The UWI Open Campus COVID-19 Website Advisory
Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal. Monday, April 13, 2020. As The University of the West Indies (The UWI) stands in support of countries around the world in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, The UWI Open Campus, as part of the University's COVID-19 Taskforce has been working assiduously to assist our students, staff and other stakeholders to navigate the challenges being experienced as a result of this pandemic.
In this regard, the Campus Emergency Management Team has been meeting regularly to discuss and plan for current needs and to chart the way forward, while keeping our stakeholders at the forefront of what we do. To support the continuity of our work and to provide a space for constant information sharing as well as to keep our campus community and the public up-to-date on all campus activities regarding COVID-19, a dedicated webpage was developed. The Open Campus COVID-19 webpage provides up-to-date information on the campus COVID-19 response strategy and helpful resources to educate our campus community and the wider public.
The website can be accessed at www.open.uwi.edu/covid19. It outlines the work of The UWI Open Campus COVID-19 Campus Emergency Management Team, an interview with the Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the Campus, Dr Luz Longsworth, speaking about the readiness of the Campus to manage in this pandemic, information on the various provisions the campus has implements for students and staff such as counselling services for both staff and students, several videos from officers of the campus, updates and regional communiques published by the campus as well as campus contacts for the 16 Caribbean countries served by the Open Campus. There is also a link to The UWI COVID-19 Task Force webpage.
Our goal is to continue to update this webpage with relevant information as the response to COVID-19 unfolds. We encourage stakeholders to also follow us on social media at https://www.facebook.com/uwiopencampuscaribbean for key updates.
For further information, please contact Cleveland Sam, Marketing and Communications Manager, via e-mail at cleveland.sam@open.uwi.edu or marketing@open.uwi.edu.
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About The UWI
For over 70 years The University of the West Indies (The UWI) has provided service and leadership to the Caribbean region and wider world. The UWI has evolved from a university college of London in Jamaica with 33 medical students in 1948 to an internationally respected, regional university with near 50,000 students and five campuses: Mona in Jamaica, St. Augustine in Trinidad and Tobago, Cave Hill in Barbados, Five Islands in Antigua and Barbuda and an Open Campus. As part of its robust globalization agenda, The UWI has established partnering centres with universities in North America, Latin America, Asia, and Africa including the State University of New York (SUNY)-UWI Center for Leadership and Sustainable Development; the Canada-Caribbean Studies Institute with Brock University; the Strategic Alliance for Hemispheric Development with Universidad de los Andes (UNIANDES); the UWI-China Institute of Information Technology, the University of Lagos (UNILAG)-UWI Institute of African and Diaspora Studies and the Institute for Global African Affairs with the University of Johannesburg (UJ). The UWI offers over 800 certificate, diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate degree options in Food & Agriculture, Engineering, Humanities & Education, Law, Medical Sciences, Science & Technology, Social Sciences and Sport.
As the region’s premier research academy, The UWI’s foremost objective is driving the growth and development of the regional economy. The world’s most reputable ranking agency, Times Higher Education, has ranked The UWI among the top 600 universities in the world for 2019, and the 40 best universities in Latin America and the Caribbean for 2018 and 2019.The UWI has been the only Caribbean-based university to make the prestigious lists. For more, visit www.uwi.edu.
(Please note that the proper name of the university is The University of the West Indies, inclusive of the “The”, hence The UWI.)
