T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T H E W E S T I N D I E S CaOmppenus STUDENT-CENTRED AGILE ACCESSIBLE ENABLING 2011/2012 Annual Report t H e u n i V e r S i t Y O F t H e W e S t i n d i e S CaOmppenus Annual Report 2011/2012 Student-centred Agile AcceSSible enAbling A Campus for the times . . . A Campus for the future CONTENTS Overview 4 1. TEACHING AND LEARNING 6 teaching 7 new Programmes 12 Quality Assurance 13 infrastructure 14 technological 17 Alumni and Student guild 18 library 20 2. RESEARCH AND INNOVATION 23 conferences/lectures/Seminars/Workshops 24 3. OUTREACH TO THE UWI-12 AND OTHER UNDER-SERVED COMMUNITIES 30 Outreach 31 Marketing and branding 34 4. FUNDING THE ENTERPRISE 36 benefactions 40 5. STRENGTHENING REGIONALITY 42 Partnerships 43 transforming the Administrative culture and Process 44 uWi Open campus graduates 47 recognition ceremonies 47 uWi OPen cAMPuS grAduAtiOn 2012 48–49 OPen cAMPuS MAnAgeMent 2011/2012 50 HeAdS OF SiteS & dePArtMentS 51 uWi OPen cAMPuS iMPerAtiVeS 52 2012 OPen cAMPuS StAFF AWArdS 54–55 uWi inter-cAMPuS StAFF gAMeS 2012 56–57 APPendiceS 58 Appendix i: Student Statistics 2011/2012 59 Appendix ii: Staff Matters 2011/2012 63 Appendix iii: Staff Publications and Papers 67 Appendix iV: Staff Presentations 69 © 2013 uWi Open campus, the university of the West indies Published 2013. All rights reserved. design by robert Harris Printed by Pear tree Press, Jamaica A C AMPU S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . This report is also available on the Campus’s website at www.open.uwi.edu A C AMPU S F O R T H E F U T U R E UWI OPEN CAMPUS Guiding Principles and Core Values the Open campus of the univer- sity of the West indies is based on the idea that the high-quality university education, research and services available at our institution should be open and available to all people who wish to reach their full potential inside and outside of the caribbean region. the Open campus will adopt quality teaching and learning experiences, innovative pedagogic design, relevant research and community partnerships to deliver face-to-face, blended and online learning. Core Values  Student-centred  Agile  Accessible  enabling 3 Our OCCS have provided essential services in the respective countries and many have been able to expand the range of services despite the shortfall in financial support from contributing governments. Overview FOUR YEARS AFTER THE OPEN CAMPUS opened its We ended the year with optimism, having doors, we undertook a comprehensive review of received assurance from cidA that our grant its operations. As we approached the end of the proposal was being given attention. We invested 2007–2012 Strategic Plan period it was impor- many hours working with the team to reshape tant for us to assess the performance of the the document so they would conform to the campus against the aims and objectives that had changed format required by the new cidA been set for it in that plan. it was also important administration. We were encouraged that our for us to gather as a community to reflect, recon- undergraduate student online enrolment had nect and collectively visualize the future we increased at a steady 6% annually during the wished for our campus. While it is true that the first four years and new postgraduate pro- elation we had experienced during our first cam- grammes had attracted over six hundred stu- pus retreat in 2009 had subsided somewhat in dents in a semester at the first offering. With the the face of having to deal with the harsh reality restructuring of the Academic Programming of a regional economic downturn, we were nev- and delivery division completed we began to see ertheless buoyed by the impact that our campus a steady increase in the production of online was already having on the lives of those particu- courses. We gratefully accepted the support larly in underserviced communities. We have given by the uAF in Jamaica which allowed us to remained resolute in our determination to forge begin the much needed upgrading of the techno- ahead with improving the quality of services and logical infrastructure of our sites there. We also Oc products and we have made strides in this began to explore avenues for redeveloping our regard. sites in the OecS and we expect this project to OPEN CAMP A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 4 We have remained resolute in our determination to get underway on a phased basis with support from funding agencies as well as our initiative to forge ahead with pursue other funding options for these develop- improving the qual- ments. We received considerable gifts of land from the grenada and trinidad and tobago ity of services and governments which will allow us to further develop our enterprise in these countries. Open Campus Our OccS have provided essential services in products and we the respective countries and many have been able to expand the range of services despite the have made strides shortfall in financial support from contributing in this regard. governments. the cSdr departments increased the scope of community research and were able to partner with international agencies as well as attract funding for research projects. We com- pleted the very important task of preparing a self-study in preparation for an accreditation assessment and have gone through this exercise in just four years after inception. We have learned much from that self assessment which has enabled us to identify the actions we must take to address areas that require improvement. Our efforts to improve staff engagement and build morale continue and we are poised to build further in the next five years. better times are ahead. Professor Hazel Simmons-McDonald Pro Vice-chancellor & Principal, uWi Open campus PUS A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 5 One of the goals we gave much thought to during the year was that of repurposing for online delivery some of the courses of excel- lent quality that have been developed by the Open Campus Country Sites (OCCS) so that they will be more widely available. Some sites have a wealth of courses that will be made available to other sites with fewer courses, as soon as they have gone through the normal quality review processes. 1. Teaching and Learning Teaching country Sites (OccS) so that they will be more widely available. Some sites have a wealth of As a campus which offers programmes in courses that will be made available to other sites various modalities, we continued to work on with fewer courses, as soon as they have gone improving the delivery of our online, blended through the normal quality review processes. and face-to-face programmes. the Academic central development and review of all course- Programming and delivery division (APAd) ware make available to OccS a wider pool from was able to focus on increasing its production of which they can select for delivery based on online courses and programmes and to train the demands in respective locations. coordinators and e-tutors who interact with our the OccS offered new face-to-face courses as students. We increased the number of our well as reaching out to organisations by offering learning Support Specialists and course deliv- custom-made training courses, workshops and ery Assistants who regularly scan the system to seminars. With the strength of the uWi brand, ensure that our students are receiving support organizations feel confident that these pro- from their tutors. We continued to emphasise grammes offered by the Open campus will serve and strive towards improvement in the quality their workforce well and have immediate practi- of service given to our students. cal results. Hence, at several sites there was an One of the goals we gave much thought to dur- increased demand for the offer of workforce ing the year was that of repurposing for online development programmes as the financial crisis delivery some of the courses of excellent quality encouraged businesses and individuals to that have been developed by the Open campus improve training prospects and re-tool. A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 7 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 Trinidad and Tobago the following include but are not limited to the number of courses and workshop topics offered the trinidad and tobago sites again tipped the through the OccS: 8,000 student number scale. For the period under review the sites offered numerous face-to- St. Kitts and Nevis face (F2F) programmes at various levels; Further • Supervisory Management education, continuing Programmes, externals and Pre university (cAPe, Pre-Science, • business communications Pre-engineering, and Pre-Health. • events Management and customer Service. during the months of July and August applica- St. Vincent and the Grenadines tions increased from 481 to 985 representing a • certificate in Music theory 1 and certificate 100 per cent increase over the period. the con- in theatre Arts tinuing Programmes maintain their dominance • understanding Music theory and Practice in the portfolio of offerings at OccS trinidad & theatre Arts (SVg) and tobago (OccStt). An increase over last • care givers: caring for Vulnerable Persons year, 62 per cent, of the OccStt’s student (SVg) population was located in these skills based • Pre-nursing (SVg) courses. • Advanced counselling Skills: Working with the Adolescent (SVg). Jamaica Belize the sites of the Jamaica Western region Workshops were conducted in the following: through the offering of short developmental and professional courses generated sufficient income to • new teacher Appraisal System offset day to day expenses of the sites. Of note, is • Motivational Speech the fact that the Montego bay site reported a 125 • Professionalism and confidentiality in the per cent increase in enrolment over the previous Workplace year for local certificate programmes. • leadership, roles and responsibilitie • Strategies for critical thinking. the brown’s town Site also delivered six different 10 week professional courses: Antigua and Barbuda • capacity building training for Fisher-folk • Supervisory Management Supervisory (Junction) Management • Supervisory Management certificate • Human resource Management and French (Ocho rios Site) for cXc • capacity building training for Fisher-folk in • Workshops were also conducted on grant St. Mary (Ocho rios Site) Proposal Writing and Accounting & • Supervisory Management (Savanna-la-Mar) Financial Management for ngOs. • Marketing and Sales (Savanna-la-Mar) St. Lucia • events Management (Savanna-la-Mar) • Advanced events Management • introduction to events Management 8 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E The Learning Experience UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 9 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 • ciScO it essentials ment and Family Studies for online delivery. the • Supervisory Management child rights course, which was developed by • introduction to customer Service ccdc, will be offered as a core course for this • effective Public Speaking and Presentation degree programme. Skills. Of equal note is the role played by the Social British Virgin Islands Welfare training centre (SWtc) which contin- ued its tradition of offering quality continuing • certificate in community Policing education programmes. in this regard the Cayman Islands following courses were offered. • Pc Support and Maintenance • diploma in Social Service APAd, in collaboration with the caribbean child • Associate of Science degree in Social Work development centre (ccdc) also contributed • certificate in Social Service (cSS) significantly to teaching and learning through • Principles and Practice of Social Work the development of the bachelors in education degree programme in early childhood develop- (four months). Table 1: Enrolment in SWTC Continuing Education Programmes, 2011–2012 Programme Semester 1 Semester 11 Summer Total certificate in Social Service 5 0 0 5 Associate in Social Work 44 43 13 100 diploma in Social Service 21 21 5 47 Principles and Practice of Social Work 36 – – 36 Total 106 64 18 188 10 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 »enhancing the student experience A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 11 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 New Programmes the Academic Programming and development division (APAd) developed and delivered a number of new online programmes. Similarly, the Open campus country Sites (OccS) and the consortium for Social development research (cSdr) also presented a wide slate of profes- sional development courses. One of the goals of APAd is to develop and deliver a wide cross section of programmes which will contribute financially to the Open campus and create new options for students throughout the region. in this regard, three new programmes were developed and the first intake began in September, 2012. these are: • early childhood development and Family Studies; (certificate, diploma and bachelors) • Youth development Work (diploma and bachelors); and • Masters in english language in addition, the diploma Health and Family life education instruction programme has been authorized by the board of undergraduate Studies (buS) and the development of the related courses is ongoing. each of these programmes is expected to address important regional needs as well as to contribute to the financial viability of the Open campus. Features of the programme designs, such as laddered certificate, diploma and bachelors programmes, are implementations of the ways in which APAd is addressing the special needs of the Open campus students. it is important that we offer our students flexible programming pathways that allow them to balance their desire for education with other priorities in their lives, such as work and family. 12 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 Quality Assurance the uWi Open campus, led ably by Quality Assurance Officer, Pamela dottin, and the vari- ous committee members worked assiduously to complete the accreditation self-study report, and they did so on schedule and met the deadline for submission to the barbados Accreditation council. As part of the accreditation process a number of Open campus country sites were visited and various staff members from across the campus interviewed. the sites visited were Open cam- pus Antigua and barbuda, barbados, St. lucia, and selected sites of the Jamaica eastern region and trinidad & tobago. in preparation for the evaluators’ visits the OccS staff ensured that all requested documents were readily available. the staff of the Open campus must therefore be commended for their hard work towards the close of the Academic Year 2011–2012 in prepa- ration for the accreditation visits. the self-report was completed and submitted to the barbados Accreditation council on August 12, 2012 in keeping with the Open campus’ desire to deliver programmes of quality and relevance, a number of programme evaluations were con- ducted during the period under review. these included the evaluation of certificate, associate degree and undergraduate programmes. Of these, eleven (11) associate degrees and two (2) undergraduate programs were delivered by the OccS (trinidad and tobago, Antigua and St. lucia) and APAd. the following are programmes which were Each of these programmes is expected evaluated. to address important regional needs as Certificates well as to contribute to the financial • Human resource Management (trinidad viability of the Open Campus. and tobago) A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 13 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 • Health Safety and environmental Manage- ment (trinidad and tobago) • english for business communications (Antigua) • Advanced excel (Antigua) • Supervisory Management (St. lucia) • theatre Arts education (St. lucia) Associate Degrees • business Management (APAd) • Paralegal Studies (APAd) Undergraduate Degree • b.Sc. Management Studies (APAd) the Open campus continues to strive for excel- lence in the sphere of teaching and learning and therefore continues to monitor and evaluate its courses and programmes regularly, to ensure quality programming. Infrastructure As a result of united Access Fund (uAF) fund- ing new permanent sites emerged in Jamaica eastern and Western regions and major site improvements were undertaken during the Academic Year 2011–2012. On August 2, 2011 the Open campus Port Antonio opened its doors to its students and the public at its new location, on the first floor of ramtulla Super centre, at 34A Folly road, Port Antonio. the relocation of the Port Antonio Site (part of Jamaica eastern region) has resulted in improved service to students and significant growth in student numbers. One Port Antonio student commented on the improvements thus: “. . . the computer lab and information technology facilities at the site are now second to none. i proudly say that uWi Open campus has the best equipped facility in the north eastern end of the 14 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 island. the environment is captivating and very conducive to learning . . . the university along with its partners have totally transformed the uWi Open campus, Port Antonio”. Further to the approval of the plans to relocate the Open campus denbigh Site to the Omni Plaza, Manchester Avenue, May Pen, renovation work began in May 2012 at the new location under the close supervision of Mrs. Paulette Fer- guson, Site coordinator, assisted by Mr. leonard granston, Site technician assigned to the Open campus denbigh, Mandeville and Vere Sites. Another success story was the relocation of the Open campus site from the brown’s town community college in december 2011, to burlington Point. the site is now equipped with three iP phones, where contact can now be made with other sites both within and outside Jamaica. there are 17 new computers and 6 laptops and a newly furnished and equipped video conferenc- ing room. the new look of the site has given students that sense of pride in being a part of an impressive institution. the new furniture, lab and aesthetics of the site have attracted many positive comments from visitors, students, and staff. Funding from the uAF made it possible for the site to move to the larger facilities where two classrooms were erected. the classrooms can accommodate approximately 25 students each. For the first time the brown’s town Site was able to offer six different 10 weeks professional courses running concurrently, utilizing the bigger spaces. in addition, a new site in lititz started operating with an administrative presence, as a satellite of Ocho rios, in February 2012. this development was facilitated through the energetic leadership of the Site Head, dr. Jerome Miller-Vaz. A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 15 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 Trinidad, St. Augustine Site Overall, the many the many Site improvements Heads and Site coordinators attempted to have benefited significantly the Open campus develop the sites incrementally. Facilities staff and its stakeholders. Such improvements improvement at OccStt is illustrative of the include but are not limited to the following. types of projects undertaken at the OccS which • expanded and significantly improved tele- included: conference facilities with videoconferencing 1. tiling of the examination Office at the capability. St Augustine site; • A fully functional and up-to-date it lab 2. repainting of the wall at St Augustine site; allowing for classes in it subjects. • Space and technical facilities available for 3. Painting of the offices at the St Augustine students and the public to utilize online site; research. 4. Paving of the St Augustine car Park; • Major upgrade of technical facilities for staff. 5. Altering the paved walkway in front of the • increased staff to better manage students’ Alpha east in order to alleviate flooding; needs, and 6. implementing a drop ceiling in the • improved interaction with lecturers and Facilities and registration department staff. at the St. Augustine Site. 16 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 Technological equally important are the technological upgrades to both blackboard collaborate and Moodle, Major developments were undertaken to which have primarily benefited students in the improve the existing technological infrastruc- online programmes. the learning exchange was ture, which included a comprehensive enter- upgraded from Moodle version 1.8 to Moodle prise resource Planning project (erP). through version 2.0 to facilitate. Further, the elluminate the erP Project the Open campus will realize live version 10 was upgraded to blackboard improved efficiencies and services. Further, the collaborate version 11 with a much cleaner and erP represents a comprehensive upgrading of friendlier user interface. in preparation for the the student management system to provide a change the training coordinator developed and supportive platform for the entire Open campus trained staff and students on the new version population, support for financial records; inte- which facilitated its use in September 2012. gration of administrative systems; support and provision for the university’s Single Virtual university Space (SVuS). Moreover, the Open campus, recognizing the lack of alignment and integration among and within various divisions and departments, has initiated the erP project with a view of enhancing other critical services which include but are not restricted to laddered program- ming; Prior learning Assessment and recognition (PlAr); rolling applications and counselling and advisory student services; the erP will facilitate a shift from manual oper- to improve overall efficiency improvements ations that can be accommodated through the were also made to the Open campus Manage- use of technology. in this regard, the erP will ment System (OcMS). in this regard the OcMS allow for the automation of best practice busi- admissions process was modified in June 2012 ness processes which span the major functional to include conditional offers for applicants who areas of the campus. these include the registry, did not submit supporting documents. Addition- Human resources, the Academic Programming ally, exams processes, gPA calculation and and delivery division, the Open campus coun- graduation processes were implemented as well try Sites, Marketing and library. the introduc- as the development of a tuition fee schedule to tion of the erP will facilitate effective, efficient improve the process of assigning fees to courses and timely delivery of services to students and in the Open campus Management System other stake holders in a competitive (OcMS). environment. A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 17 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 Alumni and Student Guild two major efforts were made to re-invigorate the local alumni association in St. lucia. the first was the hosting of a visit by chancellor Sir george Alleyne in February 2012, during which time he met with alumni and laid the foundation for a grand alumni re-union and the re-launch- ing of the local chapter of the uWi Alumni Association (uWiAA). this took place subse- quently in June 2012, under the patronage of Her excellency the governor general dame Pearlette louisy at her official residence. A large number of alumni (spanning all decades of uWi’s existence) were in attendance. this occa- sion also saw the official St lucia launch of the uWi/cibcFcib ViSA credit cards. Following this event, a core of alumni undertook to plan regular events aimed at maintaining interest in the uWiAA and continuing to grow its database. in the cayman islands, a fund-raising garage sale was organized which members of the civil service attended. this event also helped to raise the awareness of the uWi in the eyes of the public service. in August 2011, the St. Kitts and  OPEN CAMPUS ANTIGUA & BARBUDA STUDENT WINS DELL INNOVATION AWARD the Student Support department of the registry continued to give support to the develop- ment of guild chapters and the regional guild of Students. the first executive committee of the Open campus guild of Students was elected during this period and the constitution for the Open campus guild of Students was finalised. guild executive member, ruthlyn Matthias was awarded the 2012 People’s choice Award in Health in the 2012 dell Social innovation challenge. Her project called “duckweed: A green Solution”, which proposed a green solution to eradicating mosquitoes, ranked second out of 224 projects in Health and 20th overall out of 1,783 projects submitted by students from around the world. 18 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 nevis (SKn) Site held the first annual teen Vacation Programme (tVP). tVP targets stu- dents in secondary schools who are on their July- August break. the Programme is premised on the fact that young people require and desire avenues to express themselves while building self-esteem in a safe environment. the initiative was very successful in that it achieved the goals set out by the facilitator and provided an oppor- tunity for uWi alumni to support the uWi by sponsoring participants. Photo highlights of the UWI Alumni St Lucia Gathering 2012 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 19 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 Library libraries now focus on the transformation of our essential service units into full education and the Open campus is dedicated to providing teaching units to teach users how to navigate open and flexible learning to the caribbean com- this new knowledge environment. munity and has extended the traditional reach of the university of the West indies on three main As an institution of Higher education, the residential campuses to the thirteen non-campus responsibility of uWi Open is to ensure that countries of the caribbean community viz library resources and services meet the needs of Anguilla, Antigua & barbuda, the bahamas, all Open faculty, students, and academic support belize, british Virgin islands, cayman islands, personnel, regardless of where they are located. dominica, grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts & this becomes a huge challenge for the Open nevis, St. lucia, and St. Vincent & the campus with its faculty, students and support grenadines, turks and caicos. Quality library personnel located in several countries and sites and information services have always supported across the region. As a result, one major strategy the academic goals of learning, teaching and is to deploy online services as far as possible to research. in this digital age, however, it is clear mitigate the disadvantages of our extensive dis- that the environment in which academic tributed environment. We are going to the cloud libraries have pursued their activities has to provide access to our print and electronic changed dramatically with steady advancements resources, and engagement with subject area in technology and the internet with its easy specialist and personal librarians on a 24/7 basis access to all kinds of information. Academic but still maintaining on the ground access to 20 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 print resources disciplinary learning outside the across the region. classroom and typically include library, it Services, learning and Out of the cloud and teaching Strategies, and Writing on the ground, uWi centres. Open is also commit- ted to building a physi- uWi Open will continue to cal library, a centre to explore and engage in collabo- accomplish the critical rative efforts with regional ‘back-room’ activities governments who are inter- and operations of build- ested in pursuing WSiS ing and organizing collec- (World Summit on the infor- tions, information delivery mation Society) goals to and ensuring that the rich develop their national heritage of the countries of and/or public libraries as the Open campus is col- essential infrastructure for lected, preserved and for the information Society. Such an undertaking research by present and would entail partnering to build, develop and future generations. We expect that such a build- sustain joint-use libraries in various caribbean ing will be situated in one of the OecS countries communities meant to serve not only academic and funding is being sought for its design and institutional users but the public as well. Prac- construction. tices, shared values, clientele, and space would be together with our physical sites, we plan to integrated and leveraged to create places for life- develop and establish integrated learning spaces long learning that would benefit each caribbean that do not simply support but enact the educa- country and their respective communities. in tion mission of the university. these new learn- addition, joint-use would provide efficiencies of ing centres or learning commons recognize the scale in technology services, collections, expertise library as place and provides an environment and space for such civic activities as exhibitions, that enhances social interaction and cross readings and music events. A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 21 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 Research activities within the Open Campus (OC) have largely focused on the research interests of individual persons, units, depart- ments or divisions, or on internal information important for monitoring and planning pur- poses within the Campus. The concentration has been on social research, utilizing mixed methods, both quantitative and qualitative and including electronic survey techniques and other more recent tools. A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 2. Research and Innovation UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 RESEARCH ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE OPEN CAMPUS (Oc) development of research across the Open cam- have largely focused on the research interests of pus within the Strategic Planning cycle 2012- individual persons, units, departments or divi- 2017. this charge is conveniently supported by sions, or on internal information important for the recent appointment of the Head of one of the monitoring and planning purposes within the cSdr units (ccdc) to the post of campus campus. the concentration has been on social coordinator for graduate Studies and research, research, utilizing mixed methods, both quanti- with a remit to foster research programmes (and tative and qualitative and including electronic the development of graduate studies). survey techniques and other more recent tools. As a result of the preponderance of cSdr Much of the research has been conducted research, the research is largely in the respective through the four constituent departments/units title areas of children and families, labour, social of the consortium for Social research and work (and youth) and women’s issues. these, development (cdSr): the caribbean child however, correspond with a number of the development centre (ccdc); the Hugh lawson region’s priority areas for research. A list of Shearer trade union education institute recent research projects within the cSdr is (HlStuei); the Social Welfare training centre shown in the table on page 40. Of note is the (SWtc); and the Women and development unit range of international partner agencies and other (WAnd). in addition, the cSdr has been funders for the research undertaken. the cSdr charged by the Principal to spearhead the has undertaken projects in a number of A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 23 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 caribbean countries, partnering with the Open campus is the formulation of a research agenda campus country Sites, and also maintains a for the uWi 12+1 countries. As the report states, number of research partners within the uWi “the focus will be on the social development campuses and with many international institu- areas of research, as it is proposed that the Open tions, and has undertaken projects with the uWi campus will collaborate with the relevant facul- consulting company across the region, respond- ties on all campuses” (p. 4). ing to international calls. As an example of the Further, “the research agenda for the uWi 12+1 multiple partnerships within the Open campus countries, will identify gaps in social and devel- and uWi, the ccdc in partnership with uWi opmental research being conducted in the consulting responded to a european union call caribbean with specific emphasis on the Anglo- for proposals for a project, review and evalua- phone caribbean. this research agenda will help tion of ict in education Policy and curriculum, in identifying and directing the focus of research and institutional Strengthening and capacity in that should be undertaken by the university” St. lucia in February 2012 and were successful (ibid, p. 4). in their tender (grant sum 595,000). the proj- ect is now being undertaken through the Open campus St. lucia site. the Office of the Pro Vice chancellor and Princi- pal plays an important role in coordinating research throughout the Open campus. the director of the Open campus country Sites channels requests to this Office for assistance by uWi to conduct research projects, which is in turn brought to the attention of the uWi con- sulting company to ensure a university-wide response to the research needs of the countries Conferences/ Lectures/ of the region. the Office also works closely with Seminars/Workshops the deputy deans of Outreach in the Faculties during the period under review a number of and with the uWi consulting company to collaborative activities were undertaken with ensure that research projects requested by gov- other Open campus sections, uWi campuses or ernments through uWi Open sites are under- departments, partner universities and institu- taken and completed in a timely fashion. tions. these include but are not limited to the until 2012, research degrees (MPhil/Phd) were following. not offered in the Open campus. in August • the cSdr collaborated with the Mccam 2012 the board for graduate Studies and child development centre to host the 4th research approved a programme for MPhil/Phd international conference on Attention cultural Studies within the Open campus, and deficient Hyperactivity disorder under the first intake will be in time for the January the theme ‘Working towards Positive 2013 semester. Outcomes’ and shared with a number One of the major research initiatives of the Open of the uWi Oc country sites. 24 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 • Partnership with the Sir Arthur lewis insti- this venture. the conference featured a tute for Social and economic research and keynote address by dr. didacus Jules, other agencies in the hosting of the cXc registrar and 33 presentations by caribbean child research conference and participants on a very wide range of topics continued to lead the pre-conference teacher pertinent to St. lucia. and child training seminars in research the OccS were not short of lectures and semi- Methods and child rights. nars and indeed, the impact of the uWi as the • the Women and development unit in col- regional university was brought home literally laboration with Hillcrest diocesan retreat through these outreach initiatives which epito- centre of the Anglican church of Jamaica mize the “beyond the walls” aspect of the and grand cayman hosted its 5th “theolo- university. the following is a selected list. gising Women” conference under the • “the Health of the nation is the Wealth of theme, “theologising Women: conversa- the nation. but what is health and how do tions on Female embodiment” on March 2, we achieve it?” by Professor emeritus Henry 2012 at the Hillcrest diocesan retreat Fraser, former dean of Medical Sciences, centre, brown’s town, Jamaica. cave Hill. the Fourth Annual bernard A. the OccS conferences continued unabated dur- Sorhaindo Memorial lecture (dominica, ing the academic year 2011–2012. the funda- September 2011). mental purpose of these academic conferences • “neo-liberalism, Primitive Accumulation was to share with a local audience the research and generational decline: the crisis of done on the particular country and in so doing, Political leadership in the caribbean.” by disseminate results from pure and applied inves- dr. tennyson Joseph, lecturer in Faculty of tigations, as well as essays/theoretical works, of Social Sciences, cave Hill. the Sixth Annual nationals living in or outside of the country in dame eugenia charles distinguished question, and others with scholarly and research lecture (dominica, november 2011). interest in the country. • “Social Security and caribbean economic • the Antigua and barbuda Site held its development” by Professor Karl theodore, country conference on January 16 and 17, Head, Health economic unit, St. Augustine. 2012, under the theme, “the role of Mathe- the Fifth Annual national bank of matics, Science & education in develop- dominica and uWi Open campus ment.” the opening lecture on the topic: dominica’s national distinguished lecture “charles ephraim’s Philosophy of educa- (dominica, May 2012). tion” was presented by Professor lewis gor- • “Just governance in Small Societies” by don, laura carnell Professor of Philosophy, dr. Scott douglas (St. Kitts & nevis, January temple university, Pennsylvania. 2012). • the second Saint lucia country conference • “resistance in St. Kitts” by Ms. Victoria was held in May 2012, under the theme, O’Flaherty, director of Archives at the “information sharing for Sustainable devel- national Archives in St. Kitts and nevis. opment”. the Open campus Saint lucia Partnership between uneScO, the Ministry teamed up with the Folk research centre on of education and Open campus in the A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 25 OPEN CAMPUS  CONFERENCES  LECTURES  SEMINARS  WORKSHOPS 26 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 27 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 uneScO Slave route lecture Series (St. • How to Prevent the Spread of HIV/AIDS: A Kitts & nevis). Reality Check. by dr. elizabeth Pasani • “A mental setting for Supportive coaching (August 19, 2011). towards Occupational Achievement/Skills: • No Health without Mental Health: Why men breaking away from Professional experi- need to cry? by dr. ermine belle a lecture ence” by Mrs. rosine Hamblet (St. lucia, (October 27, 2011). August 2011). • Naming and Identity: Lineage and Heritage in • “negotiating a national development the Afro-Barbadian Community by Professor Agenda: the role of culture” by Her excel- Pedro Welch (november 24, 201). lency, dame Pearlette louisy. the third • Enhancing Entrepreneurship: Social and Patricia charles Memorial lecture Series Economic Empowerment in Barbados. (Panel (St. lucia, May 2012). discussion) Panellists were: dr. Paul • “A Model of education reform: What can Pounder; Ms. lynette Holder; Mr. Peter the caribbean learn from Finland?” by His boos and moderator, Mr. Patrick Hoyos. excellency, Mikko Pyhälä, Finland’s Ambas- (February 23, 2012). sador-at-large to the caribbean community • The Relevance of 1937 Today: The Struggle (St. lucia, June 2012). Continues by Mr. trevor Marshall, (April 26, • “rethinking Perspectives on independence” 2012). by dr. george lamming (St. Vincent, • Enhancing Entrepreneurship: Social and October 2011). Economic Empowerment in Barbados. (Panel • “Professionalism and confidentiality in the discussion) Panellists were: dr. Paul Workplace” by Mrs. Jane bennett (belize, Pounder; Ms. lynette Holder; Mr. Peter March 2012). boos and moderator, Mr. Patrick Hoyos. • “the impact of the World recession on the (February 23, 2012). economic Sectors of Antigua and barbuda and a Structured response to Stimulate growth” by Mr. donald charles, general Manager of the Antigua and barbuda devel- opment bank (Antigua, August 2011). • “common eye diseases” by dr Krishna Mani, Ophthalmologist and collaborating faculty member of the uWi Mona (cayman, 2012). the monthly lunchtime lectures mounted by the barbados Site in collaboration with the central bank of barbados provided much intellectual discourse and underscored once again, the commitment of the Open campus barbados to taking the uWi beyond the walls of the univer- sity. the following list is therefore instructive. 28 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 St. Kitts and Nevis group meeting with CCDC, Acting Head, Ceceile Minott, on June 18, 2012. • The Role of Women in an Evolving Democracy research Methods and child rights. by dr. Wendy Sealy (March 29, 2012). • Pre-conference Workshop – caribbean child • Productivity and Workers Rights: Balancing research conference university of the West Growth (Panel discussion) Panellists were: indies, Mona. June 13, 2012. dr. lawrence nurse; Mr. Anthony Sobers • Partnered with the Open campus Academic and moderator, Mr. david commissiong Programming and delivery (APAd) depart- (June 5, 2012). ment to develop the early childhood and • HIV: Money, Sex and Rights by Dr. Ernest Family Studies degree, diploma and certifi- Massiah (June 26, 2012). cate programmes, within which the child • Tapping into the Diasporic Economy by rights course developed by ccdc will be dr. Keith nurse (July 31, 2012). offered. • collaborated with the Mccam child devel- Of note also, is the work undertaken by the opment centre to host the 4th international ccdc as they partnered with other departments conference on Attention deficient Hyperac- of the Open campus as well as the sister cam- tivity disorder under the theme ‘Working puses and entities external to the uWi. the towards Positive Outcomes’ and shared following activities represent the collaborative with a number of the uWi Oc country efforts of the ccdc. sites. • Partnered with the Sir Arthur lewis institute • in a new initiative the ccdc partnered with for Social and economic research and other the Anglia ruskin university, uK to success- agencies for the sixth consecutive year to fully secure funding from the british Acad- host the caribbean child research confer- emy for a series of exchange activities aimed ence and continued to lead the pre-confer- at developing a proposal for youth violence ence teacher and child training seminars in and gang research. A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 29  The Open Campus in St. Kitts and Nevis played a significant role in the outreach activ- ities surrounding the installation of Sir Dennis Byron, as President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). The SKN Site facilitated and hosted the CCJ media workshop, press con- ference, principals’ and teachers’ seminar, schools seminar and the Basseterre Town Hall meeting. The event gave the site significant regional publicity and provided an excellent opportunity to show support for the CCJ. 30 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 3. Outreach to the UWI-12 And Other Under-Served Communities Outreach • riddim & booths, a trade show, fashion show and concert and was mounted by the THE OCCS CONTINUED TO OFFER local communities camp road Site, and held at the Mona cultural stimulation through its cultural out- campus in december 2011. reach programmes. Several events were hosted • the SKn Site participated in the History and by or in collaboration with the OccS. the Heritage Week of Activities 2012. following list gives a flavour of what transpired • Open campus St. lucia hosted the dual over the academic year 2011/2012. launches of publications by two St lucian • The Malliouhana Poetry Competition was con- lecturers from the cave Hill campus. dr ceptualized as a collaborative effort between tennyson Joseph – “Decolonization in St the university of the West indies Open Lucia: Politics and Global Neo-liberalism 1945– campus, Summit chambers, the depart- 2010” and Ms Cynthia Barrow-Giles - “Women ment of Youth and culture and the national in Politics”, tracing the history, experiences, library of Anguilla. challenges and successes of twenty outstanding • The Fourth Annual Nature Island Literary Caribbean women. St lucian author loverly Festival and Book Fair, August 5 to 7, 2011, Sheridan also chose the Open campus Saint Open campus dominica. lucia Site to launch her first novel, ‘A Girl • Miss Athena Jeshua, in collaboration with Like Me’, a story of self-discovery. the uWi Open campus dominica, hosted a • Open campus St. lucia in March 2012, film screening and rap session based on the hosted a small gathering of friends to wit- film “the Wild beast” in June 2012. ness the handing over of an ec$50,000 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 31 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 donation to Vice chancellor, Professor e. party was held for the infant students. nigel Harris, in the name of deceased St • the SKn Site held its first free film screen- lucian uWi lecturer, dr Patricia ismond. ing in February 2012 with the screening of • the first ever roderick Walcott Week of “Fire in babylon.” this screening was the Activities was held at the St. lucia Site. first in a series of screenings geared towards • the uWi Open campus Montserrat and the providing the people of St. Kitts with an Alliouagana Festival of the Word presented opportunity to view films that would not nec- the Second Symposium in the AlPHOn- essarily be screened on cable television or at SuS “Arrow” cassell Memorial lecture the cinema. the first screening was held Series on thursday, november 10, 2011. after careful consultation with the uWi cave • the Open campus dominica launched the Hill Film Society, the uWi cave Hill cam- Sir Frank Worrell blood donor registration pus librarian and the chairman of the SKn drive on thursday, June 14, 2012. Advisory committee to ensure that this ini- • the lenora clarke charity Fun day was held tiative was not in violation of any copyright on April 9, 2012 by the Open campus camp laws. road Site. • in July 2012, in support of the Ministry of • the Open campus in St. Kitts and nevis education’s commitment to improving the played a significant role in the outreach math skills of primary and secondary school activities surrounding the installation of Sir students, the SKn Site hosted the Smart dennis byron, as President of the caribbean Moves Summer camp. this camp was court of Justice (ccJ). the SKn Site facili- designed to introduce participants to board tated and hosted the ccJ media workshop, games such as chess, draughts, chinese press conference, principals’ and teachers’ checkers, and Jr. Monopoly as numerous seminar, schools seminar and the basseterre studies suggest that board games help chil- town Hall meeting. the event gave the site dren to: develop and improve their cognitive significant regional publicity and provided skills; increase their focus and concentra- an excellent opportunity to show support for tion; develop disciplined thinking; improve the ccJ. their problem solving skills and heighten • Outreach Officer, Mrs lesley crane-Mitchell, their self-esteem. the camp was well continued to spearhead the uWiAA local attended and the feedback was very positive. chapter’s efforts towards the post-Hurricane As a part of the Vice chancellor’s outreach pro- tomas (november 2010) rehabilitation and gramme a number of Open campus sites hosted maintenance of the bexon infant and Pri- the uWiStAt Ambassadors. these included: mary Schools through the administration of • the british Virgin islands, the bexon relief Fund. Apart from regular • Antigua and barbuda, augmentation of the schools’ feeding pro- • dominica, gramme, a new public address system was • St. Kitts and nevis, provided for the primary school, several • St. lucia, St. Vincent and the grenadines classroom intercom speakers were replaced, a donation was made towards the purchase • Montserrat of a reprographic machine and a christmas 32 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 33 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 Marketing and Branding in the Oc’s communication strategies with current and prospective students. the Open campus Marketing and communica- the department also worked with other Oc tion team, supported by strategic partnerships, divisions and department to develop and meet responded to a challenging year. the primary the many marketing requests within the depart- focus was on getting the message out to national ment’s standard responsibilities. and regional target audiences that the Open campus is a quality choice for pursuing full the marketing activities over the period prima- online and blended degrees and continuing and rily focused on increasing the Oc’s visual pres- professional education development pro- ence “in our own regional backyard,” and grammes. the work of the campus, especially increasing the Oc’s visibility in major markets in research and community development and throughout the region while promoting the “Oc outreach services was also promoted through student experience.” the former initiative was many channels across the region. accomplished through the following external and internal promotional activities. these included the department placed an increased focus on the production of a 28 x 17 billboard for the pro- external institutional marketing, sub-branding, posed Oc presence in chaguanas in trinidad & and imaging efforts intended to appeal to uWi tobago; the creation and distribution of artwork alumni, current students and prospective for flag banners, and three generic posters for students. the department continued to work printing; the continued installation of correct Oc closely with the recruitment and Student signage at site and office locations; the produc- Support offices of the registry to analyse and tion of general print ads for regional print and support recommendations/changes to the Oc’s electronic media; banner ads on the Oc’s web- Admissions policies and procedures, including site running in rotation; banner ad insertions for the number, kind, and variation of touch points print and electronic media; production of OPEN CAMPUS RECEIVES AWARD the Open campus, along with its sister campuses at cave Hill, Mona and St. Augustine, received awards from the uWi Press for Outstanding Marketing and communication of caribbean Scholarship at the uWi Press twentieth Anniversary and Author Awards ceremony, 34 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 regional media information sessions, launches Open campus Scholar Ship cruise, the Staff and fact sheets through videoconferencing and inter-campus games, uWi Student games; bbc channels; advertising the Oc in regional re-design of the uWi Website template; hard-copy and online Yellow Pages telephone upgrade of the con- directories; getting free ads in the new redbook; tent Management development and promotion of System to drupal 7; key dates and and the develop- events on an ment of an Open online calen- campus news and dar; offering Media page. face-to-face and Of note also is online Webinars the development to internal and of an intranet external audiences space for staff and designing and members. the promoting online Oc intranet the Oc 2010/2011 was officially Annual report. launched in With regard to the sec- August 2011 ond initiative: increas- with the ing the Oc’s visibility in aim of major markets through- providing Oc out the region while pro- staff members with a centralised moting the “Oc student facility to communicate and share information. experience,” this was realized through producing the Oc intranet offers Oc staff features such as: 30-and 15-minute short documentaries in associ- blog, notebook, Project tracking, document ation with various government information repository, calendar, Staff directory and Services across the region; the showing of :30 Forum. second video ads designed specifically for each the Marketing team utilized myriad marketing Oc country promoting the Oc; the production of tools and strategies to effectively promote the :30 second audio ads promoting the new and uWi Open campus. these include but are not continuing programmes of the Oc; producing restricted to Advertising (10 regional print ads, and promoting programmes through direct 17 tV ads,5 radio ads/mp3, 4 outdoor ads, 2 marketing efforts with specialised student and Yellow Pages ads, 1 redbook ad); brochures graduate databases; and support to OccS (17 Programme brochures); Public relations through their Open days and Houses. (30 news releases; 12 op-ed pieces); Open letter the Open campus Marketing and communica- (12 issues); Promotional Material (2,500 Oc tion team also completed a number of strategic bags, 2,000 new programme brochures); Market website projects during the period under review. research (5 )customer surveys, 12 monthly web Website pages were developed for the Quality analytics); Social Media (1 official Facebook page, Assurance unit, institutional Accreditation, the 1 twitter account, 1 Flickr account). A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 35  The Open Campus is currently funded by government contributions, tuition fees and other income generating activities. While the ratio of government funding to other sources of revenue is about 37% at present, the real- ity is this contribution is unpredictable so OC must look at increasing revenue from other existing sources and generating avenues for new sources of funds to meet recurrent expenditure. A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 4. Funding The Enterprise THE OC FINANCE DIVISION currently has offices in during 2011/12 Finance worked with cAtS on a three locations, in barbados, trinidad and system to automatically upload receipts from Jamaica and is responsible for the day to day students based in Jamaica unto the student sys- finance operations in these locations for all Oc tem through a centralized function thus elimi- units. in the uWi 12 locations, the finance func- nating the need for sites staff involvement in the tion operates through a matrix structure where process. this reduced the reporting time signifi- the finance office coordinates the finance activi- cantly so student accounts are updated weekly ties at these sites through a dedicated staff with all stages of the process controlled by assigned at each site. the finance staff at the Finance. this is a short term measure until the uWi 12 sites report to the Head of Site. erP is implemented during the 2012/2017 period. the Open campus is currently funded by gov- ernment contributions, tuition fees and other Another initiative in progress for implementa- income generating activities. While the ratio of tion in January 2013 is the centralisation of the government funding to other sources of revenue processing of the uWi 12 payroll, currently done is about 37% at present, the reality is this contri- at each Site, so that the process is under the bution is unpredictable so Oc must look at direct control of the Finance unit. this centrali- increasing revenue from other existing sources sation will streamline processes, improve inter- and generating avenues for new sources of funds nal controls, provide consistency, and at the to meet recurrent expenditure. the Open cam- same time allow the staff at the site currently pus Finance has presented to council a few performing this task to concentrate more on site proposed strategies for consideration which specific student related functions. this function involves the Oc, contributing governments and will be outsourced. the private sector. A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 37 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 38 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 the priorities for the 2012–2017 period will be: • Solicited partners for cost sharing in the promotion and hosting of public service 1. Financing the funding gap which is critical events. at this point as it will allow Oc to fund its recurrent budget. this requires buy-in • increasing use of paper-less communication both by the governments and private sector • Placed notices re: turning off lights/Ac/fans interests. at every exit door. • Head of Site and Programme Officer at 2. Streamlining the accounting and reporting times added graduation, meeting and/or it systems so that the relevant sections training days to vacation travel so that the “speak” to each other and integrate into the meetings/events were attended at no cost to overall management information systems. the uWi as the travel was self financed. this is considered a high priority for finance and the expectation is that the erP project • Printed invitations and greeting cards in will generate the required solutions. house. • increased use of paper-less communication. 3. restructuring of the finance function in the • All packages cleared by the Administrative OccS Sites so that all finance functions Assistant and Office Attendant instead of a report into Finance. broker. 4. reconceptualising the Open campus busi- • Pursued partnership for public lectures thus ness model to consider alternate models for eliminating a high cost to the uWi Open long term viability. campus. the Open campus, cognizant of the global and • use of iP phone for (internal) calls regional financial crisis, continued to focus on a • Marketing done primarily face to face at number of cost cutting measures aimed at realis- schools and business places to avoid the cost ing significant savings. the following are exam- of placing advertisements in the media. ples of some measures implemented by the OccS. Tuition Fee Ratio (based on budget) Year Government Contribution/ Tuition Fee Ratio 2008–2009 63.37 2009–2010 60.40 2010–2011 46:53 2011–2012 46:53 2012–2013 39:61 2013–2014 37:63 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 39 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 Benefactions government (from August 2008). Following the announcement of the intention to donate Within this recessionary period, the uWi Open made at the historic 2010 Annual graduation campus, like so many universities regionally exercises held at grenada in October 2010, the and indeed globally, has been adversely affected government of grenada officially exchanged by weakening economies and hence funding the documents with uWi in July 2012. the govern- enterprise has been multifarious. Following are ment of grenada purchased the property for grants received by the caribbean child develop- some ec$8 million and made a deed of gift to ment centre (ccdc) as illustrated in table 1. uWi. the Open campus country Sites (OccS) also Some of the other tangible examples of benefac- benefited from the generosity of its communities tions were as follows: in many ways. it must be specially mentioned • Various contributions to activities at the that the university of the West indies officially belize Site including benny’s (bel$25,000), received land donation of 88 acres, 3 roods and belize telecommunications ltd. 20 poles from the government and People of (bel$12,500), Salvador Habet (bel$5,000), grenada. this was the result of a series of nego- nicH (bel$5,000), September celebrations tiations between the previous government committee (bel$5,000). (which began in February 2006) and the current Table 1: ccdc Active Projects, 2011–2012 Academic Year Value in Value in Title of Grant Funding Source Duration JA$ US$ RESEARCH PROJECTS united nations Violence Against April–Aug. uniceF (tArcO) 35,000 children (unVAc) Follow-up Study 2012 OTHER PROJECTS child rights training Sustainability initiative with dept. of correctional uniceF (JAM) 2011–2012 2,776,680 Services Strengthening early childhood uneScO 2011–2012 3,000 development in the caribbean unVAc Sub-regional conference: May 14–15 uniceF (cAO) 55,400 delegate travel arrangements 2012 global child development group Sept. to dec. bvlF 29,372 Secretariat 2011 Mccam child development centre Mccam child May 3 & 4, Annual Attention deficit Hyperactive 1,800 disorder (AdHd) conference development centre 2012 40 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 • the government of the cayman islands – • in dominica, the national bank of donation of ten (10) computers. dominica (nbd) continued to fully sponsor • Walkers global, cayman islands – donation the Annual uWi Open campus/nbd of ten (10) computers. national lecture Series as well as the • Jonas, browne and Hubbard’s, grenadian Annual dame eugenia charles distin- local firm – grant of ec$6,000 for students’ guished lecture Series, in part. assistance divided equally between three • in dominica, prominent uWi alumna dr. students. Hazel Shillingford-ricketts, Ophthalmolo- • republic bank grenada limited – donated gist, and the dominica Social Security ec$40,000. this represents a 100 per cent sponsored in part the bernard A. Sorhaindo increase of its bursary allotment to regis- Memorial lecture Series. tered students of Open campus grenada. • in SVg, Finishing and Furnishing donated a grant allocated to eligible students who suite of comfortable chairs which now attained and maintained a grade Point enhances the ambience in the library. Average of 3.0. • the Antigua and barbuda Hospitality train- • ec$50,000 donation was handed to the ing institute deducted ec$2,500 on catering Vice chancellor in the name of deceased St bill for country conference. lucian uWi lecturer, dr Patricia ismond. • chefs-2-u has extended very generous the cheque, presented by dr ismond’s price discounts on food and drinks for sister, will be used to create the Patricia events hosted at the Antigua and barbuda ismond Memorial Scholarship to be given Site. in perpetuity to St lucia students pursuing • the government of Antigua and barbuda literature/literary Studies at the uWi. the has given several concessions including scholarship forms part of the larger uWi departure tax waiver and free transportation development and endowment Fund for overseas based students and chaperons (uWireF). attending Open campus graduation 2011. • typing and digitization of the dr Patricia • the Ministry of education, Antigua and ismond papers began in earnest, after a con- barbuda made available manpower and tribution of ec$20,000 by Ms ester ismond resources in planning and implementing towards this, with a view to an eventual pub- actions pertinent to Open campus gradua- lication. the money has been utilized for tion 2011 and the event called An evening of outsourcing the typing of the voluminous readings. papers, which could not be handled by site • through the joint agreement of the Open staff. campus and the church of the latter day • in SVg, there was a donation of Psychology Saints of Jesus christ, the denbigh Site and Social Work reference books from Vin- received a donation of ten (10) dell com- care, an agency which offers services for puter systems. this was a timely gift as the special needs students. site was in dire need of this equipment to • in SKn, the site received a large number of adequately facilitate the online learning texts and course manuals from an Open activities of its students. campus Alumna. A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 41  The Open Campus continued to build relation- ships with private, public and non-governmental (NGO) organizations to develop and deliver quality programmes to facilitate workforce training at the local level. A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 5. Strengthening Regionality Partnerships offering training in selected Open campus courses over three terms. the Open campus continued to build relation- • A partnership was established with the ships with private, public and non-governmental Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ). the (ngO) organizations to develop and deliver qual- aim of the collaboration was to promote ity programmes to facilitate workforce training at professional development and continuing the local level. in this regard the following part- education courses and programmes to the nerships were established. norman Manley international Airport com- • A one-year certificate Programme in non- munity and the surrounding communities governmental Organisation (ngO) Manage- of Harbour View, Port royal, rockfort and ment is scheduled for development and St. thomas. implementation. this is a collaborative effort extensive marketing was done by the camp with the Open campus barbados and the road team to sensitize prospective students european delegation to barbados and the about the courses offered, with the first of many eastern caribbean, the government of activities being a learning and development barbados, through the Ministry of Finance expo held on May 31, 2012 under the theme and economic Affairs, and the non State “the Power of 50”. based on feedback received, Actors Panel. the first intake would commence on October 2, • the establishment of a business relationship 2012 with the offering of the 10 weeks Supervi- with the grand Palladium Hotel in Sandy sory Management course. bay Hanover resulted in the Open campus A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 43 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 CMA Partnership ment Accounting offered through the university of the West indies, Open campus commencing the certified Management Accountants (cMA) January 2013. nova Scotia, bermuda and the caribbean and the university of the West indies, Open campus this diploma allows for total coverage of the established a collaborative effort for the purpose required topics for the cMA entrance exam. the of offering a Professional diploma in Manage- entrance exam is the gateway to the strategic leadership program, the final stage to the cMA designation. the diploma will target those non-accounting graduates who wish to become a certified Management Accountant. the diploma programme consists of nine courses (33 credits). Five courses are to be com- pleted in level 1 for students who need these courses to progress to the four core courses. level 2 consists of two accounting courses and two business strategy courses. Sir K. Dwight Venner, Open Campus Chairman with Mr. Harold Lovell, Minister of Finance, Antigua and Barbuda at the 2012 Graduation Ceremony in St. Kitts & Nevis. UWISTAT Ambassadors Arvindu Sukhram and Rae Thomas meet Minister of Education in Dominica, Hon. Petter St. Jean Transforming the Administrative Culture and Process Among the transformation initiatives being undertaken by the Open campus, APAd led the way by reorganizing its units to increase effi- ciency and effectiveness. APAd began the academic year (2011–2012) structured along programme level categories, namely Pre-univer- The Hon. Tilman Thomas, former Prime Minister of Grenada, hands sity and Professional, undergraduate, and grad- over the documents formalising the grant of 88 acres of land to The UWI to VC E. Nigel Harris uate Programmes. Although this structure did 44 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 Sharing a light moment withthe Prime Minister of St. Kitts & Nevis (second left) are Dr. Attzs, Dr. Hamid Ghany and Mrs. Khan provides APAd with the ability to manage its functional capacity in its main activities sepa- rately. For example, while we may wish to achieve a certain rate of develop by managing resources available for planning and develop- ment, our delivery services receive the outputs and, for the most part, take long term responsi- bility for them. Our Programme delivery depart- ment is expected to have a different growth trajectory than other departments. Our new organizational structure allows us to manage UWISTAT Ambassadors Wilette Wickham and Elizabeth Gunnesslal with Governor General Dame Pearlette Louisy and Mrs. Veronica Simon have some advantages, it was clear that the structure was not going to support the type of programme growth the Open campus required. therefore, APAd embarked on moving to a functional organizational structure based on its three main activities: programme planning, course development, and programme delivery. the current structure is represented in Figure 1 (page 46) that illustrates the organization and position types of the division. this structure OCCS Staff in Jamaica and AAJ personnel A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 45 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 growth, putting resources where they are most and the Principal as well as the change Maker needed. the new structure also creates specialist group in Human resources began a series of units that can focus on achieving excellence meetings with staff groups to discuss the results within their respective areas, both in terms of and actions that may be taken to improve staff programme quality and development of expert- engagement. this process is part of the wider ise. While APAd has not had a great deal of time uWi effort to improvement staff engagement with the new structure, some clear benefits and morale and the Open campus continues appear to be emerging from the very beginning. with activities in this regard and supervisors are restructuring of the OccS proceeded slowly and encouraged to organize regular meetings work on this continues with a view to be com- with their staff groups and provide leadership in pleted by July 2013. the results of the uWi-wide achieving the objective of improved staff survey undertaken by the consultants of infotool engagement. inc were made available to the Open campus Figure 1. current Organizational Structure of the Academic and Programming and development division (APAd) 46 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 UWI Open Campus Graduates Annual graduation ceremony. in light of this, Sites continued to host recognition and Awards the Assessment, Awards and records depart- ceremonies locally. these local ceremonies ment led the organisation of the fourth Open primarily recognize degree pre-university and campus graduation ceremony in St. Kitts and professional certificate awardees. the largest of nevis on October 13, 2012. 719 students gradu- these local awards and recognition ceremonies ated in the 2011/2012 cohort, 126 of whom takes place annually in trinidad and tobago and participated in an elegant and memorable has become an outstanding national event. ceremony at the St. Kitts Marriott resort, ceremonies were also held in barbados, belize, despite the challenges posed by the passage dominica, St. Vincent and the grenadines as of tropical Storm raphael. well as Montserrat. it is to be noted that this is the first year that the Open campus graduated stu- dents with Master’s degrees – the M.ed. Adult and continuing education and M.ed. literacy instruction programmes. table 1 below illustrates the level of awards gained by the graduating class of 2012. Recognition Ceremonies ceremonies were also held by the OccS and cSdr. in the case of the OccS, these ceremonies accommodated stu- Regional Four Month Course in the Principles and Practice of Social Work – dents who were unable to attend the Ceremony held on April 26, 2012. Table 1: graduates by level of Award Award Class No. of Graduates Percentage First class Honours 83 11.2 upper Second class Honours 187 25.2 lower Second class Honours 234 31.5 Pass 165 22.2 distinction (ASc.) 43 5.8 Honours (diploma) 7 0.9 credit (ASc. & diploma) 23 3.1 Total 742 100.0 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 47 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ST K I TT S A N D N E V I S 48 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E GRADUATION 2012 O C T O B E R 13 , 2 012 > G R A D UAT E S 74 2 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 49 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 Open Campus Management 2011–2012 Professor E. Nigel Harris Professor Hazel Simmons- Professor Vivienne Roberts Mrs Karen Ford-Warner Vice-Chancellor McDonald Deputy Principal Campus Registrar Principal & Pro Vice-Chancellor Ms Sheryl Whitehall Mrs Jasmine Babb Dr Luz Longsworth Professor Gary Hepburn Chief Financial Officer Director of Human Resources Director, Open Campus Director, Academic Country Sites Programming & Delivery Mr Tommy Chen Ms Karen Lequay Mr Lincoln Williams Professor Ed Brandon Chief Information Officer Campus Librarian Director, Consortium for Senior Officer, Planning and Social Development & Innovation Research 50 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 Heads of Sites & Departments Academic Programming and Delivery Office of the Deputy Principal Dr. Emily Dick-Forde Mrs. Suzette Wolfe Wilson Head, Programme Planning Department Marketing and Communications Manager Dr. Yasmeen Yusuf-Khalil Ms. Pamela Dottin Head, Programme Delivery Department Quality Assurance Officer, OBUS Dr. Denise Gaspard-Richards Open Campus Country Sites Head, Course Development Department Ms. Grace Cassell and Mrs. Cheryl Sloley Mr. Gregory Jennings Oversight, Anguilla Manager, IT Academy Mr. Ian Benn Head, Antigua & Barbuda Consortium for Social Development and Research Mr. Earl Alfred Professor Julie Meeks-Gardner Officer-in-charge, The Bahamas Head, CCDC Dr. Ian Austin Mr. Danny Roberts Head, Barbados, The Pine Head, HLSTUEI Mrs. Jane Bennett Mr. Lincoln Williams Head, Belize Head, SWTC Mrs. Carla Johnson-Brown Dr. Judith Soares Programme Officer, British Virgin Islands Head, WAND Mr. Robert Geofroy Computer and Technology Services Head, Cayman Islands with Oversight for Turks and Caicos Mr. Vincent Chin Software Architect, CATS Dr. Francis O. Severin Head, Dominica Mr. Howard Smith Systems Engineer Dr. Curtis Jacobs Head, Grenada Mr. Reeve Ramharry Systems Engineer Ms. Vilma Clarke Head, Montego Bay Jamaica Mr. Derrick Thompson Country Site Telecommunications Manager Mrs. Gillian Glean-Walker Head, Eastern Region Jamaica Library Dr. Jerome Miller-Vaz Ms. Jo-Ann Granger Head, Western Region Jamaica Senior Librarian Ms. Gracelyn Cassell Head, Montserrat Office of Finance Mrs. Susan Sarah Owen Ms. Sheryl Whitehall Head, St. Kitts & Nevis Chief Financial Officer Mrs. Veronica Simon Mr. Garvin James Head, St. Lucia Financial Officer, Trinidad & Tobago Mrs. Deborah Dalrymple Ms. Ann Marie Morrison Head, St. Vincent and the Grenadines Financial Officer, Jamaica Mrs. Joan Bobb-Dann Mrs. Deborah Trotman Head, Trinidad & Tobago Budgets & Project Manager Registry Office of the Principal Mrs. Marlene Saunders-Sobers Dr. Glenford Howe AR, Recruitment, Admissions & Registration Research Officers Ms. Gillian Holder Mr. Michael Thomas AR, Assessment, Awards & Records Research Officers Ms. Daniella Hickling Dr. Benita Thompson AR, Student Support Research Officer A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . MA sC. SAoMuzPaUnSneF OFaRn oTvHiEch F U T U R E 51 AR, Administration UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 UWI Open Campus Imperatives the campus continues to work on its business model and explore options that will result in its financial viability and sustainability in the future. in seeking to achieve this it will focus on the following priorities during the next strategic plan period: • implement institution wide training on customer service to ensure complete transformation into a learner-centred institution that is agile, accessible and enabling; • improve technology to provide a student management system that hosts and stores compre- hensive records for all students – both online and face-to-face, and which provides the frame- work for interdepartmental integration of processes and service improvement; • develop new online programmes that are in demand across the jurisdiction and which are not readily available through the established campuses; • collaborate with the established campuses to provide an increased slate of uWi courses and programmes to learners across the region; • refine access and readiness courses and programmes to provide a pathway for learners, especially second chancers, to access higher education; • further develop continuing and professional education programmes to cater to a wider clientele who require additional education for employment purposes; • improve marketing strategies significantly to present a coordinated uWi Open campus profile to the various publics in the region; • provide opportunities for collaborative research in countries with the support of expert academics across the uWi system; • collaborate with sister campuses to expand the footprint of the uWi globally. in addition to these, the Open campus will continue to focus on the following developmental priorities. 1. develop a consistent and effective approach to product management and rationalization. 2. build strategic networks regionally and globally to support the mission of the Open campus. 3. create inter-departmental alignment and system integration to support the core business. 4. continue to conduct and promote research as a vehicle for caribbean development especially within the uWi 12+1. Online On site On demand 52 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 Open Campus Students Excel Scholarships and Bursaries the Open campus received two Scholarships and nine bursaries for the 2011–2012 academic year. these are as follows: The Open Scholarship The CFUWI Bursary claxton duberry – Antigua Shantel bruce – Jamaica, Mandeville christalle lyons – trinidad and tobago natasha John – St. lucia coleen cupid – Anguilla The AFUWI Bursary Sariah robin – dominica rena levy nash – Jamaica, denbigh ruthier gumbs – St. Vincent nadine Porter – Jamaica, Mona lissa Albert – St. lucia Maureen Murray Allison – Jamaica, Savanna-la-Mar guild of Students – chapter executives St Lucia Dominica A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 53 2012 OPEN CAMPUS S T K I T T S A N D N E V I S MC, OC Campus Registrar, Karen Ford-Warner, Ann Clement-Kirton receives her 21 years James Jonas, of OCCS Antigua & Barbuda, receives welcomes guests to the awards ceremony service award from PVC Professor Alvin Wint his award for 24 years of service from the Deputy Principal, Prof. Viviene Roberts Earl Alfred, retiree from OCCS, The Bahamas, Delroy Waugh, of OCCS, Jamaica, Office of the Bernard Dinnard, retired Technician from OCCS receives a gift from the Chancellor Director, receives his 22–29 years service award Dominica, receives his gift from the Chancellor from the Deputy Principal, Prof. Viviene Roberts Dr. Olabesi Kuboni, retired Head, Graduate Pro- Marva Campbell, CCDC, receives the Principal’s Award Marilyn Brown of the CCDC, receives her 21 years grammes, receives her gift from the Chancellor for Excellence in the Administrative & Professional service award from PVC Professor Alvin Wint category Margeret Roberts, from the OCCS, Grenada, receives Carolyn Jenkins, of OCCS, Antigua & Barbuda, receives Aura Prescod, from OCCS Trinidad & Tobago, her 21-year service award from PVC Professor Alvin her award for 25 years of service from the Deputy Gordon Street, receives her 21-year service Wint Principal, Prof. Viviene Roberts award from PVC Professor Alvin Wint 54 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E in September 2012, the Open campus Awards committee considered several applications, recommendations and supporting documentation received for the inaugural 2012 Principal’s Awards for excellence, Open campus. the awardees and long-serving staff members were awarded at an elegant event in St. Kitts and nevis on October 13, 2012. STAFF AWARDS O C T O B E R 1 3 , 2 0 1 2 Dr. Christine Marrett , of ERIIC (now part of CORIA), Imogene Williams, SWTC, receives her 21-year Claudia Hagley, of OCCS Grenada, receives her receives her 30 years of service award from the Deputy service award from PVC Professor Alvin Wint 22–29 years service award from the Deputy Principal, Prof. Viviene Roberts Principal, Prof. Viviene Roberts Cheryl McDonald-Sloley, OCCS,, Jamaica, Office of the Professor Julie Meeks, Head, CCDC, receives Professor Edwin Brandon, retired Senior Director, receives her 21-year service award from PVC the Principal's Award for the Best Performing Programme Officer, receives his gift from Professor Alvin Wint Department, from the Principal the Chancellor Ms. Winnifred Hall, OCCS, Jamaica, Montego Bay, Marva Campbell, CCDC, responds on behalf of her Professor Simmons-McDonald presents a birthday gift receives her 21-year service award from PVC fellow awardees to Sir George Alleyene, UWI Chancellor Professor Alvin Wint Dispalying their 2012 Principal's Awards for Sir George Alleyne, The UWI Chancellor Members of the audience at the 2012 OC Staff Awards Excellence are Lisa Rocke, OCCS, Belize and (foreground) celbrated his 80th birthday with us. in St. Kitts & Nevis Marva Campbell, CCDC A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 55 UWI INTER- CAMPUS STAFF GAMES 2012 56 57 APPENDICES 58 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 APPENDIX I Student Statistics 2011/2012 Table 1: Associate of Science (ASc) degree enrolment 2007–2012 Programme 2007/2008 2008/2009 2009/2010 2010/2011 2011/2012 ASc Admin Professional Office 135 114 106 101 68 Management ASc business Management 440 261 330 285 258 ASc Paralegal Studies 241 139 168 188 179 ASc Public Sector Management 60 36 27 13 1 ASc Social Work – – 69 15 227 Total 876 550 700 602 753 Figure 1: Associate degree enrollment by gender 2011–2012 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 59 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 APPENDIX I (cont’d) Student Statistics 2011/2012 Table 2: enrolment in Open campus continuing education courses/Programmes 2011–2012 UWI-12 Countries 2007/2008 2008/2009 2009/2010 2010/2011 2011/2012 Anguilla 12 0 0 24 0 Antigua and barbuda 29 13 46 43 424 bahamas 8 100 23 0 0 belize 102 87 385 504 1,226 british Virgin islands 26 40 78 75 46 cayman islands 0 30 51 86 181 dominica 6 30 108 75 39 grenada 79 0 9 9 9 Montserrat 44 166 225 51 36 St. Kitts & nevis 83 150 146 112 185 St. lucia 571 650 698 975 1,393 St. Vincent & the 24 17 95 50 334 grenadines Total UWI-12 Countries 984 1,283 1,864 2,004 3,873 barbados 850 789 660 809 919 Jamaica 3,636 3,900 5,331 4,974 4,877 trinidad & tobago 12,349 14,972 11,800 11,369 8,179 Total Campus Countries 16,835 19,661 17,791 17,152 13,975 Grand Total 17.819 20,944 19,655 19,156 17,848 60 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 APPENDIX I (cont’d) Student Statistics 2011/2012 Table 3: enrolment in all online/blended programmes 2011–2012 Programmes Female Male Total ASSOCIATE DEGREE Admin Professional Office Management 67 1 68 business Management 219 39 258 Paralegal Studies 144 35 179 Public Sector Management 1 0 1 Social Work 201 26 227 Total 632 101 733 BACHELOR OF EDUCATION chemistry education Secondary 2 0  2 computer Science education Secondary 9 6 15 education – leadership 34 5 39 educational Administration 22 5 27 educational leadership 56 10 66 english literature education Secondary 128 12 140 History education Secondary 8 5 13 literacy Studies 372 27 399 Mathematics education Secondary 129 74 203 Primary education 198 39 237 Spanish education Secondary 11 2 13 Total 969 185 1,154 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Accounting 473 79 552 Agribusiness Management 3 4 7 banking & Finance 16 3 19 banking & Finance (special) 147 38 185 economics 19 10 29 Management Studies 2,349 606 2,955 nursing – Post rn 66 4 70 Total 3,073 744 3,817 Table 3 continues A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 61 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 APPENDIX I (cont’d) Student Statistics 2011/2012 Table 3: enrolment in all online/blended programmes 2011–2012 (cont’d) Programmes Female Male Total CERTIFICATE business Administration 1 0  1 criminal Justice 52 89 141 criminology 15 9 24 entrepreneurship 2 0 2 Human resource Management 8 1 9 Public Administration 1 0 1 tourism & Hospitality Management 4 1 5 Total 83 100 183 DIPLOMA gender & development Studies 10 2 12 Public Administration 18 6 24 Social Services 21 11 32 Total 49 19 68 POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA Adult education 5 1 6 instructional design 31 6 37 literacy Studies 2 0 2 Total 38 7 45 MASTER OF EDUCATION Adult education 76 16 92 literacy Studies 127 7 134 Total 203 23 226 Specially Admitted 92 19 111 transient Programmes 126 36 162 Total 218 55 273 Grand Total 5,265 1,234 6,499 62 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 APPENDIX I (cont’d) Student Statistics 2011/2012 Table 4: Online/blended enrollment by country and gender 2011–2012 UWI-12 Countries F M Total Anguilla 82 22 104 Antigua and barbuda 162 34 196 bahamas 69 19 88 belize 123 42 165 bermuda 4 6 10 british Virgin islands 49 16 65 cayman islands 46 11 57 dominica 312 58 370 grenada 295 77 372 international (non-uWi country) 5 0 5 Montserrat 66 9 75 St. Kitts and nevis 167 30 197 St. lucia 528 117 645 St. Vincent 251 42 293 turks and caicos 8 1 9 Total UIWI-12 2,167 484 2,651 UWI Main Campus Countries barbados 143 24 167 Jamaica 1,308 338 1,646 trinidad and tobago 1,647 388 2,035 Total Main Campus Countries 3,098 750 3,848 Grand Total 5,265 1,234 6,499 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 63 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 APPENDIX I (cont’d) Student Statistics 2011/2012 Table 5: graduates by Programme and level of Award 2011–2012 Award Class First Upper Lower Programme Type Class Second Second Pass Distinction Honours Credit Total Honours Class Honours Class Honours Master of education – – – 22 32 – – 54 graduate diploma – – – 8 6 – – 14 bachelor of education 51 106 65 11 – – – 233 bachelor of Science 32 79 148 65 – – – 324 Associate of Science – 2 21 35 4 – 12 74 diploma – – – 4 1 7 11 23 certificate – – – 20 – – – 20 Total 83 187 234 165 43 7 23 742 Figure 2: level of Award History 2008–2012 64 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 APPENDIX II Staff Matters 2011/2012 Awards and Honours Ms. Martina Mendoza OccS, trinidad and tobago, promotion from Mrs. Jane Bennett librarian i to librarian ii with effect from 01.10.11. Head of the belize Site was the recipient of the 7th Annual Outstanding Woman Award. Mr. Marvin Powell Social Welfare and training development, Dr. Sharmayne Saunders Jamaica, promotion from research Assistant to Programme Officer at the belize Site, was nomi- Junior research Fellow with effect from 05.10.11. nated for the uS embassy international Women’s day belize Woman of the Year Award 2012. New Appointments Ms. Janet De Souza Administrative Officer, director of cSdr Office Mrs. Deborah Dalrymple was awarded the M.Sc. Human resources develop- Head – OccS, St. Vincent & the grenadines, ment Prize by the department of Sociology, appointment with effect from September 1, 2011 Psychology and Social Work, Mona campus. Mrs. Kareen Guscott Programme Manager, Academic Programming Achievements and delivery division, Jamaica. Appointment with effect from June 25, 2012. Mr. Sylvannus Horne Mrs. Lesley Crane-Mitchell Office Attendant iii at the SVg Site gained his Marketing and Outreach Officer, OccS, St. lucia, b.Sc degree in Management Studies. appointment with effect from January 8, 2011. Dr. Jerome Miller-Vaz Dr. Denise Gaspard-Richards Head of Sites, Jamaica Western region, Head course development, APAd, trinidad completed a doctorate in Management and & tobago, appointment with effect from August 1, 2011. leadership. Mrs. Alecia Walters-Archie Mrs. Cecile Johnson course delivery Supervisor, APAd, Jamaica, Site coordinator of the brown’s town Site appointment with effect from October 1, 2011. (Jamaica Western region) completed her M.A (ed) degree in Student Personnel Administration. Ms. Stephanie Hunte curriculum development Specialist, APAd, Promotions barbados, appointment with effect from October 1, 2011. Mrs. Germaine Alexander Human resource department, trinidad and Mr. Christian Lee tobago, promotion from Site coordinator/contract Help desk Supervisor, cAtS, trinidad and Officer ii to Human resource Officer with effect tobago appointment with effect from from 01.10.11. January 1, 2012. A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 65 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 APPENDIX II (cont’d) Staff Matters 2011/2012 Ms. Keisha Campbell Transfer/ Change of Job Title Programme Manager, APAd, trinidad & tobago, appointment with effect from June 1, 2012. Dr. Benita Thompson Programme coordinator, Special Projects, APAd Mrs. Hilary Drakes-Morris reassignment to research Officer, Office of the Programme Manager, APAd, trinidad & tobago, Pro Vice-chancellor and Principal, barbados, with appointment with effect from June 1, 2012. effect from October 1, 2011. Ms. Annette Arjoonsingh Mrs. Souzanne Fanovich Programme Manager, APAd, trinidad & tobago, Assistant registrar, registry Administration, appointment with effect from June 1, 2012. trinidad and tobago reassignment to Assistant registrar Secretariat, with effect from June 1, 2012. Ms. Kathyann Lashley Programme Manager, APAd, barbados, appoint- Dr. Luz Longsworth ment with effect from June 1, 2012. director Open campus country Sites, Jamaica, reassignment to Mona campus, with effect from Temporary Appointments July 31, 2012. Mrs. Ceceile Minott Retirement Head (Ag.) (Sabbatical leave replacement) caribbean child development centre, Jamaica, Dr. Adrian Fraser appointment with effect from August 1, 2012. Head of Site, St. Vincent and the grenadines, retirement with effect from September 30, 2012. Mrs. Sandra Griffith-Carrington temporary Marketing and communications Assis- Mr. Alfred Earle tant, Office of the deputy Principal, barbados, Programme Officer, bahamas, and retirement appointment with effect from August 1, 2011. with effect from July 31, 2012. Dr. Emily Dick-Forde Head Special Projects, APAd, trinidad and tobago, appointment with effect from August 1, 2011. Ms. Kimone Joseph Marketing and Outreach Officer, OccS, dominica appointment with effect from december 15, 2011. 66 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 APPENDIX III Staff Publications & Papers Books Journal Articles Masino, M. (2012). Multicultural Education: batson-rollock, c., Soares, J., & Phillips, M. (2011). Perceptions of Future Educators, lambert Forever indebted to rex: Women crafting a new story of human experience. Caribbean Quarterly: Academic Publishing, germany. A journal of Caribbean culture, Special issue, “the Sage Has come of Age”, 57, 3 & 4. Book Chapters roberts, d. (2012). the ‘nettlefordian’ influence Simmons-Mcdonald, H. (2012). “in support of and the culture of the trade union movement. Afrogenesis: A study of St. lucian French creole Journal of Eastern Caribbean States, (37), 1. proverbs”. in J. Allsopp and J. rickford (eds). Language, Culture and Caribbean Identity. roberts, d. (2011). Jobs, Sustainable growth and Kingston, Jamaica: canoe Press. Small businesses: Some labour Market impera- tives. Jamaica Business Journal. thompson, b. P., leacock, c. J., & Warrican, J. (2011) education for the future: Shaking off the Saunders, Sharmayne (2012). Aid effectiveness for shackles of colonial times. in d.A dunkley (ed), belize’s national health insurance scheme’s sus- Readings in Caribbean History and Culture: tainability. Scottish Journal of Arts, Social Sciences Breaking Ground (pp. 61–86). Plymouth, and Scientific Studies, 2, (1). iSSn 2047–1278 united Kingdom: lexington books. http://scottishjournal.co.uk Williams, l.O. (2012). Working with youth. Saunders, Sharmayne (2012). corporate social in Healy, l.M. and link, r.J. (eds.) Handbook responsibility: A helping hand for a better belize. of International Social Work, pp. 265–272. International Journal of Business & Social Sciences, new York: Oxford university Press. 3, no. iSSn 2219-1933 (Print), 2219–6021 (Online). Severin, F.O. (2012). graduates for social and Book Reviews political change: towards the end of oppressive Masino, M. (2012). technology leadership pedagogy. The UWI Quality Education Forum, Preparedness: Principals’ Perceptions” for 18, 1–22. educational Administration Quarterly. Soares, J. (2012). towards a theology of justice for the caribbean and latin America. Groundings: Occasional Papers Catholic Theological Reflections on Issues Soares Judith, “Women’s rights conventions Mere Facing Caribbean People in the 21st Century, 27, Paper tigers”, barbados: Women and develop- 72–82. ment unit, uWi, Occasional Paper 1/2012. Soares, J. (2012). “Peace through ecumenism?”, Soares, Judith, “do Women need Freedom from Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice, 24, 4. religion? barbados: Women and development Soares, J., & batson-rollock, c. (2010). rethinking unit, uWi, Occasional Paper 2/2012. patriarchy in a rural context, barbados. Women A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 67 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 APPENDIX III (cont’d) Staff Publications & Papers and development unit, uWi, WAnd Occasional Newspaper/Magazine Articles/ Paper Series, 2. Newsletters Soares, J., & Phillips, M. (2011). Honouring bennett. J. (April 2011 to March 2012). bi-weekly “Our good Man” nettleford. Caribbean Quarterly: column: the red Heart, Where Family lives: a journal of Caribbean culture (Special issue). 57, (3–4). Speak, listen, Share. The Reporter. Walker, S.P., Wachs, t.d., grantham-Mcgregor, Jacobs, c. (2011, August to 2012, July). columnist S., black, M.M., nelson, c.A., Huffman, S.l., in monthly periodical published both online and baker-Henningham, H., chang, S.M., Hamadani, hard-copy. Barnacle, grenada. J.d., lozoff, b., Meeks gardner, J.M., Powell, c.A., roberts, d. (2012, February 19–25) Profit-led rahman, A., richter, l. (2011). inequality in early economic Strategy has failed Jamaica. Sunday childhood: risk and protective factors for early Herald. child development. The Lancet Series Special Issue: Child Development in Developing Countries 2. roberts, d. (2012, February, 22). Profit-led eco- nomics Strategy has failed. Jamaica Observer. roberts, d. (2012, April, 01). tax reform inducing growth? Sunday Gleaner. roberts, d., & Marsh, l. (2011, September). changing Places: looking at men and women in non-traditional occupations in Jamaica’, PIOJ, Labour Market Information, Newsletter, issue, 62. Severin, F.O. (2011, december–2012, July). Weekly columnist: reflections on the St. lucia elections 2011. The Sun Newspaper, dominica. Soares, J. (2012, november 25). race-based violence against women missing agenda item”, Abeng News: The Caribbean Voice. thompson, b. P. (2011, October 10). distance learning at the uWi Open campus: An interactive experience. The Advocate, 14. 68 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 APPENDIX IV Staff Presentations Conferences since 1983. Paper presented at the 14th Annual eastern caribbean island cultures conference dick-Forde, e. (2012). deploying the new ball: “the islands in between”: language, literature Strategic management accounting and the and culture of the eastern caribbean, St. george’s, challenges of 21st century governance. Paper grenada. presentation at the 30th caribbean conference of Accountants, of the institute of chartered Masino, M. (2012, February 22–24). teaching with Accountants of the caribbean. technology in the caribbean”. Paper presented at the 1st international conference on Open and dis- dottin, P. (2011, October). Student retention: tance e-learning: creating Spaces and Possibilities, Key contributing Factors. Paper presented at the Manila, Philippines. caribbean Area network for Quality Assurance in tertiary education (cAnQAte), bahamas. Masino, M. (2012, February 13–18). “not black like Me” A black African American, lecturer’s cultural dottin, P. (2011, October). Student Perception of experiences and reflections of collegiality, Work Online learning: issues at the university of the ethic, classism, and discrimination in the black West indies Open campus. Paper presented at the caribbean. Paper presented at the national Associ- caribbean Area network for Quality Assurance in ation of African American Studies (nAAAS) tertiary education (cAnQAte), bahamas. conference: Solving Social issues through Figaro-Henry, S., Mitchell, i. & grant-Fraser, e. Multicultural experiences, baton rouge, louisiana, (2011). Mobile learning readiness in caribbean uSA. tertiary institutions – Are we ready. in Proceedings Masino, M. (2012, January 5–8). “Open educa- of World conference on e-learning in corporate, tional resources in Open and distance learning.” government, Healthcare, and Higher education Paper presented at the Hawaii international con- (eleArn) 2011 (pp. 1193–1198). chesapeake, VA: ference on education, Waikiki, Hawaii, uSA. AAce. Meeks gardner, J. (2011, november 15–18). early gallimore, H. (2012, June 13). understanding chil- child development in developing countries: recent dren’s rights and responsibilities. Presented to evidence for risk and protective factors. Paper pre- High school teachers and students at the pre-con- sented at the caribbean regional conference of ference Activity for the caribbean child research Psychology. nassau, bahamas. conference, university of the West indies, Mona, Jamaica. Meeks gardner, J. (2012, May 14–15). Youth violence interventions. Paper presented at the Hickling, d. & Saunders-Sobers, M. (2012). chang- regional unSVAc conference Kingston, Jamaica. ing the face of enrollment in higher education for the caribbean. Paper presented at the AcHeA Minott, c. 2012, (April 2–4). early childhood devel- conference, trinidad and tobago. opment – training opportunities in the university of the West indies Open campus country Sites. Jacobs, c. (2011, november 3–5). grenada’s Pax Paper presented at the regional conference on Americana: Political developments in grenada early childhood development, St. Kitts. A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E 69 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 APPENDIX IV (cont’d) Staff Presentations Minott, c. (2012, May 23–29). Sustainability thomas, J. (2011, October 19–20). HiV/stigma and through partnerships. Paper presented at the children’s education in guyana. Paper presented at Hincks-dellcrest centre learning through Play the caribbean child research conference, Kingston, international conference. toronto, canada. Jamaica. Minott, c. (2012, May 14–15). unSVAc follow-up thomas, J. (2011, October 19–20). Social compe- study progress report. Presented at the regional tence among Jamaican adolescent mothers. Paper unSVAc conference, Kingston, Jamaica. presented at the caribbean child research confer- ence, Kingston, Jamaica. Minott, c. (2011, October 19–20). early childhood development – training opportunities in the thomas, J. (2011, november 15–21). HiV-related caribbean. Paper presented at the caribbean child stigma and children’s school outcomes in the research conference, Kingston, Jamaica. caribbean. Paper presented at the caribbean regional conference of Psychology. bahamas. Minott, c. (2011, October 19–20). Public policies which promote child rights in Jamaica. caribbean thomas, J. (2012, May 2–4). HiV-related Stigma child. Paper presented at the research conference, and children’s School Outcomes in St. lucia. Kingston, Jamaica. Paper presented at the St. lucia country confer- ence, St. lucia. Severin, F.O. (2011, november 10). Fundamental ethics and higher education. Paper presented at the thomas, J. (2012, June 13). the research process. 5th Annual Forum of the bioethics Society of the Paper presented to High school teachers and english-speaking caribbean (bSec), ross univer- students at the pre-conference Activity for the sity School of Medicine, Portsmouth, dominica. caribbean child research conference, university of the West indies, Mona campus, Jamaica. Shirley, b. (2012, July). integrity in Management, integrity of Management: understanding the thompson, b.t. (2011, October 2011). evaluating importance of High ethical Standards in a univer- Satisfaction of distance education Students of the sity institutional environment from a Human university of the West indies Open campus”. resource Perspective. Paper presented at the Paper presented at the e-learn 2011 – Association AcHeA conference. for the Advancement of computing in education, Honolulu, Hawaii. Shirley, b. (2012, May). examining Video-confer- encing as an effective tool in distance teaching and learning. Paper presented at the technical Focus group of the caribbean basin initiative on Lectures/Seminars/Workshops Security: university of the West indies, Mona campus, Jamaica. dalrymple, d. (2011, September 22). conflict Management. Paper presented to Kingdom life Soares, J. (2012). Allegory and Politics: reinterpret- Ministries, Kearton’s Village, St.Vincent and the ing the Songs of Solomon. Paper presented at the grenadines. theologising Women” conference. 70 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 APPENDIX IV (cont’d) Staff Presentations dalrymple, d. (2011, March 15). taking Personal Severin, F.O. (2012, April 20). the impact of Vio- responsibility to end domestic Violence. Paper lence on the education of our Young Males. Panel presented to mark international Women’s day, discussion organized by the caribbean Male Action St.Vincent and the grenadines. network (cariMAn) chapter, dominica. dalrymple, d. (2011, March 22). Addressed the Soares, J. (2012, March 2). Allegory and politics: matter of whether women are now empowered reinterpreting the Songs of Solomon, conversa- given the strides that they have made in formal tions on female embodiment. Presented at Hill- education, and the number of international and crest diocesan retreat centre, Anglican diocese of local conferences which have addressed women’s Jamaica, brown’s town, Jamaica. issues. lead Paper on education presented at the First national Women’s congress. Soares, J. (2011, August 3). Perceptions of the christian fundamentalist phenomenon in the dalrymple, d. (2011, April 7). Anti-social behav- caribbean. Presented at connexional local Pres- iour. Paper presented to Women of destiny, layou byters Seminar, Methodist church, barbados. camp Site, St. Vincent and the grenadines. Soares, J. (2011, August 2). “images of the contem- dottin, P. (2012, July). nVQs/cVQs: beyond the porary caribbean church”, Seminar Presented at school walls. Presentation at the educational lead- connexional local Presbyters Seminar, Methodist ership Workshop, School of education, cave Hill church, barbados. campus barbados. Hickling, d. (2012, March). effective communica- tion and programmatic planning. Paper presented to Mona guild of Students, Jamaica. roberts, d. (2011, September 6–7). Paper pre- sented at the Public Sector Monitoring committee Seminar on ‘A Partnership Approach to true Solutions’, Jamaica conference centre, Jamaica. Severin, F.O. (2011, August 5). Hooked on books. Feature Address at nature island literary Festival & book Fair, uWi Open campus dominica. Severin, F.O. (2012, May 11) training and develop- ment. Workshop presentation on Organizational development organized by the establishment, Personnel and training department (Hrd unit) and the (Public Service training centre. A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . 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