Professor Sir Hilary Beckles (File photo) Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, has reached out to Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, assuring that the university stands ready to mobilise any additional support needed in the wake of the eruption of the La Soufriere volcano. In a release, the university said the scientific experts of the UWI Seismic Research Centre (UWI-SRC) have been deployed on the island since December 2020 when activity on the volcano was first detected. Over the past few months, scientific teams have been in rotation, providing ongoing monitoring and updates to Gonsalves, and working closely with the country’s National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) and offering the critical science data to help the government and its agencies in shaping public policy and response plans.