Manager for the University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus British Overseas Territories (BOT) Sites, Dr. Phyllis Fleming-Banks will be making her first official visit to the Turks and Caicos Islands during the week of 15-19 February 2016. Dr. Fleming-Banks, who has responsibility for the Turks and Caicos Islands, as well as the other BOTs, will be accompanied by a team from two of the University’s residential campuses, St. Augustine (Trinidad) and Cave Hill (Barbados).
Student Recruitment Officer from the UWI St. Augustine, Mr. Nigel Bradshaw, Deputy Dean from the Faculty of Law, Alicia Elias-Roberts and Lecturer Farid Youssef from the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the UWI St. Augustine Campus, along with the UWI Cave Hill’s Head of Recruitment and Marketing, Ms. Janet Caroo, will be joining Dr. Fleming-Banks on a combined recruitment promotion/drive.
While in the TCI, the UWI delegation will be meeting with the Honourable Premier and the Honourable Minister of Education, the Permanent Secretaries Board and other Government Officials. Meetings are planned with the President, Staff and Students of the TCI Community College, the Staff and Students of the various Public and Private Schools, as well as representatives from the Chamber of Commerce, Interhealth Canada, the is TCI , the Open Campus TCI students among others.
The visit, which is being coordinated by the TCI Ministry of Education, is particularly significant, as it represents the first opportunity for the UWI to showcase its programmes to prospective students and involved stakeholders in the TCI since the TCI became a full contributing territory of the UWI.