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Dr Olivene Burke is the Executive Director of the Mona Social Services, UWI, Jamaica since 2011. She has combined her academic work to her passion for marginalized community development and utilized her skills as a lecturer in Transformational Leadership, Strategic Human Resource Management, Learning Strategies at the post graduate level, to impact lives at the higher education level. She graduated from the UWI, Mona Campus with a BA (Honours) in Language and Literature with Social Sciences; Nova Southeastern University, USA with a MSc in Human Resource Management (Honours) and UWI, Mona, Doctor of Philosophy in Education.
Olivene has presented at a number of local and international academic conferences including the British Educational Research Association (BERA) conference in 2019. She also sits on numerous private and public sector boards.
Dr Burke is a 2020 recipient of the Anthony N. Sabga Caribbean Award for Excellence in Public and Civic Contribution, Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Public Contribution, and the Governor General Achievement Award for Achievements and Leadership (Over 35 years Old Category).
Olivene Burke is also a recipient of the BERA Covid-19 Small Grant Award 2020.
Olivene Burke is a Justice of the Peace in Jamaica, is married and has three adult children.
As the scale of the Covid-19 pandemic became clear, on 14 March 2020 the Jamaican government moved teaching and learning online and primary schools remained closed for the remainder of the school...
The strains on the education system caused by the Covid-19 pandemic have forced many parents to have to contend with significant changes in their daily routines. A study of seven countries in...
Continue reading blog postIn this episode of the BERA Podcast BERA Chief Executive Nick Johnson speaks to Dr Olivene Burke (University of the West Indies) about educational research in the Caribbean and her academic work...
