UTech, Ja Student Handbook 2019-2020

All students, including those at off-campus locations, have borrowing and/or reading privileges. L E G A L A D V I C E C E N T R E The University of Technology, Jamaica, in keeping with its thrust as “the People’s Univer- sity”, committed to the expansion of access to service, scholarship and research, established the UTech, Ja. Legal Advice Centre in July 2011 to provide legal advice for members of the pub- lic who are socially, economically or otherwise disadvantaged. The UTech, Ja. Legal Advice Centre provides Faculty of Law undergraduate students, under the supervision of an Attorney-at-Law, with practical training and skills in a social justice context to meet the legal needs of the poor and disadvantaged. The free-of-cost services offered by the Centre include advising persons on how to handle legal, administrative and other prob- lems, referring persons to organizations which provide social and other services and rec- ommending the use of Alternative Dispute Resolution. The UTech, Ja. Legal Advice Centre currently operates from the Faculty of Law at the Papine campus on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. M E D I C A L C E N T R E The Medical Centre continues to provide qual- ity health care to the university community. The team of health care professionals is multi- disciplinary and the following services are offered: • Counselling • Environmental Health • Family Planning • General Medicine • Medical Laboratory • Referrals Opening Hours: Monday–Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. M E D I C A L L A B O R AT O R Y S E R V I C E S Service is available on weekdays between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Results of rou- tine laboratory tests are usually available within 24 hours. E M E R G E N C Y S E R V I C E S Persons with life-threatening emergencies who visit the Health Centre receive supportive care and are then transferred via ambulance to the Accident & Emergency Department of the University Hospital of the West Indies. A C C E S S I N G M E D I C A L S E R V I C E S All users of the Medical Centre are required to make an appointment using the Online Health Centre System (OHCS) for non-emergency care. You can now reduce your wait time and sched- ule your appointments from home. Visit the UTech website at www.utech.edu.jm and select the OHCS link from the useful links (top right) section. “ E X C E L L E N C E T H R O U G H K N O W L E D G E ” S U P P O R T S E R V I C E S F O R S T U D E N T S 67