Dr. David Berry of the Faculty of Law (left) being presented with the award by UWI’s Deputy Principal, Professor Clive Landis.
Professor Landis (right) makes the presentation to Dr. Prosper Bangwayo-Skeete.
Thank you, says Dr. Philmore Alleyne, after receiving the award.
FOR raising $20 million, the Faculty of Law at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, has received a special award. The award, which was presented to Dr. David Berry, Dean of the Law Faculty, was among several others presented to recipients for outstanding research work in many disciplines.
The awards were presented by UWI’s Deputy Principal, Professor Clive Landis, who called on the awardees to encourage their colleagues to do more research. He said it was really psychological that people were not doing more research.
“The Caribbean is well geared towards good research, and it can be done,” he advised.
Those receiving Faculty awards were Dr. Isabelle Constant (Humanities and Education); and Dr. Philmore Alleyne (Faculty of Social Sciences).
Dr. Prosper Bangwayo-Skeete received an award for the Most Internationally Success-ful Research. That research was on the theme, “Can Google Data improve the forecasting Performance of Tourist Arrivals”.
The award for the Best Applied Research went to the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, which was accepted by SALISES Director, Dr. Don Marshall.
Several of the other awardees including those for research done – Medical Sciences and Science and Technology – were not present at the function.
Professor Landis said the awards, which were presented at a ceremony held in the Graduate Studies Lecture Theatre, Paradise Park, were very merited and that from the research he has seen, he is very impressed.
“All of them show that this University can be internationally significant and relevant. I completely disavow any kind of strand of defeatism that sometimes I hear that great work cannot be done here in the Caribbean,” according to him.
He said that if research is done in the Caribbean and for the Caribbean, by definition, that is international research since it is likely to be the first that is done.
“We are a fascinating crossroad of cultures and also small economies where you can actually make sound analyses.
It is no accident that (Sir) Arthur Lewis wrote his treatises on small economies,” Professor Landis said.
Professor Sean Carrington said it was work well done and equally rewarded. “We are here today to recognise the excellent work of our colleagues by whose efforts the UWI is recognised as a world-class university,” the Professor added.
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