The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, through the Faculty of Humanities and Education, invests highly in the teaching of writing. In this local context, the programmes in the faculty are designed to do what all academic institutions should...
Student and teachers across the island are to benefit from a two-day workshop, set for early September, designed to help them identify children with autism spectrum disorders and to apply strategies in the classroom to help them learn.The workshop,...
Title: The Creative EchoChamber: Contemporary Music Production in Kingston JamaicaAuthor: Dennis HowardPublisher: Ian Randle, 2016. 190ppReviewer: Louis Chude SokieThough subtitled Music Production in Kingston, Dennis Howard's second book, The...
The date of the graduation exhibition at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts is still two months away, but one of the exhibits, though still some way from completion, is creating waves.After collecting a symbolic cheque for $60...
Published:Friday | April 7, 2017 | 12:00 AMLaura Butler
Studies have indicated that it takes four -10 seconds to make a first good impression and that 90 per cent of what we communicate is non-verbal. Sometimes the verbal message can contradict your body language. Have you ever said sorry and the person...
Book: Kumina QueenAuthor: Monica MinottCritic: Dr Glenville AshbyKumina Queen roars out of the gate with raw passion, libido, and cries of the flesh.Minott neither shuns verse nor embraces prose. Hardly into epics, she is pointed and delivers her...
Published:Friday | March 31, 2017 | 12:00 AMDave Rodney
Like most sixth-formers, I jumped straight from high school to college - in my case, to the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) - to 'read' for a degree in the humanities.I could hardly wait to begin my journey at the UWI. My...
Published:Friday | March 31, 2017 | 12:00 AMLaura Butler
We carry out our duties daily and sometimes only look at things from our own limited perspective. If you are able to reverse the roles with those you interact, it would help you to view things differently, give you a better understanding of the...
Published:Friday | March 31, 2017 | 12:00 AMGen Clacken
The paradigms of teaching have changed over the years. in this age of information superhighway, the black and white boards are being complemented by touch screen 'smart' devices. As an educator, there are tools out there which help enhance course...
Mention home economics and images of girls sifting flour, kneading dough, and trying their hand at some new dish immediately come to mind. Yet home econ is much wider than learning how to cook well. It is the field of study that deals with the...
New frontiers in Information and Communication Technologies will be the focus of the second Annual Distinguished Lecture of UWI's Faculty of Humanities and Education this year. The lecture will be delivered by Professor Hopeton Dunn, director,...
The GlowSomeone, on hearing that you're gone,Said that your light's no longer onAnd for a moment I agreed'Cause yes, there was darkness indeedBut then, as if straight from the skyAppeared a glow which caught my eyeIt brought such warmth I've felt...
Speaking OutShots oftentimes compete with silenceAs peace oftentimes competes with violenceOver a thousand murders per yearA scary stat to read, write, or hear.Seriously, a country where confidenceIs merely lack of confidenceWhere proper defence is...
Published:Friday | March 24, 2017 | 12:00 AMLaura Butler
There are three categories of etiquette: social, business, and professional. In this article, I would like to focus on social etiquette. Many job interviews are nowadays conducted beyond the realms of the office space, in a social setting, and...
Published:Friday | March 24, 2017 | 12:00 AMCorine LaFont
Sales and marketing, over the years, have become so complicated that sometimes you lose the essence of why you are selling or marketing your products and services. The joy and passion seem to have gone, and all sales and marketing has become is a...
A team of undergraduate students and aspiring financial analysts from the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, secured its place in the regional level of the CFA Institute Research Challenge, following a victory over teams of...
Published:Friday | March 24, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Messam
Venecia Grant Hartwell, principal of Arthur's Seat Primary and Infant School leads an institution that has an interesting history. Arthur's Seat is a small rural district in Crofts Hill, north Clarendon.The school was started by the Anglican Church...
Published:Friday | March 24, 2017 | 12:00 AMAmitabh Sharma
Sean Hamilton is not your average artist. He is a farmer, taxi driver and a man of the soil. Hamilton is creating art in harmony with nature and its elements."Basically, they call me the artist," he said in an interview with The Gleaner's Multimedia...
This was a classroom with a different take on it, books and copies gave way to old newspapers, plastic bottles, old directories, lentils, peanut shells, and the list went on.Grade-five-students at Priory Primary and Infant School in St Ann were...
