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THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL OF JAMAICA FEATURE |
VII
MONDAY, MARCH 5, 2018
T
HE 13TH Annual Quality Assurance in Higher Education
Week is but another moment in the life of the University
Council of Jamaica (UCJ), in its pursuit of quality. It is but a
moment in over 30 years of continuous and dedicated work on
the part of the UCJ, as it seeks to assure quality in higher
education in Jamaica. In fact, its impact has been beyond
Jamaica. It is from the UCJ’s experience that many quality
assurance agencies, in the English-speaking Caribbean, were
initiated and developed through the sharing of its experience
and by its aiding in their
institutional and
manpower development.
Much of the early training
in quality assurance for
the emergent QA bodies,
in the English-speaking
Caribbean was done by the staffers of the UCJ and its founding
executive director, Dr Ethley London. Many of the consultancies
for the establishment of QA bodies were similarly sourced. Even
CANQATE, on whose behalf this message is penned, is a
beneficiary of the UCJ’s largesse.
Moments, infinetesimal as they might be, create a leap in the
work of an organisation and serve as a catalyst for its renewed
growth and development. Undoubtedly, all of those characteristics
can be associated with the UCJ’s annual moment – the observance
of its Annual Quality Assurance in Higher Education Week.
CANQATE acknowledges the invaluable contribution of the UCJ
to quality in higher education in the Caribbean and pledges to
continue its collaboration at the bilateral and multilateral levels
in that regard. We look forward to another fruitful year in your
endeavours and as partners.
VINCENT ALEXANDER
President
CANQATE
MESSAGES
CONTRIBUTED
From left: Dr Lincoln Edwards, president of the Northern
Caribbean University; Dr Ethley London, founding executive
director, University Council of Jamaica (UCJ); Althea Heron,
executive director, UCJ; and Professor Brendan Bain, deputy
chairman, UCJ. Dr Edwards was the guest lecturer at the
sixth Dr Dennis Irvine Lecture held at the Knutsford Court
Hotel in Kingston on Thursday, October 19, 2017.
Congrats on 30 years
of dedicated work