About The UWI Global Campus
The UWI Global Campus, (formerly The UWI Open Campus) is a strategic initiative by The University of the West Indies, established to expand access to high-quality higher education across the Caribbean Region. The emergence of the Global Campus on August 1, 2023, formally initiates The UWI's transformation to a next-generation digital institution delivering its online programmes and courses to global markets.
The UWI Global Campus like its predecessor is dedicated to providing accessible, flexible, and high-quality continuing and professional education, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and courses to meet the changing educational and training needs of the underserved communities across the Caribbean region enabling them to achieve their full potential and make a positive impact on society at large. With digital technologies and innovative pedagogical approaches, the Global Campus strives to break down barriers to education, promoting lifelong learning and ongoing personal and professional development.
The purpose of the Global Campus is to open doors to life-changing learning wherever you are.
About the Global Campus Climate Conference 2027
The inaugural Global Campus Climate Conference, hosted by The University of the West Indies Global Campus on April 7 to 9, 2027 in Grenada, will bring together researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and community stakeholders under the theme, "Towards a Climate Smart Future: Resilience | Innovation | Adaptation”.
The conference aims to stimulate interdisciplinary dialogue while highlighting cutting-edge research and practical, scalable solutions to the Caribbean's distinctive climate challenges.
Through knowledge exchange, collaboration, and strategic partnerships, the conference seeks to produce actionable recommendations, strengthen regional capacity, and contribute meaningfully to building a more resilient and sustainable Caribbean.
About Grenada
Grenada, known as the ‘Isle of Spice,’ is one of the most magnificent islands in the West Indies. Unspoilt and exotic, it astounds visitors with its wildly jagged mountain peaks, hidden coves, spice plantations, and lush verdant rainforests. Its beaches are idyllic, with white or golden sand, palm trees, and the delicate aroma of the island’s native spices.
In addition to its scenery, Grenada offers culture, fun, and friendliness typical of the authentic Caribbean life – making Grenada the perfect place in which to live, work and play.
GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE
The nation of Grenada, measuring 344 km2, is composed of three key islands: Grenada and its sister islands Carriacou and Petite Martinique. Each is beautiful and rich in culture, historic sites, fresh culinary delights, and much more. Carriacou is only a 90-minute boat ride from St. George’s, the nation’s capital city.
Grenada’s proximity to the Equator ensures a year-round tropical climate, with average temperatures ranging between 23 and 28 °C. Its cooling trade winds offer very comfortable conditions.
HISTORY AND CULTURE
Grenada was traditionally inhabited by Carib Indians who migrated from the South American mainland. The island was originally known as Camerhougue, but Christopher Columbus renamed it ‘Concepción Island’ when he visited it in 1498. Successive Spanish sailors found it to be so evocative of Andalucía’s green mountain scenery that they named it after the city of Granada.
Grenada was a French and British colony, but gained independence from the United Kingdom on February 7, 1974.
Large-scale tourism is a recent phenomenon, and Grenada is largely undiscovered, unspoilt and full of opportunity.
