For Release Upon Receipt - February 22, 2010
St. Augustine
The University of the West Indies (UWI), Office of the Campus Principal and the Faculty of Social Sciences will hold the launch of the Customized Certificate in Local Government Studies on Monday 22nd February, 2010 from 9 to 10 a.m. at the Centre for Language Learning Auditorium, UWI St Augustine.
The Customized Certificate in Local Government Studies, which the Faculty of Social Sciences will deliver for staff of the Ministry of Local Government, will develop the Human Resource capability of the Ministry of Local Government, thus enabling it to discharge its programmes and policies with greater efficiency.
Speakers at the launch will include: Professor Clement Sankat, UWI Pro Vice Chancellor and St Augustine Campus Principal; Senator, the Honourable Hazel Manning, Minister of Local Government; and Dr Hamid Ghany, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences; and Mrs. Cheryl Blackman, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Local Government.
This event is by invitation only and is not open to the public.
For more information, please contact Mrs Sandra Roopchand-Khan at Sandra.Khan@sta.uwi.edu or (868) 662-2002 ext. 3232.
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Over the last six decades, The University of the West Indies (UWI) has evolved from a fledgling college in Jamaica with 33 students to a full-fledged University with over 40,000 students. Today, UWI is the largest and most longstanding higher education provider in the English-speaking Caribbean, with main campuses in Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, and Centres in Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Christopher (St Kitts) & Nevis, St Lucia, and St Vincent & the Grenadines. UWI recently launched its Open Campus, a virtual campus with over 50 physical site locations across the region, serving over 20 countries in the English-speaking Caribbean. UWI is an international university with faculty and students from over 40 countries and collaborative links with over 60 universities around the world. Through its seven Faculties, UWI offers undergraduate and postgraduate degree options in Engineering, Humanities & Education, Law, Medical Sciences, Pure & Applied Sciences, Science and Agriculture, and Social Sciences.
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