University Consortium of Small Island States

f2f UCSIS London Agenda

	Session Guideline
Open Sessions:	Open Sessions will be open to all Members of the UCSIS and all International Organizations
Closed Sessions:	Participation in Closed Sessions will be limited to Members of The Board of Trustees, Members of the Programme Committee, Members of the Technical Advisory Committee, and the Secretariat of the UCSIS.

Day One:	Monday 4^th June, 2007
Day Two:	Tuesday 5^thJune, 2007
Day Three:	Wednesday 6^th June, 2007

Day One:	Monday 4^th June, 2007
Topic	REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES
Chair	Pro Vice Chancellor Professor Wayne Hunte	(10 minutes)
	Open Session
Time	0900-1230
Activities	Opening remarks by the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees Professor La Verne Ragster President of the University of the United States Virgin Islands	(10 minutes)
	Opening Remarks: by Dr. Dirk Troost, UNESCO Advisor for Small Island States	(10 minutes)
	Welcome: The Commonwealth Secretariat	(10 minutes)
	Convenor: Dr. Fazal Ibrahim Ali	(10 minutes)
	Presentations by Members of the UCSIS on Regulations and Guidelines
	The University of the West Indies	(20 minutes)
	The University of the South Pacific	(20 minutes)
	The University of Malta	(20 minutes)
	The University of the US Virgin Islands	(20 minutes)
	The University of Mauritius	(20 minutes)
	Open discussion	(60 minutes)

Lunch	1230-1400

	Closed Session

Topic 1	Adoption of Draft Regulations and Guidelines
Chair	Vice Provost Dr. Henry Smith	(180 minutes)
Time	1400-1700
Activity	Finding the Common Ground regarding Regulations and Guidelines

Topic 2	NIREAS Project
Chair	Ms. Piji Protopsaltis	(60 minutes)
Time	1700-1800
Activity	Working Session with Deputy Director of The European Public Law Centre Ms. Piji Protopsaltis

After Dinner Coffee Table Talk
Co-Chairs	Professor Kanayathu Koshy and Pro Vice Chancellor Professor Wayne Hunte
Time	20:30 - 21:30
Activity	Applied Research and the new M.Sc.

Discussion Resources	Summary of Comments on the Proposed Msc (UCSIS) Distance Tuition Regulations (Malta) Distance Tuition Regulations (Malta) Regulations for a Masters Degree (Malta) Consortium Guiding Principles (UWI) PG Regulations (UWI) Credit System for Taught Graduate Programmes Contract Summary English Version (NIREAS) Contract Summary Greek Version (NIREAS) Letter of Partnership (NIREAS) Education, Culture & Sustainable Development of SIDs [Video] Environmental Management and Sustainable Development

Day Two:	Tuesday 5^th June, 2007
Topic	CONFIGURING THE COURSE CATALOGUE AND THE DISTANCE LEARNING PLATFORM
Chair	Professor Lino Briguglio
	Open Session
Time	900-1230
Activities	Presentation: Ms.Stamenka Uvalic-Trumbic, Chief of Section,Reform, Innovation and Quality Assurance UNESCO	(20 minutes)
	Questions on the document outlining the Guidelines for Quality Provision of HE	(10 minutes)
	Presentations by Members of the UCSIS on Course Catalogue and Distance Provision
	The University of the South Pacific	(20 minutes)
	The University of the West Indies	(20 minutes)
	The University of Mauritius	(20 minutes)
	The University of the US Virgin Islands	(20 minutes)
	The University of Malta	(20 minutes)
	Open discussion	(80 minutes)

Lunch	1230-1400

	Closed Session

Topic 1	Adoption of common stand regarding Course Catalogue
Chair	Vice Chancellor Professor Indur Fagoonee	(150 minutes)
Time	1400-1630
Activity	Finding the Common Ground regarding the Programme and its Streams and Specializations
	Closed Session

Topic 2	Distance Education Platform Options
Chair	Professor Kanayathu Koshy	(100 minutes)
Time	1630:1810
Activity	Presentations by Members of the UCSIS on Platform Options for Distance Education
	The University of Mauritius	(20 minutes)
	The University of the West Indies	(20 minutes)
	The University of South Pacific	(20 minutes)
	The University of Malta	(20 minutes)
	The University of United States Virgin Islands	(20 minutes)
	Open discussion	(100 minutes)

After Dinner Coffee Table Talk
Co-Chairs	Professor Kanayathu Koshy and Pro Vice Chancellor Professor Wayne Hunte
Time	21:30 - 22:30
Activity	Scholarships : The ACU and UCSIS

Discussion Resources	View Course Matrix Virtual Centre for Innovative Learning Technologies, University of Mauritius Guidelines on Quality Provision of HE (UNESCO) Guidelines on Quality Provision of HE (OECD) USP Connectivity Caribbean Universities Project for Integrated Education Caribbean Knowledge and Learning Network Proposed Masters Programme USP Study Unit Description

Day Three:

Wednesday 6^th June, 2007

Topic

THE DISTANCE LEARNING PLATFORM AND OTHER BUSINESS

Closed Sessions

Topic 1

Distance Education Platform Options

Chair

Pro Vice Chancellor Professor Wayne Hunte

Time

0700-1000

Activity

Adoption of a Common Ground for a Distance Learning Platform

(180 minutes)

Topic 2

Board of Trustees Telephone Conference

Chair

Professor La Verne Ragster, President of the UVI

(60 minutes)

Time

1000-1100

Activity

Telephone Conference with Board of Trustees (10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. UK time on Wednesday 6th June, 2007)

Fiji	9:00 p.m.
Jamaica	4:00 a.m.
Trinidad, St. Thomas , Barbados	5:00 a.m.

Meeting with the Deputy Secretary General (Development) Dr. John Kirkland (CSFP)

Time

14:00-15:00

Activity

Commonwealth and Scholarship Fund http://www.csfp-online.org/

Discussion
Resources

Adaptation to Climate Change, Key Terms
Common Ground

The hotel advises that check-out is at 11:00am on Wednesday.

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