Continuing Professional Education The Board for Undergraduate Studies is noting and maintaining a register for all new Continuous Professional Education (CPE) courses and programmes offered at the campuses. Foundation Courses Following the successful delivery of FOUN1101 Caribbean Civilization using a cross-campus modality in 2016/2017, BUS approved FOUN 1201 Science, Technology and Medicine for cross-campus delivery in a blended mode.
The UWI Quality Education Forum , Issue No. 22 (December 2018), a refereed Journal on Teaching and Learning and edited by the SPO QAU (Mona), was published on the theme, ‘ Institutionalising Best Practice in Higher Education in the Caribbean.’ Members of the QAU contributed a joint publication assessing the University’s Quality Assurance process, entitled ‘A Critical Look at Selected Components of The UWI Academic Quality Assurance Process’ , by Pamela Dottin, Sandra Gift, Anna Kasafi Perkins and Kay Thompson. The UWI Quality Education Forum. Vol. 22: 44-80 (Published online October 2018; print January 2019) Volume 20 of The UWI Quality Circle was dedicated to an exploration of stakeholders’ initial impressions of The UWI Quality Policy. This publication was aimed at diffusing and deepening the culture of quality at The UWI. Volume 20, co-edited by SPO QAU (Cave Hill and Open Campus), was entitled: ‘ What The UWI Quality Policy Means to Me’.
Report on Student Performance Campuses have been tasked to compile routine failure rate statistics annually to identify courses with > 25% failure rate on the books. The statistics are supported by a narrative report from each Faculty to examine possible causes of failure and remedial action taken. Matriculation Policy At the request of the Board for Undergraduate Studies, the Open Campus is piloting the use of Prior Learning Assessment Recognition (PLAR) as an alternative pathway for matriculation, with a view to making recommendations for the introduction of the policy university-wide in 2020/2021.
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The UWI Open Scholarship Awardees - St. Augustine Campus 2018
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