First Citizens UWI Internship Program
July 8th, 2020 | Related To: First Citizens
The 2020 edition of the First Citizens UWI Internship Program kicked off on Thursday 2nd July 2020. This year the Group has taken on 22 Interns from the Management Studies department and the Department of Computing and Information Technology, UWI. Despite the challenges presented by COVID-19 which threatened to suspend the initiative altogether, both the UWI and First Citizens agreed to a shortened 6-week internship period to ensure that the students were able to benefit from the hands-on, project-based, learning and real-world experience afforded them by participation in the program.
At the Trinidad and Tobago Energy Conference held in February 2020 Karen Darbasie, GCEO indicated that First Citizens was willing to partner with all its customers to help connect the strength of the region as they cross borders to harness the necessary skills and labour force, emphasizing the Group’s role in the energy and service sectors. She said First Citizens was willing to partner with the educational system to craft the programs that will equip young people with the skillset that the jobs of the future will require. She further noted that the financial sector was willing to work toward identifying areas of opportunity to engage and accelerate its participation in renewable energy projects.
Passionate about the need to nurture and develop human capital, Professor Sterling Frost DCEO, Operations and Administration, has for the last 14 years been an adjunct Lecturer of Organisational Behaviour and Development at The University of the West Indies for both the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
