Programme

Welcome: Professor John Wood – Secretary General, ACU

Opening Remarks: The Most Honourable Portia Simpson-Miller ON MP – Prime Minister of Jamaica

ACU Centenary Lecture: Challenges of the 21st Century arising from  planetary boundaries of human development.

Higher Education and our Shared Destiny (abstract only)
Professor Sir David King
Director of the Smith School for Enterprise and Environment, University of Oxford

Speakers:

• Times Higher Education Rankings – Phil Baty – Editor, Times Higher Education Rankings

• From Metrics to Governance in the World University Rankings Debate – Professor Kris Olds – Professor of Geography, University of Wisconsin, USA

• Ms Zia Batool – Director General, Quality Assurance and Statistics, Higher Education Commission, Pakistan

Quality of Faculty
Venue: Ramson Room, RHQ

• Nurturing and sustaining excellence against the odds: a view from the periphery – Professor Ihron Rensburg, Vice-Chancellor – University of Johannesburg, South Africa
• Quality Review Teams for Quality Assurance: Two Views from Jamaica – Dr Anna Perkins, Senior Programme Officer, Quality Assurance – University of the West Indies, Jamaica and Dr Patrick Dallas, Chairman and CEO, Convergent Technologies Ltd.

Impact of Universities on regional, national and international priorities
Venue: Aleem Mohammed Room, RHQ

• Benchmarking our Research – Towards and Impact Evaluation Framework for UWI Research– Professor Clement Sankat, Campus Principal and Mrs Stacy Richards-Kennedy, Senior Programme Manager – University of the West Indies, St. Augustine
• Genesis of the University: guide to benchmarking – Dr Shashank Dalvi, Vice-Chancellor, Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences, India

Measuring Satisfaction
Venue: Seminar Room East, RHQ

• Assessing levels of satisfaction amongst staff and students involved in the newly instituted semesterization exercise at the University of Technology, Jamaica – Dr Cynthia Onyefulu, Senior Lecturer, and Dr Elaine Wallace, University Registrar – University of Technology, Jamaica
• Delivering enhanced graduate employability in challenging times – The Liverpool John Moores University World of Work Programme: A successful, innovative, strategic, stake holder partnership approach – Mr Terry Dray, Director of the Graduate Advancement, Employer Engagement and Alumni Relations - Liverpool John Moores University, UK

Speakers:

• Measuring Student Satisfaction – William Archer – CEO, Interntional Graduate Insight Group Ltd

• Measuring Staff Satisfaction – Professor Katie Truss, Head of Group, People, Management and Organisation, Kent Business School, University of Kent, UK

Quality of Faculty
Venue: Ramson Room

• Retaining Quality of Staff: A Case Study of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University's Next Generation of Academics Initiative – Professor Thoko Mayekiso, Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research and Engagement and Dr Blanche Pretorius, Director: Research Capacity Development – Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa
• Faculty Quality: Contours, Constraints and Commitments – Professor S Sudalaimuthu, Vice-Chancellor – Alagappa University, India

Impact of Universities on regional, national and international priorities
Venue: Aleem Mohammed Room

• Innovation – The Forgotten Factor: The University, STI and development for Jamaica – Dr Patrick Dallas, Chairman and CEO Convergent Technologies Ltd and Major G. Junior Virgo, Programme Chair (Chemical Engineering), University of Technology, Jamaica

Financial models and their influence on behaviour and performance
Venue: Seminar Room East

• Budgeting and Financial Systems Changing Behaviour and Performance- Professor Phyllis Clark, Vice-President (Finance and Administration) and Chief Financial Officer – University of Alberta, Canada

ACU Strategic Management Programme and New Initiatives

• Stretegic Management Programme: benchmarking good practice in university leadership
• New Initiatives

Speakers:

• Being an Employer of Choice: does it make a difference? Professor Angela Hildyard – Vice-President, Human Resources and Equity, University of Toronto, Canada
• Emotional and Rational Drivers Influencing Attraction and Retention of Quality Faculty at UWI – Dr Linda Steele – Assistant Registrar (Human Resources) University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus

• University Rankings and Benchmarking: A Developing Country Perspective – Professor Andrew Downes, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Planning and Development, University of the West Indies
• African Quality Rating Mechanism: Pilot Results and Challenges in Future Implementation – Professor Goolam Mohamedbhai, former Secretary-General of the Association of African Universities

Speakers:

• Measuring Research Impact within the Context of an Emergent University:  Professor Paul Ivey, Associate Vice-President for Graduate Studies, Research and Entrepreneurships, University of Technology, Jamaica
• Strategic Vision and Favourable Governance for Higher Education in Tamil Nadu India – Professor Dr Cynthia Pandian, Vice-Chairperson, Tamil Nadu State Council for Higher Education, India
• Research Funding and Performance of Staff: A Case Study of Nigerian Tertiary Education Fund (TETfund) Intervention – Professor Dr. Johnny O. Ogunji, Director of Research, Innovation and Commercialisation – Ebonyi State University, Nigeria