UWI Cave Hill restricts student access to some buildings

Administrators at the Cave Hill campus of the University of the West Indies in Barbados, citing a range of Illegal activities on the campus, have closed off access to several buildings when they are not being used for teaching. The activities cited include gambling, by non-students, and vandalism by some students.

Additionally, the Cave Hill administration has taken precautionary measures to protect the plant as well as to ensure it is fit for use when required for teaching. This followed a probe into several complaints from students that their ability to study for their classes was being hampered by the heavy-handed actions of security personnel. 

Guild concerned    

Responding to these measures; the Guild of students at Cave Hill has expressed concern about the action of the Administration, so close to examinations. According to the Guild, the closure of several key study areas, will be to the detriment of students.    

Daniel Willock, Public Relations Officer for the Guild, has complained that students are now forced to find alternative locations to study.    

He revealed that the action began before the Easter break when security guards closed about 10 Medical Science seminar rooms which are used by students to study, causing them to seek alternative locations to carry out their revisions, outside of “our usual comfort zone.”

“We think that’s an added unnecessary stress to the student body who will now be going into exams within one week time, Willock asserted.”