Regional
Headquarters, Jamaica, Friday, 18 October 2019—Vice-Chancellor
of The University of the West Indies (The UWI), Professor Sir Hilary
Beckles and Country Manager (Barbados), Flow, Jenson Sylvester have
signed an agreement, formally launching the partnership which has led
to UWItv
being accessible on Flow channels across the Caribbean. The signing
took place during a brief ceremony on Thursday, October 17, 2019 in
Barbados at The UWI Cave Hill Campus.

UWItv,
the multimedia, public information and education service of The UWI,
which went live in December 2016, is now available on the Flow EVO
service, allowing subscribers to access 24/7 content from the
regional university.

A
"one of a kind" facility in the region, UWItv
cable channel is complemented by a robust website and social media
presence, allowing access to content in real time or on demand. In
addition to showcasing original UWI content, UWItv
through its existing partnerships with regional and international
agencies like CARICOM and the UN, offers programming which includes
interviews, documentaries and regional and international event
coverage on research and ground-breaking work and issues that
directly affect the Caribbean.

The
UWI is pleased to expand its reach and share this unique content with
Flow customers. This partnership with Flow demonstrates an alignment
with industry and academia, which is a strategic element of The UWI’s
mandate to help to strengthen the innovative capacity and
capabilities of regional economies and lead to higher levels of
growth.

Commenting
on the initiative, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles said, “The
development of innovative national and regional economies in the age
of globalization is dependent on intimate and effective partnerships
between industry and academia. This partnership between The UWI and
Flow reflects the truth of this statement. Outcomes will resonate
across the Caribbean and the world as the University provides the
region with its only dedicated, education cable and internet 24/7
channel.”

Mr
Sylvester expressed how proud Flow was to be the broadcast partner of
choice for The UWI and said the company was equally pleased to be
strengthening its ties with the institution.

“Flow
is driven by a mission of ‘Connecting
Communities…Transforming Lives’
and we see our partnership with The UWI as an extension of this
philosophy. With our Flow Evo platform, we now have the facility to
deliver content that will directly benefit the people of the
Caribbean and I’m proud that UWItv
now forms part of our market-leading channel line-up,” he said.

“Beyond
the dollars and cents of business, our unique culture has a
tremendous impact on our social cohesion and development and we
understand that the greatest investment we can make is in our people,
their education and their talents.”

UWItv
is available on Flow EVO channel 15 in Grenada; 102 in Curacao,
Dominica and Trinidad and Tobago; 105 in Anguilla, Antigua and
Barbuda, Bahamas, BVI, St Kitts, St Lucia, St Vincent and Turks and
Caicos; 106 in the Cayman Islands; 112 in Barbados and 130 in
Jamaica.

Photo
Caption:

L-R
are Ms Marilyn Sealy, Senior Manager, Communications, Southern
Caribbean, Flow, Jenson Sylvester, Country Manager, Flow Barbados,
Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice-Chancellor of The University of
the West Indies and Ms Janet Caroo, Managing Director, UWItv posing
for a photo following a signing ceremony to launch a partnership
between The UWI and Flow.

About
UWItv:
A Game Changer in Caribbean Education and Public Outreach

UWItv
is the multimedia public information and education service of The
University of the West Indies (UWI). The primary objective of UWItv
is to present critical analyses of the common issues, concerns and
socio-economic priorities in our region and the wider Caribbean
diaspora. UWItv
is central to The UWI’s mission to advance learning, create
knowledge and foster innovations for the positive transformation of
the Caribbean and the wider world. Its global reach via cable
television and the internet makes it a powerful tool for
disseminating knowledge, stimulating critical thinking, promoting
activism and nurturing leaders in every sphere of Caribbean life. The
UWItv
cable service is complemented by a robust web and social presence,
allowing users to access content in real time or on demand. The UWItv
website www.uwitv.org also offers a vast searchable video database;
an invaluable resource for students, scholars, librarians,
researchers, documentarians and journalists throughout the region and
across the world on Caribbean matters.

About
Cable & Wireless Communications Plc

C&W
is a full service communications and entertainment provider and
delivers market-leading video, broadband, telephony and mobile
services to consumers in 18 countries. Through its business division,
C&W provides data centre hosting, domestic and international
managed network services, and customized IT service solutions,
utilizing cloud technology to serve business and government
customers.

C&W
also operates a state-of-the-art submarine fibre network – the most
extensive in the region.

Learn
more at www.cwc.com,
or follow C&W on LinkedIn,
Facebook
or Twitter.

About
The UWI

For
over 70 years The University of the West Indies (The UWI) has
provided service and leadership to the Caribbean region and wider
world. The UWI has evolved from a university college of London in
Jamaica with 33 medical students in 1948 to an internationally
respected, regional university with nearly 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 an Open Campus. As part of its robust
globalization agenda, The UWI has established partnering centres with
universities in North America, Latin America, Asia, and Africa
including the State
University of New York (SUNY)-UWI Centre for Leadership and
Sustainable Development;
the Canada-Caribbean Studies Institute with Brock University; the
Strategic Alliance for Hemispheric Development with Universidad de
los Andes (UNIANDES); the UWI-China Institute of Information
Technology, the University of Lagos (UNILAG)-UWI Institute of African
and Diaspora Studies and the
Institute for Global African Affairs with the University of
Johannesburg (UJ).
The UWI offers over 800 certificate, diploma, and undergraduate and
postgraduate degree options in Food & Agriculture, Engineering,
Humanities & Education, Law, Medical Sciences, Science &
Technology, Social Sciences and Sport. 

As
the region’s premier research academy, The UWI’s foremost
objective is driving the growth and development of the regional
economy. The
world’s most reputable ranking agency, Times
Higher Education,
has ranked The UWI among the top 600 universities in the world for
2019 and 2020, and the 40 best universities in Latin America and the
Caribbean for 2018 and 2019.The
UWI has been the only Caribbean-based University to make the
prestigious lists. For more, visit www.uwi.edu.