July 2015


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For three days in June the St Augustine campus hosted secondary school students from all over the country as they contemplated they next move after exams. This activity was centred around expanding their interacting with the institution - beyond the website and social media and ads in the newspapers on new courses. From June 16 to 18 at the JFK Auditorium, students as well as the general public had a chance to experience UWI at the campus’ Open Day.

The “Open Day” model is not novel – coming to an open day is the best way for prospective undergraduate and postgraduate students to find out more about studying at a particular institution. However, St. Augustine’s Open Day offered an added plus – giving those who missed the application deadline for the September 2015 intake a “second chance”, as applications for all programmes on the three open days were reopened.

The joint Undergraduate and Postgraduate Open Day, themed Open Day, Open Mind gave members of the public access to not only faculty representatives, but representatives from the campus’ support services, like the Bursary, Student Advisory and Scholarships and Bursaries, as well as an Applications Centre, where they had the opportunity to apply to a programme of their choice. With programme offerings across 7 faculties at the Certificate, Diploma, Bachelors, Masters, MPhil or PhD level, the campus remains the only tertiary institution locally boasting such an expansive curriculum.

Building on the theme Open Day, Open Mind, UWI invited all to get familiar with the institution in a different way at the 3-day event. Each day there were campus/ faculty tours to discover the campus’ hidden treasures like the Whisper Wall and Zoology Museum. And guests were also be able to connect with the various campus Support Services for information on Scholarships and Bursaries, Career Guidance, Health Services and information on living on one of the four Halls of Residence.