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

UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012RESEARCH ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE OPEN CAMPUS (Oc)have largely focused on the research interests ofindividual persons, units, departments or divisions,or on internal information important formonitoring and planning purposes within thecampus. the concentration has been on socialresearch, utilizing mixed methods, both quantitativeand qualitative and including electronicsurvey techniques and other more recent tools.Much of the research has been conductedthrough the four constituent departments/unitsof the consortium for Social research anddevelopment (cdSr): the caribbean childdevelopment centre (ccdc); the Hugh lawsonShearer trade union education institute(HlStuei); the Social Welfare training centre(SWtc); and the Women and development unit(WAnd). in addition, the cSdr has beencharged by the Principal to spearhead thedevelopment of research across the Open campuswithin the Strategic Planning cycle 2012-2017. this charge is conveniently supported bythe recent appointment of the Head of one of thecSdr units (ccdc) to the post of campuscoordinator for graduate Studies and research,with a remit to foster research programmes (andthe development of graduate studies).As a result of the preponderance of cSdrresearch, the research is largely in the respectivetitle areas of children and families, labour, socialwork (and youth) and women’s issues. these,however, correspond with a number of theregion’s priority areas for research. A list ofrecent research projects within the cSdr isshown in the table on page 40. Of note is therange of international partner agencies and otherfunders for the research undertaken. the cSdrhas undertaken projects in a number ofA 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 E23