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University of the West Indies
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The University of the West Indies (UWI) is an autonomous regional institution supported by and serving 16 English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean. The aim of the university is to help 'unlock the potential for economic and cultural growth' in the West Indies.
UWI has campuses in Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad, and 12 learning centres in the other contributing countries (known as the Open Campus). The university has a total enrolment of over 39,000 students.
The University of the West Indies Distance Education Centre (DEC) works with faculties on all three campuses to develop and deliver distance-learning programmes. There are DE centres located in each country that supports UWI.
DEC offers various certificates and diplomas, and degrees at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. According to 2006-07 promotional materials on the UWI web site, printed matter remains a focal point of DEC content delivery, though courses may also be supported by CD-ROM, asynchronous email/web discussion, and face-to-face or teleconference tutorials.
See also the School of Continuing Studies, http://www.uwi.edu/opencampus/scs/ (formerly known as the Department of Extra-Mural Studies).
The University of the West Indies web site is at http://www.uwi.edu/
The UWI distance learning centre is at http://www.dec.uwi.edu/
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In 1983, UWI began offering distance education courses via an audio teleconferencing system, later known as Enterprise-UWIDITE.
The University was originally instituted as an independent external college of the University of London, UK.
The 16 UWI member states are: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks and Caicos.