#Providenciales, March 18, 2019 – Turks and Caicos – I interviewed her a day before an historic moment was set to unfold at the Town Centre Mall in down town Providenciales on Friday March 15; a moment signaling a new day in education at the tertiary level.
Dr. Longsworth wants you to fulfill your dreams without going broke. She wants you to dramatically increase your earning potential thanks to your quality degree from UWI. She wants you to continue being a multi-tasking mommy, a dutiful daddy and doesn’t mind if you completed your course work in your PJs while eating a bowl of conch salad freshly made at your favorite spot.
You
can stay in your home country, continue on your job, be there for important
moments with your loved ones, enjoy your island lifestyle, be bolstered by the
open campus in-country support and pay the most comparable rates for a up to a
doctorate degree from UWI.
It’s
what she essentially told me to tell you.
The
University of the West Indies has now re-opened its Open Campus with the full
support of the Turks and Caicos Islands Ministry of Education. Ahead of the
opening on Friday, Magnetic Media spoke to Principal of the Open Campuses and
Vice-Chancellor of UWI, Dr. Luz Longsworth.
She
explained a site where there will be staff, space for students and one which
offers an online education up to the doctorate level and from what is ranked as
one of the top five universities in the World.
UWI
has a prestigious history and for over 70 years has had a hand in shaping the
lives of arguably the most country leaders of any university anywhere in the
world.
Adult
enrollees will be pleased to hear that their work experience can count as
credits, thanks to the Prior Learning Assessment of UWI which reduces time and
money spent in pursuit of a degree.
Dr.
Longsworth said the open campus concept, which is ten years old, is open to all
and that Turks and Caicos is the 16th site, with fellow British
Overseas Territory Bermuda being the next stop for the University.
The
Open campus is the second largest campus for UWI with 18,000 students enrolled.
See our full interview on MagneticMediaTV channel at YouTube Monday March 18, 2019.
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