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

UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012St. Kitts and Nevis group meeting with CCDC, Acting Head, Ceceile Minott, on June 18, 2012.• The Role of Women in an Evolving Democracyby dr. Wendy Sealy (March 29, 2012).• Productivity and Workers Rights: BalancingGrowth (Panel discussion) Panellists were:dr. lawrence nurse; Mr. Anthony Sobersand moderator, Mr. david commissiong(June 5, 2012).• HIV: Money, Sex and Rights by Dr. ErnestMassiah (June 26, 2012).• Tapping into the Diasporic Economy bydr. Keith nurse (July 31, 2012).Of note also, is the work undertaken by theccdc as they partnered with other departmentsof the Open campus as well as the sister campusesand entities external to the uWi. thefollowing activities represent the collaborativeefforts of the ccdc.• Partnered with the Sir Arthur lewis institutefor Social and economic research and otheragencies for the sixth consecutive year tohost the caribbean child research conferenceand continued to lead the pre-conferenceteacher and child training seminars inresearch Methods and child rights.• Pre-conference Workshop – caribbean childresearch conference university of the Westindies, Mona. June 13, 2012.• Partnered with the Open campus AcademicProgramming and delivery (APAd) departmentto develop the early childhood andFamily Studies degree, diploma and certificateprogrammes, within which the childrights course developed by ccdc will beoffered.• collaborated with the Mccam child developmentcentre to host the 4th internationalconference on Attention deficient Hyperactivitydisorder under the theme ‘Workingtowards Positive Outcomes’ and sharedwith a number of the uWi Oc countrysites.• in a new initiative the ccdc partnered withthe Anglia ruskin university, uK to successfullysecure funding from the british Academyfor a series of exchange activities aimedat developing a proposal for youth violenceand gang research.A 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 E29