UWI CAMPUS Reports at a GlancE
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Additionally, The Open Campus Jamaica Western successfully applied for exemption from Government Consumption Tax payment to reduce the cost of electricity.
The Open Campus Antigua and Barbuda worked closely with colleagues on the launch of the Five Islands Campus in Antigua in July 2019. The various events and activities associated with establishing the Five Islands Campus presented the opportunity for Open Campus Antigua to demonstrate collegiality, support and the importance of a One University image to the Antiguan public. • Subsequent to the Five Islands Campus launch, Open Campus Antigua and Barbuda hosted the 2019 Open Campus Graduation Ceremony. The Pelican Awards and the Alumni Retreat coincided with the Graduation 2019 activities. A national church service, island tour, stakeholder conference, and numerous press appearances formed part of the alumni experience and encouraged alumni engagement in Antigua. The OCCS pursued innovative funding sources to finance programmes and initiatives and to generate income, a sensibility that existed prior to the advent of COVID-19. For instance, to increase its revenue earning performance, Sites utilized their resources to develop, market and implement new CPE programmes to influence learner participation. AGILITY •
Board for Undergraduate Studies (BUS), and the Board for Graduate Studies (BGSR) in September/ October. • The Guild of Students responded to the global COVID-19 pandemic and provided COVID-19 Relief Grants to support a total of 61 students during the crisis, amounting to US$18,245.
• Arrangements were made for the relocation of the Bloom Trinidad and Tobago Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) necessitated by a facilities rationalization project that considered rent cost versus the maximization of use of available space within the Trinidad and Tobago sites. This translated to a significant cost saving per annum. • The Open Campus transitioned all CPE learners from face-to-face to online delivery. This led to the creation of nearly 200 courses on the Learning Exchange (LE) by APAD as well as training for tutors and learners.
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In 2019/2020, the Caribbean Child Development Centre (CCDC) continued the implementation of two major projects: o The Transitional Living Programme for Children in State Care (TLP-CSC) project in partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPSFA)
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Justice Undertakings for Social Transformation - Social Order Component (JUST-SOC), sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
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A number of new courses were approved for offer during the 2019/2020 Academic Year. Some of these include: o Adolescent Health and Wellness: course development funded by the Pan American Health Organisation at US$15,750.00 (BB $31,500.00).
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The Women and Development Unit (WAND) also began the Caribbean Abortion Access Research Project.
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Exploring Nevisian History: developed for delivery by the OCCS in Saint Kitts and Nevis as a complement to an existing course entitled Exploring Kittitian History. The projected income from the first cohort is BB $3,673.00. Intermediate Conversational Kwèyòl: developed by the OCCS in Dominica in response to demand emerging from the success of the course entitled Fundamentals of Conversational Kwèyòl approved in 2019.
The UWI Open Campus through the Caribbean Child Development Centre and the Business Development Unit, partnered with the United Nations Children’s Education Fund for the Eastern Caribbean Area (UNICEF ECA) to undertake the UNICEF Eastern Caribbean Child Justice Project, research that would provide information about the current status of children and adolescents and inform the development of academic programmes in Child Rights Safety and Justice (CRSJ).
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At the Open Campus Dominica, the total number of CPE learners for the academic year 2018/2019 represented a 180% increase in CPE learner participation over the academic year 2017/2018. In 2019/2020, a further 23% increase in enrolment was recorded.
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