UWI: All are welcome

There will be no tolerance of abuse towards any student

 

The doors of the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies are open to any student regardless of their sexual orientation or sexual identity.
 
Making this clear at the campus’ Matriculation Ceremony on Friday, Pro Vice Chancellor and Principal, Professor Eudine Barriteau also asserted there would be no tolerance of abuse towards any student.
 
“We welcome all students and we respect your sexual orientation or if you view your gender identity as existing outside of the male / female binary. The University of the West Indies respects differences, and we reinforce to all within our academic community that being different must not be read as an invitation for any form of abuse. It will not be tolerated. Once you meet our matriculation requirements, there is a place for you at the UWI, Cave Hill,” she insisted.
 
Delivering a speech entitled ‘The UWI Cave Hill Campus: An Inclusive University Space’, Barriteau noted that the institution’s dedication to inclusivity extended to ensuring that every person who wanted to pursue a UWI education and that was qualified to matriculate were presented with the opportunity to do so.
 
Expressing pride at the formation of a club by the university’s differently abled students, which, she expressed, will lead to greater sensitisation of their needs, she revealed that in its push to ensure those regarding mobility were catered to, infrastructural works to expand the access ramp and install an elevator in the 3 W’s Pavilion have been approved.
 
Outlining that enrolment figures currently stood at 4,418, with an overall gender ratio of 67.1 percent female and 32.9 percent male, she made an urgent appeal to young men in Barbados and the region to make the time to invest in a University education and “reap a lifetime of benefits”.  

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