60
to receive scholarships to The UWI Five Islands Campus

Regional
Headquarters, Jamaica, Tuesday, 12 November 2019—The
University of the West Indies (The UWI) applauds the Government of
Antigua and Barbuda’s decision to offer 60 scholarships to students
at The UWI’s new Five Islands Campus in Antigua.

According to a
recent Cabinet statement, students from across six Organisation of
Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) countries—Dominica, Grenada, St
Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines and
Montserrat—will qualify for tuition scholarships.

Vice-Chancellor of
The UWI, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles commenting on the announcement
said, “The decision by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda to
offer scholarships to students from sister OECS states demands very
high commendation. The Five Islands Campus was established to provide
an additional sustainable higher education development platform for
the OECS, and when governments make decisions in the interest of the
region, it demonstrates an enlightened understanding of the
partnerships and investments required to drive regional development.”

Pro Vice-Chancellor
and Campus Principal at The UWI Five Islands, Professor Stafford
Griffith said, “We are currently at 180 students actively enrolled
in programmes at Five Islands. With a second round of recruitment to
open soon, we expect that we will hit our target of 400 registered
students by January 2020. The scholarships offered by the Government
of Antigua and Barbuda will certainly go a long way to helping us
attain this goal. At The UWI, we are doing our part to develop the
OECS and we welcome the continued and tangible support of the
regional governments.”

Applications for
January 2020 admission to The UWI Five Islands Campus will open on
November 11, 2019. Available programmes include Bachelor degrees in
Nursing, Psychology, Education and the Social Sciences; as well as
Certificate programmes in Human Resource Management, and Tourism and
Hospitality Management. For more information, visit
www.uwi.edu/fiveislands