Facts, Figures & Reports
What is the Open Campus?
The Open Campus 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 potential inside and outside of the Caribbean region.
The Open Campus adopts quality teaching and learning experiences, innovative pedagogic design, relevant research and community partnerships, to deliver face-to-face, blended and online learning to all of its communities.
Why an Open Campus?
The University of the West Indies (UWI) is implementing its 2007-2012 strategic plan. The vision of an Open Campus is a very important part of this plan as the UWI is consolidating and expanding its outreach sector under the umbrella of the UWI Open Campus to better serve its regional communities its key competitive advantages.
The Open Campus is therefore made up of the former outreach departments of the UWI, which included the former
• Board for Non-Campus Countries & Distance
Education (BNCCDE)
• UWI Distance Education Centre (UWIDEC)
• Tertiary Level Institutions Unit (TLIU) and
• School of Continuing Studies (SCS)
The SCS had also included several Specialised Research Units, namely the
• Caribbean Child Development Centre (CCDC)
• Hugh Lawson Shearer Trade Union Education Institute (HLSTUEI)
• Human Resources Development Unit (HRDU)
• Social Welfare Training Centre (SWTC) and
• Women and Development Unit (WAND)
All of these research and outreach units nowmake up the Consortium for Social Research and Development within the Open Campus.
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Open Campus Locations
Programmes & Courses
UWI Strategic Plan 2007 - 2012
Current Reports
What will it do?
The Open Campus will expand the scope, enhance
the appeal and improve the efficiency of UWI's
service to the individuals, communities and countries
which it serves ( UWI Strategic Plan 2007-2012).
What else will the Open Campus do?
In addition to its academic programmes and student
services, the Open Campus will also offer other
services like inter-institutional collaboration and
social development and research services to
communities throughout the Caribbean region.
Who will it serve?
The main target clientele of the Open Campus will
be persons whose circumstances or location do not
allow them to benefit from the formal structures of
existing campuses, as well as new collectivities in
other Caribbean states and in other countries.
These target countries include the 12 countries of
the Commonwealth Caribbean without a large UWI
campus, i.e. Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, the
Bahamas, Belize, the British Virgin Islands,
the Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada,
Montserrat, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, and
St. Vincent & the Grenadines.
The Open Campus will also serve rural and
under-serviced communities in Barbados, Jamaica
and Trinidad & Tobago.
What programmes or courses will it offer?
There are many areas of study that will be offered
through the Open Campus through blended and
online learning delivery facilities.
These range from pre-University education courses,
certificate, diploma and undergraduate degree
programmes and courses, post-graduate degree
programmes, distance education courses, extension
courses, technical and vocational course and other
lifelong learning activities.
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