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 OPEN CAMPUS A Campus for the times . . . A Campus for the future Annual Report 2010/2011 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 Annual Report 2010/2011 A Campus for the times . . . A Campus for the future Contents Overview of the Past Year 5 1. TEACHING & LEARNING 6 Teaching 6 New Programmes 6 Quality Assurance Processes 10 Alumni 10 UWI Open Campus Scholar Ship 12 Infrastructure 14 Technological 16 Library 17 2. RESEARCH AND INNOVATION 18 Conferences/Lectures/Seminars 20 3. OUTREACH TO THE UWI-12 AND OTHER UNDER-SERVED COMMUNITIES 22 Bermuda as Associate Member 22 Responses to Emergencies 22 Outreach 23 ERIIC’s Work with Tertiary Level Institutions 25 Marketing and Branding 26 4. FUNDING THE ENTERPRISE 28 Benefactions 31 5. STRENGTHENING REGIONALITY 32 Partnerships 32 Transforming the Administrative Culture and Process 32 Saluting Champions 35 UWI OPEN CAMPUS GRADUATES 36–37 PRIORITY IMPERATIVES FOR THE OPEN CAMPUS 38 APPENDICES 41 Appendix I: Staff Matters 2010/2011 41 Appendix II: Staff Publications and Papers 43 Appendix III: Student Statistics 2010/2011 48 © 2012 UWI Open Campus, The University of the West Indies Published 2012. All rights reserved. Design by Robert Harris 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 Printed in Trinidad & Tobago The University of the West Indies Mission The enduring mission of the University of the West Indies is to propel the economic, social, political and cultural development of West Indian society through teaching, research, innovation, advisory and community services and intellectual leadership. UWI 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 UWI Open Campus Guiding Principles The Open Campus of the University 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 utilise quality teaching and learning experiences, innovative pedagogic design, relevant research and community partnerships to deliver face-to-face, blended and online learning. 04 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 We hope that, in retro- spect, the 2010–2011 Overview of academic year will be the Past Year seen as the time whenwe started to turn around, to see a glimpse We once expressed the hope for theOpen Campus to float like a butter- of the achievements wefly, and if not to sting like a bee, at had wished to provide least to make a noticeable impact on the social, cultural, and economic development of our main at our inception. constituencies: the communities in the ‘UWI-12’ (now 12 + 1) and the considerable populations in the campus countries that are unable to access the physical campuses. Our Campus’ birth came just before the most recent economic tsunami hit the world; we have reported in previous years on our attempts to create a new organisation and to begin to expand our activities in the face of desperate shortages and the absence of key start-up funding. We hope that, in retrospect, the 2010–2011 academic year will be seen as the time when we started to turn around, to see a glimpse of the achieve- ments we had wished to provide at our inception. Not that there was a magic wand bestowing gifts, or even promised support, on the Campus. In general the Campus soldiered on, not achiev- ing much of the growth it had confidently anticipated earlier but thankful that numbers were maintained and that it could meet its obligations. The slow process of negotiating funding from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) continued positively, while internally the eventual appoint- ment of a Director for Academic Pro- gramming and Delivery (APAD) gave promise of more focussed work from that crucial sector. There and elsewhere steps were taken to begin restructuring for more effective achievement of the shared goals of the Campus. Professor Hazel Simmons-McDonald Pro Vice-Chancellor & Principal, UWI 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 5 T H E F U T U R E 1. Teaching and Learning Our aim is to put students at the centre of tries, and 81% were female. 620 persons gradu-our work and service. Our on-line stu- ated from degree programmes in 2011. (Seedents benefited from the deployment of Appendix III, Table 6 for detailed data on software to provide a more integrated Helpdesk enrolment and graduates.) and the introduction of Elluminate Live! (now Service to students in the on-line programmes Blackboard Collaborate) for interactive sessions; was given a significant boost through the pur- Library and Information Services continued to chase of a full helpdesk ticketing software solu- work with the other Campuses in giving access tion called Webhelpdesk. The software was to a wide range of electronic resources. Our face- chosen based on four criteria: support, ease-of- to-face students and those who rely on sites to use, flexibility and cost. Webhelpdesk does not provide Internet access found, in a few locations, require recurrent annual costs and the capital upgraded facilities. All potentially benefited from outlay was a one-time payment. Ideally the the efforts to strengthen Guilds and Alumni Campus needs at least 50 user licences but due Associations. to financial constraints the initial system was provided with 15 user licences. Webhelpdesk was Teaching deployed from January 2011 with an initial focus on the Learning Support Team in Academic In terms of numbers, registrations did not alter Programming and Delivery (APAD) and with much from the previous year. Face-to-face con- helpdesk queries in general. tinuing education programmes declined some- what, catering to just over 19,000 persons, the New programmes vast majority, as always, being in Trinidad, though somewhat less than in the previous year APAD worked on undergraduate programmes in (c. 11,350) and with a considerable number in Youth Development Work, in collaboration with Jamaica (just under 5,000). The number of stu- SWTC, and Early Childhood Development and dents attending the Social Welfare Tfaining Cen- Family Studies in collaboration with Caribbean tre (SWTC) remained over 100. On-line Child Development Centre (CCDC), while rolling programmes attracted 6,181 students, an out new courses for the Educational Leadership increase on the previous year's enrolment. 3,724 and Management programme and the Banking of these (60%) were resident in the campus coun- and Finance degree. Our aim is to put students at the centre of our work and service. Our on-line students benefited from the deployment of software to provide a more integrated Helpdesk and the introduction of Elluminate Live! (now Blackboard Collaborate) 6 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 Increasing enrolments steadily 2007–2011 Category/ 2007/2008 2008/2009 2009/2010 2010/2011 Programme Continuing 17,819 19,972 19,646 19,169 Education at OCCS (UWI-12 = 984) (UWI-12 = 1,283) (UWI-12 = 1,822) (UWI-12 = 2,017) In CSDR 152 163 134 166 Programmes Online 4,449 4,712 5,616 6,182 Programmes Total 22,420 24,847 25,296 25,517 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 2010/2011 Online programmes responding to Caribbean needs Elsewhere in the Campus new programmes were offered. The CCDC developed a course for Train- ing of Trainers in Child Rights Education, which was delivered using a face-to-face mode primarily to guidance counsellors in the Ministry of Educa- tion Guidance and Counselling Unit in Jamaica. WAND, and the Catadupa School Complex, St James, Jamaica, introduced a trainer of trainers pilot project on Community Disaster Management. Several sites in the Open Campus Country Sites (OCCS) responded to an increased demand for workforce development programmes, and saw a growth in partnerships with local, regional and international entities to design and develop training programmes at the local level. In Belize, the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry in November 2010 led to a series of Thirty-nine front line employees successfully completed training sessions in the a series of professional development workshops at training programmes and courses for member the University of the West Indies Open Campus, Paraquita Bay, BVI, companies. Another MOU with UNICEF also led 23 March 2011. 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 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2010/2011 to the offering of training courses in Media and component of the taught Masters’ programmes Youth and Grant Proposal Writing, among oth- that it offers. This involved developing training ers in Belize. materials and conducting training sessions for supervisors. It also developed manuals for both Similarly in Barbados, the Pine won the bid to supervisors and students and a schedule to guide provide training for senior public servants and the activities of both students and supervisors in this started with a programme of workshops, the a structured manner. first of which was Finance for Non-Financial Managers. In Jamaica, the site at Camp Road These activities included seminar presentations was also successful in winning the bid to offer with small groups of students (4–6) using Black- the Employee Development, Training and Certifi- board Collaborate. These arrangements seem to cation Programme for the Ministry of Finance have yielded some success as far as submission and the Public Service. More generally, the Open rate is concerned; there were 62 out 71 research Campus signed an MOU with the Community project submissions by the due date of January College in Anguilla for collaboration on program- 2012. Student satisfaction with postgraduate ming as well as research projects. “Several sites . . . responded Another MOU with UNICEF also led to the offering of training courses in Media and Youth to an increased demand and Grant Proposal Writing, among others in for workforce development Belize. The postgraduate Diploma in Instruc- programmes . . .” UWI Open Campus Principal and Professor Gordon Shirley, Mona Principal, meet at the UWI Open Campus students at work regional launch in Jamaica of the OC’s community policing certificate programme. tional Design was added to the offerings at post- programmes in the Open Campus exceeds that graduate level. The Postgraduate Department at the other campuses, though we recognise that designed and implemented a structure for there is still much to be done to improve the co-ordinating and monitoring the research 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 9 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2010/2011 Alumni Sites continued to provide support to the local UWI alumni Chapters and played a more proac- tive role in promoting the UWI Alumni as a part- ner in the development of the Open Campus and the UWI in general. In the year under review, the Antigua and Barbuda Chapter of the UWI Alumni Association (UWIAA) was re-launched with the assistance of the Head of Site, Mr Ian Benn. The St Lucia Alumni Association in collaboration Quality Assurance Processes with the UWI Open Campus Site brought cheer to dozens of children of the Bexon Infant and During the course of the year, several members Primary School in St Lucia who had been dis- of staff, with the enthusiastic support of the placed by the devastation caused by Tropical Quality Assurance Officer assigned to the Open Storm Tomas. In early December, staff and Campus, Ms Pamela Dottin, began work on the alumni visited the children and gave them self-study required for accreditation of the Cam- donations of school supplies and toys. pus with the Barbados Accreditation Council. In June 2010, the Open Campus engaged the The final submission is intended to be made by services of Mrs Karen Ford-Warner as March 2012. Consultant on a one-year contract to undertake The Campus was also in discussions with the various tasks relating to the development and Accreditation Council of Trinidad and Tobago promotion of alumni relations within the Open with respect to the recognition of several of its Campus. Working closely with the Alumni Rela- programmes in the twin island state. This process was successful and all programmes approved by the Board for Undergraduate Stud- ies (BUS) and the Board for Graduate Studies and Research (BGSR) have been recognised by that Council. The Campus also sought continued registration with the Accreditation Council of Trinidad and Tobago, asking specifically for the period of registration to be aligned with that granted by the Barbados Accreditation Council. This process has been successful. The Campus is currently registered with national accreditation agencies in Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Dominica, Jamaica, and Antigua and Barbuda. The Campus has conducted over 15 quality eval- uations of its programmes and it is implement- Karen Ford-Warner (left), then the Open Campus Alumni Relations Consultant, ing an appropriate mechanism for the happily accepts a BlackBerry Gemini telephone from Lloyd Distant (Jnr), LIME's quality reviews of its online programmes. General Manager – Enterprise, Corporate and Government, on behalf of Natalie Jarrett, a 2009 Bahamian graduate of the Open Campus. 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 Go to http://www.open.uwi.edu/accredi- tation to see the Open Campus’s web page on Institutional Accreditation UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2010/2011 for over 450 Open Campus graduates of the classes of 2009 and 2010, as well as dozens of other UWI alumni. During the year, the Open Campus was also able to provide its first set of UWI STAT ambassa- dors. Another important development to give the Campus its place in UWI affairs was an agree- ment at the 2010 meeting of the Central Execu- tive Committee of the UWIAA that International 2011 President UWIAA Belize Chapter, Mr Paco Smith Chapters in the US, Canada and UK would “adopt” Open Campus Sites and Chapters, as tions (AR) office of the Institutional Advance- follows: ment Division (IAD) of the Vice-Chancellery, as well as the management and staff of the Open International Adopted Sites/ Campus, significant progress was made in a Chapters Chapters number of core areas to encourage our Open Washington DC Grenada, St Kitts and Campus students and alumni to enjoy a lifelong, Nevis mutually-beneficial relationship with their alma mater. New York Belize, Cayman, Turks and Caicos The Consultant received some training in the use of the Raiser’s Edge Central Alumni Data- Toronto Dominica, St Lucia base system and, working along with the AR Office, the Open Campus Registrar’s Office and Florida Bahamas, Antigua & the Sites, she was able to provide and/or input Barbuda, Anguilla data, particularly personal email addresses UK BVI, St Vincent & the which are critical for communication via the Grenadines, Montserrat UWI Alumni Online web and social network site, UWISTAT Ambassadors with school children (middle) on a visit to the British Virgin Islands 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 UUWI OWPEN CAMIPU SOANNUApL REPeORT n2010/ 20C11 ampus Scholar Ship The first Scholar Ship cruise After several months of research and planning, which included a market survey conducted of over 10,000 alumni in the Alumni Online data- base, the Open Campus, with the support of the UWI Alumni Relations Office, launched a new initiative, the UWI Open Campus Scholar Ship programme. Designed to target UWI alumni, staff, their family and friends as well as other interested persons, this “cruise and learn” adventure was an innovative way of advancing the Open Campus’s mandate of encouraging lifelong learning. The first Scholar Ship cruise, on which The Chancellor and Lady Alleyne were Special Guests, was a seven-day journey on the Caribbean Princess during the Easter period, 17–24 April 2011. The voyage began and ended in San Juan, Puerto Rico, with stops in St Thomas, USVI, Tortola, BVI, Antigua and Bar- buda, Barbados and St Lucia. In addition to the Open Campus programme of on-board lectures delivered by noted Caribbean anthropologist and Honorary UWI Research Fellow, Dr Lennox Honychurch, and customised in-country tours organised by the relevant Open Campus sites, cruisers were able to enjoy all the amenities of an elegant cruise ship. The programme gar- nered considerable interest from many quar- ters, but, for several reasons, the conversion to bookings rate was low and so the profits were not as high as projected. It is anticipated that the interest gained and relationships developed through the promotion of this exciting new product will, with sufficient lead time and the incorporation of “lessons learnt”, produce a considerably larger number of bookings for the next sailing. 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 2010/2011 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 Alumni enjoy the first Scholar Ship cruise from the UWI Open Campus with lectures and special tours to several different Caribbean Islands UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2010/2011 Infrastructure Physical Despite the financial crisis, the OCCS was still able to garner funds to improve Sites. In particu- lar this led to the equipping of a new Site in Port Antonio through funding received from the Jamaica Universal Access Fund Ltd in March of 2011 and the commencement of project work on the refurbishing of eight other Sites in Jamaica. Elsewhere, discussions were held with govern- ments on possible developments. In the Bahamas, the Open Campus continued to have discussions with the Government to iden- tify a suitable alternative location to the prom- ised school complex for an Open Campus/UWI facility. Planned developments for upgrading the school complex to accommodate the Open Cam- pus as well as selected facilities of the Mona Campus were stalled when the government determined that the school complex would be Open Campus Jamaica, Port Antonio Site needed to house students. It is hoped that a suit- able arrangement will be brokered during the course of the year. New building in Tobago for Open Campus students 14 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2010/2011 Improving access to online learning Newly refurbished computer labs at the Mandeville and Port Antonio Sites in Jamaica In Grenada, discussions have continued on the Coubrail that would permit greater service to the promise of a large plot of land to allow for reloca- north of the island. More recently, an agreement tion from Marryshow House. Open Campus was has been reached to allow the Chamber of Com- informed that the Cabinet had approved the merce to purchase the Resident Tutor’s House acceleration of the arrangements to hand over for a sum to be determined. The Government the land to the University in October 2011 but also committed to giving the Campus some 60 this is still pending. acres in Vieux Fort as part of a plan for an educational park to be established there. In Jamaica, discussions have been conducted on developing a new site in Kingston, in honour of In Trinidad and Tobago, agreement was reached Sir Philip Sherlock and Professor Rex Nettleford. on refurbishing a building in Port of Spain so The Rex Nettleford Foundation accepted the that the Open Campus could relocate from Open Campus proposal for this new Centre and rented premises elsewhere in the city and is pursuing discussions with the Government of resume offering its lifelong learning and continu- Jamaica to identify a suitable location for it. The ing studies programmes at this site which it had expectation is that it is now likely to be located used for over forty years. The government also in Caymanas and thus easily accessible for the agreed to designate a large plot of land on the large population of Portmore. former Caroni estate in Chaguanas that would permit consolidation of Open Campus activities In St Lucia, it was verbally agreed to swap the in Central Trinidad. old Resident Tutor’s house for some six acres at 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 2010/2011 Technological · In addition to earlier agreements with Microsoft, Symantec and Adobe, in March There were several important developments on the Open Campus enrolled in the VMware the technological front, though lack of resources Academic Program (VMAP) that offers free often forced the Campus to make less provision academic licenses and training in a wide than is required for reliable operations. range of VMware products. · The Open Campus Management System was · WebHelpDesk was installed with an initial upgraded in various respects. 15 licences. · A complete transition was made from Moodle · Computer and Technical Services (CATS) 1.8 which is no longer supported to Moodle created an interim solution for Human 2.0. The latter was placed in production on Resource’s need to track employees by creat- 13 August, incorporating all the functions ing a Google spreadsheet that can be used to and other resources currently in use. populate various other utilities. · CATS also worked along with the webmaster · The finance system for Sites in Trinidad was on designing a staff Intranet which was significantly upgraded. launched at the start of the following · Exploratory work was done on the best loca- academic year. tion for a secondary data centre, as well as · Extensive training of all categories of staff in some upgrading of the primary centre. the use of Elluminate Live! was offered · The consolidation of Open Campus staff at throughout the campus. This catalysed the three other campuses into the one Open considerable use of the technology through- Campus network was almost completed. out the Campus and sparked interest on the · Further improvements were made to the part of the other Campuses. University-wide voice inter-connectivity · Various upgrades were effected to the tech- project. nology at OCCS Sites throughout the region. 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 2010/2011 Library grammes only, and shelf ready items have been acquired, catalogued, processed and delivered to For the year under review, the Libraries contin- sites for these programmes. This is to be ued building the library function to support the expanded to all programmes offered in the near teaching and learning goals of the UWI Open future. Campus. The Aleph (integrated library system) entered the production stage in February 2011, In February 2011, centralised cataloguing was and a test environment for the remainder of the initiated allowing for a single database to cata- 2010–2011 academic year. Activities in the Sec- logue all Open Campus print and electronic tion focused on configuring Aleph for use by the resources. From February to July 31, 2011, 737 Open Campus Libraries, with the considerable title records were added to the database. As part training required for this, implementing central- of the rationalisation and centralisation of cata- ized technical services, rationalization of the loguing services, the libraries adopted several e-resources and the implementation of Primo® cataloguing standards for the period under as a single point access to resources on-line. review. These included AACR2, the use of MARC for all title and holdings records, the Library of Work was conducted with CATS to develop a Congress Classification Scheme and the Library procedure for extracting student records from of Congress Subject Headings. the Open Campus Student Management System (OCSMS) for uploading into the Aleph patron data- base in time for the Circu- lation to go live in March 2011. However, the libraries had to manually create Aleph user records for students who are not in the OCMS (the large majority, many of whom are still not adequately served by the system). Technical services have been centralised at the Open Campus Library located on the St Augustine Campus. This allows In October 2010 the process of rationalising the for materials to be acquired, processed and sent electronic resources of the libraries began. The shelf ready to the Open Campus destination sites libraries established the core of their e-resources from the St Augustine site. As part of the ratio- collection by formally agreeing to share the cost nalisation of technical services, an e-first collec- of subscriptions with the other UWI campuses. tion development policy was developed. This will allow the libraries to acqure material in elec- The Campus Librarian also assisted APAD with tronic format and make provisions for print only obtaining permission for use of print and on-line when no e-copy is available or there is intrinsic resources in course development and delivery. value in a print resource. Centralised acquisi- An account with Copyright Clearance Center tions are currently in place for degree pro- and procedures were established accordingly. 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 2. Research and Innovation As an academic institution, our contribu- • The Head of HLSTUEI was also consulted tion, besides promoting student learning, by the Government of Jamaica on mattersis to produce or facilitate research that relating to wage negotiations and industrial leads to a better understanding of problems for relations in the public sector; the region or for enquiring humanity. • SWTC conducted a dissemination of findings The Consortium is an arm dedicated to socially exercise in December 2010, of the Impact valuable research and development. In 2010/2011, Evaluation of the National Youth Service its units continued to pursue several research which had been funded by the Inter-Ameri- projects and other interventions: can Development Bank. Several papers • were written by the investigators which willCCDC continued a UNESCO-funded research be published locally and internationally; project on stigma and school achievement of children infected and affected by HIV and a • SWTC began a new programme of research Baseline Study on the Situation of the Promo- on an Impact Evaluation of Youth Pro- tion and Protection of Children’s Rights in gramme in Jamaica: Career Advancement Jamaica, funded by IIN/OAS; Programme and National Youth Service, • CCDC also received UNESCO funding for a funded by IDB/Ministry of Education short project on Strengthening Early Child- hood Care and Development in the Caribbean; • Hugh Lawson Shearer Trade Union Educa- tion Institute (HLSTUEI) prepared a Frame- work document for Public Sector Wage negotiations for the medium term: April 2010–March 2014; • HLSTUEI offered consultancy service to the Joint Health Sector Group on the Health Sector Job Evaluation and Reclassification Exercise in the Public Service in Jamaica, and to the Association of Government Medical Consultants; HLSTUEI launch of the Workplace Productivity Champions As an academic institution, our contribution, besides promoting student learning, is to produce or facilitate research that leads to a better understanding of problems for the region or for enquiring humanity. 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 2010/2011 • Many staff in the OCCS were engaged in a HLSTUEI seminar Dr Judith Soares, WAND, addresses the Jamaica Confederation of Trade on “The IMF, The Unions (JCTU) panel discussion on International Women’s Day 2011 research project on a Situational Analysis on Budget and Sexuality Education in the Caribbean, The Workers” (US$200,000). The time frame for completion funded by UWI/UNICEF and coordinated is June 2013; through the UWI Consulting Company, • Women and Development Unit (WAND) and which was concluded in early 2011. This the Catadupa School Complex entered into project involved OCCS staff and students in an arrangement to introduce a trainer of 15 countries. trainers pilot project on Community Disaster Management in academic year 2010/2011. The ongoing project, which was spearheaded by the Principal of the Primary and Junior High School, and a select group of teachers, was guided by Ms Audrey Mullings, Disaster Risk Management Specialist who conducts training of teachers and updating disaster plans on an ongoing basis; • In June 2011, earthquake drills were conducted with teachers and students in response to the recent earthquakes experi- enced in Jamaica. Follow-up work will continue in October 2011; Chinese delegation • WAND’s Tutor/Coordinator, Judith Soares, visits the HLSTUEI was invited to the University of Guyana by Vice-Chancellor, Professor Lawrence Car- rington, to advise on upgrading, guiding and strengthening that institution’s Women’s Studies Programme (17–21 January 2011). Co-operative arrangements have been estab- lished with the Women’s Studies Unit; 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 2010/2011 Conferences/Lectures/Seminars Dissemination of knowledge and ideas relevant to the region was facilitated by a number of conferences organised within the Campus: • Country conferences were organised in Belize (part of a week of UWI education activities in November 2010 – papers are now available on-line at www.open.uwi.edu/ belize), and in Anguilla in April 2011. • The inaugural Rex Nettleford Annual Lecture was given in Antigua, by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles greets audience members after his public lecture Sir Hilary Beckles, February 2011: Rex, in Belize Rastafari, Reparations and Reconciliation. Sites promoted a number of other public lectures by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Professor Carolyn Cooper and others. • The regular monthly lectures promoted by the Open Campus (the Pine) and the Central Bank of Barbados continued. Professor Emeritus George Eaton (seated) with Principals at the • The Consortium organised a Continuing First HLSTUEI Rex Nettleford Symposium Education conference on 5 June 2011 with 30 participants from nine countries. • HLSTUEI conducted a large number of workshops and other activities throughout Jamaica. • WAND in collaboration with Hillcrest Dioce- san Retreat Centre of the Anglican Church of Jamaica and Grand Cayman hosted its CCDC at stakeholders meeting 4th “Theologising Women” conference under the theme, “Theologising Women: Women, Spirituality and Healing” on 18 March 2011 at the Hillcrest Diocesan Retreat Centre, Brown’s Town, Jamaica. Full details of these lectures as well as of schol- arly publications and presentations by members of the Campus are contained in Appendix II. CCDC International Study Visit in Trinidad & Tobago 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 2010/2011 As an academic institution, our contribution, besides promoting student learning, is to produce or facilitate research that leads to a better understanding of problems for the region or A CfAoM PrU S eF OnR TqH Eu T IiMrE Si .n . g. A hC A MuP UmS FaO Rn T HiEt FyU T.U R E 21 3. Outreach to the UWI-12, and other under-served communities Bermuda as Associate Member capacity for the preparation of on-line delivery of courses and programmes in teacher education During the year, moves were made to consolidate and other areas. Dr Glenford D. Howe, Senior the inclusion of Bermuda among the govern- Research Officer and Mr Derrick Thompson, ments responsible for the University of the West Country Sites Telecommunications Manager, Indies. Bermuda signed on as an Associate Con- visited Haiti during the period February 27 to tributing Country on 25 August 2010. During the March 2, 2011. A follow up visit from our Haitian year, the Principal and other staff visited counterparts is imminent. The Open Campus Bermuda and its tertiary college to explore how also offered four scholarships for students from the relationship could be operationalised. Given Haiti to study on-line. the impossibility of the UWI owning land, the Campus intends to use Bermuda as a test-case A DVD was produced by the UWI Open Campus for its purely virtual existence, but it has agreed to use at public lectures in the UWI-12 countries to rely in part on services offered at the Bermuda to promote public discourse about Haiti after the College. 10 January 2010 earthquake. The DVD is in two parts – the first is a panel discussion and the Responses to Emergencies other includes two lectures on Haiti conducted by leading historians and social scien- Two natural disasters claimed tists from the University of the the Campus’ attention. The West Indies and Johns Hop- Campus continued to kins University. seek ways in which to Early in the academic assist Haiti. The year, several areas in Campus submitted a St Lucia were devas- proposal to the tated by Hurricane Leadership Devel- Tomas and many opment for Higher Open Campus stu- Education Reform dents either lost their (LEADHER) and homes or experienced received 10,000 Euros considerable hardship as to facilitate visits to a result of the damage done Quisqueya University to to their homes. The Campus assess the infrastructural immediately launched a drive for 22 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 2010/2011 Outreach The Campus’ routine training and outreach activities continued, for instance: • CCDC organised a booth at the Dudley Grant Memorial Trust Early Childhood Expo 14–15 July 2011, at The Wyndham Kingston Hotel. • HLSTUEI and CCDC co-operated to host a forum on “Protecting our children from violence and abuse”, HLSTUEI conference Hurricane Tomas damage in St Lucia room, 26 July 2011. • HLSTUEI organised a number of public donations of water – which was in short supply activities in Jamaica and elsewhere: on the island – as well as other supplies for the relief of students and others in need. The Cam- • Launch of ‘Productivity Champions’, a pro- pus made several shipments of water and sup- gramme to provide professional certification plies with the aid of the Barbados Coast Guard. to workers to build a productivity culture at Supplies for children were also sent from Barba- the workplace, 25 January 2011; dos and St Kitts & Nevis to the Head of Site in • Open Campus Forum on ‘Taking Care of St Lucia for distribution to those in need. The your personal security’, with ACP Keith Campus established an account with surplus Gardener, Director of Security, Mona funds for the purpose of building an emergency Campus, November 2010; fund to help students in need. • Open Campus Forum in collaboration with The UWI Open Campus supported its adult stu- the CSDR Director’s Office on “Planning for dents who were affected by Hurricane Tomas in Retirement”, 3 February 2011, HLSTUEI Soufriere, The UWIAA, St Lucia Chapter, also lecture room; brought some relief to the students of the Bexon • Open Campus Forum in association with Infant and Primary Schools. CSDR’s Office on “Health and Productivity”, with Dr Hopeton Dunn, 24 March 2011; • Open Campus Forum on “Public Sector Wage Negotiations”, Inter-Faculty Lecture Theatre, UWI, 16 June 2011; • Open Campus Forum, in collaboration with CCDC on “Protecting our children from vio- lence and abuse”, HLSTUEI lecture room, 26 July 2011; • SWTC organised Seminars: “Working Effec- tively with Parents” 19–20 January 2011; “Gender Training Workshop” 25–26 January 2011 for participants in the Four-Month Training Programme. Students of the Bexon Infant and Primary Schools. 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 2010/2011 • the Malliouahana Poetry Festival sponsored by Open Campus Anguilla; • a symposium in honour of the late Alfonso “Arrow” Cassell in Montserrat; • the University Singers’ Tour of Belize in celebration of Belize’s 30th Independence, July 2011. Other activities of note among the Sites were: • hosting of the Vice-Chancellor’s XI match by Open Campus St Lucia in April 2011; • hosting of the Sir Frank Worrell Blood Drive in St Kitts and Nevis in May 2011; Aunty Dale’s group making pizza at UWI Open Campus Alpha East Early • hosting of a seminar on Metabolic Syndrome Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) centre Insulin Resistance and its impact on St Lucian Society by Open Campus St Lucia in The Campus’ commitment to cultural dissemina- March 2011; tion was expressed in various ways, including: • public lectures and seminars by Dr Aleric • the staging of the Alliouagana Festival of Joseph, Lecturer in History at the Faculty of the Word by Open Campus Montserrat Humanities and Education at Open Campus November 2010; St Kitts and Nevis Sites in May 2011; • the Open Campus St Lucia’s involvement in • hosting of the Nature Island Literary Nobel Laureates’ week; Festival by Open Campus Dominica; • book launches in both Barbados and • hosting of “Looking Inwards”, an Exhibition Trinidad and Tobago of books published by of African Culture and Dance by Open the Open Campus Press in Trinidad; Campus Antigua and Barbuda. The 2010 Alliouagana Festival of the Word in Montserrat 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 2010/2011 ERIIC’s work with Tertiary Level Institutions Three franchise arrangements were concluded during the year through the work of the External Relations and Intra/Inter-Institutional Collabo- ration (ERIIC). Work on a good number of other articulation and franchise possibilities relating to the four UWI campuses continued with Col- leges throughout the region. Six hundred and seventy-five (675) students were registered in various franchised programmes throughout the  The Honourable Sir Shridath Ramphal visited region – more detailed data are in Appendix III, the UWI Open Campus Cayman on Wednesday, Table 7. 16 March 2011. Sir Shridath was also updated on the technical advancements, including the use of the virtual platform Blackborad Collaborate for extending the reach of the University to the Cayman community. Representatives of both the alumni and the Student Guild addressed the gathering, after which Sir Shridath gave a brief response and autographed a copy of the book Shridath Ramphal – The Commonwealth nica and the World. i the D om estiva l” s fromcene itera ry F S and L ature Isl “N 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 Photos: Dominica Weekly UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2010/2011 Marketing and Branding bartering system in Belize between the Belize Open Campus site and two local radio/television The Open Campus Marketing and Communica- stations for prime advertising spots in exchange tions unit has a key role in supporting the UWI’s for professional development training or short overall brand and its own commitment to secur- local courses customer service training in the ing its position as the academic online arm and BVI; monthly television programming and inter- non-traditional campus of the UWI. It works views in Dominica featuring the UWI Open with the three traditional campuses of the UWI Campus; college fairs and exhibitions; a promo- to position the institution locally, nationally and tional ‘cycle-ton’ in Jamaica; regular newspaper internationally as a world-class university, with columns in St Lucia; mall and other high traffic the objectives of learning, discovery and out- area promotions in Trinidad & Tobago; produc- reach. The unit also works with the 42 sites and tion of marketing materials; and Open Campus other Open Campus divisions and offices across documentaries in partnership with Government the region. Over the year, the unit collaborated Information Services in Antigua, Barbados, with them to achieve the strategic marketing Belize, BVI, Grenada, St Lucia, St Kitts & Nevis objectives of the institution. and Jamaica; The Marketing and Communications Manager, In addition, op-ed features were written by Open Mrs Suzette Wolfe Wilson, was away for most of Campus personnel to feature monthly in part- the calendar year on sabbatical leave; she was nership with some newspapers. These articles replaced by an ad hoc consultant, Mrs Marcia were shared across all 15 Open Campus coun- Erskine, and newly appointed Administrative tries, and in some cases, complemented with a Assistant, Mrs Sandra Griffiths-Carrington who 10-minute radio production. Considerable effort filled the post of Marketing and Communica- was put in to improving the website as one of the tions Assistant for the period in question. Campus’ most prominent presences. 685,561 However, the ongoing marketing plan activities visits were recorded from 197,977 individuals continued to be implemented throughout the during the year in review. year across the region including: print, radio, The Marketing and Communications unit also television outdoor and web advertising; the acknowledges with thanks the special contribu- development of an Open Campus social media tion from the Vice-Chancellery which provided presence on official Facebook, Twitter and Flickr the financing for more marketing products like pages; lunch-time lecture series in Barbados Flip video cameras, pens, pencils and other mar- sponsored by the Central Bank of Barbados; a keting paraphernalia for Sites across the region. 26 4. Funding the Enterprise The continuing uncertainty of the economic footprint of the Open Campus has been but aclimate made the year in question a diffi- dream deferred thus far. The achievement of thecult one for the Open Campus. Every effort second objective set for the Open Campus in the was made to contain expenditure and keep it in 2007–2012 Strategic Plan, namely, to “create a line with actual expenditure in the previous year financially viable model for the Open Campus” of $45m. In keeping with the decision to increase has been compromised by the annual shortfall in tuition fees gradually over a two year period, the government contributions. Open Campus was able to improve its financial This situation has created a significant accelera- situation marginally through a 25% increase in tion of the annual decrease in the percentage of tuition fees and income from other projects revenue funded by government contribution over which together increased from $17.5m in the last three years in Figure 1 below. 2008/2009 to $18.2m in 2009/2010 and $25.2m in 2010/2011 (Figures 2–4). Despite the approval of the 2010/2011 budget request by the Technical Advisory Committee, the Campus suffered from a serious cash flow situation which made it difficult to meet basic recurrent expenditure. 2010/2011 46:53 2008/2009 From its inception, the Open Campus budget has 63:37 been planned to meet the objective of less reliance on government contributions. It has managed to do so in a context in which govern- ment contributions received in each year have 2009/2010 been less than 50% of the approved budget. This 60:40 resulted in serious cash flow problems and growth in critical areas has been stymied. Planned improvements to the infrastructure across the jurisdiction have been slow as a Figure 1: Government contribution over the last consequence and the objective of expanding the three years From its inception, the Open Campus budget has been planned to meet the objective of less reliance on government contributions. It has man- aged to do so in a context in which government contributions received in each year have been less than 50% of the approved budget. 28 A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2010/2011 2013/2014 37:63 2008/2009 63:37 (actual) 2012/2013 39:61 2009/2010 2011/2012 60:40 43:57 (actual) 2010/2011 46:53 Figure 2: Government (actual) Contribution/Tuition Fee Ratio Approved Budget Funds Allocated Write-Offs Balance at year end Figure 3: Status of Government Conributions to Open Campus at July 31, 2011 in BD$M Figure 4: Government Contributions/Fee Income 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 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2010/2011 Over the last three years and in the year of this • reduction in expenditure on long distance report in particular, the Open Campus has calls through Voice Over IP; sought ways of containing costs and realised • closer monitoring of overtime assignments savings from several measures that were imple- especially on weekends during which double mented in this regard. pay applies in most jurisdictions; These include but were not limited to the • tight cash flow measures through the sub- following: mission of monthly cash flow projections • all new appointments on hold except where from all divisions. absolutely necessary; • restriction on temporary appointments; The Open Campus also sought funding from • freezing of selected posts e.g., Heads of Sites agencies for several projects such as the redevel- in Anguilla, BVI and Bahamas; Head of IRU opment of physical facilities and technological in Principal’s office, executive assistant to infrastructure in the UWI-12 in particular, insti- Principal; tutional strengthening and programming. • travel for business meetings approved by the Negotiations continue with both the Caribbean Principal and supported by a comprehensive Development Bank (CDB) and the Canadian travel plan. Travel costs have been reduced International Development Agency (CIDA) by the increased use of technology for meet- which accepted proposals from the Open Campus ings e.g. tele-video conferencing, Blackboard for projects. Collaborate, Skype; In Jamaica, the Universal Access Fund approved • multiple representation at University func- funding for the Open Campus to upgrade the tions and reducing recognition ceremonies at technological infrastructure in the majority of Country Sites; sites in rural Jamaica. Four sites were redevel- • conservation of energy by turning off electric oped through the use of this fund and required lights, air conditioning and other equipment counterpart funding by Open Campus. A sched- in offices before leaving at the end of the ule for the redevelopment of other sites has been day; drawn up and work is in progress. Current Open Campus sites in Jamaica 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 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2010/2011 Benefactions • receiving a donation of EC$44,000.00 from the CDB to support the Alliouagana Festival The OCCS benefited from the generosity of its of the Word in Montserrat; communities in many ways. Some of the more tangible ways were: • accepting a donation of books to Open Cam- pus Montserrat from the Alma Jordan • receiving a donation of USD15,000.00 from Library (St Augustine) and Alan Moss; the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day • collecting a grant of EC $7,500.00 from First Saints under an MOU for student scholar- Caribbean International Bank, Antigua as ships and upgrade of equipment for sponsorship of the First Annual Rex Nettle- Jamaican Sites; ford Memorial Lecture held in Antigua on • obtaining a donation of six computers from 5 February 2011; the Government of the Cayman Islands to • support of the travel of Kenisha Thom- the Open Campus. These computers would Selvon to the Biennial Inter-Campus Stu- be put to use in the PC Support and Mainte- dent Games in May by the sponsorship of nance course; Nicholls Baking Co. Inc. in Barbados, • getting a donation of an LCD Projector to supported the Open Campus; Open Campus St Kitts and Nevis from Alicia • bursaries and laptop computers to four Open Yeates, a member of the UWIAA in New Campus students in St Vincent & the York; Grenadines from the Mustique Charitable • acquiring a donation of all of Caryl Phillips’ Trust; literary works excluding his plays from a • support of the Open Campus throughout the local lawyer and alumna of the UWI, who year by Divi Southwinds Barbados by spon- prefers to remain anonymous. Open Campus soring a lunch for the scholarship cruise, St Kitts and Nevis received this collection offering discounts on activities held there which includes his essays, several published and a special rate for staff staying at the commentaries about him and two framed resort. photographs; Donations Four Open Campus students from St Vincent & the Grenadines receive laptop computers from the Mustique Charitable Trust. 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 5. Strengthening Regionality The Open Campus continued to serve the focus on collaborating to establish the OpenUniversity across the region by facilitating Campus as a centre of excellence and a children’spublic lectures and visits by colleagues observatory to collect and make available the from sister campuses and hosting country confer- findings of research on children in the region. ences that presented papers and research Partnership with the OAS continued in the area reports by participants from across the region. of course development. The Open Campus also Participation by Open Campus representatives agreed to be a member of a consortium of agen- on regional Boards and committees such as the cies and institutions that would coordinate Caribbean Knowledge and Learning Network efforts to assist Caribbean countries in inclusive (CKLN), the Caribbean Examinations Council child-centred and gender-sensitive education (CXC), the OECS Tertiary Education Commis- reforms to bring their education systems into the sion; the Association of Colleges and Tertiary 21st century. This consortium is coordinated by Institutions (ACTI) among others, ensured con- UNICEF and involves other agencies and organi- tinuing University involvement and participa- sations such as the OAS, CXC and USAID. tion in the discourse on education and other The Open Campus further cemented its relation- developmental issues in the Caribbean as well as ship with the CXC through an agreement to offer leveraging contributions from across the entire training courses via its platform for secondary University to provide support and expert help in teachers in various subjects offered by CXC. areas required by countries served by UWI. The Campus also continued as a member of the Partnerships International Council of Distance Education (ICDE) and the Principal continued to represent Partnerships forged by the Open Campus in the the Open Campus on the Standing Conference of years of its formation continued to be strength- Presidents (ICDE/SCOP) and provided responses ened and new relationships forged for mutual to various requests. Open Campus participated benefit. Collaboration on selected course develop- in selected activities organised by the Council. ment for the Open Education Resources reposi- tory continued with the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and the Principal was made an Transforming the Administrative Honorary Advisor of COL; the campus continued Culture and Process to work with Athabasca and the consortium As it approached the end of its fourth year of of Canadian Universities to manage the operation and prepared for another strategic CARICOM/Canadian Virtual University pro- planning session for the period 2013–2017, the gramme which is primarily a scholarship initia- Open Campus undertook a comprehensive tive for Caribbean students. review of all aspects of its operations and deter- Partnership with UNICEF continued with a mined to implement a transformation and 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 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2010/2011 . . . ensured continuing University involvement and participation in the discourse on education and other developmental issues in the Caribbean . . . change programme to position itself more operational transformation of the campus. The strategically for future success. former will involve a review and rationalisation of the core product suite – its programmes and A change management exercise had not been services – in an effort to ensure that the Campus possible at its inception when the various out- is responding appropriately to varying client reach sectors had been brought together to form needs. the Open Campus and it was determined that the future survival of the Campus would depend The operational transformation will involve the upon the implementation of certain changes that review, streamlining and bolstering of the opera- would make it more efficient and better able to tional structures to ensure that the core business respond to the varying regional and interna- of the Campus is adequately supported. tional demands for its programmes and services. The engagements with staff have led to several The transformation and change programme com- specific outcomes such as the affirmation of the menced with leadership and staff workshops core values of the Campus which are: under the guidance of a facilitator and this effort which is implementing a broad-based staff 1. Student-centred 2. Agile engagement exercise is in progress. 3. Accessible 4. Enabling The transformation and change programme will as well as the identification of the actions and focus, among other things, on the business and behaviours that will demonstrate these values. 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 2010/2011 The Campus confirmed the identity of its key Strategic Option 3: Promote and stakeholders and reaffirmed the importance of undertake research as a vehicle for building effective customer relationships in all Caribbean development especially aspects of its operation as being critical to its within UWI-12. survival. In addition, the following three strate- gic objectives that had been identified were Rationale: The Open Campus has responsibility refined and the rationale for each elaborated. for identifying the research requirements of the countries within its jurisdiction and facilitating Strategic Option 1: Develop a consis- the conduct of research in critical areas of need tent and effective approach to prod- to impact the social, economic, political and cul- uct management and rationalisation. tural development in the region. Research con- ducted or facilitated by the Open Campus will Rationale: This will allow the UWI Open Cam- exemplify its principles of collaboration with all pus to make better product decisions, and to relevant stakeholders. In addition to its social make more effective use of limited resources. development outreach, research will be comple- This will lead to the integration of divisions that mented by cultural enrichment and opportuni- have functioned as silos thereby allowing the ties for intellectual engagement for local Open Campus to create balanced, articulated communities. programmes. This will be supported by a clear In the context of the continuing economic crisis integrated marketing strategy and improved in the region, the Open Campus identified core customer relations framework. opportunities for revenue generation which will be focused in the Divisions of Academic Program- Strategic Option 2: Expand the UWI ming and Delivery (APAD), Open Campus Coun- Open Campus footprint. try Sites (OCCS) and the Consortium for Social Rationale: The UWI Open Campus will con- Development and Research (CSDR). The focus is tinue to expand and further develop its footprint to build better synergies among these and to first regionally and later globally to increase its streamline their operations to allow for greater competitiveness and overall contribution to the alignment that is necessary for the delivery of development of the region thus ensuring its over- the required programmes and services deman- all viability. This will be done through products ded by Open Campus students and other and services, including programmes offered stakeholders. through varying modalities. The proposed redesign takes into account all To facilitate this growth, the Open Campus will levels of the Open Campus and this is driven by seek improvements in its level of customer rela- what is fit for purpose. All Open Campus organi- tions both internally and externally, ensuring sational structures have been reviewed as well that its products and services are of the highest as the processes in the organisational functions. quality and are delivered with a client centred The transformation and change programme will focus. The Open Campus functions will also be continue with intense staff engagements for continuously enhanced and strengthened and approximately three to six months and communi- strategic alliances with its Alumni and other cation strategies that have been agreed to will contributors from both private and public sectors continue to be implemented regularly as the as well as NGOs will be pursued and built. Campus moves into the next strategic period. 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 2010/2011 Saluting Champions The first recipient in the Open Campus of the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence was Profes-sor Julie Meeks. The Campus honoured Dame Pearlette Louisy, Governor-General of St Lucia,and Mr Alwyn Bully of Dominica at its 2011 Graduation. The Campus was pleased also to recognise the award of a Doctorate to the Head of OCCS, Dr Luz Longsworth. In October the title of Professor was conferred upon Mr Edwin Brandon. During the year, the Principal was awarded the O.B.E. for educational leadership and services to education. The insignia was presented to her at a ceremony in St Lucia in October 2011.  Dr Louisy (left) was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa, and Dr Alwyn Bully was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters, Honoris Causa.  Professor Julie Meeks, recipient of the Vice- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence 2011 for All-round excellence – Research & Public Service receives her award from UWI Vice-Chancellor Professor E. Nigel Harris.  Principal and Pro Vice-Chancellor Professor Hazel Simmons-McDonald, and Governor- General of St Lucia, Her Excellency, Dame Pearlette Louisy share a light moment after 35 receiving her O.B.E. in St Lucia. GRADUATION 2011 UWI Open Campus Graduates from the Caribbean THE THIRD ANNUAL GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE UWI OPEN CAMPUS WAS HELD IN ANTIGUA & BARBUDA. SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE CARIBBEAN WERE AWARDED CERTIFICATES, DIPLOMAS, ASSOCIATES, BACHELORS AND MASTERS DEGREES. 65 RECEIVED FIRST CLASS HONOURS IN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES. 36 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 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 Priority Imperatives for the Open Campus Online On site On demand • Transforming of the operational structures of the Open Campus to ensure better fitness for purpose. • Shaping a distinct Open Campus identity that focuses on excellent service to all stakeholders. • Increasing products, programmes and courses and ensuring a high quality of product. • Improving the delivery of programmes and courses and foster a culture of prompt and helpful response to students and other customers. • Improving the quality of service across all Divisions, departments and units. • Continuing to implement and improve quality assurance processes in all aspects of Open Campus endeavour. • Using Open Campus Self-Study for accreditation and to guide the campus effort to improve its services across the jurisdiction. • Increasing income-generating initiatives through higher enrolments and special projects. • Continuing to build business model as a goal to achieve financial viability and sustainability that will result in less reliance on government contributions. • Pursuing opportunities for research and facilitate or collaborate with colleagues on campuses and in countries to conduct needed research projects. • Improving staff engagement and participation in the life of the Open Campus. 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 Open Campus Administrators 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 Miss Sheryl Whitehall Mrs Jasmine Babb Dr Luz Longsworth Dr Gary Hepburn Chief Financial Officer Human Resources Director Director, Open Campus Director, Academic Program- Country Sites ming & Delivery Mr Tommy Chen Miss Karen Lequay Mr Lincoln Williams Professor Ed Brandon Chief Information Officer Campus Librarian Director, Consortium for Senior Officer, Planning and Social Development Develop- Innovation ment & Research Dr Christine Marrett, ERIIC Dr Louis Whittington Officer-in-Charge, Jamaica and Officer-in-Charge, ERIIC, Barbados, the Northern Caribbean Eastern and Southern Caribbean 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 Heads of Open Campus Sites and Centres Miss Gracelyn Cassell and Mr Ian Benn Mr Earl Alfred Dr Ian Austin Mrs Jane Bennett Mrs Cheryl Sloley (oversight) Antigua & Barbuda The Bahamas Barbados Belize Anguilla Mrs Carla Johnson-Brown Mr Robert Geofroy (Actg) Dr Francis Severin Dr Curtis Jacobs Ms Vilma Clarke (oversight) Cayman Islands Dominica Grenada Montego Bay, Jamaica British Virgin Islands Mrs Gillian Glean-Walker Dr Jerome Miller-Vaz Miss Gracelyn Cassell Mrs Susan Sarah Owen Mrs Veronica Simon Eastern Region, Jamaica Western Region, Jamaica Montserrat St Kitts & Nevis Saint Lucia Mrs Deborah Dalrymple Mrs Joan Bobb-Dann Mr Robert Geofroy (oversight) St Vincent & The Grenadines Trinidad & Tobago Turks & Caicos Mr Lincoln Williams Prof. Julie Meeks Mrs Ceceile Minott (Actg) Mr Donald Roberts Dr Judith Soares Social Welfare Training CCDC (on sabbatical for CCDC (for 2011/2012) HLSTUEI WAND Centre 2011/2012) 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 2010/2011 APPENDIX I Staff Matters 2010/2011 Resignations Mrs Susan Sarah Owen Head OCCS St Kitts and Nevis, appointment Dr Dianne Thurab-Nkhosi with effect from 1 November 2010 Curriculum Development Specialist, Graduate Programmes, resignation with Mr Renee Jones effect from 1 December 2010 Assistant Systems Engineer, Computing and Technological Services Department, appointment Miss Simone Augier with effect from, 1 August 2010 Campus Registrar, resignation with effect from 31 July 2011 Mr Ronald Marcano Programme Officer, Programmes, appointment Retirements with effect from 1 August 2010 Dr Gary Hepburn Miss Marva Phillips Head Hugh Lawson Shearer Trade Union Director, Academic Programming and Delivery Education Institute, retirement with effect Division, appointment with effect from 11 April from September 2010 2011 Dr Rohan Jowallah Professor Stewart Marshall Director Special Initiatives, Office of the Programme Coordinator, Graduate Programmes, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Academic Programming and Delivery Division, retirement with effect from 31 July 2011 appointment with effect from 1 June 2011 Misss Jo-Anne Granger New Appointments Senior Librarian, Open Campus Libraries, appointment with effect from 1 January 2011 Mrs Jennifer White-Clark Administrative Officer, Office of the Director Open Campus Country Sites, appointment Temporary Appointments with effect from 1 November 2010 Mrs Sandra Griffith-Carrington Temporary Marketing and Communications Miss Imogene Williams Administrative Officer, Social Welfare Assistant, Office of the Deputy Principal, Training Centre, appointment with effect appointment with effect from 1 August 2010 from 1 December 2010 Dr Marguerita Alleyne-Whittington Temporary Curriculum Development Specialist, Mr Donald Roberts Head – Hugh Lawson Shearer Trade Union Pre-University and Professional Programmes, Education Institute, appointment with effect Academic Programming and Delivery Division, from 1 October 2011 appointment with effect from 1 November 2010 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 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2010/2011 APPENDIX I (cont’d) Staff Matters 2010/2011 Miss Melissa Alleyne Promotions Temporary Research Assistant, Institute for Research and Development Unit,The Office of Dr Francis Severin the Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal, appoint- Head Open Campus Dominica, promotion to ment with effect from 2 February 2011 Senior Lecturer with effect from 1 August 2010 Mrs Florence Gilzene-Cheese Miss Stephanie Hunte Temporary Curriculum Development Specialist, Assistant Curriculum Development Specialist, Academic Programming and Delivery Division, Course Development Department, Academic 1 August 2010 Programming and Delivery Department, promo- tion to Level II / Lecturer level with effect from Dr Emily Dick-Forde 1 August 2010 Head, Special Projects, Academic Programming and Delivery Division, 1 September 2010 Miss Cerita Buchanan Programme Officer, Social Welfare Training Centre, promotion to Lecturer Scale with effect from 1 October 2010 Dr Louis Whittington Programme Officer/Officer-in Charge (Ag.), ERIIC, promotion to Senior Lecturer with effect from 1 August 2010 42 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 2010/2011 APPENDIX II Staff Publications & Papers Lectures at Sites wealth Caribbean corporation by Dr Derrick McKoy (July 2011, St Kitts and Nevis). Reparations from Britain for Slavery, Native Genocide and Military Colonization by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles (Belize, November 2010). HLSTUEI workshops and other activities throughout Jamaica: Political Parties: Instruments of Development or Agents of Divisiveness by Dr Livingston Smith, Round-Table Forum on “Whither the Trade UCCI (Cayman, November 2010). Union Movement? Looking at the next decade” in tribute to Professor the Hon. Rex Nettleford, The Instrumentalities of Democratic Governance 7 February 2011. under the Constitution of Dominica by Sir Brian Alleyne (Fifth Annual Dame Eugenia Charles Presentation by Danny Roberts at a SALISES Lecture, Dominica, November 2010). 50/50 Seminar hosted by the Jamaica Employers’ Federation in collaboration with the University Cursed with Freedom?: Haiti and the Politics of of the West Indies on ‘Mistrust – Confronting the Emancipation by Professor Carolyn Cooper Issue – the Key to Success,’ 16 February 2011. (Montserrat, January 2011). Two-day Workshop on Pension & Social Protec- ‘Is a African Ting’: Cultural Politics in Jamaican tion Benefits in an Era of Crisis, 23–24 February Dancehall Music by Professor Carolyn Cooper 2011 at the HLSTUEI Classroom. (Anguilla, January, 2011) Two-day Delegates Training Initiative training The Rise, Decline and Fall of the Belize Economy course, Montego Bay, 9–10 March 2011 and before Independence 1800– 1980 by Dr. Victor again in Mandeville, 20–21 July 2011. Bulmer-Thomas, University of London (Belize, January 2011). Social Networking Training Initiative for dele- gates and Trade Union Officers, 22–23 March Sir Frank Worrell and the Rise and Fall of West 2011, and again 11–12 May 2011. Indies Cricket by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles (St Kitts and Nevis, May 2011). Panel Discussion on “The IMF, the Budget and the Worker”, Friday, 29 April 2011. Islands Beyond Envy: Liberating Nation Lan- guage in the Caribbean by Professor Carolyn Four-day workshop on Professional Conduct and Cooper (2nd Annual Patricia Charles lecture, Protocols for the Workplace, 17–20 May 2011. St Lucia, May 2011). Two-day Conference on A Road Map for Trade No Matter Where You Come From: Pan-African- Unions: Relevance and Sustainability, Mona ism in Caribbean Popular Culture by Professor Visitors’ Lodge & Conference Centre, 26–27 May Carolyn Cooper (St Vincent and the Grenadines, 2011. May 2011). One-day training of trade union leaders on “The Management and responsibility: Redefining Making of Labour Laws”, in collaboration with accountability for the contemporary Common- FES, 28 July 2011. 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 2010/2011 APPENDIX II (cont’d) Staff Publications & Papers Publications by members of staff Rapetti, E and Marshall, S. (2010). Observing ICTs in learners’ experiences around the world. Austin, I., Dottin, P. (2011). Capacity Develop- QWERTY, 5 (2), 61–88. ment for Education in Barbados in Anthology on Quality Higher Education, edited by Hardik Richards, G., Marshall, S., Elias, T., Quirk, D., B.Vachhrajani, Jaipur, Shree Niwas Publica- Ives, C. & Siemens, G. Developing University tions. Courses with OERs. In Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hyper- CCDC Baseline Study on the Promotion and Pro- media and Telecommunications 2010 tection of the Rights of Children and Adolescents (pp. 1069–1073). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. in Jamaica. Printed to CD-ROMs and shared with 160 partners to date. Roberts, Vivienne (2010). Opening Doors to Bachelor’s Degrees: Partnerships in the Guerra, N.G., Williams, K.R., Meeks Gardner, J., Caribbean and the United States. Journal of the Walker, I. (2010) Case study: The Kingston Y New Comprehensive College, 2 (1): 27–34. Youth Development Programme: An effective anti-violence intervention for inner-city youth. Soares, Judith and Cecelia Batson-Rollock, In: Serra Hoffman, Knox, L. and Cohen, R. (Eds.) (2010) Rethinking Patriarchy in a Rural Context, Youth Violence Prevention Around the World. Barbados: Women and Development Unit, Praeger International Press. (mimeo). Henry-Lee, A. & Meeks Gardner, J. (Eds.) Taylor, Wallace J., Marshall, Stewart and (2010) Promoting Child Rights Through Shahram Amiri (2010) The e-volution of the Research Vol. 2. Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of i-society in the delivery of e-government AI and Social and Economic Studies, University of the Society 25 (3) 359–368. West Indies: Kingston, pp. 183. Thomas J., Lipps, G. (2011). Subjective well- Meeks Gardner, J., Williams, K.R., Guerra, N.G., being of adults with homozygous sickle cell Walker, I. (2011) The Jamaica Youth Survey: disease in Jamaica. West Indian Medical Assessing core competencies and risk for aggres- Journal, 60: 181–87. sion among Jamaican youth. Caribbean Quar- Professor Stewart Marshall, in collaboration terly, 47 (1): 35–53. with Wal Taylor, edited four more issues of the Phillips, Marva (2010). Pearl McCatty: Service on-line journal, Ijedict. above self – a brief on a quiet union woman. The SWTC published volumes 8 and 9 of the MaComère 12 (2). Caribbean Journal of Social Work. Phillips, Marva, Danny Roberts & Lauren Marsh Wolfe Wilson, Suzette, (2010). Towards Sustain- (2011). Gender and Trade Union Development: A able Craft Production in Jamaica, The Journal of situational analysis of Jamaica, Social and Eco- Modern Craft, Volume 3, Number 2, July 2010, nomic Studies, 60 (2): 145–166. pp. 191–207, Berg. 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 2010/2011 APPENDIX II (cont’d) Staff Publications & Papers Reviews Gallimore, H. “Child Rights Education: Lessons from a Pilot Study”. Caribbean Child Research Brandon, Ed, Review of Andrew S. Mason: Plato. Conference, Kingston, 20–21 October 2010. Metapsychology (website) 14 (47), from 23 November 2010. Gallimore, H. “Child Rights Training: Experi- ence of Course Development and Piloting in Presentations by members of staff Jamaica”, at the IV World Congress on Child and Adolescent Rights, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 15–18 Austin, I and Dottin, P (2010). “Capacity devel- November 2010. opment: Strengthening tertiary education in Barbados”. Paper presented at the 2nd Ministry Gallimore, H. “Child rights sensitization of pri- of Education and Higher Education Development mary and secondary students” for the Children’s Unit Annual International Conference held in Coalition of Jamaica and the Office of the Barbados in October, 2010. Children’s Advocate, 25 January 2011. Austin, I and Dottin, P (2010). “Quality Assur- Gallimore, H. “The Implementation of Child ance through service climate, collaboration and Rights in Jamaica”. Caribbean Child Research organizational learning: Creating strong internal Conference Teacher and Student Workshop on and external mechanisms for enhancing quality”. Research in Child Rights, UWI Mona, 20 April Paper presented at the Caribbean Area Network 2011. for Quality Assurance in Tertiary Education Gallimore, H. “Understanding Children’s Rights (CANQATE) in Trinidad and Tobago in Novem- and Responsibilities”. Presented to primary ber 2010. school teachers and students at the Preconfer- Brandon, Ed. “Does Objectivity Matter for the ence Activity for the Caribbean Child Research Meaningfulness of Life?” 6th Cave Hill Philoso- Conference, UWI Mona, 26 May 2011. phy Symposium, 19 November 2010. Gallimore, H. “Understanding Child Rights and Campbell, M. “A Situational Analysis of Child Responsibilities”. Presented to Grade 6 students Rights in Jamaica: Independent Monitoring at St Hugh’s Preparatory School, 28 June 2011. Systems”. CSDR Research Teleconference, Hickling, Daniella and Marlene Saunders- 15 June 2011. Sobers. “Student Support in Action: Improving Campbell, M. “Participation in the YMCA Pro- the University Student Experience”. Higher gramme predicted youth aggression”. Social Education Research and Development Society Welfare Training Centre, 17 December 2010. of Australasia Conference, Gold Coast, Queens- land, Australia, 4–7 July 2011. Cassell, Gracelyn. “Libraries and Disasters in the Caribbean: Response and Recovery. The Role Meeks Gardner, J. “Understanding Child Rights of Libraries and Archives in Disaster Prepared- and the Inalienable Rights of Child Victims of ness, Response and Research”. ACURIL. May Violence and Child Abuse: Jamaican Perspec- 30–June 3, 2011. Tampa, Florida. tives”. Children and Violence Workshop. Plan- 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 2010/2011 APPENDIX II (cont’d) Staff Publications & Papers ning Institute of Jamaica and The Child Devel- Libraries”. Association of Caribbean University, opment Agency, 27–28 October 2010. Research and Institutional Libraries. (ACURIL) Meeks Gardner, J. “Violence and youth: A diag- 2011 May 29–June 4, 2011. (poster) nosis of four communities in Jamaica”. VII Con- Shirley, Beverly. “Sex-based Segregation in ferencia Internacional – Red Childwatch Co-educational Learning Environment: Gender Latinoamerica y el Caribe. Zapopan, Jalisco, Implications”. Ocho Rios High School, Ocho Rios, Mexico, 18–20 November 2010. Jamaica: 25 August 2010. Meeks Gardner, J. “Social Literacy Training: Shirley, Beverly. “Walking down Patriarchy Examples from Jamaica”. Presentation with K. Street: Charting Women’s Journey through Dodge, N. Guerra: How to develop behavioral Post-Colonial Patriarchal Structures”. 10th skills for the labor market. HDN Forum, World Annual Conference of the Association of Bank, Washington, D.C., USA. February Caribbean Higher Education Administrators 28–March 2, 2011. (ACHEA): University of the West Indies, Cave Meeks Gardner, J. “Regional Consultation on Hill Campus, 7–9 July 2011. Teacher Preparation Sexuality Education”. Simmons-McDonald, Hazel. “Re-visioning Terti- CARICOM Working Group on Health and Fam- ary Education Systems to Create a Viable and ily Life Education meeting. St Lucia, 11–12 Sustainable Future for the Caribbean”. Keynote April 2011. address given at the 2nd International Confer- Ramnanan, A., Haniff R., Beharry S., “Deploying ence on Higher Education Given at the Lloyd a Successful Learning Content and Student Erskine Sandiford Conference Centre; 17–20 Manangement System Using Open Source Tech- October 2010. nologies”, The 6th Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Simmons-McDonald, Hazel. “Creating a frame- Open Learning, Kochi India (2010). work of strategic partnerships in a Distributed Richards, G., Marshall, S., and Ives, C. “The Environment: A Caribbean Perspective”. ACU Pragmatics of Open: Developing University Conference of Executive Heads Theme “Higher Courses with OERs”. EdMedia, 2010 in Canada. Education in Hard Times – Risk, Reputation, Reform: Developing new business in a changing Roberts, Danny. “Doing Business: Structural environment” Hong Kong, 6–8 April 2011. Change and Labour Force Adjustment – Exam- ples from across the Caribbean”. Prepared for Simmons-McDonald, Hazel. “The transformative the Caribbean Development Bank/International role of teachers in Caribbean Development”. Labour Organisation, Labour Market Sympo- Keynote address – Caribbean Union of Teachers sium, in Barbados, 25–26 January 2011. Conference. Accra Beach Hotel, 9 August 2011. Sawyers, K. “Flood, hurricanes, fires and Simmons-McDonald, Hazel. “Role of the Univer- storms. A look at disaster preparedness at the sity of the West Indies in supporting lifelong University of the West Indies Open Campus learning”. Panel presentation, Eastern 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 2010/2011 APPENDIX II (cont’d) Staff Publications & Papers Caribbean Governments/UNICEF End Cycle and ences and stigma and discrimination”. Caribbean Multi-Country Programme Action Plan Child Research Conference, Kingston, Jamaica. 2012–2016 Meeting – “Equity: Ensuring the 20–21 October 2010. Rights of All Caribbean Children”. At Accra Thomas J., Meeks Gardner J., Guerra Nancy., Beach Hotel, Barbados, 10 November 2011. Williams K. & Walker I. “Reducing Youth Vio- Simmons-McDonald, Hazel. “Education for lence in Jamaica: The Case of the YMCA Youth capacity building and regional sustainability”. Development Programme”. Presented at the Education the Gateway series of lectures, Com- Annual Research Day of The University of the munity College, St. Vincent, 24 November 2011. West Indies, Mona, 27–28 January 2011. (poster Thomas, J. “The Research Process”. Caribbean presentation) Child Research Conference Teacher and Student Thomas J., Wright A. & Meeks Gardner J. “HIV- Workshop on Research in Child Rights, UWI related Stigma and Children’s School Outcomes Mona, 20 April 2011. in the Caribbean”. Presented at the Annual Thomas, J. “Presenting your Research in Power- Research Day of The University of the West Point”. Caribbean Child Research Conference Indies, Mona, 27–28 January 2011. (poster Teacher and Student Workshop on Research in presentation) Child Rights, UWI Mona, 20 April 2011. Williams, L. “Building Bridges towards Thomas, J. “Essay Writing and Presentation Caribbean Integration and Social Development – Skills”. Presented to primary school teachers and Why are Jamaican Youth so Normal? ” 10th students at the Preconference Activity for the Biennial Conference of Caribbean and Interna- Caribbean Child Research Conference, UWI tional Social Work Educators, 11–15 July 2011, Mona, 26 May 2011. Fort de France, Martinique. Thomas J., Wright A, Meeks Gardner J., Simon Williams, L. “Young People, Crime and Violence V, Hicks A., Babb J & Boafo K. “HIV Stigma in Jamaica”. Young People and Violence 2010, and School Outcomes in Guyana”. Consortium 9 September 2010, Brunel University West, for Social Development and Research Teleconfer- Uxbridge Campus. ence, 21 June 2011. Williams, L. “Preparing Unattached Youths for Thomas J., Meeks Gardner J., Guerra N., the Labour Market”. ACTI 2010 Conference, Williams K. & Walker I. “Participation in the 17–19 November 2010, British Virgin Islands. YMCA programme predicted youth aggression”. Wolfe Wilson, S. (2011). “Style, Basketry and Caribbean Child Research Conference, Kingston, Sustainable Fibres in Contemporary Jamaica”. Jamaica. 20–21 October 2010. Paper presented at the annual seminar of the Thomas J., Meeks Gardner J. & Wright A. “Chil- Archaeological Society of Jamaica, March 2011. dren infected and affected by HIV: school experi- 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 ANNUAL REPORT 2010/2011 APPENDIX III Student Statistics 2010/2011 Table 1: Student numbers by Centre 2007/2011 in continuing education programmes* Centre 2007/2008 2008/2009 2009/2010 2010/2011 UWI-12 Countries Anguilla 12 0 0 24 Antigua & Barbuda 29 13 46 43 Bahamas 8 100 23 0 Belize 102 87 385 504 British Virgin Islands 26 40 78 75 Cayman Islands 0 30 51 86 Dominica 6 30 108 75 Grenada 79 0 9 9 Montserrat 44 166 225 51 St Kitts & Nevis 83 150 146 112 St Lucia 571 650 698 975 St Vincent and the Grenadines 24 17 95 50 Total UWI-12 984 1,283 1,855 2,004 UWI Main Campus Countries Barbados 850 789 660 809 Jamaica 3,636 3,900 5,331 4,974 Trinidad and Tobago 12,349 14,972 11,800 11,369 Total Campus Countries 16,835 19,661 17,791 17,152 Grand Total 17,819 20,944 19,655 19,156 * Figures for 2007/2008 include, while those for later years do not, students taking Associate Degrees. The figure for Trinidad in 2008/2009 has been corrected. 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 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2010/2011 APPENDIX III (cont’d) Student Statistics 2010/2011 Table 2: Associate of Science (ASc) Degree Enrolment 2007/2011 Programme 2007/2008 2008/2009 2009/2010 2010/2011 ASc Admin Professional Office 135 114 106 101 Management ASc Business Management 440 261 330 285 ASc Paralegal Studies 241 139 168 188 ASc Public Sector Management 60 36 27 13 ASc Social Work – – 69 15 Total 876 550 700 741 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 2010/2011 APPENDIX III (cont’d) Student Statistics 2010/2011 Table 3: Enrolment in all on-line/blended programmes 2010/2011 Programmes Enrolment ASc in Administrative Professional Office Management 101 ASc in Business Management 285 ASc in Paralegal Studies 188 ASc in Public Sector Management 13 ASc in Social Work 154 BEd Educational Administration 51 BEd Educational Leadership & Management (Major) 101 BEd Educational Leadership & Management (Special) 67 BEd Literacy Studies 21 BEd Literacy Studies Model A 394 BEd Primary Education 274 BEd Secondary Chemistry Education (A) 4 BEd Secondary Chemistry Education (B) 3 BEd Secondary Computer Science Education (A) 10 BEd Secondary Computer Science Education (B) 7 BEd Secondary English/Literature Education (A) 85 BEd Secondary English/Literature Education (B) 49 BEd Secondary History Education (A) 20 BEd Secondary History Education (B) 4 BEd Secondary Maths Education (A) 118 BEd Secondary Maths Education (B) 48 BEd Secondary Spanish Education 19 BEd The Teaching of Primary School Mathematics and Science 40 BSc Accounting 428 BSc Agribusiness Management 10 BSc Banking & Finance 21 Table 3 continues 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 2010/2011 APPENDIX III (cont’d) Student Statistics 2010/2011 Table 3: Enrolment in all on-line/blended programmes 2010/2011 (cont’d) Programmes Enrolment BSc Banking and Finance (Compliance and Corporate Governance Minor) 1 BSc Banking and Finance (Law for Banking and Finance Minor) 1 BSc Banking and Finance (Special) – ECIB 6 BSc Economics 28 BSc Management Studies 2,778 BSc Management Studies (Economics Minor) 108 BSc Management Studies (Major) 132 BSc Nursing – Post RN 10 BSc Banking and Finance (Special) 107 Certificate in Criminology 17 Certificate in Entrepreneurship 13 Certificate in Entrepreneurship (Original) 11 Certificate in Human Resource Management 27 Certificate in Human Resource Management (Tier 1) 1 Certificate in Public Administration 3 Certificate in Tourism and Hospitality Management 19 in the Caribbean Cross Campus 71 Dip in Gender & Development Studies 13 Dip in Public Sector Administration 23 Dip in Social Services 41 Graduate Diploma in Instructional Design 27 M.Ed. in Literacy Instruction 124 Masters in Adult and Continuing Education 70 Post Graduate Diploma in Adult and Continuing Education 1 Post Graduate Diploma in Literacy Instruction 4 Specially Admitted Programme 30 Grand Total 6,181 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 51 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2010/2011 APPENDIX III (cont’d) Student Statistics 2010/2011 Table 4: On-line and blended registrations by country 2010/2011 UWI-12 Countries Enrolment Anguilla 101 Antigua 219 Bahamas 68 Belize 159 British Virgin Islands 63 Cayman Islands 35 Dominica 343 Grenada 390 Montserrat 73 St Kitts and Nevis 172 St Lucia 530 St Vincent 297 Turks and Caicos 7 Total UWI-12 2,457 UWI Main Campus Enrolment Countries Barbados 187 Jamaica 1,499 Trinidad and Tobago 2,038 Total Campus countries 3,724 Grand Total 6,181 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 2010/2011 APPENDIX III (cont’d) Student Statistics 2010/2011 Table 5: Graduates by site 2010/2011 Country Graduates Anguilla 7 Antigua and Barbuda 27 Bahamas 5 Barbados 28 Belize 17 British Virgin Islands 3 Cayman Islands 1 Dominica 27 Grenada 79 Jamaica 149 Montserrat 3 St Kitts and Nevis 14 St Lucia 54 St Vincent and the 26 Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago 179 Turks and Caicos 1 Total 620 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 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2010/2011 APPENDIX III (cont’d) Student Statistics 2010/2011 Table 6: Graduates by level of Award Awards Graduates Per cent First Class Honours 65 10.96 Upper Second Class Honours 165 27.82 Lower Second Class Honours 265 44.69 Pass 123 20.74 Distinction (ASc.) 2 0.34 Total 620 100.00 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 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2010/2011 APPENDIX III (cont’d) Student Statistics 2010/2011 Table 7: Students in franchised programmes Total number Institution Programme Campus of students Antigua State College FHE Level I Cave Hill 4 Antigua State College FPAS Cave Hill 10 Antigua State College FSS Cave Hill 99 Antigua State College Grad Dip in Education Cave Hill 13 Brown’s Town Community BSc Nursing Mona 112 College CFBC FSS St Augustine 5 Dominica State College Grad Dip in Education Cave Hill 10 Excelsior Community BSc Nursing Mona 188 College HLSCC BEd Cave Hill 20 Jamaica Constabulary BSc Public Admin. Mona 25 Staff College Knox Community College BSc Nursing Mona 76 MIND BSc Public Admin. Mona 51 MIND CPA Mona 5 Moneague College BSc Social Work Mona 11 SVGCC BEd Cave Hill 6 SALCC FHE St Augustine 14 SALCC FSS St Augustine 26 SALCC BEd Cave Hill 32 Total 675 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 www.open.uwi.edu This report is also available on the Campus’s website at www.open.uwi.edu