellence Award – The Toppin Walker Scholarship is named in honour of two of its founding partners, Patrick Toppin and Gordon Walker.
It will be open to new students in the Accounting Special Programme, and will be for the duration of one year.
Under its “Workforce Readiness” programme, Deloitte will create a leadership track for a select number of top performing students from across all Faculties. The leadership programme aims to equip high performing students with digital, financial and business strategy skills, as well as soft skills, such as creativity, complex problem solving, emotional intelligence, and critical thinking. Students will be paired with staff and clients in Deloitte’s network for one-on-one coaching, job shadowing and career conversation(s) with leaders or entrepreneurs. There will also be group training sessions.
Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the Cave Hill Campus, Professor Clive Landis welcomed the new initiatives.
“The new partnership with Deloitte is very pleasing to me, as it fits the Campus’ strategy to engage more deeply with the business community in Barbados for mutual benefit. Our students will benefit from Deloitte’s “Workforce Readiness” programme to develop soft skills and leadership skills through hands-on experiences at Deloitte, a globally respected business with diverse staff and clients. The MOU also includes The Toppin Walker Scholarship open to students reading for an Accounting Special and sees refurbishment of benches with the Deloitte brand dotted across the campus for students’ use,” Landis said.
Ikins Clarke, Managing Partner and Talent Leader for Deloitte Barbados expressed his enthusiasm about the possibilities of the initiative.
“I am personally delighted to be associated with this initiative, being a graduate of this esteemed institution. Deloitte takes its corporate social responsibility seriously and we are therefore extremely proud to be able to positively impact the lives of our future leaders and captains of industry,” Clarke stated.
The MOU will run for the period 2022/23 – 2023/24.
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DSC 06011 - Principal of UWI Cave Hill, Professor Clive Landis and Managing Partner of Deloitte Barbados, Ikins Clarke sign MOU
DSC 06014 - Principal of UWI Cave Hill, Professor Clive Landis and Managing Partner of Deloitte Barbados, Ikins Clarke show off signed MOU
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About The University of the West Indies
The UWI has been and continues to be a pivotal force in every aspect of Caribbean development; residing at the centre of all efforts to improve the well-being of people across the region.
From a university college of London in Jamaica with 33 medical students in 1948, The UWI is today an internationally respected, global university with near
50,000 students and
five campuses: Mona in
Jamaica, St. Augustine in
Trinidad and Tobago, Cave Hill in
Barbados, Five Islands in
Antigua and Barbuda and its
Open Campus, and
10 global centres in partnership with universities
in North America, Latin America, Asia, Africa and Europe.
The UWI offers over
800 certificate, diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate degree options in
Culture, Creative and Performing Arts, Food and Agriculture, Engineering, Humanities and Education, Law, Medical Sciences, Science and Technology, Social Sciences, and
Sport. As the Caribbean’s leading university, it possesses the largest pool of Caribbean intellect and expertise committed to confronting the critical issues of our region and wider world.
The UWI has been consistently ranked among the top universities globally by the most reputable ranking agency,
Times Higher Education (THE). In the latest World University Rankings 2022, released in September 2021, The UWI moved up an impressive 94 places from last year. In the current global field of some 30,000 universities and elite research institutes, The UWI stands among the top 1.5%.
The UWI is the only Caribbean-based university to make the prestigious lists since its debut in the rankings in 2018. In addition to its leading position in the Caribbean, it is also in the top 25 for
Latin America and the Caribbean and the top 100 global
Golden Age universities (between 50 and 80 years old). The UWI is also featured among the leading universities on THE’s
Impact Rankings for its response to the world’s biggest concerns, outlined in the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including Good Health and Wellbeing; Gender Equality and Climate Action.
For more, visit
www.uwi.edu.
(Please note that the proper name of the university is The University of the West Indies, inclusive of the “The”, hence The UWI.)
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