The University of Guyana (UG) and the Caribbean Oceanography Aquaculture and Subsea Technology (COAST) Foundation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the establishment of a Subsea Centre of Excellence training facility which will be the first of its kind at a university in the Caribbean.
The MoU was signed on June 17, by Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paloma Mohamed-Martin, and Dean of the Faculty of Technology, Verlyn Klass on behalf of UG, and Keith Lewis and Aaron Hardowar on behalf of (COAST) Foundation, during a brief ceremony in the presence of a few other faculty members and UG staff. A press release from the University and COAST stated that the training facility will allow for the delivery of world-class programmes that are designed to prepare students for careers in subsea operations and engineering.
