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

UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012CMA Partnershipthe certified Management Accountants (cMA)nova Scotia, bermuda and the caribbean andthe university of the West indies, Open campusestablished a collaborative effort for the purposeof offering a Professional diploma in ManagementAccounting offered through the universityof the West indies, Open campus commencingJanuary 2013.this diploma allows for total coverage of therequired topics for the cMA entrance exam. theentrance exam is the gateway to the strategicleadership program, the final stage to the cMAdesignation. the diploma will target thosenon-accounting graduates who wish to becomea certified Management Accountant.the diploma programme consists of ninecourses (33 credits). Five courses are to be completedin level 1 for students who need thesecourses to progress to the four core courses.level 2 consists of two accounting courses andtwo business strategy courses.Sir K. Dwight Venner, Open Campus Chairman with Mr. HaroldLovell, Minister of Finance, Antigua and Barbuda at the 2012Graduation Ceremony in St. Kitts & Nevis.UWISTAT Ambassadors Arvindu Sukhram and Rae Thomas meet Ministerof Education in Dominica, Hon. Petter St. JeanTransforming the AdministrativeCulture and ProcessThe Hon. Tilman Thomas, former Prime Minister of Grenada, handsover the documents formalising the grant of 88 acres of land toThe UWI to VC E. Nigel HarrisAmong the transformation initiatives beingundertaken by the Open campus, APAd led theway by reorganizing its units to increase efficiencyand effectiveness. APAd began theacademic year (2011–2012) structured alongprogramme level categories, namely Pre-universityand Professional, undergraduate, and graduateProgrammes. Although this structure did44A 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