2011/2012 Annual Report - Open Campus - Uwi.edu

UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012Trinidad and Tobagothe trinidad and tobago sites again tipped the8,000 student number scale. For the periodunder review the sites offered numerous face-toface(F2F) programmes at various levels; Furthereducation, continuing Programmes, externalsand Pre university (cAPe, Pre-Science,Pre-engineering, and Pre-Health.during the months of July and August applicationsincreased from 481 to 985 representing a100 per cent increase over the period. the continuingProgrammes maintain their dominancein the portfolio of offerings at OccS trinidadand tobago (OccStt). An increase over lastyear, 62 per cent, of the OccStt’s studentpopulation was located in these skills basedcourses.Jamaicathe sites of the Jamaica Western regionthrough the offering of short developmental andprofessional courses generated sufficient income tooffset day to day expenses of the sites. Of note, isthe fact that the Montego bay site reported a 125per cent increase in enrolment over the previousyear for local certificate programmes.the brown’s town Site also delivered sixdifferent 10 week professional courses:• capacity building training for Fisher-folk(Junction)• Supervisory Management certificate(Ocho rios Site)• capacity building training for Fisher-folk inSt. Mary (Ocho rios Site)• Supervisory Management (Savanna-la-Mar)• Marketing and Sales (Savanna-la-Mar)• events Management (Savanna-la-Mar)the following include but are not limited to thenumber of courses and workshop topics offeredthrough the OccS:St. Kitts and Nevis• Supervisory Management• business communications• events Management and customer Service.St. Vincent and the Grenadines• certificate in Music theory 1 and certificatein theatre Arts• understanding Music theory and Practice& theatre Arts (SVg)• care givers: caring for Vulnerable Persons(SVg)• Pre-nursing (SVg)• Advanced counselling Skills: Working withthe Adolescent (SVg).BelizeWorkshops were conducted in the following:• new teacher Appraisal System• Motivational Speech• Professionalism and confidentiality in theWorkplace• leadership, roles and responsibilitie• Strategies for critical thinking.Antigua and Barbuda• Supervisory Management SupervisoryManagement• Human resource Management and Frenchfor cXc• Workshops were also conducted on grantProposal Writing and Accounting &Financial Management for ngOs.St. Lucia• Advanced events Management• introduction to events Management8A 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