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UWI, Glasgow University in slavery reparations deal
SIGNING: Prof Sir Hilary Beckles, seated left, Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (The UWI), and Dr David Duncan, chief operating officer and university secretary, University of Glasgow, shake hands following the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding at The UWI Regional Headquarters, Kingston, Jamaica on July 31. Witnessing the event are C William Iton, left, University Registrar, The UWI, and Peter Aitchison, director of communications and public affairs, University of Glasgow.
THE University of the West Indies (The UWI) and the University of Glasgow in Scotland have signed the first ever agreement for slavery reparations since British Emancipation in 1838.
A statement yesterday from The UWI announced that a £20 million (TT$172 million) reparations agreement was signed at the Regional Headquarters of The UWI in Kingston, Jamaica, last week by Vice-Chancellor, Prof Sir Hilary Beckles and Dr David Duncan, University of Glasgow’s chief operating officer, representing Vice-Chancellor Prof Sir Anton Muscatelli.
A statement yesterday from The UWI announced that a £20 million (TT$172 million) reparations agreement was signed at the Regional Headquarters of The UWI in Kingston, Jamaica, last week by Vice-Chancellor, Prof Sir Hilary Beckles and Dr David Duncan, University of Glasgow’s chief operating officer, representing Vice-Chancellor Prof Sir Anton Muscatelli.
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