Office
of the Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal. Thursday, June 12, 2020 –
With
the restrictions on public gatherings as a result of the COVID-19
Pandemic, The University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus is
taking a major part of its recruitment efforts for the 2020/2021
first semester student intake online. In
this regard, the Campus will host two online recruitment fairs on
June 18 & 25, 2020. Both events will start at 6:00 pm Eastern
Caribbean time and run for two hours.

“The
management of the COVID-19 pandemic comes with several restrictions
including physical distancing, and this has limited the ability of
the Campus to do face-to-face promotions across the region,”
explained Dr Luz Longsworth, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of The
UWI Open Campus. “The online recruitment fairs give us the
opportunity to reach prospective students, provide all the
information they need in one place, answer their questions and help
them to make a decision about their university education.”

Day
one of the online fair which takes place on Thursday,
June 18, 2020, will
focus on all the online programmes offered by the Campus, ranging
from certificates to doctoral degrees. It will also provide
information on the application process, documentation and
registration as well as a live demonstration of the Learning
Exchange, the platform that the campus uses to deliver its online
programmes.

Day
two of the online fair continues on Thursday,
June 25, 2020
with the focus on the Open Campus Country Sites located in 16
countries across the Caribbean. During the two-hour online event,
representatives from Open Campus Country Sites will make
presentations about their local professional development programmes.
They will also provide information about application, registration
and costs as well as how persons can access these exciting special
programmes for retooling and personal development.

These
fairs will connect potential students with key campus personnel who
will answer their queries.

The
presentations during both events will be punctuated with entertaining
performances from Open Campus students.

Live
broadcast of both events will be via YouTube @
https://www.open.uwi.edu/livestream
and

Facebook
@ https://www.facebook.com/uwiopencampuscaribbean

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