FORMER UWI St Augustine principal Prof Emeritus Brian Copeland says there is no reason why the proposed global school of medicine cannot co-exist with a faculty of law, or any other discipline for that matter, at the Debe campus in south Trinidad.

Over the past week, the government has been at loggerheads with the university’s administration over what the campus should be used for. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said the campus should be used primarily as a faculty of law while UWI’s administration said it has been earmarked for a global school of medicine.

Persad-Bissessar also has threatened to take the Debe campus out of UWI’s control if it does not comply with the government’s plans for the facility.