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Gene Leon today took office as President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), becoming the sixth chief executive of the regional multilateral institution.
The seasoned economist will lead a team of more than 200 employees headquartered in Bridgetown, Barbados. He comes to the assignment with 35 years of experience in economics, financial policy development and executive management, more than 20 of which were spent working with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He succeeds Dr. W
m. Warren Smith who retired on April 30 after serving as President for 10 years.
High on the new President’s agenda is supporting CDB’s Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs) through the COVID-19 recovery, while advancing the Bank’s mandate to contribute to the harmonious growth and development of member countries and promote cooperation and integration among them. His vision, which will require shared responsibility and contributions from regional and external stak
Nearly 60 per cent of female students say they have been sexually assaulted at university, a shocking new survey has found.
Student news site The Tab asked 4,000 students about their experiences of sexual assault on campus for its 2021 Sexual Assault Survey.
It found widespread problems - with 59 per cent of female students who responded saying they d been sexually assaulted at uni.
But just seven per cent of students reported their sexual assault to their uni, the figures show.
It found two thirds were unhappy with how their uni handled their case and half of were say they were told nothing about the outcome of their complaint.
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This year’s Business Innovation South Expo will include the Tomorrow’s Business World Zone. The new attraction, sponsored by Vostron and TUV SUD, will feature the universities of Southampton, Surrey, Winchester, Solent, Portsmouth and Reading. Lara Bull, the businesswoman behind the expo, said: “We want to offer a glimpse of the tech of tomorrow and show businesses how they can work with universities. “My vision for the expo is that it becomes a catalyst for collaboration far beyond the actual day of the event. “I hope this new zone excites and inspires exhibitors and visitors before they even enter the expo hall. Technology advances at such a great pace and our universities are working with businesses of all sizes and sectors to drive those developments.
INDIA’S deadly second wave is continuing to worsen, with daily new cases consistently exceeding 300,000 and deaths now having surpassed 3,000 a day. Hospitals are running out of intensive care beds and many are critically short of oxygen for treating patients. Alarmingly, a lack of high-quality real-time data means that we don’t actually have a clear picture of just how bad the situation currently is, writes Michael Head, senior research fellow in Global Health at the University of Southampton. The proportion of people in India returning a positive result when tested is 18 per cent – nearly double the World Health Organisation’s target threshold of 10%.