University of the West Indies Names New Vice Chancellor

By: - May 7th, 2015

Above: Sir Hilary Beckles

By the Caribbean Journal staff

The University of the West Indies has a new vice chancellor.

The Caribbean’s regional university has officially appointed Professor Sir Hilary Beckles to the role, effective May 1.

Sir HIlary’s is a longtime university administrator, economic historian and higher education specialist.

He is the principal author of The Brain Train: Tertiary Education Thinking and Planning in the Caribbean; vice president of the International Task Force for the UNESCO Slave Route Project; a consultant for the UNESCO Cities for Peace Global Programme; an advisor to the UN World Culture Report; and member of Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon’s, Science Advisory Board on sustainable development, among other positions.

The University of the West Indies now has more than 40,000 students across the Caribbean region.

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